"Dubstep isn't something we've ever been overly fond of 'round Neon Gold headquarters, but between Skream's "In For The Kill" mix, Nero's immense take on "Blinded By The Lights" and this absolutely massive rework of "Starry Eyed" by Midlands up-and-comer Jakwob, 2009 is slowly changing our outlook on the subgenre. The Ellie Goulding original was already one of our absolute tunes of the year and Jakwob takes the blueprint put in place by Starsmith and blows it up to epic proportions, dropping the year's fiercest bassline on the chorus and destroying everything in his path with what is truly one of the best and most unexpected remixes of the past year." -Neon Gold (May 2009)
"Jakwob has brought this track down to its knees, its roots, its foundation, and has moderately reworked it, in a way that reveils to us the shere magnitude, importance and rhamfications that is, dubstep. To acknowledge Jakwob as a dubstep revolutionary and a pioneer in the subgenre, would be an understatement, as well as an oversimplification of the precise truth of this artist. The renaissance of dubstep has begun, and Jakwob has pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting in this eventful resurgance." -Umoo (On Starry Eyed Remix June 09)
"Its that kind of Dubstep that’s not offensive Dubstep, its chilled, I think my mum would like that, in a good way!" -Jaymo and Andy George In New Djs We Trust" on BBC Radio1 (2009)
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