Basement Jaxx grabs house fans
By Rachelle Imson
Daily Forty-Niner
Within the past decade, house music has
had its fair share of ups and downs -- the up being club favorites Chemical
Brothers and Daft Punk and the down being, well, forget about the down.
But, alas, out comes a new album by Basement
Jaxx, "Remedy," which causes booty shaking and head bopping.
Felix Buxton and Simon Ratcliffe of Basement
Jaxx blend the sounds of soul, salsa and funk with thumping dance beats
that go back to the roots of house.
The album is a great mix of soul, Latin
and funky beats, guaranteed to get the house fan moving and grooving.
In a brand many are calling punk garage,
mixing the punk-rock spirit with garage music, the pair have already received
raving reviews from "Rolling Stone" and "Spin."
In the new album, the duo produces a mix
of New York house with London club attitude.
The duo first started to get back to the
"original jack-your-body all night long" roots of house, according to Basement
Jaxx's Astralwerks Web site.
Before releasing their first EP in 1994,
Buxton and Ratcliffe threw parties in a Mexican restaurant in Brixton,
London.
After catching the attention of house
lovers, the pair moved to Ratcliffeís bedroom studio to continue mixing
music.
Since then, the pair have been launched
around the world, from Japan, Australia, California and New York, with
fans begging to step on the dance floor to hear their block-rocking beats.
The first single from the album "Red Alert"
is an instant party classic combining the sassy vocals of Blue James with
the hypnotic chanting of the KDL Allstars.
The hot salsa soul of "Bingo Bango" moves
listenersí hips and transports dancers to a jumping Miami dance club.
Other good tracks are "Always Be There"
and "U Can't Stop Me." |
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