Basement Jaxx have gone crackerdog

[V Knid esq]

Just got the promo of their new album, and there's a song called 'Hey U' which appears to be a whole Brazilian carnival having a fight at a Gypsy wedding in Brixton with Green Velvet on the decks. I don't think I've heard a dance record that over the top with different elements piled on since the KLF 'What Time Is Love America'

[Loz]

is it any good, though?

[V Knid esq]

I love it... it's the sort of thing one could get sick of I'm sure but I like it now.

[marcel]

Originally Posted by V Knid esq

Just got the promo of their new album, and there's a song called 'Hey U' which appears to be a whole Brazilian carnival having a fight at a Gypsy wedding in Brixton with Green Velvet on the decks. I don't think I've heard a dance record that over the top with different elements piled on since the KLF 'What Time Is Love America'

can't wait!

i love em

[bitconductor]

oh, joy. its the whole 'x having a fight with y at a z in w with q doing that'.

[mdk]

for some reason my heart just sank.

[gypsy_cream]

feels like a warning to avoid this.

[joe pinapples]

TRUFACT - Felix from Basement Jaxx and Tim Westwood were in a band in the early '80's called 'Tha Vicarz Boyz', they had a number 56 album called 'Fucking in the Belfry'.

Production was by Jonathon King

[Paddy]

haven't done a decent track since Fly Life imho

[spoon]

Originally Posted by Paddy

haven't done a decent track since Fly Life imho

yeah, that's the only thing of theirs i like really. i'm not into their unique brand of big-beat/student-house at all, wacky and fun though it may be.

[nempsey]

Originally Posted by bitconductor

oh, joy. its the whole 'x having a fight with y at a z in w with q doing that'.

music journalism...very easy to knock. but actually quite hard. how can you describe music in words without saying 'x sounds like y + z ' ?

i guess you can say 'i liked it. it was good' but that doesn't tell the reader wot it sounds like.

[ckpqerjwrpwp]

I want strictly frequency domain reviews, concentrating on 2nd and 3rd Harmonic interplay.

[JE:5]

Originally Posted by Paddy

haven't done a decent track since Fly Life imho

I've heard a really good acid one by them, I can't remember what it was called now though.

[ckpqerjwrpwp]

Originally Posted by JE:5

I've heard a really good acid one by them, I can't remember what it was called now though.

aye me too...

[spoon]

student acid?

[versis]

i'm quite curious about that new album since i saw them live a few weeks ago for just 10€ (and a somewhat boring pop singer called robbie williams playing after them), really good performance though the crowd was absolutely dull. sounds promising to me, knid

[nikrem]

Originally Posted by JE:5

I've heard a really good acid one by them, I can't remember what it was called now though.

there's a wobbler on the urban haze ep..

[V Knid esq]

Originally Posted by JE:5

I've heard a really good acid one by them, I can't remember what it was called now though.

Probably 'It's Tha Raw Shit' on the b-side of an EP... possibly 'Summer Breeze', something like that?

[V Knid esq]

Doh didn't read to the bottom. Urban Haze, that was the one. There's two wobblers on there I think.

[spoon]

just dug out urban haze, set yo body free is some track! this is going in my bag.

raw shit is good too.

[V Knid esq]

Originally Posted by bitconductor

oh, joy. its the whole 'x having a fight with y at a z in w with q doing that'.

It was intended as a joke you know... although it was an accurate description too. Balkan Bangers are the new Retro Techno is the new Punk-Funk-Crunk dontcha know?

[bigus]

I like that urban haze ep too- set yo body free (set yo body free) and raw shit are cool. saw them play last year for my birthday. It was a hell of a show. lots of fun and loads of energy. havent bought one of their records in years mind.

[V Knid esq]

Zackly - don't write them off as student / big beat til you've seen the live show, and the proper party atmosphere they create, espec if like last time I saw them they insist on playing small venues (Brixton Fridge)... Otherwise I just see them as a great pop singles band - Romeo, Good Luck, Oh My Gosh etc - these are not student disco records but the sort of thing you're just as likely to hear on your mum-friendly local radio station or a south london pirate...

[bitconductor]

Originally Posted by V Knid esq

It was intended as a joke you know... although it was an accurate description too.

oh, damn it. the trouble with your use of that tired old reviewers' cliche there is you can actually imagine what the track really sounds like by reading it.