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Brixton, South London, UK (1994 – present)

Basement Jaxx are a critically acclaimed English house music duo comprised of Felix Buxton and Simon Ratcliffe that rose to popularity in the late 1990s. Basement Jaxx started in Brixton, South London, UK in 1994, where they held a regular club night called Rooty, which would later become the name of their second artist album (Rooty).

In addition to Rooty, their other albums include Kish Kash with the title track sung by Siouxsie, Remedy, The Singles and Crazy Itch Radio. Kish Kash won the 2004 Grammy for best dance album and was their most critically acclaimed album for its innovative sound. They also won BRIT awards in 2002 and 2004, both for Best British Dance Act.

In addition to their own work, Basement Jaxx have become in-demand remixers. Tracks such as 4 My People (which became a massive chart and club hit),

Like I Love You and

She Wants to Move have all had the Basement Jaxx remix treatment.

In 2005, Basement Jaxx headlined the UK’s Glastonbury festival as a replacement for Kylie Minogue. In 2006 they were support to Robbie Williamson Robbies “Close Encounters”-Tour.

The production duo got their name from the location of the studio where they recorded their first EP - it was located in the basement of friends of Simon Ratcliffe.

Recently the Tate Modern invited the duo to write music inspired by a piece of art featured in the gallery. Karel Appellis’s Hip Hip Hoorah! ended up being the inspiring work. There are only two places in the world you can hear it - in the gallery or its official site.
Their official website is www.basementjaxx.co.uk

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1	Raindrops	3,362
2	Where's Your Head At	2,196
3	Romeo	1,645
4	Red Alert	1,618
5	Do Your Thing	1,060
6	Good Luck	965
7	Cish Cash full track	922
8	Scars (feat. Kelis, Meleka & Chipmunk)	907
9	Right Here's the Spot full track	892
10	Feelings Gone (Feat. Sam Sparro)	863
11	Rendez-Vu	858
12	Bingo Bango	835
13	Oh My Gosh	817
14	Saga (Feat. Santigold)	781
15	Take Me Back To Your House	766

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Kaha89 wrote:
yesterday afternoon

com back to Poland ! ^^

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semsjukebox wrote:
yesterday morning

raindrops <33333

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tayloreverett wrote:
Friday morning

"my turn" is so good. lightspeed champion and jaxx should team up again.

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hotterthanjuly wrote:
Tuesday evening

http://www.basementjaxx.net/log/?p=405

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TheWV wrote:
Monday evening

Join There's Always a Song Spinnin' Round in My Head

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producerdan74 wrote:
8 days ago

raindrops sounds like a bad daft punk song

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thischarmingmai wrote:
last month

amazing

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triplus wrote:
last month

scars (instrumental) would be nice.

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Didohotep wrote:
last month

The new album is pretty lame in comparison to their past material :\ Still Saga is great :)

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mrmocha wrote:
last month

Basement Jaxx finally broke through for me. This latest album is something else. Stay Close sounds so damn good on my stereo!

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thebestthing wrote:
last month

trippy electrohouse - love it

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eardrumgenocide wrote:
last month

no one does it quite like the jaxx

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Evv_kill wrote:
last month

When I want you, i'll follow you. (8) COME BACK TO ARGENTINA PLEASE!!!!!

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AliveAmplified wrote:
last month

Plug it in is the best tune! WOOF

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FR3AKMAN wrote:
last month

RAINDROPS <3

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Torley wrote:
last month

Re: "Day of the Sunflowers - We March On" WORST. BASEMENT JAXX TRACK. EVER. Someone should make a North Korean propaganda music video to this, because the sheer suckitude sounds exactly like what would be blaring out of Kim Jong Il’s loudspeakers. As BJ’s answer to the Chems’ “Salmon Dance”, it works as a joke. But it’s off-putting and ugly. On the other hand, the deft arrangement of “Raindrops” is beautiful. Scars is such a mixed bag of an album.

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Evv_kill wrote:
last month

Raindrops, me voló la cabeza. (L)

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i-wana-car wrote:
last month

I luuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuv them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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gtmb wrote:
last month

Bran new Scars video over at http://r.fm/

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Addicted_Emo wrote:
last month

These guys are cool.

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