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Basement Jaxx

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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 Williams on 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 duo have written an exclusive piece of music to accompany a work of art they admired in the Tate Modern, who invited them to walk around the gallery and find a work of art that would inspire them to write a track. Karel Appellis 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.

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Top Tracks

1	Where's Your Head At	1,679
2	Red Alert	1,359
3	Cish Cash full track	1,222
4	Romeo	1,199
5	Right Here's The Spot full track	1,165
6	Do Your Thing	905
7	Feels Like Home full track	874
8	Good Luck full track	844
9	Tonight (Featuring Phoebe) full track	763
10	Lucky Star (Featuring Dizzee Rascal) full track	723
11	Take Me Back To Your House	713
12	Plug It In (Featuring JC Chasez) full track	688
13	Oh My Gosh	676
14	Bingo Bango	674
15	Supersonic (Featuring Totlyn Jackson) full track	607

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Minardil wrote:
yesterday morning

where's yooour heaad aaaat aaat aaat

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ciaougoku wrote:
Thursday afternoon

ｶﾒﾊﾒﾊｰ!! ( *ﾟﾛﾟ)ﾊ ⊂☆＝＝＝≡≡≡）））☆

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tomstar86 wrote:
last week

got my tix for Newcastle woo! looking forward for new album drop in '09 :D

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smartfemme wrote:
last week

I love BJ!! :D

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MassAppeal1 wrote:
last week

Check out my remix of Dizzee Rascal's SIRENS http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=25lmZ6_rqcY

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wheezums wrote:
last week

i want new stuff toooooo

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i want new stuff.

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Oh my gosh, the potatoes in the kitchen!!

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Oh my gosh! He's making eyes at me and I don't mind...at all!

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Oh My Gosh is so brilliant! i forgot how much i loved it!

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!!! 0||0 !!!

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molam wrote:
last month

"Good luck" rlz!

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amiracle87 wrote:
August 2008

Is it Fly Life or Flylife?

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julinoz wrote:
August 2008

I love basement jaxx

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Moosish wrote:
August 2008

Hush Boy is quality, even though its on a terrible CD.

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dizkotoaster wrote:
August 2008

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX9oPmYKS6E Basement Jaxx vs. Britney Spears - Intoxicated Romeo (Mash-Up) enjoy =)

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Daytrippera wrote:
August 2008

http://www.last.fm/group/British+Music+Addicts/

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BROse712 wrote:
August 2008

Raw bounce..

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rawls73 wrote:
August 2008

Nice bounce..

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AlanSteward wrote:
August 2008

Tired of 30 second preview clips? If you like electronica, retro-funk, techno, dance, check out http://www.last.fm/music/Alan+Steward All songs are FULL LENGTH

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