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October 13, 2004

Jaxx Play South Africa

Dance duo help nation celebrate ten years of democracy
August 13, 2003

Basement Jaxx Dish Out "Kish"

New album due in October
September 23, 2002

Basement Jaxx Prep New Material

Dance act head back in the studio for "Rooty" follow-up
April 4, 2001

Jaxx Ponder Big U.S. Tour

Basement Jaxx collaboration with Janet likely scrapped

Recordings and Reviews

Kish Kash

Around the world of sound with top U.K. DJ duo the energy never sags and ideas never flag on the third album from Basement Jaxx, a duo that cribs from R&B, punk, house, Asian, Latin and Middle Eastern music without the self-consciousness that usually accompanies such a broad palette. "Right Here's ...

2003 RS: 4of 5 Stars

Rooty

2001

Remedy

1999

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House music tends to mythologize itself as an urban wonderland where anything can happen, but few artists make music that lives up to that fantasy the way Basement Jaxx's does. South Londoners Simon Ratcliffe and Felix Buxton, who began recording tracks together in the mid-'90s, reimagine Prince's Paisley Park as a bustling, shape-shifting grooveathon taking in dub, psychedelia, Vocoder chants, so...

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