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Basement Jaxx: Influences
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About Basement Jaxx
Artist Biography
With their freewheeling, genre-flipping approach to house music, British duo Basement Jaxx became one of the biggest names in electronic music in the late ’90s and early 2000s.
• Simon Ratcliffe and Felix Buxton started Basement Jaxx as a club night in Brixton, South London, in 1994. Ratcliffe had previously recorded under the names Tic Tac Toe and Helicopter, while Buxton had worked as a house DJ throughout London.
• After a series of EPs, the duo released their debut album, Remedy, in 1999. It went platinum in the UK and yielded two Top 5 singles: “Red Alert” and “Rendez-Vu.” In the US, both of those singles, as well as “Bingo Bango,” topped Billboard’s Dance Club Songs chart.
• French dance demigods Daft Punk invited Basement Jaxx to be their opening act for their first UK shows.
• Their 2001 sophomore album, Rooty, spawned two more Top 10 UK hits: “Romeo” and the rowdy “Where’s Your Head At,” which samples a pair of songs by UK New Wave hero Gary Numan. Both went Top 5 on Billboard’s Dance Club Songs in the US.
• Featuring everyone from goth icon Siouxsie Sioux to grime pioneer Dizzee Rascal, the duo’s third album, 2003’s Kish Kash, reached a career-best No. 2 on Billboard’s Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart. The LP earned Basement Jaxx a Grammy for Best Electronic/Dance Album.
• The twosome won Best Dance Act at the BRIT Awards in 2002 and 2004.
• Their 2005 greatest-hits album, The Singles, arrived with two new songs—one of which, “Oh My Gosh,” reached No. 8 in the UK, giving Basement Jaxx their fifth Top 10 single.
• As befits their naturally cinematic sound, Basement Jaxx have scored two films: Attack the Block and a documentary on hula hooping called The Hooping Life.
Hometown
London, England
Genre
Dance
Members of Basement Jaxx
Basement Jaxx was formed in 1994. Members of Basement Jaxx include, or have included, the following 2 members.