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- Date Released: August 3, 1999
- Genre: Electronic
- Label: XL Recordings
The classic debut from Brixton's finest house duo.
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We Say...
Basement Jaxx's Felix Buxton and Simon Ratcliffe had road-tested their 1999 debut at a thousand basement Brixton DJ gigs, drawing the album's energy from the jostle and delirious abandon of the packed dance floor. Opener "Rendez-Vu," with its breakneck salsa crescendo, is typical of the Jaxx at full pelt — music that leaves you writhing and wreathed in smiles. "Red Alert" is similarly irresistible, like a party in which the sirens of the police raid only add to the elation. "Same Old Show" cites '80s U.K. ska band the Selecter's "On My Radio," but really, Remedy is a joyful throwback to a less cool, less spartan era of techno-funk, the era of George Clinton and D-Train in their squiggly pomp. Slower outings like "Stop 4 Love" are more than insipid breathers but just as layered, thought through and exquisitely detailed as the upper-than-uptempo likes of "Bingo Bango." Basement Jaxx are not at all cerebral, yet they're very clever indeed.
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They Say...
The duo's long-awaited debut album is one of the most assured, propulsive full-lengths the dance world had seen since Daft Punk's Homework. A set of incredibly diverse tracks, Remedy is indebted to the raw American house of Todd Terry and Masters at Work, and even shares the NuYoricans' penchant for Latin vibes (especially on the horn-driven "Bingo Bango" and the opener, "Rendez-Vu," which trades a bit of salsa wiggle with infectious vocoderized disco). True, Ratcliffe and Buxton do sound more like an American production team than a pair of Brixton boys would -- they get props (and vocal appearances) from several of the best American house producers out there including DJ Sneak, Erick Morillo, and Benji Candelario. And "U Can't Stop Me" is an R&B production that could probably have gotten airplay in major rap markets across the U.S. Elsewhere, Buxton and Ratcliffe chew up and spit out mutated versions of hip-hop, ragga, Latin, R&B, soul, and garage -- the varied sound that defined the worldwide house scene of the late '90s.
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Rendez-Vu |
5:45 |
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| 02. | |
Yo-Yo |
4:29 |
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| 03. | |
Jump 'n' Shout |
4:42 |
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| 04. | |
U Can't Stop Me |
3:40 |
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| 05. |
Jaxxalude |
0:35 |
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| 06. | |
Red Alert |
4:17 |
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| 07. |
Jazzalude |
0:23 |
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| 08. | |
Always Be There |
6:24 |
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| 09. |
Sneakalude |
0:11 |
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Same Old Show |
5:55 |
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| 11. | |
Bingo Bango |
5:58 |
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Gemilude |
0:47 |
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Stop 4 Love |
4:53 |
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Don't Give Up |
5:14 |
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| 15. | |
Being With U |
3:49 |
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15 Total Tracks, 57:02 Total Length
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