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Continued from Page 5B
throughout, focusing on themes of love,
celebration and a deep passion for
music.
For example, "Same Old Show" fea-
tures a sampled call-and-response rap-
per chanting "Let me hear you say
uptown!," followed by an orgasmic
female moan in response-. The funk
revival dance floor scorcher "Red
Alrt" centers around the soulful diva
chorus: "The music keeps on playing;



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on and on"
A seductive femme fatale murmurs
"I am happy/ I am sad/ I can be most
anything/ I'm a sexy motherfucker"
throughout "U Can't Stop Me" while
yet another feminine companion
appears every so often to whisper the
chorus and whiimper an occasional "I
want it all." As these women strut their
egos over a fat grooving bass beat, a
husky male voice exclaims a James
Brown-like "Ya!" over and over in the
distance.
The magnificent ambition of the 15
songs on "Remedy" maytransport the
sound of Basement Jaxx into the bed-
rooms and car stereos of America, but
before they became dance culture dar-
lings their legendary club residence in
South London earned them their first
fame several years ago. An eclectic
crowd assembled there regularly for the
equally diverse blend of sounds spun by
the Jaxx.
What differentiated Basement Jaxx
from their numerous peers was their
desire to break away from traditional DJ
techniques. Instead of mixing the latest
records with recognized classics, they
dropped forgotten anthems onto their
turntables along with a heavy amount of
their own exclusive records. These
acetates - personally produced and
manufactured records - gave them a
sound no DJ could emulate.
Eventually Buxton and Ratcliffe
founded their own personal record
label, Atlantic Jaxx Records, and began
releasing their own music to a public
hungry for -their sound. The first
release was."Basement Jaxx EP 1," fol-
lowed by several others. Soon the
Basement Jaxx records began getting a
lot of attention, eventually becoming
huge club anthems around the world.
Two tracks in particular, "Samba
Magic" and "Fly Life," became suc-
cessful enough that a few record labels

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began pursuing the sounds of Basement
Jaxx. Eventually, the Jaxx decided to
sign with XL in Britain (home of
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UNDERGRADUATE
AND GRADUATE
STUDENTS
WORLDWIDE

Courtesyo f 0'
will be here Saturday night at
in America (home of Chemical
Brothers and Fatboy Slim).
Earlier this year, after much specula-
tion and promise, the first songs from
their album-in-progress leaked to the
media: "Red Alert," "Yo-Yo," "Rendez-
Vu" and "Jump 'in Shout." The mob of
music publications then had a field day
trying to describe the sound of
Basement Jaxx with silly terms such as
"punk garage" and "The Genre
Formerly Known as House."
It was at this time that respected
music journalist Simon Reynoids wrote
in "The Village Voice" that "Remedy"
"looks set to do for house what
Reprazent's "New Forms" did for jun-
gle in '97 - explode the genre's para-
meters, and grab the ear of the wider
world beyond."
Other publications then followed.
Reynolds' lead, with "Muzik" pro-
claiming them, "The band about to
change the face of British dance music
with the best house album ever," and
"The Face" writing that, "They've made
the most universally acceptable, innov-
ative album of the year, turning 'dance'
inio soul"
Now that "Remedy has hit the
streets of America; the public doesn't
have to take the media's advice and can
experience the new sound of dance
music for themselves. And then for
those who still don't believe the hype.
this Saturday's special performance at
Motor Detroit promises to not only
destroy your perception of house music
but also your perception of how it's
spun by a DJ.

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