New Basement Jaxx

Listening to this is like sitting and trying to read a book in the park but you can't, because everything around you -- the birds, grass, trees, sun, the f*ckin' bench you're sitting on - is hopping, leaping, twittering at the same time. You're in Toon Town and you have to get the hell out.
I wish the Jaxx would regain their sense of space, because after a couple of listens I've had enough. Just too much.
And I'm not getting the Prince comparisons. "SFM" on ROOTY was waay Princier than anything on this joint.

At the moment, nothing on the album even approaches "Right Here's The Spot" or "Feels Like Home" in sheer amazing smack-you-in-the-face-while-rubbing-your-crotch goodness.

"Lucky Star" is a decent track, but so far nothing I've heard with Dizzee on it is as good as "I Luv U".

http://www.xlrecordings.com/basementjaxx/release/~kishkashcd/

(goes back under his rock)

You can hardly hear him? Are you kidding me? He's all over the song. You'd have to be deaf or lying to say that you can hardly hear him. He sings the verses. He sings the choruses. He ad-libs. Where exactly aren't you hearing him? The very few times the female singer sings?

Justin could be singing it and it would be the same? Don't be ridiculous. Justin couldn't sing like that if his life depended on it. JC's falsetto is a hell of lot stronger than Justin's. His range is broader and his voice is stronger. I'm laughing at the thought of Justin trying some of those screams JC does. JC totally trounces Justin vocally. He's simply a better singer.

It's funny how some of you are totally raving about the song while trying not give JC's vocals any credit for how good it sounds. Like any run of the mill singer (like Justin) could have pulled that off. Give credit where credit is due. Basement Jaxx did a wonderful job making the music and JC did a great job singing it.

By the way, one more thing before I go. It's CHASEZ not Chavez.

1. the synth crunch on the chorus
2. the vocoder in the breakdown before the final chorus
3. the opening synth blips
4. the drum break
5. the way the drum break sounds like it's splashing mercury in your face on the chorus
6. the fact that it really does sound like jonny l, but can't decide if it's the jonny l who made bliss-overdose rave or bear-fart techstep
7. the vocal

not bad, some of it's cool (track 1, track 2) and the dzzee rscl
one is fantastic, but...jeepers creepers the *hype* over here.

there's nowt as good as 'jus 1 kiss' or 'samba magic' that's
fer darn sure.

Somebody has to be DEAD WRONG.

;o)

The new album is growing on me like lichen.

The song of many singers... Quite a few people who passed through the studio had a crack at this one but eventually we got a visit from JC (set up by a mutual friend to discuss the possibility of producing a track for his forthcoming solo album) and when we heard him sing we knew, at last, that we had a voice for "Plug It In".