New Basement Jaxx

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".

Maybe the question should be would any of you be arguing against JC Chasez if weren't a member of a boyband? I think not. I bet most of you arguing against him wouldn't have any problems if he were just some unknown singer.

I still think this album is only *as good as* Rooty. But that's hardly a diss - it makes it my second favourite (and very almost favourite) album of the year. I think Tom's right insofar as that the strengths of the albums are different and this album either falls short of or far surpasses Rooty depending on which criteria you use.

I agreed with Ned re "Good Luck" until I played it really loud; now I love it. Volume is really essential with this album, much more than the previous two. Possibly it's because the focus is not so much on repetitious grooves (I don't think there's a single "proper" 4/4 beat on it) but on punishing riffs/hooks and profusion of sounds, and both of those need to be heard really loud to have their full effect.

Way more consistent that Rooty imo.