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| recorded = March 2002 – August 2003
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| studio = Jaxx Studio<br/>{{small|([[Loughborough Junction]], London, England)}}
| studio = Jaxx ([[Loughborough Junction]], London, England)
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* [[Electronic dance music|Dance]]
* [[House music|house]]
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*[[XL Recordings|XL]]
* [[XL Recordings|XL]]
*[[Astralwerks]]
* [[Astralwerks]]
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*Simon Ratcliffe
* Simon Ratcliffe
*Felix Buxton
* Felix Buxton
*[[Meshell Ndegeocello]]
* [[Meshell Ndegeocello]]
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'''''Kish Kash''''' is the third studio album by English [[electronic music]] duo [[Basement Jaxx]], released on 20 October 2003 by [[XL Recordings|XL]] and [[Astralwerks]]. After a lengthy tour which caused them [[Fatigue (medical)|exhaustion]] and [[homesickness]], they settled in their new studio and wanted to develop a new fresh approach with less reliant on grooves and samples and more focused on songwriting.
'''''Kish Kash''''' is the third studio album by English [[electronic music]] duo [[Basement Jaxx]], released on 20 October 2003 by [[XL Recordings]] and [[Astralwerks]]. After a lengthy tour which caused them [[Fatigue (medical)|exhaustion]] and [[homesickness]], they settled in their new studio and wanted to develop a fresh new approach, less reliant on grooves and samples and more focused on songwriting.


It reached number 17 on the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="UK charts">{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/1772/BASEMENT-JAXX/ |title=Basement Jaxx <nowiki>|</nowiki> Official Charts Company |website=[[Official Charts Company|Official Charts]] |accessdate=2 May 2015}}</ref> It later won the [[Grammy Award]] for [[Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Album|Best Dance/Electronic Album]] the first time it was awarded in [[47th Annual Grammy Awards|2005]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=&title=&year=2004&genre=49l |title=Past Winners Search |website=Grammy.com |accessdate=18 April 2012}}</ref> The album was nominated for the [[Mercury Prize]] in 2004.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/sep/08/arts.mercuryprize2004 | work = The Guardian|accessdate=10 June 2009|date=8 September 2004|first=Patrick|last=Barkham|title = Mercury rises for art pop of Franz Ferdinand }}</ref> Three singles were released from the album: "[[Lucky Star (Basement Jaxx song)|Lucky Star]]", "[[Good Luck (Basement Jaxx song)|Good Luck]]" and "[[Plug It In (song)|Plug It In]]".
It reached number 17 on the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="UK charts">{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/1772/BASEMENT-JAXX/ |title=Basement Jaxx <nowiki>|</nowiki> Official Charts Company |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |accessdate=2 May 2015}}</ref> The album was nominated for the [[Mercury Prize]] in 2004.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/sep/08/arts.mercuryprize2004 | work = The Guardian|accessdate=10 June 2009|date=8 September 2004|first=Patrick|last=Barkham|title = Mercury rises for art pop of Franz Ferdinand }}</ref> It later won the first [[Grammy Award]] for [[Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Album|Best Dance/Electronic Album]] in [[47th Annual Grammy Awards|2005]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=&title=&year=2004&genre=49l |title=Past Winners Search |website=Grammy.com |accessdate=18 April 2012}}</ref> Three singles were released from the album: "[[Lucky Star (Basement Jaxx song)|Lucky Star]]", "[[Good Luck (Basement Jaxx song)|Good Luck]]" and "[[Plug It In (song)|Plug It In]]".


==Background and development==
==Background and development==


Returning from their 2001 world tour to promote ''Rooty'' with exhaustion and [[homesickness]], Felix and Simon settled into their new Brixton studio. In the meantime they released the low-profile experimental Junction EP and remixed Missy Elliott, DJ Sneak and Justin Timberlake. The remixes were easy – the tricky bit was deciding where to go next.<ref>{{cite news|author=Matt Munday |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/basement-jaxx-are-back-can-they-recover-their-sunny-outlook-in-time-for-bestival-9681180.html |title=Basement Jaxx are back: can they recover their sunny outlook in time for Bestival? &#124; Features &#124; Culture |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |date= |accessdate=2016-07-07}}</ref>
Returning from their 2001 world tour to promote ''Rooty'' with exhaustion and [[homesickness]], Felix and Simon settled into their new Brixton studio. On 23 September 2002, they released second [[extended play]] ''Junction'', which included four new songs and was named after [[Loughborough Junction]], the place of the duo's original parties.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atlanticjaxx.com/traxx/junction-ep|title=Basement Jaxx — ''Junction EP''|accessdate=11 June 2016|publisher=[[Atlantic Jaxx]]'s official website}}</ref> They also remixed Missy Elliott, DJ Sneak and Justin Timberlake while still deciding where to go next.<ref>{{cite news|author=Matt Munday |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/basement-jaxx-are-back-can-they-recover-their-sunny-outlook-in-time-for-bestival-9681180.html |title=Basement Jaxx are back: can they recover their sunny outlook in time for Bestival? &#124; Features &#124; Culture |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |accessdate=2016-07-07}}</ref>


The recording process took place between March 2002 and August 2003.<ref name="Universal">{{cite web|url=http://www.umusicpub.com/#contentRequest=artistdetail&contentLocation=sub&contentOptions=%26artistid%3D558|title=Basement Jaxx biography|accessdate=15 June 2016|publisher=[[Universal Music Publishing Group]]|work=Astralwerks}}</ref> According to Buxton, the duo undertook the recording of ''Kish Kash'' in "a sober state of mind".<ref name="Turenne">{{cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/world_comes_around_to_basement_jaxx|title=The World Comes Around to Basement Jaxx|author=Turenne, Martin|date=1 January 2006|accessdate=11 June 2016|work=Exclaim.ca}}</ref> While making the album, they both stayed away from [[Nightclub|clubs]], preferring to ignore the latest fads in dance culture, wanting to develop a fresh approach, less reliant on grooves and [[Sampling (music)|samples]] and more focused on songwriting, often starting with just a voice and guitar.<ref name="Universal"/><ref name="Turenne"/> "We kind of went back to school," says Buxton. "We got this new studio and had to learn how to use it." Adds Ratcliffe: "There was a greater sense that we didn't know what we were doing but it was more enjoyable than before."<ref name="Universal"/>
On 23 September 2002, they released second [[extended play]] ''Junction'', which included four new songs and was named after [[Loughborough Junction]], the place of the duo's original parties.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atlanticjaxx.com/traxx/junction-ep|title=Basement Jaxx — ''Junction EP''|accessdate=11 June 2016|publisher=[[Atlantic Jaxx]]'s official website}}</ref>


Buxton also revealed that they were going to name the album ''Rhapsody'', but his father thought it was "too square" and commented: "It would be okay if [the album] was a rap record about [[sodomy]], but it’s not."<ref name="scotsman">{{cite web|url=http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/culture/music/the-pop-idol-s-pop-idols-1-1296130|title=The pop idol's pop idols|work=The Scotsman|date=16 November 2003|accessdate=14 June 2016}}</ref> Someone else then said the title was "like a box of chocolates or a [[Gareth Gates]] album", so they changed it to ''Kish Kash'' before the artwork went to print.<ref name="independent">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/burning-down-the-house-that-basement-jaxx-built-92756.html|title=Burning down the house that Basement Jaxx built|author=Chapman, Anna|work=The Independent|date=24 October 2003|accessdate=14 June 2016}}</ref> The new name was a phrase for money used by one of their friends.<ref name="independent"/>
The recording process took place between March 2002 and August 2003.<ref name="Universal">{{cite web|url=http://www.umusicpub.com/#contentRequest=artistdetail&contentLocation=sub&contentOptions=%26artistid%3D558|title=Basement Jaxx biography|accessdate=15 June 2016|publisher=[[Universal Music Publishing Group]]|work=Astralwerks}}</ref> According to Buxton, the duo undertook the recording of ''Kish Kash'' in "a sober state of mind."<ref name="Turenne">{{cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/world_comes_around_to_basement_jaxx|title=The World Comes Around to Basement Jaxx|author=Turenne, Martin|date=1 January 2006|accessdate=11 June 2016|work=Exclaim.ca}}</ref> While making the album, they both stayed away from [[Nightclub|clubs]], preferring to ignore the latest fads in dance culture, wanting to develop a fresh approach, less reliant on grooves and [[Sampling (music)|samples]] and more focused on songwriting, often starting with just a voice and [[guitar]].<ref name="Universal"/><ref name="Turenne"/> "We kind of went back to school," says Buxton. "We got this new studio and had to learn how to use it." Adds Ratcliffe: "There was a greater sense that we didn’t know what we were doing but it was more enjoyable than before."<ref name="Universal"/>


The album was also their last recording with record label Astralwerks, as they announced backstage of the [[47th Annual Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/learning/students/pop/20050215snaptuesday.html|title=Grammy Awards Pay Posthumous Tribute to Ray Charles|author=Leeds, Jeff|date=14 February 2005|accessdate=12 June 2016|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
Buxton also revealed that they were going to name the album ''Rhapsody'', but his father thought it was "too square" and commented: "It would be okay if [the album] was a rap record about [[sodomy]], but it’s not."<ref name="scotsman">{{cite web|url=http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/culture/music/the-pop-idol-s-pop-idols-1-1296130|title=The pop idol's pop idols|work=The Scotsman|date=16 November 2003|accessdate=14 June 2016}}</ref> Someone else then said the title was "like a box of chocolates or a [[Gareth Gates]] album," so they changed it to ''Kish Kash'' before the artwork went to print.<ref name="independent">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/burning-down-the-house-that-basement-jaxx-built-92756.html|title=Burning down the house that Basement Jaxx built|author=Chapman, Anna|work=Independent|date=24 October 2003|accessdate=14 June 2016}}</ref> The new name was a phrase for [[money]] used by one of their friends.<ref name="independent"/>

The album was also their last recording with record label Astralwerks, as they announced backstage of the [[47th Annual Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/learning/students/pop/20050215snaptuesday.html|title=Grammy Awards Pay Posthumous Tribute to Ray Charles|author=Leeds, Jeff|date=14 February 2005|accessdate=12 June 2016|work=[[New York Times]]|publisher=The New York Times Company}}</ref>


== Content==
== Content==
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The album opens with "Good Luck", with vocals contributed by [[Lisa Kekaula]], a member from the American [[rock and roll]] group [[The Bellrays]]. Despite her musical style being different than the duo's. the duo decided to collaborate with [[The London Session Orchestra]]. "I've wanted to make a beautiful song. But I was suffering a lot on how to express it." At that time, their manager suggested them to use an orchestra. "The recording sessions were participated by 16 people. It was really spectacular. That is making real music!," he claimed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vibe-net.com/musicinfo/interview/interview_one.html?artist=000000301&interview=37|title=Basement Jaxx Interview|last=Matsunaga|first=Naohisa|accessdate=12 June 2016|work=Vibe|language=Japanese|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915012046/http://www.vibe-net.com/musicinfo/interview/interview_one.html?artist=000000301&interview=37|archive-date=15 September 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The album opens with "Good Luck", with vocals contributed by [[Lisa Kekaula]], a member of the American [[rock and roll]] group [[The Bellrays]]. The duo decided to collaborate with [[The London Session Orchestra]] on the song. Ratcliffe said, "I wanted to make a beautiful song. But I was having a lot of trouble figuring out how to express it." Their manager then suggested that they use an orchestra. "16 people participated in the recording. It was pretty spectacular. They're making real music!"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vibe-net.com/musicinfo/interview/interview_one.html?artist=000000301&interview=37|title=Basement Jaxx Interview|last=Matsunaga|first=Naohisa|accessdate=12 June 2016|work=Vibe|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915012046/http://www.vibe-net.com/musicinfo/interview/interview_one.html?artist=000000301&interview=37|archive-date=15 September 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>


"Benjilude" features vocals from Joe Benjamin, a 70-year-old [[Bermuda]]n man that walks around Brixton with "a [[Stetson]] hat, a large stick and a kind of [[poncho]]." Buxton befriended him when the man used to live there, then he invited him to studio. "We like interludes; used sparingly and wisely, they help to blend things," said Ratcliffe.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/dec/15/basement-jaxx-favourite-tracks|title=Basement Jaxx's favourite tracks|last=Richards|first=Sam|date=15 December 2012|accessdate=28 July 2016|work=The Guardian}}</ref><ref name="Kleinfeld">{{cite journal|last=Kleinfeld|first=Justin|title=Basement Jaxx: An insider's look at ''Kish Kash''|journal=
"Benjilude" features vocals from Joe Benjamin, a 70-year-old [[Bermuda|Bermudan]] man "that walks around Brixton with a [[Stetson]] hat, a large stick and a kind of [[poncho]]." Buxton befriended him when the man used to live there, then he invited him to studio. "We like interludes; used sparingly and wisely, they help to blend things," said Ratcliffe.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/dec/15/basement-jaxx-favourite-tracks|title=Basement Jaxx's favourite tracks|last=Richards|first=Sam|date=15 December 2012|accessdate=28 July 2016|work=The Guardian}}</ref><ref name="Kleinfeld">{{cite journal|last=Kleinfeld|first=Justin|title=Basement Jaxx: An insider's look at ''Kish Kash''|journal= [[CMJ|CMJ New Music Report]]|date=13 November 2003|volume=77|issue=835|page=36|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X2F3DiYvfCIC&pg=PA36|accessdate=28 July 2016|publisher=CMJ|format=Google Books|issn=0890-0795}}</ref>
[[CMJ|CMJ New Music Report]]|date=13 November 2003|volume=77|issue=835|page=36|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X2F3DiYvfCIC&lpg=PA1&hl=vi&pg=PA36#v=onepage&q&f=false|accessdate=28 July 2016|publisher=CMJ|format=Google Books|issn=0890-0795}}</ref>


[[Meshell Ndegeocello]] was touring in the UK when she worked with the duo for "Right Here's the Spot" and "Feels Like Home". But on the second day, she felt ill and they had to make her a bed in the vocal booth.<ref name="Universal"/> She told ''[[Between the Lines (newspaper)|PrideSource]]'' about her experience working with the duo: "It was good. I had a great time and I enjoyed it very much. It was nice to work with different people. I always enjoy the experience of making music with people". On the making of "Right Here's the Spot", she laughed, stated: "I go out (to night clubs) myself and I love that particular genre of music. It was fun."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=4971|title='Comfort' and joy: an interview with Meshell Ndegeocello|last=Shapiro|first=Gregg|date=16 October 2003|accessdate=11 June 2016|work=PrideSource|publisher=Pride Source Media Group, LLC}}</ref> In 2015, she recalled the sessions with the duo, she stated that they "definitely taught [her] about sonics and sound, and also just the method of singing a lot and letting someone sift through it all and find the phrases which they like."
[[Meshell Ndegeocello]] was touring in the UK when she worked with the duo for "Right Here's the Spot" and "Feels Like Home". But on the second day, she felt ill and they had to make her a bed in the vocal booth.<ref name="Universal"/> She told ''[[Windy City Times]]'' about her experience working with the duo: "It was good. I had a great time and I enjoyed it very much. It was nice to work with different people. I always enjoy the experience of making music with people". On the making of "Right Here's the Spot", she stated: "I go out (to night clubs) myself and I love that particular genre of music. It was fun."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.windycitytimes.com/lgbt/Comfort-and-Joy-Meshell-Ndegeocello/613.html|title='Comfort' and Joy: an interview with Meshell Ndegeocello|last=Shapiro|first=Gregg|date=16 October 2003|accessdate=11 June 2016|work=Windy City Times|publisher=Windy City Media Group}}</ref> In a 2015 interview with ''Songwriting Magazine'', she recalled the sessions with the duo, stating that they "definitely taught [her] about sonics and sound, and also just the method of singing a lot and letting someone sift through it all and find the phrases which they like. [...] I think that's an amazing way to make songs."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.songwritingmagazine.co.uk/interviews/sodajerker-presents-meshell-ndegeocello|title=Sodajerker presents... Meshell Ndegeocello|date=28 July 2015|accessdate=19 October 2023|work=Songwriting Magazine}}</ref>


The collaboration between the duo and [[Phoebe Killdeer]] came as a suggestion from their record label, as Astralwerks also wanted Killdeer to study the two, despite the fact that she was a singer then herself. Killdeer recorded her part in three hours on an afternoon for the track "Tonight". She shared: "[It was] fun to work with them. We complemented each other well."<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.kultmucke.de/phoebe-killdeer/ |title=Phoebe Killdeer |website=Kultmucke.de |date= |accessdate=2016-07-07}}</ref>
The collaboration between the duo and [[Phoebe Killdeer]] came as a suggestion from their record label, as Astralwerks also wanted Killdeer to study the two, despite the fact that she was a singer then herself. Killdeer recorded her part in three hours on an afternoon for the track "Tonight". She shared: "[It was] fun to work with them. We complemented each other well."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kultmucke.de/phoebe-killdeer/ |title=Phoebe Killdeer |website=Kultmucke.de |accessdate=2016-07-07}}</ref>


The album's second track, "Right Here's the Spot", is a collaboration with Meshell Ndegeocello. Michaelangelo Matos from ''[[The Village Voice]]'', called it "Ndegeocello's Prince-tribute collaboration with Basement Jaxx."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/music/five-geeky-prince-questions-for-meshell-ndegeocello-6624846|title=Five Geeky Prince Questions For Meshell Ndegeocello|author=Michaelangelo Matos|date=15 June 2011|accessdate=11 June 2016|work=The Village Voice}}</ref> "Cish Cash", featuring the voice of [[Siouxsie Sioux]], is a [[punk music|punk]]-influenced track.<ref name="Turenne"/> The album's concluding track, "Feels Like Home", was claimed by ''[[Exclaim!|Excalim.ca]]'''s Martin Turenne as "the gloomiest track in Jaxx history" with "a beatless dirge in which grinding electronics buzz" under Meshell Ndegeocello's "mournful" singing.<ref name="Turenne"/> Ernest Hardy from ''[[LA Weekly]]'' called the song a "dreamy, atmospheric closing number".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.laweekly.com/music/forgive-me-meshell-2137352|title=Forgive Me, Meshell|author=Ernest Hardy|date=27 November 2003|accessdate=11 June 2016|work=LA Weekly}}</ref>
The album's second track, "Right Here's the Spot", is a collaboration with Meshell Ndegeocello. Michaelangelo Matos from ''[[The Village Voice]]'', called it "Ndegeocello's Prince-tribute collaboration with Basement Jaxx."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/music/five-geeky-prince-questions-for-meshell-ndegeocello-6624846|title=Five Geeky Prince Questions For Meshell Ndegeocello|author=Michaelangelo Matos|date=15 June 2011|accessdate=11 June 2016|work=The Village Voice}}</ref> "Cish Cash", featuring the voice of [[Siouxsie Sioux]], is a [[punk music|punk]]-influenced track.<ref name="Turenne"/> The album's concluding track, "Feels Like Home", was claimed by ''[[Exclaim!|Excalim.ca]]'''s Martin Turenne as "the gloomiest track in Jaxx history" with "a beatless dirge in which grinding electronics buzz" under Meshell Ndegeocello's "mournful" singing.<ref name="Turenne"/> Ernest Hardy from ''[[LA Weekly]]'' called the song a "dreamy, atmospheric closing number".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.laweekly.com/music/forgive-me-meshell-2137352|title=Forgive Me, Meshell|author=Ernest Hardy|date=27 November 2003|accessdate=11 June 2016|work=LA Weekly}}</ref>


The lyrical theme of "Supersonic" is "outer space".<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.umusicpub.se/sv-SE/Digital-Music-Library/song/214586/basement-jaxx-supersonic-feat-totlyn-jackson |title=Universal Music Publishing Group &#124; Scandinavia |website=Umusicpub.se |date= |accessdate=2016-07-07}}</ref>
The lyrical theme of "Supersonic" is "outer space".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.umusicpub.se/sv-SE/Digital-Music-Library/song/214586/basement-jaxx-supersonic-feat-totlyn-jackson |title=Universal Music Publishing Group &#124; Scandinavia |website=Umusicpub.se |accessdate=2016-07-07}}</ref>


=== Musical style ===
=== Musical style ===
{{Quote box|width=20em||align=right|style=padding:8px|quote="We wanted get back to the basics of what music was about and why it was important to us. If we had started this album with a carnival-esque house track, that wouldn't have felt fresh for us. We were interested in creating that genre, but not necessarily continuing on with it."|source=— Buxton on the new musical concept of ''Kish Kash'' with ''Exclaim.ca''<ref name="Turenne"/>}}
{{Quote box|width=20em||align=right|style=padding:8px|quote="We wanted get back to the basics of what music was about and why it was important to us. If we had started this album with a carnival-esque house track, that wouldn't have felt fresh for us. We were interested in creating that genre, but not necessarily continuing on with it."|source=— Buxton on the new musical concept of ''Kish Kash'' with ''Exclaim.ca''<ref name="Turenne"/>}}


In the past, the pair had taken some of their cues from their dancefloor contemporaries but not this time. "We were listening to what other people were doing and realizing it was all pretty stagnant and uninspiring," says Simon. "There was nothing to look up to in a way. We had to do something new."<ref name="Universal"/> During this time, they enjoyed a variety of records which had "a less direct influence" on their record including albums from [[Radiohead]], [[The Neptunes]], [[Timbaland]] and [[System of a Down]].<ref name="Universal"/> ''Kish Kash'' has an eclectic cast of characters, ranging from complete unknowns to cult heroes to household names, and from teenagers to 70-year-olds. "There’s no ageism on this record", Felix assures with a grin.<ref name="Universal"/>
Basement Jaxx had previously been inspired by their peers in the dance music scene, but by the time of recording ''Kish Kash'' this had changed. "We were listening to what other people were doing and realizing it was all pretty stagnant and uninspiring," says Simon. "There was nothing to look up to in a way. We had to do something new."<ref name="Universal"/> Around this time, the duo listened to artists that had "a less direct influence" on the record including [[Radiohead]], [[the Neptunes]], [[Timbaland]] and [[System of a Down]].<ref name="Universal"/>


While previous Jaxx influences included funk and house heroes like [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] and [[Todd Terry]], the presence looming largest at the outset of album three was none other than [[Brian Eno]].<ref name="Turenne"/> "If anything, the new album is more classic in feel, more song-based", Ratcliffe explains to ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''. "It's more traditional in that respect. It's also a bit more intelligent, which is a very dangerous word to use."<ref name="Paoletta">{{cite journal|last1=Paoletta|first1=Michael|title=Jaxx Goes Pop On Third Set|journal=Billboard|date=18 October 2003|volume=115|issue=42|page=27|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jxEEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA1&hl=vi&pg=PA27#v=onepage&q&f=true|accessdate=11 June 2016|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|format=[[Google Books]]|issn=0006-2510}}</ref>
Instead of being influenced by artists they had been in the past, like [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] and [[Todd Terry]], the duo were more influenced by [[Brian Eno]] on their third album.<ref name="Turenne"/> "If anything, the new album is more classic in feel, more song-based", Ratcliffe explains to ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''. "It's more traditional in that respect. It's also a bit more intelligent, which is a very dangerous word to use."<ref name="Paoletta">{{cite magazine|last1=Paoletta|first1=Michael|title=Jaxx Goes Pop on Third Set|magazine=Billboard|date=18 October 2003|volume=115|issue=42|page=27|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jxEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA27|issn=0006-2510}}</ref>


Mark Pytlik from ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' summed up the album's musical genres: "Containing fused-together fragments of [[disco]], [[Electronic music|electro]], [[Psychedelic music|acid]], [[Music of Bollywood|bollywood]], [[New wave music|new wave]], and whatever the hell the incredible 'Living Room' is, ''Kish Kash'''s gaudy world collage fell by the wayside next to the minimalist sounds of [[microhouse]] and [[Grime music|grime]]."<ref name="pitchfork">{{cite news |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/5956-the-top-100-albums-of-2000-04-part-one/?page=4|title=The Top 100 Albums of 2000-04|work=Pitchfork|date=7 February 2005|accessdate=12 June 2016|author=''Pitchfork'' staff(s)}}</ref>
Mark Pytlik from ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' summed up the album's musical genres: "Containing fused-together fragments of [[disco]], [[Electronic music|electro]], [[Psychedelic music|acid]], [[Music of Bollywood|bollywood]], [[New wave music|new wave]], and whatever the hell the incredible 'Living Room' is, ''Kish Kash'''s gaudy world collage fell by the wayside next to the minimalist sounds of [[microhouse]] and [[Grime music|grime]]."<ref name="pitchfork">{{cite news |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/5956-the-top-100-albums-of-2000-04-part-one/?page=4|title=The Top 100 Albums of 2000-04|work=Pitchfork|date=7 February 2005|accessdate=12 June 2016|author=''Pitchfork'' staff(s)}}</ref>
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| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="Bush">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/kish-kash-mw0000325853 |title=''Kish Kash'' – Basement Jaxx |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=12 September 2011 |last=Bush |first=John}}</ref>
| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="Bush">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/kish-kash-mw0000325853 |title=''Kish Kash'' – Basement Jaxx |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=12 September 2011 |last=Bush |first=John}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]''
| rev2 = ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]''
| rev2score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="Blender">{{cite journal |url=http://www.blender.com/reviews/review_1369.html |title=Basement Jaxx: ''Kish Kash'' |journal=[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]] |issue=21 |date=November 2003 |accessdate=6 July 2016 |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |page=109 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040813211245/http://www.blender.com/reviews/review_1369.html |archivedate=13 August 2004 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev2score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="Blender">{{cite journal |url=http://www.blender.com/reviews/review_1369.html |title=Basement Jaxx: ''Kish Kash'' |journal=[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]] |issue=21 |date=November 2003 |accessdate=6 July 2016 |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |page=109 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040813211245/http://www.blender.com/reviews/review_1369.html |archive-date=13 August 2004 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev3 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev3score = A−<ref name="Browne">{{cite journal |url=https://www.ew.com/article/2003/10/24/kish-kash |title=''Kish Kash'' |journal=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=24 October 2003 |accessdate=18 September 2011 |last=Browne |first=David |authorlink=David Browne (journalist) |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118115740/http://ew.com/article/2003/10/24/kish-kash/ |archivedate=18 January 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev3score = A−<ref name="Browne">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.ew.com/article/2003/10/24/kish-kash |title=''Kish Kash'' |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=24 October 2003 |accessdate=18 September 2011 |last=Browne |first=David |author-link=David Browne (journalist) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118115740/http://ew.com/article/2003/10/24/kish-kash/ |archive-date=18 January 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[The Guardian]]''
| rev4 = ''[[The Guardian]]''
| rev4score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="Guardian">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/oct/17/popandrock.shopping5 |title=Basement Jaxx, ''Kish Kash'' |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |date=17 October 2003 |accessdate=18 September 2011 |last=Simpson |first=Dave}}</ref>
| rev4score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="Guardian">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/oct/17/popandrock.shopping5 |title=Basement Jaxx, ''Kish Kash'' |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |date=17 October 2003 |accessdate=18 September 2011 |last=Simpson |first=Dave}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[NME]]''
| rev5 = ''[[NME]]''
| rev5score = 6/10<ref name="NME">{{cite journal |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/basement-jaxx/7210 |title=Basement Jaxx : ''Kish Kash'' |journal=[[NME]] |date=24 October 2003 |accessdate=18 September 2011 |last=Dalton |first=Stephen |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304194351/http://www.nme.com/reviews/basement-jaxx/7210 |archivedate=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev5score = 6/10<ref name="NME">{{cite journal |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/basement-jaxx/7210 |title=Basement Jaxx : ''Kish Kash'' |journal=[[NME]] |date=24 October 2003 |accessdate=18 September 2011 |last=Dalton |first=Stephen |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304194351/http://www.nme.com/reviews/basement-jaxx/7210 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev6 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev6score = 9.1/10<ref name="Plagenhoef">{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/573-kish-kash/ |title=Basement Jaxx: ''Kish Kash'' |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=21 October 2003 |accessdate=12 September 2011 |last=Plagenhoef |first=Scott}}</ref>
| rev6score = 9.1/10<ref name="Plagenhoef">{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/573-kish-kash/ |title=Basement Jaxx: ''Kish Kash'' |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=21 October 2003 |accessdate=12 September 2011 |last=Plagenhoef |first=Scott}}</ref>
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| rev7score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite journal |title=Basement Jaxx: ''Kish Kash'' |journal=[[Q (magazine)|Q]] |issue=208 |date=November 2003 |page=106}}</ref>
| rev7score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite journal |title=Basement Jaxx: ''Kish Kash'' |journal=[[Q (magazine)|Q]] |issue=208 |date=November 2003 |page=106}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev8 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev8score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/basementjaxx/albums/album/293598/review/5940499/kish_kash |title=Basement Jaxx: ''Kish Kash'' |journal=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=22 October 2003 |accessdate=12 August 2012 |last=Hardy |first=Ernest |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071110050024/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/basementjaxx/albums/album/293598/review/5940499/kish_kash |archivedate=10 November 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev8score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/basementjaxx/albums/album/293598/review/5940499/kish_kash |title=Basement Jaxx: ''Kish Kash'' |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=22 October 2003 |accessdate=12 August 2012 |last=Hardy |first=Ernest |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071110050024/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/basementjaxx/albums/album/293598/review/5940499/kish_kash |archive-date=10 November 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''
| rev9 = ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''
| rev9score = B<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=crQoYila-dAC&pg=PA126&lpg=PA126 |title=Basement Jaxx: ''Kish Kash'' |journal=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |volume=19 |issue=12 |date=December 2003 |accessdate=14 June 2016 |last=Hermes |first=Will |authorlink=Will Hermes |pages=126–29}}</ref>
| rev9score = B<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=crQoYila-dAC&pg=PA126 |title=Basement Jaxx: ''Kish Kash'' |journal=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |volume=19 |issue=12 |date=December 2003 |accessdate=14 June 2016 |last=Hermes |first=Will |author-link=Will Hermes |pages=126–29}}</ref>
| rev10 = ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]''
| rev10 = ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]''
| rev10score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="Uncut">{{cite journal |title=Basement Jaxx: ''Kish Kash'' |journal=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]] |issue=79 |date=December 2003 |page=122}}</ref>
| rev10score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="Uncut">{{cite journal |title=Basement Jaxx: ''Kish Kash'' |journal=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]] |issue=79 |date=December 2003 |page=122}}</ref>
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Scott Plagenhoef of ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' gave ''Kish Kash'' a score of 9.1/10, calling the album "the most propulsive, ferocious music of the year as well as some of the most poignant."<ref name="Plagenhoef"/> David Browne of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' called it "the richest and most fervent music the Jaxx have ever made".<ref name="Browne"/> John Davidson of ''[[PopMatters]]'' called it "their best sustained effort so far."<ref name="Davidson">{{cite web |url=https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/basementjaxx-kishkash |title=Basement Jaxx: ''Kish Kash'' |work=[[PopMatters]] |date=19 November 2003 |accessdate=12 September 2011 |last=Davidson |first=John}}</ref> Andy Battaglia of ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' called it "an album that sets the bar for density and imagination almost unreasonably high."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/articles/basement-jaxx-kish-kash,11745/ |title=Basement Jaxx: ''Kish Kash'' |work=[[The A.V. Club]] |date=21 October 2003 |accessdate=18 September 2011 |last=Battaglia |first=Andy}}</ref> ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]'' praised the album as "their most violently inventive album yet",<ref name="Blender"/> while ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]'' described it as "a truly exhilarating 50 minutes of music."<ref name="Uncut"/>
Scott Plagenhoef of ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' gave ''Kish Kash'' a score of 9.1/10, calling the album "the most propulsive, ferocious music of the year as well as some of the most poignant."<ref name="Plagenhoef"/> David Browne of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' called it "the richest and most fervent music the Jaxx have ever made".<ref name="Browne"/> John Davidson of ''[[PopMatters]]'' called it "their best sustained effort so far."<ref name="Davidson">{{cite web |url=https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/basementjaxx-kishkash |title=Basement Jaxx: ''Kish Kash'' |work=[[PopMatters]] |date=19 November 2003 |accessdate=12 September 2011 |last=Davidson |first=John}}</ref> Andy Battaglia of ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' called it "an album that sets the bar for density and imagination almost unreasonably high."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/articles/basement-jaxx-kish-kash,11745/ |title=Basement Jaxx: ''Kish Kash'' |work=[[The A.V. Club]] |date=21 October 2003 |accessdate=18 September 2011 |last=Battaglia |first=Andy}}</ref> ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]'' praised the album as "their most violently inventive album yet",<ref name="Blender"/> while ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]'' described it as "a truly exhilarating 50 minutes of music."<ref name="Uncut"/>


Stephen Dalton of ''[[NME]]'', on the other hand, called ''Kish Kash'' "a naggingly problematic record" with "a void at its heart that no amount of cool celebrity mates can conceal."<ref name="NME"/> Dave Simpson of ''[[The Guardian]]'' was critical of the album's "recurring sense of enforced jollity" and "lame attempts at introspection", but concluded that "anyone left standing on pop's dancefloor will certainly lap this up".<ref name="Guardian"/> [[AllMusic]]'s John Bush, whilst giving it a very positive review and calling it perhaps the best dance record of 2003, wrote that ''Kish Kash'' was "the least imaginative record Basement Jaxx have ever released."<ref name="Bush"/> [[Robert Christgau]] of ''[[The Village Voice]]'' was more reserved in his praise, giving the album a three-star honorable mention rating and remarking: "Is that blood the big-time vocalists smear on the tracks, or ichor?"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=12276 |title=Basement Jaxx: ''Kish Kash'' |publisher=RobertChristgau.com |accessdate=5 May 2015 |last=Christgau |first=Robert |authorlink=Robert Christgau}}</ref>
Stephen Dalton of ''[[NME]]'', on the other hand, called ''Kish Kash'' "a naggingly problematic record" with "a void at its heart that no amount of cool celebrity mates can conceal."<ref name="NME"/> Dave Simpson of ''[[The Guardian]]'' was critical of the album's "recurring sense of enforced jollity" and "lame attempts at introspection", but concluded that "anyone left standing on pop's dancefloor will certainly lap this up".<ref name="Guardian"/> [[AllMusic]]'s John Bush, whilst giving it a very positive review and calling it perhaps the best dance record of 2003, wrote that ''Kish Kash'' was "the least imaginative record Basement Jaxx have ever released."<ref name="Bush"/> [[Robert Christgau]] of ''[[The Village Voice]]'' was more reserved in his praise, giving the album a three-star honorable mention rating and remarking: "Is that blood the big-time vocalists smear on the tracks, or ichor?"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=12276 |title=Basement Jaxx: ''Kish Kash'' |publisher=RobertChristgau.com |accessdate=5 May 2015 |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau}}</ref>


''[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]'' called the album their last "great project", seeing as their subsequent albums failed to make a mark with critics or the Grammy board.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.complex.com/music/2013/02/remembering-past-best-danceelectronica-album-grammy-winners/basement-jaxx-kish-kash |title=Remembering Past Best Dance/Electronica Album Grammy Winners |work=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]] |date=10 February 2013 |accessdate=10 February 2013 |author=khrisd}}</ref>
''[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]'' called the album their last "great project", seeing as their subsequent albums failed to make a mark with critics or the Grammy board.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.complex.com/music/2013/02/remembering-past-best-danceelectronica-album-grammy-winners/basement-jaxx-kish-kash |title=Remembering Past Best Dance/Electronica Album Grammy Winners |work=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]] |date=10 February 2013 |accessdate=10 February 2013 |author=khrisd}}</ref>


[[Ella Eyre]] said the album was the first she ever bought "because [she] kept stealing [her] mum's and [her mother] hid it from [her]." She also cited Basement Jaxx as one of her musical influences.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25577251 |title=BBC Sound of 2014: Ella Eyre |publisher=BBC |date=9 January 2014 |accessdate=11 June 2016 |last=Griffiths |first=Sarah Jane}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Lloyd |first=Christopher |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/3488/reviews/8207- |title=Album Review: Basement Jaxx - Kish Kash / Releases / Releases // Drowned In Sound |website=Drownedinsound.com |date=2003-10-15 |accessdate=2016-07-07}}</ref>
[[Ella Eyre]] said the album was the first she ever bought "because [she] kept stealing [her] mum's and [her mother] hid it from [her]." She also cited Basement Jaxx as one of her musical influences.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25577251 |title=BBC Sound of 2014: Ella Eyre |publisher=BBC |date=9 January 2014 |accessdate=11 June 2016 |last=Griffiths |first=Sarah Jane}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Lloyd |first=Christopher |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/3488/reviews/8207- |title=Album Review: Basement Jaxx - Kish Kash / Releases / Releases // Drowned in Sound |website=Drowned in Sound |date=2003-10-15 |accessdate=2016-07-07 |archive-date=13 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913235339/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/3488/reviews/8207- |url-status=dead }}</ref>


==Accolades==
==Accolades==


''Kish Kash'' was included in several year-end lists, including ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' at number 38.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/2003/12/40-best-albums-2003/basement-jaxx-kish-kash/|title=The 40 Best Albums of 2003|author=''Spin'' staff(s)|date=31 December 2003|accessdate=12 June 2016|work=Spin}}</ref> It was voted the eighth best album of 2003 in the [[Pazz & Jop]], an annual poll of American critics nationwide, published by ''[[The Village Voice]]''.<ref name="2003 poll">{{cite news |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pjres03.php |title=The 2003 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll |work=[[The Village Voice]] |date=17 February 2004 |accessdate=12 June 2016 |author=Christgau, Robert |authorlink=Robert Christgau}}</ref>
''Kish Kash'' was included in several year-end lists, including ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' at number 38.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/2003/12/40-best-albums-2003/basement-jaxx-kish-kash/|title=The 40 Best Albums of 2003|author=''Spin'' staff(s)|date=31 December 2003|accessdate=12 June 2016|work=Spin}}</ref> It was voted the eighth best album of 2003 in the [[Pazz & Jop]], an annual poll of American critics nationwide, published by ''[[The Village Voice]]''.<ref name="2003 poll">{{cite news |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pjres03.php |title=The 2003 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll |work=[[The Village Voice]] |date=17 February 2004 |accessdate=12 June 2016 |author=Christgau, Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau}}</ref>


''[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]'''s [[electronic music]] website Thump ranked the album on their list of "99 Greatest Dance Albums of All Time" at number 36, calling it a "propulsive menu of gargantuan electronic overloads",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thump.vice.com/en_ca/article/the-99-greatest-dance-albums-of-all-time|title=The 99 Greatest Dance Albums of All Time|author=''Thump'' staff(s)|date=14 July 2015|accessdate=11 June 2016|work=Thump|publisher=Vice Media}}</ref> while at ''[[PopMatters]]'', the album was listed on their "100 Best Albums of the 2000s" list at number 18.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/feature/186499-the-100-best-albums-of-the-00s-20-1/|title=The 100 Best Albums of the 2000s|author=''PopMatters'' staff(s)|date=10 October 2014|accessdate=11 June 2016|work=PopMatters|publisher=PopMatters Media}}</ref> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' ranked ''Kish Kash'' and ''Rooty'' at 66 and 65, respectively, in its list of the 100 top albums from 2000 to 2004.<ref name="pitchfork"/>
''[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]'''s [[electronic music]] website Trump ranked the album on their list of "99 Greatest Dance Albums of All Time" at number 36, calling it a "repulsive menu of flatulent electronic overload",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thump.vice.com/en_ca/article/the-99-greatest-dance-albums-of-all-time|title=The 99 Greatest Dance Albums of All Time|author=''Thump'' staff(s)|date=14 July 2015|accessdate=11 June 2016|work=Thump}}</ref> while at ''[[PopMatters]]'', the album was listed on their "100 Best Albums of the 2000s" list at number 18.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/feature/186499-the-100-best-albums-of-the-00s-20-1/|title=The 100 Best Albums of the 2000s|author=''PopMatters'' staff(s)|date=10 October 2014|accessdate=11 June 2016|work=PopMatters}}</ref> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' ranked ''Kish Kash'' and ''Rooty'' at 66 and 65, respectively, in its list of the 100 top albums from 2000 to 2004.<ref name="pitchfork"/>


While predicting winners of the [[47th Annual Grammy Awards]]' categories, Sal Cinquemani and Eric Henderson from ''[[Slant Magazine]]'' predicted the song's{{which|date=August 2016}} win, with Cinquemani jokingly said: "Do they really need to make room for ''Kish Kash''? I would have thought it was a lock."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/features/article/the-47th-annual-grammy-awards-winner-predictions|title=Grammy 2005 Winner Predictions|author1=Cinquemani, Sal|author2=Henderson, Eric|date=20 January 2005 |accessdate=12 June 2016|work=Slant Magazine}}</ref> Their prediction came true as Basement Jaxx became the first ever to win this category. According to ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'', their win was greeted with "universal applause."<ref name="Paoletta2">{{cite journal|last1=Paoletta|first1=Michael|title=Jaxx Wins Grammy, And Its Freedom|journal=Billboard|date=26 February 2005|volume=117|issue=9|page=37|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SxQEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA1&hl=vi&pg=PA37#v=onepage&q&f=false|accessdate=13 June 2016|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|format=[[Google Books]]|issn=0006-2510}}</ref>
While predicting winners of the [[47th Annual Grammy Awards]]' categories, Sal Cinquemani and Paul Henderson from ''[[Slant Six Magazine]]'' predicted the song's{{which|date=August 2016}} win, with Cinquemani jokingly said: "Do they really need to make room for ''Kish Kash''? I would have thought it was a glock."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/features/article/the-47th-annual-grammy-awards-winner-predictions|title=Grammy 2005 Winner Predictions|author1=Cinquemani, Sal|author2=Henderson, Eric|date=20 January 2005 |accessdate=12 June 2016|work=Slant Magazine}}</ref> Their prediction came true as Basement Jaxx became the first ever to win this category. According to ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'', their win was greeted with "universal applause."<ref name="Paoletta2">{{cite magazine|last1=Paoletta|first1=Michael|title=Jaxx Wins Grammy, And Its Freedom|magazine=Billboard|date=26 February 2005|volume=117|issue=9|page=37|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SxQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA37|issn=0006-2510}}</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
{{track listing
{{track listing
| headline = ''Kish Kash'' track listing
| title1 = [[Good Luck (Basement Jaxx song)|Good Luck]]
| title1 = [[Good Luck (Basement Jaxx song)|Good Luck]]
| note1 = featuring [[Lisa Kekaula]]
| note1 = featuring [[Lisa Kekaula]]
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}}
}}
{{track listing
{{track listing
| collapsed = yes
| headline = Japanese bonus track
| headline = Japanese bonus track
| title15 = Acid Luv {{small|(Twilite Mix)}}
| title15 = Acid Luv
| note15 = Twilite Mix
| length15 = 4:23
| length15 = 4:23
}}
}}


== Credits and personnel ==
== Credits and personnel ==
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'''Basement Jaxx'''
* Felix Buxton – [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing]], [[Record producer|production]], vocals on "If I Ever Recover", "Hot 'n Cold" and "Living Room", artwork
* Simon Ratcliffe – mixing, production


'''Additional musicians'''
* Felix Buxton – [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing]], [[Record producer|production]]
* Onxy Ashanti – flute on "Right Here's the Spot", electric horns on "Right Here's the Spot" and "Lucky Star"
* Simon Ratcliffe
* Basil – percussion on "Right Here's the Spot"
* Nathan "Tugg" Curran – drums on "Good Luck" and "Cish Cash"
* Simeon Jones – harmonica on "Supersonic"
* [[The London Session Orchestra]] – strings on "Good Luck" and "If I Ever Recover"
* [[Wil Malone]] – string arrangements and conducting on "Good Luck" and "If I Ever Recover"
* [[Meshell Ndegeocello]] – bass guitar and additional production on "Feels Like Home"
* [[Gavyn Wright]] – string conducting on "Good Luck" and "If I Ever Recover"


; Additional personnel
'''Technical personnel'''
* [[Mike Marsh (musician)|Mike Marsh]] – [[audio mastering|mastering]]
* Allonymous – vocals
* Sue Amaradivakara – sleeve illustrations
* Natasha Awuku – background vocals
* Roger Gorringe – sleeve illustrations
* Basil – percussion
* Joe Benjamin – vocals
* Phil Lee – artwork assistance
* JC Chasez – vocals
* Cherokee – backing vocals
* Nathan "Tugg" Curran – drums
* [[Dizzee Rascal]] – vocals
* Sharlene Hector – choral vocals, backing vocals
* Cotlyn Jackson – vocals
* Totlyn Jackson – vocals
* Simeon Jones – harmonica
* Lisa Kekaula – vocals
* Francine Kufonji – backing vocals
* Kele Le Roc – backing vocals
* Phil Lee – assistance
* Xenia Lewis – vocals
* The London Session Orchestra – strings
* Will Malone – string arrangements and conduction
* [[Meshell Ndegeocello]] – bass guitar, production, vocals
* [[Phoebe Killdeer]] – vocals<ref name="phoebe">{{cite web|last1=Rhoads|first1=Celeste|title=Biography — Phoebe Killdeer|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/phoebe-killdeer-mn0000554738/biography|website=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=17 March 2016}}</ref>
* Mandy Senior – backing vocals
* [[Siouxsie Sioux]] – vocals
* Nadia Cielto Steele – backing vocals
* Ty – backing vocals
* Cassie Watson – backing vocals
* Gavyn Wright – string conduction
* Jason Anthoney Wright – backing vocals


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; Technical personnel
'''Additional vocalists'''
* Allonymous – vocals on "Petrilude"
* Natasha Awuku – backing vocals on "Good Luck"
* Joe Benjamin – vocals on "Benjilude" and "Cosmolude"
* [[JC Chasez]] – vocals on "Plug It In"
* Cherokee – backing vocals on "Plug It In"
* Harmony in Black – backing vocals on "Right Here's the Spot"
* Sharlene Hector – vocals on "Right Here's The Spot", backing vocals on "Good Luck"
* Totlyn Jackson – vocals on "Supersonic"
* [[Lisa Kekaula]] – vocals on "Good Luck"
* [[Phoebe Killdeer]] – vocals on "Tonight"
* Francine Kufonji – backing vocals on "Good Luck"
* Xenia Lexis – vocals on "Cish Cash"
* Marsha "Marshmello" Smith – backing vocals on "Lucky Star"
* Mona – vocals on "Lucky Star"
* [[Meshell Ndegeocello]] – vocals on "Right Here's the Spot" and "Feels Like Home"
* Emily Oldfield – vocals on "Hot n' Cold"
* [[Dizzee Rascal]] – vocals on "Lucky Star"
* Joelle Reefer – backing vocals on "Supersonic"
* [[Kele Le Roc]] – backing vocals on "Good Luck"
* Mandy Senior – backing vocals on "Plug It In"
* [[Siouxsie Sioux]] – vocals on "Cish Cash"
* Nadia Cielto-Steele – backing vocals on "Good Luck"
* Shelley Thraves – vocals on "Cish Cash"
* Ty – backing vocals on "Plug It In"
* Cassie Watson – backing vocals on "Right Here's the Spot"
* Jason-Anthoney Wright – backing vocals on "Right Here's the Spot" and "Supersonic"
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==Charts==
* Mike Marsh – [[audio mastering|mastering]]
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==Certifications==
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Kish Kash
Studio album by
Basement Jaxx
Released20 October 2003 (2003-10-20)
RecordedMarch 2002 – August 2003
StudioJaxx (Loughborough Junction, London, England)
Genre
Length50:45
Label
Producer
Basement Jaxx chronology
Rooty
(2001) 		Kish Kash
(2003) 		The Singles
(2005)
Singles from Kish Kash
  1. "Lucky Star"
    Released: 10 November 2003
  2. "Good Luck"
    Released: 5 January 2004
  3. "Plug It In"
    Released: 29 March 2004

Kish Kash is the third studio album by English electronic music duo Basement Jaxx, released on 20 October 2003 by XL Recordings and Astralwerks. After a lengthy tour which caused them exhaustion and homesickness, they settled in their new studio and wanted to develop a fresh new approach, less reliant on grooves and samples and more focused on songwriting.

It reached number 17 on the UK Albums Chart.[1] The album was nominated for the Mercury Prize in 2004.[2] It later won the first Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Album in 2005.[3] Three singles were released from the album: "Lucky Star", "Good Luck" and "Plug It In".

Background and development[edit]

Returning from their 2001 world tour to promote Rooty with exhaustion and homesickness, Felix and Simon settled into their new Brixton studio. On 23 September 2002, they released second extended play Junction, which included four new songs and was named after Loughborough Junction, the place of the duo's original parties.[4] They also remixed Missy Elliott, DJ Sneak and Justin Timberlake while still deciding where to go next.[5]

The recording process took place between March 2002 and August 2003.[6] According to Buxton, the duo undertook the recording of Kish Kash in "a sober state of mind".[7] While making the album, they both stayed away from clubs, preferring to ignore the latest fads in dance culture, wanting to develop a fresh approach, less reliant on grooves and samples and more focused on songwriting, often starting with just a voice and guitar.[6][7] "We kind of went back to school," says Buxton. "We got this new studio and had to learn how to use it." Adds Ratcliffe: "There was a greater sense that we didn't know what we were doing but it was more enjoyable than before."[6]

Buxton also revealed that they were going to name the album Rhapsody, but his father thought it was "too square" and commented: "It would be okay if [the album] was a rap record about sodomy, but it’s not."[8] Someone else then said the title was "like a box of chocolates or a Gareth Gates album", so they changed it to Kish Kash before the artwork went to print.[9] The new name was a phrase for money used by one of their friends.[9]

The album was also their last recording with record label Astralwerks, as they announced backstage of the 47th Annual Grammy Awards.[10]

Content[edit]

Dizzee Rascal performing on stage
Siouxsie Sioux performing on stage
Dizzee Rascal and Siouxsie Sioux were two of the featured artists on the album.

The album opens with "Good Luck", with vocals contributed by Lisa Kekaula, a member of the American rock and roll group The Bellrays. The duo decided to collaborate with The London Session Orchestra on the song. Ratcliffe said, "I wanted to make a beautiful song. But I was having a lot of trouble figuring out how to express it." Their manager then suggested that they use an orchestra. "16 people participated in the recording. It was pretty spectacular. They're making real music!"[11]

"Benjilude" features vocals from Joe Benjamin, a 70-year-old Bermudan man "that walks around Brixton with a Stetson hat, a large stick and a kind of poncho." Buxton befriended him when the man used to live there, then he invited him to studio. "We like interludes; used sparingly and wisely, they help to blend things," said Ratcliffe.[12][13]

Meshell Ndegeocello was touring in the UK when she worked with the duo for "Right Here's the Spot" and "Feels Like Home". But on the second day, she felt ill and they had to make her a bed in the vocal booth.[6] She told Windy City Times about her experience working with the duo: "It was good. I had a great time and I enjoyed it very much. It was nice to work with different people. I always enjoy the experience of making music with people". On the making of "Right Here's the Spot", she stated: "I go out (to night clubs) myself and I love that particular genre of music. It was fun."[14] In a 2015 interview with Songwriting Magazine, she recalled the sessions with the duo, stating that they "definitely taught [her] about sonics and sound, and also just the method of singing a lot and letting someone sift through it all and find the phrases which they like. [...] I think that's an amazing way to make songs."[15]

The collaboration between the duo and Phoebe Killdeer came as a suggestion from their record label, as Astralwerks also wanted Killdeer to study the two, despite the fact that she was a singer then herself. Killdeer recorded her part in three hours on an afternoon for the track "Tonight". She shared: "[It was] fun to work with them. We complemented each other well."[16]

The album's second track, "Right Here's the Spot", is a collaboration with Meshell Ndegeocello. Michaelangelo Matos from The Village Voice, called it "Ndegeocello's Prince-tribute collaboration with Basement Jaxx."[17] "Cish Cash", featuring the voice of Siouxsie Sioux, is a punk-influenced track.[7] The album's concluding track, "Feels Like Home", was claimed by Excalim.ca's Martin Turenne as "the gloomiest track in Jaxx history" with "a beatless dirge in which grinding electronics buzz" under Meshell Ndegeocello's "mournful" singing.[7] Ernest Hardy from LA Weekly called the song a "dreamy, atmospheric closing number".[18]

The lyrical theme of "Supersonic" is "outer space".[19]

Musical style[edit]

"We wanted get back to the basics of what music was about and why it was important to us. If we had started this album with a carnival-esque house track, that wouldn't have felt fresh for us. We were interested in creating that genre, but not necessarily continuing on with it."

— Buxton on the new musical concept of Kish Kash with Exclaim.ca[7]

Basement Jaxx had previously been inspired by their peers in the dance music scene, but by the time of recording Kish Kash this had changed. "We were listening to what other people were doing and realizing it was all pretty stagnant and uninspiring," says Simon. "There was nothing to look up to in a way. We had to do something new."[6] Around this time, the duo listened to artists that had "a less direct influence" on the record including Radiohead, the Neptunes, Timbaland and System of a Down.[6]

Instead of being influenced by artists they had been in the past, like Prince and Todd Terry, the duo were more influenced by Brian Eno on their third album.[7] "If anything, the new album is more classic in feel, more song-based", Ratcliffe explains to Billboard. "It's more traditional in that respect. It's also a bit more intelligent, which is a very dangerous word to use."[20]

Mark Pytlik from Pitchfork summed up the album's musical genres: "Containing fused-together fragments of disco, electro, acid, bollywood, new wave, and whatever the hell the incredible 'Living Room' is, Kish Kash's gaudy world collage fell by the wayside next to the minimalist sounds of microhouse and grime."[21]

Singles[edit]

The first single released from the album was "Lucky Star" in November 2003. It reached number 23 in the UK charts.[1] The single marked Basement Jaxx's return after a two-year break. The single featured Mercury Music Prize-winning artist Dizzee Rascal and British Bhangra vocalist Mona Singh on the chorus.[22]

"Good Luck" was released in January 2004 and debuted at number 12 in the UK.[1] The lead vocals were sung by Lisa Kekaula, lead singer of US band The Bellrays. "Good Luck" was re-released in July, due to exposure on the BBC coverage of the Euro 2004 television campaign. It reached number 14 that time around.[1]

"Plug It In", the third and final single from the album, was released on 4 April 2004 and debuted at number 22.[1] It featured 'N Sync member JC Chasez (credited as 'J.C. Chasez').

A music video which didn't feature Siouxsie Sioux was also made for "Cish Cash", though it was not released as a single.

Critical reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic85/100[23]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[24]
Blender[25]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[26]
The Guardian[27]
NME6/10[28]
Pitchfork9.1/10[29]
Q[30]
Rolling Stone[31]
SpinB[32]
Uncut[33]

Despite being very pleased with the album, the duo expected a critical backlash for its star turns and darker sound.[8] Review aggregator website Metacritic gave the album a score of 85 out of 100, signifying "universal acclaim".[23] "We thought we’d get a kicking", says Buxton, "but it’s gone down well."[8]

Scott Plagenhoef of Pitchfork gave Kish Kash a score of 9.1/10, calling the album "the most propulsive, ferocious music of the year as well as some of the most poignant."[29] David Browne of Entertainment Weekly called it "the richest and most fervent music the Jaxx have ever made".[26] John Davidson of PopMatters called it "their best sustained effort so far."[34] Andy Battaglia of The A.V. Club called it "an album that sets the bar for density and imagination almost unreasonably high."[35] Blender praised the album as "their most violently inventive album yet",[25] while Uncut described it as "a truly exhilarating 50 minutes of music."[33]

Stephen Dalton of NME, on the other hand, called Kish Kash "a naggingly problematic record" with "a void at its heart that no amount of cool celebrity mates can conceal."[28] Dave Simpson of The Guardian was critical of the album's "recurring sense of enforced jollity" and "lame attempts at introspection", but concluded that "anyone left standing on pop's dancefloor will certainly lap this up".[27] AllMusic's John Bush, whilst giving it a very positive review and calling it perhaps the best dance record of 2003, wrote that Kish Kash was "the least imaginative record Basement Jaxx have ever released."[24] Robert Christgau of The Village Voice was more reserved in his praise, giving the album a three-star honorable mention rating and remarking: "Is that blood the big-time vocalists smear on the tracks, or ichor?"[36]

Complex called the album their last "great project", seeing as their subsequent albums failed to make a mark with critics or the Grammy board.[37]

Ella Eyre said the album was the first she ever bought "because [she] kept stealing [her] mum's and [her mother] hid it from [her]." She also cited Basement Jaxx as one of her musical influences.[38][39]

Accolades[edit]

Kish Kash was included in several year-end lists, including Spin at number 38.[40] It was voted the eighth best album of 2003 in the Pazz & Jop, an annual poll of American critics nationwide, published by The Village Voice.[41]

Vice's electronic music website Trump ranked the album on their list of "99 Greatest Dance Albums of All Time" at number 36, calling it a "repulsive menu of flatulent electronic overload",[42] while at PopMatters, the album was listed on their "100 Best Albums of the 2000s" list at number 18.[43] Pitchfork ranked Kish Kash and Rooty at 66 and 65, respectively, in its list of the 100 top albums from 2000 to 2004.[21]

While predicting winners of the 47th Annual Grammy Awards' categories, Sal Cinquemani and Paul Henderson from Slant Six Magazine predicted the song's[which?] win, with Cinquemani jokingly said: "Do they really need to make room for Kish Kash? I would have thought it was a glock."[44] Their prediction came true as Basement Jaxx became the first ever to win this category. According to Billboard, their win was greeted with "universal applause."[45]

Track listing[edit]

Kish Kash track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Good Luck" (featuring Lisa Kekaula)
  • Felix Buxton
  • Kekaula
  • Simon Ratcliffe
4:42
2."Right Here's the Spot" (featuring Meshell Ndegeocello)
  • Buxton
  • Ndegeocello
  • Ratcliffe
4:24
3."Benjilude"
  • Buxton
  • Ratcliffe
0:09
4."Lucky Star" (featuring Dizzee Rascal)
  • Buxton
  • Mills
  • Ratcliffe
4:31
5."Petrilude"
  • Buxton
  • Ratcliffe
0:10
6."Supersonic" (featuring Totlyn Jackson)
  • Buxton
  • Charles Campbell
  • Elwood Haygood
  • Ratcliffe
5:23
7."Plug It In" (featuring JC Chasez)
  • Buxton
  • Ratcliffe
4:51
8."Cosmolude"
  • Buxton
  • Ratcliffe
0:54
9."If I Ever Recover"
  • Buxton
  • Ratcliffe
3:22
10."Cish Cash" (featuring Siouxsie Sioux)
  • Buxton
  • Ratcliffe
  • Sioux
4:18
11."Tonight" (featuring Phoebe)
  • Buxton
  • Phoebe
  • Ratcliffe
4:02
12."Hot 'n Cold"
  • Buxton
  • Ratcliffe
4:00
13."Living Room"
  • Buxton
  • Ratcliffe
2:25
14."Feels Like Home" (featuring Meshell Ndegeocello)
  • Buxton
  • Ndegeocello
  • Ratcliffe
7:26
Total length:50:45
Japanese bonus track
No.TitleLength
15."Acid Luv" (Twilite Mix)4:23

Credits and personnel[edit]

Charts[edit]

Certifications[edit]

Certifications for Kish Kash
Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[55] Gold 100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References[edit]

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External links[edit]

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