Basement Jaxx
Basement Jaxx is a British electronic dance music - duo consisting of Felix Buxton and Simon Ratcliffe.
Band history
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Basement Jaxx's career began in Brixton , South London in 1994 , before becoming popular in the late 1990s. In the late 1990s, the Jaxx released their first mix on BBC Radio 1's Annie Nightingale Show, gaining worldwide recognition in the electronic music scene.
In 2002 with Where's Your Head At? a big hit. The song is based on the song ME by Gary Numan and was used in the soundtrack of Tomb Raider . The song Red Alert from the debut album Remedy is based on Far Beyond the band Locksmith and was in a Coca-Cola uses commercial of.
In 2005 they were awarded a Grammy for the album "Kish Kash" as the best dance album. In September 2006 they released a video for the single "Take Me Back to Your House", in which Siberia is satirized during the Soviet Union . You can see a larger than life balalaika , Kalinka dancing bears and a Stalin double in a tank, which Martina Sorbara (the singer and main actor of the video) takes home at the end.
In the summer of 2006 Basement Jaxx played alongside Orson the opening act for Robbie Williams ' Close Encounters Tour. In 2009 the electro duo performed at the Nuremberg Rock im Park Festival on the club stage (the smallest stage) and in the large tent at Rock am Ring .
Discography
Studio albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||
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 DE
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 CH
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 UK
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 US
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| 1999 | Remedy | - | - |
UK4th  (56 weeks)UK |
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| 2001 | Rooty |
DE100 (1 week) DE |
- |
UK5  (37 weeks)UK |
US149 (3 weeks) US |
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| 2003 | Kish Kash | - | - |
UK17th (25 weeks)UK |
US172 (1 week) US |
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| 2006 | Crazy Itch Radio | - | - |
UK16  (5 weeks)UK |
- | |
| 2009 | Scars | - | - |
UK37 (2 weeks) UK |
US173 (1 week) US |
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| 2014 | Junto | - | - |
UK30 (2 weeks) UK |
US168 (1 week) US |
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Compilations
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||
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DE
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CH
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UK
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US
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| 2005 | The Singles | - |
CH41 (2 weeks) CH |
UK1 × 2
(52 weeks)UK |
- | |
EPs
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||
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DE
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CH
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UK
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US
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| 1999 | Betta Daze EP | - | - |
UK81 (1 week) UK |
- |
placed in the single charts
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Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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DE
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UK
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| 1997 | Fly Life Atlantic Jaxx Recordings: A Compilation |
- |
UK19 (3 weeks) UK |
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| 1999 | Red Alert Remedy |
- |
UK5 (10 weeks)UK |
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| Rendez-vu Remedy |
- |
UK4 (10 weeks) UK |
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| Jump 'n' Shout Remedy |
- |
UK12 (8 weeks) UK |
feat. Slarta John
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| 2000 | Bingo Bango Remedy |
- |
UK13 (5 weeks) UK |
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| 2001 | Romeo Rooty |
- |
UK6th (11 weeks)UK |
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| Jus 1 Kiss Rooty |
- |
UK23 (7 weeks) UK |
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| Where's Your Head At Rooty |
- |
UK9 (8 weeks)UK |
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| 2002 | Get Me Off Rooty |
- |
UK22 (3 weeks) UK |
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| 2003 | Lucky Star Kish Kash |
- |
UK23 (8 weeks) UK |
feat. Dizzee Rascal
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| 2004 | Good luck Kish Kash |
- |
UK12 (15 weeks)UK |
feat. Lisa Kekaula
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| Plug It In Kish Kash |
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UK22 (4 weeks) UK |
feat. JC Chasez
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| 2005 | Oh My Gosh The Singles |
DE98 (1 week) DE |
UK8 (15 weeks) UK |
feat. Vula Malinga
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| U Don't Know Me The Singles |
- |
UK26 (4 weeks) UK |
feat. Lisa Kekaula
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| Do Your Thing The Singles |
- |
UK32 (5 weeks) UK |
feat. Elliot May
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| 2006 | Hush Boy Crazy Itch Radio |
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UK27 (4 weeks) UK |
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| Take Me Back to Your House Crazy Itch Radio |
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UK42 (3 weeks) UK |
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| 2009 | Raindrops Scars |
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UK21 (5 weeks) UK |
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Individual evidence
Web links
- Official website
- Basement Jaxx at Allmusic (English)