Basement Jaxx, Crazy Itch Radio, A meritous follow up to a stupendous career.
Basement Jaxx are hands down the masters of reinventing accessibly awesome dance music. They push the envelope by infusing rhythms and powerful noise that don't belong with the result of a dance track that every fratboy and trixie hum to themselves on Monday morning. Every track is "of course, that's the new limit of human achievement. But it's also a track I can send home to my family."
Crazy Itch Radio is the first album where BJ doesn't keep their upward momentum. It's not as hard hitting, not as innovative as previous efforts. To their credit, Basement Jaxx on their worst day are superior to most dance producers on their best. Let's hope they keep it up. They might raise the bar again.
Who would like this album: People who yearn for the embodiement of the extremes of human expression in dance music.
Who would hate this album: Oh, I don't know. Satanists? Perfection Junkies?
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Written by Cynthia Cyzer
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Wednesday, 27 August 2008 |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 10 August 2008 )
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