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Basement Jaxx ~ Kish Kash
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A squiggly, delirious house-pop classic thats easily
among the best albums of 2003, this British production duos
third album is an interesting parallel to Outkast (
/exec/obidos/ts/artist-glance/52066/%24%7B0%7D )s Speakerboxxx (
/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000AGWFX/%24%7B0%7D ), as both albums make
their funk the P-Funk (
/exec/obidos/ts/artist-glance/64299/%24%7B0%7D ), Parliament (
/exec/obidos/ts/artist-glance/43023/%24%7B0%7D ) and Prince (
/exec/obidos/ts/artist-glance/51163/%24%7B0%7D ) looming large
throughout, but always in innovative ways. No album (and it is an
album, a satisfyingly cohesive and narrative whole) of any genre
in recent memory has done the guest vocalist thing as perfectly
or as eclectically. Meshell Ndegeocello (
/exec/obidos/ts/artist-glance/73692/%24%7B0%7D ) delivers two of
her finest and sexiest performances yet; Lisa Kekaula from
garage-soul rockers the BellRays (
/exec/obidos/ts/artist-glance/199853/%24%7B0%7D ) revs up her
delicious, Tina Turner (
/exec/obidos/ts/artist-glance/125297/%24%7B0%7D ) -y vocals to
near bursting point on "Good Luck." Meanwhile, N Sync (
/exec/obidos/ts/artist-glance/125206/%24%7B0%7D )'s JC Chasez
remakes himself as a sort of electro-punk Michael Jackson (
/exec/obidos/ts/artist-glance/23005/%24%7B0%7D ) on "Plug It In";
and speaking of electro-punk, on the anthemic "Cish Cash,"
Siouxsie Soux ( /exec/obidos/ts/artist-glance/45222/%24%7B0%7D )
herself returns to show all the Liquid Skyd-out denizens of
Williamsburg and Berlin what a postpunk diva really sounds like.
This is joyous music as innovative as it is bootylicious. With
all its genre-defying tricks, Kish clearly owes a debt to the
millenarian bootleg craze, but these songs are more than novelty
mash-ups, theyre songs, and this is an album youll play years
from now. --Mike McGonigal
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Review
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From their earliest singles through two positively
stunning albums (Remedy and Rooty), dynamic duo Basement Jaxx has
exploded the house music template to produce timeless tunes with
tremendous resonance. You still can't watch MTV for more than an
hour or so without hearing one of their tracks blasting as
background music in a commercial or on one of their shows.
Unafraid to douse their house with everything from salsa to
classic rock, the Jaxx have elevated their game to come up with
Kish Kash, which pushes the boundaries so far it's difficult to
even call what they do "house" anymore. They've always had a
knack for picking guest stars, and this record is no exception.
When Siouxsie Sioux rocks the mic on the grinding "Cish Cash,"
thoughts of Goths and house heads happily pogoing together on a
crowded dance floor flood my mind. For more proof that those
N*Sync boys are cooler than you ever realized, J.C. Chasez shows
up to add energy to the percolating "Plug It In." LA's Lisa
Kekaula belts out the rollicking "Good Luck" like Alison Moyet on
a rampage, while Meshell Ndegiocello drenches "Right Here's the
Spot" and dreamy closer "Feels Like Home" with more soul than
should be allowed by law. The third time is definitely another
charm: Kish Kash kicks ass.
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