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Rooty
''Rooty'' is the second studio album by English electronic music duo Basement Jaxx, released on 25 June 2001 by the record labels XL and Astralwerks in the UK and US respectively. Like its predecessor '' Remedy'', ''Rooty'' was well-received critically and commercially. Five singles were released from the album: "Romeo", "Jus 1 Kiss", "Where's Your Head At", "Get Me Off" and the Australia-only single " Do Your Thing". Background Concept and artwork The name of the album is taken from Basement Jaxx's regular club event called "Rooty", held at a small bar in Brixton. The cover art features Snowflake, the world's only known albino gorilla. Felix Burton explained the album's concept as "not geared to one specific vibe. Musically, we made it so that it wasn't just for cokeheads who wanted pounding beats all night," a philosophy that gave the duo "musical freedom". As the title for the album, it was explained by the duo as "raw" and "soulful", as well as "about being happy about ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romeo (Basement Jaxx Song)
"Romeo" is a song by English electronic music duo Basement Jaxx, released as the first single from their second studio album, ''Rooty'' (2001). British R&B singer Kele Le Roc provides the track's lead vocals while Corryne Dwyer sings the background vocals. The song was released on 4 June 2001 as the first single from the studio album. "Romeo" received acclaim from music critics, with many referring to it as one of the best dancefloor anthems to date. "Romeo" also experienced commercial success, becoming one of Basement Jaxx's biggest international hits, peaking at number six in their native United Kingdom and reaching the top 10 in Canada, New Zealand and Norway. The song has an accompanying music video, which features an Indian background. Song information After the success of the group's first album '' Remedy'', the group had decided to record and compose a new studio album. "Romeo" was one of the first songs recorded, composed and produced by the group. The production of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basement Jaxx
Basement Jaxx are an English electronic music duo consisting of Felix Buxton and Simon Ratcliffe. The pair got their name from the regular club night they held in Brixton, London, UK. They first rose to popularity in the underground house scene of the mid-1990s, but would go on to find international chart success and win Best Dance Act at both the 2002 and 2004 BRIT Awards. History 1992–98: Formation In 1992, Simon Ratcliffe began releasing white label records, gaining him the attention of several music producers including LTJ Bukem and Goldie. The success of these releases enabled him to buy a few electronic musical instruments and set up a basic studio in a friend's mother's basement. Ratcliffe and Buxton first met in 1993 through a mutual friend in a pub in Clapham, London. The two bonded over an appreciation of New York house music. They released their first extended play called ''EP1'' via the British independent record label Wall of Sound, with the help of its found ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kish Kash
''Kish Kash'' is the third studio album by English electronic music duo Basement Jaxx, released on 20 October 2003 by XL and Astralwerks. After a lengthy tour which caused them 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. It reached number 17 on the UK Albums Chart. It later won the Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Album the first time it was awarded in 2005. The album was nominated for the Mercury Prize in 2004. Three singles were released from the album: " Lucky Star", "Good Luck" and "Plug It In". 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. 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 o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Where's Your Head At
"Where's Your Head At" is a song by British electronic music duo Basement Jaxx. It was released as the third single from their second album, ''Rooty'', on 19 November 2001. The song is based on samples from Gary Numan's songs " M.E." and " This Wreckage". The song peaked at number nine in Canada and the United Kingdom, number 16 in Australia, and number 39 on the US '' Billboard'' Modern Rock Tracks chart, the band's only charting single on a non-dance music chart in the United States. The song ranked at number 83 on ''Pitchfork Media''s list of the "Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s". Music video The music video, directed by Traktor, starts with a man (played by Damien Samuels) entering a mental hospital in Prague ("the armpit of nowhere" as he calls it) to meet up with a man who claims to have "the latest thing in pop music". Meanwhile, an unconscious guitarist is shown being wheeled away on a hospital gurney, with the song starting when he lifts his head. The man then meets up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jus 1 Kiss
"Jus 1 Kiss" is a song by English electronic dance music duo Basement Jaxx. It was released on 24 September 2001 by record label XL as the second single from their second studio album, ''Rooty'' (2001). It reached number 23 on the UK Singles Chart, number one on the UK Dance Chart, and was a minor hit in Australia and the Flanders Flanders (, ; Dutch: ''Vlaanderen'' ) is the Flemish-speaking northern portion of Belgium and one of the communities, regions and language areas of Belgium. However, there are several overlapping definitions, including ones related to culture, ... region of Belgium. Reception Track listings Charts References {{Authority control Songs about kissing 2001 singles 2001 songs Basement Jaxx songs Songs written by Bernard Edwards Songs written by Felix Buxton Songs written by Nile Rodgers Songs written by Simon Ratcliffe (musician) XL Recordings singles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Get Me Off
"Get Me Off" is a song by British electronic music duo Basement Jaxx. The song was originally intended for Janet Jackson after she contacted the duo to collaborate for her seventh album, '' All for You''. "Get Me Off" was released on 17 June 2002 as the fourth single from their second studio album, ''Rooty'' (2001). The song reached number 22 in the United Kingdom, number 43 in Australia, and number 47 in Ireland. It is their only single from 1996 to 2005 that wasn't included on their greatest hits album, '' The Singles'' (2005). Background Upon expressing admiration for the Basement Jaxx's debut album '' Remedy'', Janet Jackson contacted the duo to collaborate. Jackson was offered the song for the album, though declined. "She told us she loved our stuff," recalls Buxton, "but she thought we were Zero 7. We wished her every success in hooking up with a British dance duo eventually and said, 'Cheerio, Celine.'" Chart performance "Get Me Off" debuted and peaked at number 22 on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Do Your Thing (Basement Jaxx Song)
"Do Your Thing" is a song by English electronic music duo Basement Jaxx. It originally appeared on their second studio album, '' Rooty'' (2001), and was released as a CD single in Australia in 2003, reaching number 33 on the ARIA Singles Chart. In the UK, it was released in September 2005 by record label XL, when it reached number 32 on the UK Singles Chart. The lead vocals are sung by Elliot May. Composition and video The song samples the track "Fungii Mama" from Kenny Barron's album '' Lemuria-Seascape'' (1991). The song's music video was directed by Kim Gehrig, in her directorial debut, and features people in a park wearing t-shirts which mirror the song lyrics. Critical reception The song is included on the 2011 experimental live album ''Basement Jaxx vs. Metropole Orkest''. Reviewing the album for ''The Independent ''The Independent'' is a British online newspaper. It was established in 1986 as a national morning printed paper. Nicknamed the ''Indy'', it began ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snowflake (gorilla)
Snowflake ( ca, Floquet de Neu, es, Copito de Nieve, french: Flocon de Neige; – 24 November 2003) was the world's only known albino gorilla to date. He was a western lowland gorilla. He was kept at Barcelona Zoo in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, from 1966 until his death in 2003. History Snowflake was captured in the Río Muni region in Spanish Guinea on 1 October 1966 by ethnic Fang farmer Benito Mañé. Mañé had killed the rest of Snowflake's gorilla group (traditional in colour). Mañé then kept Snowflake at his home for four days before transporting him to Bata, where he was purchased by primatologist Jordi Sabater Pi. Originally named ''Nfumu Ngui'' in Fang language ("white gorilla") by his captor, he was then nicknamed ''Floquet de Neu'' (Catalan for "little snowflake") by his keeper, Jordi Sabater Pi. Characteristics Snowflake was a western lowland gorilla with non-syndromic oculocutaneous albinism. He had poor vision, though tests to determine whether he had a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Remedy (Basement Jaxx Album)
''Remedy'' is the debut studio album by English electronic music duo Basement Jaxx, released in May 1999 by record label XL. The album was very well-received critically, and reached number 4 in the UK albums chart. Four singles were released from the album: " Red Alert", "Rendez-Vu", " Jump n' Shout" and " Bingo Bango". Background Concept When Basement Jaxx first rose to stardom, the duo was unsatisfied with the state of dance music, describing it as "linear" and "close-minded". "Most dance music is very shiny and so robotic," Ratcliffe told ''Rolling Stone''. "There's just not much feeling. If we made a record like that, we'd be just like everybody else." Consequently, the title ''Remedy'' was chosen as "an antidote" to the "poisons" they saw within dance music. "A lot of it seems quite superficial," Ratcliffe said. "For me, ''Remedy'' was always about togetherness, which is the appeal of house music. You may be black; you may be white; you may be Jew; you may be gentile. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zero 7
Zero 7 are an English musical duo consisting of Henry Binns and Sam Hardaker. They began as studio engineers and in 1997 formed the group Zero 7. Their debut album, '' Simple Things'', was released in 2001 in which their song "Destiny" stayed in the top 100 of the UK Single Charts. Subsequent albums include ''When It Falls'', '' The Garden'', and ''Yeah Ghost''. After studying sound engineering, Binns and Hardaker began their careers in the music industry in the 1990s at Mickie Most's RAK recording studio in London, engineering music for British groups like Pet Shop Boys, Young Disciples, and Robert Plant. In 1997 they created a remix of the song "Climbing Up the Walls" by Radiohead (which was also the first time the name 'Zero 7' was used) and Binns received a credit for additional sampling on ''Kid A''. The pair also remixed Terry Callier's "Love Theme From Spartacus" and songs by Lenny Kravitz, Sneaker Pimps and Lambchop. History The name Zero 7 was chosen after Binns an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celine Dion
Céline Marie Claudette Dion ( ; born 30 March 1968) is a Canadian singer. Noted for her powerful and technically skilled vocals, Dion is the best-selling Canadian recording artist, and the best-selling French-language artist of all time. Her music has incorporated genres such as pop, rock, R&B, gospel, and classical music. Born into a large family in Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in her home country with a series of French-language albums during the 1980s. She first gained international recognition by winning both the 1982 Yamaha World Popular Song Festival and the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest, where she represented Switzerland. After learning to speak English, she signed on to Epic Records in the United States. In 1990, Dion released her debut English-language album, ''Unison'', establishing herself as a viable pop artist in North America and other English-speaking areas of the world. Her recordings since have been mainly in English and French although ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metacritic
Metacritic is a website that review aggregator, aggregates reviews of films, TV shows, music albums, video games and formerly, books. For each product, the scores from each review are averaged (a weighted arithmetic mean, weighted average). Metacritic was created by Jason Dietz, Marc Doyle, and Julie Doyle Roberts in 1999. The site provides an excerpt from each review and hyperlinks to its source. A color of green, yellow or red summarizes the critics' recommendations. It is regarded as the foremost online review aggregation site for the video game industry. Metacritic's scoring converts each review into a percentage, either mathematically from the mark given, or what the site decides subjectively from a qualitative review. Before being averaged, the scores are weighted according to a critic's popularity, stature, and volume of reviews. The website won two Webby Awards for excellence as an aggregation website. Criticism of the site has focused on the assessment system, the ass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
