Product description Basement Jaxx - Kish Kash - CD .co.uk By coincidence, the opening bars of Basement Jaxx's third album, Kish Kash, sample the intro to Jimi Hendrix's third album Electric Ladyland. Although the record doesn't have the ingenuity of the latter, there are similarities in the composition: layers of tweaks, beeps and found sounds create a soundscape backdrop for the music. Anyone searching for the Latin-styled "cut & paste" floor fillers of Remedy will be disappointed, as Kish Kash explores further the uncharted realms of accessible house music. Opener "Good Luck"--featuring the Bellrays' Lisa Kekaula--is classic Motown juxtaposed with contemporary rock, punk and disco-house. It works well, but despite the signature heavy bass and drums, it lends itself to attentive listening rather than outright dance-floor mayhem. "Lucky Star", the lead single with labelmate Dizzee Rascal, is an urban monster in a similar vein to "Jump and Shout", mixing their style with Dizzee's and setting it to a Middle Eastern melody. It would fit comfortably at a hip-hop, breaks or UK garage night. The title track, with its vocal from Siouxsie Sioux, is heavily influenced by punk, and the overwhelming energy carries it convincingly as a dance-rock crossover. "Plug It In", the collaboration with JC Chasez (Justin "too busy or expensive" Timberlake's former bandmate), is unquestionably Kish Kash's party anthem. The solid rhythm section, rock guitars and anthemic chorus add up to classic Basement Jaxx, a definite crowd-pleaser with enough clever ideas to keep it just left of centre. In complete contrast is the album's only genuine low point, the drippy homage to Robert Owens that is "If I Ever Recover", best summarised as the ideal soundtrack to holiday programmes for years to follow. It's unlikely that Kish Kash will be considered Jaxx's best album, but it is their biggest departure yet. Their dark, experimental side has been brought to the fore, but you can't help feeling that with a bit of tweaking, it could have been incredible. --David Trueman
J**M
Great Album.
Album is fantastic . Classic .
M**.
Excellent quality
Arrived quickly and undamaged
R**L
Excellent!!!
A great cd, much better than thie last album Rooty! The best 2 songs have to be Good Luck track 1 and Lucky Star track 4!!!! A great cd, but you need to be in the mood to listen to it!
M**C
Kash Kash - Basement Jaxx
A brilliant album... Basement Jaxx write very intricate music, which you can't help but move to... But it!!!
M**R
Awesome : )
Upon hearing this album a few of the loyal Basement Jaxx may be surprised at the slight push away from house music and how varied this album is. Although don't let that be a disappointment the album is awesome and definitely the best Jaxx album to date. A lot of collaboration work has been done on many of the tracks.Good Luck (Feat Lisa Kekaula), opens up the album, the song is uplifting and has a Gloria Gaynor I will Survive type of vibe to it but with bigger beats and with a Basement Jaxx twist to it. Right Heres The Spot (Feat Ndegocello), this song almost has a neptune vibe to it. Lucky Star features MOBO nominee Dizee Rascal all the tracks have heavy bass and this one doesn't disappointment. Plug It In (Feat JC Chasez) this track wouldn't look out of place on a daft punk album definitely one which many will be singing along to.The album really heats up with tracks like Cish Cash (Feat Siouxsie Sioux) this track is awesome with a phatt rolling bassline. Hot N Cold, is another fast paced track with a big beat type vibe to it.The album doesn't disappoint on some of the more mellower tracks such as If I Ever Recover and Tonight (Feat Phoebe) which sounds like something Moby would come up with.Basement Jaxx are pushing the sound forward and what they've come up with is totally awesome. Definitely worth buying well before your mates tell you how good it is. There's too many good tracks to pass it up.
L**E
Almost Too Cool
I've been a fan of the Jaxx since the day 'Remedy' was released.But for me, this album's much more of a grower than the previous two – I couldn't get into it for several listens. Some songs grab you straight away ('Right here’s The Spot', 'Lucky Star' and 'Plug It In') but others just sound like crazy random noise (esp. 'Supersonic', 'Tonight' and 'Living Room'). For this reason, I couldn’t make my mind up.After a few listens, however, I was hooked and I now love this album to pieces!The first few tracks give a great start to the album and ‘Good Luck’ will makes a great single. But then 'Supersonic' is a slight departure, although it picks up towards the end. 'Plug It In' is amazing, but leads on to the weakest track of the album, 'If I Ever Recover' – it’s just too slow! Don't worry though, as its only 3 minutes long and creates great contrast with the next song, 'Cish Cash'. This leads on to the end section which is very cool, esp. 'Hot 'N Cold' and 'Living Room'.All in all, 'Kish Kash' is an amazingly cool fusion of funk, rock and house with some pumping tracks that'll be stuck in your head for the rest of the day. Great grooves, top vocals and beats you MUST crank up the volume to fully appreciate.Give it time, it will pay off.
M**S
funky
Yeah its now 10 years old but still sounds fresh. Good luck is a storming start.Lucky Star feat. Dizze Rascal is crazy . Plug it in is pretty catchy.Cish cash with siouxsie sioux is pretty damn good.the rest isnt quite as good but its all pretty funky stuff. very quirky as well . and it won a grammy which i think means something ??
"**"
good from start to finish
This is the most consistent album for me, i can listen right the way through this album without having to skip any tracks as aresult of the improved consistency.The singles which are on this album aren't as good as other basement jaxx singles such as 'rendez-vous' or 'Romeo', however, the album tracks are more impressive such as 'hot and cold' and'Right here's the spot'. The other album tracks are also cool which helps makes the album even better and means you don't have to skip any of the songs.The singles, despite not being as good as previous ones, are still cool, just as cool as the whole album. I believe that it is not the singles that make an album, but the remaining tracks which decide whether an album is good, the album tracks give it the consistency which i didn't quite feel was there in the prevous albums. It is for this reason that i have given it five stars, not only are the singles good but the album tracks are cool making it, all in all, a very good album worth listening to if you like their previous work
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