Nifty on sale now

Brand spanking new Jaxx tracks on sale now through 7 Digital right now and through Amazon and presumably iTunes tomorrow or Monday. Vinyl coming Monday as well. Time to bug the neighbors with some booming bass!

Also, in case you didn't hear, the Jaxx's UK dates in February have been pushed back to late April. Which leaves open the possibility they'll be at Coachella this year. Not that that is in the cards, but hey, why not?

Since the new Nifty EP is released, I'll be moving on to more 'historical' posts shortly.

Mo' Nifty

So, the Atlantic Jaxx Myspace page has all four of the new Nifty tracks. Check 'em out. I am especially fond of Alien Harmonix, but all of the tracks are quality. Looks like the official release on vinyl and digital is December 1st, but Amazon lists a date of November 30th for their digital release, so you might be able to get it a day early depending on where you live.

In other news, anyone want to hear a new new new track.....?

Party People

I came to be a fan of Basement Jaxx through house music and first experienced them as a DJ duo. Even though I continue to enjoy most of their pop songs and the live show, there's nothing I like better than a Jaxx DJ set.

This is a short excerpt from a set the boys did in between Remedy and Rooty at the Axe Phoenix Legends show in Ibiza. I don't have the whole set unfortunately. This is only 13 minutes, but it features a song that they used to play in their sets and live shows back then called Party People.

To my knowledge it was never released, even on Banana Krew, which is a shame because it's one of those Jaxx bootleg tracks that mixes in tons of samples from classic tracks into one new banging result (like Jumpin Jumpin, also never released). Almost like an Annie Mac mini-mix before mini-mixes existed.

This clip also features a version of Where's Your Head At that they played before Rooty was released. It features a sample of DMX yelling "Where my dogs at?!" I remember buying the Romeo pre-release with Where's Your Head At on the flip. When I played it, I was surprised to hear a familiar track.

Tracklist:
1. Afro Medusa - Pasilda
2. Basement Jaxx - Rendez Vu
3. Basement Jaxx - Party People
4. Basement Jaxx - Where's Your Head At (early promo version)

Also, I'm not sure, but I think this version of Rendez Vu is either an unreleased version or a live mix, because it features some vocal outakes from the song that were only used in the Dreamzdub mix of the song. The Dreamzdub of Rendez Vu is one of the most beautiful tracks the Jaxx have made, and I'll discuss that in another post one of these days.

Enjoy the set!!

Nifty audio

And here are some samples from the new Nifty Beats EP tracks. Sounds wicked.

Nifty!

A visit to the Jaxx's Myspace page and a look at the music player reveals a new track by the Jaxx's Nifty alias called "Buggin' Out." There's a picture of a label too, so it looks like a new Atlantic Jaxx EP is on the way! The last Nifty EP showcased the Jaxx's dark and heavy side, which has been missing for a long time. Nice to see them turning out this kind of tune again.

And hey, look, a press release:

"felix buxton and simon ratcliffe aka basement jaxx drop another sideline stormer on their atlantic jaxx imprint to great effect. 'buggin' out' is a stripped down track featuring lisa kekaula from good luck, while the b-side 'b-harp' is a banging baltimore harmonica track. 'loopy bell' and 'alien harmonix' are two grooves from basement jaxx underground dj sessions."

Rebirth/Redemption

Yeah, so welcome to the Basement Jaxx Source, er, blog!
Some might recognize the name from my former site that used to house Jaxx news and a nice little discography. It got shut down a while ago, but I've decided to resurrect it in a new form. I'll be spotlighting Jaxx material here - some you're familiar with, some you've never heard. If there's hope for this endeavor, it's that there is no shortage of music out there from the duo, so let's dive right in with this rarity:

Redemption

OK, so this number was posted by the Jaxx on their Myspace page and was enabled for download. So I downloaded it! It's a cool, slow-burner from the pre-Remedy days featuring Slarta John in a preacherman role over what seems to be an early version of the bassline from Fly Life Xtra. Enjoy!

p.s. - thanks to Lucas/Da Fluke for the title picture up above, made many years ago.

Testing 1-2

Yeah, so let's get this started then.