RE: Basemnet Jaxx


Edwards, Dave (Dave.Edwards@capgemini.co.uk)
Mon, 30 Aug 1999 21:39:59 +0100



Personally I find the album one of the years most diverse releases. I can't
stop listening to it.
I've heard that there has been an outcry to their not being included in the
Mercury Music Prize nominations.
Incidentally, if anyone is interested, the next single will be 'Jump n
Shout'

Dave.E

-----Original Message-----
From: jason egbuna [mailto:thehottestmale@hotmail.com]
Sent: Monday, August 30, 1999 8:51 PM
To: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
Subject: Re: Basemnet Jaxx

Hmmm...Basement Jaxx...as soon as I get past the crappy visuals on the
cover, I'll get 'round to giving this a listen...cough, cough...

>From: Stephen Walker <swalker@mail.arc.nasa.gov>
>To: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
>Subject: Re: Basemnet Jaxx
>Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 12:07:52 -0700
>
>I had a friend that had recommended this CD as, "the best album of the
>year". Given such high praise I avoided it for quite a while.
>
>But literally after one listen I was hooked. Since then I have been trying
>to turn others on to this album.
>
>They have become the new big hype as far as I am concerned, but I really
>think that although the entire album is not solid, the album does have some
>most excellent tracks.
>
>At 11:38 AM 8/30/99 -0700, you wrote:
> >So, what's the concensus. I've mostly avoided them--not a big fan of
> >recent non French house. But, saw their video on MTV's AMP (that and
>1120
> >min. being the only decent shows.) The video is hilarious. It's
>segements
> >of NY? cops raiding studios all over the city, I think I saw Moby as one
> >'suspect', and others from the trainspotters?
> >
> >erik g
> >
> >waiting for my Shure SC35 to start some real mixing on my 1s and 2s.
> >
>

______________________________________________________
Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com



This archive was generated by hypermail 2.0b3 on Mon Aug 30 1999 - 22:43:56 MET DST