Basement Jaxx - Crazy Itch Radio
 

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this album confuses me. There is a deliberate attempt to balance a mix up the typical Basement Jaxx sound with some fresh components, and what it sounds like is if you use the BJ template and plug in completely different variables. On the first few listens it sounds like it's verging on being a complete fuckin' mess... but often times it's these kinds of records that end up bearing a lot of fruit in the long term.

So, initial reaction: huh?

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hehehe leaked yesterday, on dirty today :D

haven't heard it yet, but i liked the chaos of "kish kash"

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Yeah... I wasn't a fan of 'Kish Kash' at all, whereas 'Rooty' is one of my favorite records ever.

This album is like neither of those. :)

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Kish Kash was 50/50 for me. I especially loved the track Kish Kash, hearing Siouxsie over the BJ sound made me very very happy.

I'll try and get Crazy Itch Radio tonight.

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i just downloaded it, will have to listen proper today.

but i have an opposite regard for the last two albums... rooty is 50/50 for me, not really musically but just freak stuff i couldn't get over. i mean, it took so much to go with the vocals in 'breakaway' and the music was amazing.

whereas i really REALLY liked kish kash.

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funny...

it semes like with both Rooty and Kish Kash... you kinda almost had to love one and (at least) find the other 'not so great'

-> I was one of the people who loved Rooty, and well... I don't even remember the last time I listened to Kish Kash, like - it's sitting amongst my collection back at my parents' house

but... if Scott says this this sounds like neither, I'm intrigued

will have to see about finding a leak too

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Its leaked has it, anyone got a link to a yousend it etc? Or is it just on p2p's for now?

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I too, would agree with scott.
KK was a major let down...
but the live shows supporting it were a blast!

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"take me to your house" and "hush boy" are pretty cool in a kish-kashish kinda way (is this the same broad that sang on 'oh my gosh'?). after the first four tracks it gets a bit wacky, but i have to listen again. kish kash took me a while, too.....i think this has potential after all.

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I think theyre not taking themselves too seriously. I dunno.
More Hush Boy. More Banjo loops like in 'Take me to your house'.

Less Screaming/30 layered french horns. And...leave the Atlantic Jaxx stuff where it belongs (on atlantic jaxx)

Please.

Maybe i'm the only one, but while I thought Rooty was the best, i liked Kish Kash. It was fun.

This is...also the first album i've ever seen a reprise to the...intro song.

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Rooty is amazing album...

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i dont think it's much of a contest. most people who i listen to in regards to music rank rooty pretty highly, and kish kash was a let down.
i'm just one of the few who runs opposite that, and it kinda confuses me why, but oh well.

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took me a while to get into kish kash, but apart from Plug It In, i think it's great. the same thing happened to me for Rooty as well - but mainly because it came out of nowhere after their previous house banger catalog.
this album is really good - i think there are a few weak songs, but that happens on every album. i'm really glad they brought back some more house this time - even the Mr. Fingers/Larry Heard tribute at the end. and has anyone else noticed how clean the production is on this album? it's sounds really nice and heavy, less raw and tattered.

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Really reminds me of Songs for the Deaf by Queens of the Stone age...
seriously...think about it...

crank!

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Guess you've never heard any Enigma albums then huh?;)

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So... I have a zip file and a rar file of this leak, and I can't seem to find a password for either of them. They're both locked. Could anyone provide me with one perhaps? PM me please! :)

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man. i really like this one so far! i have had two listens and half of the songs are real catchers! i think it'll be one of thos albumsn that is on repeat for a while!

whoooo hooooO!

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Curious what Scott's final opinion of this was... being the consumate Jaxx fan you are...

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Ehhh. Sounds like the Jaxx trying to mix things up but being incapable of doing so. Comes out sounding like unfinished ideas throughout.

They peaked high with 'Rooty'.

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Well I think there's quite some good stuff on Kish Kash too. Not groundbreaking but certainly a lot of fun :)

So yeah, they might have peaked with Rooty, but Kish Kash was a nice one downhill :p

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Dont like this at all, tried listening to it, but as Scott says, thee trying to do something different and it fails badly for them.