Basement Jaxx - "Galatical"

If you have ever checked out my blog before, you will know that I am a huge fan of Basement Jaxx. Their seventh album "Junto" was released on August 25th in the UK and is another entry into their amazing back catalogue! It will be live when they tour later in the autumn where I and thousands of others will feel the true power of the Jaxx as it is in that environment that they thrive! The track "Galactical" is a bonus track that features on special editions of the album. An aspect of Basement Jaxx that maybe isn't talked about often enough is the amazing set of visuals they have consistently bought to the table. The video for "Galactical" features a Japanese dance troupe called Wrecking Crew Orchestra. It is one of those things that you can imagine will be amazing when it is featured in the live element, because of the illuminating lights that the dance troupe feature in this performance. The song is obviously great, but this is the type of video that makes me super-excited for when I will catch them at the O2 later in the year!

Basement Jaxx - "Never Say Never"

Basement Jaxx are my favourite British act. I have lost count of the amount of times I have seen them live! Whichever setting I have been able to witness them live it has always been an amazing experience; whether that has been in a packed Brixton Academy, on a lovely summer's evening at Somerset House or re-interpreting their extensive back catalogue with the Metropole Orkfest orchestra. It was after the gig with the Orkfest that I was lucky enough to run into Felix Buxton and engage in a 5 minute conversation with him. He was still buzzing after hearing the amazing interpolation of their work, yet he was kind and courteous and was an advert for meeting your heroes. Tickets went on sale today for their run of dates in November/December in the UK and once again I will be excited to see them. I'll be going to see them in London at the O2 Arena. If you have never seen them in a live setting you really need to! Amazing music, part DJ set, part carnival, with a powerful cast of rotating singers and general craziness! The tour will be to promote their seventh album "Junto", which is due for release on 25 August. A couple of tracks have dropped; the latest being "Never Say Never", which features ETML on vocals. It's one of those Jaxx tracks that is gentler and has a feeling behind the words. As well as the party starters that make people go mad such as "Where's Your Head At" or "Jump and SHout" Basement Jaxx have always done mellow feeling tracks really well and this is another continuation of that. One other thing they have done amazingly through their distinguished career is introduce new vocalists to a wider audience and they have done this again with Londoner ETML, AKA Elliott Marshall. I can't wait to catch this uplifting track live in December!