Music Review

Remedy

Basement Jaxx
Reviewed by Marc Weingarten | Aug 20, 1999
EW's GRADE
A

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BASEMENT JAXX Remedy (Astralwerks) British DJs Simon Ratcliffe and Felix Buxton may have sharpened their sample-trigger fingers in the Brixton underground, but this dynamic duo has a knack for leavening deep house grooves with passion and wit. Their debut album, Remedy, shines a thousand points of light down on the dance floor with shimmering jams that connect the dots between Soul II Soul's elegant hip-hop, Prince's one-world utopianism, and DJ Armand Van Helden's relentless thump science. This blissful joy ride is hard to resist and easy to love. A

Originally posted Aug 20, 1999 Published in issue #499-500 Aug 20, 1999 Order article reprints
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