Atlantic Jaxx Recordings: Classic or dud?

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What do you think of this pre-Remedy batch of Basment Jaxx material? Picked it up a short while ago but haven't listened to it much yet. Surprised by how little I've seen it discussed.

― Mark, Wednesday, 3 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Where your new answers at?

― Mark, Wednesday, 3 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

It's pretty much all compiled on A Compilation. The 12" singles were all re-released following Remedy. The best of the bunch is the Summer Daze EP, which has Samba Magic on it. Fly Life from EP3 was BJ's first UK hit upon its re-release in '97. They're all on A Compilation, including another favourite, Corinna Joseph's Lonely. Mind you, the Jaxx still release the occasional gem on Atlantic Jaxx, like Betta Daze ('99), I Live in Camberwell / Hold Ya Lighta ('00) and the Span Thang EP ('01) .

― JoB, Wednesday, 3 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Set yo body free, set yo body free, etc. Agruably their best track.

― Omar, Thursday, 4 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

not as developed as Remedy but in a lot of ways just as good, at least from a club perspective. lots of classix--"Set Yo Body Free," "Fly Life," "Samba Magic"--but the package's mix-together isn't terribly interesting, which detracts from it some.

― M Matos, Thursday, 4 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

arguably their best track

YES!

― Ronan, Thursday, 4 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

what about the Cajmere mix of Fly Life ? almost reaches dancefloor perfection, don't you think?

― Johan, Thursday, 4 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

four weeks pass...

hi there. i think the atlantic jaxx stuff is incredible. its a rare thing for latin house to be made so far superior by the english than latinos.

― del a robbo, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

three years pass...

next week:

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B000DXS4W0.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― JoB (JoB), Thursday, 23 February 2006 14:46 (twenty years ago)

whoa wait huh?!

― ham'ron (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 23 February 2006 15:14 (twenty years ago)

1. Basement Jaxx - Intro/City People
2. Basement Jaxx - U Took My Love
3. Afro Fiesta - Venga Chica
4. Housebreakerz - Help Myself
5. Basement Jaxx - We R Computa
6. Yen Sung - Do You (Deep Dub 1)
7. Sharlene Hector - Holdin' Me
8. Gwyn Jay Allen - I Love You Babe
9. Basement Jaxx - Betta Daze
10. Phil Linton - Don't Stop
11. Basement Jaxx - Get Down Get Horny
12. Brazil X Plozian - Berimbal
13. Basement Jaxx - Urban Haze

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Thursday, 23 February 2006 15:39 (twenty years ago)

City People was always a fave of mine - apparently it's an alternate version. We R Computa was a really good Kraftwerk homage from the same EP as 'Acid Luv'. What's happened to Corrina Joseph?

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Thursday, 23 February 2006 15:40 (twenty years ago)

i love we r computa

― ,,,,,,,,,, Thursday, 23 February 2006 16:42 (twenty years ago)

sick.

now i wish they'd repress "jaxx unreleased" and "xxtra cutz" because i can't find these anywhere.

― vahid (vahid), Thursday, 23 February 2006 19:03 (twenty years ago)

and while they're at it, all of the "jaxx booty cutz" and "jacques da booty" and "camberwell grooves" re-edits. especially the ones of destiny's child "jumpin", parliament "kne deep", buddy rich, stevie wonder's "star" etc etc

and more remixes!!

― vahid (vahid), Thursday, 23 February 2006 19:09 (twenty years ago)

Long delayed response to Johan, but can't help but agree with him in regards to the Cajmere remix of "Fly Life".

and yes, looking forward to this comp

― Jedmond (Jedmond), Thursday, 23 February 2006 19:43 (twenty years ago)

Felix' mix of tracks from AJ II is streamed on the Atlantic Jaxx site .

― Mind Taker, Thursday, 23 February 2006 20:49 (twenty years ago)

OMG excitement! But they should have included the Jaxx Dub of Ronnie Richards' "Missing You". On their remix of the Gwyn Jay Allen track is better than the original.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Thursday, 23 February 2006 21:31 (twenty years ago)

What Tim said. Plus: "I Live in Camberwell", "Hold Ya Lighta", "Span Track", "Greek Thang", "Acid Luv", "Get Yo Dam Hands Up"...

But especially "I Live in Camberwell"! Leaving that one off is a crime.

― JoB (JoB), Thursday, 23 February 2006 22:27 (twenty years ago)

ps - that cover is one of the worst (best) i've ever seen.

― vahid (vahid), Friday, 24 February 2006 07:45 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

anybody hear aj2 yet?

― a.b. (alanbanana), Sunday, 2 April 2006 11:22 (twenty years ago)

Yes, although I had heard most of it before the compilation came out... Too bad it's shorter edits from the complete 12" versions. It should have been a double CD.

― JoB (JoB), Sunday, 2 April 2006 12:51 (twenty years ago)

nine months pass...

sometimes Joseph's 'Live Your Life With Me' is the best thing they ever did.

― vita susicivus (blueski), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 14:42 (nineteen years ago)

they have all the atlantic jaxx stuff on emusic now. i finally got to hear gypsy beats and balkan bangers and i'm a better person for it.

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 14:43 (nineteen years ago)

they deliberately waited for me to quit emusic before putting that shit up. fuckaz.

― vita susicivus (blueski), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 14:44 (nineteen years ago)

love this comp

― deej.. (deej..), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:09 (nineteen years ago)

nine months pass...

love this comp

-- deej.. (deej..), Tuesday, January 30, 2007 10:09 AM (9 months ago) Bookmark Link

― deej, Friday, 9 November 2007 21:24 (eighteen years ago)

i wanna get down when u get down
i wanna get down when u get down

― deej, Friday, 9 November 2007 21:24 (eighteen years ago)

8. Gwyn Jay Allen - I Love You Babe

not so big on the pseudo dave matthews song tho

― deej, Friday, 9 November 2007 21:30 (eighteen years ago)

three months pass...

especially the ones of destiny's child "jumpin"

does anyone have this jaxx remix and what is it known as? cannot find anything anywhere about it but very keen to hear it.

― NI, Sunday, 10 February 2008 22:29 (eighteen years ago)

me 3

― s1ocki, Sunday, 10 February 2008 22:35 (eighteen years ago)

me 4 sounds hot

― The Brainwasher, Sunday, 10 February 2008 22:38 (eighteen years ago)

when i posted that i'd heard them on the essential mixes. since then i've looked high and low but i've never found mp3s anywhere. i have mp3s of "buddy" / "star" (the buddy rich and stevie wonder edits) if anyone wants.

very similar in their own way to some of the big tracks making the rounds this year: think mark e's "r&b drunkie" edit of janet's "r&b junkie" and you're almost there (though jaxx add lots of extra noises to their edits)

― moonship journey to baja, Sunday, 10 February 2008 22:39 (eighteen years ago)

from the 2001 basement jaxx essential mix

Basement Jaxx - Jumpin [Electric Bootleg white label]

― moonship journey to baja, Sunday, 10 February 2008 22:41 (eighteen years ago)

jameson did a UKG remix that i never heard. i wonder if this is that? essential mix tracklistings can be pretty unreliable re: white labels and boots

― moonship journey to baja, Sunday, 10 February 2008 22:43 (eighteen years ago)

this is yet another UKG whitelabel of "jumpin jumpin"

http://www.discogs.com/release/1067838

― moonship journey to baja, Sunday, 10 February 2008 22:44 (eighteen years ago)

i have mp3s of "buddy" / "star" (the buddy rich and stevie wonder edits) if anyone wants.

yes please

― s1ocki, Sunday, 10 February 2008 22:44 (eighteen years ago)

oh and btw i LOVE the legit maurice joshua remix of "jumpin jumpin" even tho it's surprisingly mannered - i guess he didn't feel like doing a "i got a big dick" / "bango" ghetto acid track out of it.

― moonship journey to baja, Sunday, 10 February 2008 22:45 (eighteen years ago)

OK i am posting from the pizza shop, my external HD is at home. check back in four hours.

― moonship journey to baja, Sunday, 10 February 2008 22:45 (eighteen years ago)

thanks MJtB

― s1ocki, Sunday, 10 February 2008 22:55 (eighteen years ago)

i'd really like to hear them too, would you be able to gmail them to nicheian at gmail dot com (or maybe zshare them on here)?

― NI, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 01:21 (eighteen years ago)

26 hours later

― s1ocki, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 04:53 (eighteen years ago)

DAMN

sorry

― moonship journey to baja, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 05:10 (eighteen years ago)

here's buddy/star ... http://www.sendspace.com/file/sejfc8

i don't have the EMs as MP3s anymore. burned to disc but i can rip and share, if you want. that might take a few days, though.

― moonship journey to baja, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 05:15 (eighteen years ago)

you know "star" isn't really a re-edit, because they have someone else (corrina joseph?) redo the vocals. it does heavily sample the original ...

― moonship journey to baja, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 05:20 (eighteen years ago)

still need to buy AJII ...

― moonship journey to baja, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 05:20 (eighteen years ago)

thanks chief!

― s1ocki, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 05:49 (eighteen years ago)

"Lonely" is one of my top 20 songs of all time.

― Spencer Chow, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 07:36 (eighteen years ago)

iwannagetdown when you get down

― deej, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 07:38 (eighteen years ago)

thanks mjbt! im trying to hunt down those essential mixes so once i do, i'll chop out the jumpin track and post a link to the mp3 on here. im also getting hold of a boot of theirs which uses 'start' by the jam, does anyone know this one already?

at their dj set in manchester the other night they played a new song which seemed to have kele bloc party on vocals. it didn't get much of a good reaction from the crowd (late 20s/early 30s) and for some reason they even played it twice!

― NI, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 12:13 (eighteen years ago)

im also getting hold of a boot of theirs which uses 'start' by the jam, does anyone know this one already?

yeah this is the one with the Eminem 'My Mom does more dope than I do' line over the 'Start' bassline - they played it in a live gig I recorded from Radio 1 eight years ago. sound quality isn't great but i could send this if u want.

― blueski, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 12:18 (eighteen years ago)

two years pass...

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B000DXS4W0.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

perfect summer house jamz

― the embrace of waka flocka is v pertinent (deej), Sunday, 5 September 2010 22:36 (fifteen years ago)

Oh wow I never knew about AJ2, missed this thread the first time around I guess. Anyway, the original Atlantic Jaxx comp is totally classic. Need to get my hands on #2. Awesomezzzzzz!

― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Monday, 6 September 2010 04:49 (fifteen years ago)

four years pass...

First compilation is sounding just so perfect today.

― boxedjoy, Friday, 13 March 2015 14:19 (eleven years ago)

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