Album review: Basement Jaxx – Scars

Scars by the Basement Jaxx was released on September 21st.

New music from the Basement Jaxx is always good news. But is this album good enough to scar you for life?

It has been a decade since the Jaxx revolution. The two blokes from Brixton, London saved house music from boring beats throughout the nineties. Since their album debut and commercial breakthrough with “Remedy” in 1999 we’ve heard three albums, a few compilations and a number of EPs. Three years after “Crazy Itch Radio” they are back with “Scars”, their fifth long-player.

Even though it was their new approach on dance music that got the Jaxx their status as musical geniouses, I feel the albums has grown into a collection of pop tunes rather than floorfillers. But with that said: It’s still impossible to stand still when you experience the live act. The UK duo’s effect on dancefloors worldwide has been and is still impressive.

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Calvin Harris – Ready for the weekend: Album review

The Scottish producer & songwriter Calvin Harris released his new album named “Ready for the weekend” a couple of weeks ago, and I’ve been listening to it for a while on my iPhone, in my car, and on some pre-partys. It’s already number #1 on the UK charts, and here’s my thoughts on the new album.

I was a sucker for his last album “I Created Disco” that hit the stores in 2007. The moog-ish, simple, and catchy melodies captured me in to his sound, and it was actually fun listening to. Calvin had a huge success with the track “Acceptable in the 80s” with the infamous lyrics “I got love for you if you were born in the 80s” on the album, and surely the track appealed to many people like me – born in the 80s and got introduced to dance music in the 90s.

He knows his audience, and that’s the genius with Calvins’ album: Remember those catchy (almost meaningless) short vocal phrases, piano stabs and saw chords? Well, it’s time for a re-introduction.

The album got 14 tracks, but I won’t go through them all with you here, but rather tell you about my top 3 picks:

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