About Basement Jaxx

Basement Jaxx are a significantly highly praised English house music duo contains of Felix Buxton and Simon Ratcliffe that rose to fame in the late 1990s. Basement Jaxx began in Brixton, South London, UK in 1994, where they held a usual club night called Rooty, which would later become the name of their second artist album (Rooty).

In addition to Rooty, their other albums take in Kish Kash with the title track sung by Siouxsie, Remedy, The Singles and Crazy Itch Radio. Kish Kash be the victor the 2004 Grammy for best dance album and was their most significantly highly praised album for its ground-breaking sound. They also won BRIT awards in 2002 and 2004, both for Best British Dance Act.

In addition to their own work, Basement Jaxx have become in-demand remixers. Tracks such as 4 My People (which became a massive chart and club hit), Like I Love You and She Wants to Move have all had the Basement Jaxx remix treatment.

In 2005, Basement Jaxx headlined the UK’s Glastonbury festival as a replacement for Kylie Minogue. In 2006 they were support to Robbie Williamson Robbies “Close Encounters”-Tour.

The production duo got their name from the location of the studio where they recorded their first Extended Play - it was located in the basement of friends of Simon Ratcliffe.

Just the Tate up to date invite the duo to write music enthused by a piece of art featured in the gallery. Karel Appellis’s Hip Hip Hoorah! ended up being the inspiring work.