basement jaxx ... LIVE

10.000 visits at this blog, big up yaself :) ... this calls for a special treat.
The title says it all i guess. In 1999 Simon and Felix presented their "Remedy" album at the Fuse' Motion Room in a semi-live.
It features a mixture of their own tracks and some goodies from their record-bag (they're dj's after all) + 2 of their vocalists to heat the whole thing up.

The album is in my all-time top 5, and i don't think it ever left my recordbag since its release.
(even the album-sleeve is one of the nicest i ever saw)

2 years later i saw them perform at a Belmondo night in the SMAK-museum, presenting their Rooty-album. A fantastic night out and a great performance, but somehow i think the Jaxx never reached the level of their debut album again.
If you feel the same, don't forget to check their Atlantic Jaxx compilations. (especially the first, it's packed with classics!)

17.04.99. Basement Jaxx ... not even big enough to host the main room :)

carl craig live (as in "live"!)

This is part 2 of the Fuse-post i did a few weeks ago (check underneath). Exit Mo&Benoelie, enter Carl Craig.
I think Carl's been around ever since i started going out (under different aliases).
My earliest memory: "throw" as Paperclip People
My favourite track: "frequency finale" as 69 ,i know it's older than "throw", but i discovered it later (repress)
My favourite remix: "moskow discow" by telex

Until now i saw him perform 3 times : first was a dj-set at the Fuse On The Beach event (Ostend, can anyone tell me what year?), second a live-gig at Groovecity (Brussels'04) and third was a dj-set at 10daysOff (Ghent'06). To be honest, as a dj i liked him till some years ago, but his last gig was kinda disappointing (being a bit predictable in stead of innovative).
As a producer and perhaps even more as a remixer, he's still one of the greatest (Beanfield - Tides, Cesaria Evora - Angola are among my favourite tracks of the last few years).

Moskow Diskow video (original version)
Carl Craig dj-kicks video
Carl Craig's Televised Green Smoke (check the Tres Demented percussion in the beginning)

Oh yeah, here's his LIVE-gig at Fuse:
 Live Carl Craig (Fuse, April 15, 1995) by Red Bull Elektropedia