Word: jaxx
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...hour before Basement Jaxx were scheduled to drop a sonic bomb of seismic proportions on the Boston massive, I was finding such a thing increasingly unlikely. The atmosphere was a let-down—instead of a noisy club filling to capacity, I found several handfuls of bored people idly listening to the horrid strain of Latin-lite fusion muzak filtering through the sound system. It was another half hour before the lights finally dimmed...
...were a successful musician, I'd be tempted to release albums or singles under a false identity in order to see how well they're released independent of any fame. (That's not a completely original thought: it's a trick artists as diverse as Eric Clapton and Basement Jaxx have employed.) But maybe that's just me being neurotic...
...late; fortunately, the warm-up DJ did a good job of entertaining the crowd, and the reception when the Armada took to the Karma stage was indulgent. Groove Armada lived up to expectations, opening their eclectic set with some Latin-influenced house tunes (including a tasty remix of Basement Jaxx's "Jump and Shout") before moving on to throw on some breakbeat tunes, some funk and even an old-school track from the Sugarhill Gang. True to the anything-with-a-beat-goes spirit of the night, Cato and Findlay goofed around on the live bass guitar and keyboards...