Remedy

A decent track or two but all in all not for me

2.7

Playing in the background

I find "Where's Your Head At" to be rather grating, so I did not have high expectations for this. AND YET. Some supremely gnarly grooves, and some truly beautiful melodies. A kickass album from front to back.

Not for me

Stunning

First Listen. About what I expected. It's ok for me. 2/5

I didn't finish this but I liked what I heard! Just got distracted.

Like most EDM-derived music, this album is best judged on the dancefloor instead of my home office. Regardless, the only high point on this album for me was Red Alert, which had a great dirty bass synth and a tremendous beat to drive it. Everything else is really just alright. Nothing terrible, but I don't think I'd ever come back to this album again.

Funky time!

yes ok

Actually liked this better than I expected, especially considering how I typically feel about house/electronic music. I bet I would have fun listening to this in a club, and I know that listening at home obviously isn't the ideal listening experience, but it just gets so boring for me after a while Saved: Rendez-Vu*, Red Alert

Saved Prior: None Off Rip: Rendez-Vu, U Can't Stop Me, Red Alert, Bingo Bango Cutting Edge: None Overall Notes: Good house music. Loved the layers and little sounds that were almost like Easter eggs scattered around the songs. Really rewards multiple listenings. That being said, it's still house music, and comes with all the negatives of that genre. 3.5 rounded down, but still a great example of this kind of music.

I’m

1 tune, the rest aren't my type of vibe

i think 1999 was just a pretty tough year for music in general. someone uploaded something by them to my (super totally rad, btw) free mp3 server back then, and i almost deleted it as soon as i heard it. this album, and the passing of 20+ years, has not changed that assessment.

Freakin awesome. Some missteps but I ain’t mad at it

Bangers

No Some great dance stuff, gets a bit doodle-y in posts

some funky good time rollin tunes for the soul of a desperate man with no trouble on his mind or heart

Loved to start, wasnt so sure about the second half which is a shame. Still full of great tracks though

Not my type of music and nothing grabbed me in the first few songs.

Great fun.

A couple of ok songs and a few painfully bad ones. Started out pretty meh then just got worse. Very 1999.

I'm going to say 3 on this. I wanted it to be higher and it's great background working music, but not quite to a 4.

Oh, I love this. 3.5 out of five First three songs are incredible

Chavviest album so far.

Never heard any of their early stuff. I can see they had a lot of innovation going and sound that carried forward. Can’t say much of this was ultra memorable but it’s a good enough listen.

Need to be in the mood. Like going roller skating.

I don't usually listen to EDM. However, I was very entertained by the album. Favorite Tracks: Red Alert

Top 3 1. (11) Bingo Bango 2. (2) Yo-yo 3. (6) Red Alert Bonus: (1) Rendez-Vu

Non lo so. Questa per me è musica da sottofondo. Nessuna traccia mi è davvero rimasta in testa. Non posso dire che mi fa schifo, ma, forse peggio, non mi ha lasciato proprio niente.

There are a few salvageable loops, but mostly a car wreck for me.

Bumpy! Some interesting ideas and benefits from not being super self-conscious and serious. Not a fan of the autotune. Fav track: Same Old Show.

It's low hanging fruit to say electronic albums are repetitive, but this is repetitive. Maybe it was groundbreaking in 1999, but it doesn't seem so.

I love this album! I got this when it came out and I’m still listening to some of these songs now. Amazing.

Was disappointed in this one.

Pretty cool. One song I recognized: 'Red Alert'. Generally, I'm not really into dance hall music.

good groove, good bass, but couldn't listen to the whole thing straight through

Not my style

What an album, one of the original acts from what was the birth of the mainstream house scene that we know today. It gives me "Ministry of Sound" vibes well before it was propelled into existence. Best: Rendez-Vu, Stop 4 Love, Worst: N/A Couldn't fault it, a fantastic debut for Basement Jaxx!

Boring dance music. You probably have to be on drugs to get it.

Not my thing. I find the repetition hard to deal with track after track. It started out pretty okay, but became weary by the end. I'm not sure driving is the way to listen to this one. Favourite track: I dunno. "U Can't Stop Me."

Better than I thought.

not my cup of tea

Every single song, doesn't fail to impress me. It's house music but reshaped

U can't stop me: Mazza figo, non me lo aspettavo sto pezzo. Always be there: Interessante, mi ha ricordato un po' di artisti che mi piacciono Stop 4 Love: Questa mi ha ricordato i Tennyson Being With You: Interessante, pure questo mi ricorda degli artisti successivi che mi piacciono In conclusione: Quando è partito il primo pezzo ho pensato "ecco un altro hit mania estate 2000". E invece no. C'ha sicuramente degli elementi modaioli da club degli anni co ste cose un po' house o dance, però sono sempre inserite in una cornice molto più interessante che ho trovato comunque anche abbastanza personale. C'è un filo conduttore stilistico tra i vari pezzi che pure sono molti diversi tra loro e il risultato finale è un disco abbastanza sbroccato ma che comunque m'ha regalato qualcosa di interessante in quasi ogni pezzo. Purtroppo gli elementi tipici modaioli sono comunque fortemente connotanti per me e quindi mi hanno impedito di godermi pienamente i pezzi, comunque mi immagino a riascoltare questo disco quando magari ho bisogno di concentrarmi ma voglio anche ascoltare qualcosa che mi intrattenga. Direi un 3.5.

Il sound molto aperetivesco è tosto da digerire completamente però in parte riconosco la loro tecnica anche visti i tempi e comunque fanno una garage house divertente. Non rispecchiano completamente il mio gusto però non mi sento di punirli per questo.

I'm sorry, I could not get through it. I guess even blends of electronica/house just aren't my thing.

it is house - idk. maybe useful listening for no quarter lol

Fun 70s disco flavor. Made for a nice ride into work...

Gay Barf

2

Love these guys, so decent and nostalgic too. Straight from first track feels like it's gonna be a 4 or 5 🤙. Red Alert big tune, Bingo Bango too. Halfway through, feels like a 4. Ended up being like a 4.5, some great tunes but just not quite enough for a 5.

An album and a sound that hasn’t aged well. There are a couple of good tracks on here but it’s far too long, most of it is tedious and the whole album sounds tired and dated now

I loved this album back in the day. In 2021 it definitely seems of its time and is maybe a little too "amped" for this middle-aged man :D I confess that I had a little nostalgic fun reconnecting with it after ~20 years.

A lot of filler and thematically muddled, this makes for a difficult listen. Not the album I remember it being.

Ever been on a shit work night out and stuck in a trendy bar you hate with people you don’t like watching some cunt from another department occasionally stand up and pretend the music is danceable before realising it’s not and sitting down again? The DJ is playing this album. ⭐️⭐️

Llegó para revolucionar la música de baile con su House revitalizado y revitalizante. Bailongo total.

I used to love this album, mostly because of Red Alert, but I don't think it aged well.

I love EDM, so this will be great.

Als je er niet te veel op let, valt het nog relatief mee.

Ik verwachtte wat eentonig gedoe, maar kreeg heel wat variatie en werd zowaar vrolijk van dit album!

I enjoyed this album much more than I thought I would. One thing that makes it hard to rate an album like this is that the music seems not to be made for casual listening. This is music for dancing. Because of that, I feel like a lot of my gripes might fall a little flat. The songs can run too long, the music can slide into repetitiveness, the beats can sometimes feel a bit too simplistic. However, in some ways that might be a strength of the music as the artists conceived of it. Regardless, I liked the album, although the songs are a bit too long for my liking. Further, the more I listened to it, the harder it became to pay attention to each song. It's almost as if the album just runs together. Still, a fun listening experience. 6.5/10.

Banger

Bangers tbf tbs

90s techno. not for me

It's ok. Doesn't have the character of rooty which I much prefer

It's just house music, but I do appreciate all the little details Basement Jaxx put in. 2.5 really, their 2nd album would get a full 3

“Remedy” by Basement Jaxx (1999) Completely unfamiliar with this. Likely to stay that way. This is dancing and drinking music. Electronic ‘sounds’ and four-on-the-floor rhythm machine foundations. Compositionally, this is is an elaborate musical doodle. Some interesting and innovative samples, like “Merengue” on “Bingo Bango”, but I’ve gotta draw a line here: Whose music am I assessing? These sounds (not songs) provide a background for more important things, like looking/smelling good at the club and hoping to get lucky. Lyrics are inconsequential. Two stars for some interesting sonic distractions. Now another shot of Axe and back to cruising for honey. 2/5

Has not held up as well as I would have expected. Was pioneering but now seems somewhat dated. Is it a required album to own? Meh.

house music

false

I forgot about Basement Jaxx. Rooty reminds me of a very specific time and place - working at Urban Outfitters in Austin, TX, and living in the same place as Josh. But I don't think I've listened to anything before or after. Not generally my thing, but they have some good stuff.

Just not interesting to listen to. After 30 seconds you know what each song is.

Deux album electro en deux jours. Meme note 3.5 bon en travaillant, hier c’etait lets get killed de david holmes

Ned so geil 1

Awful. 2/10

I can't listen to this.

Great stuff for any year, let alone '99. The last three tracks in particular look forward to some of the more aggressive EDM to come.

Really solid electro goodness. Freaking weird in the best way.

Pretty cool

might have been good when it came out, but for me now it's completely boring

Not for me

I hate electronic music. It started terrible, later it was a little more tolerable but that didn't change the first impression.

So colourful and fun. Very enjoyable pop music. Love the hits, but drags a bit during the "filler". Bingo Bango <3. Stop 4 Love is also a really nice tune.

Electronica!

We had a group of sixth formers in my school who were all brass players and they were called basement jaxx or maybe it was jazz on reflection but I was expecting trumpets so this is a nice surprise. I also just had a lot of sugar

Fav Song: Rendez-Vu

Dance music

Not my style

1.6

These albums just dont age well.

It's some good house, need to remember to throw it on for some parties, but I'm not much of a house head.

Meh. Not my cup of tea.

Dance mix

Fun album. Some very catchy tunes. Would listen again.

Just not my type of music and music that's suitable to listen in a full album setting

Muistan joskus aikoinaan jotain ko. "artistin" musaa kuunnelleeni, mutta tämä pläjäys ei ollut alkuunkaan tuttu. Kerran kuunteli läpi ja riemuiten vaihdoin seuraavaan. Ei jatkoon.

Kind of had this on and it melted into my day. Which maybe makes it a good album?

In a Rolling Stone interview, one of the members of Basement Jaxx bemoaned the state of dance music, using words like "robotic," "shiny," and "superficial" (among others). I would use all of those words to describe this horribly generic dance album, so I would say that they failed in their quest to transform the genre. They also failed to make house music interesting. Hard pass. Best track: U Can't Stop Me

Hauska levy

Decent

This is far from minimal house. The big-beat-adjacency is well-noted. Songs build up out of crunchy layers, and in an impressive amount of variety over the runtime. However, nothing's quite transcendently beautiful. This is music that makes you want to move and feel and drink to ignore some of the repetition. Less exhausting than many full-length dance projects, granted, but also less of a statement.

7./10 F.t.: Red alert

jesus the first half of this is weird. it chills out a bit after that but the first like 5 songs and then a couple afterwards are simultaniously very dated to the late 90s while also being insanely ahead of their time. yo-yo is practically just deconstructed club but with 90s dance. theres ridiculous autotune vocals, sloppy singing about vampires or whatever, and the chorus has some insane glitchy sounds like ?????????? the more normal stuff is super sick too. being with u is super pretty, almost everything here is pretty jammin. the vocals are a little obnoxious on the first track but its mostly good. really cool 90s dance album with a few tracks thatre just kind of insane? Great Music 9/10

Got some good tracks