Kish Kash

Product description ------------------- Basement Jaxx ~ Kish Kash .com ---- A squiggly, delirious house-pop classic that’s easily among the best albums of 2003, this British production duo’s third album is an interesting parallel to Outkast ( /exec/obidos/ts/artist-glance/52066/%24%7B0%7D )’s Speakerboxxx ( /exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000AGWFX/%24%7B0%7D ), as both albums make their funk the P-Funk ( /exec/obidos/ts/artist-glance/64299/%24%7B0%7D ), Parliament ( /exec/obidos/ts/artist-glance/43023/%24%7B0%7D ) and Prince ( /exec/obidos/ts/artist-glance/51163/%24%7B0%7D ) looming large throughout, but always in innovative ways. No album (and it is an album, a satisfyingly cohesive and narrative whole) of any genre in recent memory has done the guest vocalist thing as perfectly or as eclectically. Meshell Ndegeocello ( /exec/obidos/ts/artist-glance/73692/%24%7B0%7D ) delivers two of her finest and sexiest performances yet; Lisa Kekaula from garage-soul rockers the BellRays ( /exec/obidos/ts/artist-glance/199853/%24%7B0%7D ) revs up her delicious, Tina Turner ( /exec/obidos/ts/artist-glance/125297/%24%7B0%7D ) -y vocals to near bursting point on "Good Luck." Meanwhile, ‘N Sync ( /exec/obidos/ts/artist-glance/125206/%24%7B0%7D )'s JC Chasez remakes himself as a sort of electro-punk Michael Jackson ( /exec/obidos/ts/artist-glance/23005/%24%7B0%7D ) on "Plug It In"; and speaking of electro-punk, on the anthemic "Cish Cash," Siouxsie Soux ( /exec/obidos/ts/artist-glance/45222/%24%7B0%7D ) herself returns to show all the Liquid Sky’d-out denizens of Williamsburg and Berlin what a postpunk diva really sounds like. This is joyous music as innovative as it is bootylicious. With all its genre-defying tricks, Kish clearly owes a debt to the millenarian bootleg craze, but these songs are more than novelty mash-ups, they’re songs, and this is an album you’ll play years from now. --Mike McGonigal P.when('A').execute(function(A) { A.on('a:expander:toggle_description:toggle:collapse', function(data) { window.scroll(0, data.expander.$expander[0].offsetTop-100); }); }); Review ------ From their earliest singles through two positively stunning albums (Remedy and Rooty), dynamic duo Basement Jaxx has exploded the house music template to produce timeless tunes with tremendous resonance. You still can't watch MTV for more than an hour or so without hearing one of their tracks blasting as background music in a commercial or on one of their shows. Unafraid to douse their house with everything from salsa to classic rock, the Jaxx have elevated their game to come up with Kish Kash, which pushes the boundaries so far it's difficult to even call what they do "house" anymore. They've always had a knack for picking guest stars, and this record is no exception. When Siouxsie Sioux rocks the mic on the grinding "Cish Cash," thoughts of Goths and house heads happily pogoing together on a crowded dance floor flood my mind. For more proof that those N*Sync boys are cooler than you ever realized, J.C. Chasez shows up to add energy to the percolating "Plug It In." LA's Lisa Kekaula belts out the rollicking "Good Luck" like Alison Moyet on a rampage, while Meshell Ndegiocello drenches "Right Here's the Spot" and dreamy closer "Feels Like Home" with more soul than should be allowed by law. The third time is definitely another charm: Kish Kash kicks ass. Permanent Ink -- From URB Magazine ( https://secure.cnchost.com/urb.com/sub_a.html ) See more ( javascript:void(0) )

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