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SUMMARY: Embrace presents Basement jaxx @ Century room
LOCATION:Century Room (580 King st west\, Toronto\, Ontario)
URL:http://www.blogto.com/events/15463
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Basement Jaxx are a critically acclaimed English house music =
duo comprised of Felix Buxton and Simon Ratcliffe that rose =
to popularity in the late 1990s=2E Basement Jaxx started in =
Brixton=2C South London=2C UK in 1994=2C where they held a =
regular club night called Rooty=2C which would later become =
the name of their second artist album =
=28Rooty=29=2E=0D=0A=0D=0AIn addition to Rooty=2C their =
other albums include Kish Kash with the title track sung by =
Siouxsie=2C Remedy=2C The Singles and Crazy Itch Radio=2E =
Kish Kash won the 2004 Grammy for best dance album and was =
their most critically acclaimed album for its innovative =
sound=2E They also won BRIT awards in 2002 and 2004=2C both =
for Best British Dance Act=2E=0D=0A=0D=0AIn addition to =
their own work=2C Basement Jaxx have become in=2Ddemand =
remixers=2E Tracks such as 4 My People =28which became a =
massive chart and club hit=29=2C PlayLike I Love You and =
PlayShe Wants to Move have all had the Basement Jaxx remix =
treatment=2E=0D=0A=0D=0AIn 2005=2C Basement Jaxx headlined =
the UK=E2=80=99s Glastonbury festival as a replacement for =
Kylie Minogue=2E In 2006 they were support to Robbie =
Williamson Robbies =E2=80=9CClose =
Encounters=E2=80=9D=2DTour=2E=0D=0A=0D=0AThe production duo =
got their name from the location of the studio where they =
recorded their first EP =2D it was located in the basement =
of friends of Simon Ratcliffe=2E=0D=0A=0D=0ARecently the =
Tate Modern invited the duo to write music inspired by a =
piece of art featured in the gallery=2E Karel =
Appellis=E2=80=99s Hip Hip Hoorah=21 ended up being the =
inspiring work=2E There are only two places in the world you =
can hear it =2D in the gallery or its official site=2E
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