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dons to fully-fledged. festival headlining pop heroes Basement Jaxx have i‘ f' ' i : '_ " ' i n r: . never looked back. This truly terribly titled album (Crazy Itch Radio is even a >; 1 VA A: ii \ '- bad song title never mind album title) finds Messrs Buxton and Ratcliffe in 7-9" i (7":(1 ' ..: A . true pop mode, layering their (by now familiar) rubberised beats with saucy iii i l ~- z ‘,' ' . 2' "A vocal after saucy vocal from Swedish pop kids, East London grimers and r»? g»:- E3 Emit. l. g' .; ' " : . soul warblers. They‘ve even invented a new genre, banjo house, though if .x' it: ‘C it, Hi“ u S; ': ,:' : i: .~; 1 memory serves, those peculiar country bumpkins who did 'Cotton Eye Joe' -':' '1 w MN ('2'. f'um " i ' l " ; / 7: A: cornered the market on that kind of frivolity years ago. ~' am: r 1: A ix" 1: " This album has its moments. ‘Lights Go Down' and ‘Run 4 Cover‘ do the it If" frui. " w»: u " .-‘~ ; :' 2 job in style, but this has all the groove but lacks some of the fire of My -;:~’- A: l wt" 2 ,' : . previous albums. The party is here, but whether it remains as wild as it was 2w!" H: ' ,. .~,- 1»? '. °' ;~:: is up for debate. (Mark Robertson) «a. i “1 mt" a , '* : k

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