Pitchfork: Basement Jaxx Prep 2xCD comp, Hunt For U.S. Label

Basement Jaxx Prep 2xCD comp, Hunt For U.S. Label

With a Grammy in one hand and a boombox quizzically blaring "Where's Your Head At?" in the other, British electronic duo Basement Jaxx has been handed the dreaded pink slip by Astralwerks, its North American record label. While we would certainly forgive Astralwerks for skipping the world's most worthless awards show (where Jaxx members Felix Buxton and Simon Ratcliffe took home Best Electronic/Dance Album for Kish Kash), surely they must have known that Basement Jaxx has a singles compilation coming out on March 21, with "Oh My Gosh"-- one of two new tracks on the album-- released as a single on March 14. I mean, we reported it here, weren't they reading that day? Now without a label, Buxton told Billboard recently that, "It was a perfect time for the award," and indeed there will likely be no shortage of labels lining up to take advantage of that instant publicity. They hope.

As previously reported, the compilation, entitled Singles, will arrive on March 21 (in the UK...it's import only for U.S. fans now) via XL Recordings, and will include a 14-track bonus disc. You might have done seen disc one's tracklist the first time we ran it, but disc two's all new, baby:

>> Disc One:
01 Red Alert
02 Good Luck
03 Romeo
04 Oh My Gosh
05 Bingo Bango
06 Where's Your Head At?
07 Rendez-Vu
08 Jump N' Shout
09 Lucky Star
10 Plug It In
11 U Don't Know Me
12 Do Your Thing
13 Jus 1 Kiss
14 Fly Life
15 Samba Magic

>> Disc Two:
01 Magnificent Romeo (Remix by 2 Many DJ's)
02 I Beg U
03 Mere Pass
04 Miracles Keep on Playin' (Red Alert Remix)
05 Bongoloid
06 Good Luck (Live)
07 Rendez-Vu (Latin Version)
08 Broken Dreams (Acoustic)
09 Ha Choo
10 Onyx
11 I Live in Camberwell
12 Camberskank
13 Jus 1 Kiss (The Isley Bootleg)
14 Romeo (Acoustic)

Furthermore, we also hinted at a live DVD being released the same day as Singles, and verily it shall be-- The Videos will come out on March 21. The career-spanning DVD will offer the band's videos (natch), some extra documentary footage, and live tracks dating as far back as 2000. The group's website has generously offered up a tracklist for the DVD, and we feel like spreading the love just a little bit further. Traxx for the eyes:

>> Videos:
01 Red Alert [ft. Blue James]
02 Rendez-Vu
03 Bingo Bango
04 Jump N' Shout [ft. Slarta John]
05 Romeo [ft. Kele Le Roc]
06 Jus 1 Kiss
07 Where's Your Head At
08 Lucky Star [ft. Dizze Rascal]
09 Good Luck [ft. Lisa Kekaula]
10 Plug It In [ft. JC Chasez]
11 Cish Cash
12 Fly Life

>> Extras:
01 The Road to Coachella (directed by Bobby Lewis)
02 Tokyo Stench (directed by New Stench)
03 Jaxx TV (directed by Simon Ratcliffe)
04 Bongoloid (directed by New Stench)

>> Live Tracks:
01 Jump N' Shout [ft. Slarta John] (Glastonbury 2000)
02 Red Alert [ft. Blue James] (Glastonbury 2000)
03 Do Your Thing [ft. Sharlene Hector] (V2002)
04 Where's Your Head At? (Glastonbury 2004)
05 Supersonic [ft. Vula Malinga] (Glastonbury 2004)
06 Good Luck [ft. Lisa Kekaula] (Glastonbury 2004)
07 Cish Cash [ft. Charlotte Hodson] (Werchter, Belgium 2004)
08 Lucky Star [ft. Dizze Rascal] (Fuji Rock, Japan 2004)