ROOTY

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The album's single, the creepily Janet-esque "Romeo," commences the program on a bitter note. Featured diva Kele Le Roc's mindless lyrics spill over the predictable, shallow melodies, bland beats and clichéd basslines. "Breakaway," however, relieves the tedium with a foray into the darker facets of funk. Treacherous squelches murmur beneath industrial percussion and old-school synths, while quirky bleeps and bloops creep in wherever the music pauses. The song's unintelligent vocals are also unobtrusive enough that they don't ruin the rest of the song. Basement Jaxx: Rooty". Billboard. 7 July 2001. Archived from the original on 3 July 2001 . Retrieved 12 August 2012. Cases like this, and one would think countless gatherings around the world where Basement Jaxx is heard, show how easy It is to fall victim to their songs’ adrenalized charms.

a b Rooty (liner notes). Basement Jaxx. XL Recordings. 2001. XLCD143. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link) New Releases – For Week Starting June 4, 2001: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 2 June 2001. p.23 . Retrieved 14 August 2021.The song additionally experienced success in mainland Europe and New Zealand. In the latter region, it debuted at number 41 on the New Zealand Singles Chart, then rose to number nine eight weeks later, staying in the charts for 14 weeks in total. [25] It also reached the top 10 in Norway, debuting and peaking at number nine on the Norwegian Singles Chart; [26] however, the song had less success in other European countries. It peaked at number 74 in France and number 82 in the Netherlands, [27] [28] but it did manage to reach the top 50 in Sweden—peaking at number 41—and the top 20 in Denmark—peaking at number 20. [29] [30] Music video [ edit ] What does Rooty mean? Well, to Felix Buxton “it’s raw, it’s soulful”, his partner Simon Ratcliffe adds “it’s to the root, to the essence.” That’s how the duo explained their second album to The Telegraph upon its release in 2001. But it’s the quirky image on Rooty’s sleeve that’s probably the most concise description of its contents. Rooty’, Basement Jaxx’s second album, was the moment when the London duo conquered pop in the name of UK house music; the apex of the band’s gleefully magpie approach to musical inspiration, and the inexorable conclusion of the pop smarts hinted at on their debut ‘Remedy’. In contrast to the superstar claims, the duo’s origins are rather humble and ordinary. Buxton grew up in the countryside. His father, a vicar who had designs on his son joining the armed forces or becoming an engineer, had a mantra for his son that went ‘Don’t reach for the stars, just do something honest and real.’

It also does very much sound like 2001. That's not always a terrible thing to me, as I was a young adult in 2001 and definitely have some fondness for the music of the era, but this music doesn't quite transcend its time and place like, say Daft Punk's music seems to. Romeo" debuted at number six on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the group's third top 10 hit in their native country. [18] It also topped the UK Dance and UK Indie charts. [19] [20] At the end of 2001, it was ranked at number 98 on the UK year-end chart. [21] In Ireland, the single peaked at number 17 on the Irish Singles Chart. [22] The song was released in North America, where it peaked at number five on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart and number 10 on the Canadian Singles Chart. [23] [24] Rest of the Best of the Aughts: Albums & Singles (#101 – 250) – The House Next Door – Slant Magazine". Slant Magazine. 7 February 2010. Andy Kellman from AllMusic gave the album a very positive review, calling it "a timely and nearly faultless stop-gap compilation." [2]As the title for the album, it was explained by the duo as "raw" and "soulful", as well as "about being happy about things that don't fit in" and "things that are a bit different. That's why the album's got an albino gorilla on the cover." [2] Collaboration [ edit ]

Basement Jaxx - Rooty". www.musicomh.com. Archived from the original on 28 June 2001 . Retrieved 6 June 2022. The 100 best Glastonbury performances ever". Archived from the original on 19 August 2018 . Retrieved 5 April 2018.With their freewheeling, genre-flipping approach to house music, British duo Basement Jaxx became one of the biggest names in electronic music in the late ’90s and early 2000s. a b "Jaxx replace Kylie at Glastonbury". BBC News. 6 June 2005. Archived from the original on 17 September 2016 . Retrieved 13 July 2016. Their 2001 sophomore album, Rooty, spawned two more Top 10 UK hits: “Romeo” and the rowdy “Where’s Your Head At,” which samples a pair of songs by UK New Wave hero Gary Numan. Both went Top 5 on Billboard’s Dance Club Songs in the US. a b Seymour, Malcolm III (18 September 2001). "Basement Jaxx: Rooty". Pitchfork . Retrieved 17 September 2011. The song’s initial chorus was ‘Where are my dogs at?’, the words first coming to Buxton in a stream of consciousness, as he told Songfacts . Although he knew the song was about the line between sanity and madness, it wasn’t until a middle-of-the-night stroke of inspiration that Buxton realised that ‘ Where’s your head at?’ would make a better fit.

Matos, Michaelangelo (June–July 2001). "Basement Jaxx: Rooty". Blender. No.1. p.104. Archived from the original on 15 August 2004 . Retrieved 17 July 2016. It's about being happy about things that don't fit in. About things that are a bit different. That's why the album's got an albino gorilla on the cover.” Take ‘Romeo’, the album’s first single and ravishing calling card. On the face of it, ‘Romeo’ is an energetically soppy R&B house smoocher. But the song’s hidden depths include an unusually dovetailed house rhythm with accents on the first two beats of the bar, a wailing electro siren and lyrics about romantic disappointment (“You used to be my Romeo”), all smuggled in under the shade of an irresistible “Woa-oh-ya-oh” hook. ‘Jus 1 Kiss’, another of ‘Rooty’’s timeless pop singles, allies UK Garage beats to filter house production, a sample of Chic’s ‘You Can't Do It Alone’ and steel drums of pure South London sunshine.

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Romeo (US 12-inch promo vinyl disc). Basement Jaxx. Astralwerks. 2001. ASW 69982-1. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link)