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In 1999, Basement Jaxx made waves at both bar star havens and hidden underground house gigs with party gem "Red Alert." Ten years later, their contemporary sound still carries that caring, catchy essence. The songs on Scars lack complex lyrical depth but are ideologically cutting edge, featuring circus-style funk beats, with musical gravity and feather-light sonic energies flowing from song to song all within a connective, changing tempo. First track "Scars" (featuring Kelis, Meleka and Chipmunk) electrifies with an operatic sample and haunting synthesizer rhythm framing the story of a woman's loss and emptiness ("All I've got is my scars"),...
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