Simon Ratcliffe (musician)
| Basement Jaxx | |
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Basement Jaxx in 2009.
From left: Felix Buxton, Simon Ratcliffe |
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| Origin | London, England |
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| Years active | 1994–present |
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| Website | www |
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Basement Jaxx are an English electronic music duo consisting of Felix Buxton and Simon Ratcliffe. The pair got their name from the regular night club they held in their hometown of Brixton, London, UK. They first rose to popularity in the mid 1990s. As the British Hit Singles & Albums book duly noted "they surfaced from the underground house scene, are regular transatlantic club chart-toppers and won the BRIT Award for Best Dance Act in 2002 and 2004".
Since 1992, Ratcliffe has released a few white label records which sold well and gained a lot of attention from the likes of LTJ Bukem and Goldie, enabled him to buy a few electronic musical instruments and set up a basic studio in a friend’s mother’s basement.
In 1993, the pair first met in a pub in Clapham, London through a mutual friend. They bonded over an appreciation of New York house music.
They released their first extended play called EP1 via the British independent record label Wall of Sound, with the help of its founder Mark Jones. The album went on to sell over a thousand copies, with plays from Tony Humphries in New York City, a thing that caught member Ratcliffe "mind-blow[ned]". "Knowing that people you respect are supporting your music is so important in the early days as encouragement to keep going, it means you are doing something right," he said.
They then began working with vocalist Corrina Joseph in their first attempts at making "proper songs". One of the collaboration's outputs was "Fly Life".
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