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- Record Label: Atlantic Jaxx
- Release Date: Jul 19, 2011
- Summary: The London, England, house duo of Felix Buxton and Simon Ratcliffe release an album reinterpreting their hits by the Metropole Orkest of the Netherlands orchestra, conducted by Jules Buckley.
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- Record Label: Atlantic Jaxx
- Genre(s): Electronic, Classical, Pop/Rock
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Positive: 3 out of 6
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Mixed: 3 out of 6
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Negative: 0 out of 6
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Jul 15, 2011Switching smoothly between contemporary classical orchestrations, big-band jazz and operatic chorale, the results are frequently breathtaking in their audacity.
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Jul 15, 2011Cleverly, the arrangements draw attention to what richly layered songs Basement Jaxx have.
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Jul 12, 2011It's the more familiar works which ensure that Basement Jaxx vs. Metropole Orkest is an uplifting, feel-good record which manages to straddle the unlikely worlds of classical and progressive house with ease.
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Jul 12, 2011The treatments range from Schifrin/Morricone atmospherics to full on Prokofiev/Tchaikovsky bombast, with results which are variable, but the scary choral, Omen-style version of "Where's Your Head At" is a hoot.
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Jul 12, 2011A brave experiment then, and more than likely a fabulous live experience too, but ultimately more of a novelty for the curious than an essential purchase.
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Jul 15, 2011A curio is all it is, though. Jules Buckley's arrangements are inventive, but Basement Jaxx's weaker recent material proves impervious to improvement.
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Positive: 2 out of 2
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Mixed: 0 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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