While many of their electronic contemporaries have looked to technology to make their gigs a compelling experience, Basement Jaxx have always embraced a maximalist approach, combining a dizzying and ever-growing array of singers, MCs, musicians and eventually whole troupes of dancers to turn any stage into a life-affirming cavorting carnival of music.
Right from the start Felix and Simon’s live experience was a showstopper that grew into a spectacular festival experience leading to headline slots at Glastonbury: first on The Other Stage, then by 2005, the same year they won the Grammy for best electronic album, Coachella, the Glastonbury Pyramid Stage and Hyde Park in London.
