Parvati Magazine October 2014- Equilibrium | Page 23

MUSIC
is inspired by art, technology and craftsmanship
that gives me hope that
musicality is not dead in
EDM.
If you are not familiar
with Basement Jaxx, but
you are a film lover, then
the best way to describe
Basement Jaxx is to liken
them to my favourite film
maker Baz Luhrmann.
Both Basement Jaxx and
Luhrmann exude an artistic expression of opulence, infinite imagination
and push the boundaries
of the craft into a realm
of technicolour artistically
pushing the limits of that
proverbial box that society likes to use to define us.
“Gatsby” and “Moulin
Rouge” both received
mixed reviews, but if you
watch with attention you
notice incredible detail
in the costumes, sets, colours, texture, cast, sound,
vision and feel. You notice
musical and visual melting
pots of genres and styles
that delightfully make a
commentary on our culture now and then. You
notice juxtaposition of

ideas, sights and sounds
that magically weave together.
To me his films, even if
critically and commercially soft, are absolute
masterpieces. To me they
are the soul’s expression
of joy, craft, love and vision. When it comes to
EDM, I feel the same is
true for Basement Jaxx
who create with the same
type of colourful exuberance and the mélange
of flavours that Luhrmann
brings to film and it makes
for a most interesting and
innovative exploration of
music.
Basement Jaxx’s new record may just go over the
heads of many critics and
fans and it is likely that this
record may disappoint
the hardcore DJ’s, PLUR
adherents, and house
dancers out there, but if
you are a music lover who
enjoys the sensory excitement of a carnival then
you will most certainly
love Junto.

ly delightful to listen to.
What I find the most impressive about Junto is the
way that the band handles topics of silliness, fun,
mythical, magical, nature, ecology, spirituality,
cosmic intelligence and
interconnectivity. This record falls in the category
of being “positive possibilities” in that it celebrates
the gift of life and offers people a choice not
just to connect through
dance, but to connect
through intention.
Singles like Unicorn, Power
To The People and Back
To The Wild are songs with
excellent messages and
innovative yet distinctively Basement Jaxx sounds.
If you want to listen to
creativity in this genre at
its best, with lyrics that
support the notions that
everything is connected;
if you want to listen to a
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