One interesting observation I have made, quite recently in fact, is that DJ companies tend to have a longer life in the music industry than a good majority of acts and Basement Jaxx is no exception. 
The electronica/house duo has been churning out club favorites for a decade (plus!), Their beats have been used in a variety of mediums, from movie soundtracks (such as Lara Croft: Tombraider and Just Married) to Coca-Cola commercials. Their re-mixing skills are also in high demand, and their assistance for such projects has been solicited by the likes of Missy Elliott, Justin Timberlake, and N*E*R*D*.
Despite a brief lapse in productivity (almost four years to be exact), the UK emcees recently released their 5th studio album Scars in September and will be hitting the US for a handful of shows to promote it. The festivities begin in San Francisco, where they will be playing alongside acts such as The Faint and Infected Mushroom for Live 105 FM’s Subsonic Halloween Spook-Fest at the Cow Palace on October 30.
I, personally, will get the pleasure of seeing their Halloween set at the Hard Haunted Mansion Party being thrown at the Shrine Expo Center. This event is a two day festival (beginning Friday, October 30), and an ungodly amount of music.
After the chaos that will obviously follow the Hard Haunted Mansion Party, the boys will be off to the Century Room in Ontario on November 3 and the Congress Theatre in Chicago on November 6. Their last US show will be at the Santos Party House in Manhattan on November 7.
Tour dates:
Oct. 30 – Cow Palace (Live 105 event) / San Francisco, CA
Oct. 31 – HARD Haunted Mansion party / Los Angeles, CA
Nov. 3 – Century Room / Toronto, ON
Nov. 6 – Congress Theatre / Chicago, IL
Nov. 7 – Santos Party House / New York, NY
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