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Basement Jaxx vs Metropole Orkest

Basement Jaxx vs Metropole Orkest

Basement Jaxx vs Metropole Orkest

A reinterpretation of songs from the London-based house duo by the Dutch orchestra, conducted by Jules Buckley

ADM rating[?]

6.4

Label
Atlantic Jaxx Recordings
UK Release date
11/07/2011
US Release date
19/07/2011
  1. 8.0 |   Daily Telegraph

    This unexpected outing is sparkling, rich, witty fun
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  2. 8.0 |   Evening Standard

    Who'd have thought any of this would work, let alone work so fabulously?
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  3. 8.0 |   The Digital Fix

    A strangely rewarding listen
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  4. 8.0 |   The Independent

    Switching smoothly between contemporary classical orchestrations, big-band jazz and operatic chorale, the results are frequently breathtaking in their audacity
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  5. 8.0 |   The Irish Times

    An imaginative retooling, this audacious, inventive and brave album is a reinvention of the most welcome kind
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  6. 6.0 |   The Guardian

    Jules Buckley's arrangements are inventive, but Basement Jaxx's weaker recent material proves impervious to improvement
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  7. 6.0 |   Independent on Sunday

    Treatments range from Schifrin/Morricone atmospherics to full on Prokofiev/Tchaikovsky bombast, with results which are variable
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  8. 6.0 |   musicOMH

    Ultimately more of a novelty for the curious than an essential purchase
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  9. 5.0 |   DIY

    With the exception of maybe 'Raindrops', it’s very hard to actually pin down what song it is that’s being reinterpreted
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  10. 5.0 |   DIY

    It’s not got enough consistency in style or quality to satisfy a classical audience but it’s too obscure and foreign to hold a dance audience
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  11. 4.0 |   State

    It’s hard to imagine any hardcore Basement Jaxx fans banging their heads in awe to this. Similarly, lovers of the classical genre will surely snub their nose up at such an unfounded collaboration
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