After 10 years away from the main stages of the world, Basement Jaxx are bringing back their euphoric energy-filled live experience with a summer series of 2025 headline festival appearances.
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.
Felix Buxton and Simon Ratcliffe made their start in 1994 with a series of underground EPs on their own Atlantic Jaxx label, and now famous parties held in venues across south London. The duo's distinctive combination of house and garage with punk attitude, global influences and unforgettable tunes quickly developed a cult following that led to their 1999 first album, Remedy, with its breakthrough hits ‘Red Alert’, ‘Rendez-Vu’ and 'Jump n' Shout'. 2001’s follow-up Rooty was even bigger and louder: ‘Where’s Your Head At’ provided an evergreen anthem that still crosses all generations and genres.
Right from the start, Buxton and Ratcliffe’s live experience was a showstopper that grew into a spectacular festival experience leading to headline slots at Glastonbury, Coachella, and Hyde Park in London.
The last 10 years have seen Basement Jaxx remain festival favourites, but headlining behind the decks rather than at the front of the stage – but 2025 will see them bring back the full eye-popping technicolour experience.