Basement Jaxx

Solo Artist

Photo: Uncensored Interview · CC BY 2.0
Active 1994-present
Origin London, England
Albums 7
Tracks 92
Most frequent collaborator Meshell Ndegeocello · 14 tracks
Genres HouseElectronicBig Beat
Complete Artist
97%
Authorship

Holds writing credit on 89 of 92 tracks

Do Basement Jaxx write their own songs?

Felix Buxton is credited on 89 of the 92 studio tracks and Simon Ratcliffe on 87, so almost everything is theirs. Only 43 carry no third name: the guest singers who front most tracks get a writing credit, and so do the writers of the records they sample.

By the Numbers

7
Studio Albums
92
Tracks Credited
97%
Self-Written
32
Years Active
165
Collaborators

Authorship Breakdown 89 / 92 self-written

Who wrote the songs?

Across all 92 tracks: how many Basement Jaxx wrote alone, how many they co-wrote, and how many were written by others. The bracket marks every track they hold any writing credit on.

Basement Jaxx has a writing credit97%
47%
50%
3%
Sole author43tracks47%
Co-written46tracks50%
Outside writers3tracks3%

Role Fingerprint how they contribute

Lyricist Performer Composer Producer
Basement Jaxx's roles across the catalogue

Share of all 92 tracks where they are personally credited, by role.

Lyricist (words)97%
Composer (music)97%
Producer100%
Performer100%

Member Credit Breakdown share of tracks each member is credited on

Percentage of all 92 tracks, across every album, where each member holds a credit - split by role.

MemberPeriodLyricsMusicProductionPerformance
Felix Buxton 1994-present
97%
97%
86%
10%
Simon Ratcliffe 1994-present
95%
95%
86%
1%

Authorship Over Time writing credit per album

Basement Jaxx's writing credit per album, in release order. Hover any bar for the album.

avg 97%
93%
100%
100%
86%
100%
100%
100%
1999Remedy
2001Rooty
2003Kish Kash
2006Crazy Itch Radio
2009Scars
2009Zephyr
2014Junto
Early · 98% written
Mid · 95% written
Late · 100% written

Authorship by Decade track-weighted

93%
1990s
Remedy
97%
2000s
Rooty, Kish Kash +3 more
100%
2010s
Junto

Authorship Spectrum pure performer to complete author

Where Basement Jaxx sits on the scale from a pure performer (0%, sings songs written by others) to a complete author (100%, writes everything). The bright marker is their catalogue authorship score, plotted against other artists on the site.

Basement Jaxx
Other artists on the site

Reference artists spread across the scale, closest by genre and era.

Katseye0%
Kenny Chesney20%
98 Degrees35%
Rihanna44%
Kelly Rowland53%
Usher74%
Tricky84%
97%Basement Jaxx
Pure Performer0%
Songwriter~50%
Complete Author100%

Discography 7 albums

All seven studio albums. The two compilations, the live album with the Metropole Orkest and the Attack the Block soundtrack sit outside this catalogue.

Collaborator Network who they worked with most

Photo of Basement JaxxBasement Jaxx92 tracks
Photo of Meshell Ndegeocello14Meshell Ndegeocello, 14 tracks Photo of Vula Malinga5Vula Malinga, 5 tracks A"3Alma "Tha Soul" Duah, 3 tracks CW3Cassie Watson, 3 tracks T3Tugg, 3 tracks Photo of Sharlene Hector3Sharlene Hector, 3 tracks SJ2Slarta John, 2 tracks MS2Mandy Senior, 2 tracks DC2Derrick Carter, 2 tracks LK2Lisa Kekaula, 2 tracks MN2Me'Shell NdegéOcello, 2 tracks JB2Joe Benjamin, 2 tracks TL2Tanya Lacey, 2 tracks PF2Paloma Faith, 2 tracks DE2Dwayne Ellis, 2 tracks KS2Kay Shin, 2 tracks JL2Jenny Lau, 2 tracks FW2Francis White, 2 tracks DP2Deantoni Parks, 2 tracks DG2David Günther, 2 tracks NS2Niara Scarlett, 2 tracks MJ1Mark James, 1 track YJ1Yvonne John-Lewis, 1 track BC1Benji Candelario, 1 track EM1Erick Morillo, 1 track B1Brett, 1 track JS1Junior Sanchez, 1 track P1Patsi, 1 track HM1Harvey Mason, 1 track TB1Tyrone Brown, 1 track JB1John Blake Jr., 1 track LG1Leonard Gibbs, 1 track JS1James Simmons, 1 track RS1Richard Steacker, 1 track MV1Millard Vinson, 1 track BJ1Blue James, 1 track MM1Monday Michiru, 1 track DS1DJ Sneak, 1 track ND1Neol Davies, 1 track KL1Kenny Lewis, 1 track LP1Lawrence Parker, 1 track JI1Jose Ibata, 1 track RI1Rolando Ibata, 1 track UD1Ugo Delmirani, 1 track J1Jorges, 1 track ND1Nyna Dove, 1 track G1Gemini, 1 track AT1Alexander Telnikoff, 1 track B"1Bernard "Beloyd" Taylor, 1 track JD1Jill Draper, 1 track L1Lion, 1 track AD1Alma Duah, 1 track BE1Bernard Edwards, 1 track NR1Nile Rodgers, 1 track DG1Digno García, 1 track GP1Glen Powell, 1 track S1Sha, 1 track C1Cherokee, 1 track C1Crystal, 1 track GN1Gary Numan, 1 track BM1Blue Mitchell, 1 track EM1Elliot May, 1 track M1Mills, 1 track DR1Dizzee Rascal, 1 track M1Mona, 1 track A1Allonymous, 1 track CC1Charles Campbell, 1 track EH1Elwood Haygood, 1 track TJ1Totlyn Jackson, 1 track JC1JC Chasez, 1 track on NSYNC's page SS1Siouxsie Sioux, 1 track ST1Shelley Thraves, 1 track XL1Xenia Lewis, 1 track P1Phoebe, 1 track PT1Phoebe Tolmer, 1 track EO1Emily Oldfield, 1 track WM1Wil Malone, 1 track AB1A.D. Burrise, 1 track JB1J.D. Burrise, 1 track S1Skillah, 1 track BB1Butch Bonner, 1 track LH1Lorna Hamilton, 1 track MS1Martina Sorbara, 1 track HE1Henry Ernst, 1 track AS1Adrian Sical, 1 track TB1Tommy Blaize, 1 track S1Shea, 1 track WH1Wayne Hernandez, 1 track DJ1Daryl John, 1 track LL1Linda Lewis, 1 track RB1Reena Bhardwaj, 1 track JN1Jahmaal Noel Fyffe, 1 track KR1Kelis Rogers, 1 track K1Kelis, 1 track M1Meleka, 1 track C1Chipmunk, 1 track EB1Edie Booth, 1 track TF1Tayra Fuentes Chachian, 1 track E"1Eli "Paperboy" Reed, 1 track MM1Michael Montgomery, 1 track AB1Andy Bauer, 1 track RS1Ryan Spraker, 1 track H81Hot 8 Brass Band, 1 track MG1Mandee Greene, 1 track R1Rox, 1 track S1Santigold, 1 track S1Serocee, 1 track T1Trigger, 1 track SS1Sam Sparro, 1 track NC1Nathan Curran, 1 track V1Viz, 1 track JH1Jim Hunt, 1 track BR1Brendan Reilly, 1 track DH1Devonte Hynes, 1 track LC1Lightspeed Champion, 1 track VH1Victoria Hesketh, 1 track AF1Amp Fiddler, 1 track AF1Ann Farina, 1 track JF1John Farina, 1 track SF1Santo Farina, 1 track DM1Dennis Matkosky, 1 track LF1Lashunda Flowers, 1 track MS1Michael Sembello, 1 track SB1Shon B, 1 track WB1Windy Baynham, 1 track YM1Yo! Majesty, 1 track YM1Yo Majesty, 1 track CS1Channi Singh, 1 track ES1Ed Seed, 1 track F1Famous, 1 track MS1Mona Singh, 1 track TB1The Binary Girls, 1 track YO1Yoko Ono, 1 track GP1Gene Perez, 1 track JD1Junto Davida, 1 track JM1Joy Malcolm, 1 track PJ1Peter James, 1 track JH1Jose Hendrix Ndelo, 1 track JH1Jose Hendrix, 1 track JJ1José James, 1 track AN1Adam Noble, 1 track HR1Howard Rider, 1 track CC1Chico Chagas, 1 track GC1Gene Calderazzo, 1 track OS1Oli Savill, 1 track RS1Ricardo Santos, 1 track CY1Conan Yellowbird, 1 track N1Niara, 1 track EM1Elliot Marshall, 1 track E1ETML, 1 track

Bubble size = tracks worked on together. Showing the 150 most frequent of 165. A" Alma "Tha Soul" Duah · CW Cassie Watson · T Tugg

Photo credits

Portraits in the web and the rail come from Wikimedia Commons. The artist's own photo carries its credit under the picture.

The Authorship Story

Data Insight

Buxton is credited on 89 of the 92 studio tracks and Ratcliffe on 87, but only 43 carry nobody else. The other 49 bring in the guest singers, who get a writing credit rather than just a vocal, and the writers of whatever the track samples. Junto is the extreme: thirteen tracks, both of them on almost all of it, and only two with no third name.

Quick Facts

  • Self-writtenFelix Buxton on 89 of 92 studio tracks, Simon Ratcliffe on 87
  • Written by the pair alone43 of the 92 carry no third writer
  • GrammyKish Kash won Best Dance/Electronic Album
  • Brit AwardsBest British Dance Act in 2002 and again in 2004
  • Biggest albumRemedy, at 1,000,000 worldwide and 135,000 in the United States
  • Seven albums1999 to 2014, two of them released in the same year

Creative Fingerprint

Two writers on nearly everything, sharing the line with a different guest singer on almost every track.

The Story

Basement Jaxx are Felix Buxton and Simon Ratcliffe, who named themselves after the club night they ran in Brixton and started releasing records in 1994. Remedy in 1999 and Rooty in 2001 made them one of the biggest dance acts in Britain. Seven studio albums.

Awards & Recognition

Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Album, Kish Kash (2005)
Brit Award for Best British Dance Act (2002)
Brit Award for Best British Dance Act (2004)
Billboard Music Award, Top Hot Dance Club Play Artist - Duo/Group (2000)
International Dance Music Award, Best New Dance Artist, Group (2000)
International Dance Music Award, Best Dance Artist, Group (2000)
DanceStar Award, Best House Act (2000)

Frequently Asked Questions Basement Jaxx

Do Basement Jaxx write their own songs?
Felix Buxton is credited on 89 of the 92 studio tracks and Simon Ratcliffe on 87, so almost everything is theirs. Only 43 carry no third name: the guest singers who front most tracks get a writing credit, and so do the writers of the records they sample.
Who are Basement Jaxx?
Felix Buxton and Simon Ratcliffe, an English duo from London who took their name from the Brixton club night they ran.
Who wrote "Where's Your Head At"?
Buxton and Ratcliffe with Gary Numan, credited for the sample the track is built on.
How many albums have they released?
Seven studio albums: Remedy (1999), Rooty (2001), Kish Kash (2003), Crazy Itch Radio (2006), Scars and Zephyr (both 2009) and Junto (2014).
Did they win a Grammy?
Kish Kash won Best Dance/Electronic Album, and they took the Brit Award for Best British Dance Act in 2002 and again in 2004.
Which album sold the most?
Remedy, at 1,000,000 worldwide and 135,000 in the United States. It is certified platinum by the BPI.
Why are there so many singers on their records?
They build tracks around guest vocalists rather than singing themselves, so Kelis, Santigold, Yoko Ono, Meshell Ndegeocello, Lisa Kekaula and dozens of others front the songs and take a share of the writing.
Which album is most their own?
Remedy, where 11 of the 15 tracks carry nobody but the two of them. Junto is the opposite, with two out of thirteen.
Why two albums in 2009?
Scars came out in September and Zephyr, a quieter and shorter record, followed in December.
Are they still recording?
Junto in 2014 is the most recent studio album. A remix collection followed in 2015.

Sources

Wikipedia: Basement Jaxx Wikipedia: Basement Jaxx discography