Basement Jaxx at Camp Bestival

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A bit about an act which is actually on the lineup at Camp Bestival this year (2014) . And what better than the rather fab, and quite raucously fun Basement Jaxx.

Basement Jaxx hale from Brixton and have been around for an amazing 20 years (really I thought they were a 'new' group....I think I'm showing my age!) so DD was not even born when they started belting out music.

Thought it was the very year of her birth that they went mainstream when Red Alert made it to the top 5  in the charts.

Never having seen them live, I am quite keen now that I've read what CampBestival describe as an

"unstoppable live proposition as their Latin influenced vibes became an epic onstage extravaganza worthy of the streets of Rio at Carnival time."

They have even headlined Glastonbury! (2005)

Can't wait!

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