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| 3.2 good | Deviant. STAFF | August 25th 14 |
Junto is something of an enigma, in that the end result is not completely turgid in the way that 95% of long-delayed material by artists who mistake "hiatus" for "hibernation" tends to be. But it's also not the great return of one of the zaniest and machiavellian acts in house music either.
In truth, the album is the sound of a group in a state of flux. That the group in particular, who's path to stardom was dictated by their distaste for what they saw as "bland" and "robotic" dance pop music, should find themselves re-emerging into a world of chart-topping acts like Disclosure & Rudimental and immediately dust themselves off and pick up immediately from where they left off is the true marvel. Though it would be fair to say that the Jaxx have taken more than a few cues from today's current chart-risers (and keeping in mind that Basement Jaxx basically set the template for commercial house music), there's enough on offer here to recall the glory days of Remedy and Rooty (the truly excellent 'Mermaid of Salinas' wouldn't sound remotely out of place on the latter).
So while it's a joy to report that the duo haven't really missed a beat in terms of delivering on big room euphoria, Junto, while being a good album in a number of respects, is also curiously lacking in catchy hooks. It's a foot-tapping, knee-slapping jaunt into good old fashioned dance music, the kind whose poker face could only ever be lopsided, but there's little left by the end of it to mark any kind of a lasting legacy.
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| 0.0 | conesmoke | July 15th 16 |
Giving this a 4 because of Never Say Never. Love that twerk bot film clip. 10/10 vid
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| 3.0 good | zorius | September 8th 14 |
"the truly excellent 'Mermaid of Salinas' wouldn't sound remotely out of place on the
latter"
Maybe, because it's a completely reused material ;-)
It sounded familiar to me, and I found a disc in my collection from 1997, "Atlantic Jaxx
Recordings - A Compilation", and the song is "Samba Magic", whic was just practically
remixed here.
From Junto, maybe the only one is "Buffalo", what reminds me of how I felt about Basement
Jaxx 15 years ago.
It's a freaking crazy song. The others... nothing special.
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| 2.5 average | Eloriaz | December 16th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | MarkD | May 23rd 15 |
| 2.5 average | matzo | March 28th 15 |
| 3.5 great | spur55 | September 1st 14 |
| 3.5 great | Matski | August 25th 14 |
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