Wednesday 27 May 2009

Yoko Ono marches on with Basement Jaxx

Are Basement Jaxx hoping for a Rihanna-type hit this summer? Calling your brilliant forthcoming single Raindrops and hoping for another pissing-it-down zeitgeist summer song is asking for a lot. They don't need it! Listen here. It's big and clever - and besides which, we're apparently in for a hot dry one this year.

But wait. What's this? Another new major tune from Felix Buxton and Simon Ratcliffe? Yes! And this time with La Grande Dame Yoko Ono going off on one on Day of the Sunflowers (We March On). Simon says of the inspired collab: "We got in touch with after finding out she was a fan of another of our songs, Romeo. I think she was a bit wary of going into the studio with a bunch of DJ/producers, but she was great. She said: “Do you want me to do the Yoko Ono thing?” and we said: “Yes please!” She went off with her wails — I love all that: it’s freedom and expression and it’s human. She’s 76, getting on, but she looked very well and youthful". Their new album Scars isn't out until September, but with two great lead-off tracks like these, it may just be a career high for the South London duo.

Day of the Sunflowers (We March On) - Basement Jaxx feat. Yoko Ono


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Times Online are holding a great competition to record your own version of the track. Clicky here for details. Their own version is really quite good!

4 comments:

Myfizzypop said...

it could be massive this summer. which means now that i like something it will flop beyond belief :) Boooo!

Adem With An E said...

Massive is indeed the word for this, it's bloody huge! Really pleased to see Basement Jaxx are bringing more "Hey You" from the last album than the other stuff on it.

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