Length 33:16 Artist Basement Jaxx Label XL Recordings | Zephyr
(2009) Junto
(2014) Release date 7 December 2009 | |
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Released December 7, 2009 (2009-12-07) Recorded March 2007 - September 2009 Genres Electronic dance music, Chill-out music Producers Simon Ratcliffe, Felix Buxton Similar Remedy, Scars, Crazy Itch Radio, The Singles, Kish Kash | ||
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Zephyr is the sixth studio album by English electronic music duo Basement Jaxx. Released in December 7, 2009 as an extended play (EP) internationally.
Contents
Background
The group had originally planned on recording a double album, with one album consisting of more ambient and mellow songs and the other traditional dance music tracks. However, the group decided on releasing Scars on its own, with Zephyr as its follow-up.
Felix Buxton told PopMatters: "[As] we were very keen on kind of doing a double-album. And then it’s just one of those things: you feel [you’re in] your progressive rock phase. It’s very Spinal Tap to do a double-album, and acts [sometimes] take themselves too seriously, so we were at that point [where] we want to take ourselves seriously; and also we also always enjoy doing the soundscape stuff."
Zephyr was released on 7 December 2009 by record label XL. Initially, the album was only released as a digital download, but a physical release followed in March 2010.
"Walking in the Clouds" features the voice of Joe Benjamin, a 70-year-old Bermudan man that walks around Brixton with "a Stetson hat, a large stick and a kind of poncho." Buxton befriended him when he used to live there, then he invited Benjamin to the studio to record "Benjilude", an interlude from their 2003 album Kish Kash.
Reception
AllMusic called the album an "altogether more reflective affair [than Scars] that allows Buxton and Ratcliffe to showcase their unique interpretation of a chillout album", though criticising the album's short length.
Songs
1Intro0:19
2Peace of Mind7:13
3Alkazaar3:42