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English electronic music duo and all-around force of nature in the dance scene, Basement Jaxx, made a welcome return this weekend, with the leak of their new track 'What A Difference Your Love Makes', a precursor to a forthcoming EP, slated for September. Consisting of Felix Buxton and Simon Ratcliffe, Basement Jaxx had been making waves in the underground house scene all through the early and mid 90's with their regular club nights in Brixton which featured guests such as DJ Sneak and Daft Punk. In 1999, the duo released their first full length album titled 'Remedy' which featured the widely popular singles 'Red Alert' and 'Rendez-Vu'. Their second full length 'Rooty', released in 2001, led to the groups first international hit with the single 'Where's Your Head At?', in part due to its inclusion on the Tomb Raider soundtrack. 'Kish Kash', the groups third studio album saw them work with the likes of D...

Naive welcome back DJ Falcon for their final party of the spring programme this Saturday (11th May) at the Berkeley Suite in Glasgow. It's a timely appearance, as Falcon has recently returned to the studio alongside long time friends Daft Punk, collaborating on a track due to be released on Random Access Memories. Given past collective works, we've faith that it'll be one of the standouts from the album. The Together releases by Falcon and Thomas Bangalter are certainly a fine template and eponymous examples of the French House sound. Vitamins pairing Shaun and Tanner will be opening the first couple of hours of the evening with some fitting disco and house selections. Things kick off at 11pm and run till 3am. Tickets look set to go fast, so you better get on this one quick and the way it's looking you should Dress to Sweat!

The new 400% G-Shock Be@rbrick from everyone's favourite collectable toys manufacturer Medicom has just arrived in store at Fat Buddha. Matching the brands collaboration on G-Shocks DW-6900 watch, the new Be@rbrick mirrors the same white colorway. The Be@rbrick features the G-Shock dial as the face and in general adapts the very same colors and accents as the watch. Medicom released their first figure on the 27 May 2001 as a free gift to visitors of the World Character Convention 12 in Tokyo. Since then Be@rbricks have been released in several different sizes using a variety of materials, including wood, felt, and glow-in-the-dark plastic. The brand have also collaborated with everyone from clothing brands such as Alife , to musicians such as Daft Punk , Unkle , The Prodigy , House Of Pain , to iconic figures such as Mickey Mouse , Barbie , Gizmo from The Gremlins and everyone in between. We stock a massive range from Medicom in store and online at Fat Buddha St...

French electronic duo Daft Punk are set to make a welcome return with the release of their fourth studio album 'Random Access Memories' on the 21st of May. The group recently released the teaser video shown below for 'Get Lucky', the first single from the new album, which features vocals from Pharrell Williams and bass from the legendary Nile Rodgers. Guy-Manuel De Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter rose to prominence in the late 90's as a leading light in the French house scene and went on to fuse their dance sensibilities with a synth-pop sound with hits like 'Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger', 'One More Time' and 'Digital Love'. Their newest album, 'Random Access Memories' looks set to be brilliant if 'Get Lucky' is anything to go by. As well as Nile Rodgers and Pharrell Williams, the album also features Paul Williams, Panda Bear, Chilly Gonzales and Julian Casablancas amongst others. To accompany the...

We all love Daft Punk, and Medicom seem to love the m more than us, they have worked with Daft Punk a few times on the 400% range, this time sees the 1000% version, big and bold the Daft Punk Medicom Bearbric k is sure to be a must for any collector, for anyone who has lived in a cave, heres a small bit of history on Daft Punk Daft Punk came to prominence in the late 90's when the French duo championed the house music movement, intertwining 'synthpop' with their french house sound. The first record to be released was in 1997 when Homework exploded onto the music scene annd filled a void, the album sales were driven by singles 'Robot Rock' & 'Technologic' which were massive in the UK, 2007 seen the release of the live album called 'Alive 2007' 2010 was a massive moment when they composed the score for the 'Tron' remake, 'Tron Legacey', Tron was always going to be a defining moment with so many people yearning for the mo...

Almost pissed my pants when these bad boys arrived today, we got 12 of each figure, the rrp is £379 EACH, bloody hell i hear you say, for both of them its over £750, heart attack material. We are doing them for £279 each, the level of detail is unbelievable and uoi will not be disappointed, online from Friday, view the full range HERE .

As you know we stock the biggest range of Bearbricks in Europe, we have just added the Daft Punk X Tron Bearbrick 400% set, coming at you for £170, the box is almost he best bit, must be the best thing ever, almost. Available online now and instore as per usual.

I don't know anyone that gets more excited about a movie before it even comes out than Fat Buddha weekend warrior David . So when I saw this I couldn't help get him fired up for Halloween weekend in the shop, D, this one's for you.... ©