Editing Jamiroquai (section)

==History==

===1992–1995: Formation, ''Emergency on Planet Earth'' and ''The Return of the Space Cowboy''===
[[Jay Kay]] was sending songs to record companies, including a [[Hip hop|hip-hop]] single released in 1986 under the label [[StreetSounds]].<ref name="Kay-2013a">{{cite AV media|title=Emergency on Planet Earth|author=Kay, Jay|others=Jamiroquai|publisher=[[Sony Music Entertainment]]|year=2013|id=88691967852|type=liner notes}}</ref>{{sfn|Larkin|2011|page=1986}} During this time, Kay was influenced by Native American and [[First Nations in Canada|First Nation]] peoples and their philosophies; this led to the creation of "[[When You Gonna Learn]]", a song covering social issues.<ref name="Kay-2013a" /><ref name="Selsman-1993" /> After he had it recorded, Kay fought with his producer, who took out half of the lyrics and produced the song based on what was charting at the time.<ref name="Kay-2013a" /> With the track restored to his preference, the experience helped Kay realise he "wanted a proper live band with a proper live sound".<ref name="Kay-2013a" /> The band would be named "Jamiroquai", a [[portmanteau]] of the words "[[Jam session|jam]]" and the name of a Native American confederacy, the [[Iroquois]].<ref name="Selsman-1993">{{cite news |last=Selsman |first=Jill |title=New Again: Jamiroquai |url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/new-again-jamiroquai |url-status=live |work=[[Interview (magazine)|Interview]] |date=June 1993 |access-date=22 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215080200/https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/new-again-jamiroquai |archive-date=15 December 2020 |language=en-US}}</ref> He was signed to [[Acid Jazz Records]] in 1991 after he sent a [[Demo (music)|demo tape]] of himself covering a song by the [[the Brand New Heavies|Brand New Heavies]].<ref name="Gates-2017">{{cite news |last=Gates |first=Kenny |title=Major labels are all about politics. I'm not interested in that. |url=https://www.pias.com/blog/major-labels-politics-im-not-interested/ |publisher=[[PIAS Group]] |date=16 June 2017 |access-date=13 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170821003951/https://www.pias.com/blog/major-labels-politics-im-not-interested/ |archive-date=21 August 2017 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=The history of Acid Jazz |language=en-GB|publisher=[[Acid Jazz Records]]|url=http://www.acidjazz.co.uk/about/#toggle-id-1/|url-status=live |access-date=13 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215080224/https://www.acidjazz.co.uk/about/#toggle-id-1/|archive-date=15 December 2020}}</ref> Kay gradually gathered band members, including Wallis Buchanan, who played the [[didgeridoo]].<ref name="Kay-2013a" /> Kay's manager scouted keyboardist [[Toby Smith]], who joined the group as Kay's songwriting partner.<ref name="Kay-2013a" /> In 1992, Jamiroquai began their career by performing in the British club scene.<ref>{{cite web|last=Scheerer|first=Mark|date=11 August 1998|title=1998 Grammy Awards – Jamiroquai making it big with retro '70s sound|url=http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/9708/11/jamiroquoi/index.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215080202/http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/9708/11/jamiroquoi/index.html|archive-date=15 December 2020|access-date=15 June 2018|publisher=[[CNN]]}}</ref> They released "When You Gonna Learn" as their debut single, charting outside the UK Top 50 on its initial release.{{sfn|Thompson|2001|page=309}} In the following year, [[Stuart Zender]] became the band's bassist by audition.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1430495/bassist-stuart-zender-leaves-jamiroquai/|title=Bassist Stuart Zender Leaves Jamiroquai|date=5 October 1998|publisher=[[MTV News]]|access-date=27 May 2018|archive-date=15 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215080234/http://www.mtv.com/news/1430495/bassist-stuart-zender-leaves-jamiroquai/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Biography |url=http://www.zendermusic.com/biography |url-status=live |publisher=Zendermusic.com |access-date=15 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215080150/http://www.zendermusic.com/biography |archive-date=15 December 2020}}</ref>

After the success of "When You Gonna Learn", the band were offered major-label contracts. Kay signed a one-million-dollar, eight-album record deal with [[S2 Records|Sony Soho<sup>2</sup>]].{{sfn|Thompson|2001|page=309}}<ref name="Dawes-1993">{{cite web |last=Dawes |first=Christopher |title=Jamiroquai Hat's Entertainment! |url=http://www.pushstuff.co.uk/mmfeatures/jamiroquai200393.html |url-status=live |website=[[Melody Maker]] |date=20 March 1993 |access-date=22 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215080200/http://www.pushstuff.co.uk/mmfeatures/jamiroquai200393.html |archive-date=15 December 2020}}</ref><ref name="Markwell-1999">{{cite news |last=Markwell |first=Lisa |author-link=Lisa Markwell |title=Interview: Jay Kay – In at the deep end |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/interview-jay-kay-in-at-the-deep-end-1095094.html |url-status=live |work=[[The Independent]] |date=22 May 1999 |access-date=21 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215080219/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/interview-jay-kay-in-at-the-deep-end-1095094.html |archive-date=15 December 2020 |language=en-GB}}</ref> He was the only member under contract, but he would share his royalties with his band members in accordance to their contributions as musicians.<ref name="Markwell-1999" /> Their label for US releases would be under the [[The WORK Group|Work Group]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Williams|first=Paul|date=19 June 1999|title=Jamiroquai look to top 7m sales with new Sony album |url=http://www.proquest.com/docview/232257264|website=[[Music Week]]|id={{ProQuest|232257264}}}}</ref>{{efn|1=[[Emergency on Planet Earth]] was released under [[Columbia records]].<ref name="Selsman-1993" />|group=nb}} The band released their debut album, ''[[Emergency on Planet Earth]]'', where it entered the UK albums chart at number 1.<ref name="O'Donnell-2008">{{Cite web|last=O'Donnell|first=David|date=2008|title=Review of Jamiroquai – Emergency on Planet Earth|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/n5mq/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215080152/https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/n5mq/|archive-date=15 December 2020|access-date=21 January 2018|publisher=[[BBC Music]]}}</ref> Kevin L. Carter of ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'' commented that the album "is full of upbeat, multi-hued [[Pop music|pop]] tunes based heavily in [[acid jazz]], '70s fusion, [[funk]] and [[Soul music|soul]], [[reggae]] and [[world music]]".<ref>{{cite news|last=Carter|first=Kevin|date=21 September 1993|title=Ron Carter Continues To Combine Jazz with Classical's Lyricism|work=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1839669371|url-status=live|access-date=24 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210402225101/https://www.proquest.com/docview/1839669371/fulltext/96A07C096C6B4E50PQ|archive-date=2 April 2021|id={{ProQuest|1839669371}}}}</ref> With it, the band continued to build their acid-jazz sound in the following years.<ref name="O'Donnell-2008" /> The album's ecologically charged concept gave Kay press coverage,<ref name="Odell-1997">{{cite magazine|last=Odell|first=Michael|date=March 1997|title=Son Of Soul|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FCwEAAAAMBAJ&q=jamiroquai&pg=PA101|magazine=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]|pages=101–102|access-date=|via=[[Google Books]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220429084243/https://books.google.com/books?id=FCwEAAAAMBAJ&q=jamiroquai&pg=PA101#v=onepage&q&f=false|archive-date=29 April 2022}}</ref> although Mark Jenkins of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' found the record's sloganeering "as crude as the music is slick".<ref>{{cite news|last=Jenkins|first=Mark|date=29 October 1993|title=Jamiroquai's Soul Minus Soul|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|pages=22}}</ref>

[[File:Jamiroquai in concert.jpg|upright|thumb|alt="A man wearing a grey beanie, a dark shirt and a cannabis necklace; singing into a microphone below perspective"|Jay Kay performing with Jamiroquai at the [[North Sea Jazz Festival]] in 1995]]
The band's original drummer, Nick van Gelder, was replaced in 1993 by Derrick McKenzie, who recorded with the group in one take for his audition.<ref name="Kay-2013b">
{{cite AV media|title=The Return of the Space Cowboy|author=Kay, Jay|others=Jamiroquai|publisher=[[Sony Music Entertainment]]|year=2013|id=88691967862|type=liner notes}}</ref> They issued their second album, ''[[The Return of the Space Cowboy]]'', in 1994, and it ranked at number 2 in the UK chart.<ref name="Easlea-2011">{{cite web|last=Easlea|first=Daryl|date=2011|title=Review of Jamiroquai – The Return of the Space Cowboy|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/3xhf/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215080230/https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/3xhf/|archive-date=15 December 2020|access-date=15 September 2019|publisher=BBC Music|language=en-GB}}</ref> During its recording, Kay was in a [[Writer's block|creative block]], worsened by his increasing drug use at the time, which resulted in its complex songwriting.<ref name="Kay-2013b" /><ref name="Gladstone-1995">{{cite magazine|last=Gladstone|first=Eric|date=May 1995|title=Jamiroquai|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LC0EAAAAMBAJ&q=jamiroquai&pg=PA3|magazine=[[CMJ New Music Monthly]]|pages=16|access-date=|via=Google Books}}</ref> However, the record was said to have "capture[ed] this first phase of Jamiroquai at their very best", according to Daryl Easlea of [[BBC Music]].<ref name="Easlea-2011" /> Josef Woodard from ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' wrote that its "syncopated grooves and horn-lined riffs" were "played by humans, not samplers".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/1995/03/10/return-space-cowboy/|title=Return of the Space Cowboy|last=Woodard|first=Josef|date=10 March 1995|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=13 October 2018|archive-date=15 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215080238/https://ew.com/article/1995/03/10/return-space-cowboy/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===1996–2000: ''Travelling Without Moving'', peak of fame and ''Synkronized''===
Released in 1996, ''[[Travelling Without Moving]]'' reached number 24 in the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref>{{cite magazine|date=9 February 2017|title=Dance Chart Upstarts: Jamiroquai, Louis the Child & Pavlova|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/billboard-dance-chart-upstarts-jamiroquai-louis-child-pavlova-233325954.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215080232/https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/billboard-dance-chart-upstarts-jamiroquai-louis-child-pavlova-233325954.html|archive-date=15 December 2020|access-date=1 October 2019|magazine=Billboard}}</ref> and number 2 in the UK albums chart.<ref name="Charts-2018">{{Cite web|title=Jamiroquai {{!}} Full Official Chart History|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/28264/jamiroquai/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215080202/https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/28264/jamiroquai/|archive-date=15 December 2020|access-date=17 January 2018|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref> With more than 8 million copies sold worldwide,<ref name="larryflick">{{cite magazine|last=Flick|first=Larry|date=25 August 2001|title=Epic's Jamiroquai Steps Into '2001'|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_hMEAAAAMBAJ&q=jamiroquai&pg=PA82|magazine=Billboard|pages=1. 82|access-date=}}</ref> it has been listed in the [[Guinness World Records]] as the best-selling funk album in history since 2001.{{sfn|Footman|Young|2001|page=163}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Best-selling album of funk music|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/74163-best-selling-album-of-funk-music|access-date=4 July 2021|website=[[Guinness World Records]]}}</ref> The album's lead single, "[[Virtual Insanity]]", gained popularity for its music video, which was heavily played on [[MTV]].{{sfn|Prouty|2011|page=481}} Containing symphonic and jungle elements,<ref name="coker" /> Kay aimed for a more accessible sound.<ref name="twm2013">{{cite AV media|title=Travelling Without Moving |last=Kay |first=Jay|others=Jamiroquai|publisher=[[Sony Music Entertainment]]|year=2013|id=88691967912|type=liner notes}}</ref> Ted Kessler of ''[[NME]]'' saw ''Travelling Without Moving'' as an improvement from previous albums,<ref name="Kessler-1996">{{cite journal|last=Kessler|first=Ted|date=14 September 1996|title=Jamiroquai – ''Travelling Without Moving''|url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980101000880reviews.html|url-status=dead|journal=[[NME]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001011192348/http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980101000880reviews.html|archive-date=11 October 2000|access-date=11 April 2019}}</ref> while critic [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] commented that it did not have "uniform consistenc[ies]" in comparison.<ref>{{cite web |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas|title=Travelling Without Moving – Jamiroquai|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/travelling-without-moving-mw0000086408|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215080229/https://www.allmusic.com/album/travelling-without-moving-mw0000086408|archive-date=15 December 2020|access-date=28 February 2018|publisher=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>

While the group were preparing their fourth album, ''[[Synkronized]]'' (1999), Zender left Jamiroquai due to internal conflicts with Kay.<ref name="Mehle-1999" /> While Zender had not been involved in the album's songwriting, the group chose to scrap his recorded tracks to avoid lawsuits, and [[Nick Fyffe]] was recruited for new sessions.<ref name="Markwell-1999" /><ref name="Mehle-1999">{{cite journal |last=Mehle |first=Michael |date=9 July 1999|title=Musical Two Rock Festivals Herald The Sounds Of Summer Mayhem Jamiroquai|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-67486971.html/|journal=[[Rocky Mountain News]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121120328/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-67486971.html/|archive-date=21 November 2018}}</ref> This resulted in what was thought to be both a "tighter, more angry collection of songs" for ''Synkronized'',<ref name="Markwell-1999" /> and a change of musical direction from "creating propulsive collections of looooong{{sic}} tunes, speaking out against injustice".<ref name="alexyoung" /> Some of the album's tracks, including "[[Canned Heat (song)|Canned Heat]]", display a [[hi-NRG]] and [[House music|house]] style, while slower tempos on others were said to "ease the pressure for [Kay's] more romantic musings".<ref name="Bidaye-1999">{{cite magazine|title=Jamiroquai Synkronized|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/jamiroquai-synkronized|last=Bidaye|first=Prasad|date=1 August 1999 |website=[[Exclaim!]]|access-date=3 May 2020|archive-date=15 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215080237/http://exclaim.ca/music/article/jamiroquai-synkronized|url-status=live}}</ref> The album reached number 1 in the UK albums chart and number 28 in the US ''Billboard'' 200.<ref name="larryflick" /><ref name="Kaufman-2017">{{cite news |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |title=Jamiroquai Drops 'Automaton' Video, Album Due March 31 |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7669848/jamiroquai-drops-automaton-video-album-due-march-31 |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |date=27 January 2017 |access-date=27 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215080157/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7669848/jamiroquai-drops-automaton-video-album-due-march-31 |archive-date=15 December 2020}}</ref> A year prior to ''Synkronized'', "[[Deeper Underground]]" was released as a single for the [[Godzilla: The Album|''Godzilla'' soundtrack]] and reached number one in the UK singles chart.<ref name="larryflick" />

===2001–2009: ''A Funk Odyssey'', ''Dynamite'' and subsequent activities===
[[File:JamiroquaiAtChicago.jpg|upright=1.3|left|thumb|Kay, Harris, McKenzie and Paul Turner performing at the [[Congress Theater]] in Chicago, 2005|alt=A band performing on stage; a male singer wearing a head-dress, along with a guitarist, a drummer, a bassist and three female vocalists]]
The group issued their follow-up, ''[[A Funk Odyssey]]'', a disco record exploring [[Latin music]] influences, in 2001.<ref name="alexyoung">{{cite news|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2009/07/guilty-pleasure-jamiroquai-a-funk-odyssey/|title=Guilty Pleasure: Jamiroquai – A Funk Odyssey|last=Young|first=Alex|date=2 July 2009|work=[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]|access-date=19 June 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=15 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215080233/https://consequenceofsound.net/2009/07/guilty-pleasure-jamiroquai-a-funk-odyssey/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Koba-2001">{{cite news|url=https://www.popmatters.com/jamiroquai-2001-2495949079.html|title=Jamiroquai: 2001: A Funk Odyssey|last=Koba|first=Kirsten|date=10 September 2001|work=[[PopMatters]]|access-date=27 April 2018|archive-date=15 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215080238/https://www.popmatters.com/jamiroquai-2001-2495949079.html|url-status=live}}</ref> It introduced guitarist Rob Harris, whose playing in the album "melts seductively into a mix that occasionally incorporates lavish orchestration", according to Jim Abbot of ''[[Orlando Sentinel]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Abbot|first=Jim|date=28 September 2001|title='Odyssey' Focuses on the Beat, A Mix of Sonic Treats: [Metro Edition]|work=[[Orlando Sentinel]]|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/279656188/DCF3CB5B2DAB4F90PQ/|url-status=live|via=ProQuest|access-date=24 February 2021|archive-date=2 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210402225101/https://www.proquest.com/docview/279656188/DCF3CB5B2DAB4F90PQ}}</ref> ''[[Slant Magazine]]''<nowiki/>'s Sal Cinquemani claimed: "Like its predecessors, ''Odyssey'' mixes self-samplage with Jamiroquai's now-signature robo-funk."<ref>{{cite web|last=Cinquemani|first=Sal|date=31 August 2001|title=Review: Jamiroquai, A Funk Odyssey|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/jamiroquai-a-funk-odyssey/|url-status=live|access-date=27 November 2018|website=[[Slant Magazine]]|language=en-US|archive-date=2 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210402225102/https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/jamiroquai-a-funk-odyssey/}}</ref> The album topped the chart in the UK. In the US, under Epic Records,<ref name="Koba-2001" /> it reached number 44 in the US ''Billboard 200''.<ref name="Zellner-2017">{{cite magazine|last=Zellner|first=Xander|date=12 April 2017|title=Jamiroquai Jumps Onto Dance/Electronic Albums Charts With 'Automaton'|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7759637/jamiroquai-automaton-album-charts-calvin-harris-cheat-codes-demi-lovato|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215080201/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7759637/jamiroquai-automaton-album-charts-calvin-harris-cheat-codes-demi-lovato|archive-date=15 December 2020|access-date=19 September 2019|magazine=Billboard}}</ref> It was the last album to feature Smith, who left the band in the following year to spend more time with his family.<ref name="The Telegraph-2017">{{cite news|date=29 April 2017|title=Toby Grafftey-Smith, co-founder of Jamiroquai – obituary|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2017/04/29/toby-grafftey-smith-co-founder-jamiroquai-obituary/|url-access=subscription|url-status=live|access-date=22 January 2018|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]|archive-date=25 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925065303/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2017/04/29/toby-grafftey-smith-co-founder-jamiroquai-obituary/}}</ref>

Their sixth album, ''[[Dynamite (Jamiroquai album)|Dynamite]]'', was released in 2005 and reached number 3 in the UK;<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4624761.stm|title=Rapper crushes Frog in chart race|date=26 June 2005|work=BBC News|access-date=15 September 2019|language=en-GB|archive-date=15 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215080305/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4624761.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> in the same year, [[Paul Turner (bassist)|Paul Turner]] replaced Fyffe as the band's new bassist.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=McIver|first=Joel |date=6 August 2018 |title=Jamiroquai's Paul Turner: "You need to be able to head-nod or foot-stomp while you're playing, or you're not in the pocket" |url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/jamiroquais-paul-turner-you-need-to-be-able-to-head-nod-or-foot-stomp-while-youre-playing-or-youre-not-in-the-pocket |access-date=12 April 2024 |magazine=[[Bass Guitar (magazine)|Bass Guitar]]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Jisi |first1=Chris |title=Jamiroquai's 'Something About You'|volume=29|issue=5|magazine=[[Bass Player (magazine)|Bass Player]]|page=58|date=May 2018}}</ref> Rashod D. Ollison of ''[[The Baltimore Sun]]'' said the album "boasts a harder digital edge&nbsp;... With heavier beats, manipulated guitar lines and odd digital textures, ''Dynamite'' is less organic than Jamiroquai's other efforts".<ref name="Ollison-2005">{{cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2005-09-22-0509210317-story.html|title=Explosive new disco from Jamiroquai|last=Ollison|first=Rashod D.|date=22 September 2005|website=[[The Baltimore Sun]]|language=en-US|access-date=28 December 2019|archive-date=15 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215080305/https://www.baltimoresun.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> Its tracks "[[Feels Just Like It Should (Jamiroquai song)|Feels Just Like It Should]]" and "Love Blind" were characterised as "[having] a fatter, dirtier sound than usual".<ref name="Gill-2005">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-jamiroquai-226074.html|title=Album: Jamiroquai Dynamite, SONY BMG|last=Gill|first=Andy|date=17 June 2005|work=The Independent|access-date=20 October 2018|language=en-GB|archive-date=15 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215080243/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-jamiroquai-226074.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2006, Kay's contract with Sony ended,<ref name="McLean-2010">{{cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/952790/jamiroquai-goes-back-to-basics-on-rock-dust-light-star|title=Jamiroquai Goes Back to Basics on 'Rock Dust Light Star'|last=McLean|first=Craig|date=23 October 2010|magazine=Billboard|access-date=24 June 2018|archive-date=15 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215080312/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/952790/jamiroquai-goes-back-to-basics-on-rock-dust-light-star|url-status=live}}</ref> which led to the issue of the band's greatest hits collection, ''[[High Times: Singles 1992–2006]]''. It charted at number one in the UK after its first week of release.<ref name="Kaufman-2017" /> The following year, Jamiroquai performed at the [[Gig in the Sky]], a concert held on a private Boeing 757 in association with [[Sony Mobile|Sony Ericsson]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/jamiroquai-6-1347873|title=Jamiroquai attempts record breaking gig|date=19 January 2007|magazine=[[NME]]|access-date=13 April 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=15 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215080258/https://www.nme.com/news/music/jamiroquai-6-1347873|url-status=live}}</ref> The band thus currently hold the Guinness World Record for "fastest concert", performed on the aircraft whilst travelling at 1,017&nbsp;km/h (632&nbsp;mph).<ref>{{cite news|title=Fastest concert|language=en-GB|work=Guinness World Records|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/fastest-concert-recording|url-status=live|access-date=13 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215080314/https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/fastest-concert|archive-date=15 December 2020}}</ref>

===2010–2019: ''Rock Dust Light Star'' and ''Automaton''===
''[[Rock Dust Light Star]]'' was released in 2010 under [[Mercury Records]], where it charted at number 7 in the UK.<ref name="Charts-2018" /> Kay considered the album as "a real band record" that "capture[s] the flow of our live performances".<ref>{{cite web|last=Newton|first=Penny|date=26 October 2010|title=Jamiroquai Coming To Oz!|url=http://www.mtv.com.au/news/89b3e42f-jamiroquai-coming-to-oz-mtv-classic|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306030330/http://www.mtv.com.au/news/89b3e42f-jamiroquai-coming-to-oz-mtv-classic|archive-date=6 March 2012 |website=|publisher=[[MTV]]}}</ref> Critics have seen this as a return to their organic funk and soul style,<ref>{{cite web|last=Jones|first=Huw|date=1 November 2010|title=Review: Jamiroquai, Rock Dust Light Star |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/jamiroquai-rock-dust-light-star/|url-status=live|access-date=5 April 2021 |website=Slant Magazine|archive-date=2 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210402225422/https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/jamiroquai-rock-dust-light-star/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Freed |first=Nick |date=16 December 2010|title=Album Review: Jamiroquai – Rock Dust Light Star|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2010/12/album-review-jamiroquai-rock-dust-light-star/|url-status=live|access-date=5 April 2021|website=Consequence|language=en-US|archive-date=1 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201001717/https://consequenceofsound.net/2010/12/album-review-jamiroquai-rock-dust-light-star/}}</ref> as it forgoes "the electro textures that followed the band into the new millennium", according to Luke Winkie of ''[[MusicOMH]]''.<ref name="musicomhrockdust">{{cite web |last=Winkie |first=Luke |title=Jamiroquai – Rock Dust Light Star {{!}} Album Reviews |url=https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/jamiroquai-rock-dust-light-star |website=[[MusicOMH]] |access-date=2 March 2021 |date=1 November 2010 |archive-date=24 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170224190957/http://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/jamiroquai-rock-dust-light-star |url-status=live}}</ref> It also has a sound Thomas H. Green of ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' described as "Californian Seventies [[funk rock]]".<ref>{{cite news|last=Green|first=Thomas H.|date=29 October 2010|title=Jamiroquai: Rock Dust Light Star, CD review|language=en-GB|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/cdreviews/8097099/Jamiroquai-Rock-Dust-Light-Star-CD-review.html|url-status=live|url-access=subscription|access-date=4 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215080337/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/cdreviews/8097099/Jamiroquai-Rock-Dust-Light-Star-CD-review.html|archive-date=15 December 2020}}</ref>
[[File:Jamiroquai Automaton Performance 2017 (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|alt=A band all dressed in dark clothing performing on stage; a singer with a white LED head-dress, two guitarists, a keyboardist, and a bongo player are seen behind fog coloured green from the stage lighting|Jamiroquai performing at [[the O2]] in London, 2017. Left to right: Johnson, Harris, Williams, Kay and Akingbola.]]
Jamiroquai released their 2017 album, ''[[Automaton (album)|Automaton]]'', through [[Virgin EMI Records|Virgin EMI]]. It was their eighth studio album and the first in seven years,<ref name="Driver-2017" /> reaching number 4 in the UK.<ref name="Charts-2018" /> It was produced by Kay and band keyboardist [[Matt Johnson (keyboardist)|Matt Johnson]], and it "carefully balance[s] their signature sound with... [[Electronic dance music|EDM]], soul and [[Trap music|trap]] sounds", according to Ryan Patrick of ''[[Exclaim!]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Patrick|first=Ryan B.|date=29 March 2017|title=Jamiroquai Automaton|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/jamiroquai-automaton|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190126231554/http://exclaim.ca/music/article/jamiroquai-automaton|archive-date=26 January 2019|access-date=30 March 2017|website=Exclaim!|language=en-CA}}</ref> Craig Jenkins of ''[[Vulture Magazine|Vulture]]'' writes: "Arrangements that used to spill out over horn, flute, didgeridoo, and string accompaniments now lean closer to [[French house]]".<ref>{{cite web|last=Jenkins|first=Craig|date=31 March 2017|title=Jamiroquai and Nelly Furtado Navigate New Pop Waters|url=https://www.vulture.com/2017/03/album-review-nelly-furtado-and-jamiroquai.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111193730/http://www.vulture.com/2017/03/album-review-nelly-furtado-and-jamiroquai.html|archive-date=11 November 2020|access-date=20 February 2021|website=[[Vulture (magazine)|Vulture]]|language=en-US}}</ref> By 2018, the group's line-up consisted of Kay, Harris, McKenzie, Johnson, Turner, percussionist Sola Akingbola, Nate Williams on guitar and keyboards and Howard Whiddett with [[Ableton Live]].<ref name="members2018">{{cite news |last=Siclier |first=Sylvain|date=9 July 2018|title=Jamiroquai, formidable machine funk, à Arras|language=fr|work=[[Le Monde]] |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/musiques/article/2018/07/09/jamiroquai-formidable-machine-funk-a-arras_5328232_1654986.html |url-status=live|access-date=22 February 2021|archive-date=9 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109013237/https://www.lemonde.fr/musiques/article/2018/07/09/jamiroquai-formidable-machine-funk-a-arras_5328232_1654986.html}}</ref><ref name="OfficialWebsiteNews">{{cite web |title=Meet our talented new band members @natewilliams on keys & guitars and @howard.whiddett our ableton live whiz, welcome aboard chaps! :) #JamiroquaiLive2017|url=http://jamiroquai.com/news;news/id/231 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728093446/https://www.jamiroquai.com/news;news/id/231|archive-date=28 July 2022|via=Jamiroquai.com |access-date=28 July 2022}}</ref>

=== 2021–present: ''The Heels of Steel Tour'' and upcoming ninth studio album ===
Kay announced on the back notes of their 2021 re-released single, "Everybody's Going To The Moon", that the band were working on a new album.<ref>{{cite AV media|title=Everybody's Going To The Moon|author=Kay, Jay|work=Jamiroquai|publisher=[[Sony Music]]|year=2021|id=19439875091|type=liner notes}}</ref> On 19 March 2024, Kay announced that recording sessions for the new album were underway.<ref>{{cite news |title=Jamiroquai Are Making A Comeback After 7 Years |url=https://www.98fm.com/music/jamiroquai-are-making-a-comeback-after-7-years-1710118 |access-date=9 April 2024 |work=98FM |date=26 March 2024}}</ref> On 18 November 2024, Jamiroquai announced their upcoming UK and Europe 2025 tour, The Heels of Steel Tour, which is set to commence 6 November running through 12 December 2025. It will be their first live tour since 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jamiroquai announce huge UK and European tour for 2025 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/jamiroquai-announce-uk-european-tour-2025-buy-tickets-3813603 |website=NME|date=18 November 2024 }}</ref>