Hed Kandi have decided to do an about turn and destroy the industry they were initially founded upon in the latest series of compilation releases “Destroy The Disco“.

Focussing on the “Twisted” brand Hed Kandi have built up over the last few years, usually consisting of breaks, electro and techno like sounds, Destroy The Disco seems like a rebrand more than something new. Admittedly, some of the tracks featured have a distinctively different sound to Hed Kandi’s usual stereotype, it seems like they’re also jumping on this year’s attempt at reinventing disco (such as the riduculously named “Space Disco” which has been cropping up throughout the year).

It may seem like quite a critical point of view. As much as a house advocate I am, since Hed Kandi was acquired by Ministry of Sound in 2006, I’ve always been concerned the brand will suffer from being overly commercialised in a somewhat niche market.

However, I’m personally quite fond of the design of this venture. Jason Brooks (the artist behind Hed Kandi’s look) has taken inspiration from Roy Lichtenstein’s Pop Art, originally inspired by comic book artwork. This look was made popular more recently by blockbuster movies like Frank Miller’s Sin City. The grungy illustrations lend well to the deeper side of house music, representing a somewhat darker experience at the club events.

It’ll be interesting to see how successful the Destroy The Disco brand works for Hed Kandi.

Destroy The Disco is released Monday 2nd November 2009 and is available to order from the following online stores:

• Play.com: CD (£9.99) and MP3 Digital Download (£9.95)
• Amazon UK: CD (£9.98)
• HMV: CD (£10.99)

Track Listing

Disc 1

1. Gossip - Love Long Distance (Riva Starr Remix)
2. Bloc Party - One More Chance (Alex Metric Remix)
3. Example - Watch The Sun Come Up (Devil’s Gun “Zeitgeist” Remix)
4. Calvin Harris - I’m Not Alone (Burns Rewerk)
5. The Young Punx ft Count Bass D - Ready For The Fight (Black Noise 6. Destroy The Disco Edit)
6. Fake Blood - Mars (Hervé Re-edit)
7. Double 99 - Rip Groove (Disco Damage Vs Hood Hooligan 2009 Remix)
8. AC Slater - Jack Got Jacked (Jack Beats Remix)
9. The Prodigy - Take Me To The Hospital
10. Polina - Shotguns (Trevor Loveys Destroy The Disco Remix)
11. Riton & Primary 1 - Who’s There?
12. Fatboy Slim - Star 69 (Rogue Element Remix)
13. Noisettes - Wild Young Hearts (Kissy Sell Out Remix)

Disc 2

1. Yves Murasca & BK Duke ft Angie Brown - Move Your Body (Funkanomics Remix)
2. Grum - Heartbeats
3. Lauren Flax ft Sia - You’ve Changed (War Games Remix)
4. Kraak & Smaak ft Ben Westbeech - Squeeze Me (Trevor Loveys 5. Skeezer Pleezer Jam)
5. His Majesty Andre - Peep Thong
6. Louis La Roche - Sunshine Hotel
7. Fake Blood - I Think I Like It
8. Noob & Brodinski - Peanuts Club
9. Sidney Samson - Riverside (Ralvero Remix)
10. The Young Punx - Juice And Gin (Riva Starr Mix)
11. Simian Mobile Disco - Audacity Of Huge
12. Sebastian Ingrosso - Kidsos

Another month, another release from Hed Kandi - this time continuing the success of the World Series by wrapping up the last month of the clubbing season in Ibiza.

Hed Kandi 83 - World Series: Ibiza hits the proverbial shelves on Monday 8th September 2008, bringing with it a host of fantastic uplifting house tracks, inspired by a beautiful Summer out on the White Isle of Ibiza.

Featuring tracks from the likes of Eric Prydz, Axwell, Martin Solveig, Mark Knight & Funkagenda, Sebastian Ingrosso, Jon Cutler, Laidback Luke and The Shapeshifters, there’s something for everybody and is likely to be blasting out your speakers or headphones for many months to come (or at least until the next compilation is released by them which, let’s face it, won’t be long).

Pre-order your copy now from Play, Amazon, Amazon UK, Hed Kandi or downloads from iTunes and DJ Download will be available soon.

Track Listing

CD 1

1. Eric Prydz - Pjanoo
2. Mark Knight & Funkagenda - Man With The Red Face
3. Axwell & Dirty South Feat. Rudy - Open Your Heart (Vocal Mix)
4. John Dahlbäck - Pyramid (Dirty South Remix)
5. Baggi Begovic - Break Of Dawn (Belocca & Soneec Vocal Remix)
6. Dahlbäck & Cost - Golden Walls
7. Montana Express & Thomas - Gold To My Beat (Dub Mix)
8. The Usual Suspects - Greece 2000 (D.O.N.S & DBN Remix)
9. Meck ft Dino - So Strong (Inpetto Remix)
10. Wez Clarke - Nothing Is Real
11. Yves Murasca - All About Housemusic
12. Royal Music Paris - Spiritual Vibes (Live Element Mix)
13. Carl Hanaghan & My - Digital Enemy Leyenda
14. Muzzaik - Out Of Reach
15. The Montanas & DJ Roland Clark Music - Talking (Fred Falke Remix)

CD 2

1. Martin Solveig - I Want You (Laidback Luke Remix)
2. Sharam ft Mario - Vazquez Get Wild
3. Milk & Sugar ft Roxanne Wilde - No No No (Terrace Dub)
4. Dirty South ft Rudy - Let It Go (Axwell Remix)
5. Jon Cutler ft E-man - It’s Yours (David Penn Dub)
6. Eddie Thoneick - I Wanna Freak U (Classic Mix)
7. The Grower ft Corey Andrew - Move Your Body (Jesse Garcia Remix)
8. Jean Claude Ades & Vincent Thomas - Shingaling
9. Steve Angello - Gypsy
10. Bingo Players vs Chocolate Puma - Touch Me
11. Out Of Office - Insatiable (Dub Mix)
12. Shik Stylko - That Night
13. Sunloverz ft Miss Bunty - Show Me (D.O.N.S Remix)
14. Tom de Neef & Laidback Luke - Humanoidz (Arno Cost & Norman Doray Remix)
15. The Shapeshifters - Chime (Martijn Ten Velden Remix)

CD 3

1. Liberty City - Some Lovin’
2. Kings Of Tomorrow ft Rae - Can’t Stop (Sandy Rivera Remix)
3. Murk pres Funky Green Dogs - Reach For Me (Paul Wooldford’s 11 Minutes Of Magic)
4. Mike Dunn ft MD X-Spress - God Made Me Phunky (Harry Choo Choo Romero Mix)
5. Prok & Fitch pres Salome de Bahia - Outro Lugar
6. David Penn & Peter Gelderblom - Insane (Begovic & Soul Conspirancy Remix)
7. Daniel Bovie & Roy Rox - Stop Playing With My Mind (Dub)
8. Copyright ft Mr. V & Miss Patty - In Da Club (Shake Sh*t Up) (Chocolate Puma Club Mix)
9. David Vendetta ft Rachael Starr - Bleeding Heart (Arno Cost Mix)
10. Cevin Fisher ft Loleatta Holloway - You Got Me Burning Up! (Prok & Fitch Mix)
11. DJ DLG vs Erick Morillo - Where Are You Now
12. Richard Grey - Massive
13. Sebastian Ingrosso & Laidback Luke - Chaa Chaa (EDX’s Marakesh Soul Remix)
14. James Talk & Ridney - Sunshyne
15. The Cube Guys - Baba O’Riley (Arno Cost & Norman Doray Remix)

It’s that time of the year again when the major dance labels package up the latest and upcoming hits from the scene into a 3 disc mix package and sell it to the masses. It just wouldn’t be Summer without it!

While I tend to be more of a Fierce Angels advocate, it is quite evident many tracks in the One Phat DJ Podcast have a hint of Kandi about them. It’s unavoidable - my music tastes have evolved from the original Hed Kandi sound and, while they seem to be going over the top with commercialising the brand, they still have the ability to promote some monster tracks and the occasional compilation. The Mix (Summer 2008) is no exception.

Fans of the podcast are sure to enjoy this mix.

I’d take a guess that around 80% of the tunes present have already featured in the podcast over the last year which is probably more of a testament to Hed Kandi than myself (nothing like the occasional ego trip eh?).

The likes of the Freemasons, Shapeshifters, Alex Gaudino and StoneBridge are all in there among many other Hed Kandi favourites.

In case it’s escaped your notice this year, we have been inundated with remix after remix of some Nineties classics so it’s needless to say there are plenty of these thrown in for good measure too - De’Lacy, Happy Clappers, Paul Johnson, Mighty Dub Katz, DONS, Utah Saints and Robin S are just a few.

If you like yout tunes with a bit of Kandi - and I’m sure many regulars to the website are - I suggest you go and grab yourself a copy right away.

You can either buy the CD now from Play, Amazon and Amazon UK or even just download it straight away, with all the tracks unmixed and slightly cheaper, from DJ Download and iTunes.