It’s been a while since Fierce Angels release a compilation, a good four months ago back in July to be exact. So, it comes as no surprise they’ve put all their eggs in one basket, overlooking Es Vive and Angels Fall this year, going straight for a monster release in The Collection, just in time for Christmas.

Consisting of 33 huge house tracks, this is one for the collection on your shelf.

Some of my personal favourites among the tracks are the Fierce Angel Collective tracks with the awesome Soraya Vivian on vocal duty, Melissa Indot opening the compilation with “Starlight” and a whole host of belters from the past year including Freemasons, Joey Negro, K Klass, Hott 22 and Sounds of Soho.

Check out The Collection video advert below for a proper taster.

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The Collection is available to buy from many online stores as triple CD compilation and Deluxe Digital Download (which includes 3 special mixes by Mark Doyle himself).

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Track Listing

1. Melissa Indot - Starlight
2. Sound of Soho - Take My Love (12″ Vocal Mix)
3. The Fierce Angel Collective ft Soraya Vivian - You Know How To Love Me (Bassmonkeys Magic Spanx Mix)
4. Solitaire ft Katherine Ellis - You’re Mine (Solitaire Club Mix)
5. Bassmonkeys ft Abigail Bailey - In The Moment (Club Mix)
6. Anton Powers & Rossko - Yellow Brick Road (E- Squire Mix)
7. Joey Negro - Ride The Rhythm (Joey Negro Club Mix)
8. Hott 22 pres Greg Bahary & Carlos Cid - The Conversation (Original Mix)
9. Ultravibe - DJ (Original Dub)
10. The Locksmiths - Little Love (Club Mix)
11. The Fierce Angel Collective ft Soraya Vivian - If You Could Read My Mind (Degrees Of Motion Mix)
12. Hott 22 - Wicked Games (Letting Go Mix)
13. Freemasons ft. Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Heartbreak (Make Me A Dancer) (Club Mix)
14. Wamdue Project ft. Jonathan Mendelsohn - Forgiveness (Digital Dog Club Mix)
15. Mr DYF ft Shena - Hold On (Freemasons Remix)
16. Elin Lanto - Discotheque (Original Dub)
17. Agnes - Release Me (Cahill Club Mix)
18. Shanie - Piano In The Dark (7th Heaven Club Mix)
19. Whelan & Di Scala - Breath Away (Original Dub)
20. Elek-Tro Junkies ft. Therese - Neon Lights (Wideboys Remix)
21. Verde ft. Gemma - If Only You (12″ Extended Mix)
22. Wheels & Disco ft. Mighty Marvin - Sun Shine Down (Club Mix)
23. Priors - What You Need (London Extended Mix)
24. Carolina Liar - Show Me What I’m Looking For (Haji & Emanuel Remix - Radio Edit)
25. Pegasus - Pegasus (Extended Mix)
26. The Ian Carey Project - Get Shaky (Ian Carey Mix)
27. Little Boots - Remedy (Kaskade Club Remix)
28. K Klass & Reza ft. Bobbi - Finally (Full Vox Mix)
29. Brad Hed - The Real Life (Original Mix)
30. Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip - Thou Shalt Always Kill (Kam Denny & Vandalism Mix)
31. Lazee ft. Neverstore - Hold On (StoneBridge Re-Edit)
32. Paul Van Dyk - Home (Kascade Remix)
33. The Fierce Collective ft. Peyton - Sex On Fire (Bassmonkeys Club Mix)

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

After nearly four years of podcasting, sharing the latest funky house tunes in their mixed-up glory, One Phat DJ has finally secured a regular radio slot on internet radio station Lifted Radio.

The first radio show will be broadcast on Saturday 9th May 2009 from 4-6pm (British Summer Time) live on Lifted Radio, the perfect warmup slot to your Saturday night. The radio show will then continue every fortnight at the same time and place.

To be sure you don’t forget to listen live, why not subscribe to the Google Calendar (or as iCal if you’re that way inclined) for SMS or email alerts 15 minutes before the show starts? 

Thankfully, Lifted Radio are ahead of the game when it comes to their broadcasting arrangements and also archive all their broadcasts for 3 months with individual podcasts for all the shows on their website.

To be sure you don’t miss a single show, you can subscribe to the Funky House Finesse podcast on Lifted Radio in iTunes so all the future shows are downloaded straight to your computer once the show has aired.

You can always join other listeners of the show online such as on the Funky House Finesse Facebook group. Why not let everyone know what you think, share photos and videos of how you’re listening to the show? Let’s make this a big event!

Finally, I’d like to thank the guys at Lifted Radio for giving me this opportunity. It’s an honour to join the ranks of such esteemed DJs and I’ll be forever grateful for being regarded as one of them.

Twitter has really kicked off over recent months with it gaining mainstream appeal after Stephen Fry discussed it on Jonathan Ross‘ evening show and now Oprah JUMPING ON THE BANDWAGON.

I’ve been using the service since it’s early days (hence the lucrative 2-letter nickname @Si) and in that time, made some really good acquaintances, moreso in the technology industry.

Being a funky house DJ, I like to keep a keen eye out for others from the house music industry joining the network. Over the last year or so, I’ve managed to find a real eclectic mix of Twitter users from house music, be them DJs, producers, artists, labels and more.

In the spirit of the Web, I thought it would be useful to share some of the people you may want to follow and talk to from the funky house scene.

(This list is in alphabetical order, not in order of preference.)

1. Andi Durrant (DJ/Producer)
2. Andy Caldwell (DJ/Producer)
3. Axwell (DJ/Producer)
4. Bassmonkeys (DJ/Producer)
5. Beatport (MP3 supplier)
6. Beat Thiefs (DJ/Producer)
7. Bob Sinclar (DJ/Produver)
   
8. Bonnie Bailey (Artist)
9. BT (DJ/Producer)
10. Calvin Harris (DJ/Artist)
11. Cevin Fisher (DJ/Producer)
12. Chocolate Puma (DJ/Producer)
13. Chris Lake (DJ/Producer)
14. Crystal Waters (Artist)
    
15. Davidson Ospina (DJ/Producer)
    
16. Duane Harden (Artist)
    
17. Erick Morillo (DJ/Producer)
18. Daft Punk (DJ/Producer)
19. Dave Aude (DJ/Producer)
20. Dave Seaman (DJ/Producer)
21. Dave Spoon (DJ/Producer)
22. David Guetta (DJ/Producer)
    
23. Defected Records (Label)
    
24. Dirty South (DJ/Producer)
    
25. DJ Cruze (DJ)
26. DJ Justin Johnson (DJ)
27. DJ Lou Lou (DJ)
28. DLG (DJ/Producer)
29. D.O.N.S (DJ/Producer)
30. Fedde Le Grand (DJ/Producer)
    
31. Felix Da Housecat (DJ/Producer)
    
32. Fierce Angels (Label)
    
33. Funkagenda (DJ)
34. Galaxy FM (Radio station)
35. Graeme Park (DJ/Producer)
36. Grant Nelson (DJ/Producer)
37. Hatiras (DJ/Producer)
38. Havana Funk (DJ)
    
39. Hed Kandi Radio (Label)
    
40. Hed Kandi America (Label)
    
41. Hott 22 (DJ/Producer)
42. James Talk (DJ/Producer)
43. John Digweed (DJ/Producer)
44. Junior Sanchez (DJ/Producer)
45. Juno Download (MP3 supplier)
46. Kaskade (DJ/Producer)
47. Lars Behrenroth (DJ)
48. Lenny Fontana (DJ/Producer)
49. Mark Doyle (DJ)
50. Mark Knight (DJ/Producer)
51. Mike Van Loon (DJ)
52. Ministry Of Sound (Label)
53. Miss Divine (DJ)
54. Miss Lynsey (Artist)
55. Mixmag (Magazine)
56. Mowgli (DJ/Producer)
57. Mr Groove (Label)
58. Nic Fanciulli (DJ/Producer)
59. Om Records (Label)
60. One Phat DJ (DJ)
61. Paul Harris (DJ/Producer)
62. Paul Velocity (DJ)
63. Pete Tong (DJ)
64. Phuture Phunk (DJ)
65. Refix (DJ)
66. Richard Grey (DJ/Producer)
67. Richie Hawtin (DJ/Producer)
68. Roland Clark (DJ/Producer)
69. Sander Kleinenberg (DJ/Producer)
70. Sebastian Engrosso (DJ/Producer)
71. Sophie Ellis Bextor (Artist)
72. Soul Harmony (DJ)
73. Soul Heaven (Label)
    
74. Soundcloud (Website)
75. Steve Angello (DJ/Producer)
76. Steve Porter (DJ/Producer)
77. Strictly Ryhthm (Label)
78. Toolroom Records (Label)
79. Track It Down (MP3 Supplier)
80. Traxsource (MP3 Supplier)
81. Vivie Anne (DJ)
82. Xpress Beats (MP3 Supplier)
83. Young Punx (Artist)

This list will probably grow over time as and when new artists, producers or labels appear on Twitter. There are bound to be some jumping on a bandwagon and disappearing soon after but there will also be those who stick around. It’s up to those who follow them and make conversation that will make a difference though.