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

It’s that time of the year again when the guys at Fierce Angels pull together the funkiest disco sounds in club land into their annual Fierce Disco compilation.

Fierce Disco 3 is compiled by the man himself, Mark Doyle, with 33 of the finest sexiest disco house tunes, all available as individually unmixed tracks. The digital download also includes  3 DJ mixes for that unrequited continuous play.

Featuring established dance acts such as Freemasons, Chris Lake and Cahill as well as monster anthems in the making from the likes of Wamdue Project, Degrees of Motion, LOL, Davide Loi, Vandalism and Ercola, this is the album of the year if you’re into funky house.

To get an idea of what to expect from Fierce Disco 3, check out the preview mixes on YouTube:

Fierce Disco 3 Track Listing

CD1

1. Wamdue Project ft Jonathan Mendelsohn - Forgiveness (EK’s Love U Mix)
2. Degrees of Motion ft Billy Porter - Show Me (RJ Original Vocal)
3. Freemasons - If (Freemasons 2009 Re-Rub)
4. Funk Fanatics ft Peyton - Love Is The Answer (Freemasons Mix)
5. Bassmonkeys ft Amber Jolene - Purple Haze (Bassmonkeys Club Mix)
6. Albino Superstars - Team Disco (12″ Mix)
7. Natsuyo ft Alexandra Prince - Rise Over (Original Extended)
8. Wheels & Disco - Good Times (Club Mix)
9. A.S.H.A - Ball & Chain (JJ Tribute) (7th Heaven Mix)
10. 7th Heaven ft Banderas - This Is Your Life (7th Heaven Mix)
11. Verde ft Siobhan - Forever (Club Mix)

CD2

1. Davide Loi - Dirty Road (Original Extended Mix)
2. Electric Allstars ft Mia J. - Weekend Love (Original Club Mix)
3. Outsiders ft Amanda Wilson - Keep This Fire Burning (Freemasons Remix)
4. Cahill ft Nikki Belle - Sex Shooter (Extended Mix)
5. WiFi ft Siobahn - Just Be Good To Me (Club Vox Mix)
6. White Knights ft Belle Erskine - Replay (Club Mix)
7. Elek-Tro Junkies ft Becki - Goodbye (12″ Mix)
8. Nicola Fasano vs Pat Rich - 76, Ocean Drive (Apache Vocal Mix)
9. Soul Avengerz ft Angie Brown - Someday (Soul Avengerz Main Mix)
10. Jean Claude Ades - I Begin To Wonder 2008 (Main Club Mix)
11. Joshua Grey vs Bernie-X & Terri B! - Naked In The Rain 2009 (Original Vocal 12″)

CD3

1. Chris Lake ft Nastala - If You Knew (Original Mix)
2. Get Far Shining Star Gianluca Motta (Extended)
3. LOL - Love Leaves No Scar (Paulo Aliberti Mix)
4. Ercola ft Daniella - Every Word (Bastian Laval Remix)
5. Sunfreakz - Drive Out (Original Mix)
6. Meck - Windmills (Club Mix)
7. DC ft Sam Obernik - I Don’t Love You (Club Mix)
8. Laurent Wolf - No Stress (12″ Mix)
9. The Asteroids Galaxy Tour - The Sun Ain’t Shining No More (Thomas Gold Remix)
10. Vandalism - Bucci Bag (Original Mix)
11. The Potbelleez - Are You With Me (Original Mix)

Fierce Disco 3 is released on Monday 30th March 2009 and is available from all your usual music haunts such as Amazon (£12.69) and Play (£11.99 + free delivery), as well as available to download from iTunes.

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One of my all time favourite house producers from the last twenty years is Dave Lee.

You may not know him by that name but I wouldn’t be surprised if you’ve heard one or more of his tunes. He’s been known to saunter around the dance charts in many different guises such as Joey Negro, Sessomatto, Z Factor, Jakatta, Raven Maize, Akabu - the list goes on!

Last month, he released a compilation of material he’s created under one of his cheekier pseudonyms, Doug Willis. (Don’t get him mixed up with that Ozzy soap character who fathered another wannabe popstar.)

Throughout the previous twenty years, Dave has been releasing some outstanding productions as Doug Willis. The sound is a lot more disco heavy compared to his other material but don’t let that put you off - in my opinion, Dave is one of the finest disco house producers on the circuit and this eclectic collection confirms just that.

It still holds some of his trademark samples that you tend to notice now and then and with backing from some stunning vocalists, you’re sure to find a few firm favourites among the 2 disc set.

My personal favourites include “Shake“, “Gotta Thing“, “Get Down Tonight” and “Doug’s Place” but that’s being picky. All 21 tracks on the album are worthy in their own right.

Disc 1

1. Intro
2. Power To The People
3. Get Your Own
4. Dougdastardly
5. Begun 2 Luv U
6. Dougswana
7. Spread Love
8. You & I (Timmy Vegas Remix)
9. Two Tons Of Doug
10. Shake
11. Disco Owl

Disc 2

1. Skate Dancer
2. Discotizer
3. Gotta Thing
4. Think
5. Get Down Tonight
6. The Lovin’ Game
7. Doug’s Place
8. Dancin To The Beat
9. Tonight’s The Night (Sensory Elements Remix)
10. Dancin’

The EP is actually available from most big name online stores - iTunes are selling it for £9.48, grab it on CD from Amazon for £10.99, Play have got it for £10.99, Juno have it on download from £8.99 and CD for £9.99 and Traxsource have a high quality download for $17.99 (about £12.23 on today’s exchange rate).

Any house music fan should grab a copy right now. For about a tenner, it’s an absolute bargain and sure to get regular plays both out in the clubs and on your own.