Today sees the first release on a new independent house music digital record label in the UK, Flawless Recordings.

The newly formed division within the Flawless brand is expecting to make a huge impact with its debut track, Fuzed ft Lia Rae - French Kissing.

Flawless have delivered an exceptionally strong first release, which has surprised many industry professionals from what they have pulled out of the bag. With remixes from the flawless Reza, personal favourites Bassmonkeys, Stereo Jackers, Trilogy Project, Audio Vandals and Hi Volume, there’s a style to suit all fans of house music.

After carefully distributing its promo release to its A-List of global artists, the uptake from DJs has been quite overwhelming and has already created a stir.

I’ve been loving the track since I heard it a few weeks ago, so much so the Bassmonkeys Remix was featured in Funky House Finesse 25 and the Trilogy Project remix has been lined up for this week’s show (Funky House Finesse 26).

To celebrate the release, Flawless are holding one of their prestigious nights at Mango in Reading, Berkshire. With a live PA of French Kissing from the talented Lia Rae and an unmissable two hour set from Danny and Mike off of the Bassmonkeys, it’s sure to be a top night.

French Kissing is available to buy from today on the following digital stores:

• iTunes
• DJ Download
• Juno Download
• DJ Tunes
• Digital Tunes
• Beats Digital

Flawless Recordings has been created by Flawless directors Steve Westover, Tom Upton and Mark Masters (the latter two are also behind the hugely popular House Music Podcasts) each adding there unique expertise to the label. Flawless Recordings is part of the new generation of labels pushing and breaking through new producers & artists and aims to provide the worlds finest DJs with fresh, innovative and up-coming talent.

I’m personally looking forward to what the future holds for Flawless Recordings and hear there is an amazing followup to French Kissing from one of my all-time favourite vocalists. The early sample sounds hot so keep your eyes on my Twitter stream for an early exclusive.

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.

Buy Online

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).

Buy on CD

Buy Digital Download

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)

Following last week’s show with Mark Doyle presenting the latest house tunes from his record box, here’s Week 16 of Fierce Angel Radio show for you to download and listen to at your leisure.

Don’t forget Fierce Disco 3 is out now, available on triple CD from Amazon for £9.98 or digital download from iTunes for £9.48.

Downloads

• Fierce Angel Radio - Week 16 (First Hour) (50.3MB)
  
• Fierce Angel Radio - Week 16 (Second Hour) (50.3MB)
• Fierce Angel Radio - Week 16 (Part 1) (37.16MB)
  
• Fierce Angel Radio - Week 16 (Part 2) (37.09MB
  
• Fierce Angel Radio - Week 16 (Part 3) (37.09MB)
• Fierce Angel Radio - Week 16 (Part 4) (37.13MB)

Track Listing

Part 1

1. Syke ‘N’ Sugarstarr ft Bonny Ferrer - Toda A Minha Vida [White]
2. Blank & Jones - Relax Your Mind (Ian Pooley Mix) [White]
3. Fac 15 ft Cathi O - Blue Skies (Beach House Mix) [Fierce Angel]
4. Wamdue Project - Closer Everyday (Wamdue 09 Mix)[White]
5. Born To Funk ft MC Cupid - U Rock The House [GFAB]
6. Daniel Merriweather - Red (Moto Blanco Club Remix)
7. Nadia Ali - Love Story (Album Mix) [White]
8. Wamdue Project - Fogiveness (Eric Kupper) [Fierce Angel]
9. Just Jack - Embers (Bimbo Jones Extended Club Mix) [White]

The Fierce Angel Classic

Lisa Lisa - Let The Beat Hit ‘Em (Part 2)

Six Degrees of Fierceness

1. Steve Angello, Axwell, Sebastian Ingrosso, Laidback Luke - Leave The World Behind
2. Milk N Sugar - Let The Sunshine (Milk N Sugar Global Mix)[Milk N Sugar]
3. Inaya Day meets Antoine Dessante - U (Antoine Dessante Club Mix) [White]
4. Whelan & Di Scala vs Max C - I Believe In Curves [3Beat Blue]
5. Out of Office - Love You Baby (Dabruck & Klein Vocal Mix) [White]
6. Agnes - Release Me (Moto Blanco Mix) [3Beat Blue]

Part 4

1. Get Far - Shining Star (Gianlucca Motta Extended) [White]
2. James Talk & Ridney - What You Need (Lenny Fontana Remix) [Promo CDR]
3. Funkfanatics ft Peyton - Love Is The Answer (Freemasons Mix) [Promo CDR]
4. Calvin Harris - I’m Not Alone (Deadmau5 Mix) [Sony BMG]
5. Arno Cost - Cyan 09 [CR2 Records]

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.