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If you buy one dance album next month then make sure you hold fire until the 19th and get this one. Not only is it an outstanding achievement to still be going for 20 years but to keep churning out high grade dance tunes across genres should be shouted from the rooftops. Soma are quite rightly doing so with this ambitious double decade celebration spanning 3 discs. Disc one is an 11 track selection of some of their finest anthemic classic moments including the masterpiece from the late 90's...Read Full Story

  Originally posted on Dec-4-07 11:03pm: Following on from the findings of the forgotten cd pile as revealed on Monday with the fantastic Republic Of Loose album comes the not quite as good but still more than worthy of a mention 'Secret Love 4' compiled as ever by Jazzanova, joined this time by Alex Dallas. I played this to my other half who is a Jazz connoisseur and she immediately said after, oh about two minutes of listening to the awesome 'Atlantic' by Roebeck "I love this cd, who is...Read Full Story

Nominations for the awards – which celebrates the rising importance of the internet in music – were opened to public vote today (19.08.10), with artists fighting it out in 21 categories. Cheryl Cole and her ‘X Factor’ protege Alexandra Burke go head to head in both the Best Female Artist and Best Song categories, while rappers Plan B, Chipmunk and R ‘n’ B singer Taio Cruz will go head to head in both the Best Song and Best Male Artist sections. Lee Thompson, BT Vision’s Head of Music said...Read Full Story

Their album was just re-released and reviewed here on Vainzine recently. The remix package is quite simply a deep / italo disco lovers wet dream. Nothing much to say on this one really, there are four superb remixes. Three of Optimo, by Matthew Dear, Optimo (the took their name from the track) and DJ Sample. I think the Matthew Dear remix is the standout track. It's an epic 10 minute tripped out electronic journey. There seems to be a bit of a revival of the metro area type sound going on...Read Full Story

This is electro-rock in it's funkiest format ever! Dead Rock Machine really know how to make quirky, tough, edgy, raw electronic pop with just a hint of the underground - enough to make it cool but still keep it accessible. They recently did a remix of Metronomy's 'Heartbreaker' which is how they came to my attention. Their brand new 6 track EP (rather generous for an EP) continues on the same dancefloor vibe. It's right in the moment in terms of credibility. You will be hearing a lot of...Read Full Story