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1. Dennis Ferrer - Hey Hey (Attention Vocal / Dub) Objektivity / Defected

Mr Ferrer goes maximal with this beautifully produced, smouldering, synth laced, techno snare tickled, foot stomping jazz/blues vocal. A must play that restores your faith in music.

2. Tom Stephan - Turn That Shit Up (Original) Southern Fried

Tom twists the thumbscrews with a hip house vocal layered over disco stabs, skewered on a big, bad, blazing bass and roasted on white hot beats. An essential late night detonator.

3. Steve Angello & AN21 - Valodja (Original) Size

Celebratory trumpets and trombones turn the heat up under this essential brothers Angello release.  The searing trumpets could smash open a piñata from 250 yards.

4. R3Hab - Rock this Place (Main) Spinnin

This is a tale of the unexpected. It’s haunting, howling, squealing, soaring and as blatant a hip-house rave up as you’ll find this side of the London Orbital.  Smileys guaranteed.

5. Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition (Axwell & Dirty South) Infectious Recs

Here is a peak time indie ‘love song’ that marries a  male falsetto vocal with the Midas Axwell / Dirty South production touch.  A hit.

6. Laidback Luke & Gregor Salto ft Mavis Acquah - Step By Step (Original) Stealth

Rolling bottle hits and a brutish bassline give this a tough sounding exterior but this soon gives way to a sweet diva vocal that would melt a snowman’s heart.  Peak time vocal.

7. Olav Basoski - I Feel So (Master) Work

Basoski excels once again, delivering a relentlessly dirty disco groove that will make you feel like Studio 54 has been exhumed.

8. Reeboot - Love Music (Original) Defected

Do not be afraid to take a risk with this. The ‘down deep in your heart’ and ‘I’ll take you there’ lyrics mesmerise the crowds. This is pure house music that can be played anywhere.

9. Blackbox ft Loleatta Holloway - Ride on Time (20th Anniversary Bassweasel Tribal) Tuneless

Is it really 20 years since Ride On Time was released?  Bassweasel’s Tribal mix keeps it fresh with its unpredictably percussive, swirling white noise and growling bassline arrangement.

10. Bob Sinclar - Gymtonic (Laidback Luke remix) Promo

Not sure if this will be released but I have roadtested this everywhere from Technoparade to Cocoon and Club Q and it sure tones one’s buttocks. 2,3,4,5,6,7,8 and back 2,3,4,5,6,7,8

11. Da Mongoloids - Spark Da Meth (ATFC’s Wildstyle) Strictly Rhythm

ATFC runs the lyric like a mantra around a deep, heavily coiled bass line and beats regimented as heavily as the guard at Buckingham Palace.

12. Johan Wedel - Hehe (Master) Joia

Afterhours tech house terror for tweakers in the speakers.

13. Spencer & Hill - Funk Parliament (Main) Bazooka

Spencer & Hill deliver a tightly laced, filtered disco loop entrée, an electro funk main course and second helpings of each for dessert.  A well executed and exploited groove.

14. Dr Funkenstein (Original) Play Digital

Brooding, dirty electro funk groove with arcade games a go-go and a buzz bass so distorted you’ll think that hornets are mating in your spinal column.

15. Buruka Som Systema - Restless (Original) BSS

Portuguese house has always been cool and this is no exception. The auto-tuned vocal is held down by a solid kick and bleepy keys.  I like.

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