Okay straight off the bat I want it to be know I'm: a) not a big Christmasfan, and, b) can't think of anything worse then a compilation of musicdedicated solely to extolling the religious virtues of the said holiday. Nowthat's out in the open, I'm pleasantly surprised (as in, I wish my earshadn't been gorged out by a pack of wild earwigs!) by what's on offer. KingStreet has long had a reputation for the finest in house music, so why nothouse music with a Christmas lilt? Stephanie Cooke, her husb...

A game of two halves, this - one's a master mix, while the other starts slowly but gets into gear later on. That's the Nu Breed mix, taking a while to get things moving, but by the D.Ramirez mixes of Plump DJs ('Electric Disco') and Future Funk Squad ('Audio Damage') the beats are well and truly on top. No such problems with King Unique, whose organic mix presents some cracking grooves from Booka Shade, Steve Bug, Sascha Funke and Andrea Doria. And if that sounds like predictable repertoire, thi...

Having been around on promo for a while, these two Audio Bug releases, mixed by in-house producers Move Ya! & Steve Lavers, have just been retouched, boosted-up and are now ready to hit the shelves. Shut Up & Dance's ' Reclaim the Streets' gets a funked-up polish complete with mysterious Eastern keys, phat bleeps and manic scratches whilst DK8's 'Murder Was The Bass' is a sure winner with its hooky radio speech and nervous arrangement (both records come in vox & dub versions).4 Out O...

What we've got here is a collection of Christmas classics carefully revamped with funky grooves. Highlights include M J Cole's swinging jolly up of Nat King Cole's 'All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth', ARP leave Dean Martin shaken not stirred, Alex Kid and DJ Sleep give Eartha Kitt's 'Santa Baby' some serious stretched bass twang. But the two that really warm the chestnuts are Q-Burns Abstract Messeageâs slinky hips remix of Johnny Mercer With The Pied Pipersâ 'Santa Claus Is Coming ...

Over the last 5 years, those lovely always up for it and getting into the festive spirit people at We Love You / Wall Of Sound, have been putting on their flashing reindeer antlers and releasing limited edition 7' singles of Christmas songs by their artists past and present. Well this year they've gathered the rare singles together, along with 4 new cuts and delivered 'We Love Yule'. The first of the new cuts is a very sexy take on 'Winter Wonderland' from Bent featuring Cathy Davey. Dibidim do ...