For this seasons most stylish club anthems look to the new venture of DJ Mark Doyle the . This collection is mega and a great investment with three CD’s to dance your way through. A sure fire way to put your Scholl Party Feet gel cushions to good use.
is a similar type of compilation to the Hed Kandi back catalogue, it even has similar artwork. However, this is much more commercial and far less challenging. The tracks included are much more recognisable from the radio and extensive airplay on the digital/cable music channels. Its purpose seems to be less of an attempt to enlighten the audience and promote new music and much more to provide a collection of tracks straight from the charts and the dancefloors of local nightspots up and down the country. Regular clubbers will love the Paper Faces vocal mix of the Scissor Sisters ‘Filthy/Gorgeous’, and the Bodyrockers ‘I Like the Way’ will be a popular selection. Conversely, hardened club heads may find this collection a little bit too populist as it is, in the main, the kind of album that the girls put on while getting ready and suitably lubricated before a night out. I mean that Bodyrockes track will forever remind me of the post Celebrity Love Island Fran Cosgrave advertising that phone company thingymagig. And as for the murderous Rockin Rebelz cover of ‘Dreamer’ it is just torturous. But the worst sin you will have to encounter on this compilation is the Riff and Pays remix of ‘Nasty Girl’ by Inaya Day which performed well in the national charts earlier this year. This is a multi-layered sin. First of all the original Prince produced Vanity 6 bassline is stripped away and replaced with a sanitised version of Michael Jacksons ‘Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough’, then Inaya Day’s kickin’ vocal is transformed and hidden below this commercial pap. Anyone who knows the proper house version of this will feel my pain when they experience this musical violation. Sadly a lot of the tracks featured follow this theme and are too evocative of tarted up Chavs at the local Ritzy supping alcho-pops and dragging on a Bensons.
Despite the rather commercial inclusions the selection is thankfully varied and does feature a couple of decent inclusions. I am absolutely in love with Jaques Lu Cont’s Thin White Duke remix of The Killers ‘Mr Brightside’ it is rousing and stirring but that may just be my love for The Killers. Another BIG TUNE is Wahoo’s ‘Make em Shake It’ and believe me you will shake it. It is Busta Rhymes meets Masters at Work at the Trinidad Carnival. Then the grand Dame of house vocalists Barbara Tucker swoops in on CD2 and almost saves the day. ‘Most Precious Love’ a stirring soul, gospel/dance/house vocal tour de force will get even the most leaden footed clod flinging his elbows left and right.
All in all although rather commercial in its tone The Collection is a sound and solid start for the . Its intentions are clear – Party, Party, Party for the masses- and so long as it stays that way there should be a long and successful line of s to come. Get on to the website at
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Release Date: October 31st 2005
Words By: Rachel Webb
