Britney Spears - B In The Mix: The Remixes Vol. 2

When it comes to getting your groove on to a classy bit of pop in the club, you can't go wrong with a bit of Britney.

The first B In The Mix album, released back in 2005, was great - full of darkly seductive dance epics; a real cherry picking of the absolute best of Britney's tracks.

Volume 2 though seems a more hastily put-together compilation - one track shorter at 10 songs, it works in chronological order through Britney's Blackout, Circus and Femme Fatale singles.

This brings us up to the present day with a brand new mix of Criminal, which will presumably act as the single release fronting this album - a kind of bridge between B In The Mix 2 and Femme Fatale.

The full tracklisting is as follows:

 1. Gimme More (Kaskade Club Mix)
 2. Piece Of Me (Tiësto Club Mix)
 3. Radar (Tonal Club Remix)
 4. Womanizer (Benny Benassi Extended)
 5. Circus (Linus Loves Remix) 
 6. If U Seek Amy (U-Tern Remix)
 7. 3 (Manhattan Clique Club Remix)
 8. Till The World Ends (Alex Suarez Club Remix)
 9. I Wanna Go (Gareth Emery Remix)
 10. Criminal (Varsity Team Remix)

B In The Mix: The Remixes Vol. 2 is released on the 2nd October.

New releases round-up - 6th June 2011

Nicola Roberts - Beat Of My Drum

The gorgeous Girls Aloud red-head goes solo with this stunning Major Lazer-sampling track. Feisty rapped verses and a chorus we guarantee you'll fall in L.O.V.E. with. The track is already surging up the iTunes chart and with Nicola launching the single with a DJ set in Hoxton over the weekend, it looks set to do big things this week. The video also features an absolutely inspired dance routine.

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Wonderland - Wonderland

I'm a massive fan of this new girl group, who deliver a country/rock flavoured brand of pop on this, their self titled debut album. Not your traditional girl band fare, but Wonderland make the sound their own - especially on highlights like Starlight and their covers of Lady Antebellum and Adele.

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New Order/Joy Division - Total

To date, there have been many New Order compilations, but never one that included both Joy Division and New Order tracks together on one CD. With a band who's career spans as many years as theirs, there's the tendency that certain key tracks (or your personal favourites) may be missed off, but as a single-disc compilation of the two band's greatest moments, this presents the perfect introduction for a new listener to one of the greatest musical back catalogues of all time. It also includes the incredibly good 'new' New Order track Hellbent.

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Depeche Mode - Remixes 2: 81-11

It's a bit of the old and a bit of the new with this remix compilation from synth master Depeche Mode. Contemporary takes on classic tracks like the amazing Stargate mix of Personal Jesus easily make this album worth the cash - and the three-disc deluxe edition contains enough electronic wizardry to keep you happy until Christmas. It also comes in a posh cardboard box/slipcase type thing and with a booklet printed on some of the glossiest paper I've ever seen in my life.

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