Pole Position Recordings celebrate their 50th release with this truly eclectic and phantasmagorical collection of inspiring seminal productions and remixes aptly titled "50". The focus of the fifteen tracks is on the Nu Disco side of the label, with a touch of deeper vibes thrown in for good measure, giving a definitive flavor of classic past, present and future releases (there are four tracks exclusive to this album). This towering compilation features artists such as Honom, Satin Jackets, Odahl, Sixth Avenue Express, Dato, Deep  Sound Express, Clark & Pudell, Black Magic Disco, MiDiMAN to name just a few. Highly recommended.

Following in the footsteps of the recently released original production of M&S Productions' (Ricky Morrison & Fran Sidoli) phantasmagorical re-imagination of Afterhock's 1993 club anthem "Slave to the vibe" (the David Anthony & Darryl James remix is still highly sought-after) comes this awe-inspiring collection of remixes. An illustrious list of producers/remixers which features the likes of Davide Fiorese & Souldynamic, Luis Radio & Tony Loreto, Pino Arduini & Monodeluxe, Pablo Martinez, Ricky Pelligrino and Nicolas Bassi add their distinctive touch to this timeless song performed in grand style by Brian Lucas, giving you plenty of choices to work the floor at any given time of the night. The package includes so many phenomenal remixes its next to impossible to pick a favorite...

Strictly Beatdown Recordings introduce us to South Africa's Mr Bougx whose paramount utterly soulful "Wash away" is guaranteed to send shivers down your spine with its gentle yet captivating organic backing, sweet guitar, grand horns and illustrious keys, not to forget to mention Marie Tweek's unrivaled heartfelt vocals. Mike Clark's 'Drum Circle Remix' is an incredibly infectious deepened and stripped back alteration of the original, while Circle of Funk give us something truly special with their leftfield broken beat inspired 'Bruk Remix'. The final release will also include a remix by Charles Spencer.

As the King Street family continues to get ready to celebrate  its double decade-long love of house music in 2014, they grace us with "Tokyo Calling (20 Years Essentials)", the latest installment in a series started back in 2001. "Tokyo calling" is an eclectic continental crossover compilation series where artists, producers and remixers from the east and west come together to blend sounds and styles, with the result being an awe-inspiring collection of seminal house music gems guaranteed to send shivers down your spine. Twenty choice cuts are included here from the creme de la creme: Chieko Kinbara, DJ Hiro, Masabumi Kikuchi, Hideo Kobayashi, Studiu Apartment, Joi Cardwell, Boyd Jarvis, Ananda Project, Kyoto Jazz Massive, Jephte Guillaume, AK, Sakura & Co., Orienta-Rhythm, Stephanie Cooke, Sean McCabe, Tomo Inoue, Satoshi Fumi, Mondo Grosso to name just a few...

Hot on the heels of the marvelous "All I am" by Sir LSG comes the next soulful masterpiece on GoGo Music, courtesy of label head Ralf GUM. Taken from his highly acclaimed second artist album "Never leaves you", "Never" is without any doubt one of our favorite songs from the album. The inimitable heartfelt vocals of Jon Pierce, the unmistakable trumpet play by Kafele, the amazing background vocals by Eliki and Kafele, grand keys, sweet guitar and of course Ralf GUM's gentle broken beat production are guaranteed to make you yearn for more... Louie Vega and the Elements of Life musicians take this beautiful song to a whole new level on their monumental remixes oozing with the unrivaled soulful sound only they can deliver. Tot cut a long story short, "Never" is a phenomenal slice of masterly crafted soulful dance music, coming complete with stellar remixes. By no means to be missed.

The latest release on Favouritizm is a phenomenal cover version of Melba Moore's Disco classic "Standing right here" (released in 1977 on the legendary Buddah label) by Austrian DJ/producer Mannix. His interpretation stays true to the original yet gives the song an amazing contemporary touch, with Dina Vass' awe-inspiring vocal stylings being accompanied by a masterly live orchestration of sweeping strings, precious brass section and sweet guitars, all perfectly arranged over a gentle funk drenched backdrop. In other words, a musical gem having timeless written all over...

What an amazing slice of soul/funk infused dance music Roy Vice (aka Euan Mitchell) and songstress Suzy bless us with... Not many words are needed to describe this masterly orchestrated musical gem... The feel-good "Another love" is a truly soulful sun drenched production featuring beautiful guitar, classic strings and splendiferous keys, not to forget to mention Suzy's sorcerous emotive vocals, all perfectly arranged over an infectious funked-up backdrop. Quite simply, "Another love" is guaranteed to send shivers down your spine and make you yearn for more... This timeless gem is by no means to be missed.

At the beginning of July, we were celebrating the release of the top-notch gospel house gem "My deliverer" by Andrew Hartley and legendary house music diva Michelle Weeks, now we are being graced with a superb remix package, with both DJ Meme and Pasha Nofrost pulling out all the stops on their remixes, taking the amazing deeply rooted vocal rendition by Michelle Weeks to a whole new level. First up, DJ Meme contributes a glamorous utterly soulful Disco infused rendition guaranteed to make you yearn for more, next we have up and rising Pasha Nofrost who drops a seminal truly awe-inspiring Nu-Disco workout sure to set the floor on fire.

Finally the wait is over as "Hostile takeover" by songstress Lynn Lockamy, our favorite track from Soulful Session's (Simon 'Schoolboy' Phillips) "The Future Divas EP" reviewed here on Spirit of House back in May, gets a full single release loaded with a paramount selection of timeless soulful remixes by an illustrious list of legendary producers. The likes of Tony Humphries (his first ever remix for his own label), Director's Cut (Frankie Knuckles & Eric Kupper), DJ Spen & N'Dinga Gaba, Kenny Carpenter and David Harness add their signature touch to the song, taking Lynn Lockamy's inimitable deep-rooted vocals to all new heights - quite simply, it is next to impossible to pick a favorite version as each of these interpretations is guaranteed to jam-pack the floor and put a spell on you... A definite contender for song of the year.