The Mix 2008 (U.K. Edition)

Always looking forward and still combining the keen edge of cool with an accessible, inclusive musical ethos, Hed Kandi rounds up another phenomenal year with all the must-have tunes of the season and invites everyone to join the party.

Here we have three CDs mixed within the three most treasured styles of Kandi - 'Disco Kandi', 'Twisted Disco' and 'Disco Heaven' - with every track tried and tested on Hed Kandi's many dancefloors across the globe. This is Hed Kandi just the way the Hed Kandi faithful like and rely upon it!

CD1, 'Twisted Disco', kicks off with the genre-busting , accordion-meets-minimal-techno of Samim's "Heater", and shifts through the twisted gears with Axwell's huge piano-monster "It's True", the no.2 smash Ida Corr vs Fedde Le Grand's "Let Me Think About It" exemplifying the twisted mood, and David Guetta's return to pop life with "Love is Gone".

CD2, 'Disco Kandi', dishes up some true dancefloor bombs like Mobin Master's "Show Me Love" which had everyone clambering for the white label version when it first hit clubland, Kandi's own Booty Luv are here too with their self-penned endorphin homage, "Feels Like Some Kind Of Rush".

CD3 'Disco Heaven' transcends all that has gone before with a purifying sweep of heavenly vocals, strings, pianos and disco-fabulous grooves. Todd Terry Allstars bring some Strictly Rhythm slickness with "Get Down", Soul Providers provide the Kandi turntable classic "Rise" and there's Belezamusica's brilliant reworking of Odessey's "Inside Out". Two prodigal Kandi sons return on this release too - vocalist Peyton is back with an update of Kiki Dee's "Music In Me "with the Audiowhores, and then there's producer/legend StoneBridge, the man responsible for HK's first-ever top ten hit featured here with his latest offering "You Don't Know" with Hott22 cranking up the heat on the remix.

The hoards of Hed Kandi faithful await these mix albums with the same excitement as HK clubnights, while the uninitiated can be confident of the name when it comes to making those Xmas present decisions. Mixed to perfection, 'The Mix 2008' is another quality addition to the HK catalogue, irresistibly infectious and the most stylish way to usher out the old year and welcome in the new.