The 1972 album Dance to the Music is one of the best expressions of Dimension 5's aesthetic, mixing Bruce Haack and Esther Nelson's inspired outlook and folk, pop and classical... More...

Taking various kinds of dance music from around the globe and pairing them all together in a nice little package, Rasa: Exotica is an uneven but ultimately decent dance album. The... More...

Unmindful of current dance music trends, the U.K. duo Mint Royale continues to plow their own little electronica furrow. In many ways the big beat version of Saint Etienne, Neil... More...

Producers of dance music (or any music, for that matter) can innovate all they want, but without great songs and excellent productions, they'll never add much to the canon of... More...

In the 1980s and '90s, a lot of dance music spotlighted female singers with thin, weak voices who seem on the verge of death. But house music has often been a home to expressive,... More...

Dance music fusions can be dodgy propositions. Too often, an artist will substitute a little knowledge (or a few presets) for a faithful study of what makes another form of music... More...

Fabriclive.24, the first widely released mix album from dance music's most innovative tastemaker of the new millennium, was expected to be a storehouse for reams of hot new... More...

Daft Punk's full-length debut is a funk-house hailstorm, giving real form to a style of straight-ahead dance music not attempted since the early fusion days of on-the-one funk and... More...

Square Dance Music includes instrumental remakes of songs specifically designed for square dancing, including "Old Joe Clark," "The Town and Country Square Dance," "Buffalo Gal,"... More...

Make no mistake, Miguel Migs is a master of sound. His particular brand of electronic dance music incorporates a variety of elements and influences, and he blends them... More...

What is it about Louisianan dance music that keeps people listening? Is it the sheer danceability of it, regardless of the mood? Perhaps there's something in the omnipresent... More...

MDMA stands for "Music 4 Dance, Music 4 Attitude" and that credo perfectly sums up this continuous mix album by DJ Skribble and Anthony Acid. The two DJs/mixers link together 16... More...

Compilation producers: Tony Engle, Reg Hall. Includes liner notes by Reg Hall. All tracks have been digitally remastered. 

This Rio Baile Funk: Favela Booty Beats compilation is one of those strange beasts where running down what it's not is the best way to sketch in the outline of what it is. Apart... More...

There's no question that Colette is something unusual in the world of dance music. One of the few (and first) female DJs to combine live singing with her DJ sets, and one of very... More...