Various Artists - A Taste of Kandi - Winter 2012 CD

Hed Kandi are constantly striving to bring you the latest in all that is fresh, funky, and up-to-date in stylish house music. 'A Taste of Kandi - Winter 2012' embodies the winter house sound for this year with some of the best new mixes from a host of top-notch producers and artists including; Lauer & Canard, DJ Chus, Tara McDonald, Garrett & Ojelay, Patrick La Funk, and Crazibiza, amongst others.

With a stellar selection of tracks such as; Sandy Rivera & Simon Mattson's rework of Kings of Tomorrow's 'Finally', Alesso's exclusive mix of 'Heiress of Valentina', and The Shapeshifters fantastic remix of Human Life's 'In it Together', your winter playlist is covered. In addition to the new material there is of course room for a classic or two, with Olav Basoski's edit of Jean Jacques Smoothie's wonderful '2 People' opening the set list in exquisite fashion.

Fans of contemporary, cutting-edge, and soulful house music need look no further for their Christmas soundtrack. (John Minard)