Last Minute Holiday Gift Ideas

Art students, college radio fans, scenesters, and pop enthusiasts will all enjoy:
MC Honky: I Am The Messiah
Junior Senior: D-d-d-Don't Don't Stop the Beat
Basement Jaxx - Kish Kash

If you've got someone to buy for who still laments the glory days of techno/rave, then let them relive them with:
Lords of Acid: Greatest T*ts
Underworld - 1992-2002
Chemical Brothers - Singles 93-03

Electroclash enthusiasts and 80s lovers can trace the evolutionary patterns of their faves on:
Party Monster Soundtrack


For aspiring DJs – the perfect book:
How To DJ Right: The Art And Science Of Playing Records

For jazz music lovers who want to enter the world of dance music:
Two Banks of Four - Three Street Worlds

For punk rock lovers who want a taste of electro:
T Raumschmiere - Radio Blackout
T.H.E.M - Bang

Aggressive listener seeking a minimalist delight:
Plastikman – Closer

On the chillout tip, these would make great gifts:
Hear. (A Cafeteria Compilation)
Netwerk Chillout 04
Ultra Chilled 4
Mark Riva Presents Sungrooves

If they like spoken-word and hiphop they will love:
Ursula Rucker - Silver or Lead

Do they like trance?:
BT - Emotional Technology
Armin Van Buuren - 76


Or are they on the more commercial tip:
Trance Party Volume 3 - Mixed by the Happy Boys
Ministry of Sound - American Anthems
Radikal Records Presents: Dance Hits USA 2
Louie Devito - Dance Factory Level 2

Two must-have compilations for anyone into broken-house or broken beat
Patrick Forge - Trust the DJ 03
Bugz in the Attic - Fabric Live 12


Does Top 40 Radio get you down? Do you want the best and brightest in contemporary dance-pop, for yourself or for impressionable youth?
Britney Spears: In The Zone
Kylie Minogue/Body Language
Simply Red - Home


Certain people delight in extreme bass. Their cars become subsonic generators, and you know they're coming from miles away... For those folks...
Disco D: A Night at The Booty Bar


For a bit of Latin Flavor:
Latin Project - Nueva Musica
Celia Cruz - Celia in the House: The Ultimate Classic Hits Remix Collection
Truby Trio - Elevator Music
Fase - Ciudad Lluvia
Tony Moran - Global Groove: Clubland 2


If you're buying for someone who likes drama in their music, or may not be as much of a dance fan, you can try:
Rob Dougan: Furious Angels
Dido: Life for Rent
Annie Lennox: Bare
Cyndi Lauper: At Last


For classic Hi-NRG fans, the two easy choices are:
Dead or Alive: Evolution
Donna Summer: The Journey

But for Hi-NRG fans who've been waiting for a Hi-NRG/pop record to equal the majesty of Sandra's Into A Secret Land, try:
Sarah Brightman: Harem

A few great DJ-mixed compilations:
Bad Boy Bill - Behind the Decks
Suzy Solar - Perfect Trance 2.0
Jonathon Peters - Revelation: The S&M Party
Satoshi Tomiie & Hector Romero - Undulation 1
DJ Irene - Fearless
Oakenfold - Great Wall
Charles Feelgood - Across America


House music all night long- look no further:
Murk - Murk