This week's "The Power Hour" (30/10/11) playlist!

Hey guys! Here's the playlist for this week's "The Power Hour" if you missed it! Tune in next Sunday from 4pm on Purple Radio at www.purpleradio.co.uk for more epic dance tunes! Tom xxx

Joshy Connor - Running *OUT NOW ON iTUNES!!"

Up-and-coming talent Joshy Connor, who I blogged about recently, has released his fantastic debut album "Running" onto iTunes!! Get it here at http://itunes.apple.com/gb/artist/joshy-connor/id475911841 !!

Last week's "The Power Hour" (23/10/11) playlist!

Hey guys! Here's the playlist for last week's "The Power Hour" if you missed it! Tune in tomorrow from 4pm on Purple Radio at www.purpleradio.co.uk for more epic dance tunes! Tom xxx

Kelly Rowland - Down For Whatever [Produced by RedOne]

Former Destiny's Child member and X Factor judge Kelly Rowland is back with the first UK single to be taken from her third studio album "Here I Am". After recently featuring on huge dance tracks such as on David Guetta's "When Love Takes Over" and Alex Gaudino's "What A Feeling", Kelly is ready to release a new single in her own right in the form of the RedOne produced "Down For Whatever". The track is a typical RedOne production with its thumping sledgehammer beats and heavy synths that will no doubt lend it to being a dancefloor filler over the next few months. It seems, like Cheryl Cole, the X Factor will provide a huge boost to  her solo career, and with the more or less definite chance of an X Factor performance to promote the track, I expect big things for this! Enjoy!

"The Power Hour"

Hey guys! Just a quick post to let you all know that my new radio show "The Power Hour!" begins this Sunday at 4pm only on Durham's student radio station Purple Radio at www.purpleradio.co.uk !! The show's aim is to bring you the best in fresh new dance tunes - be they the best dance remixes of current chart hits or the hottest trance and house tracks currently in rotation at a club near you! If you've heard a floor-filling track out on the town that you love but don't know what it is chances are I will be playing it! Tune in! Tom xxx

Coldplay Feat. Rihanna - Princess Of China

The collaboration of perhaps the biggest band and biggest female solo artist in the world right now was bound turn heads from the offset...."Princess Of China" is a track taken from Coldplay's forthcoming fifth album "Mylo Xyloto" and features vocals from none other than Bajan superstar Rihanna. Lead singer Chris Martin describes himself proposing a duet to Rihanna as being "very Hugh Grant-like and spluttering". He recently explained: "We had a song that I'd secretly kind of written to see if Rihanna would want to sing it. And then the rest of the band wanted to keep it, so we came up with the idea of asking her to sing it with us, and, to our great surprise, she said okay." The track is an anthemic and epic slow-chugging blend of synths, guitars and orchestration that Martin himself describes as an album "highlight". Strangely enough the voices of Martin and Rihanna complement each other perfectly....and the track would not sound out of place on a Rihanna album itself! This is a great track and is definitely going to prove itself as a talking point throughout the music world! Enjoy!

High Contrast Feat. Tiesto & Underworld - The First Note Is Silent

Dancefloor heavyweights Tiesto (AKA Tijs Verwest, frequently named as one of the world's best DJs) and Underworld (famous for their track "Born Slippy" which hit No. 2 back in 1996 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlLWFa1b1Bc) have teamed up with Welsh Drum & Bass legend High Contrast to create the euphoric track "The First Note Is Silent". The fascinating collaboration of artists from very different areas of dance music has resulted in a hands in the air affair with a soaring male vocal and infectious synth-driven bassline along a drum and bass beat. The track premiered to rave reviews from Radio 1's Annie Mac and has certainly got dance music fans talking with its blurring of trance, drum and bass and progressive house genres! This is epic! Enjoy!