Music

Good news: DJs sound like they’re as sick of techno as the rest of us! And a number of other dancefloor-friendly releases below suggest strongly that, by now, in Europe at least, M.I.A. is basically a genre, even if it hasn’t quite settled on a name yet. Whether the frog is an example of this phenomenon is for you to decide.

ANNIE
DJ-Kicks
(!K7 Norwegian-compiled bubble-dance DJ mix album)
Stream “Le Tigre Nanny Nanny Boo Boo (The Junior Senior Mix)”
Stream “Zongamin Bongo Song” (Flash Player)

CRAZY FROG
Presents Crazy Hits
(Universal amphibian bubble-techno album)
Stream “Axel F”
Stream “We Like to Party” (Windows Media)

DEATH IN VEGAS
Fabric Live 23
(Fabric electro DJ mix album)
Download “Solvent-‘Science with Synthesizers'”
Download “Plaxus vs Slacknoise-‘Ana Tak 2′” (MP3)

DIPLO
Fabric Live 24
(Fabric electro/freestyle/rap/grime/bubble-dancehall/indie-crap DJ mix album)

JAH COOZI
Pure Breed Mongrel
(Kitty-Yo German “blip-hop, ragga-tech, r&b-fused punk and click-pop illectronica” album)
Download “(Various Songs)” (Internal Site Player)

MODESELECKTOR
Hello Mom!
(BPitch Control German goofball rap-techno “very promotional radio show” album)
Download “(Various Songs)” (Internal Site Player)

OOIOO
Gold and Green
(Thrill Jockey Japanese disco-tranced elevator noise album)
Download “(Various Songs)” (Internal Site Player)

QUIO
Like Oooh!
(AGF Producktion German bubble-dancehall grime-pop album)
Download “Gazon Gazolina”
Download “Minimally Dazed” (Internal Site Player)

RIHANNA
Music of the Sun
(Def Jam Barbados bubble-dancehall r&b album)
Stream “That La, La, La”
Stream “Pon De Replay” (Windows Media)

SEÑOR COCONUT
Presents Coconut FM: Legendary Latin Club Tunes
(Essay Recordings German-compiled reggaetón/baile/funk/cumbia/aciton DJ mix album)
Stream “Autobahn (Cumbia Merengue)”
Stream “Showroom Dummies (Cha-Cha-Cha)” (Windows Media)

Bhood The Album Vol. 1
(Bollyhood Indian hip-hop fusion compilation)
Download “Gidday Vich”
Download “A Bollyhood Story” (MP3)

Choubi Choubi: Folk & Pop Sounds From Iraq
(Subliminal Frequencies choubi/basta/socialist folk-rock/hecha/mawal/bezikh compilation)
Stream “Oh Mother, The Handsome Man Tortures Me”
Stream “Ala Honak (Take It Easy)” (Windows Media)