Kimberley Locke - Change

American Idol alum Kimberley Locke has made a career for herself despite not winning the singing competition. She has had several hits and has quite a fan following.

"Change" is the first single off of her upcoming album. It's an amazing power ballad that truly shows of Kimberley's impressive vocal range.

This song has been transformed for dance radio and the clubs by Jason Nevins, Scotty K, Almighty and Bronleewe & Bose.

Jason Nevins provides a dance/rock hybrid mix that is totally radio friendly. This mix bears resemblance to his mix of "Since U Been Gone" by Kelly Clarkson from a few years ago. It's a good thing though.

Scotty K's is much more circuit-driven.

Almighty and Bronleewe & Bose's mixes are lot trancier and much more Euro-sounding than the other two. These could work on radio as well. The Almighty one is the pick of the bunch as the trancey production really complements Kimberley Locke's voice. Almighty's original remixes of new songs instead of remakes/covers are often quite noteworthy.

These mixes are supposed to be released as edits and club mixes on iTunes in the coming weeks.

Hilary Duff - With Love (Richard Vission Mixes)

Just as Richard Vission had done for actress-turned-singer Hilary Duff's "Play With Fire", he has remixing duties again. He has reportedly done several tracks for Ms. Duff's forthcoming Dignity album. She is going in a more uptempo dance direction a la Kylie Minogue for her latest effort.

So far, Richard Vission has done two vocal mixes. There's a Big Room Edit and Big Room Love version. Both are similar except for the lengths and overall structure. As he did with "Play With Fire", he reduces the vocals to just one phrase that repeats throughout the whole mix. The mixes are basically dubs. What remains to be seen is if an actual dub mix is put out just as there had been for "Play With Fire." The song is a funky bass-driven electro track. It's perfect for peak hour play.

More mixes are on the way. This one is a good first set of mixes.

Cajjmere Wray - Exstacy Queen (2007 mixes)

Originally released in 2004 under the name Haus Of Lies, Toronto-based Cajjmere Wray's cheeky underground track has gotten a makeover.

Wicked new mixes from Hector Fonseca, Ronen Mizrahi, Ander Standing and Solar Sun round out this re-release in addition to Cajjmere's original. It's simple, but totally hilarious lyrics, "Here comes the exstacy queen, she's looking for the drugs" will help make this an instant floorfiller. All of the new mixes are hard, dark, and driving. This one is perfect for late night and circuit sets and will be at home with all those Starkillers and Euro electro-filth records.

This is out now on Beatport. The original 2004 mixes are available as well.

01. Original 2004 Club Mix (8:45)
02. Hector Fonseca Elektric Mix (8:09)
03. Ronen Mizrahi Feel It Remix (9:30)
04. Ander Standing Hard Mix (7:15)
05. Solar Sun Addicted Mix (7:59)

Robyn - Konichiwa Bitches

This is the next single from Swedish popstar Robyn. "Konichiwa Bitches" is such an appropriate one. This song is a bit of a departure from what we're used to hearing from her, however, it works. This song is in a similar vein as some of Nelly Furtado and Fergie's recent releases. She basically rap-sings the vocals. Lots of attitude and it's naughty. Very tongue-in-cheek though. This one is prepared to dominate the dancefloors in the form of Trentemøller's dirty and sleazy remix. The mix is dark electro with all the vocals used. This mix features a clever homage to Hashim's breakthrough electro dance hit "Al Naafyish (The Soul)" from the 80's. It's sped up and twisted a bit, however, it's recognizable enough after a couple of the beats have come through. This little homage only appears in select parts of the mix instead of throughout it. It works better that way. If a dub mix were done, it would probably have the Hashim part of it played up.

There's other mixes for this one, but this is the only mix that is really needed.

The Killers - Read My Mind / Bones

"Bones" was originally the second single off of The Killers' current album, however, "Read My Mind" was chosen instead. Both have got the remixing treatments though.

As of right now, "Read My Mind" has mixes by Pet Shop Boys and Gabriel & Dresden. The Pet Shop Boys mix is a lovely electro/dance/rock mix that could work well on Pop Radio. Seriously. It's very sophisticated and bridges the gap between all those genres. The mix is very retro sounding and calls to mind some of Erasure and Depeche Mode's 80's offerings. Neil Tennant's backing vocals really add to the mix and take it to the next level. Gabriel & Dresden's mix is in a similar vein, but it's a lot more chill. It's very nice as well. More mixes may be on the way.

"Bones" has a mix by Tiga right now. This mix really improves upon the original. The original was not bad, but it needed some energy that this mix gives.

Overall, these mixes work well on the radio and in the clubs so go check these out.