In 2006, CAPP Records released a very solid compilation called Party Essential. The promotional side of the business wasn’t quite the well-honed machine we have today, and we believe that some of the tracks we put on the release didn’t quite get the exposure they deserved. So we’re working on rectifying that this year alongside our other initiatives.

One track in particular was Summertime, from DJ Skillmaster out of the UK. This pop-friendly dance crossover just has so many of the right elements, we decided to dust it off and hand it to our Germany-based producer, Dany Wild, to give it a redux with his capable touch. We’re very excited to see what Dany comes-up with on this one, but if his prior work is any indication, it’s going to be something very special indeed.

Dany is also a capable videographer, and as we speak, he and DJ Skillmaster are en route to Spain to film the major elements of a new video for Summertime. Skillmaster has been in Rome performing, and Dany calls Hamburg home. A particular location in Spain had just the right combination elements, so off they go to make it happen. We’ll also be including some terrific footage of some of the best sights of summer (so to speak).

Anyway, stay tuned. We’ll have more details of the new mix and new video as they become available, but we’re targeting a release just in time for the start of summer in the northern hemisphere.

Yesterday, we sent out the following release to the media and key industry contacts:

San Francisco-based CAPP Records, along with its partner label, Germany’s Mental Madness Records, is shaking-up the US dance music scene again in 2008 with several compilation and single releases slated, featuring its premier compilation, Bounce!

Bounce!, available at iTunes and CAPP’s own Second Life digital store, features numerous strong tracks that push the envelope of dance music. The album’s first single, Andrew Spencer & The Vamprockerz’ global club smash Zombie, continues to climb dance charts with its rock-edged groove of the song made famous by The Cranberries. CAPP’s own Rikah shines with the original Everything is Changing, while DJ Analyzer vs. D-JMC offer a strong redux of Pat Benetar’s famous We Belong.

What makes CAPP’s releases so compelling is the availability of numerous remixes that span global dance styles. From hard-edged, Euro-infused “hands-up” style mixes popular with today’s youth, to more US mainstream friendly house mixes, the songs open dance to new audiences and satisfies dance music fans of all ages.

CAPP’s most recent compilation release, 50 Techno Electro Tunes (available on iTunes, and currently the top #5 iTunes dance album in the US), even embraces the latest craze among Dutch & German kids. Called “jumpstyle,” this new dance sub-genre is edgy, thumpy, and evokes a funky, updated dancing combination of kicking forwards and backwards both legs on the basslines, even certain sub-genres of Jumpstyle moves have been embraced (hardjump, freestyle, duojump and tekstyle/starstyle).

Also on-tap this year with CAPP Records is another single release from Rikah, the rich and tasty Out of Time, as well as a re-release for 2008 of European super-DJ Rob Mayth’s Barbie Girl, a cover of the song originally from Aqua.

Stay tuned for more surprises coming this year from CAPP Records. For more information, visit www.capprecords.com.

This week has been pretty big for us here at CAPP… Our radio spots to promote our compilation Bounce! have starting airing on Energy 92.7 here in our home city of San Francisco, as well as on the Internet radio station iPartyRadio.com.

Energy 92.7 is one of the most listened-to terrestrial dance stations in the country, and iPartyRadio.com is one of the leading Internet-only dance stations. Bounce! has really been gaining traction as we promote it to DJs and radio across the country, and we wanted to kick it even farther into high gear to make the public aware of this one.

If you haven’t heard it, Bounce! is home to the worldwide club hit Zombie from Andrew Spencer & The Vamprockerz. But it’s packed with other great hits too, include You from Special D. in a brand-new Rob Mayth remix, and our own Rikah with Everything is Changing which is one of the tracks we’re specifically promoting.

As usual, you can check out Bounce! and all our releases on our web site at www.capprecords.com, where you can preview all the tracks, and link direct to iTunes to download.

DJ Wesley

Hey everyone, and welcome to the CAPP Records blog, where CAPP Records artists, producers, and other members of the CAPP team will be blogging about dance music, the dance music industry, the commercialization of dance music in the United States, and other areas of concern to us here at CAPP.

I’ve been blogging on my own here on WordPress for several months (visit djwesley.com, and click the Blog tab). When my friend Dom, president of CAPP Records, asked me about setting-up a blog for CAPP, of course, WordPress seemed the logical way to go for a number of reasons.

As for my role here in this blog, I’ll be doing occasional posts alongside Dom and the rest of the team, while continuing to blog on my own as well.

It’s an exciting time in the dance music industry, and I love being a part of it. Even more exciting is what’s happening right here at CAPP Records. It seems 2008 is shaping-up to be an incredible year all around, so brace yourselves for great things to come.

DJ Wesley