Alex Smoke and Silicone Soul playing at the Lighthouse in Edinburgh tonight, 1 hour of this broadcast on Lisa Littlewood 8pm on Saturday night. Silicone Soul's Essential mix is on this Saturday, 1-3am, Radio 1.

The 2004 edition of the annual Soma Compilation extravaganza is upon us. Can you believe it’s been twelve months since the last one? Well it is, and it’s been a mighty fine one for the label… This bumper CD edition features tracks from Soma favourites Slam, Funk D’Void, and Envoy, all of who have released albums this year, namely ‘Year Zero’, ‘Volume Freak’ and ‘Shoulder 2 Shoulder’. Other Soma stars appearing are Master H and Percy X. The future is looking bright for the label and this is reflected by new signing’s Vector Lovers, Hystereo and Alex Smoke, extremely talented producers who are making fresh and exciting electronic music.

Fenetik has just singed a new artist, 'Butch Cassisy Sound System', and to celebrate we are going to run a Fenetik offer in the shop. Fenetik Backcatalouge will be availble at: 3 for £10 10 for £30 Watch the web in the next week..... http://www.somarecords.com/shop

Buy the Soma Sampler 2004 for exclusive tunes from Slam, Funk D' Void, Envoy, Hystereo, Vector Lovers & many more. In the shop now for £3. http://www.somarecords.com/shop/product/284

To mark the release of Soma Compilation 2003 - Volume 9, we have put together a compilation offer, where you can get all of the past compilations for less than half price. Alternatively you can buy a combination of all of the old compilations for a reduced price. Also, buy any Master H release and get a Master H T Shirt for £10 !! Buy the Sidewinder album , Resolution, and get the Sidewinder T Shirt for £10 too!! Have a look: http://www.somarecords.com/shop/offers

Brand new T Shirts, in four new colours (black, blue, pine, deep purple)available to pre-order in the shop http://www.somarecords.com/shop/category/1 There are also two new girls colours, pink and sapphire.

The all new Soma Compilation 8 is out 28th October On this collection new guys like Sobek, Master H and Tony Thomas line up next to Soma heavyweights Percy X, Funk D’Void and Slam. From across the Atlantic there are tracks from H-Foundation and Common Factor. One of the UK’s premier electro funksters Keith Tenniswood pops up with a couple of remixes, firstly with Andrew Weatherall as Two Lone Swordsmen in the ALBUM EXCLUSIVE dub of Slam featuring Dot Allison’s ‘Visions’ and also turning in a solo Radioactive Man mix for Percy X’s ‘Time To Jack’. Further remixes come from Silicone Soul with their Darkroom Dub of Universal Principles ‘Latin Stroll’, Envoy revamps his Sexdrive track into a turbo charged sex bomb, there’s also Samuel L Sessions fizzing Juice rework of the mighty Diabla and finally the fantastic Christian Smith & John Selway remix of all-time Slam classic ‘Stepback’. The result is a compilation of the very best house, techno and electro that money can buy. The artwork for the compilation has been done in conjunction with a new initiative Soma has developed with Glasgow School of Art, from a collection of several different creative ideas one student has been selected to cultivate his idea of a Soma alphabet. The front cover shows characters that have been selected and a specially encrypted message, which only those with the code will be able to decipher. Download the Dingbat font from the Soma website on 28th October. CD Tracklist 1. H Foundation 'Passage Of Time' 2. Common Factor 'Rise' 3. Sobek 'Shimmer' 4. Master H 'Magic K' 5. Slam Featuring Dot Allison 'Visions (Two Lone Swordsmen Dub)' (EXCLUSIVE) 6. Percy X 'Time To Jack (Radioactiveman Mix)' 7. Universal Principles 'Latin Stroll (Silicone’s Soul Darkroom Dub)' 8. Tony Thomas 'Beginnings' 9. Envoy 'Sexdrive (Hi-Sexdrive Mix)' 10. Funk D’void 'Diabla(Samuel L Sessions Juice Mix)' 11. Slam 'Stepback (Christian Smith And John Selway Mix)' LP Tracklist A1. H Foundation 'Passage Of Time' A2. Envoy 'Sexdrive (Hi-Sexdrive Mix)' B1. Common Factor 'Rise' B2. Sobek 'Shimmer' C1. Master H 'Magic K' C2. Universal Principles 'Latin Stroll (Silicone’s Soul Darkroom Dub)' D1. Slam Featuring Dot Allison 'Visions (Two Lone Swordsmen Dub)' D2. Percy X 'Time To Jack (Radioactiveman Mix)'