PAUL VAN DYK plays with DOLLS! (and pays tribute to MADONNA?)

Yep, you heard it here first... Paul van Dyk plays with dolls!!

Pussycat Dolls, that is ;)

First of all, head over to our Reviews section to get the skinny on Paul's new album, "In Between." I'd tell you what we thought of it... but I think it's more fun to read for yourself, don't you? :)

Aaanyway, the first single off the album is "White Lies," which has been heating up trance dance floors everywhere. It's a wild, hard-edged sonic ride - I love it! But like me, you've probably been thinking that the female guest vocalist (who also appears in the video) looks and sounds kind of familiar... but can't quite place her...

Mystery solved! The singer is Jessica Sutta, a member of the Pussycat Dolls!


Jessica must have a thing for club music, cause it's not the first time she's loaned her voice to a DJ/producer piece... earlier this year, she was the vocalist for Dave Aude's single "Make it Last."

I have to hand it to her, she's pretty good. I kind of figured that Nicole Scherzinger was the only one who could actually sing... since she's the only one who usually does! Plus, unlike most music artists, all the members of PCD are actually salaried employees of the record label (weird, huh??) which gave rise to rumors that all the girls other than Nicole were basically picked to be talentless, backup arm candy.

Okay, but here's my one beef... have you checked out the "White Lies" video? If not, first give it a gander below:



Okay... a chair dance in a black corset with a bowler hat... on a stage in front of three little peep show windows... does this bear a striking resemblance to another dance video from yesteryear?

Say... Madonna "Open Your Heart"??
Don't believe me?? Check THAT clip out below:



I need to compile a list of all the times I see Madonna's inspiration in current dance music... and then write all the newer artists letters to see if it was intentional!

Okay, so obviously we need to pit these two videos together in another face-off vote.
You might recall that our last one was between two "free-running videos": David Guetta's "Love Don't Let Me Go" and Madonna's "Jump."

You guys voted, and the results were:

David Guetta "Love Don't Let Me Go" - 48%
Madonna "Jump" - 52%

I have to say, I was surprised... I actually voted for David this time around!

So check the poll at the top of the blog and the homepage...
... and check out our review of Paul van Dyk's "In Between..."
... and the next time you're listening to "White Lies," check out your own Pussycat Doll moves in the mirror! ;)

Loosening up my buttons,
JADE