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Alison Goldfrapp has set a towering bar for British synthpop in the 21st century and shes only just getting started. The magnetic Londonborn singer, songwriter and producers seven albums with Goldfrapp were fuelled by an unfailing modernity and a sixth sense for sounds that were more timeless than any trend. With the release of her debut solo album The Love Inventionmdashan electrifying dancepop suitemdashher multifaceted musicianship reaches a new peak. The Love Invention marks Alisons reawakening as a dancefloor priestess, in an intoxicating showcase of the disco and house influences that have always been at the heart of her musical DNA. So Hard So Hot bottles the ephemeral joy of a dancefloor with its anthemic house beat, disco handclaps, and an exquisitely alluring vocal from Alison. The sense of uninhibited liberation courses through album highlights like In Electric Blue, a yearning synthpop confection with a chorus as blissful as loves first butterflies. On NeverStop, she is flooded with the rush of an allencompassing love over a buoyant, rubberised beat the sublime synthpop of Fever is an ode to the intoxicating majesty of the dancefloor, with a chorus that explodes as if setting off a glitter cannon. Alison Goldfrapp Vinyl is available for home delivery from Vinyl Records London, only £23 +P&P