Sometimes all you need is to be pointed in the right direction. That's why we line up the cream of Irish dance music to select their sonic Six Packs and show you what they're listening to at the moment. This week, Danielle Keenan...

1. Soil & Pimp sessions - Go Next! (Brownswood Recordings)
A bonkers Japanese jazz band born out of Tokyo's club scene, they were a bunch of DJ's which started playing live jazz in the middle of their sets, eventually forming a 6 piece which play bass, drums, piano, trumpet & sax. Go Next is from their fourth album "Pimp Planet" available 18th August. The production of the track is very powerful, when listening to it I can kinda imagine I'm listening to a live show. The track kicks off with an upbeat tempo then breaks into a smooth jazz sound, then builds and breaks again and again totally switching the energy the whole way through.

2. Codex Machine - Minor C Monster (Nitrous Records)
Having only discovered this group I don't know an awful lot about them other than they are a trio of musicians/DJ/producers from North London, signed to independent label Nitrous Records. They specialise in electronica/breakbeat/drum & bass. You can check out their other tracks on myspace and judging from the number of plays online they are either very new or not a lot of people like them. The track "Minor C Monster" is the latest release which boosts electronica and drum & bass - like it more each time I listen to it, it's a grower.

3. Marlena Shaw - California Soul Diplo Remix (UMG Recordings Inc)
The original is a 1969 classic, Diplo has reworked it and it can be found on the album "Verve Remixed vol 4", which features artists such as Nina Simone, James Brown, Roy Ayers and a host of others which have been remixed by various heavy weight producers, some good some not so good. Diplo hasn't dramatically changed the track, it starts off with a faint baseline & gradually builds before the melody kicks in and the vocal is still at the forefront. The track has been slightly tweaked just enough to renew it with some extended breaks & looping of the vocals. It can be risky remixing a classic as people will love it or hate it, but as its not a million miles away from the original I think the re-edit works well.

4. Kraak & Smaak ft Ben Westbeech - Squeeze me (Jalapenno Records)
The lead single from the new album "Plastic People", the Dutch trio play it safe with a guaranteed hit as Ben Westbeech lends his amazing vocals to the track which has a strong electro/funk vibe. You would expect nothing less than top production on this track, it has a nice little piano break down in the middle and then the beats are layered over it again as it powers back up, this is the original but there's also a killer set of remixes available too which were released in April but I only discovered it recently and I've been playing it non stop.

5. Mr.Scuff - Giant Pickle (Ninja Tune Records)
Mr Scruff known for his DJ marathon sets, visuals, love of fish and cartoons is back on top form with some new tracks, he appears to be releasing a series of singles so I hope there's an album on its way soon.Giant Pickle is the B-Side from his first 2008 release which I like better than the A-Side as it has slices of hip-hop/funk/& electronica all blended together with the end result sounding vibrant & fresh. Its perfect atmospheric music which I would tend to play at the start of the night, the new single is out on 14th July which is another cracking tune.

6. Christopher D Ashley - Sugar Coated Lies, Justin Robertson Remix (Sunday Best Recordings)
Signed to Rob Da Banks label, the original is taken from the album "cruel romantics". Christopher Ashley's sound has been compared to the likes of New Order and Depeche Mode, you can tell why with the grey hazed/almost dull voice which is portraying a dark story of love and relationship troubles. This remix comes courtesy of Manchester's DJ/Producer & pioneer of Vanity Records - Justin Robertson. I can certainly hear a modern New Order from both the voice and production, I think it will work well with the indie/electro followers.