Soundwaves

New dance collections by Joe Bermudez, Roland Belmares, Mike Cruz, Warren Gluck, Wendy Hunt, Peter Rauhofer, plus Chus Esteban's free podcast

By Doug Rule

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Mainstream dance... The ''mass'' in the title of Joe Bermudez's Nervous Nightlife Presents Mass Movement implicitly refers to Bermudez's Boston base. But it also accurately reflects the 14 tracks here: There's something for everyone, whether you prefer your dance music hard or soft, sweet or sad, vocal or instrumental, inspired by rock or soul, colored by new tech-house or old-school techno -- or creative dance-pop that splits the difference. Bermudez does a nice job of running the gamut of emotions a clubgoer experiences, from obsessive, even creepy lust, to the thrill of meeting someone new or the pain of parting with someone old, to the desire to escape and dance. A straight, satellite-radio DJ who spins regularly in gay clubs, including in D.C., Bermudez straddles the genre's styles with aplomb. And his track selection is fresh, with several exclusive remixes and few tracks previously released. If you've heard more than two of these before, you're probably already a Bermudez fan....