David Morales 2 Worlds Collide

It's been a good year in the Def Mix camp. With new material in store from his former Red Zone partner, Frankie Knuckles , how fitting that the hiatus is similarly over for David Morales with 2 Worlds Collide , the Grammy winner's first new studio album in a decade.

A lot has happened since he debuted back in 1993 with the reggae-tinged opus "The Program". Awards aside, his production role call in the '90s included nearly all of the era's major stars: Mariah Carey , Madonna , Michael Jackson and U2 among them.

Jump forward to 2004 and his superlatively abundant return also heralds the arrival of a major new talent, with his newly discovered singing prodigy, Lea-Lorién, sounding uncannily like a youthful Madonna, on half of the 10-tracks. Little wonder with Lea-Lorién's pedigree: her father, guitarist Carlos Alomar has recorded with David Bowie since his "Fame" days (a track he also co-wrote with John Lennon no less); while her mother, singer Robin Clark, has worked with everyone from Esther Phillips through to Simple Minds .