August 11, 2000 9:00

DOT GETS DOWNLOADED

Goodies courtesy of the Scots singer will be available on the net...

Dot Allison is to release a new song and play a live show via the Internet, nme.com can reveal.

Allsion has confirmed that her show at the Nottingham Social on August 23 will be broadcast live via the website www.netbeat.com. Also available to download on the site is her DJ set recorded at the London Embassy Bar last month and a new Allison composition, 'Lover', which features members of Mercury Rev. The song was also co-produced with Mercury Rev and Flaming Lips producer Dave Fridmann at his studio in the Catskill Mountains, near Woodstock in the US.

Allison is currently working on new material, and is also a late addition to this year's Carling Weekend Festivals in Reading and Leeds over the August Bank Holiday weekend (25-28).