Azari & III have been one of our discoveries of this year - their show at XOYO a couple of months ago was one of the best we've seen in the last twelve months, and their self-titled album is a deliciously slick, excess-fuelled trip through house, disco and electro-pop.

They're returning to the UK and Ireland for a string of live dates starting at the end of October - see below:

OCTOBER
27th - Brighton, Digital
28th - Freeze Festival, London
29th - Leeds, Wax On
31st - Fabric, MEAT Gay Night, London

NOVEMBER
3rd - Bristol, Blue Mountain
4th - Liverpool, Magnet
5th - Dublin, Crawdaddy
6th - Belfast, MTV Music Awards
11th - Manchester, Sound Control
12th - Glasgow, Death Disco @ Arches

The Canadian troupe have also announced the official UK release of Azari & III. Previously available only on limited edition vinyl and import, it's getting a proper release on 22nd January 2012, preceded by a single, 'Reckless (With Your Love)', which comes back with remixes by Tiga and house-via-UK-bass producer Julio Bashmore.