SMALL FACES

Ice Cube, Mack 10 and WC have reconvened as Westside Connection and are working on a new album, tentatively titled “Re-Up” and due mid-2000. Mack 10, with his “Thicker Than Water” film and soundtrack album out now, is also finishing his next solo album, “The Paper Route,” due early in the year. . . .

Collectors, watch out for a promotional-only album from the Beastie Boys’ Grand Royal Records compiled to demonstrate the capabilities of the Groovebox, a new programmable synthesizer geared for dance music. Beck, Sean Lennon, Cibo Matto, Sonic Youth, Air and Pavement are among the acts who contributed new tracks to the surprisingly coherent album. . . .

Julee Cruise, whose ethereal singing was a sonic trademark of David Lynch’s early ‘90s TV cult classic series “Twin Peaks,” has resurfaced as primary vocalist-lyricist on an album by English electronic act Hybrid. The album, “Wide Angle,” will be released in the U.S. in March. . . .

A release date has been set for Steely Dan’s first new album in nearly 20 years. “Two Against Nature” will be in stores Feb. 29. *