Quick heads up about some DJ dates I got coming up:

26th November - Transcontinental Extravaganza @ Arc Bar, Bristol

16th December - Skank n Stomp with 3 Daft Monkeys in Falmouth

31st December - BalkanTronika NYE party, Berlin

Hope to see you at one of them... Will post more info and flyers as they come my way

Just been randomly downloading free songs from last.fm and found these guys from Berlin: Budzillus. They're described as "trash gypsy swing core or street polk'n'roll" and I'm not going to do any better than that, but what really caught my attention were the crazy gypsy swing chiptunes they've got going on... regular readers should hopefully be aware that i'm of the opinion that the absolute height of human musical achievement has for the most part been in the form of computer game music and demo music so anything with a bit of a bleep turns my head instantly, especially if it's got a gypsy-cabaret-polka-twist...

so check these out:

Budzillus - It's up to You - pure genius, bouncy cabaresque game music
Budzillus - Minor Bit - Minor Swing in a glitchy chiptune setting

Can't believe I've been writing this blog for several months before mentioning super cute Berliner / New Yorker Neoangin, aka Jim Avignon, he's one of my heroes and also one of the friendliest people in the world... I've been a fan of his since catching the launch party for his first CD in a random basement in Berlin in 1998, the perfect antidote to the Love Parade a few days earlier... He once said that I'm his only fan in the UK, so come on UK, check out these videos then go show him some love. The one above, by Isaac Niemand, is new, the one below is one of my favourite songs of his and just an incredible video by Yukihiro Taguchi.

I've mentioned it before: i totally love everything Peter Fox does.

So I'm very excited by this: