Just come across this mix on the Hijack Bristol forum by someone called JE3Z-LUNCHBOX... It's a wicked selection of swinging balkan electronic craziness, loads of tunes I can't identify, good work sir... if you find your way here, any chance of a tracklisting??

Here's what he had to say about it:

Its good to see that more people are getting into the whole electro swing, gypsy beats scene.
Thought id make my contribution with a seriously phaaaaat mix of said awesomeness.


LUNCHBOX PRESENTS! THE BIG BOX OF SWING MIXTAPE!
GYPSY BEATS, JAZZY TREATS, DUBBY BASS, STEPPY WOBBLES AND TIMELESS CHIPTUNE INFLUENCES MAKE THIS MIX A MIND NUMBING FEET STOMPING CARAVAN CRASHING TREAT.GET IT WHILE ITS HOT!

Download it from Divshare!

Shazalakazoo - Live in Amsterdam (2010) by shazalakazoo

This speaks for itself really, 2 solid hours of Balkan Folkstep Bangers from carnivalesque balkan soca-dancehall-house to hardcore balkan junglistic fever... all in Shazalakazoos inimitable style... for free!

This is some pretty disgustingly huge latin-electro-jazz-house right here...

Yolanda Be Cool & DCUP - We No Speak Americano (mediafire link)

Buy the 320 at Spank Records

Been getting a whole bunch of hits from Kenya today since my post on Muthoni The Drummer Queen (still my hero) yesterday so I thought I'd return the favour and check out some more Kenyan stuff... here's a little selection of links to what I've come across (all with downloads!):

Two tunes via Ghetto Bassquake, both called Hey Baby:

Chiwawa - Hey Baby - raw Swahili hip hop..

Marya feat. Colonel Mustapha-Hey Baby - Cheery afro-pop..

This dude Matthew Hiscock got in touch yesterday to play me some of the stuff he's been doing, and man, he's been doing some good stuff! Chilled electro-step-breaks-lushness, according to Matthew 'It’s a bit of LuckyMe and a bit of Joy Orbison' but since I've not listened to those guys I can't comment on that... The whole sound is simultaneously warm and cold, bright sunshine on snowly mountains, or something like that.. reminds me of early 808 State for that reason (808 State's Gorgeous album - one of the best albums evar - has permanently burned mountains onto my inner retinas after it was the only tape I had with me on a skiing trip).

Here's Matthew's new EP for streaming, and he's been kind enough to send a download link for you as well, see below... I'm particularly loving Big Big Big.

EP2  by  matthewhiscock

Made this little remix last night:

Phantom (andykisaragi remix 0.1)  by  andykisaragi

It's a reworking of 'Phantom' by johnny_ripper from his album of industrial-ambient-soundscapey stuff, null/void. You can download the album, plus all the stems to the tracks for your own remixes, here. My mix is a little more upbeat than the original, turning it into a sort of electro-industrial-reggaeton affair...

My brother just pointed me towards Four Tet's essential mix (not linking it as it won't be there in an hour or so, but I'm sure you can find a torrent) and particularly to the tune at about 57 minutes in, because he quite rightly thought that I'd love it. It's a crazy 70s cutesy afro-electro-pop tune and it's a bit of a revelation... I've managed to sniff out the full mp3:

William Onyeabor - When the Going is Smooth and Good (apologies, it's a vinyl rip not done by myself, and the first 30 seconds or so contains lots of skipping. It's very late and i can't be arsed to do an edit for you!)

Man I love this! Must be the most ridiculously cute riddim ever... makes me think of an old skool platform game set on a tropical island where everything is happy and bouncing around. If that's not a sign of good music then what the hell is?

Sean 'Seanizzle' Reid - Hopscotch Riddim

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.

If you're anything like me then you're sure to be hankering for some dubsteppin-dancehall-electro-soca-breaks but in these chilly post-festive weeks you simply can't afford it.... well, those good folks over at Mad Decent may have just answered both our prayers with this free album from South Rakkas!

South Rakkas Crew - The Stimulus Package free download!