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Re-up from Christmas last year, Pocketknife from Flagrant Fowl with his Christmas mix for The Fader. We’ll be drinking glühwein and chilling to this.

Merry Christmas from all of us here at Discobelle to all of you!

Pocketknife - The Fader Holiday Mix: Live from Peppermint Palace (direct link)

TRACKLIST:

The Knife, “Reindeer”
Treacherous Three, “X-Mas Rap (X-Rated Version”
Ying Yang Twins, “Ho! Ho!”
The Who, “Christmas (Hockney Peacockney Edit)”
Sufjan Stevens, “Put the Lights on the Tree (Pocketknife’s Radioshack Remix)”
Hall and Oates, “Jingle Bell Rock”
Tittsworth, “Titts’ mas Time (2007 Edit)”
Vince Guaraldi, “Linus & Lucy (Pocketknife’s Hark, the Holler Remix)”
Luke, “Ho Hoe Hoes”
The Beach Boys, “Little Saint Nick”
Ringo Starr, “Come On Christmas, Christmas Come On”
Material, Nona Hendryx, “It’s A Holiday”
Bruce Springsteen, “Santa Claus Is Comin To Town”
The Muppets, “Christmas Is Coming (Pocketknife’s Stackin Ha’pennies Remix)”
Slumber Party, “J.C. Is Born (Pocketknife’s Little Town Remix)”
Belle & Sebastian, “Santa Claus, Go Straight To The Ghetto (James Brown cover)”
DJ Nephet, “Jingle Juke”
Was (Not Was), “Christmas Time in the Motor City (Hockney Peacockney Edit)”

Lisbon’s own Buraka Som Sistema are just on the verge of unleashing their album “Black Diamond”, which is surely one of the most anticipated and interesting releases this year. This is a 20 minute mix filled with their own jams and some of their other favorites that they did for internet giant Pitchfork, the blend of urban dance music and kuduro is guaranteed to make you shake and bounce. Now go buy the album!

Buraka Som Sistema mixtape (direct link)

TRACKLIST:

1. Buraka Som Sistema: “Intro”
2. DJ Malvado: “Puto Mekie”
3. Radioclit: “Secousse (Crookers remix)”
4. Buraka Som Sistema: “Skank & Move” [ft. Kano]
5. DJ Znobia: “Patchy Luanda”
6. Debonair Samir: “Samir’s Theme”
7. Buraka Som Sistema: “Kalemba (Wegue Wegue)”
8. DJ Furioso: “Activate”
9. Buraka Som Sistema: “Sound of Kuduro (Drop the Lime remix)”
10. Reso: “If U Can’t Beat Them

BONUS: They also did a mix for those awesome people over at The Fader, check it!

Buraka Som Sistema - Fader mixtape (direct link)

TRACKLIST:

The Roots, “Din Da Da”
MixHell, “Highly Explicit (Brodinski Remix)” Dj Mujava, “Township Funk (Ashley Beedle’s Edit)”
Dj du Marcel, “Soweto das Raves”
Buraka Som Sistema, “Luanda/Lisboa”
Radioclit, “Secousse”
Buraka Som Sistema, “General”
Kaysha, “The Dollar” feat Dj Bula
Dj Znobia vs BSS, “Me Bate”

Photo by Paul Galipeau

Toronto tag team Nacho Lovers with a splendid acid house mix that they recently did for The Fader.

“Here is a mini mix of some acid house tracks we love. A few classics, a few lesser known or under-appreciated gems, and a few great acid tracks that aren’t 10+ years old.”

All we can say is Discobelle hearts Nacho Lovers.

Nacho Lovers - The Fader Vinyl Archaeology Acid House mix (zShare)

TRACKLIST:

1. Phuture, “Acid Tracks”
2. Darkman, “Annihilating Rhythm (The Destruction Mix)”
3. Fast Eddie, “Acid Thunder (Seewhale Edit)”
4. Monty Luke & Tasho, “Paranoid”
5. Winx, “Don’t Laugh (Live Raw Mix)”
6. Steve Poindexter, “Born To Freak”
7. Da Posse f. Christina Jordan, “In The Heat Of The Night (Acid Mix)”
8. Larry Heard Presents Mr. White, “The Sun Can’t Compare”