Here’s a little mix I played at a support event for the eastern-Jerusalem arab residents of the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, where Palestinian families are being evicted from their houses by right-wing Jewish settlers. Read more here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheikh_Jarrah

The set combines tunes of Arab and Israeli artists and travels from Jerusalem ’round the Middle-East and back.

Playlist:
1. Vulcan – Nim’as
2. RGB – Ya Wled Loubnan
3. Instanbul Latin Ensemble & Ayhan Sicimoglu – Reggaeturcatone
4. DAM – Ng’ayer Bukra (Change Tomorrow)
5. Cheikha Rimitti – Rimitti Ridim
6. Soulico – El Nur Feat. Ghostface Killah, Saz & Tomer Yosef
7. Axum – Kul Wahed
8. DAM – Mali Huriye (I Don’t Have Freedom)
9. Balkan Beat Box – Habibi Min Zaman
10. Balkan Beat Box – Ramllah-Tel Aviv
11. Hadag Nachash – Shalom Salam Peace

The Belgrade electro-balkan duo Shazalakazoo released their debut album, “Speaking Balkanian”. Shazalakazoo have a unique style of blending the traditional music styles of the Balkan with ultra-modern electro rhythms like house, techno, drum’n'bass and even dubstep. These guys are totally on the bleeding edge of Balkan beats, so I highly recommend you give their music a try. I’ve tested it on countless dancefloors and the tunes always deliver!

You can buy the album over at CDBaby and pre-listen to the whole of it @ soundcloud. Here’s a tase:

Check out this power-packed compilation of South Rakkas tracks called “Stimulus” on Pitchfork. Don’t forget to download the epic bonus track!

http://pitchfork.com/forkcast/13716-ithe-stimulus-packagei-bonus-track/

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P.S.

Although the show ended, which means no more weekly updates of music, the blog does not die. I will continue updating about interesting music and once in a while upload a mixtape, so stay tuned! Thanks for your support!

The show will conclude a little more than a year of radio shows and will be a 30 tracks, 2-hour special of the best songs (in my opinion) of 2009. Tune in live or watch for a post here to celebrate the ending of the show with me!

First one is tonight, Tuesday, at The Lab. I’ll be DJ’ing after a performance by good friends Last Monday of October.

And this Thursday it’s time again for the monthly Balkan Rave! This time we’re having Noam on the accordion again and we’ll be joined by Jerusalem’s up-and-coming mid-east DJ Ur-Sun-Of-The-Nations which will also play darbukas. Don’t miss it! Thursday at Hakatze, Jerusalem.

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Also, check out this clip from their second show at The Barby club to get a feel of the Bordello atmosphere:

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1. Tremor – Viajante
2. Beats Antique – Oriental Uno
3. Shantel – Usti Usti Baba
4. Oi Va Voi – Gypsy feat. Earl Zinger
5. Leningrad – Money
6. Buddha Bless – Pak Takhrai
7. Malente & Dex – Bangkok feat. Bonde Do Role
8. UBK – Al Fadi feat. Amne Garoosh
9. Coolooloosh – People Of The Streets (Sabbo Remix)
10. Major Lazer – Jump Up (Laza Beam Remix)
11. Tinny – Zingolo (South Rakkas Crew Remix)
12. Schlachthofbronx – Too High feat. Slush Puppy Kids
13. Business Class – Goosfraba feat. Prince Zimboo
14. Solo – Rawmania

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1. Control Machete – Si Senor
2. Calle 13 – La Fokin Moda
3. Sabo & Cassady – Kuff Kumbia
4. Shantel – Disko Partizani (Marcus Darius Meets Tricky Chris Remix)
5. Boban Markovic Orkestar – Khelipe Cheasa
6. Mahala Rai Banda – Ding Deng Dong
7. Dr. Bajan – Fruher In Leningrad
8. Verka Serduchka – Gop-Gop
9. Gogol Bordello – Immigrant Punk
10. Magnifico – Evo Me Narode
11. Lucas Santtana – Tatica De Machine (Remix)
12. A4C – Unamed Mambo
13. Parov Stelar – Ragtime Cat feat. Lilja Bloom
14. Malente & Dex – Gipsy Kings feat. Analogik (Round Table Knights Remix)

Podcast archive (Hebrew)

עוד מעט יומולדת שנה לבלקן רייב, היידה! בואו ביום שישי לחגוג עם איתן חסיד ואיתי ואל תעזו לגלח את השפם! יום שישי בקצה, רח’ שושן 4, 10 שקלים כניסה