Christmas may have been and gone for another year, but there’s still one more gift tucked underneath the tree for you to receive. The Xmas Swap is an annual affair in which members of the Ninja Tune forum each create a mix or compilation to exchange between themselves. This year’s crop was of a fine standard, and thanks to the efforts of long-time forum tough guy Spunktrumpet, was delivered right on time to use as the perfect antidote to use against bad Christmas television and boring relatives over the festive period.

The BosBos submission for this year focused solely on Japanese female artists from the 60s and 70s, including Reiko Ike, Naomi Tani, Meiko Kaji and Hako Yamasaki. Many of the featured artists were also involved in the adult ‘pinky violence’ movie craze of the time (think Kill Bill but a lot saucier and with plenty of naked fight scenes. No, really). It contains some wicked bad (meaning good) psyche-outs, odes to the rice wine season and some sultry heavy breathing from lusty pin-up goddess Reiko Ike. This mix will certainly make you hot under the collar!

[BosBos - Xmas Swap 2007] (50mins, 69MB)