This comp was briefly mentioned in the year end poll discussions but posting here as it's absolute fire
https://daily.bandcamp.com/album-of-the-day/various-artists-ritmo-fantasia-balearic-spanish-synth-pop-boogie-and-house-1982-1992
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvO8vOA63ls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Lv9FVt5XyM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZEhiFTdzyo
― groovypanda, Monday, 14 March 2022 15:04 (two years ago) link
loving this
― nxd, Monday, 14 March 2022 15:26 (two years ago) link
Have never known an artist to effortlessly move between “really excellent” and “totally fucking worthless” the way Mark Barrott does.^^ I was going to post the above but then I tried to go find the track that I hated so much, so I played one of his cheesy-looking Ibiza albums at random and it’s so good, Steve Roach level.
― brisk money (lukas), Sunday, 15 May 2022 02:22 (two years ago) link
Mark Barrott has co-compiled a fourth La Torre Ibiza compilation. Out in July. Loved the first three comps.https://ra.co/news/77306
La Torre Ibiza Volumen Cuatro01. Golden Girls - Kinetic (David Morley Remix)02. NO ZU - Ui Yia UIa03. Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba - Bala feat Zoumana Tereta04. Rare Silk - Storm05. Synergetic Voice Orchestra - Zebra06. Special Request - Family Doggo07. Margaret Wakeley - Hard To Leave The Island08. Pauline Anna Strom - Equatorial Sunrise09. The Vendetta Suite - Warehouse Rock (Timmy Stewart's Six Minutes To Sunrise Mix)10. Mark Barrott - Travelling Music (La Torre Reprise)11. Lola Perrin - Cloud Sky Fade12. Suzanne Ciani - The Eighth Wave13. JIM - Phoenix14. GEOFFREY O'CONNOR - Her Name on Every Tongue15. John Foxx & Robin Guthrie - Estrellita
― millmeister, Monday, 23 May 2022 19:30 (two years ago) link
^^ I was going to post the above but then I tried to go find the track that I hated so much, so I played one of his cheesy-looking Ibiza albums at random and it’s so good, Steve Roach level.
Do you remember which album this was? (i.e. the good one)
― toby, Tuesday, 24 May 2022 06:57 (two years ago) link
That looks great xp
Love that JIM EP (James Baron from Crazy P & White Elephant in acoustic mode)
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 24 May 2022 07:59 (two years ago) link
Volume One of the new compilation series from Coleen 'Cosmo' Murphy is fab
https://heavenlyrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/colleen-cosmo-murphy-presents-balearic-breakfast-volume-1
Nice interview here: https://banbantonton.com/2022/06/28/interview-colleen-cosmo-murphy-worldwide-fm-classic-album-sundays/
https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a1045875900_5.jpg
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 13 July 2022 12:29 (one year ago) link
i should be sporting about the price tag for the digital album, but i can't.is this some ultra-high-net-worth individuals (UHNWIs) thingie?
― meisenfek, Wednesday, 13 July 2022 15:36 (one year ago) link
didn't read the fine print. my bad.
― meisenfek, Wednesday, 13 July 2022 15:37 (one year ago) link
yeah I noticed that! Must be some Bandcamp setting preventing them from making the digital copies completely unavailable without disabling the streaming, or something similar
― Critique of the Goth Programme (Neil S), Wednesday, 13 July 2022 15:39 (one year ago) link
So we have no way to hear it unless we purchased the now sold out vinyl?
It is streaming somewhere then I guess?
― Evan, Wednesday, 13 July 2022 15:41 (one year ago) link
there's also a new Hostel La Torre compilation out
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 13 July 2022 16:00 (one year ago) link
***Please note that due to licensing stipulations this release is not available for purchase digitally, however a free download of the full album will be granted with physical orders on release day.***
Says this on the release page on bandcamp for the Cosmo comp.
― brotherlovesdub, Wednesday, 13 July 2022 16:51 (one year ago) link
Someone's made a Spotify playlist of it xpshttps://open.spotify.com/playlist/6uOHMENc45cPRNezPa1upx?si=eNU2lSp3TqWeqnUQ6Dyt4Q&utm_source=copy-link
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 13 July 2022 17:07 (one year ago) link
way to make the digital version 'free' for those that know how to get such things, thereby missing out on legit purchases/ £££ for an an official download/cd.i have seen this being promo'd a lot here and there and would love to have had a non-vinyl opportunity.
― mark e, Wednesday, 13 July 2022 17:29 (one year ago) link
it might be a licensing situation more than anything, I know Dave Lee's had to release a few different versions of compilations due to not being able to negotiate terms and conditions with copyright holders.
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 13 July 2022 18:21 (one year ago) link
yeah, i get that.just means that those who really want to hear this and dont do vinyl have to go illegal.nb : not blaming label at all as i am sure they tried to get the all clear re digital, just amazed that the insanity of copyright chaos in 2022 re random tracks baffles me.
― mark e, Wednesday, 13 July 2022 18:24 (one year ago) link
I’ve been playing this one on one of my bars on weekday evenings and people seem to vibe with it. Several balearic picks that might be appreciated here and are topical to this thread:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0djbUjaP9EMLypTY5WBVSB?si=i38LLrw_TLCJOPTwrSZTKA
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 28 July 2022 05:38 (one year ago) link
thanks!
― corrs unplugged, Thursday, 28 July 2022 06:52 (one year ago) link
I'm not sure this is discussed elsewhere on ILM, but there's loads of great Balearic-style tunes coming out of Napoli this year. Seems like there's a nice scene there. Here's a few:
Gigi Testa - Guayaba: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaQK6Uf4UOQ
Mystic Jungle - Money Wonder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bRScS190Zw
Nu Genea - Tienaté: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuP6ihSefqc
― MikoMcha, Thursday, 28 July 2022 07:30 (one year ago) link
those are all lovely, go Napoli!
― Daniel_Rf, Thursday, 28 July 2022 09:40 (one year ago) link
The Nu Genea album is great!
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 28 July 2022 12:59 (one year ago) link
I'm excited to hear it
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Thursday, 28 July 2022 13:01 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwU0g28OWhg
Penelope Antena - Tradewinds
― saer, Thursday, 4 August 2022 18:50 (one year ago) link
this album seems like a delight, produced by Sean O'Hagan
https://healingpotpourri.bandcamp.com/album/paradise
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Friday, 5 August 2022 16:35 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joXv2BPUW8sJolly Mare - Sabbia Biancaobsessed with this song lately, the whole album is excellent. goofy and fun in a way Balearic revival sometimes isn’t
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Sunday, 28 August 2022 10:39 (one year ago) link
Jolly Mare is always fun! Thanks for the reminder to listen to this album.
― Evan, Monday, 29 August 2022 18:34 (one year ago) link
https://mauricecharles.bandcamp.com/album/manufactured-authenticity-2
the 8 min 'Drain Brain' is totally in the same world as Studio.
― mark e, Friday, 7 October 2022 11:37 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxavlTuV3i4
Justice Der - L$D
I heard this on the patio of a cafe at 7.30am the other morning
― saer, Wednesday, 19 October 2022 06:59 (one year ago) link
this rules
― nxd, Wednesday, 19 October 2022 11:20 (one year ago) link
just what I needed
― corrs unplugged, Thursday, 20 October 2022 13:24 (one year ago) link
Btw for anyone who missed the Gigi Masin thread revival awhile back- he’s got a new one on the way.
― Evan, Thursday, 20 October 2022 17:55 (one year ago) link
Carl Craig’s Twilight is basically a cover/remix? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRPvH_8Li0MMaze feat Frankie Beverly - Twilight
― recovering internet addict/shitposter (viborg), Monday, 24 October 2022 18:58 (one year ago) link
ambient side:
https://kenoathrecords.bandcamp.com/album/breathing-space
― Evan, Wednesday, 26 October 2022 16:07 (one year ago) link
sorry if this was talked about elsewhere but these dimitri from paris “a la french: the balearic sessions” comps of his early remixes are wonderful - highly recommended if you enjoy the late 80s/early 90s balearic/house interzone https://favoriterecordings.bandcamp.com/album/a-la-french-1987-1992-the-balearic-sessions-vol-1
― donna rouge, Tuesday, 8 November 2022 22:04 (one year ago) link
granny dainger beat me to it, but holy shit these guys
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTqj0vLhpGU
in fact there’s only two posts on ilx about djeuhdjoah & lieutenant nicholson and both are granny’s!
Artists you've checked out because of their name
^^ same!!
― the late great, Tuesday, 15 November 2022 21:06 (one year ago) link
Loving this Skyrager (Danny McLewin aka one half of Psychemagik) compilation which is basically a continuation of all those excellent Psychemagik comps like Magik Cyrkles, Sunset etc
https://spacetalkmusic.bandcamp.com/album/traces-of-illusion-compiled-by-skyrager
https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a0256179260_16.jpg
― groovypanda, Friday, 19 May 2023 08:13 (one year ago) link
hell yeah, ty for the heads up
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Friday, 19 May 2023 13:20 (one year ago) link
nice, Ty seconded
― brimstead, Friday, 19 May 2023 14:23 (one year ago) link
Great stuff this
― nxd, Friday, 19 May 2023 15:56 (one year ago) link
The Foothills EP by Marshall Watson on Nu Northern Soul sounds perfect as we slide from Spring to Summer.
― brotherlovesdub, Friday, 19 May 2023 17:00 (one year ago) link
advanced cosmic shit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXiE3UnfB5g
― the late great, Monday, 29 May 2023 20:49 (one year ago) link
that rules
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Tuesday, 30 May 2023 15:37 (one year ago) link
indeed
― the late great, Tuesday, 30 May 2023 16:31 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7gAuj2sGu8
The Ted Duff Duo - Softly She Comes
Its a delight
― saer, Saturday, 26 August 2023 10:31 (nine months ago) link
Should have parachuted into bobbins of the past, but there are no fences in the sky
― saer, Saturday, 26 August 2023 10:35 (nine months ago) link
https://jezebell.bandcamp.com/album/jezebellearic-beats-volume-1
this one gets the karlearic seal of approval. comp of refreshed classics that flows excellently as a mix
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Tuesday, 5 September 2023 16:22 (nine months ago) link
i feel like no one is gonna listen to this b/c i used the phrase "karlearic seal of approval" :(
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Wednesday, 6 September 2023 15:03 (nine months ago) link
listening now! I saw the thread bump yesterday but knew I'd get around to it Evantually
― But his face would not turn into hot Kirby (Evan), Wednesday, 6 September 2023 15:13 (nine months ago) link
<3
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Wednesday, 6 September 2023 15:30 (nine months ago) link