This thread is astonishing... Days and days worth of material and food for thought to immerse myself in. The first song that sprung to mind part of the way through the thread was this one, although this is perhaps a little more melancholic than much of this stuff:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-PVWrjAdQ0
― Clarke B., Tuesday, 28 February 2012 02:56 (twelve years ago) link
Maybe too on the nose but whatever: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cr6H7dynyLo&
― Deverly (Bangelo), Saturday, 3 March 2012 21:29 (twelve years ago) link
cecilio & kapono are playing at my work this week!
― ⚓ (gr8080), Sunday, 4 March 2012 10:36 (twelve years ago) link
so many broken youtube links itt that its a tragedy.
someone post some youtube links today.
― ♆ (gr8080), Monday, 4 June 2012 18:15 (eleven years ago) link
i'm in to this lately
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tVVWn2wMgY
― ♆ (gr8080), Friday, 22 June 2012 00:31 (eleven years ago) link
From Nightlife! Think Lizzy's most underrated album!
― Austin, Friday, 22 June 2012 02:36 (eleven years ago) link
made a new mix that draws a lot from this thread
http://soundcloud.com/gradydj/808-mixtapes-vol-4
Ned Doheney - Get It Up For LoveVangelis - Let It Happen/The CityClout - Sunshine BabyNina Simone - BaltimoreBrightblack Morning Light - Everybody DaylightGabor Szabo - The Lady In The MoonBlack Sabbath - Laguna SunriseJonathan Jeremiah - Happiness (Quiet Village Remix)Dorothy Ashby - The Moving FingerJan Hammer Group - Don't You KnowJ.J. Cale - DurangoDr. John - I Walk On Gilded SplintersAgitation Free - First CommunicationPeter Green - Little DreamerDavid Crosby - I'd Swear There Was Somebody HereFleetwood Mac - AlbatrossGeorge Duke - North BeachJonathan Wilson - Desert RavenHarry Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin'
― ♆ (gr8080), Saturday, 30 June 2012 05:43 (eleven years ago) link
so many broken youtube links itt that its a tragedy.someone post some youtube links today.
― groovypanda, Thursday, 25 October 2012 13:58 (eleven years ago) link
this is the kind of music that saves lives
― Andrew Sandwich, Saturday, 19 October 2013 04:15 (ten years ago) link
the bass on "Cowboy Movie" is fAAT
― Andrew Sandwich, Saturday, 19 October 2013 04:21 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-eRY5QG3yo
― Andrew Sandwich, Saturday, 19 October 2013 04:57 (ten years ago) link
Iasos?http://youtu.be/UlUKbyLm-qE
I expect the forthcoming 'I Am The Centre' collection of private-press New Age synth on Light In The Attic will be a perfect fit for a rum-guzzling beach soiree.
― MarcoDisko, Sunday, 20 October 2013 02:01 (ten years ago) link
also for Knew-Age music: nu-balearic hippies who fell asleep on the beach and woke up staring at the stars.
― max, Sunday, 20 October 2013 12:42 (ten years ago) link
honest question: so is there a meaning of "balearic" that is any more precise then just "beach and sun-inspired"? b/c it seems like it's applied to anything from "if only i could remember my name" to sunny LA 70s pop to like, lindstrom or neon indian or ibiza dance music
― marcos, Monday, 21 October 2013 15:21 (ten years ago) link
That's the joy of it maaaaaaaaaaaan. Its a 'vibe' yo.
― the Shearer of simulated snowsex etc. (Dwight Yorke), Monday, 21 October 2013 15:45 (ten years ago) link
balearic refers to a style of djjing practiced by djs in mid-late80s mediterranean. midtempo club music with flamenco guitars, evocative of beaches. Think "sue o latino".
see: http://www.discogs.com/Various-Classic-Balearic-Mastercuts-Volume-1/release/144535
― brimstead, Monday, 21 October 2013 18:41 (ten years ago) link
i guess in the context of this thread it means "mellow open minded 70s rock that may have come out of LA"
― brimstead, Monday, 21 October 2013 18:44 (ten years ago) link
think "la isla bonita", that's basically balearic beat gone mainstream
― brimstead, Monday, 21 October 2013 18:47 (ten years ago) link
(Or 'balearic style song everyone would know')
― brimstead, Monday, 21 October 2013 18:48 (ten years ago) link
I know there's loads of John Martyn in this thread but this is like the most Balearic song ever recorded:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgHGRtFcGME
― Matt DC, Monday, 21 October 2013 18:51 (ten years ago) link
"honest question"
maybe read the threads?
― zvookster, Monday, 21 October 2013 18:55 (ten years ago) link
one world is a great alb
― max, Monday, 21 October 2013 18:57 (ten years ago) link
"honest question"maybe read the threads?― zvookster, Monday, October 21, 2013 2:55 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― zvookster, Monday, October 21, 2013 2:55 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i.e. read 15 threads and 2000 posts to see that the term is applied to strikingly different kinds of music? sorry i'd prefer to just ask the question
― marcos, Monday, 21 October 2013 19:05 (ten years ago) link
uh the term "balearic" was not invented by this message board
― brimstead, Monday, 21 October 2013 19:14 (ten years ago) link
really
― zvookster, Monday, 21 October 2013 19:19 (ten years ago) link
if you have to ask you'll never know http://i.imgur.com/zi7hd.gif
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Monday, 21 October 2013 19:21 (ten years ago) link
here's what Dictionary.app (Free with all copies of OSX, an operating system for Macintosh computers) says:
Balearic |ˌbalɪˈarɪk, bəˈlɪərɪk|adjectiverelating to the Balearic Islands: the Balearic government.• relating to or denoting a style of synthesized dance music that developed in Ibiza: the Balearic beat.ORIGIN from Latin Balearis + -ic.
― 乒乓, Monday, 21 October 2013 19:22 (ten years ago) link
^^ so the fact that there's standard definition of "balearic" that includes ibizan dance music means that somehow it's not okay to ask a music message board why the term is applied to tons of totally different music?
― marcos, Monday, 21 October 2013 19:33 (ten years ago) link
sorry i just didn't anticipate snark to what i thought was a fair question
― marcos, Monday, 21 October 2013 19:35 (ten years ago) link
it's ILM there's no escaping snark
― the late great, Monday, 21 October 2013 19:37 (ten years ago) link
don't harsh the vibe, chill bros
― brand nubian wafers (bnw), Monday, 21 October 2013 19:38 (ten years ago) link
iziba dance music is tons of totally different music, is the pt
― rap steve gadd (D-40), Monday, 21 October 2013 19:39 (ten years ago) link
why the term is applied to tons of totally different music?
because 'balearic' djs play different styles of records
also it's confusing because it gets (mis)applied to hairy nu-disco dudes (lindstrom) and chillwave/indie rock (neon indian)
― brimstead, Tuesday, 22 October 2013 02:37 (ten years ago) link
sorryLet's all dance to thishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14DP6vxInQA
― brimstead, Tuesday, 22 October 2013 02:41 (ten years ago) link
all john martyn albums are the best
― caek, Tuesday, 22 October 2013 03:59 (ten years ago) link
That Jerry Williams is fantastic. just what i needed right now down to the title of the track. thx
― oscar, Tuesday, 22 October 2013 04:15 (ten years ago) link
― caek, Monday, October 21, 2013 8:59 PM (52 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Nah but he had a lot of greats.
― Me & Mahomies (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Tuesday, 22 October 2013 04:54 (ten years ago) link
Replace "Balearic" with "goth" and see if the idea of multiple strands of music sharing the same unified ~vibe~ is still confusing.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 22 October 2013 08:53 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1CY3TVQdWs
― cog, Tuesday, 22 October 2013 09:58 (ten years ago) link
xp balearic is probs the most nebulous/numinous instance tbfttl... certainly a game i've never quite got the hang of anyway
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 22 October 2013 10:02 (ten years ago) link
https://scontent-b-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/1382078_10151933923033454_2096384745_n.jpg
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 22 October 2013 11:02 (ten years ago) link
lol
― Luigi Nono le petit robot, actually, saves Christmas (seandalai), Tuesday, 22 October 2013 12:33 (ten years ago) link
djhistory's 100 best balearic tracks on spotify: http://open.spotify.com/user/fingermag/playlist/1S4X40YzybVNS3KrHqPel5
― max, Saturday, July 30, 2011 6:55 AM (2 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Tuesday, 22 October 2013 13:58 (ten years ago) link
i like that jerry williams album a bunch.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 22 October 2013 14:16 (ten years ago) link
my hero:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz8RN9mCfWg
― scott seward, Tuesday, 22 October 2013 14:19 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdrH944IIxc
― scott seward, Tuesday, 22 October 2013 14:59 (ten years ago) link
leon lowman compilation from last year on music from memory is an all-around solid listen, surprised i haven't seen it mentioned in any EOY reissue lists. i think this is the most well-known track but seriously check out the whole damn thing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xO9RKQgxBw
― hug niceman (psychgawsple), Tuesday, 14 January 2014 23:57 (ten years ago) link
yes, good album
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Wednesday, 15 January 2014 00:34 (ten years ago) link
did you like the spike album, psych?
the snippets i've heard, yes! i keep forgetting to seek out a copy, seems like it should have some serious appeal beyond the types of people that usually spring for golf channel stuff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FoDiIck060
(^just to make it easy for lazy people like myself)
― hug niceman (psychgawsple), Wednesday, 15 January 2014 00:48 (ten years ago) link