this is a thread for the BALEARIC REVIVAL

yeah that mark barrot album is so damn great. kinda funny that as of 2012 he was making albums with subtitles like "music for mind, body & pilates"

Paul from Test Pressing has been posting DJ mixes from the 80s taken from a load of cassettes that Leo Mas gave him. The Oakenfold and Ricardo ones are stellar:

http://testpressing.org/2014/06/355-dj-ricardo-ku-1984/

http://testpressing.org/2014/06/354-paul-oakenfold-spectrum/

The Paqua album dropped yesterday too but I haven't heard it yet.

it's nice (if sometimes verging (pleasantly) on corny) -- appreciate the guitar licks all over the place

Yeah, I've got it now. Not quite as good as I was hoping

Looking forward to this though:

http://www.redeyerecords.co.uk/vinyl/51909-c56047-paqua-the-dubs-10-white-vinyl

Live version of Piano Piano by Tempelhof which is coming out on Moonboots' Aficionado:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRNFMqMJ18Q

They've also just released an album with Gigi Masin too:

http://hellyeahrec.bandcamp.com/album/tempelhof-gigi-masin-hoshi

i had to give myself some time to decide how good the young marco lp is, and i've decided that it's very, very good. in the few weeks it has gone from pleasant and unassuming to my favorite album of the year so far. despite the initial feeling that it's simple, it really is a grower. it feels very unified, but each time the next track starts i'm surprised by how different it is from the previous, and every track is a highlight. i think it's quite perfect.

^ hoping to reach the same conclusion. liking it a LOT so far, but i've yet to make the kind of connection i've made with his other mixes/productions for w/e reason. definitely no sense of disappointment whatsoever, i just think i've been listening to it in the wrong settings

i'm at where psychgawsple is at but i don't think i've listened to it enough yet and i'm very happy with it when i do

It certainly starts 'pleasant and unassuming' but then kicks into gear big time... great first listen last night.

Just on first spin of Young Marco now. Very 'sceneries not songs' as previously mentioned. Some of this incredibly beautiful stuff. 'Trippy isolator' just now, woah. Timeless stuff.

from Mark Barratt's totally chill Sketches From An Island album.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnmG-zFEvic

indeed

really lovely.

love sketches from an island so much i seriously considered paying 30 pounds + shipping for the t-shirt

^ the 'birds of paradise' one was super sick but it sold out like right away :(((

it was in my cart for a brief moment, but jfc @ that price

beautiful cover though

a hundred pounds for the two t-shirts + a sweatshirt was justifiable to me although attempting to defend it now on a messageboard i cant remember why it seemed so reasonable

lol i understand the impulse, i wouldn't wear a lot of things on a t-shirt but totally down to rep ifeel

fwiw i have never regretted spending a ton of money on my Studio t-shirt.

Mark was on Beats in Space last night. Super Balearic:

http://www.beatsinspace.net/playlists/738

That Young Marco album is so lush.

Anyone else gonna get one of these new Test Pressing t-shirts?

http://instagram.com/p/qeTexcEoWq/?modal=true

ALSO, can someone ID the absolute BANGER 9 minutes into this:
http://testpressing.org/2014/06/355-dj-ricardo-ku-1984/

ALSO, can someone ID the absolute BANGER 9 minutes into this:
http://testpressing.org/2014/06/355-dj-ricardo-ku-1984/

This one?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ayyg-O2OdRc

Echoing the adulation for the Young Marco album.

Here to do the same. Found it on Spotify yesterday and just completed my 5th time through. So good. Need this on vinyl immediately.

Last track on the Mark Barrott beats in space mix really caught me unawares, even Tim S let it fade out w/o the obligatory chat. Lump in the throat stuff. Obv a check of the track list shows it's Sacred Islands, the closer to his album. Instant classic for me.

that mark barrott album is so great! "dr nimm's garden of intrigue & delight" >>>>>>

Obv a check of the track list shows it's Sacred Islands, the closer to his album. Instant classic for me.

agh my copy doesn't have this :(

Only got the chance to listen to half the Mark Barrott album this morning but 'Deep Water' is incredible, it's like the intro to Halcyon + On + On stretched out over six minutes.

agh my copy doesn't have this :(

Yeah, I think it's CD/vinyl only unless you got a digital copy from iTunes

Cheers groovypanda!

"deep water" <3

Debut album from Manchester's Horsebeach is out next week and the bits I've heard sound really good. Kind of a Durutti Column/Studio in post punk mode
flavour to some of the tracks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpUVcd1vNxA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTFKMrRzt9E

loving those, but it might need to get shelved until september, def more autumnal vibes than summery

The whole album is streaming on Soundcloud now. This track's ace:

https://soundcloud.com/horsebeach/midnight?in=horsebeach/sets/horsebeach

Damn, this Horsebeach is hitting all of my pleasure zones. Thanks for the tip.

Yep, love this so much I just pre-ordered the LP. I could listen to this sound all day (and today, I think I will).

incredible stuff but i agree with gr80 on the autumnal vibe

it's great and imo late-summerish enough to be listened to directly.

horsebeach

i just

http://www.jefframirez.com/ilx/beach2.jpg

god the young marco record is the best

I should note that Young Marco killed it at Dekmantel Festival over the weekend. Great vibes and perfect weather as well.

Really enjoying the Eleventeen Eston album

https://www.midheaven.com/item/delta-horizon-by-eleventeen-eston-mc#.U-i-3fldWFU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXkGJj2Zk1A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY7oJoNYvB8

Slow on this but the Nautic EP is pretty pleasant in a drifty kind of way. Singer is Laura Groves fka Blue Roses

totally loving the Horsebeach album.

its on spotify btw

"its like if the band Real Estate were simultaneously more beach AND more gothy" -- me describing horsebeach to a friend

It's not really dance-y, but the new Roisin Murphy mini-lp of Italian covers is super chill and was partially recorded in Ibiza. Recommended. Maybe on more of a sebastien tellier trip but man it's good.

horsebeach type stuff is prob as "indie" as my listening habits get these days, i kinda prefer the embassy to horsebeach but they're both better than the crepes