TBH I've only come to appreciate the term 'Balearic' as a loose concept recently, even if I've enjoyed the sound and vibe for a very long time.
Not even 100% sure what I've been playing really counts as such, but for me it's about painting images of liminal spaces and places: Be it a beach, a forest or an office building
― Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Wednesday, 25 November 2020 21:35 (three years ago) link
this dope shit just got a nice 12" reissue on new label betonska
riyl talking drums, quando quango, etc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsSNZfBht78
― the late great, Saturday, 12 December 2020 17:59 (three years ago) link
she's pretty obscure, maybe slightly better known for being in a minimal wave group called "shiny two shiny" (red flame labelmates with severed heads and noted sabres-era weatherall collaborator david harrow) captured tracks did a "collected works" reissue LP way back in 2005 but barring a track or two imo nowhere near as good as "higher"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_xx2lZlhhY
― the late great, Saturday, 12 December 2020 18:09 (three years ago) link
Test Pressing 2020 round up: https://testpressing.org/magazine/tp-end-of-year-round-up
― millmeister, Wednesday, 23 December 2020 17:08 (three years ago) link
that flamingo pier song “indigo” that Nancy Noise rec’s is a jam a half
― brimstead, Wednesday, 23 December 2020 18:27 (three years ago) link
and a half 🕺🏻
Test Pressing have set up a forum: https://testpressing.org/magazine/weve-launched-a-forum-1Wahey!
― millmeister, Friday, 29 January 2021 11:22 (three years ago) link
RIP ILX
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Friday, 29 January 2021 13:41 (three years ago) link
So excited to see Test Pressing start a forum. This is good news. Thanks for sharing.
In the spirit of sharing, i've made an all vinyl mix of some balearic vibes. It's a brief 40min ride, and I think if you're on this thread, you'll enjoy the tunes.
https://www.mixcloud.com/biznotic/sunday-situation/
― brotherlovesdub, Friday, 29 January 2021 17:28 (three years ago) link
somehow missed the latest from D.K., which came out nearly a year ago. Very nice vibes!
https://open.spotify.com/album/45Gxh7xqUU4ouDREPoSgKN?si=Vz74pr-NTza0NG7wOlJlSg
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Thursday, 25 February 2021 16:54 (three years ago) link
looks like this was finally released but I can't seem to find where to watch it yet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpTOyevypSQ
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Monday, 1 March 2021 20:22 (three years ago) link
https://ra.co/features/3841
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, 5 March 2021 13:03 (three years ago) link
i've missed this thread... so many good recs in the years since i last posted. been particularly enjoying the gr8080 playlists and of course the test pressing stay home and chill ones too <3
this is mentioned in the tp 2020 round up but super vibing on everything i've heard from pellegrino & zodyaco:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3Hu0LwxgVghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHmyXJs9yFw
the label that put that out, early sounds, was also involved in the napoli segreta comps - those are also amazing and may or may not have already been mentioned itt but definitely worth checking out
a friend recently tipped me off to this older gem, you all might enjoy it too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d4JRZ1d9J4
― balearic erik (psychgawsple), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 21:32 (three years ago) link
good to see you back here!
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 17 March 2021 11:37 (three years ago) link
Thanks for the recs
This was linked a few weeks back in her own thread but posting it here as Charlotte Adigery's playlist on Spotify of the stuff she plays on her Studio Brussel show is an absolute treasure trove of Balearic classics, techno bangers, ambient, dub, disco, reggae, hip-hop, post-punk, pop, soul, jazz and just about everything in-between
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2nwx9MiQuOtuvapreLFQOi?si=YhhDk850RL2Ej-w2AsU0yg
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 17 March 2021 15:32 (three years ago) link
A thread for HOWIE LEE's sublime, genre-spanning Chinese folk/prog/jazz/Balearic/grime opus 'BIRDY ISLAND'
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Wednesday, 28 April 2021 13:56 (three years ago) link
Great new mix from Lexx via Danny Mclewin
Next up in our Idle Cellars mix series we are delighted to have the legendary Lexx deliver an exquisite selection of soft rock, soul jazz and smoky folk gems that truly only he can, with such effortless ease. Known for some of the most exquisite mixes for Test Pressing he’s delivered us a mix very much in the vein of those seminal Renaissance journeys. It is safe to say I am head over heels in love with this immaculate selection. Tune in and bliss out to this perfect Idle soundtrack
https://soundcloud.com/user-941642258-283402318/lexx-bon-voyage
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 19 May 2021 14:37 (three years ago) link
Not had a chance to check this out yet but the description seems to be relevant to this thread:
https://yarni.bandcamp.com/album/boro
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Thursday, 20 May 2021 13:36 (three years ago) link
Sounds great! Thanks for the heads up.
Darn these international shipping rates. Oh well
― Evan, Thursday, 20 May 2021 15:44 (three years ago) link
I got really really bored during a Teams call and ordered it without listening. Ummm listening now and it's... okay? Maybe a little too tidy and polite - like mid-period Nightmares On Wax or something. It's worth a listen though
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Thursday, 20 May 2021 15:52 (three years ago) link
Yeah, definitely a stoned 90s downtempo breaks vibe in the Grand Central Records style, not in a bad way
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Thursday, 20 May 2021 15:53 (three years ago) link
I didn't give it a formal listen (sampled some and then left it going from midpoint to the end) at low volume through laptop speakers, but what I heard of the 2nd half has been nice. Yes perhaps a bit sterile.
― Evan, Thursday, 20 May 2021 15:56 (three years ago) link
It'll be good concentration music for when I'm working, whatevs. Not sure if there will be a standout track I'd put into a set.
Speaking of which, I've been invited to play a very short vinyl set to a sit-down crowd next week. I think it'll mostly be youngsters waiting for someone to play a bunch of acid and jungle. But figured I'd play a nice Balearic set seeing as my collection has been building up over lockdown. Not sure how it'll go down, but fuck em
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Thursday, 20 May 2021 16:13 (three years ago) link
youngsters are into acid and jungle? I'm really out of the loop
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Thursday, 20 May 2021 16:17 (three years ago) link
Drum n Bass seems to be having a resurgence amongst the youth but yeah, jungle never went away in Bristol. People never seem to tire of it
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Thursday, 20 May 2021 17:35 (three years ago) link
I'm clearly living in the wrong part of the world, I'm not sure if jungle or DnB ever even existed in Texas
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Thursday, 20 May 2021 17:40 (three years ago) link
Yeah, I always wonder whether there's some club around Boston that plays like jungle or balearic stuff, or really any cool club music. Haven't heard of one yet. Outside of like New York, I wonder how rare this sort of thing really is in the US.
― OneSecondBefore, Friday, 21 May 2021 03:00 (three years ago) link
RIP Axis
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Friday, 21 May 2021 03:05 (three years ago) link
Yeah, they closed before I moved here. Bums me out, that would have been right up my alley!
― OneSecondBefore, Friday, 21 May 2021 12:53 (three years ago) link
I know they've probably been shut down by the pandemic but does The Phoenix Landing still have DJs? That was another that I went to a lot.
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Friday, 21 May 2021 13:19 (three years ago) link
I've actually never been, but their website still talks about local DJs, so hopefully they'll be able to resume those kinds of events soon. Thanks for the tip, I'll check it out!
― OneSecondBefore, Friday, 21 May 2021 14:42 (three years ago) link
it's been over 20 years since I was last there, but back in the 90s they brought in a surprisingly solid string of DJs
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Friday, 21 May 2021 15:31 (three years ago) link
i came to this comp for the version of "food of love" and it turns out the whole thing is pretty excellent
https://toytonics.bandcamp.com/album/kapote-pres-mushroom-house-vol-2
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Monday, 24 May 2021 21:35 (two years ago) link
Been enjoying this, Good Block - Strato: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZCQVZcytdA
― MikoMcha, Sunday, 6 June 2021 14:18 (two years ago) link
love good block, their mixes and edits are great too
― donna rouge, Sunday, 6 June 2021 17:20 (two years ago) link
Medlar - Aerial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y6W-paS_GI
― MikoMcha, Thursday, 9 September 2021 07:31 (two years ago) link
Nice. Listening to the whole album now.
Not sure if this has been posted before but there's an ace Balearic playlist from Moonboots & Jolyon on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6dVaSFTshqzC5u3xUViTAj?si=3589381bef53406d
― groovypanda, Friday, 10 September 2021 09:30 (two years ago) link
Sadly my vinyl copy is delayed till November but the new Reuben Vaun Smith is sounding FANTASTIC. Last year's Warm Nights album got me through the pandemic, and this sounds like a much lusher and deeper excursion overall with added instruments and vocals but without losing the original charm
https://open.spotify.com/album/2bg1QFXLQ1FQ266YSczeP6?si=fEUmt8JfQsOr1Tan-RGaZA&dl_branch=1
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Thursday, 16 September 2021 15:00 (two years ago) link
great vibes on the RVS album.
― skip, Friday, 17 September 2021 03:29 (two years ago) link
first new a mountain of one material in over a decade: music + "VR experience"?
https://banbantonton.com/2021/08/14/a-mountain-of-one-custards-last-stand-amore/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtO5SeKfajw
― donna rouge, Sunday, 26 September 2021 20:24 (two years ago) link
This compilation looks pure fire - Ritmo Fantasía: Balearic Spanish Synth-Pop, Boogie and House (1982-1992) [Compiled by DJ Trujillo]: https://soundwayrecords.bandcamp.com/album/ritmo-fantas-a-balearic-spanish-synth-pop-boogie-and-house-1982-1992-compiled-by-dj-trujillo
― MikoMcha, Friday, 15 October 2021 19:36 (two years ago) link
this nicolas godin album is fab
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Monday, 15 November 2021 01:10 (two years ago) link
Here's my latest playlist of mellow Balearic-friendly atmospheres for background chilling, vibing etc - this one concentrates on a slightly hippyish, boho vibe with lots of acoustic guitar flourishes before moving into other dimensions. Enjoy. And if you want to hear any of the others, search "Club Stoic" in playlists on Spotify.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0zuodybtDUQtIqkL61Ojou?si=327beb25a41344ef
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Friday, 19 November 2021 11:41 (two years ago) link
Nice one dl. Will give it a listen over the weekend
― groovypanda, Friday, 19 November 2021 14:33 (two years ago) link
If anyone wants to get me that Ritmo Fantasia comp upthread they'd be very welcome. Somehow I appear to have already spend an obscene amount of money on music in recent weeks
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Friday, 19 November 2021 21:28 (two years ago) link
Sort of a late night city balearic vibe here, super into it:
https://music-from-memory.bandcamp.com/album/move-through-it
― OneSecondBefore, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 05:37 (two years ago) link
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