to avoid derailing the studio thread, please to discuss all your smoothed-out dub disco flamenco party faves here!
has there been much talk of a mountain of one on ILM? i know there has been a bit on the noise board. their two EPs are getting reissued on CD with some new songs in september, i can imagine ILM's talk talk fan contingent flipping out for that. new single is getting a 12 minute+ studio remix, too.
― haitch, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 01:32 (ten years ago) Permalink
i almost bought the Sorcerer album yesterday.
― jaxon, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 01:47 (ten years ago) Permalink
here are some other groups worth checking out
dreamchimney dudes windsurf: http://www.myspace.com/windsurfmusic (& the two members of Windsurf) sorcerer: http://www.myspace.com/sorcererjams hatchback: http://www.myspace.com/hatchback76
blackjoy: http://www.myspace.com/blackjoy2000
― jaxon, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 01:50 (ten years ago) Permalink
i think i should pull out the Chicken Lips albums from a few years ago. at the time i wasn't feeling the dadrockness of it, but heard a song of theirs at a sushi joint last night (don't tell steve shasta i went on a sunday) and it really reminded me of Map of Africa.
― jaxon, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 01:52 (ten years ago) Permalink
i think that chicken lips album only came out last year!
that hatchback track 'white diamond' (and its much-hyped prins thomas remix) is pretty fine. hadn't heard of windsurf before now, though.
― haitch, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 02:28 (ten years ago) Permalink
what's up with this new AMO single?
― cutty, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 02:30 (ten years ago) Permalink
We just this morning took delivery of the new A Mountain of One single, 'Brown Piano' (for some reason this title cracks me up), and album, Collected Works (I know why that one cracks me up). The album just assembles the tracks which've already seen album release and slaps on a Blue NIle/Talk Talk-style sleeve, but the single, a new track, boasts a remix from Studio - an eleven-minute epic (of course), it has one of the most ominous, grand intros I've heard in a while, but as a whole it doesn't hold a candle to anything on their supernaturally good West Coast LP.
― haitch, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 02:36 (ten years ago) Permalink
balearic revival is new downtempo.
― Romeo Jones, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 02:47 (ten years ago) Permalink
oops, meant to say it's THE new downtempo
adult contemporary?
― speculator, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 03:01 (ten years ago) Permalink
I'm scared to go back to that Chicken Lips record, remember some horrifying listening experiences last year.
― Dominique, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 03:04 (ten years ago) Permalink
Don't know how much we need this thread, as a lot has been discussed in the beardo thread.
I have seen "balearic" become one of the go-to adjectives for hip online shops these days, to describe anything that is vaguely neo-disco, downtempo, or trip-hop sounding. Anything that has an acoustic guitar also works. I think even the new Chemical Brothers album was saddled with the tag!
It was only so short ago that "balearic" usually meant smooth jazz/adult contemporary music, or was something you'd find on an Ibiza comp. I can see many people get badly burned (a la Italo Disco, Ryan Paris/Radiorama does not sound like Mixed Up In the Hague) if this new flavor continues to grow.
― Michael F Gill, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 04:35 (ten years ago) Permalink
I mean, how far are we from Todd Terje releasing instrumental edits of Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game"!
― Michael F Gill, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 04:39 (ten years ago) Permalink
fyi trentmoller did an amazing remix of wicked game under his business man alias
― The Macallan 18 Year, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 05:00 (ten years ago) Permalink
so, to answer your question: not far
― The Macallan 18 Year, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 05:05 (ten years ago) Permalink
i have listened the shit out of those aMo1 albums
― max, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 05:12 (ten years ago) Permalink
er EPs
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w46/amountainofone/Quotes.jpg
― jaxon, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 05:24 (ten years ago) Permalink
^ i guess that's the same thing haitch said
― jaxon, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 05:26 (ten years ago) Permalink
Hah - the 1st beta band ep is now a signifier.
― baaderonixx, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 09:43 (ten years ago) Permalink
lol @ rough trade - everyone knows the 1st BB EP was the weakest!
― jabba hands, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 10:11 (ten years ago) Permalink
meet the new british press same as the old
― Michael F Gill, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 11:05 (ten years ago) Permalink
how far are we from Todd Terje releasing instrumental edits of Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game"
okay surely i am not alone in thinking this would be the most amazing thing?
― c sharp major, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 11:18 (ten years ago) Permalink
couldnt be better than all those pom pom re-edits.
― ☪, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 11:22 (ten years ago) Permalink
"lol @ rough trade - everyone knows the 1st BB EP was the weakest!"
Yeah this is almost off-putting to read. It surely means "y'know, it's got a rhythm track and it's a bit cruisy, but it's not scary or anything! nothing too experimental!"
And yeah I'm imagining the most awesome awesome edit of "Wicked Game" right now. Not that the song needs an edit to be fabulous.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 13:52 (ten years ago) Permalink
does anyone read my posts? http://aurgasm.us/2006/12/hey-dj-friday-chris-isaak-and-dub.html
― The Macallan 18 Year, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 16:26 (ten years ago) Permalink
:( <-- before listening to that song
:) <-- after
― The Macallan 18 Year, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 16:27 (ten years ago) Permalink
Not bad, but I'd prefer hearing The Studio do something with that one.
― baaderonixx, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 16:46 (ten years ago) Permalink
okay i think i have to jump ship when we're onto groups named windsurf and hatchback
― strongohulkington, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 16:56 (ten years ago) Permalink
yeah, i pretty much said the same thing on the 70s soft rock thread. but their music is good and they seem like cool guys.
― jaxon, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 17:46 (ten years ago) Permalink
-- ☪, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 11:22 (11 hours ago) Link
plz 2 explain
― elan, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 22:30 (ten years ago) Permalink
this is a nice one by Jaki of Can's Phantom Band http://www.dreamchimney.com/tracks/16823
― jaxon, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 22:35 (ten years ago) Permalink
there totally needs to be a seperate balearic thread as stuff gets lost int he beardo thread to quickly.
the mix that mountain on one did for best foot forward is totally wrecking my head.
in some ways its really great phased out low slung coke rock.
and sometimes i think that balearic is the nu re edit is the new electro is the nu electroclash is the nu...is the nu...is the nu..... (repeat to fade)
and I think about cnuts going into phonica and asking about the lastest Lindstrom mix of chris rea's Josephine and I want to kill it before it grows.
― Hamildan, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 22:51 (ten years ago) Permalink
Almost two years old, but the Lindstrom and Prins Thomas LP goes here too. I almost feel like they should have released it under a different moniker and then went ahead and released the 12" versions as themselves. Its not a dance record at all.
― gr8080, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 20:05 (ten years ago) Permalink
Shitty things about my new commute:
-It is 40+ miles one way -It is 60 - 90 minutes depending on time of day
Awesome things about my new commute:
-It gives me plenty of time to listen to new music -Music on this thread accompanies commute's view nicely:
http://icons.wunderground.com/data/wximagenew/k/kaneohe/2.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/66/273742401_a1f618f53f_o.jpg
http://image42.webshots.com/42/4/36/21/2062436210017353410UvkNDq_ph.jpg
― gr8080, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 20:10 (ten years ago) Permalink
where is that?
― Michael F Gill, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 20:18 (ten years ago) Permalink
windward coast of Oahu.
― gr8080, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 20:33 (ten years ago) Permalink
New Jersey
― deej, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 20:34 (ten years ago) Permalink
Wow - that is awesome. I don't really get the Lindsrom&Prins Thomas reference though.
So is anyone gonna venture a definition of balearic?
― baaderonixx, Thursday, 2 August 2007 08:39 (ten years ago) Permalink
Here's the top 25 balaeric records as voted for on the v balaeric DJ History board. These were all played on Bill Brewster's show on Kiss(?) yesterday...
1 Tullio de Piscopo - Primavera (Stop Bajon) (Bagaria, 1984) 2 William Pitt - City Lights (Public Sound, 1986) 3 Elkin & Nelson - Jibaro (CBS, 1986) 4 Chris Rea - Josephine (Magnet, 1985) 5 Herb Alpert - Rotation (A&M, 1979) 6 Manuel Goettsching - E2-E4 (Inteam, 1984) 7 Mandy Smith - I Just Can't Wait (Cool & Breezy Jazz Mix) (PWL, 1987) 8 Dizzi Heights - Would I Find Love (Parlophone, 1986) 9 Art Of Noise - Moments In Love (Island, 1983) 10 It's Immaterial - Driving Away From Home (Virgin, 1986) 11 Carly Simon - Why (WEA, 1982) 12 Sebastien Tellier - La Ritournelle (Lucky Number, 2005) 13 Donna Summer - State of Independence (WEA, 1982) 14 Laid Back - Fly Away/Walking In The Sunshine (CBS, 1983) 15 Kate Bush - Running Up The Hill (EMI, 1985) 16 Cure - Lullaby (Fiction, 1989) 17 Linda Di Franco - TV Scene (WEA, 1985) 18 Flash & The Pan - Walking In The Rain (Epic, 1978) 19 Izit - Stories (ffrr, 1989) 20 Fleetwood Mac - Big Love (Arthur Baker Remix) (Warners, 1987) 21 Double – The Captain Of Her Heart (Polydor, 1985) 22 The Beloved - The Sun Rising (WEA, 1989) 23 Enzo Avitabile - Blackout (EMI, 1986) 24 Mike Francis - Features Of Love (Concorde, 1985) 25 Richie Havens - Going Back To My Roots (Elektra, 1980)
― Raw Patrick, Thursday, 2 August 2007 09:09 (ten years ago) Permalink
WTF - The Cure "Lullaby"???
― baaderonixx, Thursday, 2 August 2007 09:19 (ten years ago) Permalink
There's no Wiki entry for balearic (the music) so someone should write a really bad one and piss off the purists. I'm so unbalearic that I spelled it wrong twice in my previous post.
― Raw Patrick, Thursday, 2 August 2007 09:29 (ten years ago) Permalink
there's a wiki entry for 'Balearic Beat', though.
I used to think it was pronounced and spelt 'baleriac', I'm still not really sure if I'm saying it right.
― c sharp major, Thursday, 2 August 2007 11:08 (ten years ago) Permalink
I've never heard anyone say 'Balearic beat'.
― Raw Patrick, Thursday, 2 August 2007 11:14 (ten years ago) Permalink
mm, it sounds kind of lame (the word 'beat' in a genre name generally sounds lame and pseudy to me?). 'Balearic house' i've seen used, though.
― c sharp major, Thursday, 2 August 2007 11:36 (ten years ago) Permalink
"Lullabye" I can totally see if it's the Extended Mix on Mixed Up - I've put that on quite a few balearic-y "Back to Mine" style comps I've made.
― Tim F, Thursday, 2 August 2007 12:23 (ten years ago) Permalink
"Floating in the air, floating in the sea, take my hand, come with me"
― blueski, Thursday, 2 August 2007 12:50 (ten years ago) Permalink
"Brown Piano" is up on the A Mountain of One myspace page
― jaxon, Thursday, 2 August 2007 21:20 (ten years ago) Permalink
i love playing the 12" mix of lullabye in downtempo/baleric sets.
also, baaderonixxpaws: listen to this cd:
http://www.kompaktkiste.de/cd/_123/_5/541516501427cdp.jpg
― gr8080, Thursday, 2 August 2007 21:43 (ten years ago) Permalink
it's like a postrock band playing dance music in hawaii
― jaxon, Thursday, 2 August 2007 21:49 (ten years ago) Permalink
So far it is wonderful!
It is indeed.
Comp of the year for me (so far) along with the Young Marco one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvXSK1LTx9s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnxgvDo8rxY
― groovypanda, Thursday, 15 June 2017 10:57 (four months ago) Permalink
why did I only just discover Ban Ban Ton Ton? Lots of good mixes and suggested listening wormholes to fall down.
― boxedjoy, Thursday, 15 June 2017 12:04 (four months ago) Permalink
Probably reposting this but came on shuffle... what a jam
https://youtu.be/WTnTFRDXqIo?t=11m18s
― skip, Tuesday, 20 June 2017 18:09 (four months ago) Permalink
that tune is amazing! didn't know what it was but heard it in a jamie tiller mix and been wondering for a while, such a great piece of music.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 20 June 2017 19:27 (four months ago) Permalink
Avid lurker of this thread, enjoy p much all your admissions in here (being in Spain for two months helps, as cliche as that may sound), but the Tharsis Montes, man, that is indeed a jam, so great.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 21 June 2017 15:51 (three months ago) Permalink
Not balearic exactly but words are just tools to box us in and divide us. other than 'genial' that is a word to key into the car of a neighbour as part of hi-jinks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ny4R5h3pPKA
― saer, Friday, 23 June 2017 11:46 (three months ago) Permalink
Nice! Is that your tune?
― elan, Saturday, 24 June 2017 15:35 (three months ago) Permalink
this album is great - this track a very good deep groove!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7tO7hw6qjw
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Sunday, 25 June 2017 11:39 (three months ago) Permalink
― elan,
Unfortunately not, mine don't have that peaceful joie de vivre. Someone left a tape in the car park at Morrisons. I picked it up and tried it out in the Hyundai Accent LC I had hired for the week, and then this happened, reverie flew throughout the valley and crime figures were reduced
― saer, Sunday, 25 June 2017 12:38 (three months ago) Permalink
Is that FBR on an album or just the EPs?
― skip, Sunday, 25 June 2017 16:50 (three months ago) Permalink
the album is on spotify - i think it might also be on vinyl, feel like i saw it somewhere as a whole album.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Sunday, 25 June 2017 16:56 (three months ago) Permalink
Balearic mates did you have this dream too?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbzbsiX6ZfU
― saer, Monday, 26 June 2017 18:01 (three months ago) Permalink
Forthcoming on Basso's Growing Bin:
https://soundcloud.com/growingbinrecords/sets/trance-tapes-gbr-010
Nice write up by Dr Rob over on banbantonton
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 27 June 2017 10:30 (three months ago) Permalink
Thoroughly enjoying the Phil Mison comp referenced above, thanks for the heads up.
― millmeister, Tuesday, 27 June 2017 12:24 (three months ago) Permalink
Balearic mates I woke from my dream but the spirit of the balearic feeling is still around. I borrowed a phone and recorded some balearic people vibing in the local waterways have a great day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXZh0BujTSk
― saer, Thursday, 29 June 2017 14:36 (three months ago) Permalink
xp the comp has sent me down a Mison mix wormhole, he's been doing some loooong mixes at Spiritland eg. https://www.mixcloud.com/Spiritland/phil-mison-at-spiritland-11th-march-2017/
― André Ryu (Neil S), Thursday, 29 June 2017 15:34 (three months ago) Permalink
between Guassian Curve, his solo album, and his collaborative album with Suzanne Kraft, I feel like Jonny Nash is really doing a lot for 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8k59IOgFSs
― boxedjoy, Sunday, 2 July 2017 07:09 (three months ago) Permalink
groovypanda, i downloaded that endless summer 2 mix eons ago and it just came up on shuffle, just in time to accompany a day of summer housecleaning. it's sublime.
― nomar, Sunday, 2 July 2017 17:55 (three months ago) Permalink
more synthpop really but had never heard this until it came up in a trujillo mix - very nice tune! just the £125 on discogs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgoLxzsyW88
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Thursday, 3 August 2017 12:44 (two months ago) Permalink
xp ha, thanks. Keep meaning to do a third volume but don't seem to have the time
― groovypanda, Friday, 4 August 2017 07:43 (two months ago) Permalink
Another couple of great recent compilations:
La Torre Ibiza 2
Second one in the series from Mark Barrott and Pete Gooding
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXjSukyeptA
Crown Ruler Sound
Comp on Danny McLewin's Spacetalk label that has a similar vibe to those recent Psychemagik compilations but with an Afro/Caribbean slant
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF82-jOVprI
― groovypanda, Friday, 4 August 2017 07:56 (two months ago) Permalink
only getting around to the phil mison comp now - really good! he was playing at ministry last week but i didn't leave the harvey room. pity as any sets i have of his are good.
both those la torre comps are great. love the disco davina tune off the first one.
some great tunes on this: https://www.mixcloud.com/BrilliantCorners/trujillos-cosmic-caribe-300517/
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Saturday, 5 August 2017 19:34 (two months ago) Permalink
this, reissued on rush hour, is really nice too, south african disco:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AOI4zOmJZs
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Saturday, 5 August 2017 20:04 (two months ago) Permalink
lastly, anyone know the tune at 15 minutes in this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGQPvzSpYZs
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Saturday, 5 August 2017 20:31 (two months ago) Permalink
i got lord of the isles - in waves on the strength of this thread and it's tremendous, like what bola should have been or something? i LOVE it.
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 7 August 2017 22:26 (two months ago) Permalink
http://www.nts.live/shows/test-pressing/episodes/test-pressing-5th-august-2017
this weekend's Test Pressing show on NTS. These are always good but the one for August was exceptional I thought. No tracklisting up yet which is frustrating.
― boxedjoy, Monday, 7 August 2017 22:52 (two months ago) Permalink
absolutely frigging obsessed rn with this one song by anna domino from 1986:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8wTNLTb08I
― plp will eat itself (NickB), Wednesday, 9 August 2017 12:32 (two months ago) Permalink
managed to id that harvey tune from the above video - incredible record:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8kecKpXH7U
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 9 August 2017 12:48 (two months ago) Permalink
the new bjørn torske and prins thomas LP is pretty sick tyte, i'm listening to it a lot... so far only groovypanda's mentioned it on the lindstrom & prins thomas thread i think. maybe torske deserves more shine. seems like he's been a really big influence in norway's disco scene and still making great music
― davey, Friday, 18 August 2017 18:26 (two months ago) Permalink
https://www.discogs.com/Various-Five-Years-Of-Loving-Notes-/release/10384395
don't think it's been mentioned but this Antinote compilation is really good - a little outside this thread's remit at times but mostly on the flutes and pads side of balearic electronics.
― boxedjoy, Friday, 18 August 2017 19:06 (two months ago) Permalink
Torske is great. I still listen to this Nordic Chill mix he did for DJ Mag in 03.
https://www.discogs.com/Bj%C3%B8rn-Torske-DJ-World-Series-Nordic-Chill/release/172454
― brotherlovesdub, Friday, 18 August 2017 19:28 (two months ago) Permalink
Nice one here.
― skip, Saturday, 19 August 2017 00:16 (two months ago) Permalink
Chee Shimizu's live mix on this Music From Memory compilation is really good, I always think of the label primarily in terms of the ambient stuff they release so to hear a proper mix that you can actually dance to is fun.
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 30 August 2017 18:27 (one month ago) Permalink
Digging this
https://soundcloud.com/troyski/zajedno-for-opalakia-on-pbs-fm
― groovypanda, Monday, 11 September 2017 12:14 (one month ago) Permalink
a lot of the mixes the guys behind it do are more uptempo.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Monday, 11 September 2017 13:05 (one month ago) Permalink
LG you're always listening to good mixes of this stuff, point me towards something similarly uptempo and brilliant you've had on recently please
― boxedjoy, Monday, 11 September 2017 20:00 (one month ago) Permalink
I made a mix this weekend using mostly vinyl but some digital files. https://www.mixcloud.com/biznotic/expand-and-expand/
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 11 September 2017 22:46 (one month ago) Permalink
u bros up on charlotte adigéry? her 12" and garrett's 'private life' are my too big balearic discoveries this summer
― ( ^_^) (Lamp), Tuesday, 12 September 2017 00:04 (one month ago) Permalink
I love that Charlotte Adigery, "Senegal Seduction" is the one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKISwVQh7oA
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 12 September 2017 09:21 (one month ago) Permalink
enjoyed that mix brotherlovesdub, that Oktoberklubben track really reminds me of Studio.
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 12 September 2017 11:41 (one month ago) Permalink
Yeah, The Oktoberklubben is so good. I'm tempted to buy another copy before the 300 pressed are all gone.
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 12 September 2017 15:35 (one month ago) Permalink
Thanks for listening! It's not a great mix technically, levels are off due to going back and forth between vinyl and digital, but the songs are good.
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 12 September 2017 15:36 (one month ago) Permalink
@ boxedjoy - sure - this one is from last year but prob one of my favourite mixes in recent years. jamie tiller is one of the music from memory guys: https://soundcloud.com/dkmntl/orpheu-the-wizard-jamie-tiller-at-lente-kabinet-festival-28052016
there are prob more where that came from. maybe the trujillo mix from brilliant corners too, tho it's a little less obscure: https://www.mixcloud.com/BrilliantCorners/trujillos-cosmic-caribe-300517/
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 09:54 (one month ago) Permalink
there are so many amazing mixes of free music that fit this thread - brilliant corners' mixcloud alone is full of these huge mixes.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 09:56 (one month ago) Permalink
Spiritland's Mixcloud feed is similarly packed with down-tempo goodness: https://www.mixcloud.com/Spiritland/
― André Ryu (Neil S), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 10:05 (one month ago) Permalink
Listening to Chris Coco from Spiritland now. It's quite good, and especially nice considering he doesn't talk. I regularly listen to Melodica, but his voice is even more annoying than Mary Ann Hobbes.
― brotherlovesdub, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 16:32 (one month ago) Permalink
i prob posted this before but this one is a real odyssey: https://soundcloud.com/johngomezldn/john-gomez-jamie-tiller-at-brilliant-corners
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Thursday, 14 September 2017 09:45 (one month ago) Permalink
Also lots of good mixes over at Dr Rob's Ban Ban Ton Ton site, especially his Looking For The Balearic Beat series of mixes of new releases:
https://banbantonton.com/2017/09/08/mix-looking-for-the-balearic-beat-september-2017/
― groovypanda, Thursday, 14 September 2017 14:10 (one month ago) Permalink
The new Harvey compilation is worth getting, as usual.
― skip, Thursday, 12 October 2017 05:36 (one week ago) Permalink
This mix from the Beat Broker is soothing me on a cold and wet Thursday morning:
https://soundcloud.com/eclectics28/eclectics-radio-show-number-two
― groovypanda, Thursday, 19 October 2017 10:41 (yesterday) Permalink