this is a thread for the BALEARIC REVIVAL

i almost bought the Sorcerer album yesterday.

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

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.

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.

what's up with this new AMO single?

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.

balearic revival is new downtempo.

oops, meant to say it's THE new downtempo

adult contemporary?

I'm scared to go back to that Chicken Lips record, remember some horrifying listening experiences last year.

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.

I mean, how far are we from Todd Terje releasing instrumental edits of Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game"!

fyi trentmoller did an amazing remix of wicked game under his business man alias

so, to answer your question: not far

i have listened the shit out of those aMo1 albums

er EPs

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w46/amountainofone/Quotes.jpg

^ i guess that's the same thing haitch said

Hah - the 1st beta band ep is now a signifier.

lol @ rough trade - everyone knows the 1st BB EP was the weakest!

meet the new british press same as the old

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?

couldnt be better than all those pom pom re-edits.

"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.

fyi trentmoller did an amazing remix of wicked game under his business man alias

does anyone read my posts? http://aurgasm.us/2006/12/hey-dj-friday-chris-isaak-and-dub.html

:( <-- before listening to that song

:) <-- after

Not bad, but I'd prefer hearing The Studio do something with that one.

okay i think i have to jump ship when we're onto groups named windsurf and hatchback

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.

couldnt be better than all those pom pom re-edits.

-- ☪, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 11:22 (11 hours ago) Link

plz 2 explain

this is a nice one by Jaki of Can's Phantom Band
http://www.dreamchimney.com/tracks/16823

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.

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.

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

where is that?

windward coast of Oahu.

New Jersey

Wow - that is awesome. I don't really get the Lindsrom&Prins Thomas reference though.

So is anyone gonna venture a definition of balearic?

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)

WTF - The Cure "Lullaby"???

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.

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.

I've never heard anyone say 'Balearic beat'.

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.

"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.

"Floating in the air, floating in the sea, take my hand, come with me"

"Brown Piano" is up on the A Mountain of One myspace page

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

it's like a postrock band playing dance music in hawaii

Nice interview with Joan Bibiloni over on Ban Ban Ton Ton

https://banbantonton.com/2020/09/09/interview-joan-bibiloni/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfMoB27CxAQ

Domenique Dumont has a new album out in November. It's a soundtrack to a German silent film from the 30s. This is the only track up yet, and it sounds very nice.

oh nicee!

Is this a fleshed out version of the SoundCloud I shared earlier in the year. I'm hyped!

I searched out the SoundCloud link I shared on this thread. It was indeed the same project, and it no longer is on SoundCloud. Will be interesting to see if this is a repackaging of the exact same thing or what.

I was really hoping they'd release it.

Relistening to Domenique Dumont’s miniatures album and it has so many breezy, gorgeous moments. Specially love how the guitar sounds.

At this point, I'd say that's my favorite of the two.

'sans cesse, mon chéri' is already an all time great

Head up- this is fantastic

https://invisible-inc.bandcamp.com/album/the-indoor-gardener

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a3962175347_16.jpg

RIP JOSE PADILLA

Very sad news. RIP.

https://banbantonton.com/2020/10/25/jose-padilla-the-cafe-del-mar-a-personal-top-ten

Enjoying Double Geography a lot. Really feeling the Balearic-style vibes lately in fact.

Put together a couple of nice playlists in this style:

WARM NIGHTS - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4ODDwMMpnatOm0LrKhJN8M?si=lB37FSzhQ8iKHqu49uko9g
AUTUMN DRIVES - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0NEcp59HO7Pw5iodc9yPvQ?si=zWjWnEcCQ3ChrSMyJ4B72g

Worth checking out FELBM's Tape series on Soundway too

https://felbm.bandcamp.com/album/tape-3-tape-4-full-album

Great playlists dog latin!

thank you Evan :-)

just ploughing through this double geography album, sounding very nice so far

really enjoyed this tribute to José Padilla https://www.nts.live/shows/test-pressing/episodes/test-pressing-24th-october-2020

so I grabbed all the tracks used and made a little comp if anyone wants it

of course I do :)

email lukasb on the google

Good vibes on this one: https://periodicarecords.bandcamp.com/album/danse-cette-zik

nice, that sounds great

i really enjoy the rosa album on that same label, they put out good stuff

New Domenique Dumont is excellent as expected, more subtle and less chirpy than previous releases but would have been ideal if it had came out in time for the end of summer.

I don't realistically expect anyone to listen to the whole thing but I've been wanting to get this vibe out my system for a while.
So, here's a 4 and a half hour mix of Balearic lift music:

https://www.mixcloud.com/cframe/stoic-epic/

Joan Bibiloni - Sa Fosca
RAMON PYRME - Vacance Union
Reuben Vaun Smith - Open Chakras
Golden Teacher - The Kazimier
STUFF. - Spinning Leaf
Double Geography - Golden Pothos
Alabaster DePlume - Visit Croatia
Felbm - Veluwe
Girls in Airports - Broken Stones
Eddie Chacon - Wicked World
Beverly Glenn-Copeland - Sunset Village
Felbm - Filatelie
JAKE SLAZENGER - HUNG LIKE A BULL
Thomas Leer - Tight As A Drum
Two Lone Swordsmen - Brother Foster through the phones
Stereolab - Metronomic Underground
Admas - Astawesalehu
Jungle By Night - Hangmat
Double Geography - Yucca
Digitonal - Drencrom
Reuben Vaun Smith - Sunshine Flute
Antena - Seaside Weekend
Steve Reich - Electric Counterpoint - Slow
The Durutti Column - Sketch For Summer
LAID BACK - FLY AWAY, WALKING IN THE SUNSHINE
Mariah - Shinzo No Tobira
Gabriel Yared - C'est Le Vent, Betty
John Maus - Hey Moon
Rare Silk - Storm
Software - Island Sunrise
Animal Collective - No More Runnin
Arthur Russell - In The Light Of The Miracle
Paul McCartney - Secret Friend (2011 Remaster)
Shakatak - NIGHT BIRDS
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - An Intention (Cumulonimbus Remix by Joe Goddard)
TRILLS - For What It's Worth (Sound Clinic Remix)
Double Geography - Dracaena
Khidja Și Mihai Balabaș - Komagome
James Ferraro - Adventures In Green Foot Printing
CiM - Skim Two
Andrés - New For U
Aphex Twin - actium
Marianne Faithfull - The Blue Millionaire
Thiago Nassif - Rijo Jórra Já
Autechre - gr4
Nimco Jamaac - Buuraha U Dheer (The Highest Mountains)
Alice Coltrane - Prema Muditha
Frida Johansson, Henrik Oja - Magic and Mischief
Benjamin Clementine - By the Ports of Europe
toby fox - Shop
Omer Klein - Fearless Friday
PLONE - Miniature Magic
I-Mo-Jah - I've Been Hurt
Nohelani Cypriano - LIHUE
Mark Barrott - Keltner & Chalkin
Cornelius - Nowhere
Arrangement - Coconut Mango
The Beach Boys - Diamond Head
Black Dice - Cloud Pleaser

thanks for this DL, just the thing while WFH in Autumn, dreaming of sunny shores!

^ Wow, that track listing is amazing, looking fwd to listening to this at work

ah nice, would love to know what you think!

awesome through the first few tracks!

yeah great mix - soothes, energizes, moisturizes

Rare Silk... never heard this, so good.

glad you all are enjoying it! it does deviate from things towards the end but my excuse is that I was a few beers in by that point

Molero - Ficciones Del Tropico looks like it ought to go here.

https://holuzam.bandcamp.com/album/ficciones-del-tr-pico

Dog Latin, did you get the 10” reissue for Raw Silk and does yours also sound terrible? My copy has a lot of noise.

no, i only got an mp3 i'm afraid

new K-Lone album is quite different from his previous stuff and definitely fits the tropical balearic sound: https://wisdomteethuk.bandcamp.com/album/k-lone-cape-cira-lp

You mean new as in this year? It's been out since spring. Indeed it is so good! Check out The Falls EP while you're at it.

Ah well it's new to me. I was only familiar with his clubbier stuff till now

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

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

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

Test Pressing 2020 round up: https://testpressing.org/magazine/tp-end-of-year-round-up

that flamingo pier song “indigo” that Nancy Noise rec’s is a jam a half

and a half 🕺🏻

Test Pressing have set up a forum: https://testpressing.org/magazine/weve-launched-a-forum-1
Wahey!

RIP ILX

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/

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

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