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 (eleven years ago) Permalink
i almost bought the Sorcerer album yesterday.
― jaxon, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 01:47 (eleven 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 (eleven 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 (eleven 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 (eleven years ago) Permalink
what's up with this new AMO single?
― cutty, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 02:30 (eleven 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 (eleven years ago) Permalink
balearic revival is new downtempo.
― Romeo Jones, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 02:47 (eleven years ago) Permalink
oops, meant to say it's THE new downtempo
adult contemporary?
― speculator, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 03:01 (eleven 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 (eleven 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 (eleven 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 (eleven 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 (eleven years ago) Permalink
so, to answer your question: not far
― The Macallan 18 Year, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 05:05 (eleven years ago) Permalink
i have listened the shit out of those aMo1 albums
― max, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 05:12 (eleven years ago) Permalink
er EPs
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w46/amountainofone/Quotes.jpg
― jaxon, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 05:24 (eleven years ago) Permalink
^ i guess that's the same thing haitch said
― jaxon, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 05:26 (eleven years ago) Permalink
Hah - the 1st beta band ep is now a signifier.
― baaderonixx, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 09:43 (eleven years ago) Permalink
lol @ rough trade - everyone knows the 1st BB EP was the weakest!
― jabba hands, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 10:11 (eleven years ago) Permalink
meet the new british press same as the old
― Michael F Gill, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 11:05 (eleven 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 (eleven years ago) Permalink
couldnt be better than all those pom pom re-edits.
― ☪, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 11:22 (eleven 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 (eleven 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 (eleven years ago) Permalink
:( <-- before listening to that song
:) <-- after
― The Macallan 18 Year, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 16:27 (eleven years ago) Permalink
Not bad, but I'd prefer hearing The Studio do something with that one.
― baaderonixx, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 16:46 (eleven 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 (eleven 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 (eleven years ago) Permalink
-- ☪, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 11:22 (11 hours ago) Link
plz 2 explain
― elan, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 22:30 (eleven 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 (eleven 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 (eleven 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 (eleven 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 (eleven years ago) Permalink
where is that?
― Michael F Gill, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 20:18 (eleven years ago) Permalink
windward coast of Oahu.
― gr8080, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 20:33 (eleven years ago) Permalink
New Jersey
― deej, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 20:34 (eleven 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 (eleven 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 (eleven years ago) Permalink
WTF - The Cure "Lullaby"???
― baaderonixx, Thursday, 2 August 2007 09:19 (eleven 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 (eleven 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 (eleven years ago) Permalink
I've never heard anyone say 'Balearic beat'.
― Raw Patrick, Thursday, 2 August 2007 11:14 (eleven 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 (eleven 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 (eleven years ago) Permalink
"Floating in the air, floating in the sea, take my hand, come with me"
― blueski, Thursday, 2 August 2007 12:50 (eleven years ago) Permalink
"Brown Piano" is up on the A Mountain of One myspace page
― jaxon, Thursday, 2 August 2007 21:20 (eleven 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 (eleven years ago) Permalink
it's like a postrock band playing dance music in hawaii
― jaxon, Thursday, 2 August 2007 21:49 (eleven years ago) Permalink
Oh damn...
https://runningbackrecords.bandcamp.com/album/nature-sounds-of-the-balearics
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Monday, November 26, 2018 1:22 AM (two months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Finally got around to listening to this and I think I've finally resigned myself to something I have suspected for some time: the two volumes of Sketches From An Island--which I've listened to more times than I could possibly count--were a fluke. Like everything else I've checked out by MB, this recent album does nothing for me whatsoever. I'll try again, because in theory I'm a big MB fan (well, based on those two albums, anyway), but probably won't be buying this one.
― Paul Ponzi, Sunday, 17 February 2019 14:41 (four months ago) Permalink
This one is very different, but has its own charms
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Sunday, 17 February 2019 15:09 (four months ago) Permalink
I think its worth noting that he admitted he wasn't trying to do Sketches 3 or a similar approach, and it was released on Running Back which these days is known more for bigroom house than anything, rather than his own label
― boxedjoy, Sunday, 17 February 2019 18:54 (four months ago) Permalink
He has a bunch of really good singles and eps that are worth checking out for more of that sketches vibe.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Sunday, 17 February 2019 18:58 (four months ago) Permalink
He's an old head... he put out a lot of stuff in the 90s too (future loop foundation etc)
― brimstead, Sunday, 17 February 2019 20:13 (four months ago) Permalink
I really love Nature Sounds of the Balearics. To me he’s just as good at the techno/house side as his sketches from an island vibe
― ƒ©˙∆˚¬ (Whitey on the Moon), Monday, 18 February 2019 05:38 (four months ago) Permalink
Also in Talamanca System with Gerd Janson and (Phillip) Lauer.
― groovypanda, Monday, 18 February 2019 09:01 (four months ago) Permalink
I'm liking the samples I'm hearing of this Attilio album
https://soundcloud.com/seance-centre/sets/attilio-art-takes-a-holiday
― Evan, Friday, 1 March 2019 18:48 (three months ago) Permalink
Also this amazing Mike Cooper album just got a repress:
https://room40.bandcamp.com/album/white-shadows-in-the-south-seas
― Evan, Friday, 1 March 2019 21:04 (three months ago) Permalink
New Apiento track is very good
https://soundcloud.com/worldbuilding/apiento-things-you-do-for-love
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 13 March 2019 10:36 (three months ago) Permalink
omniboi - gucci
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbNjHBM47bs
this was originally a remix of lil pump "gucci gang" by a producer named omniboi... the remix is cute but the instrumental is a slice of balearic heaven imo
the video of him playing the remix live in his bedroom is dope tho
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSCRR6FVtSI
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 21 March 2019 05:06 (three months ago) Permalink
Today's RA Podcast is an hour of largely unreleased Jonny Nash stuff
https://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?id=674
Jonny Nash - Blue Feel Gigi Masin & Jonny Nash - Interstellar Kuniyuki Takahashi & Jonny Nash - Untitled 1 Jonny Nash - Untitled (Live at Red Light Radio store) Kuniyuki Takahashi & Jonny Nash - Untitled 2 MATstudio - In Strange Company He Spoke Softly (Excerpt) Kyle Martin & Jonny Nash - Loved Me MATstudio - The Perishable Imagination (Excerpt) Jonny Nash - Face Of Another Jonny Nash - Conversations With Mike / Down In Babakan (Live @ Hosoi) Kyle Martin & Jonny Nash - The Most Important Thing
― groovypanda, Monday, 29 April 2019 10:06 (one month ago) Permalink
Feeling that. I listened to clips of his last album and wasn't that impressed but might need to go back to it
― paolo, Tuesday, 30 April 2019 19:32 (one month ago) Permalink
Also this amazing Mike Cooper album just got a repress:https://room40.bandcamp.com/album/white-shadows-in-the-south-seas― Evan, Friday, 1 March 2019 21:04 (one month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
This is lovely except for one of the tracks near the end which has a really high pitched tone all the way through and is pretty much unlistenable
― paolo, Tuesday, 30 April 2019 19:34 (one month ago) Permalink
any other balearic fans loving the helado negro album? it's not really balearic but i get v similar feelings out of its sounds. (and it's such a good album.)
― Mordy, Tuesday, 30 April 2019 19:34 (one month ago) Permalink
Ace!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXzq2O3Og9I
― groovypanda, Friday, 3 May 2019 10:25 (one month ago) Permalink
RRRREEEEEEEEPRESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!
08 jul 19 on best record italy, already got mine on preorder from the usual spot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmqtuzX1lgY
― the late great, Friday, 3 May 2019 11:06 (one month ago) Permalink
All time
― groovypanda, Friday, 3 May 2019 11:13 (one month ago) Permalink
yessir and difficult to find except on those absurdly overpriced (and overrated imo) claremont originals comps
i hate on that label but i have to admit each of those comps has turned me on to at least one all time bomb ... though imo at least 75% of the obscurities on those comps should have stayed obscure
― the late great, Friday, 3 May 2019 11:16 (one month ago) Permalink
well difficult to find on 12" anyway
― the late great, Friday, 3 May 2019 11:20 (one month ago) Permalink
Ha! I've got all 10 on CD.
75% is a little harsh
― groovypanda, Friday, 3 May 2019 11:28 (one month ago) Permalink
wow dude those are worth a lot of money! my favorite, the sean p one, is going for like $80 on discogs.
i think some of them are better than others. i like the ones by sean p, lexx, burgess & green, and rong music a lot more than the rest. but i'm not really hardcore balearic so there you go
― the late great, Friday, 3 May 2019 11:38 (one month ago) Permalink
the moonboots one is about half bangers i think (sth national, esposito, band aid, radio band, flayer), but kind of agree about the rest
xp
― dogs, Friday, 3 May 2019 11:49 (one month ago) Permalink
oh yeah moonboots is good too
i'm probably just being crazy harsh because crazy $$$
― the late great, Friday, 3 May 2019 12:06 (one month ago) Permalink
I dont really think any of the originals are that solid but they do always have 3-6 great tracks a piece on em
― brimstead, Friday, 3 May 2019 19:26 (one month ago) Permalink
honestly will forever be in debt to the series for introducing me to flayer, escape from NY's "fire in my heart" and letta's "nomalizo"
we got fire in my heart and flayer represses, now we need nomalizo on 12"
― the late great, Friday, 3 May 2019 19:31 (one month ago) Permalink
aware there was a recent edit but not super crazy about it, what do you all think?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWdTlQ7S8j8
― the late great, Friday, 3 May 2019 19:35 (one month ago) Permalink
That Fire In My Heart tune is amazing. Such an intense, dramatic beat.
― FernandoHierro, Friday, 3 May 2019 19:36 (one month ago) Permalink
Other favourites would be
Loui$ - Pink FootpathCube - Somebody Told Me (in fact most of the Joylon/Matthew Burgess one)Wide Boy Awake - Slang TeacherKing Errisson - Space QueenA Band Called O - CoastingSavanna Silver Band - Take A Step
― groovypanda, Friday, 3 May 2019 20:15 (one month ago) Permalink
Last week's Dream Chimney mix from Aihki is A+++
Reminds me of their old Cosmixes
https://soundcloud.com/the-dream-chimney/mix-of-the-week-270-magnus-blomkvist
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 13:41 (one month ago) Permalink
I mentioned in Music From Memory thread but better to give a heads up here maybe.
This shop in NYC is incredible. I rely on them to turn me on to new stuff. Their instagram is very useful.
https://www.instagram.com/commendnyc/?hl=en
― Evan, Thursday, 9 May 2019 15:54 (one month ago) Permalink
Nice!
― brimstead, Thursday, 9 May 2019 19:19 (one month ago) Permalink
i really miss the golden age of balearic revival
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 9 May 2019 21:21 (one month ago) Permalink
New Mark Barrott ep, Sketches From A Distant Ocean is a nice return to that chill island vibe
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Monday, 20 May 2019 03:19 (one month ago) Permalink
New Horsebeach album soon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EuJjOHA6FI
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 28 May 2019 20:52 (three weeks ago) Permalink
Lovefingers starting a compilation series of tracks off his old website:
https://www.residentadvisor.net/news/43922
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 11 June 2019 17:19 (one week ago) Permalink
Gigi Masin & Jonny Nash's made a new album!! "Postcards From Nowhere", recorded at the Venice Biennale is out today on deluxe vinyl edition - made in collaboration with Commission and Imprimerie Du Marias. https://t.co/LxroO4bRML pic.twitter.com/0NOyNCrIYD— Melody As Truth (@melody_as_truth) June 17, 2019
― groovypanda, Monday, 17 June 2019 08:22 (one week ago) Permalink
Holy crap just barely got one before they sold out. Better be good for $50 US! Everything about it sounds up my alley.
― Evan, Monday, 17 June 2019 12:15 (one week ago) Permalink
dang, when i clicked there were 17 left, 16 after I bought one. these went quick.
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 17 June 2019 16:17 (one week ago) Permalink
The last 10 must have sold within 5-10 minutes it was crazy.
― Evan, Monday, 17 June 2019 16:28 (one week ago) Permalink
Yowza!
― brimstead, Monday, 17 June 2019 16:40 (one week ago) Permalink
The page now shows 29 copies available. I feel like artists do this on purpose to get people to order quickly. If either of these guys ever complain about streaming royalties after charging $55 for 20mins of music, they can die in a fire.
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 17 June 2019 21:59 (one week ago) Permalink
A chunk of that is for shipping though. Looking at vinyl prices, £30 for a small press issue doesn't seem that extravagant.
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 18 June 2019 07:59 (six days ago) Permalink
They better not be lying about the total pressing too. This is the third time I’ve been had by intentionally misleading bandcamp “x copies left” slimy sales tactics. The other two times my fav store Commend (mentioned earlier) had them in stock a week after they “sold out” on bandcamp. It’s a bit shitty to drive sales by going “well yeah technically this particular box has 20 copies left in it so it’s not a lie”
― Evan, Tuesday, 18 June 2019 11:39 (six days ago) Permalink
If either of these guys ever complain about streaming royalties after charging $55 for 20mins of music, they can die in a fire.
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, June 17, 2019 5:59 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
errr
― Paul Ponzi, Tuesday, 18 June 2019 11:49 (six days ago) Permalink
Sure, $30 for a small press is fine, and yeah, the shipping does make it much worse, but what are the options? You can only buy this if you agree to the shipping fees, so shipping is part of the price of this item. This won't be for sale in my (or your) local shop.
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 18 June 2019 16:52 (six days ago) Permalink
I hope not, or I'll feel like even more of a sucker.
― Evan, Tuesday, 18 June 2019 17:04 (six days ago) Permalink
The Sad About The Times compilation on Anthology is excellent and well worth checking out for fans of melancholic, 70s FM folk rock
https://anthologyrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/sad-about-the-times
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3ZsCPqwoLQ
― groovypanda, Thursday, 20 June 2019 10:41 (four days ago) Permalink
You are alone in a hot tub on a warm summer night back in the '70s.
i'm in. thanks groovypanda
― brimstead, Thursday, 20 June 2019 19:37 (four days ago) Permalink
Vinyl Factory very wrongly tagged that comp as Yacht Rock so I had to quickly adjust my expectations when I started listening.
― Daniel_Rf, Friday, 21 June 2019 08:44 (three days ago) Permalink