im not really sure what the idea is tbh, i wish tim had provided an example of what he meant besides p.o.b.
― max, Monday, 20 October 2008 17:32 (fifteen years ago) link
but i will suggest: http://www.dougpayne.com/hmiana.jpg
― max, Monday, 20 October 2008 17:36 (fifteen years ago) link
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2179/1565797393_e225068ceb.jpg?v=0
― jaxon, Monday, 20 October 2008 17:56 (fifteen years ago) link
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41ggFaXWbCL._SS400_.jpg
― jaxon, Monday, 20 October 2008 17:58 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.jeffbots.com/AlanParsonsProject-IRobot.jpg
― jaxon, Monday, 20 October 2008 17:59 (fifteen years ago) link
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51eDRS7vsyL._SL500_AA280_.jpg
― jaxon, Monday, 20 October 2008 18:01 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.amoeba.com/dynamic-images/blog/Sarah/ificouldonly.jpg
― jaxon, Monday, 20 October 2008 18:03 (fifteen years ago) link
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51EVZ1683PL._SL500_AA240_.jpg
― jaxon, Monday, 20 October 2008 18:06 (fifteen years ago) link
jaxon, where to start with these? (apart from avalon, which I have solved)
― caek, Monday, 20 October 2008 18:08 (fifteen years ago) link
get transfer station Blue it is dope as a rope
― max, Monday, 20 October 2008 18:14 (fifteen years ago) link
they're all equally amazing and solid albums, just depends on what you're looking for.
jan hammer - super funky fusion w/amazing songsvangelis - weirdo art rock w/great songs and eastern soundsalpert - funky jazz, spaced out synth arpeggios and great beachy melodiesparsons - funky pink floydshrieve - blissed out synth noodles w/moments of heavy light-jazz funk crosby - stoned out of your gourd folky mantrasflash and the pan - funky 10cc
― jaxon, Monday, 20 October 2008 18:14 (fifteen years ago) link
thanks for the pointers. funky 10cc sounds like good times.
I am down with vangelis (suggested him myself upthread)
― caek, Monday, 20 October 2008 18:18 (fifteen years ago) link
the ambient eno box
― tricky, Monday, 20 October 2008 18:30 (fifteen years ago) link
alpert and crosby are good suggestions but jax ur list seems more like a general balearic canon and not necc "beardo beach hippie"
― max, Monday, 20 October 2008 18:31 (fifteen years ago) link
desultory beardo beach hippie
― tricky, Monday, 20 October 2008 18:43 (fifteen years ago) link
beck's sea change and modern guilt
― tricky, Monday, 20 October 2008 18:45 (fifteen years ago) link
so what makes something beardo beach hippy? is this like suggestions for balearock?
― jaxon, Monday, 20 October 2008 19:05 (fifteen years ago) link
i sort of think tim just threw "balearic" into the title of the thread so that more people would read it and post to it
― max, Monday, 20 October 2008 19:07 (fifteen years ago) link
jeez not everything is balearic, guys
― jaxon, Monday, 20 October 2008 19:10 (fifteen years ago) link
Tim, stuff from actual 70s? Or modern?
If the latter is allowed, o where to start.
The Beta Band and all their friends, for starters.
― Woman Who Force Madonna At House Party To Make Bold Statement (Mackro Mackro), Monday, 20 October 2008 19:13 (fifteen years ago) link
can we just put on cosmo galactic prism and dance around the campfire?
― tricky, Monday, 20 October 2008 19:23 (fifteen years ago) link
balearic is a state of mind man
― tricky, Monday, 20 October 2008 19:27 (fifteen years ago) link
jaxons mom is pretty balearic
― max, Monday, 20 October 2008 19:37 (fifteen years ago) link
smooth, easy, and perfect for getting down with after a night out
― max, Monday, 20 October 2008 19:38 (fifteen years ago) link
your mom's a beardo
― jaxon, Monday, 20 October 2008 19:45 (fifteen years ago) link
I know my thread title is confusing, but it was sort of deliberate: the idea is that there definitely seems to be a loose canon emerging which stretches from David Crosby (but perhaps not CS&N per se) through to say Arthur Russell. If "beardo disco" and "nu-balearic" are slightly distinct but overlapping revivalist scenes then this is the stuff that members from both stuff think is good stuff, dude. Albums that I would get laughed off djhistory.com for not having heard.
It's distinct from soft-rock or "California rock" or any other actual historical scene partly because it's broader than that, but also insofar as this needs to be stuff that either has been or very soon will be recontextualised by people currently or formerly into dance music. But it doesn't need to dance-like itself. Am i making more sense?
jaxon seems to get it.
― Tim F, Monday, 20 October 2008 20:30 (fifteen years ago) link
BTW jaxon is that the Alan Parsons Project album I should check out?
― Tim F, Monday, 20 October 2008 20:31 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm thinking this canon might even include stuff like this as an outlier:
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/355/thumbnailhp5.jpg
― Tim F, Monday, 20 October 2008 20:33 (fifteen years ago) link
― scott seward, Monday, 20 October 2008 20:33 (fifteen years ago) link
oh ok tim u should have just called it "maxs favorite albums thread" then
― max, Monday, 20 October 2008 20:34 (fifteen years ago) link
http://onlinestorefakrounmusic.com/images/45singllayahob.jpg
― max, Monday, 20 October 2008 20:40 (fifteen years ago) link
um, the new Hatchback album, Colors Of The Sun. Any track by Studio? Maybe those are too obvious but I think they definitely fit
― Bomb Bomb Iran (san frandisco), Monday, 20 October 2008 20:41 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.discogs.com/image/R-150-436199-1118592662.jpg
― max, Monday, 20 October 2008 20:42 (fifteen years ago) link
andreas vollenweider maybe?
― max, Monday, 20 October 2008 20:43 (fifteen years ago) link
bordering on Harley and not beachy, but first three James Gang records.
Also, for similar reasons, first two Sugarloaf records.
― Woman Who Force Madonna At House Party To Make Bold Statement (Mackro Mackro), Monday, 20 October 2008 20:43 (fifteen years ago) link
chris rea is the king of the desultory beach party
― scott seward, Monday, 20 October 2008 20:44 (fifteen years ago) link
the "crazy" angle: Osmonds' Crazy Horses and parts of The Plan
― Woman Who Force Madonna At House Party To Make Bold Statement (Mackro Mackro), Monday, 20 October 2008 20:45 (fifteen years ago) link
whenever i think of fool if you think it's over i think of miracles by jefferson starship and that makes me think of i'm not in love by 10cc. EVERY TIME.
― scott seward, Monday, 20 October 2008 20:45 (fifteen years ago) link
A good chunk of The Free Design and Harpers Bizarre (it would have to be a bit of a twee beach)
― Woman Who Force Madonna At House Party To Make Bold Statement (Mackro Mackro), Monday, 20 October 2008 20:46 (fifteen years ago) link
"on the beach" has my favorite chris rea drum machine sound:
― scott seward, Monday, 20 October 2008 20:47 (fifteen years ago) link
Lighthouse!
― Woman Who Force Madonna At House Party To Make Bold Statement (Mackro Mackro), Monday, 20 October 2008 20:47 (fifteen years ago) link
"all summer long" is great too:
― scott seward, Monday, 20 October 2008 20:48 (fifteen years ago) link
"jax ur list seems more like a general balearic canon and not necc "beardo beach hippie""
max's point here is sound though: i sort of want the "beardo beach hippie" end of this continuum filled in more as I only know a little bit of this stuff, mostly at the more conservative end if/where my mother was a fan. But feel free to post anything along the continuum.
Stuff that would previously be considered as "rock" but now is considered genre-smashing avant genius (whether this seems fair or not) strikes me as interesting precisely for that reason, the way new ears "hear" something more than perhaps is even really there. The overreaching claims made on behalf of Pacific Ocean Blue are a good example (a great album despite not sounding like Remain In Light etc.). On the Dennis Wilson thread people were suggesting the following as canonical picks:
http://bp3.blogger.com/_aNTsUIQhmf0/SB8oGu7EW-I/AAAAAAAAATU/t-TxiAHZxwA/s320/Chris+Bell+-+I+Am+The+Cosmos+-+1992.jpg
http://bp2.blogger.com/_BR-l63C-2iA/SAjBAsW2xQI/AAAAAAAAB7k/3UUYcibPvZU/s320/Gene+Clark+No+Other.jpg
http://bp1.blogger.com/_2U1VTXrO58c/RyGUgfK5L-I/AAAAAAAAAAM/OUgUCRhtwl8/s320/skip+spence+oar.jpg
― Tim F, Monday, 20 October 2008 20:49 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.valarock.com/starsailor.jpg
chris rea must be a huge jj cale fan. that's all i know. which is wonderful. cuz i love jj. who needs david sylvian when you can just listen to chris rea and jj cale? no fretless bass to distract either!
― scott seward, Monday, 20 October 2008 20:50 (fifteen years ago) link
"i sort of want the "beardo beach hippie" end of this continuum filled in more as I only know a little bit of this stuff,"
well then seriously you should check that west coast thread again. there are only 4 million recommendations on there.
― scott seward, Monday, 20 October 2008 20:51 (fifteen years ago) link
no other is the greatest album ever made. this year. for me. and maybe next year too.
― scott seward, Monday, 20 October 2008 20:52 (fifteen years ago) link
"no other" is great but has more of a c/w vibe than "beach" vibe i think
david crosby is totally this tho! isnt there even a beach on the cover of "if i could only remember my name"?
― max, Monday, 20 October 2008 20:52 (fifteen years ago) link
My contribution: a band called Sea Level, also known as most of the Allman Brothers rhythm section.
http://www.zshare.net/audio/501033035f70b261/
Also Mcguinn, Clark and Hillman.
― Siah Alan, Monday, 20 October 2008 20:53 (fifteen years ago) link
"looking for the summer" is the best chris rea summertime video though:
― scott seward, Monday, 20 October 2008 20:54 (fifteen years ago) link
god bless this thread for leading me to Andreas Vollenweider's "AIR". this is like *just* what i needed in my life right now.
― Heez, Sunday, 21 June 2015 22:09 (eight years ago) link
i also like that i can imagine richard simmons lulling me into blissful dreams.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5150UZ8NtZL.jpg
― Heez, Sunday, 21 June 2015 22:26 (eight years ago) link
This is good, no?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q00DOL2svl8&ab_channel=Drbellotus
― Daniel_Rf, Friday, 11 September 2020 15:52 (three years ago) link
Ah well. http://youtu.be/q00DOL2svl8
― Daniel_Rf, Friday, 11 September 2020 15:55 (three years ago) link
John Cale's Brian ode "Mr. Wilson" is smoother than a lot of his 70s, but intense, rolling through the deeps: I'd like to live in the strings break for a while...funky 10CC Reminds me: a friend mentioned seeing Carlos Santana getting way into "I'm Not in Love." Will have to look for that.Jimi's Rainbow Bridge soundtrack is fine as shroom wine---"Pali Grap" is one of my all-time faves, can imagine David Mancuso playing it at the Loft of Spiritual Discovery (I also have danced to it, I think)(Also watch the movie, incl. hashish in surfboards in Hawaii, where Jimi speaks of space brothers, before playing for them and Earth):
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71Tjqw7T00L._SL1500_.jpg
― dow, Friday, 11 September 2020 18:18 (three years ago) link
Amusing to see doheny’s “get it up for love” on this thread years before it’s yacht rock revival
― calstars, Saturday, 12 September 2020 00:03 (three years ago) link
Does gr80 still post on ilx?
― calstars, Saturday, 12 September 2020 00:04 (three years ago) link
djhistory's 100 best balearic tracks on spotify: http://open.spotify.com/user/fingermag/playlist/1S4X40YzybVNS3KrHqPel5
― max, Saturday, July 30, 2011 6:55 AM (2 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Tuesday, October 22, 2013 6:58 AM (six years ago) bookmarkflaglink
Most of the tracks on here are still available (for me, in canada),still a great mix
― rascal clobber (jim in vancouver), Saturday, 12 September 2020 00:45 (three years ago) link
Oh cool, thanks!First tyme I saw this thread's title, I thought of Lindstrøm & Prins Thomas.
― dow, Saturday, 12 September 2020 00:49 (three years ago) link
The title of this doc doesn't inspire confidence, and I dimly recall finding RB entertaining enough, one way or another, but yknow more music so I'll prob check it out too, at least the audio version:Music, Money, Madness... Jimi Hendrix In MauiExperience Hendrix and Legacy Recordings announce a brand new feature length documentary Music, Money, Madness... Jimi Hendrix In Maui with the accompanying live performances on both audio and video.
Incorporating never-before-released original film footage and new interviews, the film chronicles the Jimi Hendrix Experience’s storied 1970 visit to Maui, and how the band became ensnared with the ill-fated Rainbow Bridge movie.
The deluxe Blue-ray and 2CD or 3LP collections will be released on November 20 and are available for pre-order now with exclusive merch bundles available at the Authentic Hendrix Store.
The video and audio for “Voodoo Child (Slight Return)” from this historic concert is available today on digital services.
― dow, Tuesday, 15 September 2020 03:07 (three years ago) link
this is getting reissued soon and the vocals are too over the top terrible for me but the instrumental tracks are quite nice
https://youtu.be/owqyDufJ05s
― the late great, Tuesday, 15 September 2020 04:10 (three years ago) link
funny to see the rainbow bridge soundtrack ... chuck wein used to be a fixture at the cafe I hung out at every day 2000-2004. nice guy but he would go on ...
― the late great, Tuesday, 15 September 2020 04:14 (three years ago) link
Oh yeah, think he was around the Factory too, maybe trying to get some Daddy Warhol bucks for this or other flick---didn't Lou Reed say he was the Chuck in "Wild Child"?I was talkin' to Chuck in his Genghis Khan suitAnd his wizard's hatHe spoke of his movie and how he was makin' a new sound trackAnd then we spoke of kids on the coastAnd different types of organic soapAnd the way suicides don't leave notes,Then we spoke of Loraine, always back to Lorraine
― dow, Tuesday, 15 September 2020 17:10 (three years ago) link
you all might be interested in this quasi-Balearic type playlist I made https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4ODDwMMpnatOm0LrKhJN8M?si=QC4yvr-lQN2KRUrR1cE4QQ
― Leighton Buzzword (dog latin), Tuesday, 15 September 2020 18:02 (three years ago) link
that djhistory playlist contains so many of my favourite songs which I didn't for a second think of as "Balearic"
― Leighton Buzzword (dog latin), Tuesday, 15 September 2020 18:04 (three years ago) link
im still kinda amazed that the dude from Empire of the Sun put out one of the best dreamy/funky Fleetwood Mac/buckingham rips of last decadehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LCQ_7BQla4
― brimstead, Tuesday, 15 September 2020 18:18 (three years ago) link
xp. balearic must be the fuzziest genre term ever by its very nature
― rascal clobber (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 15 September 2020 18:40 (three years ago) link
I mean yeah, that playlist has pretty much no througline whatsoever
― Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Tuesday, 15 September 2020 18:47 (three years ago) link
xxp tbh it's more kenny loggins
― brimstead, Tuesday, 15 September 2020 20:06 (three years ago) link
i think that djhistory list just reflects how it was more an approach to djing than a solid "genre" or whatever, like 'rare groove' etc, a focused eclecticism (ugh sorry), idk
― brimstead, Tuesday, 15 September 2020 20:11 (three years ago) link
I don’t agree theres “no throughline”
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 06:08 (three years ago) link
There's totally a throughline.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 07:01 (three years ago) link
If people are still going "lol what's a balearic", this piece I wrote more than 12 (!) years ago is probably still my take:
https://www.idolator.com/371805/mungolian-jet-sets-ostentatious-folk-rock-jazz-disco-and-the-return-of-balaeric
― Tim F, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 07:05 (three years ago) link
This has been playing in a local cafe recently and I had to ask them what it was, its pretty vibey hats off to them
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40vnfkuetog
― saer, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 07:25 (three years ago) link
The piano break in Magic Man is so reminiscent of one of those loft records but I'll never remember what
― saer, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 07:27 (three years ago) link
That Riney album sounds like sped-up vaporwave
― calstars, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 11:40 (three years ago) link
Still love that MJS album Tim xps
Seem to remember seeing a social media post from them recently that looked like they were working on some new stuff
― groovypanda, Friday, 18 September 2020 13:41 (three years ago) link
Maybe I'll have more luck pushing this here than on the Soviet Pop thread, although I think it would get my desultory ass out of the hammock for a late summer boogie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wrelzl_FEaU
― Noel Emits, Thursday, 26 August 2021 18:19 (two years ago) link
I was at the beach in Vama Veche today, which AFAICT is Romania's beardo hippie nudist mecca, and I started reaching the conclusion that there is actually a balearic cover version out there for every song. This was after hearing the balearic "no rain" (blind melon) followed by balearic "paranoid" (sabbath).
― enochroot, Thursday, 26 August 2021 20:16 (two years ago) link
Sounds weird but hot
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Friday, 27 August 2021 02:59 (two years ago) link
pretty sure beyondmintvinyls has a copy for sale
― davey, Saturday, 28 August 2021 16:13 (two years ago) link
https://www.instagram.com/beyondmintvinyls/
“As the 5AM city sleeps and the strobe lights are slowly turned off, we gather on the wrong side of town in a transcendental journey alone together. We are the late night disenfranchised holding on in various after parties, flats, lofts, random kitchens and basements into the outer cosmos with É Soul Cultura. Music from exotic tear jerkers, Afro-spiritual jazz, cosmic Brazilian celestial grooves, machine street soul, dark horses, lost B-sides, £1 bargain-bin bombs, hidden gems, late night Italo dubbing, deep velvet N.Y.C garage, bass buggin sonic futurism, wrong speed 33BPM pitched up +8 new beat, majestic sunset strings, sweet vocals from heaven, no half steppin jazz dancing in outer-space and odd numbers. Yes… magical moments, together, holding on in witness protection suburban cul-de-sacs and Castle Court flats. Cosmic É high, 3000ft above the city getting evangelical to murky, wonky timeless beautiful music. This thing of ours dreaming of better days. Fail we may, sail we must, the sun will come up again.”
https://mrbongo.bandcamp.com/album/luke-una-presents-soul-cultura
― gr8080, Tuesday, 7 February 2023 17:36 (one year ago) link