this is a thread for the BALEARIC REVIVAL

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

well difficult to find on 12" anyway

Ha! I've got all 10 on CD.

75% is a little harsh

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 moonboots one is about half bangers i think (sth national, esposito, band aid, radio band, flayer), but kind of agree about the rest

xp

oh yeah moonboots is good too

i'm probably just being crazy harsh because crazy $$$

I dont really think any of the originals are that solid but they do always have 3-6 great tracks a piece on em

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"

aware there was a recent edit but not super crazy about it, what do you all think?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWdTlQ7S8j8

That Fire In My Heart tune is amazing. Such an intense, dramatic beat.

Other favourites would be

Loui$ - Pink Footpath
Cube - Somebody Told Me (in fact most of the Joylon/Matthew Burgess one)
Wide Boy Awake - Slang Teacher
King Errisson - Space Queen
A Band Called O - Coasting
Savanna Silver Band - Take A Step

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

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

Nice!

i really miss the golden age of balearic revival

New Mark Barrott ep, Sketches From A Distant Ocean is a nice return to that chill island vibe

New Horsebeach album soon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EuJjOHA6FI

Lovefingers starting a compilation series of tracks off his old website:

https://www.residentadvisor.net/news/43922

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

Holy crap just barely got one before they sold out. Better be good for $50 US! Everything about it sounds up my alley.

dang, when i clicked there were 17 left, 16 after I bought one. these went quick.

The last 10 must have sold within 5-10 minutes it was crazy.

Yowza!

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.

A chunk of that is for shipping though. Looking at vinyl prices, £30 for a small press issue doesn't seem that extravagant.

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”

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

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.

I hope not, or I'll feel like even more of a sucker.

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

You are alone in a hot tub on a warm summer night back in the '70s.

i'm in. thanks groovypanda

Vinyl Factory very wrongly tagged that comp as Yacht Rock so I had to quickly adjust my expectations when I started listening.

That Gumba Fire comp from last year sounding absolutely fantastic out the garden in this hot weather

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9jAbYdwITw

This mix is all kinds of ace. Properly Balearic.

http://testpressing.org/2019/07/mix-491-the-pilotwings/

That Gumab Fire comp is very underrated, one of my fav comps from last year.

Thanks for the heads up on Pilotwings, groovypanda! After that I checked out the Molitor 71 EP and it's great so far.

Yup, the Pilotwings mix is A+.

La Torre Ibiza Vol 3 might be the best in the series: https://www.ibizacdmusic.com/product/la-torre-vol-3-2019/

01. Bill Laswell & Jah Wobble – Alsema Dub
02. Nu Guinea – A Voce ‘E Napule
03. Pacific Coliseum – Mornings At Made’s
04. Lambchop – Up With The People
05. Tamam Shud – Bali Waters
06. Satoshi & Makoto – Crepuscule Leger
07. Mac DeMarco – On The Level
08. Malcolm McLaren – Obatala
09. Tears For Fears – Head Over Heels (Sketches From An Island Sunrise Meditation)
10. Trance – Ambiente
11. The Advisory Circle – Sundial
12. Richard Torrance – Anything’s Possible
13. Swing Out Sister – After Hours
14. Mark Barrott – Mokushō
15. Joe Stammers – Idle I’m (Colorama Coloured In Remix)

that ‘head over heels’ remix is a total beaut, listened to it a lot this summer

xp Talking of which:

https://www.mixcloud.com/leo-mas/leo-mas-hostal-la-torre-ibiza-wed-18-sep-2019/

thx. i liked his recent beats in space

New Smith & Mudd is very good if somewhat slight at just six sub-five minute tracks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=294cCDENFS4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1sWQLb7rcA

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, June 18, 2019 7:39 AM (five months ago) bookmarkflaglink

That's it. I refuse to get had ever again. Sure enough Postcards From Nowhere is getting stocked at Commend NYC. Fuck you Melody As Truth...

Now this is really nice. Much more dreamy and relaxed than their albums.

Hi, here comes some new music I made last year for a ciné-concert of the movie from 1930 called People On Sunday! https://t.co/ydT0bSSxbC

— DOMENIQUE DUMONT (@domeniquedumont) January 23, 2020

beautiful stuff

Looking for more recommendations here... renting out an entire house in Hawaii next week and got a bunch of albums to shuffle hopefully to add some thematic atmosphere in the house while there.

Anyone have any other overt nature themed experimental/ambient/electronica recommendations they think I ought to include?

What I have so far:

- Air France: It Feels Good To Be Around You, No Way Down, On Trade Winds
- Antena: Camino Del Sol, Version Speciales (remixes)
- Aokigahara Online: Mori
- Atelje: Meditation, 50/50
- Bjorn Torske: Byen
- Boat Club: Caught the Breeze
- Carlos Maria Trindade & Nuno Canavarro: Mr. Wollogallu
- CFCF: Liquid Colours
- The Chi Factory: The Mantra Recordings
- Cornelius: Point (only the most on theme tracks)
- Dan Lissvik: 7 Trx + Intermission
- Dean Evenson: Ocean Dreams
- Deepchord: Immersions, Lanterns
- Domenique Dumont: Comme Ca, Miniatures De Auto Rhythm
- Four Tet: Anna Painting
- Francis Bebey: Psychedelic Sanza (1982 - 1984)
- From Tokyo to Honolulu: 自然の音楽 / 生まれ変わり
- G.E.N.E.: Rain Forest
- Gas: Pop
- Hear, Now: Aurora Baleare
- Heavenly Music Corporation: In a Garden of Eden, Lunar Phase
- Iguana Moonlight: Wild Palms
- J.D. Emmanuel: Rain Forest Music/Ocean Music/Visions of Life
- Jan Schulte: Tropical Drums of Deutschland
- JJ: JJ No. 2
- Ken Seeno: Invisible Surfer on an Invisible Wave
- Khotin: Beautiful You, Hello World, New Tab
- Leif: Loom Dream
- Les Halles: Zephyr
- ll nøthing ll: Artificial Nature
- M. Geddes Gengras: Hawaiki Tapes
- Magnétophonique: Une Cartographie Idéale
- Marble: Diego, Elixir of Immortality, KOBRA, Two Women & Tiger
- Mark Barrott: Nature Sounds of the Balearic, Remixes From An Island, Sketches From A Distant Ocean, Sketches From An Island 1/2/3
- Martin Glass: The Pacific Visions of Martin Glass
- Mike Cooper: White Shadows In The South Seas
- Monster Rally: Return to Paradise
- O c e a n S h o r e s: CONTENT FEELINGS
- Outro Tempo Compilations: 1 + 2
- Pilotwings: Molitor 71
- Quiet Village: Silent Movie
- Ruf Dug: Island
- Simon Peter: Arc of Lark
- Studio: Life's a Beach, Yearbook 1 + 2
- Susumu Yokota: Acid Mt. Fuji
- Tornado Wallace: Desperate Pleasures, Falling Sun, Kangaroo Ground, Lonely Planet
- Tough Alliance: Escaping Your Ambitions, A New Chance
- Tropical Hi-Fi: Oceania
- UNKNOWN ME: Subtropics
- Unknown Mobile: Daucile Moon
- Wave Temples: Isle Enchanted
- Welcome To Paradise Compilations: 1 + 2 + 3
- 六月花 (June Flower): 緑の丘 (Green Hills), 赤い夏 (Red Summer)
- 地球 (Earth): ジャングル (Jungle)

Not that those are all nature themed, but anything that fits in with the vibe

Is this a spotify list and can it be shared?

It is not, but it can become one! Not sure if all of that is on Spotify.

That was actually a back up plan if I was unable to connect the playlist from my iphone to whatever system will be there.

It does all mix very nicely when shuffled