this is a thread for the BALEARIC REVIVAL

Here's my latest playlist of mellow Balearic-friendly atmospheres for background chilling, vibing etc - this one concentrates on a slightly hippyish, boho vibe with lots of acoustic guitar flourishes before moving into other dimensions. Enjoy. And if you want to hear any of the others, search "Club Stoic" in playlists on Spotify.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0zuodybtDUQtIqkL61Ojou?si=327beb25a41344ef

Nice one dl. Will give it a listen over the weekend

If anyone wants to get me that Ritmo Fantasia comp upthread they'd be very welcome. Somehow I appear to have already spend an obscene amount of money on music in recent weeks

Sort of a late night city balearic vibe here, super into it:

https://music-from-memory.bandcamp.com/album/move-through-it

This comp was briefly mentioned in the year end poll discussions but posting here as it's absolute fire

https://daily.bandcamp.com/album-of-the-day/various-artists-ritmo-fantasia-balearic-spanish-synth-pop-boogie-and-house-1982-1992

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvO8vOA63ls

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Lv9FVt5XyM

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

loving this

Have never known an artist to effortlessly move between “really excellent” and “totally fucking worthless” the way Mark Barrott does.

^^ I was going to post the above but then I tried to go find the track that I hated so much, so I played one of his cheesy-looking Ibiza albums at random and it’s so good, Steve Roach level.

Mark Barrott has co-compiled a fourth La Torre Ibiza compilation. Out in July. Loved the first three comps.
https://ra.co/news/77306

La Torre Ibiza Volumen Cuatro
01. Golden Girls - Kinetic (David Morley Remix)
02. NO ZU - Ui Yia UIa
03. Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba - Bala feat Zoumana Tereta
04. Rare Silk - Storm
05. Synergetic Voice Orchestra - Zebra
06. Special Request - Family Doggo
07. Margaret Wakeley - Hard To Leave The Island
08. Pauline Anna Strom - Equatorial Sunrise
09. The Vendetta Suite - Warehouse Rock (Timmy Stewart's Six Minutes To Sunrise Mix)
10. Mark Barrott - Travelling Music (La Torre Reprise)
11. Lola Perrin - Cloud Sky Fade
12. Suzanne Ciani - The Eighth Wave
13. JIM - Phoenix
14. GEOFFREY O'CONNOR - Her Name on Every Tongue
15. John Foxx & Robin Guthrie - Estrellita

^^ I was going to post the above but then I tried to go find the track that I hated so much, so I played one of his cheesy-looking Ibiza albums at random and it’s so good, Steve Roach level.

Do you remember which album this was? (i.e. the good one)

That looks great xp

Love that JIM EP (James Baron from Crazy P & White Elephant in acoustic mode)

Volume One of the new compilation series from Coleen 'Cosmo' Murphy is fab

https://heavenlyrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/colleen-cosmo-murphy-presents-balearic-breakfast-volume-1

Nice interview here: https://banbantonton.com/2022/06/28/interview-colleen-cosmo-murphy-worldwide-fm-classic-album-sundays/

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a1045875900_5.jpg

i should be sporting about the price tag for the digital album, but i can't.
is this some ultra-high-net-worth individuals (UHNWIs) thingie?

didn't read the fine print. my bad.

yeah I noticed that! Must be some Bandcamp setting preventing them from making the digital copies completely unavailable without disabling the streaming, or something similar

So we have no way to hear it unless we purchased the now sold out vinyl?

It is streaming somewhere then I guess?

there's also a new Hostel La Torre compilation out

***Please note that due to licensing stipulations this release is not available for purchase digitally, however a free download of the full album will be granted with physical orders on release day.***

Says this on the release page on bandcamp for the Cosmo comp.

Someone's made a Spotify playlist of it xps

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6uOHMENc45cPRNezPa1upx?si=eNU2lSp3TqWeqnUQ6Dyt4Q&utm_source=copy-link

***Please note that due to licensing stipulations this release is not available for purchase digitally, however a free download of the full album will be granted with physical orders on release day.***

way to make the digital version 'free' for those that know how to get such things,
thereby missing out on legit purchases/ £££ for an an official download/cd.
i have seen this being promo'd a lot here and there and would love to have had a non-vinyl opportunity.

it might be a licensing situation more than anything, I know Dave Lee's had to release a few different versions of compilations due to not being able to negotiate terms and conditions with copyright holders.

yeah, i get that.
just means that those who really want to hear this and dont do vinyl have to go illegal.
nb : not blaming label at all as i am sure they tried to get the all clear re digital,
just amazed that the insanity of copyright chaos in 2022 re random tracks baffles me.

I’ve been playing this one on one of my bars on weekday evenings and people seem to vibe with it. Several balearic picks that might be appreciated here and are topical to this thread:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0djbUjaP9EMLypTY5WBVSB?si=i38LLrw_TLCJOPTwrSZTKA

thanks!

I'm not sure this is discussed elsewhere on ILM, but there's loads of great Balearic-style tunes coming out of Napoli this year. Seems like there's a nice scene there. Here's a few:

Gigi Testa - Guayaba: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaQK6Uf4UOQ

Mystic Jungle - Money Wonder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bRScS190Zw

Nu Genea - Tienaté: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuP6ihSefqc

those are all lovely, go Napoli!

The Nu Genea album is great!

I'm excited to hear it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwU0g28OWhg

Penelope Antena - Tradewinds

this album seems like a delight, produced by Sean O'Hagan

https://healingpotpourri.bandcamp.com/album/paradise

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joXv2BPUW8s

Jolly Mare - Sabbia Bianca

obsessed with this song lately, the whole album is excellent. goofy and fun in a way Balearic revival sometimes isn’t

Jolly Mare is always fun! Thanks for the reminder to listen to this album.

https://mauricecharles.bandcamp.com/album/manufactured-authenticity-2

the 8 min 'Drain Brain' is totally in the same world as Studio.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxavlTuV3i4

Justice Der - L$D

I heard this on the patio of a cafe at 7.30am the other morning

this rules

just what I needed

Btw for anyone who missed the Gigi Masin thread revival awhile back- he’s got a new one on the way.

Carl Craig’s Twilight is basically a cover/remix?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRPvH_8Li0M

Maze feat Frankie Beverly - Twilight

ambient side:

https://kenoathrecords.bandcamp.com/album/breathing-space

sorry if this was talked about elsewhere but these dimitri from paris “a la french: the balearic sessions” comps of his early remixes are wonderful - highly recommended if you enjoy the late 80s/early 90s balearic/house interzone

https://favoriterecordings.bandcamp.com/album/a-la-french-1987-1992-the-balearic-sessions-vol-1

granny dainger beat me to it, but holy shit these guys

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTqj0vLhpGU

in fact there’s only two posts on ilx about djeuhdjoah & lieutenant nicholson and both are granny’s!

Artists you've checked out because of their name

^^ same!!

Loving this Skyrager (Danny McLewin aka one half of Psychemagik) compilation which is basically a continuation of all those excellent Psychemagik comps like Magik Cyrkles, Sunset etc

https://spacetalkmusic.bandcamp.com/album/traces-of-illusion-compiled-by-skyrager

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a0256179260_16.jpg

hell yeah, ty for the heads up

nice, Ty seconded

Great stuff this

The Foothills EP by Marshall Watson on Nu Northern Soul sounds perfect as we slide from Spring to Summer.

advanced cosmic shit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXiE3UnfB5g

that rules

indeed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7gAuj2sGu8

The Ted Duff Duo - Softly She Comes

Its a delight

Should have parachuted into bobbins of the past, but there are no fences in the sky