oops, meant to say it's THE new downtempo
― Romeo Jones, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 02:47 (sixteen years ago) link
adult contemporary?
― speculator, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 03:01 (sixteen years ago) link
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 (sixteen years ago) link
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 (sixteen years ago) link
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 (sixteen years ago) link
fyi trentmoller did an amazing remix of wicked game under his business man alias
― The Macallan 18 Year, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 05:00 (sixteen years ago) link
so, to answer your question: not far
― The Macallan 18 Year, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 05:05 (sixteen years ago) link
i have listened the shit out of those aMo1 albums
― max, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 05:12 (sixteen years ago) link
er EPs
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w46/amountainofone/Quotes.jpg
― jaxon, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 05:24 (sixteen years ago) link
^ i guess that's the same thing haitch said
― jaxon, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 05:26 (sixteen years ago) link
Hah - the 1st beta band ep is now a signifier.
― baaderonixx, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 09:43 (sixteen years ago) link
lol @ rough trade - everyone knows the 1st BB EP was the weakest!
― jabba hands, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 10:11 (sixteen years ago) link
meet the new british press same as the old
― Michael F Gill, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 11:05 (sixteen years ago) link
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 (sixteen years ago) link
couldnt be better than all those pom pom re-edits.
― ☪, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 11:22 (sixteen years ago) link
"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 (sixteen years ago) link
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 (sixteen years ago) link
:( <-- before listening to that song
:) <-- after
― The Macallan 18 Year, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 16:27 (sixteen years ago) link
Not bad, but I'd prefer hearing The Studio do something with that one.
― baaderonixx, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 16:46 (sixteen years ago) link
okay i think i have to jump ship when we're onto groups named windsurf and hatchback
― strongohulkington, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 16:56 (sixteen years ago) link
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 (sixteen years ago) link
-- ☪, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 11:22 (11 hours ago) Link
plz 2 explain
― elan, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 22:30 (sixteen years ago) link
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 (sixteen years ago) link
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 (sixteen years ago) link
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 (sixteen years ago) link
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 (sixteen years ago) link
where is that?
― Michael F Gill, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 20:18 (sixteen years ago) link
windward coast of Oahu.
― gr8080, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 20:33 (sixteen years ago) link
New Jersey
― deej, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 20:34 (sixteen years ago) link
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 (sixteen years ago) link
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 (sixteen years ago) link
WTF - The Cure "Lullaby"???
― baaderonixx, Thursday, 2 August 2007 09:19 (sixteen years ago) link
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 (sixteen years ago) link
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 (sixteen years ago) link
I've never heard anyone say 'Balearic beat'.
― Raw Patrick, Thursday, 2 August 2007 11:14 (sixteen years ago) link
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 (sixteen years ago) link
"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 (sixteen years ago) link
"Floating in the air, floating in the sea, take my hand, come with me"
― blueski, Thursday, 2 August 2007 12:50 (sixteen years ago) link
"Brown Piano" is up on the A Mountain of One myspace page
― jaxon, Thursday, 2 August 2007 21:20 (sixteen years ago) link
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 (sixteen years ago) link
it's like a postrock band playing dance music in hawaii
― jaxon, Thursday, 2 August 2007 21:49 (sixteen years ago) link
another thing that belongs here:
http://www.myspace.com/cantoma http://www.discogs.com/artist/Cantoma
Cantoma AKA Phil Mison (1/2 of Reverso 68 aka Frontera aka Bakazou)
Its a little more on the World Muic side of things, but is without a doubt balearic revival.
Also, Phil is an A+ bro and an English Gent to boot.
― gr8080, Thursday, 2 August 2007 21:56 (sixteen years ago) link
here's a moment where i get somewhat confused and ask questions: - wtf is Kate Bush doing on that list? - where do QV play into this? Force of Nature? - has anyone heard the record by Lexx called "Sirocco"? it seems that that fits in nicely.
― the table is the table, Thursday, 2 August 2007 23:08 (sixteen years ago) link
All the Music For Dreams/Kenneth Bager stuff works here. Although they've been pretty balearic-esque since the beginning. Bager has an instrumental version of Ripperton's "Les Fleur" that works pretty well.
― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 2 August 2007 23:20 (sixteen years ago) link
the walk on the wildside version is good too.
― gr8080, Thursday, 2 August 2007 23:21 (sixteen years ago) link
There are a couple other balearic threads on ilm that should help you out if you want more info.
xpost - surprisingly, yes!
― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 2 August 2007 23:22 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah I have that Lindstrom album, but I guess I'm probably confused by the definition of Balearic.
Do people agree with the Top 25 list above? I'll try to compile that and see how it flows. I'm also a bit puzled by Kate Bush being on that list.
― baaderonixx, Friday, 3 August 2007 08:03 (sixteen years ago) link
i have like 1/2 the songs on that list (which made me rediscover that disgustingly good art of noise track) and the kate bush track fits in pretty well, i think
― max, Friday, 3 August 2007 08:30 (sixteen years ago) link
this is a thread for the BALEARIC REVIVAL
― gr8080, Friday, 3 August 2007 08:49 (sixteen years ago) link
Btw for anyone who missed the Gigi Masin thread revival awhile back- he’s got a new one on the way.
― Evan, Thursday, 20 October 2022 17:55 (one year ago) link
Carl Craig’s Twilight is basically a cover/remix? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRPvH_8Li0MMaze feat Frankie Beverly - Twilight
― recovering internet addict/shitposter (viborg), Monday, 24 October 2022 18:58 (one year ago) link
ambient side:
https://kenoathrecords.bandcamp.com/album/breathing-space
― Evan, Wednesday, 26 October 2022 16:07 (one year ago) link
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
― donna rouge, Tuesday, 8 November 2022 22:04 (one year ago) link
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!!
― the late great, Tuesday, 15 November 2022 21:06 (one year ago) link
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
― groovypanda, Friday, 19 May 2023 08:13 (one year ago) link
hell yeah, ty for the heads up
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Friday, 19 May 2023 13:20 (one year ago) link
nice, Ty seconded
― brimstead, Friday, 19 May 2023 14:23 (one year ago) link
Great stuff this
― nxd, Friday, 19 May 2023 15:56 (one year ago) link
The Foothills EP by Marshall Watson on Nu Northern Soul sounds perfect as we slide from Spring to Summer.
― brotherlovesdub, Friday, 19 May 2023 17:00 (one year ago) link
advanced cosmic shit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXiE3UnfB5g
― the late great, Monday, 29 May 2023 20:49 (one year ago) link
that rules
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Tuesday, 30 May 2023 15:37 (one year ago) link
indeed
― the late great, Tuesday, 30 May 2023 16:31 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7gAuj2sGu8
The Ted Duff Duo - Softly She Comes
Its a delight
― saer, Saturday, 26 August 2023 10:31 (nine months ago) link
Should have parachuted into bobbins of the past, but there are no fences in the sky
― saer, Saturday, 26 August 2023 10:35 (nine months ago) link
https://jezebell.bandcamp.com/album/jezebellearic-beats-volume-1
this one gets the karlearic seal of approval. comp of refreshed classics that flows excellently as a mix
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Tuesday, 5 September 2023 16:22 (nine months ago) link
i feel like no one is gonna listen to this b/c i used the phrase "karlearic seal of approval" :(
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Wednesday, 6 September 2023 15:03 (nine months ago) link
listening now! I saw the thread bump yesterday but knew I'd get around to it Evantually
― But his face would not turn into hot Kirby (Evan), Wednesday, 6 September 2023 15:13 (nine months ago) link
<3
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Wednesday, 6 September 2023 15:30 (nine months ago) link
newest Jonny Nash LP is some of his best work ever imo https://jonnynash.bandcamp.com/album/point-of-entry
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Thursday, 7 September 2023 15:59 (nine months ago) link
Oh, hot tip! Thanks
― But his face would not turn into hot Kirby (Evan), Thursday, 7 September 2023 16:17 (nine months ago) link
really enjoying that jezebell mixtape.ta for the pointer.
― mark e, Saturday, 9 September 2023 10:20 (nine months ago) link
https://edicionesvillasonora.bandcamp.com/album/hals-und-kopf
special LP alert
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Wednesday, 1 November 2023 02:39 (seven months ago) link
https://jim-uk.bandcamp.com/album/love-makes-magic
this is wonderful
― ufo, Saturday, 23 December 2023 04:43 (five months ago) link
carrying on with the hot streak that he's been on for the last year, it's well worth grabbing this lovely edit that Alex Kassian has stuck up on bandcamp for a limited time...
https://alexkassian.bandcamp.com/track/finish-me-in-chrome-country-edit
― blazin' squab (NickB), Wednesday, 24 January 2024 18:34 (four months ago) link
Very, very late to the party but loving that jezebell album. Well karlearic
― groovypanda, Thursday, 15 February 2024 14:04 (four months ago) link
haha <3
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Thursday, 15 February 2024 15:02 (four months ago) link
https://hellyeahrec.bandcamp.com/album/file-under-balearic-gabba
some killer balearic chuggers
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Saturday, 17 February 2024 00:25 (four months ago) link
everything i hear from Faint Waves is supremely chill vibes, "Sea of Dreams" from this EP is one of my go-to sundown listens.
https://faintwaves.bandcamp.com/album/summers-end-ep
― omar little, Saturday, 30 March 2024 17:18 (two months ago) link
ftr karl I know you said on the other thread I hate balearic but honestly I was all over the (fine, proggier end of the) mid-00s balearic wave - studio, kate bush's aerial, lindstrom, strategy etc - there was a real sense of momentum and build to that stuff at its best, and we're entering the 20-years-later zone so i'm expecting grand-scale balearic revenance soon
― imago, Thursday, 11 April 2024 16:57 (two months ago) link
my bad imago! i didn't mean to flatten out your taste. i admit i sometimes use you as kind of a counterpoint to my own urge towards reduction/simplicity, but mostly b/c i'm fascinated by where our opinions align
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Thursday, 11 April 2024 17:22 (two months ago) link
haha no problem, i know i very much encourage the perception i'm a maximalism and progressiveness specialist but the reason i even still post to ilx is that i'm still keen to find those intersection points between my own sensibilities and the other regulars'. mid-00s balearic was fertile ground for this. i should really check this thread more often
― imago, Thursday, 11 April 2024 18:05 (two months ago) link
new Double Geography album Open Water out today
― default damager (lukas), Wednesday, 1 May 2024 06:06 (one month ago) link
Double Geography aka Duncan Thornley (one half of Weird Weather and studio engineer at MAP Studios), following the success of his debut album “The Indoor Gardener” (also on Invisible Inc) had sent Invisible Inc label boss GK Machine demos of his second and third album, which the label reluctantly declined on the basis that the music didn't sound quite right for the label. However, this fourth studio album fits the bill perfectly.
Man I'm curious what those other two albums sound like.
― default damager (lukas), Wednesday, 1 May 2024 18:47 (one month ago) link
Oh man, this Open Water album is sounding lovely so far. I'm hearing a bit of Kankyō Ongaku in here. Just what I needed after spending my whole day trying to configure a printer.
― OneSecondBefore, Wednesday, 1 May 2024 19:21 (one month ago) link
double geography will sound great at the beach today. 'asleep on the bow' reminded me to go back to this forgotten(?) classic that i haven't listened to in years:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydFcH5yvtWM
(new look - nap on the bow)
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Sunday, 2 June 2024 17:24 (two weeks ago) link
The third volume of Balearic Mike and Kelvin Andrews' Down to the Sea and Back is now out. This is wonderful https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPlIaweJ4Lk
― groovypanda, Friday, 7 June 2024 10:49 (one week ago) link
https://downtotheseaandback.bandcamp.com/album/down-to-the-sea-back-volume-tres-the-continuing-journey-of-the-balearic-beat-compiled-by-balearic-mike-kelvin-andrews
― groovypanda, Friday, 7 June 2024 10:53 (one week ago) link
nice!
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Friday, 7 June 2024 11:48 (one week ago) link
I LOVE that Sunshine Jones track on that compilation, glad to see it getting some attention again
― boxedjoy, Friday, 7 June 2024 14:34 (one week ago) link
Yeah that's one of the other standouts. Fantastic track and one I'd not heard before
― groovypanda, Friday, 7 June 2024 15:39 (one week ago) link
We are so back, new Domenique Dumont album this fall
https://antinoterecordings.bandcamp.com/track/deux-paradis
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Saturday, 15 June 2024 16:00 (three days ago) link