this is a thread for the BALEARIC REVIVAL

fyi i work for a small pr firm and also post on the internet under the assumed name "uncle shavedlongcock"

is dwell still on post? i used to work right next door to their offices in an advertising agency.

not post, broadway?

it's on gold in between montgomery and sansome. not far from broadway, like a block and a half. it's near a gallery called hedge

This is nice and sounds a bit balearic to my ears. Don't know anything about Traks Boys. Anyone know anything about them?

sounds like its supposed to be 3 mins longer

it reminds me of that jimmy eat world song

this is a yupsters' music point blank. it's music for people with extra money to spend on cool shit. big record collections don't come for free

nor do vast collections of vintage synths...

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=25828143&albumID=0&imageID=1425234

Coastlines sounds nice though, props to grawe for being able to hold down a legit job and be legit enough

sounds like its supposed to be 3 mins longer

That'll be 'cos it is...

http://www.traksboys.com/archives/2008/10/traks-boys-bring-the-noise/

wow, forgot to finish the thought on my post above, "...legit enough to keep on with the music"

Enjoying the Bjorn Torske album right now... the reggae instrumentals are a nice touch.

windsurf >>>> hatchback >>>> sorcerer

do you agree?

hatchback >> windsurf >>>>> sorcerer

4 me

yea

hatchback >> windsurf >>>>>> sorcerer

well i think the kosmiche second half of that hatchback album is pretty great but i think arp does it better

i was thinking just in terms of "soft rock disco", but yeah, the range of that hatchback album is formidable

The Aeroplane remix of Grace Jones' "Williams Blood" is just lovely, albeit a bit LOL AEROPLANE.

― Tim F, Thursday, October 30, 2008 2:07 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark

^^^^^ currently this is my jam...

well i think the kosmiche second half of that hatchback album is pretty great but i think arp does it better

otm. i wish people would mention arp more often when they talk about sf balearic stuff

havent heard the whole Hatchback record but I can't think of many tracks out of this scene that are better than "White Diamond" .... rmx of that one is my fave on Nu-Balearica

luvvin woolfy

Claremont 56 comp by Balearic Mike and Moonboots is a joy

http://www.phonicarecords.co.uk/detail.aspx?ID=33069

'White Diamond' is just so perfect, the airy light euphoria makes me feel like I'm floating. Yesterday it struck me just how much White Diamond reminds me of Orbital's Belfast, which has (or at least had, but I don't think it's changed) the same effect on me.

Discovered yesterday that the Hatchback album is really good for wandering round the Natural History Museum in London.

i'll second sanfran's recommendation for the claremont 56 'originals' compilation by moonboots and balearic mike. there are some quirky JAMS on that one.

anyone else like the tensnake remixes on that new embassy 12" on permanent vacation?

http://www.traxsource.com/files/images/pvs001-1.jpg

I was wondering, does there exist anything like Sad Balearic? Music like melancholy Superpitcher, Pantha Du Prince or Lawrence but in the Balearic-vein? Music that contains that airy Balearic feel, but tends not towards euphoria but to melancholy?

In a perfect world...

I think a lot of Studio has this vibe. Their own material rather than their remixes.

most balearic stuff sounds pretty melancholy to me!

anyone else like the tensnake remixes on that new embassy 12" on permanent vacation?

haven't heard that one psych care to share? Permanent vacation is one of my favorite labels of the year. the bostropeso peo 12" is great + woolfy vs. projections + 40 thieves + panthers holyghost remix + dolle jolle, just incredible.

btw, shameless plug but i did a balearic post of some of the stuff off of Claremont 56 recently, on my blog (actually i guess it is max and my blog now cuz we are gay for each other).

discohorror.blogspot.com

sorry that link wont work, http://discohorror.blogspot.com/

*MAX N GRADY GAY HOMOS 4 LYFE*

― ice crӕm, Sunday, August 17, 2008 3:55 AM (4 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

fyi i am not gay for jimmy, grady, joe, or anyone, except my girlfriend, and sort of peter gabriel

not sure 'bout the best way to distribute this stuff... especially since i just waffles'd it.

mikebee would surely kill me if i were to pull what i did with that d. lissvik album

it's not as though i can stop someone from pm/emailing me though, ;)

The Tensnake remixes of the Embassy are fanastic, and I was pretty surprised at how much I dug the original version, too.

while we're on the subject of amazing new 12"s, can i just say BLACKBELT ANDERSEN ON CLAREMONT 56 = OMFG IT'S GORGEOUS.

again, it's on sanfran's blog.

pretty much everything Claremont 56 is wicked at the moment. the most recent ones 'the delivery man' and the 7" are both fantastic, as is the blackbelt andersen and the super ashra-y one with the weird name. just got Andersen full-length on Full Pupp, will report on that one as soon as i get a chance to listen...

xpost - why would i be upset? do what you gotta do mang.

fyi the embassy 12" is in stock now at amoeba ;)

i gotta say i passed on it, to be honest...and i've liked some tensnake stuff in the past.

i downloaded a bunch of old-school baleric stuff at the suggestion of this thread. listened to it in my car, and was like, "i don't get it"

then i listened to the same playlist on vacation, sitting in the sun, looking out on the beach, and it all made so much more sense.

B-)

i can't see anymore record stores around here go out of business. not like amoeba is struggling, but jeez it's been like 3-4 good ones in the last year.

that being said, http://rapidshare.com/files/174474223/The_Embassy-Lurking-_PVS-0011_-Vinyl-2008-OBC.zip.html

gracias! also on Blackbelt Andersen, I picked up the Kuk Av Stal 12" which is one of my favorite tracks of the year.

also awesome, Kuk Av Stal = Cock Of Steel in Norwegian

pretty much everything Claremont 56 is wicked at the moment. the most recent ones 'the delivery man' and the 7" are both fantastic, as is the blackbelt andersen and the super ashra-y one with the weird name. just got Andersen full-length on Full Pupp, will report on that one as soon as i get a chance to listen...

do you have any of these in stock Mike? i would most certainly be interested, i'll see if i can stop by later today

not sure 'bout the best way to distribute this stuff

rapidsharing stuff on ilm is kinda frowned upon but uh ... ahem *cough cough*

safer place to post things

'kuk av stal' is fucking amazing, one of my tunes of the year! sanfrandisco (your name escapes me, sorry), i'll hold onto whatever we've got in stock for you today. give me a call at the shop 415.831.1200. the blackbelt andersen LP won't be out for a month or so, a few weeks at least.

i hadn't realized a new y s i thread popped up after the smackdown a few years ago...

thanks for the heads up dmr, i am a relative noob

http://www.discogs.com/release/1496330

^ This is brilliant.

ah yeah that Soft Rocks is good! I listened, liked, and then put it back to get something else .... probably get it next time I see it. are their older ones real hard to find? I've only got Disco Power Play III which I've played the hell out of

the super ashra-y one with the weird name

do you mean the "icasol" 12" by ongou? with the idjut boys edit on it? cause if so, YES. it is easily one of my tracks of the year.

i picked up that umut/slowdown 12" too. as with claremont 56, have soft rocks disappointed at all this year? all of the mixes and edits they've been putting out are quite cosmic and quite good. i even prefer their mix of "love love love" over all others, including the one from aeroplane. maybe it's just the presence of kathy diamond that does it for me...