this is a thread for the BALEARIC REVIVAL

not sure if there's anyone who only reads this thread but not bobbins, but the vakula album definitely gets into some heavy balearic and new age vibes, and it's pretty much excellent all the way through.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUxS3bsudGo

i know i've heard it before, but i can't put my finger on it. really enjoying all the mixes you're posting ITT LG, just takes me a while to get to them.

ah yes, i'm just joking about blogging - just good to place things here now and again, my job at the moment allows a lot of listening to music - there is a process where some things don't make the grade for the effort of a copy and paste here, quality control still exists.

Was laughing my head off when the Vakula album goes full-on Santana / Bongo Brothers / Ozric Tentacles(!) Great sound. There's actually only one House per-se track on it (which works great as an early build up) and I wonder if people will miss it if they're expecting more of that sort of thing. It's a proper ludicrous space-rock / cosmic disco epic as they used to be made. Almost reminds me of AR & Machines' Echo or something, with that artwork as well. Very Orbular on a couple of tracks as well. Probably makes more sense on CD but I want the triple gatefold just because that's the proper way to do these things isn't it.

anyone know the tune at about 20 mins in this?

https://soundcloud.com/seekmagic/summer-blue-eden-rock

quite an old mix but it's been in my soundcloud likes for quite a while...

damn i wish i knew now too

what a hauntingly gorgeous song

it is amazing

i even tried transcribing the lyrics and googling them, to no avail

seagulls winging their way and soaring
spending their life just drifting
drifting their way to nowhere
ripples laughing and gay and gentle
dancing away their lifetime
winding their way to nowhere
drifting like a bird i'm drifting
like a ripple on a stream
like a clown dressed in a dream
going nowhere
raindrops falling from skies so stormy
kissing the earth before me
die in their paths to nowhere
breezes blowing the leaves of autumn
leaves in a world forgotten
singing their songs to no one
no time no where
love me take me in your arms and keep me there
i haven't loved in so long
and everything seems so wrong
and nothings going no where, no time, no way
nowhere nowhere nowhere
love me
take me in your arms and keep me there
i haven't loved in so long
and everything seems so wrong
and nothings going nowhere
nowhere nowhere nowhere

i'm sure that's not 100% correct

i found the dj on twitter and asked - will let you know if i hear back, his account isn't updated that recently.

Reminds me of David Sylvian crossed with Louis.

definitely canon nipplecore whatever it is

i found the dj on twitter and asked - will let you know if i hear back, his account isn't updated that recently.

― Junior Dictionary (LocalGarda)

I'm friends on FB with some of the Seekmagic guys. I'll see if any of them know anything

Hi guys, I asked him via email and got a very friendly reply - the track is "Nowhere" by Cy Timmons.
His latest mix can be found here: http://racketracket.co.uk/music/october-moonglow/

Nice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUN71wu3iKU

Yeah was hammering that Moonglow mix last year.

There's another great track at 20 minutes on that one (The Island?)

nice work, willem. the track after it is great too - that eden rock mix generally is really good.

instigated by you reaching out to him, ronan, so thank you, really. mostly for posting the link to the mix in the first place :-)

http://www.oldedwardsinn.com/dining/hummingbird-lounge

Crowd pleaser

vakula bangs. feels like an album i have been waiting to exist for a long time. super nerdy song titles too 8-)

cy timmons track is next level beardo... damn

Kassem Mosse / Simone White - "Flowers in May"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1S5UnP3dlSA

Secret Circuit - "Out West"
https://soundcloud.com/emotional-response/a1-out-west-digital-master?in=emotional-response/sets/ers013-secret-circuit-cosmic

Round - "Float"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEO2DhV2Gis

The new Romare album has a good balearic thread running thru it <3

https://youtu.be/NekoiOaCV_M

cool video

beautiful mix

http://testpressing.org/2015/02/mix-manu-archeo-recordings/

ah that one is great, had a listen earlier today. recognise a few tracks, as well as gaussian curve - there is one near the start i've heard in lots of other mixes.

this jamie tiller mix is great - very deep and melancholic

https://soundcloud.com/jamietiller/xyz

and this one too, by rings of saturn, for lullabies for insomniacs.

https://soundcloud.com/lullabiesforinsomniacs/rings-around-saturn-guest-mix

Full t/l for that Manu mix:

1.Simple Natural - Manu
2.Phantom Actors (Manu Cosmic Version)-Jonny Nash
3.Rebecca's Theme (Manu Super Extended Edit 02)- ART Wilson
4.Sweet Dream (Sun Mix)- Onyricon
5.Impossible Island - Gaussian Curve
6.Uchu Tanjyo - Susumu Yokota
7.Tonight (Sans Columns)-Eleventeen Eston
8.Kontômè - Gabin Dabiré
9.Huiziopochtli - Andreas Vollenweider
10.Umbria (Manu Edit)- Marco Fedrigo
11.Melt - Leftfield
12.La luna - Ishinohana
13.Gran Via - Javier Bergia
14.Check On The List (Manu extended edit) - Richard Sanderson
15.Les Mots Et Les Gestes - Maxime Le Forestier
16.Mamma - Joan Bibiloni
17.Musica Per Sognare - Manu Edit
18.Pump - He Said
19.Vincent - Mudd & Pollard
20.Travel (Felix Dickinson's Passport Control Mix) - Almunia
21.Harmonious Discord - Yse Saint Laurant
22.Samba Vocalizado - Luciano Perrone
23.Gambarra (Lexx Remix) - Cantoma
24.A.E.I.O.U.- Foster
25.Bees (Manu Extended Edit) - Begin
26.Formentera Headspace Blues - Mark Barrott
27.The Visitor (Ray Mang mix) - Paqua
28.Solito (Wolf Müller Water Mix)- José Padilla
29.Sea & Seagulls - Manu
30.Ultima Caccia - Giuliano Sorgini
31.MJ - Manu

Yeah, that's a fantastic mix. Thanks for the track listing.

This just about fits here - on balance. New Sotofett Trush mix. Great selections as usual!

https://soundcloud.com/trushmix/trushmix-70-dj-sotofett-w-pender-street-steppers-hashman-deejay

oh that manu mix (which yes is great) just got me to realize that gaussian curve's clouds is no longer lp-only (just bought the download off bandcamp)

https://soundcloud.com/ante-meridiem/ams025-egon-long-distance-mix🔗

01 // Merge // Long Distance
02 // Vangelis Katsoulis // The Sleeping Beauty
03 // Suzanne Ciani // The Eight Wave
04 // Apiento & Co. // The Light Machine
05 // Richard Schneider Jr. // Regina’s Dance
06 // Boban Petrovic // Zajedno Srecni
07 // Spike // Fooling Around
08 // Guy Cuevas // Island In My Mind
09 // Ned Doheny // To Prove My Love
10 // Joan Bibiloni // The Boogie
11 // Vangelis // Dervish D
12 // Jan Hammer // Crockett’s Theme
13 // Paradise’s Deep Groove // Innermind
14 // K.Leimer // Acquiescence
15 // Laid Back // Fly Away / Walking In The Sunshine

some classics and other stuff - nice mix.

Have a number of these cuts in my iTunes library so am enjoying this. I find myself predisposed to the less house-y, more pillowy synthy stuff – so this hits the spot.

really like this track from the sotofett trush mix, even if it's a bit balearic avicii

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWJmn4hXRuY&t=212

haha, yeah, it is a bit, that is a great EP, though. acid rasta is very cool:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ8lrYIilv0

New Jan Hammered mix:

http://testpressing.org/2015/03/388-jan-hammered-wanna-dance-pt-1/

another amazing ruff dug mix

https://soundcloud.com/n_u_t_s/ruf-dug-6th-march-2015

one f actually, ruf dug

on the synth/kosmische end of the spectrum, but I think it counts: The Emperor Machine mix for White Light:
http://www.whitelightmixes.com/mixes/white-light-97-the-emperor-machine/

really enjoying this: https://chillmegachill.bandcamp.com/album/sea-sides

By the way, I heard E2-E4 for the first time a few days ago and was blown away. Wish I knew about years ago. Any other recommendations for similar 'classic' balearic/electronic music?

Ashra: New Age of Earth is all-time

By the way, I heard E2-E4 for the first time a few days ago and was blown away. Wish I knew about years ago. Any other recommendations for similar 'classic' balearic/electronic music?

Not all electronic but this was the Top 25 voted by DJ History a few years back:

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)

If you want to dig even deeper there's a list of all the records nominated (and many, many gems) about halfway down this thread:

http://www.djhistory.com/forum/looking-for-top-25-balearic-records-ever-radio-show

awesome

awesome, thanks for that.

By the way, I heard E2-E4 for the first time a few days ago and was blown away. Wish I knew about years ago. Any other recommendations for similar 'classic' balearic/electronic music?

Maybe "Sueño Latino", or would that be too similar? ;-)

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

this is a couple of years old now and i'm not 100% sure it fits on this thread but the alfonso lovo reissue on numero is *incredible*

http://www.numerogroup.com/products/alfonso-lovo-la-gigantona

Any other recommendations for similar 'classic' balearic/electronic music?

feel like this one could be slotted away in a similar electronic/euphoric subcategory of balearica

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8LeK27_c-M

tho e2-e4 is obviously a lot less cheesy than most of this stuff, sorta hard to compare anything to it in a direct way. on the proggier/noodlier side of things definitely ashra, maybe transfer station blue? wahnfried's townelle? innovative communication in general - clara mondshine, double fantasy, etc. not sure if those were actual classics at the time but they feel right.

thanks, I'll check those out. More asking about classic records in general than something exactly akin to E2-E4.

Here's a Spotify playlist of that DJ History Balearic poll, by the way:

https://open.spotify.com/user/fingermag/playlist/1S4X40YzybVNS3KrHqPel5

Saw that Mr Hogge posted on FB yesterday that he's starting up the Lovefingers site again very soon. Whoop!

that spotify playlist was a bit overkill for me - when it's 360 tracks and some are just well-known hits it becomes a bit useless and unfocused.

if only there were an ilxor crazy enough to make a playlist of every single track mentioned in this thread