this is a thread for the BALEARIC REVIVAL

"aeroplane" is a really appropriate name for these guys

i like the das pop remix too ... although i find their stuff somewhat samey feeling. is it really such a feat to achieve the same thing 3 times or does that make them a one trick pony? i don't know how 'balearic' i think they are either. more like pretty straight forward 'nu disco' pop jams (which isn't the worst thing)

but it's the best trick ever!

To all balearic mixtapers out there, can I recommend the following unbeatable one two punch:

Invisible Conga People - Cable Dazed
Glissandro 70 - Bolan Muppets

They go together perfectly.

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Max Essa - Back to the Beach
Max Essa - Tropic
Canyons - Apples and Pears
Low Motion Disco - Things Are Gonna Get Easier
Smith + Mudd - Shulme (Lexx Edit)
Coyote - Going Out

in the series "balearic pops up in the most unexpected places", may I suggest you guys check out the 3rd movement of Steve Reich's 'Electric Counterpoint' (as played by Pat Metheny)

WEWW012 is coming out soon
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Its by Dr. Dunks (aka eric from rub n tug)

samples:
Love Savage
The Phone

I saw someone get on the subway tonight with a sick Better than a Spoonful ofLeather tshirt

that is all nothing more to report

dr drunks

wow lovex3 (aeroplane mix) is so freaking irresistable

most definitely...

good picks grady! add this one:

Dub Delay Band

that jam is sick, and I heard a rumour from a reputable source that Weatherall had something to do with it.

xpost to baaderonixx, you might recognize a swath Electric Counterpoint in a Balearic classic - The Orb's 'Little Fluffy Clouds' - or am I pointing out the obvious?

swath *of*...

haha - thanks, i'd never noticed!

a little too aggressive to be Balearic but I don't know what else to put it under - Simone Fedi's "Yeah!" is awesome

listened to all the new Aeroplane stuff today at a record store (Pacific Air, Love Love Love rmx, the Kathy Diamond 12", maybe even one other one ... they've got a lot out now) but none of it hit me in the same way as that first 12". didn't end up buying any of em.

you kerrrrrrrrazy!

i dont love pacific air or the kathy diamond as much as the s/t trak and the LLL remix

dmr, what record store has that stuff and listening stations? Etheria? Mondo Kims?

Etherea is where I went today, they have tons of this stuff. Kims carries some of it but their dance section can be kinda disorganized I think.

on the other hand it seems like Etherea has higher prices, a lot of their import 12"s are $12.98-$13.98 ugghh. which contributed to my only buying one of em (the Simone Fedi on Eskimo).

kathy diamond one is killer, i guess i have to check the others

The Kathy Diamond is killer. That, "Aeroplane" and the remix of "Love, Love, Love" are best I think.

i love those tracks but pacific air race is so... boring... in comparison!!!!

there's also a Love Love Love - Soft Rocks Remix with Kathy Diamond that was pretty cool. the other side was a Still Going rmx that I wasn't that into

of course this is all first impressions just playchecking records real fast, I'm sure I might go back and change my mind on some of this stuff later

I also listened to the Tiedye records (the Metallica cover and the one with Feist) and they didn't do much for me. maybe I've just overloaded on this style a little bit. but as far as the other new stuff on Italians, this --

Invisible Conga People - Cable Dazed

is great

icp is dope

still going remix of love love love isnt great... but i like the original and the LSB soundsystem remix

icp is dope

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let's use a diff acronym maybe?

invisible conga are aight, i thought "cable dazed" was "pretty" but kinda zzzzz

aeroplane rmx of kathy diamond otoh...

lol m.o. for BALEARIC REVIVAL is "'pretty' but kinda zzzzz"

i mean im jokin but u kno

yah but invisble conga are kinda dark so they don't even have that a good vibe imo, at least not like a band like air france who make me happy even when they are (sometimes intentionally) zzzz

then again i've only heard "cable dazed" a few times a month or so ago, but idk it didn't seem like they have that many good ideas

let's use a diff acronym maybe?

haha! what, you don't like insane conga posse?

it didn't seem like they have that many good ideas

it's really just one idea but krautrock + dubby house beats is a pretty good one imo, or at least hits the right buttons for me. I like "Weird Pains" more than "Cable Dazed"

I don't really get the Lindsrom&Prins Thomas reference though.

i think 'turkish delight' from their collab qualifies (and is awesome)

The point of "Cable Dazed" is to be kind of zzz though. It's very hypnotic - reminds me of Laika a bit. The section with the deliquescing synth arpeggios at the 3 minute mark is just magical.

"Weird Pains" was my jam for the entire second half of last year, I'm not sure which is better though.

yeah this is what im saying--so much of this stuff (amo1, for example) is totally "pretty but kind of zzz." its part of what i really like about it (balearic revival), playing around the line btw. "hypnotic"/"meditative"/maybe even "lush" and "boring"/"soporific"/"kind of zzz." edging toward sleep-inducing--without falling totally into it--thats a big component of this aesthetic, i think

is it just me who thinks that any song automatically seems better once it shows up on a Balaeric mix?...

i think music in general has sounded better after my exposure to Balearic

wow just discovered that too hard aeroplane coyote remix and i am lovin it!

I just bought that Ministry of Sound Fred Deakin Balearic thing on iTunes and I guess it's probably BLRC 101 (or even not totally relevant) to the vets on this thread, but I am liking a lot of it. Good deal, too - 10 pounds and you get both discs of individual tracks plus both discs mixed.

The new mix on Beats in Space by Balearic Mike is ace. Having a bloody mary here in SF and the weather is just fine for these tunes. It's good because it goes out a little from the usual tried and tested balearic sonic palette, reaches out to some Brazilian stuff, some folk-rock Balearic, makes the mix that Quiet Village did for RA look tepid in comparison.

should have posted this here instead of beardo:

samples of the new mark e sound awesome

http://www.piccadillyrecords.com/index.php?url=http://www.piccadillyrecords.com/ver2/search1.php&new=1&search=Mark+E+%26+Dragon

mark e is so crucial

his 2 running back releases are on itunes btw (r&b drunkie and good times are not, obv)

"R&B Drunkie" makes the last 100 years of human history all worth it.

^^ not hyperbole

the two mark e mixes going around out there at the moment—mystery mix on dj history and turn it out (forget the blog that hosted)—are so fantastic.

http://www.myspace.com/runningbackrecords

"human" is sick. mark e played in london recently, anyone go?

turn it out mix
exclusive x-mas mix

apparently there is a beats in space mix somewhere?

http://www.beatsinspace.net/audio/2007/oct2/bis100207part1.mp3

also, this rad one:

http://coolinthepool.com/files/Mark_E_-_Love_the_Action.mp3