this is a thread for the BALEARIC REVIVAL

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

-- max, Monday, June 9, 2008 12:58 AM (58 seconds ago) Bookmark Link

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

it would be rad if someone could leonardo the jiscomusic EPs and the new one

anyone know what's going on with Windsurf? they said in the fader that they are putting out an album this year but there is nothing really on their myspace (one new song that is awesome of course). they're probably my favorite new balearic band besides studio.

Eskimo just released their remix of Low Motion Disco, plus a forthcoming remix on Permanent Vacation, then an album on Internasjonal. coming soon!

anybody heard that Baldelli mix on Eskimo? crazy tracklist

1 Fra Lippo Lippi- Say Something
2 Richard Bone - Mutant Wisdom
3 The Romantics - A Night Like This
4 Kevin Harrison - Ink Man
5 Translator - Break Down Barriers
6 Martha & The Muffins - Danseparc (Every Day It’s Tomorrow)
7 The Dream Syndicate - 50 In A 25 Zone
8 Thompson Twins - Beach Culture
9 Positive Noise - Positive Negative
10 David Jackson - Stonewall Stands With Thomas Davies
11 La Bionda - I Got Your Number
12 Torch Song - Prepare To Energize
13 Ray Parker Junior - -The Other Woman
14 Strafe Fur Rebellion - Mosche Bildt Njet
15 Spirit - Potatoland Theme
16 Spider - Better Be Good To Me
17 Bronx Irish Catholics - Ulster Defense
18 Alicia Bridges - Body heat

Parlour sound very promising, although hard to pin down. "Amor" is like a cross between Studio and A Mountain of One - melodramatic widescreen balearic prog-MOR. "Capriccio" is bloated beardo-italodisco-rock. "Theme" is ridiculous afro-disco-pop that's a bit Boney M.

True to form, Studio, A Mountain of One, Richard Norris and Permanent Vacation are all friends with them.

can someone leo either/both permanent vacation mixes?

"mark e is so crucial"

naturally, i'd love to agree given that i have had a few emails over the last couple of years from people thinking i'm the man behind these tracks, but to be honest, i aint feeling this stuff.

yet.

salty

i heard "foreign affair" by mike oldfield on the radio while eating at a restaurant in prague and it was :D :D :D

fits in wonderfully with this stuff, but i imagine everyone who posts to this thread has heard it by this point and i am ten years in the past as usual

aside:

i'm assuming from context the meaning of to "leo" or "leonardo" (v.) is "plz to send me this music thing." how'd this one come about? why? etc.? just curious.

old noize board thread. it was a title that got switched up a bunch of times and ended up that way

apparently not everyone loves balearic stylings. was in the car yesterday and playing the Balearic Mike beats in space mix (which i absolutely ADORE) and the two ladies in the car kept asking me wtf i was playing. they said if they were listening to music like this, they expected to be getting a massage. lol new age

don't make me come back there and massage you ladies! i'll turn this car around!

Peter Visti's "Tokyo By Night" = the one piece of culture that will live on in the heart and mind of the universe when our planet and our species are long gone.

AKA it's the "Da Funk" of balearic.

ok listening to that j. gonzalez/todd terje track right now. EPIC.