this is a thread for the BALEARIC REVIVAL

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.

Timspeak: "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" = "worth a listen."

I'm auditioning for Boomkat.

In reality "Tokyo By Night" is the second best balearic track of the year after "Whispers".

New mix: https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/38583/mikebee%20-%20newmix0608.mp3

falls apart a bit towards the end, but the first 40 minutes are golden. Hope you like. Tracklist when I get a chance to put it down.

impossible to find that linda di franco track mentioned upthread on 12

-- deej, Friday, 16 May 2008 13:44 (1 month ago) Link

or even mp3!

i want all this balearia

or even mp3!

-- impudent harlot, Thursday, 3 July 2008 15:26 (3 hours ago) Bookmark Link

I did have folder of the top 25 balearic (inc that track) upped to Sendspace. Lemme know if you want it again, though it'll be Monday probably as I'm moving between computers at the minute.

here's a tracklist for the mix I posted above. i know the link looks weird, but it works!

1. M.I.A. - Paper Planes (DFA Remix)
2. Will Powers - Adventures In Success (Dub)
3. Quiet Village - Pillow Talk
4. The Who - Eminence Front (Extended mix)
5. Dub Delay Band - Changing
6. Chateau Flight - GRN Aventurine
7. Ape Into Jam - 1972
8. Low Motion Disco - Love Love Love (Aeroplane mix)
9. Juicy - Nobody But You (Deo-Dub)
10. Rene & Angela - I'll Be Good (Dub mix)
11. Mari Boine - It Ain't Necessarily Evil (Mungolian Jetset remix)
12. Smith & Mudd - 24/7 (Recloose remix)

steve shasta asked me politely to never say balearic again

what was polite about it

he said, "hello, good sir. the usage of the term balearic is causing a great pain to my ears. it would pleasure me greatly if you refrained from using it in my presence. good day"

and he was wearing a bow tie

are you sure it wasnt michael white