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Balearic Breakfast | Episode 203 | A World of Peace...

  • Writer: by The Lioncub
    by The Lioncub
  • Dec 11, 2024
  • 7 min read

Updated: Dec 25, 2024

Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy broadcast the 203rd episode of Balearic Breakfast on her Mixcloud on December 10th 2024.




About this episode. – Sometimes, well, maybe more than that (laughs!), things fall into place. Once again, Balearic Breakfast was the place to experience – how to put it – a perfect alignment of... Musical and Historical planets!


Since she had a busy partying schedule playing at Corrie Doon's party on November 30th and this very Sunday at the London Loft – we all know how that goes, no partying without preparation and hard work, right?) – Colleen did not publish the request line this Saturday. Of course, the Balearic Breakfast Family was slightly sad (because we can't get enough of that requesting game, laughs!), but we all kept a positive mindset knowing that Colleen would present a live show this very Tuesday, so all that was left was the unbearable... waiting (laughs)!

As expected, time flew in a blink and we were all present today, welcoming our Captain and our Beloved Adam for what hapenned to be a Splendid episode with a soul of its own!


"Having a little boogie on this morning’s Balearic Breakfast and the show is now up on my Mixcloud and thank you to everyone from the BB Fam who joined in on the chat on the Mixcloud Live Stream. Looking forward to seeing you all next Tuesday and a reminder the request line goes up on Saturday on my socials. In the meantime, enjoy the show!"


Listen back to the 204th episode of Balearic Breakfast:


PLAYLIST


(2022) Calm – Drift to Dreamland

(2024) Caoilfhionn Rose – Dying Star

(2000) Jaffa – Elevator

(1983) Letta Mbulu – Nomalizo

(2024) Gloria Taylor – One Day Happiness

(Love is a Hurtin’ Thing) (Disco Blending by Al Kent)

(NOL) Jill Scott (ft. Anthony Hamilton) – So In Love (Edit by Mr. K)

(1981) Light of the World – London Town

(2024) Silvertooth – Shut Um Down (Pop Up 2 Get Down Remix)

(2019) Leroy Burgess – Barely Breaking Even (Louie Vega NYC House Remix TV Track)

(2024) Pellegrino & Zodyaco – Sadite

(2024) Saucy Lady & U-Key (ft Omar) – I Can’t Shake This Feeling

(1990) Key Tronics Ensemble – House of Calypso

(2024) Meshell Ndegeocello – Love (Tedd Patterson’s Kinship Remix)

(2024) Zer-0 – Real Time (2024 Retrospective Dub)

(2024) Tigerbalm – Profunda Alma (Make A Dance Acid Remix)

(2017) Glenn Underground’s Jaz Collective – Fuego de Sangre

(1979) Charanga 76 – No Nos Pararan


THE LISTENING EXPERIENCE


Today's show started with Colleen selecting the wrong speed on her turntable, laughs! Our dear Captain started the show again selecting the right speed and the image went from "Falling leaves" to... "A World of Peace". I kept the title as, quite quickly, I felt it was what the music Conveyed. Of course, Thanks to Calm's Drift to Dreamland which opens today's episode but also thanks to the following songs, both in the first and in the second hour of the show... Caoilfhionn Rose's Dying Star is also another incredible soothing musical journey and, Caoilfhionn kindly shared with me the following thought: "When I was writing the lyrics to Dying Star I was thinking about a good friend of mine. I felt very inspired by them, they’d gone off travelling on a solo trip. They’ve had a difficult life, and I think a few words on the song would be "it’s really just a moment of reflection of the inner strength and resilience of my friend". Thank you so much dear friend for sharing these thoughts with the Balearic Breakfast Family!

The calmness emanating from today's episode is something to experience, and more so when you think about the Political changes the world went through the last few days (the French Cathedral Notre Dame reopened its doors this very Saturday after a fire nearly destroyed it back in 2019, Bashar Al Asad's regime has been put down by rebels who attacked the regime from their base in Idlib, in Syria's north-west and Trump is advocating for a cease-fire in the war Russia is leading against Ukraine...). In a nutshell, It's like Colleen somehow felt the need to share this powerful shift, consciously or unconsciously this we don't know, still it's a beauty to witness... Really!

Following this relaxing start, Colleen plays David Kakon's Elevator, just to let a Classic flow in the name of Nomalizo – "the name of a young woman who comes from the countryside to the city of Johannesburg, looking for work,” Mbulu explains. “She knocked on all kinds of doors trying to find work, and the response was very negative. They would just slam the door in her face" – sang by Letta Mbulu (whose beautiful voice can be heard on Michael Jackson's "Liberian Girl" – Click here to get In The Music… The Village Never Ends' reissue)!



Keeping the Calmness intact, listen to the piano and the long silence in the Rhythmic guitar's parts..., Colleen then plays Al Kent's remix of Gloria Gaynor's One Day Happiness. Although Mixcloud compresses the sound, this peculiar track allows you to hear a lot of beautiful high-pitched notes: take the time to listen to them, can you picture, can you picture the form they have? Can you see the way they end? When listening to music, take the time to listen to the ending of the notes being played, it's a world in itself... If you're able to picture the "form" of the notes played, the way they die, you'll hear Music in another and unique way... Don't take my word on this, keep that in your mind, and exercise your ear, one day you'll thank me. This is just one thing I discussed with my friend Men Tensel when we met together a few days ago! Yes, Balearic Breakfast is a Musical Family Affair! And we ain't faking here! Think of music as Philosophy, take some distance, observe it as it were a movie, listen to it as it were your closest friend talking, and get into it like you were making love... Experience it. Believe me, you don't need crazy priced Hi-Fi sets to Feel its power...

Of Course, Colleen's delicate touch does wonders today, absolute wonders. Listen to how Jill Scott's So In Love arrives in the mix... Here, the Calmness comes from the splendid way the sonic layers are used. The strong beat is on the front while in the background there is a flying and light element, supported by violins. Rhythmical, Musical and instrumental dynamics right there. Alive pictures in front of your ears... Colleen keeps the calmness in the rhythm today, playing the wavy and funky number that Light of the World's London Town is (making use of London Big Ben's notes 😉) ...

Collen then ends the first hour of today's episode by playing songs (Silvertooth's Shut Um Down / Leroy Burgess' Barely Breaking Even – previously featured in the show in its Opolopo Vocal Mix – and Pellegrino & Zodyaco's Sadite) that do have a quicker and more engaging tempo for sure, but which keep on showcasing how much a groove can soothe you when it's supported by long sustained notes or with well-used echo effects... Calmness is a groove, you got it by now, don't you (by the way, listen to what happens at 58min 24seconds, if that mixing groove does not soothe you, you might need to listen back to it, my gosh!) 🤗



"Barely Breaking Even" is a mid-tempo Golden Disco classic that was first released in 1982 on New York's Moonglow record label and originally produced by Greg Carmichael and penned by one of the era's top writing teams: James Calloway, Sonny T Davenport, including the legendary Leroy Burgess. In 1988, Leroy was tasked by Bobby & Steve’s Zoo Experience Records to create a 6-track mini-album, with "Barely Breaking Even" (BBE) being re-recorded and re-vocalized by Leroy and Tyrone Williams, known from Orange Juice Jones. With the Disco sound still prominent in today's club scene, Groove Odyssey’s Michael Hughes enlisted Opolopo to revive BBE for the dance floor, and the result is outstanding. Retaining many of the original BBE elements, Opolopo has crafted a dance floor classic that appeals to both the old and new generations.

The second part of today's 204th episode keeps the relaxed and happy mood intact with a Big and flying mix including Saucy Lady's I Can’t Shake This Feeling / Key Tronics Ensemble's House of Calypso (I love how the "rhythmic stop" surprises the listener while keeping the flow and relaxation intact...) / Tedd Patterson’s Kinship Remix of Meshell Ndegeocello's Love and Zer-0's Real Time and Tigerbalm's Profunda Alma (which made me think of Carrie Ann's cover of Donna Summer's I Feel Love). For those of you who are interested, Greg Wilson, with Norman Cook wrote the introduction to James Hamilton's brand new book "Disco Pages".


This episode puts you in such a calm and positive mindset, it's crazy... On the chat, I can tell you we were all grooving, talking about Yacht Rock (there's a new documentary that's out) with Colleen sharing one short satyrical clip (see it here) and Matt Raistrick sharing how much he liked what the Yacht Rock Boys proposed (listen here). Of course, a lot of our friends thanked Colleen for the wonderful London Loft Party which raised their spirits High!

Colleen then ends the show by playing two incredible songs, Glenn Underground’s Jaz Collective's Fuego de Sangre and Charanga 76's No Nos Pararan (a very nice cover of McFadden & Whitehead's 1979 classic "Ain't No Stoppin' us Now" by Hansel Enrique Martinez and Raul Alfonso, both born in Cuba who started their professional musical careers in 1976 in New York City as vocalists and Co-founders of Charanga 76 and later releasing records and touring as Hansel and Raul).

The message is plain to see... You can't stop peace now...


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