Balearic Breakfast | Episode 222 | And Nothing is Forever
- by The Lioncub
- May 13
- 15 min read
Updated: Jun 5
Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy broadcast the 222nd episode of Balearic Breakfast on her Mixcloud on May 13th 2025.
About this episode. – On may 10th 2025, Colleen hosted a Balearic Breakfast day party alongside Joe Gogdard from Hot Chip (which saw the debut of their new Cosmodelica Electric Eden mix of The Cure’s ‘And Nothing is Forever’ ). The party brought a lot of hapiness and the energy our DJ friends brought to the NT's Loft is palpable by looking at the pictures that both Simon Ellis and Amie-Jo so kindly shared with me.
Sadly, there was no request line for this episode but, as we shall see in the listening experience of this post, today's show brought a disconnected, soothing, and floating musical experience, helping us realise that, in the current flow of affairs we all must deal with, in the end, really, nothing is Forever...
"This morning’s Balearic Breakfast is now up on my Mixcloud (link in comments). Today’s show sees debut of my new Cosmodelica Electric Eden Remix of The Cure ‘And Nothing is Forever’ which I did with my Electric Eden partners Joe Goddard of Hot Chip and Al Doyle of Hot Chip/LCD Soundsystem. Its from the forthcoming ‘Mixes of a Lost World’ release coming out on the 13th June and all profits are going to Médecins Sans Frontières / MSF. You can preorder on The Cure website. There’s also new music from Flying Mojito Bros Max Essa be.lanuit Payfone, Ghost Assembly, Favorite Recordings Musicmine Inc. MUSIC FOR DREAMS Ayane Shino Gratts, and Aldorande and I even slipped in a drum n bass rework of a deep house classic. I hope you will enjoy.
If you’re in Ibiza, I’m playing at Pike’s All Night Long this Sunday and next Friday, the 23rd May, I’m with Love Injection Fanzine / Records at The Good Room (tix link in comments) and then Wednesday the 28th at Dantes Hi Fi in Miami.
Please give me a follow over on my Mixcloud as soon I’ll post my back to back mix with Joe Goddard at Saturday’s Balearic Breakfast Day Party at NTs Loft. Thanks for listening!"
Listen back to the 122nd episode of Balearic Breakfast:
PLAYLIST
(2025) Ayane Shino – Sayounara
(2025) Aldorande – Opium des Nuits
(2014) Nathan East – SeveNate
(2022) Mistura Pura – Vamo Vive
(1978) Con Funk Shun – Loveshine
(2025) Payfone (ft Leon Lace) – Pony Bar
(2025) Ghost Assembly (ft Oliver Cross) – De Laatste Rit (The Last Ride)
(2002) Erlend Øye – Ghost Trains
(2025) Pepe Braddock/Kampinos – Good Looking Pepe (Deep Burnt)
(1981) René & Angela – Secret Rendezvous (Reflex Revision)
(TBR) Jean Carn – My Love Don’t Come Easy (Linkwood Rework)
(1985) Sipho Gumede (ft Felicia Marion) – Something to Say
(TBR) Max Essa – Camel Night-Rate (be.lanuit Remix)
(2025) System Olympia (ft Reinen) – On Repeat
(2025) Flying Mojito Bros – Area 54
(2024) Ambala (ft. Santino Surfers/Walther/OliO/Iyame Aje) – Amor Bailar
(2005) Sabrina Malheiros – Maracatueira (Incognito Remix)
(TBR) Manu Dibango / Adrian Loving – Manu Echos
(2025) Gratts (ft Venessa Jackson) – Off My Feet
(UNO) Maxwell – Til the Cops Come Knockin (Julius Papp House Excursion)
(2025) The Cure – And Nothing Is Forever (Cosmodelica Electric Eden Remix)
COLLEEN IN THE NEWS
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THE LISTENING EXPERIENCE
This episode is musically and intellectually quite interesting as it behaves like the tea you put in the boiling water. It slowly infuses your brain, your psyché, it liberates you, then it grooves you, and the freedom you gained from the show's first songs keep on elevating you as the groove is being built slowly and steadily by Colleen. From a jazzy, cool, somewhat lost and ethereal place, we then go to a synthy, electronic and drum'n'bass place, just to be able to discover a few songs later how much groove was there from the very start, letting ourselves flow constantly in the lost element that life is... If we have to be lost, at least, music should be our only guide, right?!
As walways, Colleen's mixing skills participate in our intellectual liberation, listen for instance to what happens between "My Love Don’t Come Easy" and "Something to Say", that little rhythmic change really act as both a recharger and a liberator, enhancing the wellness in which we float. Simply Beautiful.
We then move on to a suspended musical moment, somewhat clubby, but which still keeps that liberating musical element that makes the listener feel as if he was floating above the clouds. Colleen always Amazes me with her ability to propose a different vibe on each of her shows, it's just mesmerizing, really! That feeling of freedom is so strong in this episode, it evolves so beautifuly, and she manages to keep it afloat with such greatness that it just acts as a medecine on the listener! There's a feeling of well-being emanating from this episode, and it's infectious...
COLLEEN'S PRESENTATION
Tokyo guitarist Ayane Shino with Sayounara from the album River Seiseragi, the Tomb of Guitar No. 2, Rei Harakami. And this is Shino's second album in her Tomb of Guitar series. Her first was Sakura, a Susumu Yokota cover album, which I adore. I did play it on Balearic Breakfast before. And this second album covers the hallucinatory beatscapes and works by late Japanese composer, musician, and filmmaker Rei Harukami, whose debut LP, Unrest, showed him as a successor to such luminaries as Haruomi Hosono and Ruichi Sakamoto. Sadly, Harakami passed away at the age of 40 in 2011, leaving behind a musical legacy that seemed to deserve more recognition. Hence this fitting tribute now comes from the incredibly gifted classical guitarist Ayane Shino. And she's reworked Harukami's standout tracks into an album of tranquil yet complex compositions, and I highly recommend it.
Good morning, Balearicans. I'm Colleen Cosmo Murphy hosting your weekly Balearic Breakfast on a sunshiny Tuesday morning here in London, taking you through until high noon on my MixCloud Live. And greetings to the Balearic Breakfast family already gathered over there on the chat group joining in from all corners of the globe. And thank you as always for joining me. And thanks to all who joined Joe Goddard and I at the Balearic Breakfast Day Party at NT's Loft this past Saturday. How fun was that? Good vibes all around. It was really, really special. And I have a couple more dates at NT's Loft this summer, and we'll be announcing the lineups very soon.
Now this Sunday is my first stop in Ibiza this summer. I'm playing at Pike's at Freddy's all night long, which should be fun. Then the following weekend, I'm over in New York City, actually in Brooklyn to be exact, playing with my friends Paul and Barbie of Love Injection at the Good Room on Friday night, the 23rd of May. And first release tickets are gone, but second release tickets are still available as of this morning. And then on Wednesday, the 28th May, I'm in Miami at Dante's Hi-Fi. And then back to Europe for two loft parties, the Last Note Party in Italy on the 7th of June. And if you want to go over to Umbria, to Perugia, please email info at lastnote.org for info and reservations. And then on Sunday, the 15th of June, it's the anniversary of our London Loft Party, which we started with David Mancuso 22 years ago. I'll be musically hosting a seven-hour vinyl-only set on our beautiful sound system. And if you want to join us, you can sign up on the Friendship Train, sign up for our mailing list at loftparty.org. Okay, I hope you got all that.
Now it's back to the music. On today's show, I'm catching up with some older requests. And I also have new music from Payfone, Ghost Assembly, Flying Mojito Bros, Max Esa, be.lanuit, Gratts, and I'm even going to slip in a drum and bass rework of a Deep House classic. And I'm also going to debut the Cosmodelica Electric Eden remix of The Cure. The first time it'll be played on air, and it's only been played one other time at the Balearic Breakfast Party on Saturday. So hopefully I've piqued your interest. Please keep it locked.
Now you've heard me play many reissues on the French label Favorite Recordings, but they also released new music. And at the end of this month, they're releasing the third album by French jazz funk band Aldorande, and it's fittingly entitled Trois. The quintet is led by Virgile Raffaëlli, and together they push the boundaries of music with boundless passion and unparalleled instrumental mastery inspired by the 1970s fusion movement. The entire album is fantastic. There's a lot of great up-tempo songs, but I'm going to play something a bit more mellow and groovy. This is Alderande with Opium des Nuits.
Californian disco funk band Con Funk Shun with Loveshine. That's the title track of their 1978 album, and Con Funk Shun released 11 albums between 1976 and 86. A few like this one were certified gold, and they racked up quite a few hits on the Billboard R&B charts. After they disbanded, singer-songwriter and instrumentalist Felton Pilate went on to work extensively with MC Hammer. Oh, what you learn when you go down these rabbit holes. Thank you to Bert Francois in Brooklyn for that suggestion, and I also want to wish Bert a happy belated birthday. His birthday was last week, and for those of you that are new to the Balearic Breakfast family, Bert is an old listener of mine. Not that he's old. Maybe I am, but he listened to my shows Club 89 and Soul School back on 89.1 FM in New York City back in the 90s. So one of my longest term listeners, and a very, very happy birthday to you, Bert.
Ahead of that, Vamo Vive by Mistura Pura, who is Italian DJ, composer, singer, and producer Federica Grappasonni. She began at 19 during the acid jazz era, performing live, and at the end of the 90s, she DJed in the Italian lounge scene. More recently, she's reworked some of her material, and you could find Vamo Vive on the Mistura Pura band camp.
Ahead of that, some breezy Brazilian jazz from Nathan East, an American bass guitarist who's played with Bobby Womack, Stevie Wonder, George Harrison, Toto, and Herbie Hancock, amongst a host of other legends. East is also a founding member of the jazz group 4Play. Other members have included Lee Ritenour, Bob James, Larry Carlton, and Harvey Mason. So it's safe to say Nathan East has an amazing pedigree, and he's also released several solo albums. We heard SeveNate from his 2014 self-titled LP, and Michael McDonald also makes an appearance on that album. Which album doesn't he make an appearance on? Thanks to Victor Olteanu in Romania for that request.
Okay, Payfone have been a favorite here on Balearic Breakfast, and Payfone is comprised of duo Phil Passera and Jimmy Day. Up until now, they've only released singles of their slow-mo, cosmic disco, late-night sleaze groovers, and now they have an album coming out on vinyl on the British duo's own imprint, Otis Records. The LP is called Lunch, and it's a mixture of electronic and analog instrumentation, and as always, free from samples. They also have a bunch of global collaborators, former XL recording artist Willis Earl Beal, aka Nobody, bassist Joe Gabriel Harris, who's also featured on three other songs, Brooklyn-born April Pittman, Russian-Armenian vocalist Zara Kian, Ludmila Rodriguez, LA singer Carmela The Balls, Parisian pianist Gabriel Casas, and vocalist Barbara Alcindor, ushering us through a deep, heady groovescape. Fittingly, I've selected Pony Bar, and this one features the JJKLS lead vocals of Man of Mystery, Leon Lace, and you can pre-order Payfone's Lunch, and it's coming out in the middle of June.
Bet you didn't think you'd hear some drum and bass on Balearic Breakfast, but you never know what you may hear on this show. I love that version. It's a drum and bass version of a Deep House late-night classic, so I thought you'd like it. It's by Kampinos with some extra keys by Jabco, and it's, of course, I guess a cover of Pepe Braddock's Deep Burnt, and it's called Good Looking Pepe (Deep Burnt), and it's out on vinyl on GAM, and it's coming out digitally this week, and there's also a great little Sims rework on the flip side as well.
Ahead of that, Norwegian singer-songwriter- composer-musician Erlend Øye, with his 2002 single Ghost Trains, produced by Morgan Geist, immaculate production by the Metro Area and Storm Queen producer. Urja is also one half of indie-folk duo Kings of Convenience, and also the frontman for the band The Whitest Boy Alive. Barry Berenitz from Washington, D.C. made that request eons ago, and I eventually got it on for you, Barry. How about that?
Ahead of that, we had De Laatste Rit, and in Dutch that means The Last Ride, by Ghost Assembly, which is DJ-producer Ward, along with the harmonica-wielding folk outlaw Oliver Cross, and I just love what Abbey said about it. She has quite a way with words, so she wrote "It's not an AI-generated DJ tool for tranquilized students from the home counties. It's not a chilly scientific exploration of 21st century sound design. It's a slow burn for the true believer, and I'm a believer, Abbey". You can pick this up when it's released later this week on Ghost Assembly's Bandcamp, and we started it all off with Payfone, Pony Bar from their forthcoming LP, Lunch, which I highly recommend you pre-order now because I'm sure the vinyl will sell out.
Okay, how about a reflex revision of a great 80s soul classic? René & Angela, the early 80s soul duo from Los Angeles. René Moore is the brother of Rufus's Bobby Watson and played with The Brothers Johnson, and Angela Winbush sang backup vocals for Dolly Parton, Lenny Williams, and Gene Karn. René and Angela got together in 1977, and they had loads of hits, including Save Your Love, You're a Smile, and You Don't Have to Cry, before pursuing solo careers in the mid-80s. This is the reflex version of one of my personal favorites, René & Angela's 1985 single, Secret Rendezvous.
The late South African bass player Sipho Gumede, featuring singer, what's her name, Felicia Marion, was something to say, originally released in 1985, and part of a four-track retrospective EP on Arup Roy's label, Vive la Musique, released a couple of years ago. Gumede was a well-known musician in South Africa and played bass for Spirits Rejoice, and Arup found the track, and he tracked down British producer Greg Cutler, who relocated to South Africa in the 1970s and 80s, and he engineered and produced hundreds of records for local Black South African musicians. It's a great story. It's printed on the back of the EP, and all of the songs on the EP are absolutely fabulous.
Ahead of that, we had a new rework on Moton. We heard one by Linkwood, which is Edinburgh DJ producer Nick Moore. In fact, I played his collaboration with the Mighty Zaf last week, Yokai, but we just heard his rework of Jean Carn's My Love Don't Come Easy, which originally came out on the American soul jazz singer's 1979 LP, When I Find You Love, and that has an all-star lineup of talent, including Dexter Wansel, and the flip on the Moton release is a great rework of M2Me, so you might want to pick that up.
Okay, yesterday, Tim Sure of Coyote and Is It Balearic just sent this one over to me. It's a new one from Tokyo-based British producer Max Essa, and it's called Camel Night-Rate, and this is a remix by Ibiza-based DJ producer Be.lanuit on Balearic Breakfast.
Ed. Note:
Colleen interviewed Be.lanuit during the 150th episode of the series, and he presented back then his brand new album, Carrusel De Sentimientos.
Amor Balar by Ambala, which is another Phil Mison project alongside his Cantoma productions. It's from the second Ambala album on Music for Dreams. The first was released nearly a decade ago, and Amor Balar is a collaboration with a few artists, Santino Surfers, Walther, Olio, and Iyame Aje, and the entire double album is lovely. Perfect summer Balearic vibes on that one.
Ahead of that, a Balearic Breakfast favorite, the cosmic disco cowboys, the Flying Mojito Bros with Area 54, and that's from their debut album Just Passing Through, released last month on Ubiquity Records. The British duo has gained a growing following in the US, thanks to their unique style dubbed Desert Disco and Outlaw House, and they redefine the Americana sound, and it moves from poolside vibes to the dance floor, and the album really showcases some of their signature re-edits, along with some great collabs with people like Shawn Lee of Young Gun Silver Fox, and Joe Harvey White of The Hanging Stars, and I want to dedicate that to Barry Berenitz in Washington, D.C. I know we already played one of his requests, but he did request that, and he just got married, so congratulations, Barry! We're all so happy for you.
Ahead of that, on repeat from the London-based producer, singer, and DJ, System Olympia, born Francesca Macri, is from her new five-track EP, M3 Opera, and it features collaborations with five female singers, including DJ Daisybelle. We heard On Repeat featuring Reinen, and you can pick up her new EP on System Olympia's own label, OK Nature.
Okay, I'm still catching up with old requests, and this is an old one from Steve Wakley. For Rio's original Nu Bossa star, Sabrina Maleros, a singer-songwriter who delivers golden-era bossa-soul samba, disco, and dance with the help of her partner and producer, Daniel Maunick, son of Bluey from Incognito, and her father is Alex Mejero, bassist of samba jazz funk legends, Azimuth. This is from her album Vibrosans, which came out just under two decades ago and features loads of great remixes. This is Sabrina Maleros with the Incognito remix of Maraca Tuera.
Ed. Note:
Our friend, Steve Wakley is playing at the Lonely Mouth Japanese listening café where he presently has a residency. Follow him on his Instagram and on his Mixcloud to discover more.
Terry Fincham asked for the sheltered dub of this Maxwell classic, Till the Cops Come Knockin', and that's a wonderful one, but I don't have it, and it goes for a lot of money on discogs. So I looked through my little house boots section, and I found this one, and it was done many moons ago. It's The House Excursion by Canadian producer Julius Papp, and of course the original song is from the 1996 debut of Brooklyn neo-soul singer-songwriter instrumentalist Maxwell, his album Urban Hang Suite, such a great album.
Ahead of that, we had the Belgium-born Adelaide, Australia residing DJ and producer Gratts, real name Tristan Jong, with a cut from his forthcoming New Horizons EP coming out on vinyl later this month. We heard Off My Feet featuring singer Vanessa Jackson, who's from Durban, South Africa, and Gratts dedicates that song Off My Feet to restless soul, the late Phil Asher.
Ahead of that, a fabulous rework of Manu Dibango by DJ, producer, scholar, author, and friend Adrian Loving, who gave the record to me when I was in Washington, D.C., where he's based. It's called Manu Echos, and it's a rework of Dibango's Echos Beti from his 1985 LP Electric Africa, and you can find that on Fields to Factories Bandcamp, along with some other great Dibango remixes. Well, this is Colleen Cosmo Murphy getting ready to sign off another edition of Balearic Breakfast, and thanks to everyone on the chat joining me live.
And don't forget, I will be back next week, next Tuesday, streaming live from the Record Room, fresh from Pikes, doing All Night Long on Sunday, and just before I head off to New York City for The Good Room on Friday the 23rd. So I think I've teased you enough about today's final song, and it's a remix that I did along with Joe Goddard of Hot Chip and Al Doyle of both Hot Chip and LCD Sound System. The three of us have been working along with Alexis from Hot Chip and Lou Hayter and a group called Electric Eden, making some new tunes, but then I was asked in January by Robert Smith to remix The Cure, and I've been a Cure fan for over 40 years.
I bought the first, my first Cure single was The Walk, which I got I think in 1983 when it came out. I bought it on import as well when I was only 15 years old, and I've been a Cure fan ever since. So I was over the moon to get a direct email from Robert to ask, and he asked me to pick any song from his album, The Last Album, Songs, what is it called? Oh my gosh, I'm just, I'm just, Songs of a Lost World, which came out in November 2024, 14th Cure album, and there's a new collection coming out called Mixes of a Lost World.
It's a forthcoming triple 180 gram vinyl set, a triple CD set, and it's coming out digitally on the 13th of June, and all the profits are going to Doctors Without Borders, who are doing great work around the world. I mean, they're just absolutely amazing, and you can pre-order this on The Cure website, and there's lots of other great mixes, Fortet and Paul Oakenfold and lots of great stuff, so it's really amazing, and I'm so honored to be on this, not only with The Cure, but all the other artists that are featured on it. So, without further ado, here it is, the Cosmodelica Electric Eden remix of And Nothing is Forever by The Cure. Thanks for listening.
Ed. Note:
Interestingly enough, when paying attention to the lyrics, one may find out that the song is written from the point of view of the person who's actually dying, which is a beautiful and intimate way for Robert Smith to pay tribute to his friend...
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