Balearic Breakfast | Episode 223 | Gliding sensations...
- by The Lioncub
- May 21
- 11 min read
Updated: Jun 3
Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy broadcast the 223rd episode of Balearic Breakfast on her Mixcloud on May 20th 2025.
About this episode. - Colleen came back from Ibiza and, straight ahead, went on preparing Balearic Breakfast's next episode. The Family was happy as ever to participate live, and gathered on Colleen's MIxcloud this very tuesday morning.
But, Mixcloud decided it did not want to stream live. The stream cut three times, and each time our Captain tried to start again.
Seeing things were not improving, our Captain decided to end the live session and, instead, went on recording today's episode without our presence. Sigh! That is why you may feel that Colleen's presentation is more straightforward than usual. Still, today's episode is such a blissful musical moment. It really takes you higher, like you were gliding somewhere, high in the sky, pushed through life's ups and downs. There's a driving force in the music, and the whole experience has a strong musical unity! Enjoy!
This week’s Balearic Breakfast is now up on my Mixcloud and features a lot of new tunes and builds up to some classic jazz-funk dancefloor burners to get your heart rate pumping. Thanks to all who joined me on the Mixcloud Live this morning and sorry the captain had to jump ship due to technical difficulties. But I look forward to seeing you next week on the live chat while I’m in NYC and next week’s show features two special guests: Marcia Carr and Balearic Breakfast family member Steve Wakley (DJ Macaroon).
Thanks to those who came along to Freddy’s at Pikes on Sunday night - that was so much fun! I look forward to coming back the last Sunday of June and the last Sunday of September. And I’m heading back to the White Isle for 528 on Tuesday the 3rd June where I’m DJ-ing with Hot Chip. And a couple more dates for those in the USA, tomorrow I’m heading over to the States and I’m playing at Good Room in Brooklyn with Love Injection on Friday and then over to Dantes HiFi In Miami on Wednesday the 28th May with my friend Rich Medina.
Enjoy your week and thanks for listening.
Listen back to Balearic Breakfast's 223rd episode:
THE PLAYLIST
(TBR) Warriors of the Dystotheque – Hashish Dreams (Beatless Mix)
(2025) Morgan Szymanski & Tommy Perman – Harmonic Rain
(1985) Princess – After the Love has Gone (Bad Mix)
(1991) 808 State (ft. Bjork) – Ooops
(2025) Mauro Pawlowski – Just All Heart, Flesh and Mind
(2025) Silvertooth – Rub A Dub
(2025) Ilya Santana – Love on the Line
(2024) Burns & Tubbs – Where Were U in 92?
(2025) Hannah Holland – Intertwine
(2025) Tagua Tagua – Quimica
(2025) Rayowa – Can You Feel the Love (Dr. Packer Remix)
(TBR) Paulinho Da Costa – Love til the End of Time (G Markus Edit)
(2025) KX9000 (ft Nic Hanson) – Over Fee
(2025) Sam Redmore (ft Ellie Coleman) – El Camino
(2025) SHouse – Sunrise (Extended Mix)
(2023) Gee W – Brazilian Freeez
(2025) Marchio Bossa (ft. Ryu Zee Su) – Luci
(2001) Olli Ahvenlahti – Grandma’s Rocking Chair
(1981) Style X – No Secret Affair
COLLEEN'S NEWS
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28th May: Dantes HiFi in Miami, Florida
7th June: Last Note Party in Perugia, Italy (sign up for our mailing list)
COLLEEN'S PRESENTATION
The delightfully hazy, beatless mix of Hashi's Dreams by Warriors of the Distotheque, easing us into this morning's show. The Warriors of the Distotheque are a five-piece of DJs, producers, engineers, and musicians. Johnny Mack and Sean Graham, New York City's twin prodigies, Mike and Nick Ruffalo, and Undertone's drummer, Kevin Sharkey. The single came out a couple of years ago, but this beatless mix is coming out on Kris Coco's next Chill Out Tent comp. You may remember their track, Looking Through Balearic Ease, which I've played on the show.
Good morning, Balearicans. I'm Colleen Cosmo Murphy, hosting your weekly Balearic Breakfast on my MixCloud Live until high noon, and greetings to all gathered over there. It was lovely seeing some of you at Pikes on Sunday night, and that was my first time playing at Freddy's, and it was so much fun. I remember Alfredo saying that one of the fun things about DJing in Ibiza is that there are people from all over the world on the dance floor, and I could really feel that as people would sing along to some of the songs I played in Spanish, Italian, Portuguese. And now that I have one under my belt, I'm looking even more forward to my next two dates as I'm back at Freddy's at Pikes on the last Sunday of June and the last Sunday of September. And I'm also heading back to the White Isle for 528 on Tuesday the 3rd of June, DJing along with Hot Chip. And a couple more dates for those in the USA. Tomorrow I'm heading over to the States, and I'm playing at Goodroom in Brooklyn with Love Injection on Friday, and then over to Dante's Hi-Fi in Miami on Wednesday the 28th of May with my friend Rich Medina. But even though I'm traveling, the Balearic Breakfast show will go on, and I'll let you know who is joining us later in the show.
On today's show, we have a lot of new music and building up to a few up-tempo jazz dance numbers, which should get your heart rate pumping. But for now, let's stay in a mellow groove. Mexican classical guitarist Morgan Szymanski and Scottish artist Tommy Perman will release their second album, Songs for the Mist Forest, in July. And while their first album explored the sounds of the Scottish woodland where Tommy's parents live, their new album is inspired by Morgan's ranch in the Mist Forest of Valle de Bravo, Mexico. The music evolved from a soundtrack Morgan and Tommy produced for the documentary film El Dragon de los Postes de Nebia, and that's the Dragon of the Mist Forest. The documentary shines a light on the ecocide that's happening in Valle de Bravo. Overdevelopment is destroying the forests that are home to abronias, beautiful small reptiles native to the region. They are the dragons in the film's title. This is the first single from the forthcoming album, Harmonic Rain.
Well, I managed to catch up with one request on today's show. This is from Craig Bradshaw, who recommended this Wally Bataru Chief Inspector style remix. This is the bad mix of After the Love Has Gone by Princess, which came out in 1985. I'm not sure if Bataru was actually endorsed or was credited for that. In fact, on some of the releases, it's called the Chief Inspector remix, but the original was produced and written by Stock, Aitken, and Waterman, and Princess is the British singer who released a string of solo albums and also worked with O.C. Bisa in the late 1970s.
OK, I've been hosting some monthly Classic Album Sunday sessions at the KEF Music Gallery in London since September, and I've had special guests like Wally Bataru, Ned Tohini, Blackbird's Keith Gilgo, and just last week, two founding band members, Mike Lindup and Phil Gould of Level 42. So we just announced our next session on Thursday, the 19th of June, and my special guest is Graham Massey, and we'll be exploring 808 State's classic album, XL. And I'm really looking forward to this, as I actually interviewed them when the album came out in 1991. If you want to join us, you can reserve free tickets from the Classic Album Sunday's website. But act quickly, as this was just announced and space is limited. Here is one of my favorite tracks from the album, a collaboration with Björk, 808 State with Oops.
Silvertooth with Rub-a-Dub, and you may remember Silvertooth's wicked chugging cover of Bill Scott-Heron's Shut Um Down. Silvertooth is Stuart Rowell, who has been on the dance scene, DJing at Cafe Mambo in Ibiza and Home in London. And he was also a founding member of Streetlife DJs, who released music on the label Kitsune and remixed Groove Armada, The Mighty Dubcats, and more.
Ahead of that, Belgian musician Mauro Pawlowski with Just All Heart and Flesh and Mind. And that's from his forthcoming second solo album, Unspectacular Times, coming out on Unday Records in the autumn. And the album is produced by Scorpio Twins, and that's Stephane Misseghers of Deuce and Bruno Coussée of Rhinezand. And it also features Brian Dunne, the drummer for Daryl Hall and John Oates. And Pawlowski is a former member of Deuce. He fronted Projects Evil Superstars, Grupo D, Pawlowski, and the Moritz Pauls Band as well. And we started off with 808 State featuring Björk with Oops. And I'll be interviewing Graham Massey on the 19th of June at Classic Album Sundays at the KEF Music Gallery. And we're featuring XL. And if you want to book your free tickets head on over to the Classic Album Sundays website.
OK, this next one is from the Canary Islands producer Ilya Santana, who's released a lot of great original tracks on cosmic disco labels like Nang, Fidelity, Permanent Vacation and Balihu records, just to name a few. And one of his originals will be released for the first time on vinyl on the next Balearic Breakfast compilation. But he's also been crafting some great re-edits featured on his Space Rock Oddities album released last month. Here he is with Love on the Line.
Intertwine by Hannah Holland from her forthcoming album Last Exit on Bethnal Green, which will be accompanied by a short film. And the film is a sound and the album is a soundtrack for a fantasy, seductive and sleazy club underworld and made alongside the music film Last Exit on Bethnal directed by Lydia Garnett. The multifaceted London producer shaped ideas born out of iconic queer art house cinema. And Holland said "We wanted to craft something unapologetically for dykes, a poetic, surreal exploration of dyke power and sexuality set in mythic nightlife". I just love that one.
Ahead of that, we heard Where Were You in 92 by Burns & Tubbs, which is Eden Burns from Melbourne, Australia, and my old friend Chris Tubbs in New Zealand. And it's from the forthcoming La Torre Vol. 5 compilation put together by La Torre residents' Pete Gooding and Mark Barrett. And it also marks the 10th anniversary of that gorgeous spot in Ibiza where you can watch the sun go down. And this fifth volume is another great compilation filled with beautiful balearic biscuits from Nina Simone, Mazzy Starr, Talk Talk, Boards of Canada and the late Yukihiro Takahashi of Yellow Magic Orchestra. And it's coming out just in time for summer at the end of June.
Well, yesterday, I got home and had this next record in my post, as some know how to win their way into this woman's heart. It's by Brazilian musician and producer Tagua Tagua. And this is his third album, Raio. Tagua Tagua is Felipe Piperi, who is from Sao Paulo, Brazil, and he's helping shape the contemporary sound of Brazil. Raio features U.S. rock band White Denim and is sung in both English and his native Portuguese. And it's a lush, psychedelic blend of tropicalia, neo-soul and disco. And the whole LP is great and worth checking out. For you, I've selected this one, Quimica.
The G. Marcus edit of Paulinho da Costa, Love Till the End of Time, a slightly more uptempo dance floor version, which honors the original. G. Marcus is Ben Gamori, who has been doing a lot of re-edits, and he's also part of the London crew who are joining me for the Saturday Cosmodelica takeover in our Love Dancing tent at We Out Here Festival. And we announced Love Dancing's full lineup last week, and you can check it all out on my socials. I have two special guests from New York City joining me, Francois K. and up and coming DJ Lovey. And I'm already looking forward to that.
Ahead of that, a tune I've been playing a lot in my DJ sets, Rayowa, Can You Feel the Love, the Dr. Packer remix. And it's on the latest Disco Express EP. And Rayowa is self-taught multi-instrumentalist DJ producer Reece Baker. And with a sound that seamlessly blends disco, funk, soul and R&B, and he's taken it from a studio project to a live nine-piece band featuring his two brothers and friends.
I'm Colleen Cosmo Murphy, and we're picking up the pace here on Balearic Breakfast. This next one is from the captivating French electronic producer KX9000, who has a new album coming out called Dreamlog, and it blends electro-funk, space disco, Chicago house and broken beat. So that's ticking a lot of boxes for me. Dreamlog is coming out next month on the label Pont Neuf and is available to pre-order. This is my selection from the album KX9000 featuring Nick Hansen with Overfeed.
That's Australian and New Zealand electronic duo SHouse, aka Jack Madin and Ed Service. And they're announcing their highly anticipated debut album, Collective Ecstasy, out on the 4th of July via Hell Beach and One Love. And they've been, someone's a plethora of local talent, including some exciting features to create what could possibly be a very human sounding electronic indie record of the year. We just heard the extended mix of Sunrise, which sounded lovely at Freddy's at Pike's on Sunday night.
Ahead of that, Birmingham's Sam Redmore, who's been releasing a lot of very musical and beautifully arranged dance floor songs, and they are songs rather than tracks. We just heard El Camino featuring vocalist Ellie Coleman, who says "El Camino is about independence. Solitude is an emptiness, it's possibility, a soundtrack for those who find rhythm in their own footsteps. It celebrates the late night wanderers who embrace the magic of their own company and the beat beneath their feet as they stride through the dark". And you can pick up El Camino on Sam Redmore's Bandcamp.
OK, legendary UK DJ Colin Curtis has been releasing EPs on his own imprint, Colin Curtis Presents, and some of them have been original tunes. And UK producer Gee W is one of them. Gee W specializes in Brazilian and Latin sounds. And this is a Brazilian styled cover of Freeze's Southern Freeze on Balearic Breakfast.
I told you I was in a jazzy mood today. That was Olli Ahvenlahti, a pianist, composer and conductor who's been one of the leading Finnish jazz artists since the 1970s. And he's recorded with several artists and groups like UMO Jazz Orchestra. And in the 1990s, he conducted the orchestra for the all Finnish Eurovision Song Contest entries. That was Grandma's Rocking Chair from his 1976 LP The Poet.
Ahead of that, we heard Marchio Bossa featuring Korean soul singer Ryu Ji-Soo with a fantastic Bossa Samba cover, a song I should say, sung in Italian. And Marchio Bossa re-recorded it with this singer and originally released it 20 years ago on his No Bossa, No Party LP. Well, this is Colleen Cosmo Murphy signing off another edition of Balearic Breakfast.
I'm off to America this week and hope to see some of you at the Goodroom on Friday. And then the following week, I'm in Ibiza at 528. But I'll still be streaming the show live with guest mixes from Marcia Carr, Pete Blaker, Carly Fox and Balearic Breakfast family member Steve Wakley, a.k.a. DJ Macaroon. So I look forward to hanging out in the chat with you. I'm leaving you with one more uptempo groover, this one from 1981 by Brit funk group Style X. And it's their only single, the only one they released. It's called No Secret Affair and it's been re-released with a geology rework on the flip. Thank you for listening.
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