Balearic Breakfast | Episode 230 | Balearic Twists and Turns...

Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy broadcast the 230th episode of Balearic Breakfast on her Mixcloud on July 08th 2025.

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About this episode. – Despite her sinus infection which forced her to end the show a little bit earlier today, and after playing at the NT's Loft last Friday alongside Family member Virginia Tziotti and Daisy Bell, Colleen proposed a new episode of Balearic Breakfast. As you'll hear, this episode is very relaxed and has a few musical twists and turns including the one that led to today's post title when Colleen did a mistake letting the wrong CDJ play the wrong song, laughs! Still, it turned out beautifully and it was a good show indeed (as our dear Friend iSelector said "Leaving it all, even with the infection... heroic broadcasting i'd call it"), and also featuring Colleen's last Cosmodelica remix of Saint Etienne's "Alone Together"!

No wonder I have hay fever. This morning’s Balearic Breakfast is now up on my Mixcloud (and please give me a follow while you’re over there). Today’s show is mainly your requests with music from Vinocio, Madredeus, Mixmaster Morris, Norman Connors and more along with a great old remix of @incognito_world as Bluey will be my special guest at July’s @classicalbumsundays event. On Thursday the 24th July, we’re celebrating the 30th anniversary of 100° and Rising at KEF Music Gallery - tickets are free but must be reserved on the CAS website. And of course, there is a Stevie song as he’s playing at Hyde Park this Saturday (can’t wait!).

The requests will continue on next week’s show, which I’ll stream live on Mixcloud Tuesday the 15th July from 10am to 12pm BST. And if you’re in Ibiza this weekend, I’m playing at @glitterboxibiza with a fab line up including @moodymann313 , @melvobaptiste and @danshake_ – happy to be on this impressive line up.

Listen back to the 230th episode of Bakearic Breakfast:

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THE PLAYLIST

(1991) The Irresistible Force – Space is the Place

(1967) Nina Simone – Come Ye

(2025) Silent Poets (ft. Lady Blackbird) – Something Kind

(2022) Hannes ft. waterbaby – Stockholmsvy

(2023) Prince Fatty (ft Shniece) – Expansions

(2000) Madredeus – Oxalá

(2025) Saint Etienne – Alone Together (Cosmodelica Remix ft. Alina Bzhezhinska)

(1974) Main Ingredient – Summer Breeze

(1976) Norman Connors

(ft. Phyllis Hyman & Michael Henderson) – We Both Need Each Other

(2025) Modern English – Voices (Sundowners dB Remix)

(2024) Auntie Flo – Walk DF

(2013) Jaki Whitren & John Cartwright – This Time (Al Usher Remix)

(2025) Vinocio (ft Javi Burin & Maxi Sayes) – Colibri

(2024) The Mighty Tiny & The Many Few – Young World

(2022) The Tikiyaki Orchestra – Shaka Huka Bossa Nova

(2025) Durand Jones & The Indications – Really Wanna Be With You*

(2025) Lauer – Felt Bat

(1995) Incognito – I Hear Your Name (Roger'S Ultimate Anthem Remix)

(1980) Norman Connors – Take it to the Limit

(1976) Stevie Wonder – Knocks Me Off My Feet

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COLLEEN'S PRESENTATION

The Irresistible Force with their second irresistible singer single, Space is the Place, which came out in 1991. And thanks to Jim McCormick for requesting that. The Irresistible Force was mixmaster Morris, along with singer-songwriter Desdemore. And Morris is a tour de force, a hugely knowledgeable and experienced DJ, who transcends musical boundaries time and time again. A fixture on the free party and rave scene, Morris's name became synonymous with far out DJ sets and chill out rooms. And in fact, he made one of the first chill out compilations, Give Peace a Dance, the ambient collection for the campaign for nuclear disarmament. Thankfully, mixmaster Morris is still playing and posting mixes. And I think he's just great. We definitely need to get him up on the show sometime.

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Ed. Note: See a nice interview here https://insheepsclothinghifi.com/mixmaster-morris/

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Good morning, Balearicans. I'm Colleen Cosmo Murphy, hosting your weekly Balearic Breakfast until high noon. And greetings to all over on my MixCloud Live. Thanks for being with me. And thanks to all who came along with their vibes and moves to NT's loft last Friday night. It was a lot of fun. I had two special guest DJs, Balearic Breakfast family member, DJ and jewelry designer Virginia Tzioti. And also DJ Daisy Bell. I've played one or two of her productions on the show before. I have one more Balearic Breakfast day at NT's loft. And the next one is on Saturday, the 13th of September, another day party. And I'm looking forward to revealing my special guests in a few weeks.

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It will also be the London record release party for my Balearic Breakfast 4 compilation, which is coming out a couple of weeks prior to that on Heavenly Recordings. And if you happen to be on the White Isle, I'm also hosting a Balearic Breakfast release party at Pike's on Sunday, the 28th of September. And if you happen to be there now, I'll be playing at Glitterbox this Sunday along with people Melvo Baptiste and MoodyMann also on the bill.

So you can probably hear I'm still having an ear sinus issue, but it is getting better. Thanks to those in the chat who've been asking the neti pot is my new best friend. It's it's an American word neti pot. I don't know what you call it here in the UK, but kind of gross, but really, it's really doing the business. So any of you that know, you know, now I know some of you have also been ill. So I'm wishing you a full and speedy recovery as well. Seems like there's lots of bugs going around. Hopefully today's show will give you a little relief. And thanks to all who made requests this past weekend, we had a lot so they will be spread out over a couple of shows. And I made some new discoveries as well. I really appreciate your contributions. Thank you so much.

Steve Clark is looking forward to the forthcoming La Torre Vol. 5 compilation that's compiled by Mark Barrett and Pete Gooding. They are the residents at Hostel La Torre where you can watch the sun go down a beautiful spot. And their previous four comps are fantastic. They really transport you to another place. Like the others, their next double album is chock full of sonic treats including tracks from Mousy Star, Talk Talk, and this next song by one of my favorite artists of all time. With a song she wrote for her 1967 album, The High Priestess of Soul. It's Nina Simone with Come Ye.

A cover of the classic 70s jazz-funk pro-peace anthem by Lonnie Liston Smith, Expansions. A reggae version by London-based producer Prince Fatty with vocals by Shanice. And that came out a couple of years ago on Fatty's own label, Love Dub Limited. And thank you to Victor Altenew in Romania for that request.

Ahead of that, Swedish singer Hans along with Water Baby with Stockholmsvi, which translates to Stockholm Scene in Swedish. And that was released three years ago. And thank you to Tom Torres in Vienna for that request.

Before that, we heard a track from the forthcoming album by Silent Poets, which is Japanese artist Michiharu Shimoda. It's the 10th Silent Poets album. And this one gathers a global roster of collaborators for a collection rooted in unity, resistance, and healing. Something we could all use right now. We heard Something Kind featuring the incredible vocals of Lady Blackbird as requested by Barry Bairnitz in Washington, D.C. The album is called Hope, and you can pre-order the vinyl now.

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Ed. Note: See a recent interview here https://a-indie.com/silent-poets-interview/

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Okay, Madredeus are one of Portugal's most successful groups since they formed in 1985, selling millions of albums globally. They crafted a unique blend of Portuguese folk music and fado. Here they are with a single they released 25 years ago as requested by Antonio Santana, Madredeus with Oxalá.

Oh my gosh, grooving to this one. Philadelphia jazz drummer and composer Norman Connors with the almighty singer Phyllis Hyman, and bassist and vocalist Michael Henderson with We Both Need Each Other. And that was released on Connors' 1976 LP You Are My Starship, which has a star-studded cast of players, including Hubert East, Lee Ritenour, Tom Scott, Don Elias, Gary Bartz, and thanks to Bert Francois for sending me on a deep Norman Connors dive over the weekend. I have several albums of his, but he has so much amazing work, so many styles, and his drumming is just unreal. And we have some more Norman Connors later in the show, so keep it locked here.

Ahead of that, a cover of Seals and Crofts' Summer Breeze by The Main Ingredient, and I think this may be my favorite version, although it's just a great song anyways, also covered by the Isley Brothers. Harlem funk outfit The Main Ingredient released their version on their 1974 album Euphrates River, which also features their dance floor burner Happiness Is Just Around the Bend. And Herbie King requested Summer Breeze, saying it got loads of airplay when driving through Umbria with said jasmine really blowing his mind. And I know what he means because when we host our last note parties in the summer in Perugia and Umbria on the mountainside, it's just beautiful. It just smells like jasmine. It's all you can smell. One of my favorite, favorite scents.

Ahead of that, we had my Cosmodelica remix of Saint Etienne's Alone Together, featuring the harpist Alina Bzhezhinska. I brought her in for that remix because I wanted to kind of give it a Dorothy Ashby vibe. I hope you heard that. And that's finally being released on vinyl on the next Balearic Breakfast compilation, Balearic Breakfast 4, coming out on the 29th of August. You can preorder via the Heavenly Bandcamp. And there's a bunch of stores listed also where you can order it. That's via the link tree on my Instagram. And there's also volumes three and four coming out together as a double CD. And it has great artwork by Ardneks as well. And really, really proud of this one. And thank you all who have supported the series so far.

Okay, British new wave post-punk stalwarts, Modern English formed in Colchester in the late 1970s. I released their first single on their own Limp Records before signing to 4AD, home of Cocteau Twins and Dead Can Dance. And I'm sure you know their single I Melt With You when it was released in 1982. Well, last year, they returned with an album of new material, their first in eight years called 1, 2, 3, 4, which featured the single Voices. And Sundowners DB did a remix. That's a Suffolk based DJ and production trio, David Freeland and Black and Ben Horner. And here they are on Balearic Breakfast.

Absolutely loving this one. Sounding like New Order joint edition definitely sounds like Peter Hook on bass, but it's not. It's called Felt Bat by Lauer, who is Frankfurt, Germany based producer and DJ Philip Lauer, who's released albums on Running Back and Permanent Vacation for over a decade. And it's from his latest EP, 77-0-0-77, released back in March. And thank you to Matt Raistrick for that request.

Ahead of that, the Indiana based soul group Duran Jones and the Indications with Flowers from their latest and fourth album, Flowers, which was released just a couple of weeks ago, which you can find in their bandcamp. And they were early. The Chicano lowrider community were an early champion of the Indications. They began circulating their music a decade ago. And in tribute, Duran Jones and the Indications released the B-side single Cruise into the Park, also released a version in Spanish. Thanks to Constadinos Folias in Greece for that request.

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Ed. Note: The track requested by our friend Constadinos l. Folias and effectively played by colleen was Duran Jone's "Really Wanna Be With You" from the Flowers album. Thank you Folias for that precision!

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Ahead of that, the Los Angeles outfit, the Tiki-Yaki Orchestra. They've crafted a song. They've crafted a sound, I should say, that fuses traditional exotica with Hawaiian surf music, lounge music, and space age pop. And they've performed at some of the most significant Tiki festivals like the Hukilau. And I really want to go to that. Never check one out. Thanos Katronos in New York requested that one from their debut album, Stereo Exotique. The song was called Shaka Huka Bossa Nova.

Before that, we had the Mighty Tiny and the Many Few with Young World from their album, Be Good the People, released last year. It's a fabulous debut album. I love the whole thing. Very soulful. And the group features Walshie Fire, along with Grammy winning composer and writer, Randy Valentine, and jazz improv visionary, Steve Jesborth II, along with the creme de la creme of Danish jazz talent. And Be Good the People is both a statement and a declaration of revolutionary love, a bold call to action. And thank you to John Tattersall in Copenhagen for that request.

Before that, Colibri by Vinocio featuring Javi Buren and Maxi Saez. It's a group from Buenos Aires, Argentina, featuring Lucien Mamy and Fermin Carpena. And that's from their Tostados LP. I've listened to the whole album a couple of times in the past few days, and I need to delve into their previous work, which you can find on the Vinocio Bandcamp. And thank you to Steve Wakley for putting that group on my radar.

Ahead of that, we have Jackie Wittron and John Cartwright with This Time. And that's singer-songwriter, the late singer-songwriter, Jackie Wittron, and her husband bassist, John Cartwright. You know, they both actually passed away in 2016 within days of each other. And the song This Time was found on their International Times LP, originally released in 1983 and more recently reissued by Emotional Rescue. Wittron debuted in 1973 with her solo album, Raw But Tender. And she also contributed to the Alan Parsons cult classic, I, Robot. And we heard a version of This Time, given a rework by Scottish producer and DJ Al Kent. And that was requested by David Puzzi, who correctly asserted, this one resonates at the moment.

And then before that, Chris McGowan requested something from Auntie Flo, who is Brian Tassuza. And we heard Walk D.F. from Auntie Flo's fourth and last full album, 2024's In My Dreams, I'm a Bird and I'm Free.

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Well, we have about 20 more minutes to go here on Baleric Breakfast. And this month, Classic Album Sundays is hosting an event with John Paul Bluey Moenig, the founder of Brit jazz funk group, Incognito. We're going to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Incognito's classic album, 100 Degrees and Rising. And it will be held on Thursday, the 24th of July at the Keff Music Gallery in London. Tickets are free, but must be pre-reserved via the Classic Album Sundays website.

And I'm really looking forward to digging deep with Bluey. I'm a big fan of the album. I'm also a big fan of the remix album that came out just afterwards. So I thought I'd play something from that today. One of the originals that's found on 100 Degrees and Rising, but given a rework by Roger S., who called it the ultimate anthem remix. This is his spin on Incognito's I Hear Your Name.

An extended version of Norman Conner's Take It to the Limit. And that's the title track to his 1980 LP featuring Adaritha on vocals. And I want to thank Chris Morgan for that request. I also want to dedicate it to Tomohiro Yamada, who requested the Joe Claussel remix of that. So maybe we'll play that sometime on another show.

This is Colleen Cosmo Murphy getting ready to sign off with my bad sinuses and ear infection, as you can probably still hear. But that's not going to stop me from going to see Stevie Wonder this Saturday at Hyde Park for British Summertime. I'm so looking forward to it. I've seen him play before. Absolutely amazing performer, amazing person, amazing musician, such uplifting vibes. Also playing is Ezra Collective. And I don't know if you saw their performance at Glastonbury, but it's on iPlayer right now. And it is steaming. Absolutely incredible. So I'm really looking forward to seeing them as well. And so David Stoddard requested this next one. And Tomohiro Yamada also requested some Stevie. But this one I wanted to, I thought it'd be a lovely way to kind of wrap up the show. From Stevie Wonder's classic Songs in the key of life. This is knocks me off my feet. Thank you so much for joining me. Hope to see you at Glitterbox this weekend if you happen to be in Ibiza. If not, I'll be back here on the airwaves on my MixCloud Live next Tuesday from 10 to 12. Have a lovely week.