Balearic Breakfast | Episode 252 | Touch me in the Morning...
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Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy broadcast the 252nd episode of Balearic Breakfast on her Mixcloud on December 30th, 2025.
ABOUT THIS EPISODE
This past Saturday, Colleen published the last request post of 2025, saying, "Good morning! This Tuesday I’m streaming the last Balearic Breakfast of the year on my Mixcloud Live from 10am to 12 noon GMT and to mark the occasion will be hosting another Request Show. For our last show before the new era let’s set our intention for 2026 to music. Please request songs that will help manifest dreams or celebrate a new horizon. See you Tuesday!". Of course, the Balearic Breakfast Family got together and posted songs with a positive message for the coming year, hoping 2026 will be a good one for everyone!
Today's episode had a few twists and turns, but there is one thing you could feel all along these 3 musical hours: Colleen's delicacy. It made me think about how much she "owns" the songs when she plays them. Have you ever paid attention to the way Colleen experiences music and how she shares it? It is so much different from what other DJs do. She rarely throws her hands in the air, yet the way she plays the songs and the way she feels them, the way she behaves onstage, allow the dancer to connect with her. And you can feel that while watching her, but you can also feel that in the way she mixes the songs; it's a clean and precise mix, and she always allows the songs to breathe, especially at the beginning (for a beautiful example of this quick analysis, see Colleen live here at Boiler Room).
And I also thought how much Balearic Breakfast has been a lifeline in 2025 for so many of us, and how much being part of this loving and caring community means to us! Here is to us, to our Captain for 2026: Huray!!
After a week-long break, today is a music day as I hosted the last Balearic Breakfast of the year (now up on my Mixcloud) whilst pulling records for tomorrow night’s New Year’s Eve party at Mare Street Market with Voices Radio. This morning’s radio show is an all-request show featuring songs that set an intention and mindset for 2026 – three hours worth of optimism and beauty – just what we all need.
2025 has been a rough year for many and of course, each year has its challenges, but this year has been incredibly intense on a global level.
But as always, there’s a lot to be thankful for - often closer to home: family, friendships, walks in nature, laughter and course, dancing and music.
I’m not going to do a recap of photos of 2025 as frankly I don’t want to spend more time on social media that I absolutely have to, but I do have a lot to be thankful for. 2025 highlights include Cosmodelica remixes for Saint Etienne, Crazy P, Street People, Santino Surfers and THE CURE! I’m also thrilled with our London Loft party’s new home and our incredible team – trustworthy and positive individuals who want to uphold David Mancuso’s wishes and legacy – thank you! The Cosmodelica take-over in our Love Dancin’ tent was also a highlight (the full set is up on my Mixcloud) and also my residency at Pike’s in Ibiza. Much fun was had. And @classicalbumsundays has continued hosting a series of great events with artists like Wally Badarou, Incognito, 808 State and Level 42 (podcasts are up on the CAS website).
And of course, it has been a joy to share Tuesday mornings with the Balearic Breakfast family. Thank you for sharing music, being a friend and for your continued support. You make me so happy.
Next year’s resolution? Leaving behind emotional baggage and to open myself up to a new world of possibility and writing my musical memoir. Oh – and stretching out my hamstrings, too.
Wishing you a peaceful 2026 filled with great music. Thanks for listening.
Listen back to the 252nd episode of Balearic Breakfast:
THE PLAYLIST
(1970) Donovan – New Year's Resovolution
(1965) John Coltrane – A Love Supreme: Acknowledgement
(2024) Reggae Disco Rockers ft Tina – What the World Needs Now
(2017) Lord Echo ft Mara TK – Whoa! There's No Limit
(2026) Chronixx – Survivor
(1980) Adrian Gurvitz – New World
(1992) The Beloved – Sweet Harmony (Come Together and Consolidate Mix)
(2019) BeeGees – Stayin' Alive (The Reflex Revision)
(1978) Pointer Sisters – Happiness
(2015) Cerrone – Hooked on You (Reflex Revision)
(2024) Bryony Jarman-Pinto – Moving Forward (Cosmodelica Remix)
(2025) Mocky – Music Will Explain
(1982) Exodus – Together Forever
(1982) Donald Fagen – New Frontier
(1990) Chuck Jackson – All Over the World
(1980) Earth Wind & Fire – And Love Goes On
(2014) Hokis Pokis – Find What You're Looking For
(1970) Curtis Mayfield – Move On Up
(1993) Gerideau – Take a Stand for Love (Blaze Mix)
(1980) Two Tons O' Fun – Make Someone Feel Happy Today
(1999) Critical Point Ft Vikter Duplaix – Messages
(2025) Auntie Flo – Joy Mantra
(2025) Soul II Soul – A Dream's A Dream (Ron Trent Remix)
(1979) Marlena Shaw – Touch Me in the Morning
(2025) The All Seeing Eye & Crooked Man – The Return of the Crooked Cat
(1983) Jah Wobble/The Edge/Holger Czukay – Hold On To Your Dreams
(2024) Bill Withers – Lovely Day (Studio Rio Mix)
ANNOUNCEMENTS
(from Colleen's presentation)
No plans yet for NYE? We’ve got you covered.
We’re handing the keys to the first floor over to our friends at @voices_radio for their famous New Year’s Eve takeover at Mare Street Market King’s Cross.
@colleencosmomurphy takes the lead on a specially installed Danley system engineered by Iain Mackie - the kind of setup that feels like a warm hug on the friendliest dancefloor in the city. Joining her upstairs are @helenastardj @mariahanlon and Cara Crosby, with a full crew of Voices residents running things alongside them. A proper NYE send-off, top to bottom.
Expect balloons, midnight surprises, legendary DJs, delicious cocktails and snacks courtesy of MSM and a room full of people ready to bring in the new year properly.
All ticket holders get 20% off food with a COMPLIMENTARY glass of fizz on us to kick off the night. Just show your ticket to redeem. 🥂
Let’s bring in 2026 the right way.
ABOUT THE SONGS
(from Colleen's presentation)
New Year's Resovolution by Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan and that's from his 1970 album Open Road his eighth album and his first time recording with a band rather than solo and in fact his plan was to tour the world on his yacht now that's a great resolution and the band met up on the Mediterranean Isle of Crete to prepare the ship, rehearse material and document their time there for the film There Is An Ocean and I guess this intention is somewhat crystallized on this song the last song on the album and I just love the lyrics do what you've never done before see what you've never seen feel what you've never felt before go where you've never been and that's a great intention for 2026 and thank you to cool cool cool beans for that request good morning Balearicans I'm clean Cosmo Murphy hosting your weekly Balearic breakfast on the penultimate day of 2025 and greetings to all over on the chat group joining me for the live mixed cloud stream thank you for joining me as always well 2025 has certainly been a rough year for many of us and of course every year does have its challenges but it seems this past year was even more intense on a global scale but as always there's also a lot to be thankful for often closer to home family friendships walks in nature culture laughter and of course for all of us dancing and music and for today for today's show I asked you to suggest songs that set an intention or a mindset for 2026 and you delivered as always I got so many requests and I fit in as much as I could on to today's show it will run a bit longer maybe closer to 1 p.m. and music as we know is a collective panacea it's also an inspiration so I hope today's show offers beauty and hope now sometimes when I need a reset I just sit down and listen to an entire album for beginning to end and in fact there are even days when I start the day with an album and when I was touring in Japan this past spring I was inspired by an elderly Japanese woman who runs a jazz Kisa or a listening bar and when she wakes up she listens to John Coltrane every morning so during my tour I started each day with the entire four-part suite of John Coltrane's a love supreme and I have to say it certainly cast an empathetic and kind of lofty light over the rest of my day it really just opened me up to a world of wonder whisking me away from the incessant rumination or over planning that I'm often subject to by myself so it's a real meditative experience and this past year I also had Ganavya's version of a love supreme her album daughter of a temple on repeat and it's been all over the world with me I listen to it all the time my headphones when I was traveling now John Coltrane's life was not only a musical quest but also a spiritual one and he once said I believe that men are here to grow themselves into the best good that they can be a love supreme is the only composition that he formally prepared most likely channeled and I wrote a piece about it on the classic album Sunday's website if you want to go in a bit a bit deeper now Rob Calcutt requested the first movement of the four-part suite saying I could write a million rambling esoteric phrases about why but this is a four-fold suite and sacred transmission tailored for those with the ears to listen now we don't have time to play the entire album but both Rob and I recommend you do sometime in the near future it's a spiritual masterpiece here's John Coltrane with a love supreme acknowledgement Survivor by Chronix the Jamaican artist who's been singing and songwriting since the age of five and he started his recording career when he was 11 when he was 14 he started producing so that's certainly some inspiration for you he's now a billboard chart topping reggae artist and also a member of the Salt Collective and Survivors on Chronix Chronix's latest LP Exile and thank you to Fiona Callum for that request ahead of that whoa there's no limit by the enigmatic New Zealand producer Lord Echo or Mike August who also wears the hats Mike fabulous in DJ craps and on vocals is Mara TK which is Mara Te Kahika and he's the son of Billy TK who is considered the Maori Jimi Hendrix whoa there's no limit is from Lord Echo's third album harmonies and that was requested by DJ Chris 45 and Professor Funk Dog of Sunday Sessions as they are looking for some optimism in 2026 ahead of that Japan's reggae disco rockers with what the world needs now which came out last year and the song is a classic it came out I think 1965 goodness so 60 years ago and that was written and composed by Hal David and Burt Bacharach and the two most famous versions are the recording by Jackie De Shannon and later Dionne Warwick who became something of a muse to the songwriting duo I mean she could really interpret their music beautifully now a fun fact Hal David wrote in his autobiography that this song featured the most difficult lyrics he ever wrote it took him two years to come up with the lyric Lord we don't need another mountain so there's an inspiring example of perseverance and thank you to a seizure Robbie and Rick van Veen for that request okay English singer guitarist Adrian Gervais has had an eclectic musical career he's the son of Cliff Richards manager he was a songwriter for the Eddie money hit the love in your eyes a member of the buddy miles band after Jimi Hendrix is passing he also formed a band with Ginger Baker and he penned a song for the England squad for the World Cup in 1982 so that's just the tip of the iceberg he's had a fascinating life very varied things going on and David Puzzi requested a song of his the title and the title kind of says it all really it's certainly what I feel we need from his 1980 LP il assassino it's Adrian Gervais with new world mad race trip suggested this last week on the mix pod live chat is a bit of a joke initially but then ultimately decided he was gonna go with it but he requested this the reflex revision of the BGC and alive so hopefully it doesn't come off as cheesy and I'll be honest with you I absolutely love the original version in fact I love the entire Saturday Night Fever soundtrack and for some of us it may be tongue-in-cheek staying alive is an intention but for many on the planet the pure act of staying alive is a real goal whether it's due to illness famine war and we must keep these people in our thoughts love that one that I want to share a little story to you know sometimes I do like to play songs that are quite commercial and I I do it in an uninhibited way you know I break a lot of new music as well as play some things we all love and my friend David Mancuso did the same thing at the loft and one time when he was hosting a London loft party you know he'll play some songs that people know including a song by sister sledge and there was some smarmy guy on the deep house page or the underground house network whatever it was this kind of chat group you know about 20 something years ago that said oh I wonder what Dave is gonna play next at the loft party in London you know sister sledge we are family David didn't say anything because he's out he was actually on the page he read it and then the next party he dropped we're family my sister sledge and I just loved him for it so yes Bee Gees staying alive the reflex revision and I have absolutely no qualms about playing it ahead of that the beloved sweet harmony the come together and consolidate mix and that's the band's 1992 single and that's from the John Marsh helm the beloved and the remix is by the socio-political American trio consolidated and that was a request from Danny Broderick who wrote we morning all really a song of intent for the world sweet harmony the beloved we can get through this together okay our friend David Stoddard always comes up with some soulful goodies and this next one is one of his requests it was written by Alan Toussaint and was frequently played by Larry Levin at the Paradise Garage in fact he helped popularize the song it's from their 1970 LP 78 LP I should say LP energy the Pointer Sisters with the song happiness and David wishes everyone a safe healthy happy and loving 2026 to bring in the new year and he'd like to build on last year's theme of love and happiness he also just wrote on the chat that he's been reading about the Chinese animal years and apparently 2025 is the year or was the year of the snake where one sheds those aspects of life which no longer serve us well whether it's habits or relationships and 2026 is the year of the horse which signifies dabbling ahead and making bold progress thank you so much for this David Pointer Sisters with happiness and so and yes the lyrics are all about moving forward and that's exactly what I intend on doing in 2026 dropping the baggage and moving on which is really a lot harder to do than to say and I hope that you're able to do that as well I have to say meditation really helps I practice nearly every morning and it helps to not identify with your own thoughts so highly recommended for 2026 to help you move forward ahead of that Saron hooked on you the 1981 single by French disco Don Saron and given the revision treatment by another French disco Donna reflex and it was requested by Rob Eggleshaw who wrote that this is the year that I'm going to focus more on sorry I'm going to focus more on me and my wife now that the kids are getting a little older I remember that a few years ago actually the same thing that we did a couple years ago Rob says I requested this a while back but it's a moment from when we were traveling free before we settled down and it captures that lazy carefree vibe we all look for may you all find more peace and acceptance in 2026 forget the bad news don't even listen to it rejoice in your friendships your family and the things you can control in front of you very good words of advice there from our friend Rob Eggleshaw okay this next one is a suggestion from our friend Virginia in Athens Greece for a Los Angeles artist Maki who is a performer producer songwriter composer and multi-instrumentalist he's released 10 solo albums two movie scores and various singles and a series of digital mox tapes he's worked with Feist Jamie Liddell Chili Gonzalez and many others and he also released an album in 2025 here is Maki with the title track from his most recent album music will explain choir music volume one oh my gosh how much do I love this song Steely Dan's Donald Fagen with New Frontier from his 1982 album Night Fly and that was requested by Paul Fisher and I have such visceral memories of riding in the back seat of the car with my parents in the front and this song blasting out over the airwaves and I remember turning our donner on to it for the first time too I think we listened to it about five times in a row and danced around the kitchen and yes we are ready for a new frontier ahead of that the 1981 single Together Forever from Exodus another loft and paradise garage classic and I'd like to dedicate that to our London loft family and that song was requested by Steve Clark who wrote it's been a tough one we've lost people along the way 2026 I'd like to hear music we can all dance together too so I'd like to hear together forever and imagine us all dancing with joy in our hearts and I also want to congratulate Steve as he is a stroke survivor who swam 105 kilometers in November and raised 1700 pounds for the stroke association via his swim for stroke and he also encouraged two other stroke survivors to get into the pool to support their recovery so he is a real beacon of light and someone that we can be inspired by for 2026 okay this next one was a request from Keith Yearsley who calls it a true lifter for 2026 it's the late American soul singer Chuck Jackson who launched his career in the 1950s he moved to the Motown label in the late 1960s and then other labels he also did the duet If I Let Myself Go with his friend Dionne Warwick and for the Bowie fans the song I Keep Forgetting on Bowie's album tonight is a cover of Chuck Jackson here is an original from the man himself Chuck Jackson with All Over The World on Balearic Breakfast almost got caught up by that one as I was like kind of doing some more research on the show absolutely love that one move on up by Curtis Mayfield from his 1970 solo album Curtis and that was requested by Chris Lee Curtis Mayfield was known as the gentle genius and he was able to make hard-hitting socio-political commentary through beautiful soul songs and he also encouraged his fellow Black Americans to lift themselves up and to take pride in themselves and the Black community a true genius and we all need to move on up in 2026 ahead of that find what you're looking for by Hocus Pocus the 1970s soul band from Nassau County New York and they only released singles from the mid-1970s through to the mid-1980s it was all compiled on an album I think about 10-15 years ago and that was a request from our friend Bert Francois in Brooklyn ahead of that and love goes on the 1981 single from Earth Wind and Fire from the album Faces and they are such a spiritually forward-facing group I mean you can pick up any of their albums and listen to it for some emotional and spiritual therapy and thank you to Sioux Forest for that request and also the Earth Wind and Fire Experience are touring the UK and the USA in 2026. Okay this is another one from Bert he gets two today he discovered this one on my 90s house mix show Club 89 and it's a true house classic with a remix by Blaze it's by Newark New Jersey soul singer Gerardo and it's his second single released in 1993 the Blaze mix of Take Us Down for Love on Bleric Breakfast. My name is Shaw with Touch Me In The Morning and this 1979 remix is by Boston, Massachusetts native John Luongo and thank you to Arter in Paris for that request and he wrote 2025 was tough yet I showed up every time fought for what I thought was right stayed close to my beloved ones and more importantly I moved on I would like to request that anthem that will be able to share this mindset with my fellow Blericans let's bring the house down in 2026.
Thank you for that Arter and also thank you for hosting and curating the Bleric Breakfast blog a lot of work goes into that. Ahead of that a cut from Soul To Soul's second 1990 album but recently given a remix by Chicago house pioneer Ron Trent and the single has been nominated for a Grammy award Soul To Soul A Dreams A Dream the Ron Trent remix and I'm wishing both Ron and Jazzy the best of luck I'm so excited for them and thank you to Jason Canonici for that request. Okay well this song playing there just in the background is something I played at Pykes and it reminds me I have a lot to be thankful for in 2025.
My residency at Pykes spending a lot of time in Ibiza this summer having a lot of fun with the Pykes team of course my wee out here set at the Cosmodelica takeover in our love dance intent is very memorable. The London loft parties have just gone from strength to strength and are really at their best yet especially since David left us so long ago and I have to say our new home and also our team it's there's just makes it so much better and so elevated it's the most trustworthy loving and positive team I've ever worked with on the loft in London. All the remixes I did this year including Saint Etienne, The Street People, Santino Surfers and of course The Cure the Balearic Breakfast 4 compilation of course and the Balearic Breakfast parties and I want to thank all of you for spending time with me on a Tuesday morning thanks for joining me.
This is a request from Dan Edwards or DJ Jefe who says this song shoots from the hip and manifests all that I love about music a trippy groovy bouncy journey happy new year it's the all-staying eye on Crooked Man with the return of the Crooked Cat. Oh I love this song so much it's been a long time favorite of mine. Jaw wobble the edge from you to hold your zuke from you can hold on to your dreams also has Jackie Liebesit the late can drummer and lyrics by Arthur Russell and also produced by my friend Francois K and it was the 1983 single from them and it was requested by Susan Chan who says wishing you all a joyful meaningful and healthy new year thank you Colleen Cosmo Murphy and Adam for another wonderful Balearic Breakfast year may we all find peace despite everything that's going on in the world and yes a great kind of intention for 2026 is to hold on to your dreams to manifest them and as I mentioned that was produced by Francois and that gives me a little opportunity to plug our two parties together Francois and I will be playing again back to back in the new year on the 13th of February at Le Ban in New York City and the following night on Valentine's Day he and I are playing back to back in Toronto at standard time so hopefully you can make that if you're in New York or Toronto and if you're in London and are looking for some late New Year's Eve plans well I'm playing over at Mare Street Market with Voices Radio such a great radio platform I'm playing with Maria Hamlin and Helena Starr and it's going to be a lot of fun our friend Ian Mackey's coming down on his driving from Glasgow with the Danley loudspeaker so we have great sound so looking forward to that as well and I'm looking forward to another year of Balearic Breakfast in 2026 I will be away for most of January touring and holidaying so next week the show will have some mixes we have some mixes and interviews coming up next week we have the secret DJ up an exclusive mix from him as well as his thoughts on Ibiza he he's been living in Ibiza now for a few decades he was really good friends with Alfredo as well so he talks quite a bit about him in the interview and we also have Balearic Breakfast guest mix from Gina Lapsley which is great and then the following week we had Jay Cribb up on the show we also have another taste up on the show in advance of their new album which is coming out in February and other Balearic Breakfast family mixes I think Steve Clark hopefully is doing one we have Angel Mel Selector and also Pookie from Bonsai Hi-Fi so I'm not going to leave you high and dry I would never do that Balearicans I mean once in a while I have to take a week off but I won't be taking any weeks off in January I'll be streaming remotely and I'll have one live show I think around the 20th of January and that night I'm also hosting a classic album Sunday session with Greg Wilson over at Hidden Grooves Hi-Fi in London I think there's a few seats left if you want to grab a free ticket over on Resident Advisor well I thought I'd leave you with one last request which will take us to the top of the hour and it's by Bill Withers it's a great Studio Rio mix of his song Lovely Day which was requested by John Perry who says brings me happiness after a very testing 2025 and I think we all feel the same way bring on 2026 and a lovely year thanks for listening
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