Balearic Breakfast | Episode 26-31 | Rhythms Of Life...
Updated: Aug 13
Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy broadcast this new episode of Balearic Breakfast on her Mixcloud on Augut 11th, 2026.
ABOUT THIS EPISODE
August is always a busy month for our Captain, and she could be found, among other musical places, at the Houghton Festival where she played a memorable set. She shared her memories of the last events she did at the beginning of this great episode, and was very happy to see how many of us were online with her today!
Today's episode has that "cosmic" opening (and a few musical references to the solar eclipse that is about to happen on August 12th), and also a lot of songs with an affirmed rhythmic soul (and structure) which perfectly represented both Colleen's busy musical adventure and our own life under the deathening sun...
The Familly gathered in a joyful musical moment, absolutely loving Colleen's set (including the small wink to David Mancuso as Prepare to Energize was played by our beloved friend at his 1984 Loft Party at Prince Street). The Loft's spirit was quite present as another track, Heaven (Danny Krivit Re-Edit), was also played by Colleen at the Loft, I remember that from seeing a video on her socials, which made me discover that incredible tune! Colleen also played a track from the French Band "Les Négresses Vertes" which was very successful in the 1990s (their biggest hit was Here's Summer (Voilà l'été), taken from their 1988 and first studio album Mlah), you can discover more about the band on their discogs page!
Ed. Note: Not to forget, our Friend Terry Fincham is playing his London debut at the Chop shop Tavern on August 15th (141 Tilbury Road)! Enjoy!
Listen back to episode 26-31 of Balearic Breakfast:
This morning’s Balearic Breakfast is now archived on my Mixcloud and available to listen back. Today’s show is mainly requests including tunes inspired by tomorrow’s solar eclipse - we’ll be able to see about 90% of the sun covered by the moon tomorrow evening in the UK. And if you get up early enough - about an hour before sunrise, and without too much light pollution and a clear horizon - you may be able to see six planets - Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune - in an arc just over the horizon. And on top of that, tomorrow is a new moon and in the evening until dawn on Thursday morning, the meteor showers we see in August will be at their peak - as this is the month our planet travels through the debris left by the Swift-Tuttle comet. So there is your astronomical report from me, DJ Cosmo/
On today’s Balearic Breakfast we also paid tribute to an otherworldly musical talent, the late William Orbit who sadly transitioned to the next realm in July. As a producer, musician and composer he worked with some of the most commercially successful stars on the planet including Madonna for whom he produced the Ray of Light album, a highlight in her discography that won two Grammy Awards. Alongside his commercial endeavours. he was also an experimental music pioneer. I first got into him via his Strange Cargo album in 1987 - the record company had sent the radio station a cassette and as we didn’t play cassettes I snagged it and listened to it over and over on my Sony Walkman and was transported into his multi-faceted musical world. William Orbit rest in musical paradise.
Enjoy the show and I’ll be back streaming next Tuesday from 10am to 12pm BST on my Mixcloud Live. Thanks for listening.
THE PLAYLIST
(2018) FBK – Eclipse (Claude Young's Observation Mix)
(1990) Oleta Adams – Rhythm of Life (William Orbit 12-inch Version)
(1993) William Orbit ft Beth Orton – Water From A Vine Leaf
(1993) Les Négresses Vertes – Zobi La Mouche (William Orbit Remix)
(2026) Grassskirt – Dance on My Island
(2010) Jorge Ben – Umbabarauma
(1978) Aged in Harmony – You're A Melody (Extended Disco)
(2009) Neon Indian – Terminally Chill
(1989) Bappi & Rema Lahiri – Habiba
(2015) An-2 – Lazy Sun (Spoiled Youth Mix)
(2021) BaianaSystem ft. Antonio Carlos & Jocafi – Água (Jimpster Remix)
(2026) Kennedy – Eclipse
(2021) Crackazat – Tigers Eye
(1983) Torch Song – Prepare to Energise
(2005) Galaxy 2 Galaxy – Jupiter Jazz
(2026) Your Brother's Keeper & Gary Bartz – Solar Flare
(2002) Shakedown – At Night (Afterlife Mix)
(2020) N'Dambi – Can't Change Me (Ron Trent Remix)
(2019) The Vision ft Andreya Triana – Heaven (Danny Krivit Re-Edit)
(2016) Stevie Nicks – Edge of Seventeen (The Starkiller's Seventeen Lightyears Mix)
