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Worldwide FM broadcast the 24th episode of Balearic Breakfast on February 9th 2021. “Snowflakes are pretty patterns etched in water’s dreams.” Anthony T. Hincks I remember this like it happened yesterday, writing from time to time on Colleen's socials: "This show had a soul of its own; it was inhabited!" I would not change these kinds of statements to this very day. Many of the shows Colleen crafted in the 2020/2021 period were musical treasures (both because of the selections and because of their "aura"). Of course, the Balearic Breakfast Family was there, solidly requesting (laughs)! Still, we all owe Colleen the final result, and it must be repeated: she's a heavy and sensible worker. And this show proves it once again. When I say Balearic Breakfast is a home, you need to listen to that 23rd edition to understand it! It is sometimes painful to listen to some of the earlier shows because of the circumstances, but it is always a Joy in the end because Music takes over the strange, bizarre and unwanted bad memories. The first thing that struck me in this edition is Colleen's younger voice! You can hear her younger self on the mic; it is heart-warming (though it seems she still carries a light sadness in her voice here...). Also, all of the tracks played during this 2-hour show share the same philosophy: they all have a solid rhythm, inviting you to keep walking through life's challenges. I called these songs the "Willing Tracks" (laughs). Of course, the title of this show (Snowy Memories) is linked to the snowy weather that hit Europe back then. Musically speaking, Collen was really in a top-notch form: I mean, listen to how the songs follow each other seamlessly; the mini-mix she created in the first part of the show is Gorgeous. Some songs feel like they were played yesterday (I mean, listen to the musicianship on George Benson's track; you can't get this track out of your soul once you discover it!). Also, Colleen was already introducing us to Great artists/bands like Jim (listen to Colleen interviewing Jim here in 2023)! As she once said, Balearic Breakfast is not solely a memory lane but also a show that should propose New Music. So here you go! One last memory I had to share, and I feel you will have a good laugh with me! I remember that when I subscribed to Mixcloud, I kept my surname in all of its long glory (Artur the Lioncub). Then, I was happily surprised when Colleen started sending us some shout-outs, spelling all of our NAMES (laughs), and some of them were really long or difficult to pronounce! At one point, I said to myself: I can't keep my surname in all of its glory; Colleen has enough strange/long/difficult names to say! So I shortened it up to Artur ^^ Last but not least, we were ALL ABSOLUTELY EXCITED because a Cosmodelica Party would take place on February 20th! PLAYLIST Jim – Phoenix Herbie Hancock – Bubbles Webby Jay – In the rain Marcia Griffiths – Everywhere George Benson – Love X Love (Live) The Invisible Session – People all around the world, can make it Tommy Stewart – Bump and Hustle Music Siouxsie & The Banshees – Israel Fashion – Love Shadow The THE – Giant Yutaka – Sao Jorge Gwen Guthrie – Padlock (Larry Levan Mix) Africano – Open your Hearts (Mark Grusane Edit) Presence (feat. Shara Nelson) – Sense of Danger (98 Version) Kronoss – Maddening Goldie – State of Mind

Worldwide FM broadcast the 23rd episode of Balearic Breakfast on February 2nd 2021. Introduction. – Sometimes, a title meets your mind and makes perfect sense... The world was still amid the Covid 19 Pandemic. Some countries were in Lockdown (like the UK), while others considered enforcing it again... At this point, we were Lost. Absolutely. Nothing was going in a positive direction... I'm not sure this is a world I belong in anymore. I'm not sure that I want to wake up. Gayle Forman, If I Stay, Vol. 1, 2014 I remember fear taking over me... A black, thick, cold and endless fear. I remember waking up in the middle of the night not knowing what would happen on the next day... I remember feeling exhaustion, absolute exhaustion from doing the same things repeatedly, though I had no real problems back then in my life. I remember crying, of course, and shaking my head in despair while trying not to lose it totally because of the ongoing and contradictory news that were always announced on television. These were such trying times, certainly among the darkest ones of my life, though, thanks to music and thanks to my family and my friends, I was able to ease down from time to time... About this episode. – This show, a highly inhabited one, is all about that locked situation where nothing makes sense anymore. We can feel Colleen's somewhat sad voice directly from the show's start. I remember I didn't notice it back then, but I genuinely feel some sadness involved here when listening to it again while writing these lines... Back then, Balearic Breakfast was, as always, our harbour, and Colleen has been gracious all along, both in translating musically the dark times we were in and sharing the hope we all needed. This show showcases that duality, hence the picture I chose and the title I gave to this specific edition. There’s a “lost feeling” in here that can’t be denied and from which Colleen takes us (slowly) out towards the end of the show. Listen back to the 22nd edition of Balearic Breakfast : Useful Links. – Listen to Colleen's interview with Nick Mason (from Pink Floyd) here . Also, you can listen to Ego Ella May's interview with Tina Edwards on Sade ‘Diamond Life’ just here (Classic Album Sundays) . PLAYLIST José James – Winterwind Terry Callier – Lazarus Man Nitin Sawhney – Sunset I:Cube – Adore La Bellini – Satan in love (Leo Mas & Fabrice Inferno Lovers Mix) Jhelisa – Friendly Pressure (Lee Hamblin Paradise Revisited Remix) Free School – Ranting & Raving (Richard Norris Second Mix) Linkwood Family – Miles away Sade – Paradise Kwanzaa Posse – Wicked Funk José Gonzales – Let it Carry you (Dino Soccio Remix) K.I.D. – Hupendi Muziki Wangu?! (You don't like my music) Charlie – Spacer Woman Earth, Wind & Fire – Getaway Solomon Burke – Let your love flow The 5th Dimension – Stoned Soul Picnic The Blackbyrds – Walking in Rhythm Pink Floyd – The great gig in the sky

Worldwide FM broadcast the 22nd episode of Balearic Breakfast on January 26th 2021. Introduction. – Life can be so unpredictable... Sometimes, nothing makes sense. You wake up one morning and realise that someone you loved a lot has gone, forever. And you're lost. That's precisely what happened to the Family and its Captain on February 23rd 2021, when we all learned about the passing of Phil Asher. About this episode. – Without a shadow of a doubt, this 21st edition of Balearic Breakfast was one of the most "Balearic" of the whole series. Balearic in the music, of course, as there is not a single song in the first hour that hasn't got that slow, light, somewhat sexy rhythm! Balearic also in the way we're able to feel Colleen's sadness. Her voice in that show is sad, of course, how cold it not be with the passing of such a great DJ at such a young age? (Phil was 55 when he died of a heart attack in his bed while sleeping)... Last but not least, Colleen's tribute to Phil in the second hour is absolutely gorgeous and full of positive Balearic Forces! This show is a must-listen if you want to discover what an experienced DJ can achieve! Of Course, the rest of the show is an absolute killer (as usual, might you think, oh well you know I'm objective when I say this, don't you ? (laughs!)), but hearing songs like "7 seconds" or "All about her" just made me realise (already back then...) that I could absolutely stop requesting songs and simply enjoy the show. This was one of the times I really felt at Home... Pay attention for instance to how Colleen selected the songs present in the first half of the show, they all share a "common" tonality and a quite close rhythm ! Gorgeous selection made from Quality requests, I can tell ya (laughs)! Listen back to the 21st edition of Balearic Breakfast : That sense of unease and longing for something more. It can’t be cured with a pill or a hot bath or a good workout. Because it’s deep. A restless soul is an adventurer, explorer and they believe in the power of the universe. Phil Asher, Ransom note interview The WOW effect. – Of course, as I just said, Colleen's mix won the absolute WOW effect during that show. Her tribute to Phil was Astounding . There is no other word I could use to describe the beautiful set Colleen crafted with the help of the Balearic Family's song requests. I feel that it was her way to stop the sadness that was all around us back then (let me remind you that we were still amid the Covid Pandemic, the weather was not shiny, and we had to cope with Phil's passing... So when you consider all of this and hear what Colleen offered us during the second hour of the show, you can only feel a desperate will to make it all for the best despite the roughness of the times) ! I also remember we all liked Phil Asher's remix of "Cosmic Laws" when we heard it during the show (Colleen was already working behind the scenes on the first "Balearic Breakfast" compilation)! PLAYLIST Greg Foat – Symphonie Pacifique Youssou N'Dour – 7 seconds (feat. Neneh Cherry) B.B. King – Midnight Believer Bill Withers – You got the Stuff Ian Thomas – All about her Steve Miller Band – Macho City Ultramarine – Saratoga Victor Davies – Brother ----- Tribute Mix to Phil Asher ----- The Cosmic Laws (Phil Asher Remix) Reach Inside (Restless Soul Peaktime Mix) Butterflies (feat. Dyanna Fearon & Phil Asher) Portuguese Love (Phil Asher's Restless Soul Mix) Beautiful (Restless Soul & Valentine Etienne) Runnin (feat. Shea Soul) Blaze – I think of you (feat. Amira - Restless soul remix) Stevie Wonder – As

Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy broadcast the 201st episode of Balearic Breakfast on her Mixcloud on November 19th 2024. About this episode. – Following her stay in New-York, where she met her close friend François Kevorkian with whom she played back to back at Subculture NYC’s inaugural party (not forgetting the great show they did on election day dedicated to Quincy Jones!), Colleen came back to London and, on a snowy morning, retook the con, embarking the Balearic Breakfast Family on the most moving show of the year as she paid tribute to her late and great friend Giancarlo Bianchi who recently passed away. A heartbreaking moment, this episode will for sure stay in our hearts for a very long time... This morning’s Balearic Breakfast is now up on my Mixcloud at https://shorturl.at/kLWiV . In the first 30 minutes I catch up with some new tunes and the remaining 90 minutes are a tribute to my late friend, Giancarlo Bianchi. Giancarlo was also a friend of David Mancuso and was the founder of the Last Note  parties in Italy. After caring for his mother for years, he tragically passed away last month, only a few weeks after his mother’s passing. His generosity, passion, humour and friendship are sorely missed and today’s show is a very emotional tribute to him by myself and the Last Note family (who are also part of the Balearic Breakfast family). I hope you will be able to understand what a wonderful man and what a profoundly loyal person he was. Thank you Giancarlo for bringing so much joy into our lives and for connecting so many people through music, dancing and love. L’amore salva la giornata. Grazie mille alla mia famiglia italiana. Grazie per l’ascolto. Listen back to the 201st episode of Balearic Breakfast: PLAYLIST ( 1983 ) Jon and Vangelis – Italian Song ( 2024 ) Maarten Goetheer   – Hymn of the Heart ( 2024 ) Kyle Shepherd   – Teardrop ( 2024 ) Dream Baby Dream   – Banana Trance (Calm's Mellow Mellow Dub) ( 2024 ) Alfonso Lovo   – Terremoto (Brian Jackson Retouch) ( 1978 ) Lucio Battisti   – Prendila Cosi ( 1978 ) Angela Bofill   – Under the Moon and Over the Sky ( 1999 ) Andreas Vollenweider   – Stella ( 1978 ) Paz   – Kandeen Love Song ( 1997 ) Bob Marley   – Exodus (Bill Laswell Remix) ( 1976 ) Gabor Szabo   – Keep Smiling ( 2012 ) Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra   – San Diego (Phil Mison Remix) ( 1988 ) Womack & Womack   – Teardrops ( 1969 ) Santana   – Jingo ( 1977 ) George Benson   – I Always Knew I Had It in Me ( 1976 ) Charles Earland   – Drifting ( 1982 ) Vasco Rossi   – Una Splendida Giornata WINTERISH WANDERINGS... (To Giancarlo Bianchi) Isn't it strange, dear Giancarlo, that on the day Colleen was about to pay tribute to you snow started to fall? I was so surprised when I saw Colleen's video on Instagram that I went to check if what I saw was true and indeed, the weather report website said: "Yesterday saw the first snowflakes of the season fall on London" . As you know, I don't believe very much in "coincidences" although it seems I had a lot of them since I started runing this blog. This one though is the most beautiful of 2024, and I thank you for that... Today's show was a two-hour tribute dedicated to you. We all know the first half hour of the show was also all about you, and Colleen transcribed so well the sadness we all felt following your departure. The first two songs, Italian Song and Hymn of the Heart (one of the longest tracks played during the show, mind you 6min42), felt like we were all invisibly walking close to Colleen, under the falling snow... These two tracks were introspective musical moments, blending nostalgic, lost, questioning yet, and at the same time, hopeful moments allowing us all to think about you. In a perfect mix, Colleen brought tears to our eyes when she openned her wings with Kyle Shepherd 's Teardrop ... We're here together, dealing with your absence the best we can and carrying your soul's message deep within our hearts. Fly dear Giancarlo, we'll meet again soon, you can count on that... On the chat, the ambience was sad, we all could feel it, a lot of your close friends were there, sending messages to Colleen and to you. One of them, written by Ouarrique, was splendid: "May We all be remembered by those who we love. Beautiful tribute Colleen". Colleen kept the flying effect alive and well by playing Banana Trance (Calm's Mellow Mellow Dub) , sending messages to the other world, where you'll now hear them... Ending this musical introduction with Brian Jackson's Retouch mix of Alfonso Lovo 's Terremoto , composed after the devastating earthquake that struck Managua on December 23, 1972, Colleen sent us a message of hope despite the painful times she and the Last Note Family are facing. There will be better days and, of course, you'll be right here, with us... In the show's second hour, Colleen shared memories of you and everyone joined her by saying how much you were a loyal friend and how much they all loved you. Although we never met, I know you feel the love I send you Giancarlo... Prendila Cosi... BALEARIC BREAKFAST'S TRIBUTE TO GIANCARLO BIANCHI I met Giancarlo through another dear mutual friend, David Mancuso, back in 2003 when we started our loft parties together in London and Giancarlo was a trusted friend and advocate of David as Giancarlo helped David in Italy, and Giancarlo and his friends Ivano and Sara and a bunch of others came along to nearly all of our parties at the Light Bar with David, and Giancarlo would also stay in the same hotel as David and they would hang out and Giancarlo would have some great stories such as the time he saw the same toothbrush from David's bathroom in his hotel being used to clean a stylus, the precious kouetsu at our loft party in London. And Giancarlo is so inspired by David especially his approach to sound and he learned as much as he could from the maestro and meticulously put together his own loft sound system so that David could come back to his ancestral home of Italy and musically host parties in the true loft style. But by the time Giancarlo is ready in 2013, David had stopped traveling so David asked me to go in his place and this is when my friendship with Giancarlo went to the next level. Together with a wonderful group of people from all over Italy, many of whom you will hear from today, over the last 11 years we've put on 30 to 40 Last Note parties on Roma and Perugia, and it's been an incredible journey of friendship, music, dance, and of course since it's Italy, food. And I would also say that Last Note was also Giancarlo's life work. Music, sound, and loft parties were Giancarlo's passion and mission, and for nearly 20 years he was a taxi driver in Rome, but after the passing of his father he left his job to become a full-time carer for his mother, which is what he did for several several years. He was an incredibly devoted son who put his mother's well-being above his own health and she sadly passed away this past summer and Giancarlo was finally able to go for a much-needed surgery but, alas, fate had other ideas. He had just turned 50 this year and he was definitely taken from us too soon. Giancarlo was one of the most generous people I've ever known. Just looking around my record room I see so many gifts from him, from records to the handcrafted Cosmodelica isolator right in front of me which has Love Saves the Day inscripted upon it. He and Ivano always sent me home to London with a bag full of guanciale and pecorino as a side for music. Food is also a focal point as it always is in any Italian relationship. He hosted the Last Note party for the love, and not for financial reasons, always saying he would rather have less people but the right people, and he did all of this without any monetary gain purely for the love, and the right people felt it. He was an incredible loyal and trustworthy friend who had your back in your absence, and he did not waste his time by suffering fools and his passing has really taught me to spend time, my time on this planet, with people I truly trust and love and who love me back. Time and true friendship is so very precious. Giancarlo is also ridiculously funny with a dry ironic and very Roman sense of humor and I could still hear him telling a story, I could hear his laugh, and I still can't believe he's gone, but he's still in my heart and he's still in the heart of his sister Christina, and in the hearts of our Last Note Family, and today we'll pay tribute to him through some of his favorite songs. I chose this song as it brings back some beautiful memories of listening to music together while he drove around Rome. We drove so much in his car, and when he first played this song to me it was a beautiful sunny spring day with a big blue sky over Rome and I asked him to play it again and again and again. Lucio Battisti with Prendila Così. I’m still trying to process the loss of my dear friend Giancarlo Bianchi. It doesn’t seem real as I can see him right in front of me; I can hear his laugh. Amidst the deluge of tears I break out in laughter remembering one of his turns of phrase or a hilarious story that only he could tell with his dry Roman humour. I smile reliving the many car rides we had driving around Italy and Roma (where he was a taxi driver for nearly two decades) listening to Lucio Battisti ‘Prendila Cosi’ or endless tapes of the legendary DJ Miki of CIAK or a preview of one of my new remixes - he would listen quietly all the way through and was a true source of support. In true Italian style we enjoyed many, many amazing meals together including at our own home where he loved my husband Adam’s cooking and had a chance to venture into non-Italian food. Our fridge is always stocked with guanciale and pecorino from our dear Roman friends Ivano and Giancarlo. I met Giancarlo just over 2 decades ago when he religiously attended our Loft parties at The Light with David Mancuso. Giancarlo struck up a friendship with David when our friend traveled to Perugia to play at the legendary Red Zone club, a place where I had the honour of playing, as well. For many years, Giancarlo drove from Roma to Perugia and was part of one of the most energised club scenes in Italy throughout the 90’s and early 00’s. He and David struck up a deep friendship as David knew he could trust him - Giancarlo often advocated for him in Italy. Davids passion for sounds was instilled in Giancarlo and David guided Giancarlo as he meticulously put together his sound system to inaugurate a party in Italy with David. Once he was ready, David had stopped travelling and asked that I go in his place. I was lucky as over the 11+ years of our Last Note parties my friendship with Giancarlo deepened. Giancarlo was a true friend in the most profound sense. He didn’t suffer fools, but if he was your friend he had your back. I’m truly devastated but find solace remembering the times we shared. I love you Giancarlo and rest in paradise. Colleen will be playing these next coming dates: Saturday 23rd November: Tresor Meets Surgeon (Berlin – tickets here ); Wednesday 27th November: Dance For Ashley ( tickets here ); Sunday 8th December: London Loft Party ( http://www.loftparty.org/ – contact Colleen directly on her instagram DM ); Wednesday 11th December: CAS with Alina Bzhezhinska ( tickets ); Tuesday 31st December: Fever105's Midnight Funk ( tickets here ).

Following the recent illness of beloved Ashley Beedle, a Gofund campaign has been launched. 19th November 2024 - UPDATE A message from Adam Dewhurst and a video from our dear Ashley Ashley wants to thank you all from the bottom of his heart for your love and support. It's going to be a long road ahead for him and your generosity is already helping to transform what the future looks like for Ashley. Whilst he will not regain movement on his right side, his speech is recovering well and his increasing positivity is in no small part down to all of you. We have almost reached enough funding to help in the short term with the immediate equipment and care he requires. We are aiming to get him out of his current accommodation at the rehabilitation unit in an old people's home and into specially adapted accommodation to be with his wife, Jo, as soon as it's possible in the New Year. Ashley's full term solution to his care needs will be ongoing with a team of carers visiting every day due to his physical condition for the remainder of his life. Ashley's musical friends and peers have rallied together and next week on 27th November, we will be hosting a Dance For Ashley at the Ministry of Sound. The line-up is ridiculous and please help spread the word and come and join us for a dance if you are able to.  https://ra.co/events/2031138 This week we will be releasing discounted tickets for students and those who are also facing financial difficulties to help allow those people to support and enjoy this special evening. Anybody who has also made a donation to Ashley's GoFundMe campaign are welcome to access these discounted tickets if you would like to. For anybody in and around Leeds, Andy Hickford and Belgrave Music Hall are hosting an event for Ashley on his birthday on 25th November and friends in Ireland are hosting Dances for Ashley in both Belfast https://ra.co/events/2045743 and Dublin https://ra.co/events/2045761 on Sunday 1st December.   Ashley's family and team also send you their deepest thanks for everything you have done to help him. Here's a short video message from Ashley to you all Despite having battled with Stage 4 prostate cancer for the last 4 years and received the last treatment in October 2023, Ashley was dealt a devastating blow at the beginning of November 2023. He suffered a brain bleed and seizure due to the rupture of a brain mass and in February 2024, during a 16 hour operation to remove the mass, he suffered a major stroke that caused the loss of movement in the leg and arm on Ashley’s right-hand side and robbed him of his power of speech. Since recovering in Kings College’s Critical Care unit, Ashley has proved himself to be a fighter and has surmounted all odds with an incredible sense of humour and determination that has impressed everyone involved. Thanks to the extraordinary care and support from the NHS, Ashley’s speech is slowly returning, and he's been discharged from the residential rehab centre. However, he’ll remain in a room in a nursing home for the foreseeable future until suitable assisted living accommodation becomes available for him and wife, Jo via the local council housing list. Sadly, the diagnosis is that his mobility won’t return to his right side and he will be confined to a wheelchair requiring full time carers for the majority of his activities including bathing and getting in and out of bed. To get to this stage, Ashley and his wife have had to use all of their savings and now need our help. The GoFundMe monies will go towards providing Ashley with a secure and comfortable future with access to private physio treatment, wheelchair friendly furniture, a hospital bed for home use etc. Ashley wants you to know that he is a survivor and not a victim and he says ‘thank you’ to all of you who contribute towards the fund. Written with the permission of Ashley Beedle and his family.

Following the nice interview I did with Andrei Sandu following his book's publication, I felt the need to support his beautiful work just a little more, thus writing this review. Introduction. – In a time where finding information about songs has been made much easier thanks to the development of the internet, allowing any music enthusiast to discover how an album was recorded and why a song was composed, one may ask if reading a book like "Mates' crates - 100 Stories Behind The Songs" is worth it. My answer will be a short and direct one: Yes. And we're going to discover these reasons together along with a positive review of Andrei's book; not forgetting a few points that may have to be corrected in a second issue (of course minor ones). Let's go then! Why you should read Andrei's book. – The first reason why you should read Andrei's book has to do with his personality and his passion for music. A radio host, DJ, music lover, and a member of the London Loft Party, Andrei is as passionate about music as one can be. And, when you're dealing with passion, you're dealing with Truth. Anyone who dearly loves something, and who puts his heart into it, has meaningful stories and interesting points of view to share. And, being a part of the London Loft crew only adds to the most interesting pages of Andrei's book as the reader gets closer to some absolute classics played over the years by legends (Mancuso, Levan, François K and so many more) that proudly stood the test of time. In a sense, this book not only is an open door to some of the best music available, it is also the key that will allow you to discover even more tunes should you take the time to dig on your own... Also, it must not be forgotten that Andrei's book is proudly self-published as a fundraiser for Doctors Without Borders and Music Venue Trust. The Great... – As far as the book itself is concerned, it is a pleasure to hold: the beautifully printed cover is soft, and the book is quite thick and heavy with a nice yet straightforward presentation, allowing the reader to enjoy reading stories behind the selected records. Still, although the book's layout is simple, it does not mean anything is lacking. It is quite the contrary. The book is loaded with great information: the record's sleeves pictures open and end each article, QR-codes allow the reader to access the songs on Youtube, also the label and the year of the record are mentioned, each article being completed with Andrei's memories and stories behind the recording of the songs or the albums they are issued from. Again, a simple yet well-thought-out and effective presentation! We can't think of anything more that could be added here, it's great! Also, on the editorial side, Andrei's Work has been seriously conducted as he proposes cross-references between the articles he wrote, allowing the reader to expand his knowledge entertainingly. Speaking of Andrei's writing style, here again, nothing can be criticised as he takes you with him on his journey, sharing his stories, how he found the records, how he discovered the artists, and what the songs or the albums represent to him, along with objective and researched information ( for instance, did you know that the Legendary South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela took part in Lamont Dozier's album production? ). You're not reading a bored musical journalist's paper about a record he barely took the time to listen to. You're reading a friend's work who shares with you his very soul. Mates' Crates offers a nice and heartwarming reading experience and, just for that point alone, is undoubtedly worth keeping in your library! ... and the "possibly improvable". –  A few things may be improved should another edition be printed in the future, rest assured, nothing too important! Although the book is beautifully produced, it sits quite stiffly in the reader's hands. Should you want to open it up slightly more, you'll risk damaging its slice, which, really, is a pitty. Nowadays, some books have their pages glued together. Although it is more cost-sustainable, it does have its downsides for the reader as these books age quickly, showing some strong wear without being used very often. Lastly, we would have wished the colours were more vivid, allowing the reader to fully enjoy the record's covers or pictures. Conclusion. – Let's be honest, nothing of these few remarks can prevent us, and future readers, from enjoying this incredible piece of work. Simply put, we love this little musical bible to bits and wish Andrei all the success he deserves for sharing the love he has for Music. Don't wait, grab Andrei's book right here! Artur Michalski Aka "The Lioncub"

Artur and his fellow companion, The Lioncub, are walking the streets of an abandoned town... They're just about to witness a deadly and frightening vision... THE BALEARIC HALLOWEEN (For the Love of Music Mix) First publication: 27th October 2024 Updated version: 03rd November 2024 A Musical Story by The Lioncub Duration : 2h20mins Audio editor : Steinberg Wavelab 6 & 11 Monitoring : Solid State Logic SSL 2+ USB Audio Interface / Sonarworks Sound ID Reference / AKG K-702 / Advance acoustics Xi125 / JBL Decade L26 (upgraded) Plugins : Waves C4 / PSP Xenon / PSP Vintage Warmer / PSP VU-Meter / Stereo Echo / Chrystal resampler / Steinberg Natural Verb Audio effects : freesound.org DR of the mix : 12 The general volume has been raised by 1db during the mastering process to ensure a pleasing listening experience while preserving the dynamics This mix is dedicated to our Captain, Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy and to the Balearic Breakfast Family. – The tracklist mainly includes songs played during Balearic Breakfast and three others from my selection. Story : The night is falling as Artur and his fellow companion, The Lioncub, are walking the streets of an abandoned town... They're just about to witness a deadly and frightening vision that will lead them into the Twilight Zone... Will they be able to save the One they Love so much?... Listen and you shall find out... Throw your phone away, shut all the doors, turn off the lights. Relax, hit play... and... close your eyes... THE PLAYLIST Intro: The bad dream... José Feliciano – California dreaming DJ Shadow  – Stem / Long Stem Lady Blackbird  – Slave to the rhythm Poco  – Ghost town Dr John  – I walk on guilded splinters Lee Oskar  – Haunted house The Jacksons  – This place Hotel Men Tensel  – Sweeping in the sweet nectar, watch out Quintus Project  – Night Flight remix Confidence Man  – Out of the window (Andrew Weatherall Remix) Eight Wonder  – I’m not scared Frida  – I Know There’s something going on (Lindstrom Remix)   Peter Godwin – Emotional disguise Living in Ghosts  – Stay on top (Original Mix) Anthony Teasdale  – Tango de la Boca Michael Jackson  – Thriller Ray Parker Jr.  – Ghostbusters Azari & III  – Reckless with your love (Tensnake Remix) Snowboy  – Casa Forte The Manhattan Transfer  – Twilight zone Outro: 3io  – Les nuits SPOILER ALERT THE BALEARIC HALLOWEEN The Story behind (and of) the Mix... I've been creating mixes using Wavelab since I was 18 years old (which brings us back to 2000/2001). I love choosing songs and creating musical stories where each song in the mix is selected because of the portion of the narrative it conveys. I always dreamed of creating a Halloween Tribute mix for our beloved show. I took the courage this year and finally decided to make it happen.... All it took was a paper, the Spotify Halloween playlist, a few movie audio excerpts, the two versions of my favourite audio editor and a Lioncub... Everything in this mix has been done to lose the listener: from the start, the ghostly apparition is announced and, musically, it perfectly introduces José Feliciano 's California dreaming since the tonality of the ghostly effect is quite the same. Also, on a rhythmical side, I took a malignant pleasure in playing around sometimes: listen closely to the intro, the ticking of the pendulum puts its rhythm in your mind just to be destroyed by Elm's street theme slower melody, the two still beautifully blending together. I reproduced that trick several times in the mix and always took great care to respect the flow (listen to what happens between Quintus Project 's Night Flight remix and Confidence Man 's Out of the window (Andrew Weatherall Remix) . At other times, I mixed the tracks to perfection (the most striking example being Michael Jackson 's Thriller and Ray Parker Jr. 's Ghostbusters ). Of course, while selecting the songs, I did my best to create an evolving flow, one with twists and turns with a Balearic ending, and I worked quite hard on each mix between the songs to propose something unique and unexpected each and every time... Except for Poco's Ghost Town and Ray Parker Jr.'s Ghostbusters , all the songs were played during Balearic Breakfast. While the preparation of the main mix took me approximately three days, a whole week (6/10 hours of work per day including the nightly listening sessions...) has been dedicated to its finalisation (checking the volume of the tracks, crafting Colleen's Ghostly apparition and Emily's mix, asking myself if I should add more effects or more movies excerpts, checking that the introduction was perfect and doing what it was supposed to do (meaning serve as a level indicator for the rest of the mix))... As always, I wasn't prepared to reach such a perfect mix in such a short time. Usually, such work requires months... But, when I cried while listening to it, I knew I reached the sweet spot... And I always have tearful eyes at a crucial moment in the mix... I wanted to thank Rick and Ana for their support while I worked on the mix's main picture and give a big shout-out to Olivier (Man Tensel) who shared my technical reflections on the mix (you are an outstanding audio editor, and you know it) ! The Balearic Halloween is dedicated to our dear Captain, Colleen, and to all of you, fellow Balearicans... I wish you a happy Halloween... And remember, just be Balearic.

Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy broadcast the 199th episode of Balearic Breakfast on her Mixcloud on October 29th 2024. About this episode. – Following last week's episode and knowing there were a lot of great requests to be included, Colleen proposed a beautiful show today. This 199th episode was one of the Funkiest we ever had. I never heard such a funky groove before in Balearic Breakfast, and I remember a lot of other episodes! Also, after a few months without our beloved ending phrase, Colleen said it once again today: "And remember, just be Balearic!" What's not to love in this episode?! "This morning’s Balearic Breakfast was part two of our Black History Month celebration and there were so many wonderful requests. Thank you for taking part and you can listen back at https://shorturl.at/3jY2N  So, please kick back and enjoy music from... Ashley Beedle  Scott Grooves   Lil Louis   The Soul Survivors  and more..." Listen back to the 199th episode of Balearic Breakfast: PLAYLIST ( 1969 ) Richie Havens – It Could Be the First Day ( 1989 ) Kofi   – Black Pride ( 1996 ) Dennis Brown   – Love & Hate ( 1972 ) Eddie Kendricks   – My People...Hold On ( 1965 ) The Impressions  – People Get Ready ( 2003 ) Kindred the Family Soul – Stars ( 2004 ) Victor Davies   – Morning Sun ( 1970 ) Donny Hathaway   – The Ghetto ( 1972 ) Billy Paul   – Am I Black Enough for You ( 2024 ) Scott Grooves   – Leaves are Falling (808 Callin Mix) ( 1988 ) Prince   – I Wish U Heaven ( 1984 ) Change   – Change of Heart ( 1976 ) Jackson Sisters   – I Believe in Miracles ( 1980 ) Billy Frazier   – Billy Who ( 1994 ) The Ballistic Brothers   – Blacker ( 1975 ) Black Blood   – AIÉ A Mwana ( 1998 ) Moodymann   – Mahogany Brown ( 2024 ) Mélange ft Linda Muriel   – Simple Melody ( 1978 ) Wilbert Longmire   – Black is the Color ( 2018 ) Yta Jourias   – Adome Nyueto (Bosq Edit) ( 1992 ) Lil Louis   – Club Lonely TO BE A BLACK ARTIST... As for last week's episode, I thought it would be interesting to explore our beloved artist's point of view on racism, segregation, or discrimination. One of the kindest and most gifted black artists who ever walked the stage in the 20th century, and who touched many who listened to him, Richie Havens never shied away from singing and speaking out about discrimination, racism and government corruption. With the song " Sometimes I Feel like a Motherless Child " , prolonged into the legendary "Freedom" , an anthem he kept on singing the rest of his life, his 1969 opening performance at Woodstock stood the test of time and still shines to this very day. Sadly, Havens experienced racism at a young age. Of course, these events influenced his artistry in songs like "What You Going To Do About Me" or “Handsome Johnny” which was political and a direct attack on racism and war. Yet he is also remembered for his deeply touching melodies and songs shining hope on the listeners (see the " Black History Month: The Origins and Rebirth of African-American Folk Music " article here . Another singer to openly stand tall against racism is Kofi, also known as Carol Simms. The British reggae singer previously part of a group named "Brown Sugar" formed in 1976, pursued her own solo career in 1992. One of Kofi's albums, 62 today and still going strong, "Black... With Sugar" has a song named " Black Pride" which was essentially made to promote as it says in the name black pride. An example of this is when she says " Black is the color of my skin. Black is the life that I live. And I'm so proud to be, The color that God made me." Eddie Kendricks also beautifully held the 'Hope Torch" with his anthem, "My People…Hold On” , a syncopated chant and a call to action, taken from his first solo 1972 album recorded after he left the Temptations. He always pushed back against the politics of the song , telling Disc , "it’s a spiritual song; it says ‘people hold on, hold on to love, that’s the only lasting thing.’ To me, that’s singing the truth. But I’m not hung up on getting political messages across. I leave that to the politicians” . Of course, other artists depicted the harsh realities of their time, and no one seemed to do it better than Donny Hathaway with " The Ghetto" which really took you into the flesh of the moment – this song always makes me think of another song with a close title by elvis presley, " In the Ghetto " . The word has been associated with impoverished inner-city African American neighbourhoods while depicting, in the first place, the desolate sections of Nazi-occupied cities where Jews were held before being shipped to death camps; Elvis' song depicts the poorest side of the town. Few words are as ideologically charged as "ghetto." Its early uses centered on two cities: Venice, the site of the first ghetto in Europe, established in 1516; and Rome, where the ghetto endured until 1870, decades after it had been dismantled elsewhere. Over the nineteenth century, as Jews were emancipated and ghettos were dissolved, the word "ghetto" transcended its Italian roots and became a more general term for pre-modern Jewish life. It also came to designate new Jewish spaces—from voluntary immigrant neighborhoods like New York’s Lower East Side to the holding pens of Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe—as dissimilar from the pre-emancipation European ghettos as they were from each other. After World War Two, ghetto broke free of its Jewish origins and became more typically associated with African Americans than with Jews. Chronicling this sinuous transatlantic journey, this talk reveals how the history of ghettos is tied up with the struggle and argument over the meaning of a word. Today's show Funkyness is so well documented in the first hour that I truly believe it has never reached these heights in any other episode of the series, culminating here with the infectious track that is Billy Paul's "Am I Black Enough for You" . In an astoundingly beautiful article you can read on Medium , Janet wrote " Just like the title of the song, the meaning of the lyrics are not vague. After asking the listener “Am I Black Enough For You?” , Paul then goes on to say that the community is rising up “one by one until the work is done.” Needless to say the work that needed to be done at the time was easing the tensions between the black and white community. This song was written while the civil rights movement was still fresh and the sense of togetherness was stronger than ever. While the song can be easily seen as a classic especially for the time, I felt that it represents a different time period in African American history. At that time in 1972, it was important to be “unapologetically black” after hundreds of years of facing unequal opportunities. " Yet, Billy didn't think releasing the song after the success he met with "Me and Mrs. Jones" was a good idea, which sadly was to be true regarding his career. Reflecting on racism, he said in an interview : " There are still pockets now. But all those years, marching with Martin Luther King and Jesse Jackson means we have a black president now for ALL the people of America. I feel good about it, but Obama would not have been in the Whitehouse had all the young black AND white people voted for him so I think in some small way we all helped." The Great Prince always fought racism on his terms, his war seeming to be more musical, "quality-wise" if you see what I mean. While saying that black people don't get a second chance, he championed his craft to unbelievable heights, and directly attacked the industry as can be read in this antiracistcumbria.org stunning article . Blackness and the struggle of Black people were in the notes of so many of the songs he wrote and sang, with race and social justice woven throughout. Songs like Reparation, Baby, The Rainbow Children, Dear Mr Man, Uptown, We March, Walk Don’t Walk, We Are the New Power Generation, Act of God and America to name but a few – look them up, listen to their lyrics. And it almost goes without saying that his musicianship, song writing and the way in which he performed were all steeped in many traditions of black music and rooted in his experiences as a Black man. His activism didn’t just live in his songs and performances though; lesser known facts centre around acts of him donating money to the family of Trayvon Martin and making arrangements for the family of Eric Garner to attend one of his concerts.  Or the fact that he was the inspiration for the initiation of the Yes We Code project which was set up to teach low income Black youths how to write code as he felt civil rights activists needed to do more to open up the tech industry to them and he funded hackathons in Detroit and Philadelphia to bolster the project. He donated money from his Purple Rain concert tour to food banks and inner city programmes for Black youths. His most well-known activist act is undoubtedly the writing of the song Baltimore, after the murder of Freddie Gray there in 2015 and his subsequent Rally 4 Peace as Baltimore erupted in flames. His rally helped calm the city’s unrest and was compared to James Brown’s calming of the unrests in 1968 after Martin Luther King Jr was murdered. Of course, there are other artists featured in today's show that directly fought against racism, we can't mention all of them but I would like to end this post with a dedication to The Ballistic Brother's Ashley Beedle, a key figure on the Dance scene and someone I deeply admire and who treated me as a friend sharing early versions of some of his tracks with me, who explained how his family faced racism : "My mother experienced racism from other Bajans and from white officials too,” he explains. “Barbados was still a Crown Colony and didn’t gain independence until November 1966. My mother couldn’t accompany my father to social functions; she couldn’t gain access to any white members-only bars and clubs, and as a couple they would be stopped and questioned by the police. As a result, we moved back to the UK after three years and settled in Harrow.” London had its own share of racists at the time, though. “Racism was the norm,” says Ash." Obviously, Ashley and his friends are another proof of artists who stand tall against racism. COLLEEN'S NEWS Colleen will take part in the following events: Saturday, 9th November 2024: Subculture NYC (with François K – tickets ); Sunday, 10th November 2024: Soulful and Jazz mix at Razor-N Tape ( free ); Wednesday, 20th November: Classic Album Sundays presents Penthouse and Pavement’ by Heaven 17; Wednesday 27th November: Dance for Ashley at Ministry of Sound ( tickets ) ; Sunday 8th December 2024: London Loft Party ( tickets ); Tuesday 31st December: Fever105's Midnight Funk ( tickets ); ABOUT THE SONGS ( 1969 ) Richie Havens – It Could Be the First Day.  – The late soul - folk singer, songwriter, guitarist Richie Havens with It Could Be the First Day from his 1970 LP Stonehenge. Havens' grandfather and great-uncle were of the Native American Blackfoot people and they joined Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. Richie himself was born in Brooklyn where he had street corner doo-wop groups. But then he went to Greenwich Village where he started performing in the different folk houses. He eventually signed with Bob Dylan's manager, Albert Grossman, and Havens released albums and he was also the opening act at Woodstock. He had to go on a bit longer because the following artists were delayed because of all the traffic. ( 1989 ) Kofi  – Black Pride.  – London-born Carol Sims was a member of the Lovers Rock trio Brown Sugar along with Pauline Catlin and Karen Wheeler, who was later featured in Soul to Soul. As Kofi, she embarked upon a solo career and worked extensively with Mad Professor. She later signed to Jazzy B's Funky Dreads record label and she was also featured on Soul to Soul's third album. ( 1996 ) Dennis Brown  – Love & Hate.   – Dennis Brown started recording in the late 1960s at the age of 11 and recorded more than 75 albums. And he had so many great songs. Money in My Pocket, My Favorite Love Has Come Around. And he was such an icon that even Bob Marley called him the crown prince of reggae. ( 1972 ) Eddie Kendricks  – My People...Hold On.  – From the former Temptation singer's second solo album, which saw him moving away from soulful pop into a more hard-hitting commentary with a deeper funk groove and coinciding with the Black Power movement. And you may have heard Erykah Badu and J Dilla sample My People Hold On as it's such an important song. ( 1965 ) The Impressions  – People Get Ready .  – The Impressions with their 1965 single, People Get Ready, penned by Curtis Mayfield and an indicator of his growing sense of social and political awareness. In fact, Dr. Martin Luther King called this song the unofficial anthem of the civil rights movement. ( 2003 ) Kindred the Family   Soul – Stars .  – Philadelphia neo-soul duo Kindred the Family Soul with S.T.A.R.S. from their debut LP, Surrender to Love, which came out on Jill Scott's record label Hidden Beach in 2003. The pair, consisting of Fatine Dantzler and Aja Graydon, were nominated for both a Soul Train Music Award and a BET, or Black Entertainment Television Awards. ( 2004 ) Victor Davies  – Morning Sun .  – East London singer-songwriter Victor Davies, who was inspired by his parents' record collections, featuring artists like Curtis Mayfield and Stevie Wonder, and also watching the guitar playing of his older brother's friend, who was in the British soul group Central Line. Davies started releasing albums after the turn of the century, and his unique brand of Latin, soul, jazz, and house endeared him to the German record label, Compost, who co-released his first album. This next song is a request from Jeff Kite for a song from Davies' second album, Hoxton Popstars, released on his own label, Afro Gigolo, in 2003. Victor Davies with Morning Sun. ( 1970 ) Donny Hathaway  – The Ghetto .  – Co-written with Donny's friend Leroy Hutson, and taken from Hathaway's 1969 LP Everything Is Everything, his first solo album after a stint as a songwriter, producer, arranger, and composer for Mayfield's Curtome Records record label. And Hathaway's debut album also includes another sociopolitical song co-written with Hutson called Tryin' Times. It's a great album. ( 1972 ) Billy Paul  – Am I Black Enough for You .  – The Gamblin' Huffens' Am I Black Enough For You from an album they produced for Billy Paul, the 360 Degrees of Billy Paul. And the song was emblematic of the Black consciousness expressed by some of the greatest Black artists in the early 1970s. And for some, it was quite a radical follow-up to his big ballad, his big hit, Me and Mrs. Jones. And sadly, the song, which is supposed to be empowering, wasn't supported by most white-run American radio stations. But in an interview 40 years after the song's release, Billy Paul said Am I Black Enough For You was one of his most requested songs by white people. ( 2024 ) Scott Grooves  – Leaves are Falling (808 Callin Mix) .  – Detroit producer, musician, and DJ Scott Groves is somebody Colleen really admire as he isn't afraid to do something a little bit different. He first came on her radar with his cover of Lonnie Liston Smith's expansions with special guest Roy Ayres that was released on Soma in the late 1990s. And he made a lot of great deep house records, including Oregon Nights and The Journey. And then a few years ago, he really surprised Colleen when he sent me his live version of E2E4, which is just stunning. As the years go by, he reaches further with his music. ( 1988 ) Prince  – I Wish U Heaven .  – From his 10th album, 1988's Love Sexy. The album was recorded in just seven weeks at Prince's new Paisley Park studios after the release of his Black album was actually canceled. ( 1984 ) Change  – Change of Heart .  – The title track from Change's fifth album. And this time, the Italian-U.S. studio ensemble enlisted the talents of songwriters and producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, and those two really helped define the sound of the 80s. As they were in the time, and they produced the S.O.S. band, Sherelle, Alexander O'Neill, and of course, Change. ( 1976 ) Jackson Sisters  – I Believe in Miracles.   – Born in Compton, but raised in Detroit, and the Jackson Sisters released one album in 1976 with that cover of the Mark Capani classic. ( 1980 ) Billy Frazier  – Billy Who .  – A song Colleen first heard David Mancuso play at The Loft. It's a great groover and one of the only two singles released by Billy Frazier, of whom we know very little. And the song is very appropriately titled, Billy who? ( 1994 ) The Ballistic Brothers  – Blacker .  – From the Ballistic Brothers' second album, Rude System, released in 1997. And they were a collective that included Darren House and Darren Rock from Express 2, Dave Hill from the record label Newphonic, keyboard player Ushi Klasson, and our friend Ashley Beedle. ( 1975 ) Black Blood  – AIÉ A Mwana .  – An Afrobeat funk soul outfit formed by African expats in Brussels, Belgium in the 70s. This was their first single, which featured on their self-titled 1975 debut album. And they put out a couple more records before disbanding and feeding into other groups .  – The song was famously covered by La Compagnie Créole in 1987 and remixed by Larry Levan, a newly remastered version being reissued on vinyl in 2019. ( 1998 ) Moodymann  – Mahogany Brown .  – Detroit producer and DJ Moody Mounds, 1998 LP for Peace Frog. The follow-up to his previous year's debut, Silent Introduction on Carl Craig's Planet E label. Nay, Kenneth Dixon, who started by selling beats to local hip-hop producers and DJing at house parties, and in fact he started in hip-hop and was offered a record deal with his production partner Kahil Oden, but two days before they signed Oden was killed in a shooting. So Dixon went on to success as a house techno producer in the 1990s and he's still going strong today. ( 2024 ) Mélange ft Linda Muriel  – Simple Melody .   – Simple Melody by Melange featuring Linda Muriel is a collaboration between singer-songwriter Muriel, musician Andre Lewis and DJ producer Fitzroy Facey, a lovely fusion of Latin jazz and soul funk and it's out now on 7 inch on Creative Records and you can find that on Bandcamp. It's spelt very interestingly KR number 8 IVE records and Fitzroy is also the main writer and publisher of The Soul Survivors Magazine and it's a great read in fact the latest issue features our friend DJ Marcia Carr . ( 1978 ) Wilbert Longmire  – Black is the Color .  – Wilbert Longmire with Black Is The Color and I bought a UK pressing so it has the British spelling of color with the letter O Longmire was a jazz guitarist from Ohio who played with the Gerald Wilson Orchestra and he released his own album starting with 1969's Revolution through to 1980's With All My Love and you can certainly track the zeitgeist of the times with those titles Black Is The Color is the opening song to his 1978 jazz funk LP Sunny Side Up. ( 2018 ) Yta Jourias  – Adome Nyueto (Bosq Edit) .  – Originally released on the album Air Afrique, this song has since been given the re-edit treatment by Bosk, or Benjamin Woods, who splits his time between Columbia and Cape Cod and you can find that wonderful edit on French label Hot Casa on Bandcamp. ( 1992 ) Lil Louis  – Club Lonely .  – 1992 single from the Chicago producer Lil Louis from his album A Journey with the Lonely. Louis had a number one dance hit with French Kiss in 1989. Club Lonely features vocals by Joy Cardwell who went on to put out some great singles of her own on 8Ball. In fact she came up to my radio show in the 90s Club 89 for an interview and so did Lil Louis. I met Louis in the last year that I lived in New York City and we hung out a few times in his amazing studio that he had in Midtown. That's what happens when you have a number one dance record. And I found him very down to earth, pragmatic and future facing.   – Ending this post on a funny note, yours truly was dancing on Lil Louis' "French Kiss" without even knowing it at the age of , the french humorist Vincent lagaf doing a humoristic song out of it with a play on words which I won't translate here! But I can assure you all the kids knew the lyrics by heart!

Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy broadcast the 198th episode of Balearic Breakfast on her Mixcloud on October 22nd 2024. About this episode. – Balearic Breakfast celebrates music. So, when Black History Month hits, it is only logical that the Balearic Breakfast Family celebrates Black musicians, composers, and singers, in one word: Black Artists. As every year, the Family got together and, at Colleen's request, chose songs celebrating the unique and tremendous musicianship fronted by our fellow black people. Today's episode was a 2+ festive musical moment we all spent together on Colleen's Mixcloud, listening to her delicate and still perfect mix praising music we are deeply connected to! A second part is scheduled for October 29th (which is a first-timer as Colleen never did that before)! "This morning’s Balearic Breakfast celebrates Black History Month and is now archived on my Mixcloud. We had so many great requests that next Tuesday’s show will be yet another tribute to the musicianship of Black and Brown artists. Thank you all for your incredible song requests that span over half a century." Listen back to Balearic Breakfast's 198th episode: PLAYLIST ( 2021 ) Nina Simone – Four Women (Live at Montreux Jazz Festival) ( 1972 ) Terry Callier   – What Color is Love ( 1973 ) Jon Lucien   – Rashida ( 2000 ) Mos Def   – Umi Says ( 2021 ) Figure of Speech?   – I am a Man ( 1972 ) Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway   – Be Real Black for Me ( 2005 ) Jill Scott   – Cross My Mind ( 1977 ) Willie Wright   – Nantucket Island (2024) Michael Kiwanuka   – Floating Parade ( 1970 ) Cissy Houston   – I'll Be There ( 1968 ) Dorothy Ashby   – Soul Vibrations ( 1994 ) Sounds of Blackness   – I Believe ( 1972 ) Roy Ayers Ubiquity   – We Live in Brooklyn Baby ( 1977 ) Banda Black Rio   – Mr Funky Samba ( 1976 ) Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson   – It's Your World ( 2000 ) Femi Kuti   – Blackman Know Yourself (Roots Remix) ( 2009 ) Georgia Anne Muldrow – Roses ( 2024 ) Musclecars ft Aden   – Hello? (Maurice Fulton Remix) ( 1981 ) Madagascar ft Marva King   – Rainbow ( 1989 ) Soul II Soul   – Happiness' (Dub) ( 1983 ) Herbie Hancock   – Autodrive ( 1983 ) Eartha Kitt   – Where is My Man ( 2024 ) Mike Nasty   – Mother Earth ( 1981 ) Angela Bofill   – Rhythm of My Mind ( 1988 ) Whitney Houston   – Love Will Save the Day TO BE A BLACK ARTIST... For this episode, and also for the upcoming one, I felt we might take the opportunity to do something a bit different and reflect on what it felt, and what it presently feels, like to be a black musician, a black artist. Each of today's featured artists had his/her own perspective on racism and they all had an impact on this world's History. Starting with the great Nina Simone , she was direct about it, sharing: "I must say that Martin Luther King didn't win too much with his non-violence (...) "[Martin Luther King] is remembered more than Malcolm X, and Malcolm X never had a chance to get the kind of popularity that Martin Luther King got. But I was never non-violent, never. I thought we should get our rights by any means necessary." We can also think about Jill Scottt who recently changed the lyrics to the American Anthem. Refering to the Black experience in America, Scott, leading to controversy, changed the lyrics as follows "Oh, say, can you see, by the blood in the streets, this place doesn't smile on you, colored child. Whose blood built this land with sweat and their hands. But we'll die in this place and your memory erased. Oh say, does this truth hold any weight? This is not the land of the free but the home of the slaves." On the same non-compromising path, the legendary Gill Scott-Heron , with his radical and unforgiving lyrics, always championed his contemporary's spirits by singing protest songs. Femi Kuti is also directly speaking out about Racism in America and poverty in Africa , “One People One World” is the title track off of his 2018 album in which Kuti delivers an anthem of peace and unity. Poignant lyrics include “Exchange cultural experiences, that’s the way it should be” and “Racism has no place.” The song also takes on a global resonance with the line: “All nations are guilty / At one point of hostilities.” The song is relevant in light of systemic racism and current hostilities that certain countries are expressing towards immigrants. On the other hand, a rtists, like Terry Callier  (who touched his audiences like no one else when singing live) or even Donny Hathaway, didn't want to be seen as activists although they did not refrain from speaking out about what it meant to be black. For them, Music was the key to their message, and that was sufficient. Other important musical figures did not hide from saying out loud that being black was not a curse, one of them being the great Mos Def , sharing: "I don’t mind being black. I’m black out loud. It’s more than the people that they are, it’s the condition that they represent. I don’t hate nobody. I hate certain conditions that are inflicted upon the peopleâ??and they’re helpless with it. To me, the job of the artist is to provide a useful and intelligent vocabulary for the world to be able to articulate feelings they experience everyday, and otherwise wouldn’t have the means to express in a meaningful and useful way. It’s not that people have to “ball” less, it’s just that they need to do something good. This is what I wanted to tell XXL" A fun fact Jon Lucien shared in an interview, “The record company was attempting to package me as a sort of ‘black Sinatra,’ ” he said in a recent interview. “Once the white women started to swoon at my performances, their attitudes quickly changed.” We could not write this article without mentioning the key role Dorothy Ashby had on many musicians, including black ones such as Brandi Younger , who found solace in her musical life. Yet, for Dorothy, being a black harpist was a challenge in itself as she shared in her 1983 book "Living the Jaz Life": “It’s been maybe a triple burden in that not a lot of women are becoming known as jazz players (...). There is also the connection with Black women. The audiences I was trying to reach were not interested in the harp, period – classical or otherwise – and they were certainly not interested in seeing a Black woman playing the harp.” Sometimes, even the most famous artists experience tough moments, and this hapenned to our beloved Withney Houston who was boed at the 1989 Soul Train Awards. Reflecting on her career and her "racial status", she shared: “Sometimes it gets down to ‘You’re not black enough for them. You’re not R&B enough. You’re very pop. The white audience has taken you away from them.’” I would love to end this article by mentioning what Herbie Hancock said in 2017 (perfectly reflecting today's episode last song and Colleen's dedication to David Mancuso who would have turned 80 if he was still with us): "This music that was created by African-Americans in the past has blossomed. It was born out of difficulty and racism and turmoil and slavery," Hancock said. "But it is an example of something that’s deeper than just being black. It’s about being human. It means human beings have the ability to turn poison into medicine." Yes, Love Saves The Day... ABOUT THE SONGS Nina Simone  – Four Women (Live at Montreux Jazz Festival).  – Nina Simone with Black, with Four Women, an incredible song that depicts four different black women and the challenges and suffering they have endured. It's profound, it could only have been written by Simone, one of the greatest songwriters of the civil rights movement. Four Women was first released on Simone's 1966 album Wild is the Wind, but this version was recorded live at the Montreux Jazz Festival and released on a great double album that compiles some of her best performances there. Terry Callier  – What Color is Love.  – Terry Collier's voice has a gentle sincerity that never fails to tug at the heartstrings. The late Chicago-born jazz soul, folk singer, songwriter, guitarist got his start in the 1960s and released albums until the early 80s when he stopped performing as he had gotten custody of his daughter. He studied computer programming, worked at the University of Chicago where he also studied sociology, and he was rediscovered by the jazz DJs here in the UK like Eddie Pillar and Giles Peterson, and they really helped reinvigorate his musical career. Jon Lucien  – Rashida.  – John Lucien, was described by Herbie Hancock as the man with the golden throat. The balladeer was born in the British Virgin Islands and moved to New York City in the 1960s, and was discovered by a record exec while singing at a party. He signed a deal with RCA in 1970, and Rashida is the title track from his sophomore LP. Lucien's trademark was both his velvety voice and his emotionally charged, very personal lyrics. Mos Def  – Umi Says.  – As a big fan of the Silquerian movement, Colleen was happy that Ana requested Most Deaf's Umi says. From his incredible debut solo album, Black on Both Sides, a follow-up to his collaborative album with Talib Kweli as the duo Blackstar, born Dante Smith, a socially conscious rapper and actor who converted to Islam in his teens, officially changed his name to Yassine Bey in 2011, saying, "I began to fear that Most Deaf was being treated as a product, not a person. So I've been going by Yassine since 99" . Figure of Speech?  – I am a Man.  – By the Manchester-raised, Bristol-based artist figure of speech, and thanks to Still Andy, really, who requested this song and encouraged people to check out, he encourages people to check out the entire album. It's not only is it filled with thought-provoking lyrics, but also the sales from the vinyl of, excuse me, from the vinyl of his 2021 LP are donated to the Bristol Black Carers Charity. Figureofspeech wrote on his bandcamp: "there are over 500,000 carers who are people of color in the UK, yet many do not even identify with the term carer. It's natural and expected within those communities for families or friends to look after loved ones. Active outreach is needed to provide them with the assistance they undoubtedly need." Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway  – Be Real Black for Me.  – Before Hathaway's tragic passing, he recorded two albums with his musical soulmate and fellow Howard University graduate Roberta Flack. She had included Hathaway on compositions on her album's first take in Chapter Two. In fact, Hathaway also arranged, played piano, and sang backing vocals for her. So the two of them collaborating was a natural next step. From their first LP as a duo released in 1971, this is Be Real Black for Me. – Reflecting on the album's recording, Flack shared in an interview : “The love and connection that Donny and I had, musically—it was like flying. Donny was a musical genius. I don’t use that term lightly. The recording of this album was a time for us that was joyful, creative, and effortless.” Jill Scott  – Cross My Mind.  – 2005 Grammy Award-winning single Cross My Mind by Philadelphia singer-songwriter, poet, and actor Jill Scott from her second album, Beautiful Human, Words and Sound, Volume 2. She's released five studio albums, but maybe even more well-known as an actress now as her filmography is more extensive, with her last appearance in 2023's Outlaw Johnny Black. Willie Wright  – Nantucket Island.  – Born of Harlem doo-wop roots and refined by Boston's counterculture scene, Willie Wright arrived in Nantucket in 1976, well worn by two decades of street corner and club performing and eager to make money the easy way on private yachts. He was trapped on Nantucket Island over the winter of 1976 and a set of original songs poured into Willie Wright's cover-heavy set. Tales of Wright's native roots, straight life, his abandoned four children and the many women he had known flooded his loose-leaf notebook before finally being set to tape in New York the following spring. The result was a 1977 LP, Telling the Truth, which was reissued just over a decade ago. Michael Kiwanuka  – Floating Parade.  – Michael Kiwanuka finally has a new album on the horizon, a follow-up to his 2019, Kiwanuka. We just heard Floating Parade, the first single from the London singer-songwriter guitarist and producer's new album, Small Changes, which will be released on the 15th of November. Cissy Houston  – I'll Be There.  – Gospel singer Sissy Houston lost her musical career singing with her family as a drink-art singer and then helmed her niece's group, the Gospel Heirs, before founding the Sweet Inspirations in 1967. They recorded four albums before Houston left in 1970 to pursue her own solo career. She was also an in-demand session musician for artists like Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, Paul Simon, Bette Midler, Linda Ronstadt, and J.T. Cale. And of course, she was Whitney Houston's mother. Sadly, she passed to the next realm earlier this month, but she also enjoyed hits of her own, including this one, her 1970 cover of Bobby Darin's I'll be there, which landed Houston a spot on the R&B Top 20. Dorothy Ashby  – Soul Vibrations.  – Cut from one of the most played jazz albums in our house, as requested by Bradley Circles. We heard Soul Vibrations from the album Afro Harping by Detroit's late harpist, pianist, and composer Dorothy Ashby. The 1968 release has been a very sought-after record, especially by producers, and has just recently seen a vinyl reissue. Sounds of Blackness  – I Believe.  – From the album Africa to America, The Journey of the Drum, we heard, I believe, by Sounds of Blackness, a band that boasted both Ann Nesby and Lips Inc.'s Cynthia Johnson as former members. The Minnesota-based group was actually founded in 1969, and they continue to perform. Their 1994 album was produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, and the record won the Best Gospel Album at the Soul Train Music Awards Roy Ayers Ubiquity  – We Live in Brooklyn Baby.  – From the vibraphonist, keyboardist, and singer's group's album, He's Coming, released in 1972. And that was also sampled by Mos Def on the song Brooklyn.   Banda Black Rio  – Mr Funky Samba.  – The Brazilian band Banda Black Rio, who formed in 1976, as an instrumental soul funk group often kind of put together with Earth, Wind and Fire and Early Cool and the Gang. They are still going strong today as the present band are the sons of the original members. Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson  – It's Your World.  – Gil Scott Heron and Brian Jackson's It's Your World is the title track and opening cut on It's your world, one of the best live albums of all time. Actually, it's a mix of both studio and live performances. Brian Jackson is still performing and recording and he joined Colleen for a Classic Album Sunday session to explore his album Bridges with Scott Heron. Femi Kuti  – Blackman Know Yourself (Roots Remix).  – The original version of this song came out nearly a quarter of a century ago and Fela Kuti's eldest son's Femi's 1998 LP Shoky Shoky. Femi has been prolific since the late 1980s. And last year, he released a collaborative album with Detroit techno producer Robert Hood called Variations. Georgia Anne Muldrow – Roses.  – Los Angeles soul hip hop singer and producer Georgia Ann Muldrow, daughter of jazz guitarist Rommel Muldrow and singer Jackie Byers. And she's worked with Mostef and Madlib and has released loads of albums, both solo and as collaborations with Dudley Perkins, and also under another moniker Jyoti. Musclecars ft Aden  – Hello? (Maurice Fulton Remix).  – Colleen been championing this next NYC duo since their first remix landed on her radar during the pandemic. Since then, muscle cars have made waves as the new sound of New York, both with their debut album Sugar Honey Ice Tea released this year on BBE, and also with their DJ sets. Madagascar ft Marva King  – Rainbow.  – Rainbow was from Madagascar's 1981 LP Spirit of the Street. It was a soul group's only album. They were essentially a group of session musicians including the late keyboardist arranger songwriter John Barnes who got his start at Motown and singer Marva King who later joined Prince's new power generation. Soul II Soul  – Happiness' (Dub).  – By Soul to Soul from the London Sound System's debut groundbreaking album Club Classics Volume One released in 1989 which was one of the biggest albums by a black British artist along with Sade in the 1980s, and a seminal record that really changed the musical landscape. Herbie Hancock  – Autodrive.  – One of the greatest keyboard players and a true tech head, somebody who is always forging forward, Herbie Hancock. This is from his 29th album released over 40 years ago. Future Shock came out in 1983. It was co-produced by material bassist Bill Laswell and featured Miles Davis guitarist Pete Cosey and drummer Sly Dunbar. Eartha Kitt  – Where is My Man.  – The 1983 single by American singer and actress who played Catwoman in the 1960s Batman TV series Eartha Kitt, which became her biggest selling single in 30 years. And that was from her album very straightforwardly titled I Love Men. The track became a cult club anthem and it was Kitt's first recording released in the United States after she was ostracized and fled into self-imposed exile in Paris following her outspoken objection to the Vietnam War at a White House function in 1968. Mike Nasty  – Mother Earth.  – The Brooklyn based DJ and producer Mike Nasty, from his album Black Planet released this past spring, hails the pulsating fusion of electronic dance music skillfully interwoven with the rich tapestry of sounds from the diverse corners of the African diaspora. Angela Bofill  – Rhythm of My Mind.  – From Angela Bofill's third LP 1981's Something About You. The late singer was born to Cuban and Puerto Rican parents in the Bronx. She grew up studying and performing classical music until she was discovered by Larry Rosen and Dave Grusin of GRP, who helped launch her solo career. Whitney Houston  – Love Will Save the Day.  – Jelly Bean and David Morales remix of one of Whitney Houston's most beloved songs . – Only 250 copies of this promo 12" single were ever pressed, according to David Morales himself, in an interview with Music Week UK magazine. His quote from the December 3, 1994 issue, regarding his experience remixing the track: “My second commissioned remix. It was hard to get, and I made it a success, but the record company rejected it. I think they rejected it because it was too black and too dark. The only person I gave it to in New York was Frankie Knuckles – we played it and everybody was asking for it. Someone else remixed it in the end – a poppy remix – but DJ’s were asking for the Morales remix. The pop mix had no balls. In the end they had to press 250 copies for us DJ’s. About 2 years ago DMC put it out on a compilation – it had a huge buzz. It hurt they rejected it – I was devastated and it was essential to get the record out: for my resume, for more work.”

Meeting members of the Balearic Breakfast Family is always a favourite moment of mine on the blog! Let's chat with Steve (DJ Macaroon) today! 1) Hi Steve! I am so happy you joined us here on the Balearic Breakfast blog! I wanted to take this opportunity to talk with you about our beloved show and about our commune passion, Music! So tell me, how do you select the songs you request for the show?  Hi Artur, thanks for having me! I select the requested tracks in different ways in fact! They may be the latest piece of vinyl to come in the post, or a track I’ve heard elsewhere that excites me at that moment, or tracks from the past that I had on CD, or perhaps a song I’d forgotten I had in my digital collection and which I rediscovered recently! Very often I'm surprised as they still sound so fresh and exciting! Hopefully, they fit in with what Colleen has in mind for the show! I also have an idea of what won’t get played and it’s always worth the effort of making the request more interesting with a bit of personal blurb about what the track means to me.   It’s an honour and a privilege that over 22 of my requests were played by Colleen since Anga Diaz ‘Love Supreme’ in April 2022!  I’ll gladly admit that getting a shout-out from Colleen and hearing my request played is always a thrill! 2) And do you have a never-ending list of tracks or do you simply go with the flow every Saturday? I’m always chasing that next musical thrill, that shot of endorphin that comes with finding and then obtaining a new tune, especially if just released on vinyl - I’m a sucker when I see ‘limited stock’ appear on my favourite supplier website ( Juno.co.uk - other websites available!). I will buy a digital version if unavailable on vinyl or else added to my Apple Music playlist. I expect most collectors of music do the same, we’re all junkies!  This year I’ve had to cut back on my spending, though my want list grows and grows! 3) A radio host and a DJ, can you take us back to your younger years?  I grew up with disco and never left. My Dad’s music selection consisted mostly of Elton John , Barry Manilow , some classical and big bands ( Count Basie ), crooners like Jack Jones , and a few the odd old and worn-out party compilations from his younger married days. We later shared, in my mid-late teens, a love for Abba , Jean-Michel Jarre and Eurythmics . Through my school friend Jo's collection, I discovered other artists like David Bowie , Talking Heads , The Doors , J. J. Cale , Van Morrison , etc. Then, During University in the late 80s, I went further back in time with Billie Holiday , Miles Davis , and Joni Mitchell , who were big favourites.  I’ll admit that Phil Collins ‘Face Value’ became the go-to album to console myself from yet another broken heart! Ah those big saxophone solos… Returning home to Bristol in the early '90s I found Purple Penguin Records (now closed, sadly) and so many great compilation CDs - including the very important (to me) ‘Rebirth Of Cool’ series, amongst many others. I’ve been going through my old CD collection recently (resurrected from some dusty corners of my attic), many of which are no longer available on iTunes, rediscovering forgotten albums and tracks, and those songs my wife Alli and I used to sing along to on our many many trips to North Devon when our kids were growing up! I will be doing a show or two with tracks just from this period, so won’t spoil the surprise more than that, laughs! I later discovered Gilles Peterson, who was and remains a HUGE influence on me.  I discovered SO much through listening to his Radio 6 music shows, and of course the hey-day of Worldwide FM through which I found Colleen, Collin Curtis and Coco Maria. The Covid epidemic and the spontaneous purchase of some old Berlinger decks and mixer resulted in my dipping my toes into the world of vinyl.  This started with seeking out albums by artists that have been featured on the also very influential compilation ’Strange Games and Funky Things’, and a recording of a DJ set by Jazzy B at the Brixton Academy from the early 90s. During Covid, being able to collect, play and stream music via Mixcloud was a life-saver. Although my regular audience was quite limited (usually Alli, my close friend Carolyn and occasionally my son listening in with his mates at Uni, bless him) both Alli and I loved the time to turn up the volume, put on the disco lights and have a good-old dance.    4) Can you tell us how you work your way through when doing your live shows on Mixcloud ? F or my sets at home, I try and play as much vinyl as possible.  I have a growing collection but still quite small compared to many people, so this does limit things.  I much prefer the feel and sound of vinyl, the whole experience in selecting and playing is so much more satisfying.  I also prefer the control being able to quickly select a track from an album if not sure what to play. The resulting set is then a mix of older vinyl that have great tracks I’ve not played before, new digital music finds that I feel will blend in well and new vinyl hot through the door - more often than not a great dance 12”. Usually, I’m quite spontaneous and the set list is pulled together about 2 hours before the show. The pattern of the set is often very much the same each week, starting off with something cool, laid back and jazzy, something spiritual and mellow to get the ears working and to warm me up as well as my listeners. The tempo and energy lift as the evening wears on, matching the number of cocktails I have drunk by then (mine’s a Negroni or Margherita, thanks, laughs!), ending with a full-on dance party and trying not to bump into the decks. I’m now adding a few comedown tracks at the end for me and my dear listener to slow the heart, sip the last of the drink, maybe put the kettle on and pop some bread in the toaster. It's always nice to have a few Balearicans join me on the stream, so please come and say hello next time! 5) You have a nice musical flow, very effortless, keeping music vibrant, not trying to mix at any price. Do you feel a DJ should behave differently on radio vs during a live set? That’s very kind of you to say Artur! A DJ should be creative in their own unique way, there are no rules for either a live set to a crowd or a broadcast show, though what the audiences are looking for are very different.    I can’t yet beat match vinyl and it’s not that important on a radio show. I like to mix up styles, genres and tempos, whatever I feel inspired with and excited to play in the moment - that’s Gilles Peterson’s influence, as well as Colleen. I have felt constrained to play only what people recognise and can sing and dance to at friend’s parties mostly. That’s of course essential to have a good time, but I prefer an audience that is willing to dance to familiar and unfamiliar music! 6) We all know how much Colleen means to the whole Balearic Family (I did a tribute mix too and it’s clear we love to celebrate her!). There is that lingering question: Why? Colleen’s history, knowledge and experiences shine through in every show. She's like a bright ray of sunshine. The range of music is always appealing and it's always great to discover new sounds! The feeling of family in the chat is special, and I love and am honoured that you and a few others (shout out to Anna and Rick) have become regular listeners also to my humble efforts! 7) What’s next for you musically speaking? I heard you may be about to secure your first residency as a DJ at a very local new Japanese music bar. Congratulations! Can you tell us more about it? Earlier this year the very local ‘Lonely Mouth’ Japanese listening cafe run by the wonderful Liv (The food there is excellent by the way) opened up and Liv called out to local Bristol DJs to come and play, and I jumped at the chance. What's great is that I get to play just about anything I think is good to chill and eat to (all vinyl of course!). I now stream these sets live on MixCloud and record them to allow the staff and customers to listen back to them.  The great feedback I get from customers and staff means a lot to me and helps me connect to the world again after the isolation that I’m sure everyone felt during Covid.  I am on the fence at the moment about asking to try out at one of the many venues in Bristol. There are SO many DJs in Bristol and it’s hard for me to find the confidence to go out and give it a try. I guess I don’t have the ego to think that enough people will enjoy what I have to offer? Maybe when I’ve grown my vinyl collection? I do need to invest in my digital music collection outside Apple Music, so I can use digital DJ software (that I also need to learn to use) to add to vinyl.   Through Lonely Mouth I’m meeting more local DJs and am being inspired by how to put sets together, what goes down well, and of course new music discoveries. One day soon… Until then I’ll keep enjoying my sets at Lonely Mouth and my shows from home! We wish you the best of luck Steve and you can count on our support!

Did you ever take the time to listen to some of Balearic Breakfast tunes in another context? Let me explain that to you... Get ready for a journey like no other... A Halloween Party. – Surprise, Surprise! You weren't expecting that one here, did you?! But that's alright because this blog is there to surprise its readers; the unexpected is our rule... Have you ever wondered how to have a proper Halloween Party? Well, we're going to teach you a lesson or two, ready? Open the door of our Musical mansion and come on in; the Balearic Breakfast Family has a story to tell... I was thinking about Halloween a few days ago and asked our Captain if having a themed show would be feasible. Colleen published the request line last Saturday, inviting us to post any songs we would like to hear, including "Halloween" themed ones. As always, the Balearic Breakfast Family gladly obliged, and we're all eagerly waiting for this Tuesday's show... Yet, I wanted to celebrate Halloween more than ever this year. Don't ask me why; I swear I don't know... When I saw the great requests being posted on Colleen's Facebook and Instagram, I decided to create a "Halloween" playlist and started adding tracks that were being requested. Then, it came to my mind that Colleen played a lot of strange and somewhat frightening tracks during Balearic Breakfast over the last three years... So I went on and added these too. Then, I started to listen to the playlist... And something very strange happened. I discovered certain songs had a much "darker' soul than I thought, one of the best examples being Pink Floyd's " The Great Gig in the Sky ", which presented me with a woman crying, seeing her loved one dead in a haunted house... Other ones just had that strange feeling to them that really fit ( Visage's "We Fade to Grey"; DJ Shadow's "Stem/Long Stem - Medley or the stunning Andreas Vollenweider, Walter Keiser, Pedro Haldemann, Jon Otis "Huiziopochtli / Con Chiglia" )... When I thought about what I had just experienced, it occurred to me that, depending on the context in which you listen to some music, you might hear (or not...) things that, yet, really are present in the music... Isn't that spooky? Don't be too surprised to find tracks that have nothing to do with the Halloween theme, though (like Visual's "The Music Got Me" , Quincy Jones' "Ai No Corrida" , and a few others)... It's a "Party" playlist... We're talking about the Intellectual dynamics here... See what I Mean?... The playlist is available on Spotify , Deezer and Qobuz ... (though some tracks are missing depending on the platform). I reproduced the whole playlist below and will keep it up to date. 95% of these songs have been played on Balearic Breakfast; the last 5% weren't played yet, but who knows...? We're covering many different genres here and a lot of different artists, but also tracks from our friends like Davide Lovato, Be.Lanuit and even George Koutalieris! Of course, we didn't forget the classics... So be our guest, enter our Halloween dancing hall... Get ready to be surprised and frightened... Because that's the way we like to Party! PS: Did you know that David Mancuso played Michael Jackson's Thriller in 1984 during the last Loft party he held at Prince St.?... THE PLAYLIST Dead Can Dance - Yulunga (Spirit Dance) Peter Godwin - Emotional Disguise - Extended Version Peter Brown - They Only Come Out at Night Ray Parker Jr. - Ghostbusters Visage - Fade To Grey - Extended Version DJ Shadow - Stem / Long Stem - Medley Jah Wobble, Marconi Union - Wealth Michael Jackson - Thriller The Jacksons - This Place Hotel (a.k.a. Heartbreak Hotel) Poco - Ghost Town Lee Oskar - Haunted House Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me Soundwalk Collective, Gael García Bernal - Una Nota Sobre El Peyote Joan Bibiloni, JIM - Badia On​í​rica - JIM Instrumental Version Paco de Lucía - Entre Dos Aguas Cerrone - Supernature John Grant - Day Is Done Be.Lanuit, Amarú - Sol E Dad Audio De Lux - 60 Seconds - Original Mix Dr. John - I Walk on Guilded Splinters Frida, Hans-Peter Lindstrøm - I Know There's Something Going On - Lindstrøm Remix Peter Kruder, Roberto Di Gioia - Bella Arp Depeche Mode - Waiting for the Night Peter Godwin - Emotional disguise (Instrumental) Escape from New York - Fire in My Heart La Bellini, Leo Mas, Fabrice Inferno Lovers - Satan in Love - Leo Mas & Fabrice Inferno Lovers Mix Visual - The Music Got Me Ron Basejam - The Hurt Inside The Dramatics - The Devil Is Dope The Alan Parsons Project - Sirius Funkadelic - Maggot Brain Paolo Nutini, Hudson Mohawke - Iron Sky - Hudson Mohawke Remix The Specials - Ghost Town Maxine - Alien - Disco Mix Madonna, Stereo MC's - Frozen - Stereo MC's Remix Edit Jean-Michel Jarre - Oxygene, Pt. 1 Sinéad O'Connor - Fire on Babylon The Residents - Kaw-Liga - Prairie Mix Mildlife - Return To Centaurus Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart - This City Never Sleeps - Remastered Version Thelma Houston - I've Got The Devil In Me Massive Attack - Angel Barbie Bertisch, Gene Tellem - After the Storm - Gene Tellem Remix Arushi Jain - My People Have Deep Roots Manika Kaur, Jyotsna Srikanth, Youth - Journey Never Ends (Waheguru - The Journey) - Youth Remix Crosby, Stills & Nash - Dark Star L'Impératrice - La lune Coflo, Lee Wilson - Rainbows - Backside Mix Morgan Geist - Twilight Express Sky - Westway Calm, Jimi Tenor - Time & Space - Calm's Version Doves, Andrew Weatherall - Compulsion - Andrew Weatherall Remix Roberto Rodriguez - Amalfi Drive Massive Attack - Safe From Harm - Perfecto Mix Moby, J.P. Bimeni, Prins Thomas - should sleep (Prins Thomas Diskomix) George Koutalieris - Silent Messages Sade - Soldier of Love Charlotte Gainsbourg, Soulwax - Deadly Valentine (Soulwax Remix) Elements Of Life, Jasper Street Company, Lost Souls Of Saturn, Seth Troxler, Phil Moffa - Stand On The Word - Lost Souls of Saturn Colossians 3:16 Mix David Bowie - Wild Is the Wind - 2016 Remaster Nina Simone, Francois K - Here Comes The Sun - (Francois K. Remix) Confidence Man, Andrew Weatherall - Out The Window - Andrew Weatherall Remix Kelsey Lu - I'm Not In Love Âme - No War The Undisputed Truth - You + Me = Love - 12" Single Version Deodato - Also Sprach Zarathustra Led Zeppelin - No Quarter - Rough Mix with JPJ Keyboard Overdubs - No Vocal Max Berlin - Elle Et Moi Findlay Brown, Stallions - Stallion's Suite David Bowie, Pat Metheny Group - This Is Not America - 2002 Remaster Jean-Luc Ponty - Ethereal Mood Brian Eno, Moebius, Roedelius - The Belldog Mort Garson - Ode to an African Violet Lindstrøm - I Feel Space Vangelis - We Are All Uprooted - Remastered Jhalib - Mysteries Of The East - Original Mix Metro Area - Miura Quintus Project - Night Flight - Psychemagik Remix Enya - Boadicea Sylvester - I Need Somebody To Love Tonight Laurie Anderson - Radar - Live Bombers - Supermax Gary Numan - Music for Chameleons Walls - Hang Four LOVA - Elusive Realities William Shatner - It Hasn't Happened Yet Marvin Gaye - Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) Dead Can Dance - Ullyses José Feliciano - California Dreamin' Andreas Vollenweider, Walter Keiser, Pedro Haldemann, Jon Otis - Huiziopochtli / Con Chiglia Quintus Project - Night Flight - Original Vangelis - Tales of the Future Michael Kiwanuka - Rule The World Be Svendsen, Henri Texier - Le Piroguier - Be Svendsen Remix Coldcut - Autumn Leaves - Irresistible Force Mix Kenny Loggins - Nightwatch Talk Talk - Life's What You Make It - Extended Mix; 2003 Remaster 3io - Les Nuits Chilly - For Your Love Suite 2014 full version - Chilly Remix Andy Bey, The Avener - Celestial Blues - The Avener Rework The Cure - Lullaby - Extended Mix Material, Nona Hendryx - Bustin' Out - Rub'n'Tug Edit Patrick Cowley - Sea Hunt Blue Gas - Shadows From Nowhere - Danilo Braca ReVision Youssou N'Dour, Neneh Cherry - 7 Seconds (feat. Neneh Cherry) Terry Callier - Lazarus Man Kwanzaa Posse - Wicked Funk Pink Floyd - The Great Gig In The Sky - 2011 Remastered Version My Mine - Hypnotic Tango - Original 12" Version Herbie Hancock - Bubbles Siouxsie and the Banshees - Israel Snowboy, Joe Clausell - Casa Forte - Joe Claussell's Spiritual Life Samba Remix The Ballistic Brothers - Uschi's Groove Pat Metheny Group - Are You Going With Me? The KLF, The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu - Baltimore to Fair Play Azari & III, Tensnake - Reckless (With Your Love) - Tensnake Remix Mick Jagger - Lucky In Love Tommy Seebach - Bubble Sex Joutro Mundo - Panthera MARCEL KING - Reach For Love - New York Remix FBN 43 Bebel Gilberto - Tanto Tempo - Peter Kruder Remix The Art Of Noise - Moments In Love - Beaten David Sylvian - Orpheus Marianne Faithfull - Witches' Song Joakim Karud - Halloween Funk Krzysztof Komeda, Mia Farrow - Lullaby From Rosemary's Baby, Part 1 Giorgio Moroder - Chase John Carpenter - Halloween Theme - Main Title Jestofunk, CeCe Rogers - Can We Live (featuring CeCe Rogers) Lady Blackbird, Cosmodelica - Lost and Looking The Jeremy Spencer Band - Cool Breeze The Art Of Noise - Moments In Love Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence - Hands and Feet Mix The Young Gentlemen’s Adventure Society - Adventure Party T-Connection - At Midnight Dan Hartman - Vertigo/Relight My Fire Prospect Park, JKriv, Dave Lee - The Kinda Love - Jkriv Original Vibe Edit David Vendetta, Akram Sedkaou - Unidos Para La Musica - Cosa Nostra Mix Alexander Robotnick - Problèmes d'Amour - Original Lonnie Liston Smith and the Cosmic Echoes - Expansions The Earons - Land of Hunger Quincy Jones, Charles May - Ai No Corrida Jackie Moore - This Time Baby Commodores - Nightshift Marian Herzog, Chris Jones - No Sanctuary Here feat. Chris Jones Le Grand Orchestre du Splendid - La salsa du démon Eighth Wonder - I'm Not Scared - Disco Mix Skatt Bros - Walk The Night - 12" Version Amanda Lear - Blood and Honey The Verve - Gravity Grave - Extended Version / 2016 Remastered Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put a Spell On You Laura Branigan - Self Control - Extended Version John Carpenter - Prologue John Carpenter - Theme from The Fog Dusty Springfield - Spooky Whodini - Haunted House of Rock Whodini - Freaks Come Out at Night MF DOOM - Coffin Nails Nancy Noise - Kaia It's Immaterial - Driving Away From Home - Dead Man's Curve Something for Kate - Killing Moon (T-Rek's Desert Disco Dub Mix) The Eagles - Hotel California (Live 1980) Fleetwood Mac - Rhiannon (Live at the Fabulous Forum) Neil Norman - Twilight Zone Rico Toto - Fwa Épi Sajès Living In Ghosts, Woolfy - Stay On Top Aural Exciters - Spooks in Space (Disco mix) Midnight Star - Freak-A-Zoid The Manhattan Transfer - Twilight Zone/Twilight Tone

Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy broadcast the 196th episode of Balearic Breakfast on her Mixcloud on October 8th 2024. About this show. – Following a few hectic weeks and a busy weekend too – not mentioning here the coming events she will host/ be featured in , laughs! – our dear Captain still managed to craft a surprisingly profound and uplifting episode, resonating both on a spiritual and a musical level (there is an evolving tension throughout the show...)! But we'll discover more about that in the listening section of this post, as usual! "This morning’s Balearic Breakfast is now archived on my Mixcloud at https://shorturl.at/5KqdF  and if you head over please give me a follow  Today’s show is a 2 hour journey of spacey art pop, british soul jazz funk, a tribute to the late Kris Kristofferson, your requests and new music from @feel_fly @aura_safari @sirs_official @eastcoastloveaffair @dardisku_records @exgeneration.official and my latest Cosmodelica remix of Joe Goddard  out now on Domino Recording Company   If you are a regular Balearic Breakfast listener, please consider subscribing to my Mixcloud channel for £3 a month - less than a cup of coffee nowadays. Each show takes a full day each week to put together and your support is very much appreciated. Until next week, kick back and enjoy. Thanks for listening!" Listen back to the 196th episode of Balearic Breakfast: PLAYLIST ( 1983 ) Marianne Faithfull – Running for Our Lives ( 1977 ) David Bowie  – Moss Garden ( 1984 ) Eurythmics  – Julia ( 2024 ) East Coast Love Affair ft For Mankind  – The Morrigan Sings ( 2024 ) Tony Esposito  – Pagaia (Feel Fly Cosmical Remix) ( 1985 ) Rah Band  – Clouds Across the Moon ( 2021 ) Clive from Accounts  – It's Not That I Don't Care ( NOL ) The Highwaymen  – WayHighMan (Bertolucci Jr Balearic Incarnation Mix) ( 2008 ) Atlantic Ocean  – Waterfall (2 Slow 2 Lounge Mix) ( 2023 ) Roachford  – This Generation (revisited) ( 2024 ) Aura Safari  – Wave Riding (SIRS Remix) ( 2012 ) Miguel Migs ft. Meshell Ndegeocello  – Tonight (Crazy P remix) ( 2024 ) Joe Goddard  – Follow You (Cosmodelica Remix) ( 2024 ) Dar Disku ft Asha Puthli  – Baar Baar ( 2024 ) Ex Generation  – Seratina ( 1976 ) Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express – Happiness Is Just Around the Bend’ (Live) ( 2020 ) Morttimer Snerd III  – How Did U Know (Miggedy'’s Full Retouch) THE LISTENING EXPERIENCE In a recent interview with DJ Tina Edwards , Colleen shared her feelings towards album reviews; the exchange went like this: [Tina] (...) How do you sort of define good music? Is it a feeling?   [Colleen] No, you can't. I can't describe great music in words. It goes beyond words for me. It really does. I used to even write record reviews in the 1980s, actually, for Rockpool and then also for Project X magazine. And I stopped. I stopped writing record reviews because I hated describing music in words. I said instead, I'd rather interview the artists and find out their stories. But I don't read record reviews. I used to read my own and stopped.   [Tina] I guess that's a whole another experience.   [Colleen] But I don't read them. I don't really pay attention to them. I don't really think they're that important for me. I mean, maybe for people who don't have access to music, they need to figure out what they should buy or listen to. But I think times have changed, too. We can all sample anything and make our own decisions. So I just don't even read record reviews. I just have no time for them. And I just I have a really hard time describing music in words. It is so deep a feeling that words just there are no words.   [Tina] There is that phrase, writing about music is like dancing about architecture.   [Colleen] Yeah, that's a great one. Right. No, I haven't heard that. But that totally nails it for me.   [Tina] Yeah, quite an abstract thing to put into words. [Colleen] Exactly. (...) Of course, the exchange triggered my mind as I write a lot about Music here, laughs! Then, while thinking about it, I remembered that a somewhat close discussion hapenned in the past, in another interview, between a journalist and the great French theatre actor Henri Rollan. In this interview , the main question Henri Rollan had to answer was: "Does one have the right to speak out verses?" In a nutshell, his answer, which he underlined with real examples, was that, of course, you had the right to speak out verses, you had the right to read them out loud, but as long as you felt the music, the rhythm, the silences, the verse's Soul. I was so impressed by this interview that I did a whole mix around it, showing that when read Properly, verses could transform into music and merge into it (many poems have been and will be transformed into songs)... You may ask yourself why I started today's post with this explanation. Well, as you know, I consider each Balearic Breakfast show as an album, an album which showcases not only Colleen's musical soul and her sensitivity but also an album that reflects the times we are living in, and I felt today's show perfectly encompassed all of these aspects, also underlying the work of love and passion I try to craft each and every week... Before diving into today's show, let's listen to Henri Rollan's interview (if you want to learn French, it's a nice one 😉)... Today's show is a snapshot of the difficult times we're living. It's also a reminder of how much we can change what's happening, each at our level. Yes, we do live in troubled times indeed: there's a war happening in Gaza (the conflict with Israel has been going on for years now), and Israel now attacks other countries to defend itself against Hamas. Also, it has never rained so much in many countries worldwide: Asia, Europe, and the USA have recently seen dramatic climatic changes that have translated into violent meteorological events. Politically, tension is also present in several countries (the American Presidential election is happening...). Poverty is rising with people struggling to pay their taxes, and the cost of living seems to get higher and higher. Can this get any darker? We all hope it won't. But, amidst this chaos, another reality keeps growing, and I didn't choose today's post title only because Roachford's song perfectly depicted our times (life is a never-ending circle, right?). I chose it also because it depicts the change that is happening, the one I feel, the one I see in the younger generation, and which has already been documented . Let's dive into today's episode to see what it's all about... Starting the show with Running for Our Lives , Colleen sets the message clear: "But I think I'd like to get out of here, This place it frightens me" . The song has a broad message but is also constricted in its hope. We need to do something, but will our actions meet our expectations? The first part of today's show, and some songs present in the second part, deals with the theme of change and choices that must be made and the impact they have. The troubled times reveal themselves in Colleen's selections . This is the case with Moss Garden , as we can feel a travelling tension, expecting the unknown, flying through it, and feeling the clouds while a force pushes us through. We're being driven by the times here. It's not a peaceful trip. We're not Free; we're being acted here. This uneasiness is also very present in Eurythmic's song, Julia . No promises here. Yet, the "forced flying effect" is still very present; we're lost, and that's a fact. We could think things will change with The Morrigan Sings , but the menacing tonalities and the audio effects found in this deep track do not leave us happy. We're still being driven; we're still not free. The musical unity Colleen proposes here is just on par with what she always crafted for this show. As she explained during the interview with Tina, she's all about creating a flow, and as I said in the beginning, this flow is both Musical and Intellectual. You can't implement change if you're unaware of what's not going right... and the voice at the song's end says it all... So, if you ask me, it seems evident that one can write reviews about Colleen's shows, laughs! Remember, all you need to do, even when listening to music, is Feel its Soul... You can never go wrong if you do that. ( 1983 ) Marianne Faithfull  – Running for Our Lives By the English singer-songwriter, actress, and icon Marianne Faithfull from her 1983 LP, A Child's Adventure. And that album was produced by Compass Point All-Stars and Grace Jones Collaborators Barry Reynolds and Wally Bataru who all co-wrote that song together. It seems Marianne Faithfull was writing it more about the kind of difficult situation she was in at that time as she was in a real kind of state of drug psychosis at that time, both her and her husband. – Funnily enough, the album contains "She's Got a Problem", a poem written by Caroline Blackwood and put to music by Faithfull's then-husband Ben Brierley. ( 1977 ) David Bowie  – Moss Garden Moss Garden was co-written by David Bowie and Brian Eno and is taken from the Starmound's 12th studio LP, Heroes, produced by Tony Visconti at Hansa Studios in Berlin.  – The conceptual piece is based on a location in Kyoto, Japan and its composition took a strange turn .   – Some reviews describing the track presents its duality made both of calm, serenity but also a lingering tension (strange and serene) put on the forefront by the use of airplane sounds . We must remember that Heroes is part of David Bowie's Trilogy , known for its darker intellectual and musical approach (which will somehow see an extension in the 1981 movie soundtrack Christiane F. , recorded between 1975 and 1979 with Bowie making an appearance in the original movie, recently beautifully adapted for television ). ( 1984 ) Eurythmics  – Julia From Eurythmics soundtrack to the film 1984, For the Love of Big Brother, which was based on George Orwell's dystopian novel. The score was put together by Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart entirely without the help of any other musicians or producers. – There is a wonderful post about the whole soundtrack you can read here . "Julia… was Winston’s love interest in the novel. This is amazing. It’s mostly vocal with Lennox’s heavily processed voice. Not only that, but she seems to be singing parts over top of herself. “Julia / When winter leaves and branches bare … My darling, will we still be there?” It’s awfully melancholy, with winteresque piano, a staccato synth part buzzing away in the background, and piano doing the same. Lennox’s voice is the main feature here, so distraught, so despairing; “Oh Julia / And the leaves turn from green to brown / And autumn shades come tumbling down / To leave a carpet on the ground / Where we have lain.” The synth tones comes shining across like rays of the morning sun. The processing is interesting. It’s all phases, as though her voice has been turned into a synth itself. There’s even horns in here adding a light plaintive touch midway through the song. It’s quite an unusual song and sound. No beat at all. All effects and ice, shimmering, shifting phases: “Will we / Will we / Will we still be there” – repeat for a long while until fade out. Pretty mournful sounding stuff. And still it goes on, with some cool Spanish style guitar playing a fanciful dance around the synths as the song fades…truly beautiful." ( 2024 ) East Coast Love Affair ft For Mankind  – The Morrigan Sings East Coast Love Affair featuring For Mankind with The Morrigan Sings. And that's also along with Fellow Scott, the now Ibiza-based DJ for Mankind, or Russ Foreman. And that's from East Coast Love Affair's new album, Musica Para Todos, released last week on Athens of the North. The Morrigan is the Celtic goddess of war, chaos, confusion, but also connected with fertility and childbirth. The uneasy, driven feeling is also very present in the following tracks, but a new element seems to emerge: combativity. While listening to Pagaia (Feel Fly Cosmical Remix) , we feel that there's a duality here, forces battling against each other, and a unity starting to form and steadily growing. What a beautiful mix Colleen proposes here as the following number, Clouds Across the Moon , starts! A Wow Moment for sure! Colleen lets the Music Speak; no one comes close to her; her purity shines here! Keeping the rhythmic unity perfectly aligned, Colleen then plays It's Not That I Don't Care , and we still feel a battle somewhere in here, forces observing themselves and entering into physical contact. But, as at the beginning of this second part, the fight seems to be an "open-minded" one, something stretched towards openness, just like when you speak your truth to someone, not imposing it but laying it there as an open door (by the way, this is a way of communicating that we should all master: not answering to an attack by attacking but by being open and welcoming without sacrificing the objective truth). This feeling of certainty, of truth, is beautifully present in the next song, WayHighMan . Did you notice how the tension evolved? Lost, we were driven, then we fought to defend our truth, and now, as the first hour of the show ends, we're reaching eternity... ( 2024 ) Tony Esposito  – Pagaia (Feel Fly Cosmical Remix) Daniele Tomasini's new track, a remix he did of Napoli singer, songwriter and drummer Tony Esposito. It's a remix of his 1982 single Pagaya and it came out last month on Archeo. ( 1985 ) Rah Band  – Clouds Across the Moon The 1985 single of Richard Anthony Hewson' s Rah Band. The English producer, arranger, conductor and multi-instrumentalist was the man behind the raw band. And he said that the song took place in the future where there was a 100-year-long war on Mars. – To learn more about this song, read this blog post . It is interesting to note that the song fits today's show theme because of its projection into the future 😉 ( 2021 ) Clive from Accounts  – It's Not That I Don't Care Music from the regional Tiddlywinks champion, stationary cupboard loiterer and all around beige sky thinker. The London-based DJ producer Clive McCounts also likes two things, pens and music, but mainly pens. At least that's how he describes himself using springs tape and old synths with fonts he admires. Clive creates a musical equivalent of warm photocopies. He also has an Alan EP with the face of Alan Partridge. ( NOL ) The Highwaymen  – WayHighMan (Bertolucci Jr Balearic Incarnation Mix) A little tribute goes to the late Chris Christofferson, who passed away in the next realm just over a week ago. And what a cool, cool guy he was. Not only an outlaw country star, but also a master songwriter and actor who won a Golden Globe for his role in the 1976 film A Star is Born. He was also very political, a vocal opponent of the Gulf War and Iraq War and other American military interventions in Panama and Nicaragua. Even though he himself served in the military, he was in the army in the 1960s. His music lives on and I suggest you delve into his work. So many great songs. This track is a rework of Highwayman by the Highwaymen, the country supergroup of Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Chris Christofferson. – The song was part of the 1985 " Highwayman " studio album of the supergroup; Jimmy Webb wrote it, and it's interesting to note how it inserts itself in today's theme as it deals both with reincarnation and, if you think of it, with the pioneering spirit (different pioneers over different generations, in different aspects, beautifully asking an interesting question: "does the generation theme makes sense?"). Are you ready to pursue your dreams? Are you ready to go all the way in? Because we're ready. We want to find balance, we don't want to have regrets, we Believe in our Destiny, we believe in our Future although we're afraid of it, we believe we can be online without losing our identity, we don't want Stars without Souls, we don't need Liars, we need artists we can respect, and we want to be a part of the sky, too. Politics let us down; we will work our reality out without them; we don't trust them anymore, and we don't trust the system anymore; we want to be free and do what we wanna do. We are the Cool Power. We're the New Generation... Add your own reality to these lines ... Yes, the first two tracks – Waterfall (2 Slow 2 Lounge Mix) and This Generation (revisited) – are a powerful affirmation, "a little future optimism for the current apocalypse" ... Speaking about "Cool Power," Colleen is going to give us what we need in the beautiful mini mix composed of Wave Riding (SIRS Remix) / Tonight (Crazy P remix) and Follow You (Cosmodelica Remix) . Do you feel the difference here in the "flying effect?" Do you feel the cool strength, the joy, and the Freedom? Because I do! And Colleen is so good here; even silence is a Freaking Huge Groove in her hands as it totally surprises you and takes your mind away, Ha! The Balearic Family had a blast when Tonight was playing; we lost our freaking minds altogether, laughs! We also lost our minds when hearing Colleen's remix of Joe Goddard's Follow You . Without a shadow of a doubt, this was the second Wow Moment of today's show! With Baar Baar / Seratina and Happiness Is Just Around the Bend’ (Live) – which beautifully slows down the pace – and ending the show with How Did U Know (Miggedy'’s Full Retouch) , Colleen, once again, shows us that there is a message in the Music... ( 2008 ) Atlantic Ocean  – Waterfall (2 Slow 2 Lounge Mix) Waterfall by Dutch duo Atlantic Ocean, a hit for them when it was released 30 years ago. But of course, the mix we heard wasn't trance at all. ( 2023 ) Roachford  – This Generation (revisited) The 1994 single by English funk band Roacheford, formed by singer, songwriter, keyboard player Andrew Roacheford in 1987. Not long after they formed, they were opening up and touring with Terrence Trent Darby, signed to Columbia Records. – The inspiration behind "This Generation" was similar to that of the Black Lives Matter movement, Roachford stated in an interview, adding: "I just felt like some people at that time were old, stuck in their ways, and they were stunting the growth of society. Society needs to move forward. I don't know exactly, but there was something on the news that just triggered it and made me think about it. My journey, coming as a kid from Caribbean descent with my experiences, I just felt impassioned to write a song that was positive about the future. " This version comes from Roachford's 2023 album, Then and Now. ( 2024 ) Aura Safari  – Wave Riding (SIRS Remix) Wave Riding is taken from Italian DJ and production collective Aura Safari 's second full-length album, Island Dreams issued on September 15th, 2023 on Hell Yeah Recordings, the SIRS Remix is part of the Island Dream Remixes exclusively issued on Bandcamp on August 23rd 2024. ( 2012 ) Miguel Migs ft. Meshell Ndegeocello  – Tonight (Crazy P remix) Issued on the 2012 Tonight Remixes album, click here for Miguel's interview in 2021. ( 2024 ) Joe Goddard  – Follow You (Cosmodelica Remix) A new Cosmodelica remix, that's Follow You by Joe Goddard from Hotship from his third studio album called Harmonics , which came out earlier this year. Double album, a lot of fun and he's released a series of remixes and it came out last week on Bandcamp. Other remixes by Ray Mang, East Coast Love Affair, Black Science Orchestra and again that's kind of my kind of like an 80s kind of poppy new wave remix of Follow You and a little vocoder action there. I thought that was kind of fun. ( 2024 ) Dar Disku ft Asha Puthli  – Baar Baar London-based Bahraini duo Dar Disku have been making a name since 2018 with self-released edits of Middle Eastern recordings by other artists and now they're making their own tunes fusing the sounds of Southwest Asia and North Africa. There's Algerian Rai, Sudanese funk and Turkish psychedelia and they released their debut album last week on Soundway. Here they are joined by Indian singer and icon Asha Putli and they're calling this tune a Spaghetti Eastern. – For Baar Baar, a funky, shimmering track inspired by Vish’s beloved Bollywood that serves as the album’s centrepiece – they called on Bombay-born disco diva Asha Puthli. The Indian icon’s psychedelic blend of jazz, disco and sensuous pop, which drew on her training in opera and Indian song and dance, made her a star of the 1970s New York scene. Andy Warhol counted her as a muse and she was a headline act at the iconic club, Studio 54. She crossed over in myriad ways: her 1976 single Space Talk was sampled by hip-hop legends like Notorious B.I.G. For Maz and Vish, to be in the studio with her felt like a fever dream. “For half of the studio session, there was no recording done,” Vish says, laughing fondly. “We just wanted to hear her stories!” Puthli regaled them with tales – of meeting Andy Warhol, suing a hip-hop mogul and how “she refused to change her name to please a white music label” – that inspired Vish and Maz to continue down their own path. ( 2024 ) Ex Generation  – Seratina The Melbourne jazz soul production team of Ziggy Zeitgeist and Lewis Moody honed their production skills for a decade and then started their own label Energy Exchange Records in 2022 and set about to expand their horizons with cross-cultural meetings with Neapolitan tastemaker Federico Galotti, who suggested they come to Naples to record a record with the musicians who are the driving force behind New Genia. The result is their album The Napoli Exchange which is out now on vinyl. ( 1976 ) Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express – Happiness Is Just Around the Bend’ (Live) That version of Happiness is Just Around the Bend which was actually penned by the musician you just heard, British keyboard player and Hammond organ maestro Brian Auger . He started out in the 60s. He did a session with the Yardbirds and then he formed 60s blues band Steam Packet which featured Long John Baldry, Julie Driscoll, Vic Briggs and Rod Stewart and then in 1970 he formed the jazz fusion group Oblivion who were very prolific in the 1970s. They released a lot of albums and Auger wrote that song and the studio version is on their 1973 LP Closer to It but we just heard the live version from the Oblivion Express's second live album released three years later and of course that song was covered by Main Ingredient in 1974 (and has been featured in the 33rd episode , the original version being played in the 121st episode ). ( 2020 ) Morttimer Snerd III  – How Did U Know (Miggedy'’s Full Retouch) Also known as Belizian Voodoo Priest, Miggedy and Steve Maestro, the somewhat mysterious Mortimer Snerd III ( DJ/Producer/Musician/Songwriter/Label Owner ) issued many tracks over the years (find more here ). You can follow him on his Instagram .