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Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy broadcast the 255th episode of Balearic Breakfast on her Mixcloud on January 20 th, 2026. ABOUT THIS EPISODE Coming back from a few weeks of vacation, Colleen presented this new Balearic Breakfast episode live from the record room, for our utmost pleasure. As we shall see in the listening experience section of this post, today's episode was one of the strongest Colleen has done for quite some time (of course, as she stated, the first part of the show is introspective, but it is also much more than that!). Furthermore, the visuals that the music conveyed were also quite stunning and continuous, I should say. But more about that later on... There’s only one radio show where you can hear Japanese ambient techno slide into the Grateful Dead . This morning’s Balearic Breakfast is now up on my Mixcloud and features loads of new releases including two new vinyl test pressings (thank you lovetempo and Mukatsuku), the radio premiere of Christopher Berg’s new Hird single & an advance promo from Test pressing and Alex Kassian. The first half of the show is quite introspective and includes a classic Brian Eno track that soundtracked our trip to Lanzarote (no prize for guessing correctly) and a song from my most played album of 2025 – ‘Whispers of Rain’ by Alina Bzhezhinka & Tulshi (kind of like spiritual jazz meets Basic Channel). Last night my daughter and I went to see/hear Tracy Thorn and Ben Watt at The Moth Club and it was absolutely sublime – an intimate performance in which they played some of their solo work, Everything But The Girl tunes, covers (like the Cole Porter one on the show) and a song from their son Blake’s Family Stereo. My first gig of the year and it was truly inspirational – loved every minute of it. Think I’m going to reread Bedsit Disco Queen on my flight to Japan. And finally, rest in paradise Bob Weir. Thanks for listening. Listen back to the 255th episode of Balearic Breakfast: ANNOUNCEMENTS Colleen heads back to one of her favourite countries in the world and to some of her favourite clubs in the world. See you in Japan! Matane! Saturday, 24 Jan: Precious Hall Sunday, 25 Jan: BOARS Friday, 30 Jan: @dj_bar_bridge_shinjuku Saturday, 31 Jan: @woal_music_life Gunma And I should also mention I'm doing two parties with and North America, Friday the 13th of February at Le Bain, and inside this time, not outside like in September. Great view over the Hudson. And we'll be at the Toronto Standard Time on Valentine's Day , so heading up to Canada. A reminder about the London Loft, our invitations have gone out for our next party on the 8th of March. And if you want to join the friendship train, head over to loftparty.org .   Now, as I'll be away next week, I'll be streaming remotely. We have an interview with and a mix from Another Taste, the jazz-funk band from the Netherlands on the Space Grapes label. And we also have a mix from Angel Mel of Eavesdrop Collective, the collective of women DJs who play at our Love Dance and Tent at We Out Here, and who do so, so, so much more. THE PLAYLIST ( 1992 ) Brian Eno – Lanzarote ( 2025 ) Alina Bzhezhinska & Tulshi   – Child's Play ( 1982 ) Everything But the Girl   – Night and Day ( 2025 ) Alice Russell & Amanda Whiting   – I Am (Acoustic Version) ( 1993 ) Peter Bardens   – Sea of Dreams ( 2026 ) Léna C   – Elle, Dani... ( TBR ) Opal Sunn   – Liquid Phase II ( 1972 ) Arthur Verocai   – Na Boca do Sol ( 2026 ) Joel Sarakula   – Hands of Love (Monsieur van Prat Dub Remix) ( 2026 ) Bangs & Talbot   – Keep Love Moving On ( 2025 ) Slowly ft. Mahina Apple   – Turn Up the Night ( TBR ) Lovetempo   – Thinking About You ( 2025 ) Chicco   – Shigomase (Opolopo Tweak) ( 2025 ) Ayala   – Melodia (Cee EIAssaad Remix) ( 2026 ) Coflo & Emmaculate   – Salutations ( TBR ) Sade   – War of the Hearts (Field2Factory Retouch Mix) ( TBR ) Hird   – Moving Forward ( 2026 ) Nate08 ft. Benni Ola   – Waiting (Dam Swindle Remix) ( 2025 ) Yasutaka Sato   – New Era ( 1980 ) Grateful Dead   – Lost Sailor THE LISTENING EXPERIENCE It took me a few minutes to feel today's show. I was surprised when this happened, although I am quite accustomed to it... Looking back, it's not the fact that emotions came through so quickly to me that stopped me in my tracks but the fact that, once again, Colleen's show came knocking on my life's doors... I always thought that when you love Someone, you have to stay on the side, no matter what happens, no matter what is said or done. Your role, as a lover, as a friend, as a supporter let's say, is to take the good times but also the bad ones, should they arrive... And you should always accept the hard times in Silence, with Resilience, with a light distance, for only distance will help you to get through the storm... Don't try to answer, do not justify yourself, these dark clouds are only here to test your strength and your devotion... The more you will try to fight them, the more you will try to counter them, the more they will keep on knocking you down to the ground... Stay on the side, watch the fury, the incomprehension, the mistakes unfold, try to understand, maybe you've been prepared for them to hit you, maybe, if you're the sensitive kind, you already were observing things from a distance, knowing this dark moment could become a reality... Brian Eno 's Lanzarote perfectly depicts these dark moments, these infuriated rivers... You can almost hear the screams, visualise the lost mind yelling, trying to keep things somewhere in between the chaos... And Lanzarote is also an unfolding musical piece, one that keeps on revealing the horror that was waiting to explode... When the second track started, Alina Bzhezhinska & Tulshi 's Child's Play , I already had found today's post title. I was just uncertain about the word's order... Unfolding Uncertainties or... Uncertainties Unfolding... As I try to keep Colleen's positive thinking in mind, I kept the first option, as I thought the second one was "passive/aggressive" and a desperate representation of the battles we all have to face one day or another... Listen carefully to Child's Play , there's also that same sense of discovery, there's the same battle somewhere, the same unfolding although it seems to be more open, but the magic is strained somehow as the dreamy sound of Alina's harp is confronted to the cold electronic waves... As Colleen said, the first hour of today's episode keeps these eerie feelings alive and well... A lot of other songs selected by our dear Captain have that same revealing sonical aspect (even in the second hour)... Of course, it's the case of Everything But the Girl' s Night and Day , even if the feeling is lighter, the story of a love affair unfolding should remind you of something... Dreams are somehow dangerous in their uncertainties... And the sonics of that version aren't what I would call "free and happy", there's something more in there... A kind of darkness somewhere... Fear is never too far, it reaches out to you with Alice Russell & Amanda Whiting 's acoustic version of I Am which is named after the titular and thematic track, and is a song that allowed Alice to articulate something that she had long felt but hadn’t fully understood: “I had started therapy soon after my first child was born, and it opened up a bigger understanding of myself and some relationships that had shaped my emotional landscape.” Dealing with themes of generational trauma, healing and life’s darker side, ‘I Am’ acts as a liberating beacon, showing that we can all be our biggest lovers and advocates, “finding our own power, clear boundaries, and doing the work on ourselves to love so much more deeply.” Do you Feel me now? Unfolding Uncertainties... As if we were watching a movie, Colleen then plays Peter Bardens' Sea of Dreams . There's a Constant tension in there; someone is freeing himself from a life he no longer wants. There's a battle... Also, did you notice how much Nature is present in these first few tracks? Léna C 's Elle, Dani... acts as a transition, still keeping the unfolding element alive and well, and of course, as Colleen presented it during the show, the themes of grief and loss add to our reflections... Opal Sunn 's Liquid Phase II is another example of the musical kaleidoscope we experience today. It's a revolving track, it turns round and round, but never stays with the same visuals... With Arthur Verocai' s Na Boca do Sol you may think the skies will somehow become lighter... However, it's not entirely the case, as this stunning song boasts a soundstage that few songs of that era had. It is such a modern track, keeping the unfolding element incredibly present... The first hour of the show ends with Hands of Love (that keeps a light worried mind if you listen closely) and with Bangs & Talbot's shiny Keep Love Moving On . Usually, when you unfold uncertainties, they tend to disappear... MORE ABOUT THE SONGS Lanzarote from Brian Eno' s 12th studio album, 1992's The Shutov Assembly , and that was named after the Russian artist Sergei Shutov , who had gifted Eno a painting, the artist telling Eno that he often listened to his music while he was working. So Eno put together some tracks he hadn't yet officially released, songs that were part of audio-visual installations from around the world in the previous decade, and he thought he would just give it to the artist, but he really liked the assembled works, so hence he released The Shutov Assembly. Now Eno also has a link with Lanzarote. In 2001, Eno performed an improvised concert with Peter Schwalm inside the crater of the Volcan del Cuervo as well, and this track for me is very evocative of the island. We just spent a couple of weeks there in Lanzarote, which is part of the Canary Islands off the west coast of Morocco and the Western Sahara. I've been there a few times now, I've just fallen in love with it, and the environment is really like no other. Black volcanic rock, very few trees, the only trees like palm trees or really big cactus-type trees. This time of year there's a little bit of rain, so back and forth between showers and bright suns, so lots of rainbows, and UNESCO also declared it a biosphere reserve, and it should be protected, it's so otherworldly. This one is from the London-based Ukrainian-Polish harpist Alina Bzhezhinska and Tulsi, who is an Ibiza-based Scottish producer and mastering engineer, real name John O'Rogers, and he's known for his dub techno ambient electronica sound. Now, last summer they released this album, Whispers of Rain on True Thoughts, which is the album I definitely played the most in 2025, over and over on my headphones, also at home, gifted it to a friend, so I'm kind of obsessed with it, and I realised I never really played a track from it on the show. It's kind of like spiritual jazz meets basic channel, and that can only be a good thing, right? So they describe the album as delving into the architecture of memory and human emotion, using rain as a central metaphor for life's cycles, the cleansing of loss, the blossoming of renewal, and the profound inner strength cultivated in moments of serene introspection. Alina Bzhezhinska and Tulsi with Child's Play on Balearic Breakfast.   Last night, I got to see this act perform, Everything But The Girl before that with their 1992 cover of Night and Day . And that song was written by Cole Porter for the musical Gay Divorce. And it was originally performed by Fred Astaire. It's a standard part of the Great American Songbook as within three months of the show's opening, more than 30 artists had covered the song. Now, I just particularly love Tracy Thorne and Ben Watt' s version. And they performed it last night as their opening song at an intimate show at the Moth Club in Hackney. They've played a of sold-out shows there. I think it's only like 150 cap. It's tiny, great sounding room. I think there's another one tonight. I'm sure it's sold out. Not sure if they're doing any more, but maybe sign up for their mailing list because it was stunning. It was a selection of their solo work, Everything But The Girl tunes, their son, Blake Watt , who has his own act called Family Stereo (Ed. Note: For an interview, see here ) . He was playing, beautiful voice, plays folk guitar. And it was really poignant because I went with our daughter, and she's the one that found out about it and got the tickets. And she said, I hope they play Night and Day . And voila, that was the opening song. So I really suggest that you try to catch them at the Moth Club . I'm hoping they'll do more. They did loads of different shows over the past few months in 2025. So you may get lucky. The acoustic version of  I Am , and the original version is a title track from Alice Russell 's  2024 album, but this acoustic version is stripped back and performed with harpist Amanda Whiting . Alice Russell, of course, is just a stellar soul singer. She has a string of solo albums and collabs with Basamba , Quantic , and more, and her 2024 album, I Am , she calls the most personal of her career. It was written after the passing of her father with a baby on the way. So life, loss, and grief are big themes on the album. And if you ever get a chance to see, hear her perform, make sure you do. Sea of Dreams by Peter Bardens , the English keyboardist who was one of the founding members of prog band Camel , and he also worked with Peter Green, Mick Fleetwood, Van Morrison, along with recording 11 solo albums. And the song we just heard was Sea of Dreams, that's from his 1993 LP Further Than You Know , and thank you to Dominic Mesmer for that request, finally got to it. This next one is a new one from French producer and DJ Léna C . And it's from her forthcoming EP Stimuli . And this track was originally sent to Crazy P's Daniel Moore in 2023. After the Crazy P lead singer invited Lena to feature one of her tracks on an upcoming compilation curated by the band. And sadly, that never came to fruition as Daniel passed in September 2024. At the time, Daniel and Lena were both living in West Yorkshire, where they became friends and Daniel supported Lena's musical endeavors. And following Daniel's passing, Elle, Dani... this song was reworked to reflect a deeper sense of saudade, the untranslatable Portuguese term describing a mixture of loss, nostalgia, melancholy, and love. Celebrating the memory of a remarkable human while holding the grief of their loss. Liquid Phase II , a forthcoming three-part composition from Opal Sunn , which is Alex Kassian and Hiroaki Oba . And that's coming out on test pressing. And that's a follow-up to the three-part Elastic series released at the end of 2024 . But they've been releasing music as Opal Sunn, you know, earlier releases were more beat-oriented, but I think going back to about 2017 or so. But I kind of like this more spacey, liquidy manifestation myself. And Rick Van Veen on the chat picked up it was Alex Kassian right away, even though the song isn't even out yet. Na Boca do Sol by Arthur Verocai from his 1972 eponymously titled debut album. And after releasing that samba solo record, the Brazilian singer, songwriter, and guitarist didn't release another album for 30 years, as his release didn't really make an impact at the time. So he started making jingles instead. But earlier this century, DJs and crate diggers started picking up on this album and it got a cult following. So it's a little bit like the Sugar Man story. Anyways, I had to play this as our daughter Ari has been playing the album over and over and she is excited that he is headlining We Out Here . So this album was on in the car in Lanzarote and at home over the holidays. She also played it on a radio show. Ari's pirate material, So that's a shameless plug from her mother. And of course, if you're going to We Out Here, be sure to see Arthur Verocai perform on the main stage. We're all looking forward to that.   Too Slow to Disco are back with a new comp of Sunshine Grooves that will put a spring in your step and a smile on your face. We had label honcho DJ Supermarkt up on the show this past autumn , and he put together a great mix and told us the story of how he got into the Californian sound from his studio in Berlin. Anyways, he's put together the Sunset Manifesto volume two , and it's coming out in February, and you can pre-order on Bandcamp. And I love the whole thing, but especially this one, a Monsieur Von Pratt dub remix of Hands of Love by Australian soulful pop soft rock artist Joel Sarakula . Keep Your Love Moving On , a single from the forthcoming album Smoke and Aces by Bangs and Talbot , coming out on Acid Jazz this week. Chris Bangs is a DJ and producer, produced Galeano's debut, produced Paul Weller, and he really helped pioneer the Acid Jazz movement back in the late 1980s. In fact, I think he coined the term Acid Jazz . And that's his project with keyboardist Mick Talbot , the other half of the Style Council. And Talbot's also played with Dixie's Midnight Runners and Galeano and Candy Staton , amongst many others. So Bangs and Talbot's latest effort is a follow-up to 2022's Back to Business. And again, the album Smoke and Aces comes out this week. Turn Up the Night by Japan's Slowly, with Fukuo Kodiva, Mahina Apple , from the forthcoming third album Two Steps Ahead by Slowly. And this single's also on 7-inch on Flower Records. And Slowly is Masato Komatsu, who's been releasing records on Flower for the last two decades, including last year's Two Steps Ahead, which features a load of collaborators, including Apple. FYI, the B-side of the 7-inch features a beautiful remix by producer Takuya Matsumoto. Loving that one. It's a new one from Love Tempo , Thinking About You . And Love Tempo is a lonely hearts disco five-piece from Brooklyn. And band leader Mattie Safer sent me their forthcoming album on vinyl. Thank you, Maddie. The album is called There is a Light , and it's Love Tempo's debut album and will be released on the 17th of April. Safer was also in the Brooklyn band The Rapture , also in Poolside , currently leading Love Tempo. And he'll come up on to Balearic Breakfast for an interview and mix ahead of the release of There is a Light . This one is a forthcoming EP from Canopy Records, who officially licensed two 1980s African disco tunes, one by Nigeria's Spirit Koneksan , and this one that we're listening to by Chico . And the EP features remixes by Arup Roy and Opolopo , and it's coming out this week. This is Shigomase . The original is kind of like early South African house, and this has been given a tweak by Sweden's Opolopo. Southern Italy's Ayala with Cee ElAssad 's remix of Melodia . And that's a remix of a cut on Ayala's six-track EP, Where Have You Been? The remix came out last month on Casablanca label and sold, and I'm just loving it, and can't wait to play that one out in Japan, bringing it with me for sure. The San Francisco DJ, producer, and movement artist, Coflo , with Illinois producer and DJ Emmaculate , who also runs Terry Hunter's T-Box record label . They're both doing a lot of great things, and they've come together on a new double-sided single coming out this week on the Swedish label Kataleja Musik , with the cut Infinite on the flip. Before that, Sade , a remix of War of the Hearts by Field2Factory. And that is Adrian Loving , the Washington, D.C. based DJ, music, and scholar, musician, I should say, and scholar, and a very lovely person as well. He also released Inner Temple's Travelscapes, Volume 1. And the original is from Sade's 1985 album, Promise. And Sade Adu's birthday was on the 16th of January. So happy birthday, Sade. Hird with Moving Forward . That's the forthcoming single by Hird, who is the illustrious Christopher Berg , producer, songwriter, musician, DJ, and friend. He's worked with so many Swedish pop royalty, including Robin, The Knife, Fever Raised, on programming for Depeche Mode and Massive Attack. And he's produced a lot of singles under Hird. He released the album Moving On over a decade ago, and it's been a while since he's released the music as Hird, keeping busy with his other activities, including helping us out as an audio obsessive with our London Loft Parties. Ahead of that, we have the Damn Swindle remix of Waiting by Nate08 and LA singer-rapper Benni Ola . And that's coming out this week on Need Want Records . And Nate08 is a Mumbai-based musician, producer, DJ, and bassist whose real name is Nathan Thomas . And he's released two albums on the Need Want label, including last year's 27. Yasutaka Sato with New Era . And actually, he's going under the name Virgo there. So that's New Era by Virgo from more ambient techno classics from Japan. And that's a follow-up to last year's System for Zodiac. And Virgo is Yasutaka Sato . He's released some records at the end of the 90s and loads of releases over the last couple of years. And New Era is out on Mukatsuku Records in April. Love that label too. That's Nick Weston from Juno. And thank you for sending that over to me, Nick. I love that one. Now, before I go, I want to pay tribute to a musician who had a significant impact upon my life with his band, The Grateful Dead . Singer, songwriter, guitarist, Bob Weir , who sadly passed the next realm earlier this month. And when he was 16, he met a 21-year-old Jerry Garcia , and they immediately started jamming, jammed together all night, and decided to form a band. First, Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions , then became The Warlocks , and eventually The Grateful Dead. And their impact upon music, it just cannot be overstated, especially upon American music. I did go to see them in the late 80s, 1987, March, opening of the Spring Show in Virginia Beach, just after, you know, Jerry Garcia nearly passed away in July of the previous year . So the anticipation and the vibe was just off the hook, and I was just completely, completely blown away. And if you want to find out more about Bob Weir, there's a fantastic documentary that was made just over a decade, decade ago. It's called The Other One, The Long Strange Trip of Bob Weir , and you can find that on Netflix.   And also, we should also mention the other Dead, Grateful Dead members who've transitioned, Phil Lesch in 2024, Jerry Garcia, of course, over 30 years ago, and Pigpen. So if you're a Deadhead, leave me a comment on the socials when you listen to this. Deadheads unite. This is from the 1980 Grateful Dead album, Go to Heaven . And this is a song that was co-written by Bob Weir and features him on vocals. The Grateful Dead with Lost Sailor .

Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy broadcast the 254th episode of Balearic Breakfast on her Mixcloud on January 13 th, 2026. ABOUT THIS EPISODE One of the joys of Balearic Breakfast is that even when our Captain is away, she always leaves us with a little something so that our Tuesday are not filled with silence! Despite a few streaming problems, Colleen was able to broadcast today's episode which definitely was a soothing one, and something we all needed as this new year starts with a lot of political and economical turmoil... Just so you know, I'm presently working on a couple of interviews for the blog, so keep it locked, we're going to have some good times soon! I'll see you next week! Until then, remember, Just Be Balearic... This morning’s Balearic Breakfast is now up on my Mixcloud and thank you to all who joined in on the live stream. I’m still away so today’s show features two guest mixes: a gorgeous downtempo Balearic Breakfast family mix from Gina Lapsley and a groovy mix from JKriv of Razor n Tape . We also had a short chat about his career and forthcoming projects and his drive and passion (and many talents) really shone through. A big thanks to both Gina and JKriv. I’ll be back in the record room, streaming live on Tuesday the 20th January from 10am to 12pm GMT. Thanks for listening. Listen back to the 254th episode of Balearic Breakfast: THE PLAYLIST Gina Lapsley Balearic Breakfast Family Mix: ( 2004 )   Susumu Yokota  – Song of the Sleeping Forest ( 2021 )   Anna Phoebe  – Horizons ( 2025 )   Celine Dessberg  – Chintamani ( 1980 )   The Durutti Column  – Sketch for Winter ( 2007 )   Ahmed Fakroun  – Nisyan (Les edits du Golem edit) ( 1978 )   RAAW  – Just a Little Different ( 1997 )   Bob Marley  – The Heathen (Dreams of Freedom Mix) ( 2024 )   Hermanos Gutierrez  – Low Sun ( 1984 )   Zenamon  – Oh Nandu, What We've Done! ( 2016 )   Condor Gruppe  – Frog Bog ( 1987 )   Robbie Robertson  – Somewhere Down The Crazy River ( 2012 )   Blundetto feat. Courtney John  – Warm My Soul ( 2024 )   Public Service Broadcasting  – Howland JKriv of Razor-n-Tape Mix: ( 1982 ) Chaka Khan – So Not To Worry ( NOL ) Rene & Angela  – I'll Be Good (JKriv's Deep&Disco Rework) ( 2025 ) Brochure  – Back Off (Jex Opolis Good Timin' Dub) ( 2025 )   Takuya Matsumoto  – Yamanashi ( 2003 )   Camiel  – Sintra (Osunlade Main Mix) ( 2025 )   Deon Jamar x CTRLZora  – Siren Song (Tall Black Guy Remix) ( 2025 )   Patrick Gibin ft Kaidi Tatham  – Let It Go (Joaquin's Sacred Rhythm Music Dance Version) ( 2025 )   Tigerbalm feat. Andre Espeut  – Pura Vida (JKriv Remix) ( 2026 )   Alistair Colling vs. Tortured Soul feat. Sabina  – When You Find Your Love...Hold On (DJ Spinna Galactic Soul Remix) ( 2019 )   Shinichiro Yokota, Soichi Terada, Nami Shimada  – Sunshower ( 2025 )   Tranquil Elephantizer  – SFO THE LISTENING SESSION Gina's Mix Gina's mix is an open-minded, freely Balearic, both happy and reflective musical trip which takes the listener onto a continuous and wonderous journey. Starting with Song of the Sleeping Forest (which contains an excerpt of the Beautiful Melody of Ravel's "Pavane pour une infante défunte" ), Gina then takes us to a reflective musical moment with Horizons . The third track Chintamani really synthesises what I just wrote in the beginning of this short analysis. Gina's mix is almost an ethereal experience, it's disconnected from reality, it has a freedom, it reaches out to a greater somewhere I should say. And Nature seems quite present too when you think about it, this aspect came to me while hearing Sketch for Winter . After this wonderous introduction, Gina takes us onto a more "solid" part of her mix, far less ethereal, but still open to that other place we're going to. And you can feel that in the echo that's used in the mix on the voices on Nisyan (Les edits du Golem edit). The unexpected element is always lurking in the dark and it surprises the listener one more time when Just a Little Different hits our ears! Gina does not try to hold the rhythm at all costs, her mix is very soulful in the end, when you think about it, that's why it sticks to your mind days after you've listened to it! And the wonderous aspect really holds the whole thing together! Followed by The Heathen (Dreams of Freedom Mix) , this is the craziest part of the mix perfectly presenting you the fact that, as it always happened to me, you can identify the soul of a mix within its first minutes! This strange musical moment then sees an opening, a great one, with Hermanos Gutierrez ' s Low Sun (of course played by Colleen herself in 2024 ), to me, The Absolute WOW Moment of this splendid mix ... Keeping the dream alive and well, I love how much Gina is able to keep a close musical DNA between the songs she selects and still allow for slow evolutions to internefer with the listener's brain, thus keeping the adventurous aspect present. This is the case here with Zenamon 's Oh Nandu, What We've Done! which keeps a "Country Music" feel while introducing some electronics to the set! It also shows Gina's extensive musical Knowledge, which is something that must be applauded! With Condor Gruppe 's Frog Bog , Gina keeps on taking us to Higher grounds, meeting the prairies that saw so much of Native Americans die, trying to protect their lands and their honor... The timing is perfect, Gina never mises a beat, creating a seamless musical moment, one the listener can enjoy to the fullest, and especially when a banger such as Robbie Robertson' s Somewhere Down The Crazy River appears! It seems obvious that, as we're reaching the end of the mix, Gina keeps the slow pace alive and well, preparing our brains to a Grand Ending... And this is exactly what happens as Gina slightly plays with Rhythm as Warm my Soul enters the room, what a splendid mix right there! The last track, Howland , leaves us in a dreamy situation, acting as a reunification process, such a "natural" song to choose! All in all, Gina's mix is undoubtedly one of the most freeing we ever had to listen here on Balearic Breakfast! Congratulations Gina! Jkriv's Mix Jkriv's mix is more upfront, it has a rhythmic solidity that shines from Chaka Khan 's So Not To Worry on. Sadly, because of the interview we can't do a full analysis of the mix, still, we clearly are on a stronger vibe when we hear a track like Takuya Matsumoto 's Yamanashi ! Of course, and as expected from real professionals, the timing and the mixes are absolutely top-notch here! Jkriv's mix is less adventurous rhythmically speaking, which does not mean it is not interesting as he also takes us to a floatation trip somewhere above the clouds, laughs with Camiel 's Sintra (Osunlade Main Mix) & Siren Song ! JKriv's musical proposition is a never-ending extatic musical momentum, this being proved by the way Let It Go is perfectly mixed after Siren Song , you can hear there's a shift in the frequency response of the two tracks, but the rest is absolute mixing genius, right there! Jkriv then drops the 4 last songs, keeping the happy Balearic Spirit alive and well with Pura Vida (JKriv Remix) , followed by When You Find Your Love...Hold On (can you feel the house kick coming in stronger there?!) and ending the mix with the Absolute Classic that Sunshower is, not forgetting here the incredible SFO ! All in all, a Happy, down-to-earth yet dreamy Balearic set that will make you dance for sure! Jkriv's interview with Colleen Visit https://www.jkriv.com/ [Colleen] Well, Balericans, I have Jkriv from Razor and Tape here in the studio with me. How you doing, Jason?   [Jkriv] I'm good. A little cold, but hanging in there.   [Colleen] Ah, New York, this time of year. It's pretty warm here in London, you know.   [Jkriv] I'm sure, yeah.   [Colleen] But they complain about it anyways.   [Jkriv] Oh, of course. Yeah.   [Colleen] But you do so many different things, and you really just amaze me. I just want to tell our listeners a few of the things that you do. Of course, you're a DJ. You're a producer. You're also a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, label owner. And, you just do so many things that are so prolific. And I just wanted to talk with you about a few of the projects you've been working on and what's coming up in the future. Razor and Tape, you started that about 12 years ago, was it?   [Jkriv] Yeah, 13. We started in 2012.   [Colleen] And you had 150 releases, which is quite something. I mean, this is like a release almost every single month. When you started the label, was that your idea? To be a very prolific label as opposed to just kind of a vanity label of just putting out projects when you do them as you go?   [Jkriv] I mean, the label at its inception kind of had a very different focus than it does now. When we started, it was really an edits label. I had made a bunch of edits myself. My partner, Aaron Day, had collected a bunch from events that he had done. Artists had given them some of their personal edits given to him. And we had this sort of little cache of edits, and we were like, let's get these out there. And that was it. That was like the whole thing at the beginning. Just like, let's get some of this music out there. It's good. We're playing it. Be fun to have it on vinyl. Be fun for other people to play it. But as the label progressed over the years, you know we got a very nice response from the early couple of years of releases. So from our origins as an edits label, we then moved into original music. And that has been really our focus. And that has been really the most exciting thing about running a label, is being able to put out the music and uplift, and help support new artists who are making original music.   [Colleen] Well, you're a multi-instrumentalist yourself. As I look at you and your studio, I see all these guitars and keyboards and a bass guitar. When did you get your start, and how did you get your start as a musician?   [Jkriv] So I kind of entered into the world of club music probably from an unconventional avenue. I started as an instrumentalist. I was into rock when I was a kid. And from like interest in classic rock, that kind of moved. I mean, I started playing bass when I was 12 years old. Bass and guitar. But bass is really my primary instrument. And I moved from like 70s rock to like 70s soul music, funk and stuff like that. And that kind of led me into disco and dance music. But I studied jazz pretty... I was very focused on jazz for about five, six years of my life. I went to school for jazz at Oberlin, and studied it pretty hardcore. And thought that that's what my career was going to be. And then when I returned to New York, pretty quickly I pivoted. And I started playing like acid jazz. And then I began playing with Tortured Soul, which was a live house band. And I played with Tortured Soul through the 2000s until 2010. And in that range, somewhere around then I started doing some production as well. I wasn't DJing yet, but I started doing a bit of production. And, when I left Tortured Soul in 2010, that's kind of when my current music career, as it exists now, sort of began. I started DJing. I started being much more focused on production and writing and making original music and edits. Like the kind that came out on Razor-n-Tape originally. And yeah, from there, it's kind of just progressed to where it is now.   [Colleen] You are so busy. I mean, also on top, Tortured Soul is amazing. I loved, loved, loved Tortured Soul. They were kind of to me like almost like a Blaze-esque kind of band. You know, the same kind of arrangements, classic arrangements. But you also have another live band, a disco band in Escort. Can you tell us about that?   [Jkriv] Yeah. So I started playing with Escort after I left Tortured Soul. That wasn't my project originally, but I joined and kind of became more involved in the production and writing of the band as the years went on. That band is kind of dormant right now. I'm not exactly sure what's going on with that. But I do have another live project that I'm focused on right now, which is called Joyful Noise. We've been doing these residencies at Public Records for the past three years. It's a night that incorporates live music and DJs into a club dancing night. And we've recorded all of these nights. And I'm in the process right now. Actually, I was in the studio yesterday mixing down a live record for this band, which we're going to release in May next year.   [Colleen] That's so fantastic. That's really great. I was just playing at Public Records . Such a great space. Great sound system. Great sounding room. It's fantastic. I love what they're doing over there. But you also have, I think you also do a summer residency in New York, which I think is worth mentioning. It's called Hot Honey or something.   [Jkriv] Hot Honey Sundays .   [Colleen] Hot Honey Sundays, yeah.   [Jkriv] Yes. So that was an event that kind of grew out of post-lockdown New York. You know, when New York opened up again, we started this party. We had access to this big space on the Greenpoint waterfront. We would set up a sound system every Sunday. And it just built because it was like a free event open to the community. Everybody would come, old people, young people, kids, dogs, everything, you know. And it was a really exciting time. But that party has also kind of transitioned into something else. I'm not quite as involved anymore with that.   [Colleen] Well, you also have a record shop as well. So I think you're keeping yourself pretty busy.   [Jkriv] Yes, definitely busy.   [Colleen] The most recent release I think that I have is a really great EP called Adaptation . It's a really beautiful record. And I wanted to ask you about how you feel your sound is evolving, because you had quite a big scare, a health scare recently. If you want to tell us a little bit about it...   [Jkriv] Sure. So last year at this time, actually, I was in treatment for lymphoma. I was diagnosed at the end of September last year with stage 2 lymphoma. And I had to undergo chemotherapy. For... basically the last 3-4 months of the year into the beginning of last year. Fortunately, now I'm done with treatment and I'm all clear. And my doctor believes I'm cured. They can't officially say that until you've had a few years of clean scans. But I'm completely well and back to full health. But yeah, an experience like that where you're really forced to slow down. And take a look at different aspects of your life. It gives you a moment to reflect, uum for sure. And I think it was... At that time, I was in the process of finishing the EP that came out before Adaptation. It's called Intuition . Which is a kind of heavier, clubbier record than Adaptation is. I really wanted to get it done, you know. I didn't want to let what was going on with me just completely put everything in my life on hold. Fortunately, I was able to work a bit when I was in treatment. I wasn't able to DJ and travel, of course. But I was able to do work in my little studio where I'm sitting right now. I just wanted to try to not let this be a thing that just completely disconnected everything that I was doing. And I was able to finish that EP. But Adaptation is maybe a bit more reflective. A bit more melancholic, I guess, than Intuition is. And I think that's music that I had started a long time ago. And it just felt like now is the moment to finish it. And, it's amazing how sometimes things can sit unfinished. And you just don't have the thing that you need to complete it. And then one day you wake up and you're like, Ah, I know what it is. I know what needs to be done here. And that's kind of what happened with that EP. And with, in some ways, a lot of other things in my life as a result of going through the experience that I did.   [Colleen] Well, I met you, I think, when you were in treatment because I was playing at Razor and Tape. And you look fantastic, by the way. But one thing that was really interesting is that your output didn't seem to slow down. You are incredibly prolific and driven with everything that you do, all the work that you do. You've done sessions for other people as well, like Dimitri and Kathy Sledge and Horsemeat. You have a whole thing with Brazilian music. So many things we're not even going to get to into this interview. So I wanted to ask, what keeps you going? What drives you?   [Jkriv] You know, it's just I feel very fortunate to do what I do. And I just wake up every morning with energy for it. And some days, you know, one thing gets more attention than others. But I kind of just wake up and go. And it doesn't feel like work to me. I mean, sometimes it gets overwhelming and stressful, for sure, when you balance all these different things. But just in general, I just kind of feel very driven and motivated and excited about what I'm doing. So whether it's focusing on the shop, and even buying records for our small little curated section of new music, or production stuff, or label specific stuff, A&R or, you know, any of the different things that I do. I also am the kind of person that I'm not like just one thing, you know, stylistically or in my tastes. I sometimes I want to listen to rock music of my childhood. Some days I want to listen to jazz. Some days I want to listen to funk. You know, it's like it just be anything. So having a lot of different things is good. I think they might call that ADHD. I'm not sure. But...   [Colleen] I think I think I'm the same. Exactly. I have a lot of friends with ADHD. I think you have it, Colleen. I think it's my superpower. I don't want to be diagnosed.   [Jkriv] I feel the same. I'm a highly functioning ADHD, you know, but it's good for me.   [Colleen] I get up before six. I'm like, yeah, I'm ready to go. You know, it's like, what can I do today? And people are like, gosh, do you play till this time in the morning and you could just get up like that? I'm like, I don't sleep that much. I just don't need them. I'm really into life, you know, so. Yeah, so I understand. Yeah, I understand. So what's coming up in the future in 2026 for you?   [Jkriv] Yeah. So I have a remix that just came out in December. I have a new one that's about to come out for Anorak, a French producer. I have an edit that's coming out on a make a dance comp at the end of January and this month. And then I have some original music. I have an EP that I completed with my friend Jason Lindner, who's a really great keyboard player. That's some kind of like heavier, clubbier stuff with a lot of like synth elements in it. That's going to come out on Razor and Tape. And then I have the Joyful Noise band live album that I was talking about. What eslse?... I also have a track with The Illustrious Blacks that's going to come out on Seamus Hodgey's label. And a bunch of other remixes that I need to finish, but I haven't yet.   [Colleen] Well, it sounds like you have a full calendar of releases already. And I'm sure Razor and Tape has Loads coming out as well. So this is great. And I'm so happy for you. And congratulations, you know, on conquering cancer... [Jkriv] Thank you...   [Colleen] I'm really, really happy for you. And, you know, I wish you all the best with your future projects. And we'll still be listening to you here on Balearic Breakfast this whole year. So thanks for the mix as well.   [Jkriv] My pleasure. Thanks so much for having me, Colleen.

Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy broadcast the 249th episode of Balearic Breakfast on her Mixcloud on December 02nd 2025. ABOUT THIS EPISODE After a busy weekend, Colleen notably played at La Discothèque this past Friday – sharing, on her socials: " The tunes were so fierce they had to be locked in a cage . Really enjoyed La Discotheque on Friday night - it was a proper party in that room. Thanks to the working crew and all who joined us on the dancefloor. I appreciate you! And I’m absolutely loving this tune by @revivalhouseproject featuring @kathybrowndiva @anelisalam @greggouldmusic @phebeedwards and the @geo_gospel_choir" – our Captain came back with one of the most beautiful episodes of this year... As you know, I always try to choose post titles wisely, making it easier for you to find episodes. And you also know I love the "Cosmic" shows Colleen did in the past ( this one is great too 😉). For this one, I brought back the listening session part of the post, since there's a lot to say... In short, our dear Captain did a cosmic trip like never before. The first part of today's episode is darker, uncertain; it searches for something, it reaches deep. The second hour, on the contrary, while still keeping a cosmic vibe, has a generous openness that slowly reveals itself to the listener... And there are a lot of Wow Moments too to be noted, so bear with me, we're going to be a little bit longer here than before... This morning’s Balearic Breakfast is now up on my Mixcloud and is a mix of spacy, cosmic vibes for teleportation and uplifting, soulful vibes for inspiration. The closing song is in commemoration of World AIDS Day (1st December) - the ICON Sylvester seemed a fitting choice. This is the poster from Sylvester & The Hot Band’s debut album released in 1973! The artist’s life and unbelievable talent was cut short by this nefarious illness in 1988 when the Reagan administration chose to neglect those with the disease. And now this administration is choosing to ignore it, too. But I won’t and am sending peace, love and light to all those who have been affected by AIDS. Thanks to all of those whose requests were played on today’s show and all those who joined in the live stream. I’ll be back on Mixcloud Live next Tuesday from 10am to 12pm GMT. Until then I hope you enjoy today’s show and the past shows archived on my Mixcloud. Thanks for listening! Listen back to the 249th episode of Balearic Breakfast: THE PLAYLIST ( 1978 ) Cécilia Angeles – Climax (Our First Day of Love/It's A Love Day) ( 2020 ) State Azure  – Love on a Real Train ( 1993 ) Reload   – Le Soleil et la Mer ( 2025 ) Mark Barrott (ft. Norma Winstone & Leo Taylor) – I am the Sun, You are the Moon ( 2025 ) Chaz Jankel  – Rhumba Jam (Mudd Remix) ( 2025 ) 40 Thieves   – Such a Good Trip ( 2025 ) Atlas   – Compassion ( 2025 ) Pete Blaker   – Don't Stop ( 2020 ) Mr President (ft. Hawa)  – Gabriel ( 2020 ) Peven Everett  – Feelin Who You Are (Shelter Vocal) ( 2025 ) Pepe Link   – Kalakuta (Kiko Navarro Remix) ( 2025 ) Stefano Ranieri  – Coming for Ya (Cee ElAssaad Remix) ( 2022 ) Revival House Project   – Earth Song (What About Us) ( 2025 ) Arp Frique & The Perpetual Singers  – Save Your Soul (Joe Claussell's Sacred Rhythm Praise Version) ( 1973 ) Sylvester & the Hot Band   – Southern Man THE LISTENING SESSION... The show is built in two distinct parts. However, they are linked together by spaciness and depth. Did you notice that lately, Colleen's shows have a slow-evolving pace? This one is no exception. It starts with four songs, cosmic trips, allowing the listener to dive slowly into an unknown darkness where the mind slowly disappears. Cecilia Angeles' Climax really acts as a slow evolving explosion and, to me, one of the best, if not the best show opener ever to be played since the show started back in 2019... It is followed by the three other songs that are Love on a real train , Le soleil et la mer , not forgetting the slightly more open I am the sun, You are the Moon ... These songs create one of the strongest starts I have ever heard and clearly show how to build anticipation and eagerness, while also allowing the listener to lose his soul... Of course, Colleen's mix is always light, it helps the travel actually to happen, pay attention also how the rhythm evolves here, it's constant but Moving ... Read that again... It's constant but Moving (both meanings are accepted 😉)... Another secret great DJs know how to use, right? Then, another thing happens, after her presentation, Colleen very rightfully chose Chaz Jankel's Rhumba Jam and this is where you should wake up immediately from your dream and ask yourself: What the heck is going on here? Did you notice how much this track keeps on taking you into the cosmic space while showing you renewed yet different visuals? It's huge. While you still feel the spaciness, while it's still the driving force, its position is different, yet it totally reflects itself into the previous tracks played by our dear Captain... Remember what I said? It's constant but it's Moving... Rhumba Jam could be your perfect Balearic track, the one you could play during a sunny set somewhere close to the sea while people are having lunch in a fancy restaurant. Yet its rhythm is cosmic, and listen to the depth of the track and its effects... Clearly, Colleen is still on a cosmic trip here, as everything on this track reminds us of the first songs played a few moments earlier... There's also something in this episode which makes it so open to the ear and so soothing to the mind, the tracks are longer. I immediately noticed that when taking a look at the playlist (I wasn't able to listen to the livestream in full because of work) and this point is confirmed with the next song, 40 Thieves' Such a Good Trip ... Indeed... Atlas' Compassion confirms, with its impeccable sonics, what I said in the beginning: Colleen is driving us to the unknown today, and she's at full speed and in total control... And, with Pete Blaker's Don't Stop closing the first hour of today's show, which made me think of Bomber's Supermax , I arrive at the point of this analysis where I can share with you the Wow Moments of this episode. There are a lot of them today! Of course we have Climax, Love on a real train, Don't stop , in the first hour of the show, but we also have, in the second part, songs like Feelin Who You Are , and of course, the absolute banger that Michael Jackson's Earth Song is (here beautifully covered by Revival House Project), not forgetting Joe Claussel's version of Save Your Soul nor the last song of today's episode, another impeccable cover, Sylvester's version of Neil Young's 1970 Southern Man ! I think I don't need to get into a deeper analysis of the second hour of the show, as you clearly felt how, by initiating a deep trip in the listener's mind in the first hour, Colleen was able to take him further down the line, playing songs that kept him in an unconscious state... Brilliant show Colleen... ANNOUNCEMENTS (from Colleen's presentation) The London Loft Party is hapenning this weekend. And yeah, reservations have gone very quickly. We still have a few left. And if you want to join the friendship train at loftparty.org , you can sign up for our mailing list. And the final reservations are going out tomorrow. And in 2026, we'll be hosting parties in March, June, September and December. (...) Speaking about DJ Naughty, I will be playing with him back to back at Wonderfruit for four hours (Ed. Note: Sun 14 Dec 23:00–03:00 ) . That's a festival in Thailand happening in a couple of weekends time. And really looking forward to that. I've known Naughty. He's a legend in Japan. He was on the Rainbow Tour with Larry Levan and Francois K. I've played back to back with him many, many, many times as well. So if you happen to be in Thailand, come to the Wonderfruit Festival. And I think Naughty and I are playing back to back on the Sunday. So looking forward to that.   ABOUT THE SONGS (from Colleen's presentation) Our first day of love/ it's a love day by Cecilia Angeles , a singer who was born in South Africa and educated in France. And I have to say her cadence, her speaking cadence reminded me a little bit of Laurie Anderson 's Sharkey's Day . The short original version of that song came out on Angeles's album 1978 Streaming , but it just came out on Isle of Jura back in May on the compilation Archipelago Cosmic Fusion Gems from France 1978 to 1988 , which features music from the Sona Mondial era in which musicians in both the Parisian suburbs and the French Caribbean were experimenting with synths, drum machines within their own home studios. And the comp was put together by French digger and DJ Arnaud Simetière, also known as Switchgroove. And merci beaucoup to David Puzzi for that request. This next one is a cover of a song that was featured in the movie Risky Business . But don't let that fool you. As it's one of the most cosmic gems recorded by krautrock, Cosmisch Musik Kingpin's Tangerine Dream . Love on a Real Train was released as a single in 1984 with the B-side Guido the Killer Pimp and was voted as one of the best songs of the 1980s by Pitchfork. So this is a real true classic. But the song really doesn't wear its age and it's been covered by many cosmonauts, including this one as requested by Danny Broderick. It's by British producer Patrick Unsworth , who's been crafting ambient experimental electronic music as State Azure . And he's been very prolific for the last 15 years. I've gone down a rabbit hole of his recordings and you should check out his work. In fact, he was rewarded the Shawville Ambient Album of 2024 for Alpha I , which I listened to this morning. And I can guarantee that State Azure's spacey sounds will be a great assistance during the next few hectic weeks of holidays. Here is State Azure with Love on a Real Train . We rewound to 1993 with the, oh gosh, I love this one, with another wonderfully talented person, Mark Pritchard . And it's a track from his first Reload album, A Collection Of Short Stories . We heard the song Le Soleil et la Mer , as requested by Nutritious Jim, and later Tom Middleton joined Pritchard on some of the Reload releases. And together they became Global Communications , also Jedi Knights , and Secret Ingredient . So many great house tracks in the 1990s from them. I also had them up on my Club 89 show around that time. And I now have a working DAT player. I got an early Christmas present from my husband, so I'm hoping, I think that one was recorded. I got to go through the loft with all the boxes of cassettes and DATs and dig that one out. And Pritchard is just a great producer across many different styles. And this year he released a new collaboration with Tom York on Warp Records. Well, I hope you're feeling a bit relaxed. I hope you enjoyed that Spacey set. You know, my name's not Cosmo for nothing. I am the Sun, You are the Moon by the wonderfully talented British producer and Ibiza resident, Mark Barrott . He began releasing music three decades ago as Future Loop Association . He's the man behind the International Feel label and many of its releases.  And he's been crafting some beautiful solo albums for the last decade, including last year's Everything Changes, Nothing Ends . And this is a new project of his with singer Norma Winstone , a legend in the British jazz scene, known for her wordless improvs, and her son, Leo Taylor , a founding member of the band The Invisible , and someone I've also had the pleasure of working with on The Electric Eden project . I think I've told you about that. Still haven't done a real release. We did remix Secure, having said that, but that's the project I'm doing with Joe Goddard, Al Doyle, Alexis Taylor, and Lou Hayter. So we're getting back into the studio before Christmas, still chipping away at that. But I just love that one from Mark Barrott, just absolutely beautiful. And I believe that's coming out soon. He sent it over to me. I don't have the details of the release date on that. This next one is coming out this week on Paul Mudd Murphy's Claremont 56 label, and it's a new song by Chaz Jankel . He's the virtuosic keyboard player who shaped much of Ian Dury's Blockheads band, the funky tracks like Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick and Reasons to Be Cheerful . Also some great solo records like Glad to Know You , and one of my favorites, Three Million Cents . Well, he's back with a new one called Rhumba Jam coming out on vinyl actually this week, and this is label boss Murph's remix. Another compilation cut 40 Thieves was Such a Good Trip . And that's from the comp 15 Years of Leng Records . And that came out a couple of weeks ago. Leng was founded by Simon Purnell and Paul Murphy . I'm wishing them a happy anniversary. And for this comp, they decided to look into the future with new tracks by artists on their label. And the collection features what you would expect from this comp, a distinctive fusion of mid tempo sleazy disco, ballerica and chugging house, interspersed with elements of electronic psychedelia, and synth powered space disco. Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, ticks many of my boxes. And I saw both Paul and Simon at Philly Brook where DJ Naughty was playing a couple of weekends ago. And I also want to send a shout to Simon Pernell as his venue Philly Brook in East London is a great example of an independent music venue and restaurant that serves its community. And I've heard a lot of great DJs there like DJ Naughty was there a couple of weeks ago. The Egypt Boys are regulars. I've also been there for Memorial for Friends. And there's a real warmth and heart to the venue. So I highly recommend it. Compassion by Atlas , and that's from a new compilation called Paraíso, the true spirit of Ibiza as selected by DJ Alfredo . And that recently came out on Rebirth, and grazie to the labels Shield, who gave me the vinyl tresor a few weekends ago. And as a listener to the show, I'm sure you're well aware that DJ Alfredo was the father of the balearic beat and was one of the most significant architects of the multi stylist sounds of the balearic islands. And he drew people to the island through his legendary sets at Amnesia (Ed. Note: We paid tribute to DJ Alfredo in the 169th episode of the show ) . And that compilation features some of the songs he championed over the years, including tracks by Mr. Fingers, 808 State, Willie Colon, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, and even some from Alfredo himself, one that's actually unreleased until this compilation. Don't Stop by Balearic Breakfast fave Pete Blaker , as requested by Vinyl Hearts Club.  And the Dutch producer has done so many great stretched out balleric reworks of older tunes. He recently started remixing new tunes. I played his Eric Dubb countless times at many gigs this year. And he also has a forthcoming album on the horizon, and I'll play something from that next week. And don't forget, he did an exclusive Balearic Breakfast mix and interview back in May if you want to check that out . My daughter Ari turned me on to this next one. And she featured it on her latest Ari's Pirate Material radio show on The BoatPod . You can find her show on Mixcloud . Just follow the BoatPod. And it's a cover of a house tune that I played relentlessly when it came out in 1996. The song Gabriel by producer Roy Davis Jr. and the multi instrumentalist and singer Pevan Everett . Well, this version does hold a candle to the original. I mean, the original is so fantastic. It's really difficult to do a cover of a great song, because they didn't try to just copy it. But they gave it a new lease on life with a slick kind of sultry funky groove. Mr. President is the very talented French producer and musician Bruno Hovart , who goes under many other aliases, including patchworks. And as Mr. President, he's released four albums on Favorite Recordings. And this one is from 2020's One Night, featuring Hawa, Mr. President with Gabriel. Peven Everett , Feelin' Who You Are , the Shelter vocal . And I just had to stick that on last minute because I had just mentioned Peven Everett because of the Mr. President cover of Gabriel . And there it was sitting in front of a pile of records on my floor as I'm getting ready and prepping for this weekend's London Loft Party this Sunday. I should also mention Peven Everett has been suffering from lung cancer, and we wish him a full recovery (Ed. Note: You can still support Peven in his battle by donating a few bucks here ) .  The Kiko Navarro remix of Kalakuta by Pepe Link , who is Jose Lopez Ojeda . And he released Kalakuta 20 years ago, and Navarro has just given it a new lease on life with some great percussion and beats. And that's coming out next week on Navarro's label, Afro Terranio . The Cee ElAssaad Remix of Comin' For Ya by Italian DJ producer Stefano Ranieri .  In fact, this is his debut. And there's also a CoFlo remix. And it's all out on LSAAD's label.  So head on over to NSold on Bandcamp to pick that one up. This next one sounded great this past weekend at La Discoteque. And it's by The Revival House Project . Features Kathy Brown, Angelica LaMola, Phoebe Edwards, Greg Gould, and the Geo Gospel Choir. Here they are with a song requested by Thanos Kotronis, Earth Song , What About Us? I want to leave you on a more reflective note. Yesterday was World AIDS Day. And tragically, but not really that surprisingly, the Trump administration is no longer commemorating World AIDS Day. Kind of reminds me of the Reagan administration in the 1980s when I moved to New York and the AIDS pandemic was in full swing. It was very, very, very scary. But the Reagan administration kind of neglected it, belittled it and kind of ignored it until it was too late. Well, I want to recognize all those who have been affected by this nefarious illness. So I thought who better than one of the greatest singers and performers who sadly passed from AIDS in late 1988, Sylvester . And I just love Sylvester. He was just an amazing singer, performer that could do so many different styles. I mean, he was also signed to Fantasy, one of the best jazz labels in the world. You know, he could do kind of Euro disco, soulful disco and soul jazz. And also this one, which is from his debut album, actually, it's Sylvester and the Hot Bands debut album. And it's really incredible because Sylvester is all sequined up in high heels with hot red gloves. And this came out in 1973. So he was so, so ahead of his time. But not just with shock value, he truly had the talent to back it all up a true icon. So I'm going to leave you with one more tune. I'll be back with you next Tuesday, live from the record room on my MixCloud Live from 10 to 12 if you're if you can join me. But until then, I want to leave you with this and in recognition of World AIDS Day. This is Sylvester and the Hot Band with Southern Man .

Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy broadcast the 253rd episode of Balearic Breakfast on her Mixcloud on January 06 th, 2026. ABOUT THIS EPISODE Amidst a few streaming problems, and to start this new year on the right foot (or maybe the left, who knows?), Colleen broadcast Balearic Breakfast's 253rd episode almost in the middle of nowhere, saying, "Even on my end - it's not a strong wifi signal - I'm out in the middle of nowhere in Northern Lanzarote" . Keeping her interactions with the Balearic Breakfast to a minimum to allow for a stronger signal and a better streaming quality, Colleen still took part to the chat with the fam, directly participating in a new successful streaming party of our beloved show! This episode is one of the most important and interesting we've ever had, due to the historical and musical aspects The Secret DJ (follow him on Facebook / Instagram ) shares in the interview he did with Colleen. It's an absolute must-listen. There's a transcription of the interview below as well. Lastly, and of course, both mixes were absolutely great, and won our hearts for obvious reasons shared here (follow Pooky & The Bonsai Hifi Sound System on Instagram). Enjoy! This morning’s Balearic Breakfast is now up on my Mixcloud and features two guest mixes. First up is an interview with and a mix from The Secret DJ . He has written three books the reveal both hilarious stories and also dire accounts of mental and physical health issues delivered from the perspective of a touring DJ. He’s a natural raconteur with a quick wit and I’m sure you will love our interview about aspects of Ibiza’s history and his life as a foreign resident on the White Isle. You should check out his Facebook for his personal story with the late and lovely DJ Alfredo, as well. The Secret DJ is also an intrepid journalist who has uncovered some of the more unsavoury aspects of our beloved dance music world - namely emotional, physical and sexual abuse of women. For that, I truly applaud him. Thank you Secret DJ. He’s also a great DJ and I think you’ll love his exclusive Balearic Breakfast mix. Up next is my dear friend Pooky who hosts the Bonsai Hi Fi Sound System parties up in Liverpool. I had the pleasure of joining him a few years ago and he was also one of our DJs in our Love Dancin’ tent at the inaugural We Out Here. He’s also a top human. Thanks to both of these guys for filling in whilst I take a break. NB: My intro and links were recorded in a very echo-y room so apologies for that. I’m on holiday and decided not to spend too much time being my usual Virgo self and perfecting everything. After all, my 2026 resolution is all about ‘letting go and moving on’. Enjoy the show and I’ll be back next week with a Balearic Breakfast show featuring two more special guest mixes from J Kriv of Razor n Tape and a Balearic Breakfast Family mix from Gina Lapsley. Thanks for listening. Listen back to the 253rd episode of Balearic Breakfast: THE PLAYLIST The Secret DJ Tracklist: ( 1987 ) Man Parrish – Water Sports ( 2018 ) Mildlife  – Im Blau ( 2019 ) Caroline Polachek  – Hey Big Eyes ( NOL ) Sum Such  – Don't Go ( 2017 ) Kid Francescoli and Julia Minkin  – Moon (and it went like...) ( 2024 ) Glass Beams  – Mahal ( 1991 ) Kwanzaa Posse  – Wicked Funk ( 2018 ) Charlotte Gainsbourg  – Bombs Away ( 2024 ) Bedford Falls Players  – Beautiful Chaos ( 1990 ) Blow Monkeys  – La Passionara ( 1990 ) The Fall  – Bill is Dead ( 2021 ) Floating Points and Pharoah Sanders  – Movement 7 ( 2025 ) Young Gun Silver Fox  – Curious ( 2025 ) Doobie Brothers  – Learn to Let Go ( 2025 ) Everyone Says Hi  – On the Same Side Pooky of Bonsai Hi Fi Tracklist: ( 2023 ) A Vision of Panorama & Sykes  – Let Me (Poolboy Mix) ( 2024 ) Steve Cobby & Third Attempt   – Language of the Heart ( 2014 ) Payfone   – Subconscious Lamentation ( NOL ) Andy Ash  – Castles in the Sky ( 2017 ) Session Victim  – Over & Over ( 2014 ) Onyricon   – Sweet Dream (Balearic Militant Dub) ( 2019 ) Space Echo  – Distratto ( NOL ) Heatwave  – Star of the Story (Smoove's Multitrack Mix) ( NOL ) Rudy Norman  – Back to the Streets (Pookash Exclusive Mix) ( 2017 ) Caserta  – Ricky (Jeep Mix) ( NOL ) D'Angelo   – D'Angela (Jim Sharp Mix) ( 1979 ) Randy Crawford   – Endlessly THE SECRET DJ'S INTERVIEW WITH COLLEEN Good morning, Balearicans. I'm Colleen Cosmo Murphy, hosting your weekly Balearic Breakfast until 12 noon GMT on my MixCloud Live. And greetings to the family over there joining me right now. Thank you as always for your support. Happy New Year, everyone. I hope you had a great holiday. I'm still taking a little bit of a break, and I am away. But in my place, I have two special guest mixes for you. And I also have an interview with the secret DJ, who resides in Ibiza. And he tells us a little bit about the history of Ibiza, and why it's been invaded by so many different groups of people. And he's also provided a special guest mix. And up after him, we have my friend Pookie, a Balearic Breakfast family member who also hosts a regular party called Bonsai Hi-Fi, up in Liverpool. But first, it's over to the secret DJ. Ed. Note: The Secret DJ Issued two books, which you can purchase here and there . He also gave a great interview to Test Pressing a few years ago. There's also a Mixcloud stream he did back then . [Colleen] Here in the studio with me is the secret DJ.   [TSDJ] Hey, buddy, how you doing?   [Colleen] I'm good. How are you doing?   [TSDJ] Good, thanks. It was great to see you in Ibiza recently. At least, you know, it was great that you actually came. A lot of the Balearians actually never even been to Ibiza. So it was fantastic to host you there, and show you some of the sights. We had a good time, right?!   [Colleen] This is the reason why I wanted to interview you for the show, because you know so much about the history of Ibiza.   [TSDJ] Actually, I've lived in Ibiza for 40 years.   [Colleen] Yes, exactly, exactly. So you've been there for, like, decades now. And, you know, I love what you're writing on Facebook when you're talking about your own experiences, and how you started to kind of get immersed into the culture, and the kind of faux pas that you would say, like, asking people for Ibiza, what do you do for a living?   [TSDJ] Oh, yeah, very, yeah.   [Colleen] So you've really kind of tried to understand the culture. You speak Spanish to the best of your ability, no matter what DJ Alfredo used to say about you. And...  [TSDJ] Well, ironically, I sound like a reverse Manuel from Fawlty Towers, you know! I learned it from a book. I talk myself, so I do. I've never got a Spanish person to laugh with me, but they will laugh at me! I mean, for instance, if you say that, like, we say, in Spanish, you say that you have 47 years. You don't say you're 47 years old, you say, I have 47 years. And I once introduced my dad, who at the time was 80. And I said, I thought I said, this is my 80-year-old dad. But what I actually said was, because papa and papa, potato and father, are almost exactly the same. And año and ano is anus and years. So I said, this is my potato, he's got 80 anuses. And I said, this is my potato, he's got 80 years! And I said, this is my potato, he's got 40 years. And I said, this is my potato, he's got 40 years! Oh, so I used to live near the McDonald's roundabout, and I'd say to the taxi driver, rotundo, which actually means chubby. Rotunda is roundabout, and rotundo means chubby. So I'd get into the taxi and go, rotunda like chubby, and they'd be like "Dude, I know I've got a sit-down job, but you know, give me a break man"!   Laughs [Colleen] Well, what I loved, one thing you wrote about Ibiza, that I wanted to kind of start with, is that Ibiza is a place where people have always gone to escape. And it's really, it's a refuge, and it's not even, not only like Spain, but it's also not even like the other Balearic islands…   [TSDJ] Dude, I woke up from a coma in Mallorca, and first of all, they've got completely different accent, you know. And and also their, their version of catalan is medellín, is not like ibizan, it's a different language. And they think that we're like satan, he was like "there's a dj in there he's from ibiza!" you know. And, they they kind of come, they would file in to have a look at you, you know like, you're like a monkey in a in a cage, you know because they think that the mayorkans are is where the government is, and that's who we pay our taxes to. And, and that's the center of the balearic government, so they hate Ibiza, and Ibiza hates Mallorca, so it's, and it's... It's hilarious really, so don't even get started with the main! Laughs [Colleen] You know, I didn't realize there was that sense of isolation, but also a sense of always being invaded, if you could talk maybe, before the british invasion!   [TSDJ] It's still being invaded, it's a constant, it's a constant invader, constant slow invasion, but it's been the most invaded piece of real estate possibly in, in the world because it's right in the middle of, you know, classicism. It's right in the middle of the the greeks, and the phoenicians, and the romans, and, and, and right in the middle, because obviously they would use, uh you know the peninsula and Gibraltar, which would then, they would go around to the Atlantic. So you know there was all that other western bit of um... of the ancient empires, obviously the moors, and the barbary pirates, and you know... And right in the middle is this tiny little island that produces salt, and you can't do shit without salt, because salt preserves food before... before refrigeration was even a crazy sci-fi concept, so you couldn't travel, you couldn't trade, you couldn't go to war if you didn't have salt. And that's why the romans invented the word salary, it's because legionnaires used to get paid in salt because it was worth more than gold at one point you know. So salt was everything, salt was the, the engine that drove empire. So to have a salt they also had salt flats in sicily and sardinia as well, and uh... It was, you know, the perfect place. So it's almost like a gas station, you know, the gas station of history. So ibiza would, because it was so tiny, there was never enough ibyshenkos to fight anyone, so they just get steam, and that's one of the reasons why they're so tiny, they were very small people because all the big people got killed. And also like the national dress, it makes every, makes young pretty girls look like old ladies from a distance from the telescope, because there was, they would look on a telescope and say 'oh look a lady", and then they would just go and take that lady unless she dressed like an old hag! So the sort of traditional costume of loads of petticoats, and sort of scars on your head was like an old lady cosplay. And all the houses are painted white if they're facing inland, but they painted brown if the walls face the sea, as a form of camouflage. So the the era of the barbary pirates was particularly bad, you know, so that it's been invaded forever you know, since since the dawn of time because it had this precious resource. And of course, the spanish would invade. Then eventually it was King Philip who took, uh... put ibiza back into the stone age, because Ibiza became quite wealthy until until the, um... the, it's always the christians man, the christians just turn up and just kick the shit out of everything! So King Philip said, Mmh... Nice pile of salt you've got there Ibiza, I'm gonna have that, you know, but I... here look, and to this day there's a big mountain of salt which is a a sock, it's given to the islanders to say, do you know, what we're gonna take your entire economy and your history, and your future, but here's some salt! That pile of salt you can see, there's always a big pile, like a pyramid of salt you can literally just drive and fill your car up with salt. That's King Philip's gift to the people of Ibiza, we're going to take everything that you've got your riches, your your culture, your your, you know, your children's future, but you can have some salt!   Laughs [Colleen] Thank you thank you King Philip! Now is Ibiza founded by the Phoenicians, though do they name…   [TSDJ] Well, I mean, they were one of the first civilizations, the purple people. Phoenicians had that that purple dye that ended up in the, you know, in the cloaks of kings. It was a very rare uh, in form of indigo wasn't it? And the purple people were, you know, a seagoing empire from north africa really, from Carthage, they became the Carthaginians eventually. The Carthaginians and the Romans kicked the shit out of each other for a hundred years, you know, maybe more. The punic wars are the wars between the root, the Romans, and the Carthaginians. Funny enough there's not many books in english about this stuff, there's not many books of history about Ibiza, and about north africa that are in english because it's of little interest to english-speaking countries. But, um..., once you learn Spanish and start to read some of the many books in spanish about it, then it's... Then it's fascinating because it's a very rich part of the world. I mean, before they had compasses, I mean, The Vikings had a primitive form of navigation, using a sort of slightly translucent stone. But um... Most maps of the mediterranean used to be on the side, so um... Say for instance Gibraltar would be the northernmost point and when you look at, when you tilt the map of the mediterranean, until it's like a long a long um... uh if you like vertical line uh... It makes a lot more sense, you just kind of see it more, as more as a... As a world then, because it's, if you like, a very all the edges of the mediterranean, where all the great um... empires and cultures lived. Because obviously trade and sea travel and, you know uh..., you know, fertile land, and and jewels, and salt, and all these things were essential to survive, and obviously fresh water was essential. And uh..., if you like, everything that we know is, is around the lip of the mediterranean as it were, and then bang in the middle of the Balearics and Sardinia, and, and Sicily, who all, who all, who were equally invaded you might say, but because they were larger land areas, they had, you know, they had perhaps enough population to fight back a little bit. But ibiza was just so tiny it would just get completely razed. Oh you would just take a couple of ships full of nutcases to take a bit, you know, and they would leave with everything as they still do to this day in in different ways. I didn't... I didn't go there professionally until the mid 90s. And then I started to play at Space, and uh... I was... And then I became um... a resident for, for home, which was Darren Hughes's uh spinoff from Cream, and we started to do sundays every sunday at space. And that was when I started to do, you know, whole seasons, as it were, and then I... Actually to my, to my great shame, I didn't really get into Ibiza for a very long time, because I would arrive there, get absolutely hammered, everything was just like neon and vomit because it was either playa de bosa or san Antonio, and I used to think it was like you know like blackpool or margaret. It was just kind of gross, and touristy. And then, once, I missed... I completely, legitimately missed the flight. It was cheap to hire a car and get a hotel. So i ended up driving around ibiza for the first time with my buddy, and I was like... Am i a dickhead or what?! I had no idea this place was beautiful! I didn't have a clue! Because, you know, you'd arrive in the middle of the night, or in the morning, get on a coach, or, or if you're going to playa de bossa you wouldn't even see everybody, you'd go like, you know, it's a hop and a skip from the airport to bossa and just kind of, just do the dj gigs and then leave, and i'd be like how can it be hot at night?! What is wrong with this place?! You know why is it hot at night? Who can sleep? And i couldn't wait to get home! I used to find it like a bit oppressive, and sort of cheesy, and touristy. And then i just accidentally, sort of, drove around. I was like... Whoaa! Am I an idiot or what?! This place is amazing! And that's when I fell for it when i kind of realized what a fool i'd been! And also what a trick it is, because it's 90% uninhabited and 99% awesome. It's just these tiny little twat paddocks where we keep all the dickheads where we just keep them in san antonio, where and that's what the locals do. It's very clever, they just bust them out! It's like you're going to a safari park, you know, careful kid, wind up windows, these monkeys bite, you know, you... You can go, drive around, go drive around san antonio like it's with safari park, and go look at the tigers, and monkeys, and bears... you know, but the rest of it's completely empty! And, and that was... That was a great, that, that's the great beef illusion. That's the trick, that the locals call is, that they they put us into these little, little um... machines for extracting money!   [Colleen] But how about now that you've been there for a while, are you still regarded as an outsider, or do you think you have a little bit more…   [TSDJ] When i was in london there'd always be somebody in london, I mean... I remember once being told by somebody um... In london, who was about 17 years old, that I'll never be a londoner. And I was like, I've just realized I've actually spent more time in london than you being you know being like nearly 60, you know! And... But it doesn't matter because to them if you, you know, you know..., it's like the, the way the racism we're seeing at the moment. There's always somebody who's more local than you are. The thing is not... Is not to wear a false crown, so you know, it's like, I don't consider myself in a v chenco. I don't call myself an islander because that's basically wearing a t-shirt that says I'm a knobhead, you know. But it's, it's like, you know. But you've just got it, you've just got to be realistic about it. It's like you know. I'm a foreigner, I live there I've got an irish passport I'm a tax paying uh citizen, but I'm not a spanish citizen. I'm a... I'm what's called a full resident and it's a complex, it's a complex system. But I am those things. I don't have a quick... I think it's a bit of a lie to start saying yeah I'm from Ibiza or I'm gonna be, you see people who've got, you know, their, their social media handles is dave Ibiza...   [Colleen] Well it's kind of hard for me to say because I have a show that says baleric breakfast!   [TSDJ] Yeah but you're... You get it. You... You understand that balearicaring means anything goes...   [Colleen] That's i'm using it as a anything goes, and it was also named during the pandemic when we all wanted to be outside of our homes, and it just seemed very enticing as well...   [TSDJ] You get it, it's not difficult, you know you get it, it's not a difficult thing to get. You'd be amazed how few people get it, you know? Yeah? because there's nothing more scary to a straight white man than not giving him any rules... I need? Oh my god, I need rules... Give me rules!   [Colleen] Well, speaking of no rules, let's talk about the mix you've done for us, because I didn't give you any rules, and it's really great to have a mix from you, thank you so much for doing it. Tell us a little bit about it...   [TSDJ] I've been doing my mixcloud for so long, and, and I sometimes call things a balearic this and a balearic that, mocking me because the only reason it's called balearic it's because I did it in Ibiza. It's got absolutely nothing, nothing to do with what the british think balearic is. And, and so that's the first time I've done, an I can't remember, I mean, I think I did an hour once in 1997, so I was very confused by only having an hour, and I did my best, and I'm still scratching my arse after 45 minutes because, you know, for me for me, uh... You know, djing is a bit like the new thing rock and jazz, you know. A jazz solo is, you know, you're still finding your feet when the rock guy's uh, you know, sweating and needs to lie down! So you know, with a rock solo you just burn you know straight away, and like a jazz... A jazz solo it's like you're exploring, you know, you're still sort of wandering around, looking at the supermarket shelves, you know, what, you know, while the rock, while the rock guy's already at home eating the tin beans, you know! So it's it's one of those things where I had to get to the point really quickly in an hour, and I found it very confusing. I did my best; I put a few classics in there like um... Like the passionara. it's just funny enough um... That was made, that was basically just a flamenco guitarist they paid to come in with a sample, um you know, with the classic um batchy sample. But this is really um Marius de Vries who's now a huge hollywood soundtrack guy, you know, he did like la la land and he does like all these movies, and he comes to viva all the time, so it's a weird sort of, um uh... synchronicity going on there, and we often talk about what's balearic and what isn't. He's greatly amused that the passionara is a balearic classic because he just... They did, they did it for a laugh in about an hour you know. I had no idea that this... that this was gonna happen and so yeah, so I sent it to you and I called it a cod balearic mix because um... I don't really understand or participate in the British Balearic thing, because it's like something that the british do, and no other country does it. If you go to an italian in the beach and say hey do you want to go to a balearic night he's like what? Let's go to a balearic night, and he's like we're in Ibiza? I'm like no no no no you don't understand, it's like you know it's it's it's dj balearic Keith from Barnsley! And they just look at you like you're out, you're deranged! So it's like... So yeah, I don't really participate in that thing, but because I've been working from, and with and in ibiza for so long, I differentiate by balearic with, I spell proper balearic with a capital B and British balearic with a small b that's the way that I…   [Colleen] Uh okay, I'll remember that distinction...   [TSDJ] Or, sometimesn I do balearic with a small b in inverted commas you know, and it's and it's a sort of almost like... A sort of um... It's like a cosplay of balearic, is the british play thing. You know, like those guys who dress up as as roundheads and cavaliers at the weekend, and, and like fight each other with foam each other with shields and swords, yeah, or laughers you know... People who put spock ears on and go at each other with foam swords there's a some of these balearic guys with a small b a bit kind of like cosplaying djs you know. They sort of, they've got nice jobs, and they've got like a lovely record collection in the garage, you know it's sort of, you know, they're cosplaying the 90s. They had a great time in the 90s, and it's sort of um... They're imposing all these rules about you know what balearic is and what it isn't. And you know, exchanging chris records and stuff, and it's kind of... Meanwhile in Ibiza not barsley you know! It's funny enough, I mean... I have what you might describe as alfredo's last mix, which is because when I looked after him when he was poorly in his last few years, last three years of his life, I was tech support, you know, get the phone calls, do sort his phone out, sort his laptop out, and he always, he's always thought he was gonna have this big comeback, which was really cool, you know, and sweet and and um... There's this mix and... And sort of when I look at it, and uh and it's basically any musicologist would call it afro beat, you know. It's very very north african, is the balearic sound, the real balearic sound, capital b. Uh... Not just culturally and historically, but I mean ibiza, ibeza, is the best, is that is a north african god, you know. That is its connection to north africa, I mean every every word in spanish with l on the front is pure arabian, you know. This is a very very north african culture, and in its roots and a lot of that original blare the original balearic djs all have this sort of afro beat kind of um... Strain running through everything that they do...   [Colleen] And it's the italians too in the 1970s, I think they even used what was the word they used I think they did call it afro right?   [TSDJ] Yeah. And it's very sort of world music kind of vibe. There's a lot of um... It's quite recognizably sort of a bit hippie, let's you know, let's, let's, let's not beat about the bush Alfredo was very much uh a totem for some of the hippie culture there, the hippies love Alfredo and and he's definitely saw himself in that milieu, you know. But it's pure afro, this, this, this kind of final mix, if you like, and it's got nothing at all to do with the British idea of what balearic is, nothing. It's quite dance, I mean, what you know. You'd go to alfredo dj when he was fit and well, and he'd be playing music to dance to, to, you know, and that dancing music was very afro in, in, in feel and, and in stance, and and historically it's just a big big strain the strata that runs through the whole thing, it's where it's north africa's a huge influence on everything to do with the food, you know, the moroccan kind of flavors, little sort of stone pots, it's lamb, olives, and it's very sort of north african. So it's a huge part of it, another thing that the british scene completely doesn't get no clue, you know, and this, this this, part of it's very overlooked, and I'd hate to say it's a little bit racist as well, you know, it's like, it's something that's dismissed in favor of the, you know, the great british white version of events you know...   [Colleen] Well they've been fascinating to talk to and I just want to direct people. You wrote three chapters which are up on your facebook... [TSDJ] Well I wrote with Alfredo... [Colleen] Yeah is that coming out?   [TSDJ] Yeah... I'm, I'm just... I'm not sure what to do about it. It doesn't feel right making money out of it, so I'm trying to think of a way of what to do about that. So i've got a book about the last three years I was alfredo's carer for want of a better word, and um... And he's been my friend since I, since I first came to ibiza, uh... you know, and a mentor if you like, you know I very much looked up to him and he very much looked down on me, (laughs) he thought I was, he thought I was equal parts annoying and hilarious, depending on what was going on, but um... Yeah, we we were buddies, and um... And then, when I found that, you know, as you tend to, you do tend to get cast aside when you get older, I ended up looking after him, yeah... So I wrote this book that was about, basically, a lifetime of friendship, really. I was going to call it Walking with Alfredo but of course that's a bit like walking with dinosaurs! (laughs)  I knew that the british would mock that so I turned it to Dancing with Alfredo, and it's from the first moment I saw him at amnesia in the 80s to to pretty much when he died so... And those three years are a big part of it was sort of going to the old folk. So it's very slow, it's... I mean if my first book was like fair and loathing this is much more like um... you know, mortimer and whitehouse go fishing. It's like, it's it's two, two, two old grumpy old geezers kind of being grumpy old geezers, you know, like uh waldorf and stadler...   [Colleen] I loved it, I read the three chapters, I guess. They're in you know, the three parts you put on facebook trying to talk a little bit try to squeeze some of the history in there as well...   [TSDJ] Not trying not to make it too me me me, but you know, I couldn't help but be there, but you know, it's you know, it's a kind of, you know, a potted, a potted history built around the friendship...   [Colleen] Around the friendship, yeah exactly... Ed. Note: Colleen paid tribute to DJ Alfredo during Balearic Breakfast, you can access the page of this poignant episode here . [TSDJ] Positive as well you know...   [Colleen] Yeah. I did and it's it's really, really beautiful. And I had I had the opportunity just to meet him one time, and I was very, very thankful. But it was great reading what you, you know the just, just to get to know him a bit more through your writing, and... uh.... before we go and we just go back to your mix, I also want to just send a personal thank you for all that you do in our community, um... Kind of risking your own sometimes reputation and your own mental health uh... for exposing some of the really nasty things that have been happening in dance music, from you know far-right extremism, to sexual assault on women, and to many other things, and I don't want to get into naming names, but I just want to thank you because what you do is...   [TSDJ] I name I name the name so you don't have to!   [Colleen] Exactly you name the name so I don't have to, thank you secret dj...   [TSDJ] Yeah, I mean I've been getting... I get credible death threats and I have to have security sweeps and things like that, but then again you know I do write for Private Eye and we've had, you know, we do things like deal with the saudis who do chop up journalists and put them in bins, so you know, dj dickhead from rotherham is not a huge problem...   [Colleen] Well I still thank you!   [TSDJ] You know, and a lot of these guys and they get quite tough with me, and they send me all these threats and stuff, and I'm like guys, you know, I literally, literally the other day, had to talk to mi5 about, about a Private Eye story. You're not that tough you know...   [Colleen] I just wanted to thank you, I just wanted to thank you, because, you know, this stuff does need to come out. Yeah, you're very rare in that regard. Most people, well actually, I know a lot of people that really applaud what you do, and I want you to know that. So thank you so much, and thank you for this wonderful mix and for your take on... You know uh... Ibiza... thank you so much...   [TSDJ] No, thank you. Thanks also for doing your thing man. You, you're a... You're a bright voice in a very dark place sometimes... I love it! THE LISTENING EXPERIENCE Both mixes greatly present how to build a set, I dare to say it, cleverly. Often, I listen to mixes that keep the same BPM throughout their entire lenght. It's not I don't like these, they can work out well occasionally, but, you know, it's like audio compression, too much of it and it gets tiring. So, and as I've learned with Colleen, and of course also thanks to David, and from my own feelings as a chkd watching rock concerts, I mean, it's great when you have a journey-like musical experience when listening to a mix. And here, both the Secret DJ and Pooky really perfectly showcase what a powerhorse a mix can be when it allows the listener to breathe, to enter an unknown world, to travel through it and get out of it, slowly, having surprises all along the way... One of the thing that stroke me is that both of the mixes we heard in this episode had that growing start, allowing you to enter the mix, then a solid middle musical part , a surprising Breaking point and then an outro, shorter or longer depending on the dj doing their thing. Without being too long, and just to explain my point, the breaking point in The Secret DJ's set happens when he plays the incredible track Movement 7 by Floating Points and Pharoah Sanders . Pooky, on the other side, did also propose a Splendid Break by Cleverly, and Beautifuly slowing down the rhythm of the track he played, namely Jim Sharp 's Mix of D'Angelo 's D'Angela , allowing him to land perfectly on Randy Crawford' s Endlessly ! That's a perfect move! By playing with Rhythm, both of our friends instilled a Soul to their set, creating a whole world of emotions... Really, if you want to bring your dancers on their knees, there's no other way round than to follow this way of building and conducting a set! Congratulations guys!!

This post presents a list of all the interviews Colleen has given to date. It is updated regularly. 2026 06/01 – Angel Mel Revive The Dance Floor w/ Colleen Cosmo Murphy ( Mixcloud ) 2025 26/12 – Heléna Star in conversation with Colleen Cosmo Murphy ( Mixcloud ) 24/11 – Offlicence Magazine - Issue 16 - The Jazz Issue ( Offlicencemagazine.com ) 14/11   – Colleen's interview with 2020vision_recordings  – ( 2020vision youtube ) 04/11 – Adventures in Hi-Fi – Disco Pogo 8/2025 ( Discopogo.co ) 01/11 – Paper Air Waves - Nov '25 (Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy Takeover) – ( Soundcloud ) 22/10 – Classic Album Sundays and The Art of Listening (Part 2) ( Timecapsule ) 15/10 – Classic Album Sundays and The Ritual of Listening (Part 1) ( Timecapsule ) 26/09 – Colleen in conversation with Megan Redshaw ( Pïkes IBiza Blog - English Vers. ) 25/09 – Magazine Sixty Interview with Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy ( Magazine Sixty ) 21/09 – Colleen Cosmo Murphy interviewed by Ryan Chimney – ( Dream Chimney ) 05/09   – Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy interview – “I’ve never fist-pumped” – ( Juno Daily ) 22/08   – The Kula Collective interview – ( Kula Collective Events ) 15/08 – Shaping The Sound: Women In Radio with Maria Hanlon   – ( Worldwidefm.net ) 13/08   – Colleen in conversation w/Jukka Hätinen – Flow Festival – ( Radio Helsinki ) 12/08 – First Light: Rohan Rakhit – ( Worldwidefm.net ) 03/08   – Musical Community...Test Pressing Meets Colleen Murphy – ( testpressing.org ) 01/08   – The Vinyl Collector w/ Jude Alexander – (1BTN) 23/07   – Ross Allen's Meltdown feat. Charlie Forrest & Colleen Cosmo Murphy   – ( Soho Radio ) 21/07   – Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy on Acid, High Fidelity and Remixing Crazy P – ( Knights Of The Turntable ) 19/06   – Meena Sears w/ Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy – ( Rinse FM ) 06/06 –   Colleen in conversation w/ Fabienne Hebrard – ( Last Night a DJ Saved My Life ) 21/02   –   Colleen in conversation w/ Maria Hanlon  – ( The Voices Breakfast Show ) 21/01   –   Colleen in conversation w/ Brian Lowery   – ( Know What You See ) More to come very soon...

Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy broadcast the 252nd episode of Balearic Breakfast on her Mixcloud on December 30 th, 2025. ABOUT THIS EPISODE This past Saturday, Colleen published the last request post of 2025, saying, " Good morning! This Tuesday I’m streaming the last Balearic Breakfast of the year on my Mixcloud Live from 10am to 12 noon GMT and to mark the occasion will be hosting another Request Show. For our last show before the new era let’s set our intention for 2026 to music. Please request songs that will help manifest dreams or celebrate a new horizon. See you Tuesday!" . Of course, the Balearic Breakfast Family got together and posted songs with a positive message for the coming year, hoping 2026 will be a good one for everyone! Today's episode had a few twists and turns, but there is one thing you could feel all along these 3 musical hours: Colleen's delicacy. It made me think about how much she "owns" the songs when she plays them. Have you ever paid attention to the way Colleen experiences music and how she shares it? It is so much different from what other DJs do. She rarely throws her hands in the air, yet the way she plays the songs, the way she feels them, and the way she behaves onstage allow the dancer to connect with her. And you can feel that while watching her, but you can also feel that in the way she mixes the songs; it's a clean and precise mix, and she always allows the songs to breathe, especially in the beginning (for a beautiful example of this quick analysis, see Colleen live here at Boiler Room ) . And I also thought about how much Balearic Breakfast has been a lifeline in 2025 for so many of us, and how much being part of this loving and caring community means to us! On the chat, the vibe was as strong as ever, with our Family members sharing memories whenever Colleen played a song. When "Staying Alive" popped in, our friend Robertoegg wrote: "I visit a construction site on a week and the site manager has staying alive in his ringtone... Consequently, I haven't stopped humming/whistling it in the last 9 months - so thanks for giving me my fix during the holidays lol!" Also, when "Touch me in the morning" played, our friend Builderguy shared "Chills from last year's WOH on this one" , and Colleen answered, "I remember that moment @builderguuy and the record skipped because the engineer accidentally hit the turntable when he was setting up for Greg Wilson. True vinyl moment!" Of course, we also shared our love for the show and our community, with Rick Van Veen saying, "Thank you for the music, your shows and the community. 2025 wasn't easy but you helped me get through. Have a great New Year, and remember..." And I want to thank my friends for supporting the blog too! More to come in 2026... 😍 Colleen concluded by saying, "Happy new year to all of you. Thanks for being on the Balearic journey with me in 2025. We have shared so many great memories together and I know next year will bring many more. Lots of love to all of you. x" So, here is to us, here is to our Captain for 2026: Huray!! After a week-long break, today is a music day as I hosted the last Balearic Breakfast of the year (now up on my Mixcloud) whilst pulling records for tomorrow night’s New Year’s Eve party at Mare Street Market with Voices Radio. This morning’s radio show is an all-request show featuring songs that set an intention and mindset for 2026 – three hours worth of optimism and beauty – just what we all need. 2025 has been a rough year for many and of course, each year has its challenges, but this year has been incredibly intense on a global level. But as always, there’s a lot to be thankful for - often closer to home: family, friendships, walks in nature, laughter and course, dancing and music. I’m not going to do a recap of photos of 2025 as frankly I don’t want to spend more time on social media that I absolutely have to, but I do have a lot to be thankful for. 2025 highlights include Cosmodelica remixes for Saint Etienne, Crazy P, Street People, Santino Surfers and THE CURE! I’m also thrilled with our London Loft party’s new home and our incredible team – trustworthy and positive individuals who want to uphold David Mancuso’s wishes and legacy – thank you! The Cosmodelica take-over in our Love Dancin’ tent was also a highlight (the full set is up on my Mixcloud) and also my residency at Pike’s in Ibiza. Much fun was had. And @classicalbumsundays has continued hosting a series of great events with artists like Wally Badarou, Incognito, 808 State and Level 42 (podcasts are up on the CAS website). And of course, it has been a joy to share Tuesday mornings with the Balearic Breakfast family. Thank you for sharing music, being a friend and for your continued support. You make me so happy. Next year’s resolution? Leaving behind emotional baggage and to open myself up to a new world of possibility and writing my musical memoir. Oh – and stretching out my hamstrings, too. Wishing you a peaceful 2026 filled with great music. Thanks for listening. Listen back to the 252nd episode of Balearic Breakfast: THE PLAYLIST ( 1970 ) Donovan – New Year's Resovolution ( 1965 ) John Coltrane   – A Love Supreme: Acknowledgement ( 2024 ) Reggae Disco Rockers ft Tina   – What the World Needs Now ( 2017 ) Lord Echo ft Mara TK   – Whoa! There's No Limit ( 2026 ) Chronixx   – Survivor ( 1980 ) Adrian Gurvitz   – New World ( 1992 ) The Beloved   – Sweet Harmony (Come Together and Consolidate Mix) ( 2019 ) BeeGees   – Stayin' Alive (The Reflex Revision) ( 1978 ) Pointer Sisters   – Happiness ( 2015 ) Cerrone   – Hooked on You (Reflex Revision) ( 2024 ) Bryony Jarman-Pinto   – Moving Forward (Cosmodelica Remix) ( 2025 ) Mocky   – Music Will Explain ( 1982 ) Exodus   – Together Forever ( 1982 ) Donald Fagen   – New Frontier ( 1990 ) Chuck Jackson   – All Over the World ( 1980 ) Earth Wind & Fire   – And Love Goes On ( 2014 ) Hokis Pokis   – Find What You're Looking For ( 1970 ) Curtis Mayfield   – Move On Up ( 1993 ) Gerideau   – Take a Stand for Love (Blaze Mix) ( 1980 ) Two Tons O' Fun   – Make Someone Feel Happy Today ( 1999 ) Critical Point Ft Vikter Duplaix   – Messages ( 2025 ) Auntie Flo   – Joy Mantra ( 2025 ) Soul II Soul   – A Dream's A Dream (Ron Trent Remix) ( 1979 ) Marlena Shaw   – Touch Me in the Morning ( 2025 ) The All Seeing Eye & Crooked Man   – The Return of the Crooked Cat ( 1983 ) Jah Wobble/The Edge/Holger Czukay   – Hold On To Your Dreams ( 2024 ) Bill Withers   – Lovely Day (Studio Rio Mix) ANNOUNCEMENTS (from Colleen's presentation) Francois Kevorkian and I will be playing again back to back in the new year, on the 13th of February at Le Ban in New York City, and the following night on Valentine's Day he and I are playing back to back in Toronto at standard time. So hopefully you can make that if you're in New York or Toronto. And if you're in London and are looking for some late New Year's Eve plans well I'm playing over at Mare Street Market with Voices Radio such a great radio platform. I'm playing with Maria Hamlin and Helena Starr, and it's going to be a lot of fun. Our friend Ian Mackey's coming down on his driving from Glasgow with the Danley loudspeaker, so we have great sound. So looking forward to that as well. And I'm looking forward to another year of Balearic Breakfast in 2026. I will be away for most of January, touring and holidaying , so next week the show will have some mixes. We have some mixes and interviews coming up next week, we have the secret DJ up an exclusive mix from him as well as his thoughts on Ibiza. He's been living in Ibiza now for a few decades, he was really good friends with Alfredo as well, so he talks quite a bit about him in the interview. And we also have Balearic Breakfast guest mix from Gina Lapsley which is great, and then the following week we have Jay Cribb up on the show. We also have another taste up on the show in advance of their new album which is coming out in February and other Balearic Breakfast family mixes. I think Steve Clark hopefully is doing one, we have Angel Mel Selector, and also Pookie from Bonsai Hi-Fi. So I'm not going to leave you high and dry, I would never do that Balearicans. I mean once in a while I have to take a week off, but I won't be taking any weeks off in January. I'll be streaming remotely, and I'll have one live show, I think around the 20th of January, and that night I'm also hosting a Classic Album Sunday session with Greg Wilson over at Hidden Grooves Hi-Fi in London . I think there's a few seats left if you want to grab a free ticket over on Resident Advisor. No plans yet for NYE? We’ve got you covered. We’re handing the keys to the first floor over to our friends at @voices_radio  for their famous New Year’s Eve takeover at Mare Street Market King’s Cross. @colleencosmomurphy  takes the lead on a specially installed Danley system engineered by Iain Mackie - the kind of setup that feels like a warm hug on the friendliest dancefloor in the city. Joining her upstairs are @helenastardj   @mariahanlon  and Cara Crosby, with a full crew of Voices residents running things alongside them. A proper NYE send-off, top to bottom. Expect balloons, midnight surprises, legendary DJs, delicious cocktails and snacks courtesy of MSM and a room full of people ready to bring in the new year properly. All ticket holders get 20% off food with a COMPLIMENTARY glass of fizz on us to kick off the night. Just show your ticket to redeem. 🥂 Let’s bring in 2026 the right way. ABOUT THE SONGS (from Colleen's presentation) New Year's Resovolution by Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan , and that's from his 1970 album Open Road, his eighth album and his first time recording with a band rather than solo. And in fact, his plan was to tour the world on his yacht. Now, that's a great resolution, and the band met up on the Mediterranean Isle of Crete to prepare the ship, rehearse material and document their time there for the film "There Is An Ocean" , and I guess this intention is somewhat crystallised on this song, the last song on the album. And I just love the lyrics "do what you've never done before/ see what you've never seen/ feel what you've never felt before/ go where you've never been" . And that's a great intention for 2026, and thank you to cool cool cool beans for that request. Now, sometimes when I need a reset I just sit down and listen to an entire album from beginning to end, and in fact there are even days when I start the day with an album. And when I was touring in Japan this past spring, I was inspired by an elderly Japanese woman who runs a jazz Kisa, or a listening bar, and when she wakes up she listens to John Coltrane every morning. So during my tour, I started each day with the entire four-part suite of John Coltrane's A Love Supreme , and I have to say it certainly cast an empathetic and kind of lofty light over the rest of my day. It really just opened me up to a world of wonder, whisking me away from the incessant rumination or over planning that I'm often subject to by myself. So it's a real meditative experience, and this past year I also had Ganavya's version of a love supreme, her album daughter of a temple on repeat, and it's been all over the world with me. I listened to it all the time on my headphones when I was traveling. Now, John Coltrane's life was not only a musical quest but also a spiritual one, and he once said "I believe that men are here to grow themselves into the best good that they can be". A love supreme is the only composition that he formally prepared, most likely channeled, and I wrote a piece about it on the classic album Sunday's website if you want to go in a bit a bit deeper. Now, Rob Calcutt requested the first movement of the four-part suite saying "I could write a million rambling esoteric phrases about why, but this is a four-fold suite and sacred transmission tailored for those with the ears to listen". Now, we don't have time to play the entire album, but both Rob and I recommend you do sometime in the near future, it's a spiritual masterpiece. Japan's reggae disco rockers with What the world needs now which came out last year, and the song is a classic. It came out I think 1965, goodness so 60 years ago, and that was written and composed by Hal David and Burt Bacharach . And the two most famous versions are the recording by Jackie De Shannon and later Dionne Warwick who became something of a muse to the songwriting duo. I mean she could really interpret their music beautifully. Now, a fun fact: Hal David wrote in his autobiography that this song featured the most difficult lyrics he ever wrote. It took him two years to come up with the lyric "Lord we don't need another mountain" , so there's an inspiring example of perseverance! Ed. Note: Davstod shared with us on Colleen's Instagram the following fun fact: "There is also a very poignant and thought-provoking 1971 remix (yes you read that right) by Tom Clay which mixes What The World Needs Now with Abraham, Martin and John news footage from the time, as well as a moving interview with a young girl..." Whoa! There's no limit by the enigmatic New Zealand producer Lord Echo , or Mike Augus t , who also wears the hats Mike fabulous in DJ craps, and on vocals is Mara TK which is Mara Te Kahika, and he's the son of Billy TK, who is considered the Maori Jimi Hendrix . Whoa! There's no limit is from Lord Echo's third album Harmonies and that was requested by DJ Chris 45 and Professor Funk Dog of Sunday Sessions, as they are looking for some optimism in 2026. Survivor by Chronixx , the Jamaican artist who's been singing and songwriting since the age of five, and he started his recording career when he was 11. When he was 14 he started producing, so that's certainly some inspiration for you. He's now a billboard chart topping reggae artist and also a member of The Salt Collective and Survivors on Chronix's latest LP Exile , and thank you to Fiona Callum for that request. English singer-guitarist Adrian Gurvitz has had an eclectic musical career. He's the son of Cliff Richard's manager. He was a songwriter for the Eddie money hit The Love In Your Eyes , a member of The Buddy Miles Band after Jimi Hendrix's passing. He also formed a band with Ginger Baker and he penned a song for the England squad for the World Cup in 1982. So that's just the tip of the iceberg. He's had a fascinating life, very varied things going on, and David Puzzi requested a song of his, and the title kind of says it all, really. It's certainly what I feel we need, from his 1980 LP Il Assassino it's Adrian Gurvitz with New World . Ed. Note: Ginger Baker was a friend of the late Zoot Money , and he notably played in the well-known Graham Bond Organization . It's really interesting to delve into the 60s and 70s UK blues/rock scene if you have the time! The beloved Sweet harmony the Come Together And Consolidate Mix and that's the band's 1992 single, and that's from the John Marsh helm the beloved, and the remix is by the socio-political American trio Consolidated. And that was a request from Danny Broderick who wrote 'morning all really a song of intent for the world sweet harmony the beloved we can get through this together' . Mad race trip suggested this last week on the Mixcloud live chat is a bit of a joke, initially. But then, ultimately decided he was gonna go with it. But he requested this, The Reflex revision of the Bee Gee's Stay Alive , so hopefully it doesn't come off as cheesy. And I'll be honest with you, I absolutely love the original version. In fact, I love the entire Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, and for some of us it may be tongue-in-cheek, staying alive is an intention, but for many on the planet the pure act of staying alive is a real goal, whether it's due to illness, famine, war, and we must keep these people in our thoughts. Love that one that I want to share a little story too. You know sometimes I do like to play songs that are quite commercial, and I I do it in an uninhibited way, you know, I break a lot of new music as well as play some things we all love, and my friend David Mancuso did the same thing at the loft. And one time when he was hosting a London loft party, you know he'll play some songs that people know, including a song by sister sledge. And there was some smarmy guy on the deep house page, or the underground house network, whatever, it was this kind of chat group, you know about 20 something years ago, that said "oh I wonder what Dave is gonna play next at the loft party in London you know sister sledge we are family". David didn't say anything because he's out, he was actually on the page, he read it and then the next party he dropped we're family by sister sledge, and I just loved him for it. So yes, Bee Gees staying alive the reflex revision and I have absolutely no qualms about playing it. Our friend David Stoddard always comes up with some soulful goodies and this next one is one of his requests. It was written by Alan Toussaint and was frequently played by Larry Levan at the Paradise Garage. In fact he helped popularize the song, it's from their 1970 LP, 78 LP I should say, LP energy, the Pointer Sisters with the song Happiness . And David wishes everyone a safe healthy happy and loving 2026 to bring in the new year and he'd like to build on last year's theme of love and happiness. He also just wrote on the chat that he's been reading about the Chinese animal years and apparently 2025 is the year or was the year of the snake where one sheds those aspects of life which no longer serve us well whether it's habits or relationships, and 2026 is the year of the horse which signifies dabbling ahead and making bold progress. Ed. Note: The song was famously covered by the great Sylvester and notably during his live concert at the Opera House in 1979, which was recently reissued! Cerrone , Hooked on you (ed. Note: featuring the great Jocelyn Brown on vocals) , the 1981 single by French disco Don Cerrone, and given the revision treatment by another French disco Donna reflex and it was requested by Rob Eggleshaw who wrote that "this is the year that I'm going to focus more on me and my wife now that the kids are getting a little older. I remember that a few years ago actually the same thing that we did a couple years ago. Rob says I requested this a while back but it's a moment from when we were traveling free before we settled down, and it captures that lazy carefree vibe we all look for. May you all find more peace and acceptance in 2026. Forget the bad news don't even listen to it rejoice in your friendships your family and the things you can control in front of you ". Very good words of advice there from our friend Rob Eggleshaw. Shedding our skin and Moving Forward . Kevin Fleming requested this song, my Cosmodelica remix of British soul folk singer, songwriter, musician, Bryony Jarman Pinto . And yes, the lyrics are all about moving forward. And that's exactly what I intend on doing in 2026, dropping the baggage and moving on, which is really a lot harder to do than to say. And I hope that you're able to do that as well. I have to say meditation really helps. I practice nearly every morning and it helps to not identify with your own thoughts. So highly recommended for 2026 to help you move forward. Ahead of that, Sarone hooked on you, the 1981 single by French disco Don Sarone and given the revision treatment by another French disco Don, The Reflex. And it was requested by Rob Eggleshaw, who wrote that " this is the year that I'm going to focus more on. Sorry, I'm gonna focus more on me and my wife, now that the kids are getting a little older" . I remember that a few years ago, actually, the same thing that we did a couple of years ago. Rob says, "I requested this a while back, but it's a moment from when we were traveling free before we settled down. And it captures that lazy carefree vibe we all look for. May you all find more peace and acceptance in 2026. Forget the bad news. Don't even listen to it. Rejoice in your friendships, your family, and the things you can control in front of you" . Very good words of advice there from our friend Rob Eggleshaw. A suggestion from our friend Virginia in Athens Greece for a Los Angeles artist Mocky , who is a performer, producer, songwriter, composer, and multi-instrumentalist. He's released 10 solo albums, two movie scores, and various singles and a series of digital mox tapes. He's worked with Feist Jamie, Liddell Chili Gonzalez and many othersn and he also released an album in 2025. Here is Mocky with the title track from his most recent album, Music Will Explain . The 1981 single Together Forever from Exodus , another Loft and Paradise Garage classic, and I'd like to dedicate that to our London loft family. And that song was requested by Steve Clark who wrote "it's been a tough one we've lost people along the way 2026 I'd like to hear music we can all dance together too so I'd like to hear together forever and imagine us all dancing with joy in our hearts" . And I also want to congratulate Steve as he is a stroke survivor who swam 105 kilometers in November and raised 1700 pounds for the stroke association via his swim for stroke, and he also encouraged two other stroke survivors to get into the pool to support their recovery. So he is a real beacon of light and someone that we can be inspired by for 2026. Steely Dan 's Donald Fagen with New Frontier from his 1982 album Night Fly , and that was requested by Paul Fisher, and I have such visceral memories of riding in the back seat of the car with my parents in the front, and this song blasting out over the airwaves, and I remember turning our daughter on to it for the first time too, I think we listened to it about five times in a row, and danced around the kitchen, and yes we are ready for a new frontier. A request from Keith Yearsley, who calls it 'a true lifter for 2026' . It's the late American soul singer Chuck Jackson who launched his career in the 1950s. He moved to the Motown label in the late 1960s and then other labels. He also did the duet If I Let Myself Go with his friend Dionne Warwick . And for the Bowie fans, the song I Keep Forgetting on Bowie's album Tonight is a cover of Chuck Jackson. Here is an original from the man himself Chuck Jackson with All Over The World on Balearic Breakfast. And love goes on , the 1981 single from Earth Wind and Fire , from the album Faces . And they are such a spiritually forward-facing group, I mean you can pick up any of their albums and listen to it for some emotional and spiritual therapy. And thank you to Sioux Forest for that request, and also the Earth Wind and Fire Experience are touring the UK and the USA in 2026. Find what you're looking for by Hokis Pokis the 1970s soul band from Nassau County New York, and they only released singles from the mid-1970s through to the mid-1980s. It was all compiled on an album, I think about 10-15 years ago , and that was a request from our friend Bert Francois in Brooklyn. Move on up by Curtis Mayfield from his 1970 solo album Curtis and that was requested by Chris Lee. Curtis Mayfield was known as the gentle genius, and he was able to make hard-hitting socio-political commentary through beautiful soul songs, and he also encouraged his fellow Black Americans to lift themselves up and to take pride in themselves and the Black community. A true genius. And we all need to move on up in 2026. Bert François discovered this one on my 90s house mix show Club 89, and it's a true house classic with a remix by Blaze. It's by Newark New Jersey soul singer Gerideau , and it's his second single released in 1993 the Blaze mix of Take A Stand for Love on Balearic Breakfast. Make someone feel happy today  by Two Tons of Fun , which was Martha Walsh  and  Isora Armstrong . They were both backing singers for Sylvester and later formed the Weather Girls with the classic It's Raining Men . And making somebody feel happy is a great piece of advice for 2026. And thanks to Matt Jacobs for requesting. He wrote, the song has an incredible punchy punch right from the start, a banger that has a joyful message wrapped in gospel force aiming for more joy in 2026. Critical Point featuring Philly soul singer and songwriter Vikter Duplaix with the Masters at Work remix of Messages . That came out in 1999 and was a request from Terry Fincham. Also sending that one out to Barry Bairnitz who requested another Masters at Work Victor Duple track, In the Real World. Another great track that came out in 2025 by Brian D'Souza , who is Auntie Flo . And he released his seventh album this year, Birds of Paradise . And this is the instrumental Joy Mantra as requested by Rick Van Veen in the Netherlands. A cut from Soul II Soul 's second 1990 album, but recently given a remix by Chicago house pioneer Ron Trent , and the single has been nominated for a Grammy award, and I'm wishing both Ron and Jazzy the best of luck. I'm so excited for them, and thank you to Jason Canonici for that request. Marlena Shaw with Touch Me In The Morning , and this 1979 remix is by Boston, Massachusetts native John Luongo and thank you to Artur in Paris for that request. Ed. Note: Touch Me in the Morning was initially recorded by Diana Ross. The website Songfacts shares: "In this song, Diana Ross gives her lover the boot the morning after a night of lovemaking. It's not because she just wants to love him and leave him, it's because she has a real emotional connection to this guy but knows they can't go on. Instead of dragging it out, she asks him to leave so the memory will stay intact. The song was written by lyricist Ron Miller and songwriter/producer Michael Masser specifically for Ross, who left The Supremes three years earlier and was establishing herself as a solo artist. Miller explained his thinking: "I had already dreamed up this title, 'Touch Me in the Morning,' but I didn't have the vaguest idea what it meant ... So I analyzed Diane as a person. I said, 'Well, this girl is out on her own now. She's an adult and a movie star. She's also a contemporary woman and ... much more liberal about expressing her sexual values. Whereas once upon a time, only a man could say something like that, now a liberated woman like Diane could. However, though she's ostensibly a sophisticated woman, she's still crying inside to be touched in the morning.' It was just a very cold, calculated and wonderful job of crafting." Still, if you listen closely to Marlena Shaw's version, although the main message is the same, the whole vibe is different. The original version is softer; it's a plea, it has a lot of variations, it searches for tenderness, although you feel the message is straight. And the lyrics clearly show that as well. As Songfacts states, "The song's lyricist, Ron Miller, was impressed with Michael Masser's pop composition but worried a pure pop record would alienate Ross' fans, especially since her label boss at Motown Records, Berry Gordy, was demanding a hit in case her performance in Lady Sings The Blues went sour. For some added soul, Miller borrowed from one of Ross' earlier hits. "I didn't want Diana to lose her base so we ripped off a riff from Ashford and Simpson," Miller explained in J. Randy Taraborrelli's book Diana. "One part is straight out of 'Ain't No Mountain High Enough.' And then we had her talking in parts, all of which we did to keep the identity she established with 'Mountain' and to add some soul to the record."" On the contrary, Marlena Shaw's version is more direct; it has more power, it emphasises the secret pain and depicts a strong woman accepting her fate. And this shows in the rhythm of the song, which is quicker. Okay, well this song playing there just in the background is something I played at Pikes and it reminds me I have a lot to be thankful for in 2025. My residency at Pikes spending a lot of time in Ibiza this summer, having a lot of fun with the Pikes team of course my We out here set at the Cosmodelica takeover in our love dancing tent is very memorable. The London loft parties have just gone from strength to strength, and are really at their best yet especially since David left us so long ago. And I have to say our new home, and also our team it's there's just makes it so much better, and so elevated. It's the most trustworthy, loving and positive team I've ever worked with on the loft in London. All the remixes I did this year including Saint Etienne, The Street People, Santino Surfers and of course The Cure, The Balearic Breakfast 4 compilation of course and the Balearic Breakfast parties, and I want to thank all of you for spending time with me on a Tuesday morning, thanks for joining me. This is a request from Dan Edwards or DJ Jefe, who says 'this song shoots from the hip and manifests all that I love about music a trippy groovy bouncy journey happy new year'. It's The All Seeing I on Crooked Man with The return of the Crooked Cat . Oh I love this song so much it's been a long time favorite of mine. Jah Wobble , The Edge, Holger Czukay, Hold On To Your Dreams , also has Jackie Liebesit the late can drummer and lyrics by Arthur Russell, and also produced by my friend Francois K. And it was the 1983 single from them and it was requested by Susan Chan who says "Wishing you all a joyful meaningful and healthy new year thank you Colleen Cosmo Murphy and Adam for another wonderful Balearic Breakfast year may we all find peace despite everything that's going on in the world". And yes, a great kind of intention for 2026 is to hold on to your dreams, to manifest them, and as I mentioned, that was produced by Francois K. I thought I'd leave you with one last request which will take us to the top of the hour, and it's by Bill Withers it's a great Studio Rio mix of his song Lovely Day which was requested by John Perry who says 'brings me happiness after a very testing 2025' and I think we all feel the same way bring on 2026 and a lovely year. Thanks for listening!

This page summarises the Balearic Breakfast shows aired in 2025 on Mixcloud. Balearic Breakfast - 207 (07/01/2025)   | Peaceful Grooves & Wishes... ( 1959 ) Bill Evans – Peace Piece ( 2009 ) Jonathan Jeremiah  – Happiness (Morgan Geist’s Port Authority Remix) ( 1985 ) Sheila Chandra  – The Awakening ( 2024 ) God Colony ft Roy  – Loss is Not Infinite ( 1978 ) Sonya Spence  – Peace and Unity ( 1980 ) Dennis Brown  – Sitting and Watching ( 1991 ) Ryuichi Sakamoto & David Sylvian  – Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II) ( 1984 ) Everything But the Girl  – Each and Every One ( 1973 ) Marlena Shaw  – The Feeling’s Good ( 1981 ) Marti Caine  – The Way You Love Me ( 1980 ) Rockie Robbins  – You and Me ( 1993 ) Paris  – Assata’s Song (Remix) ( 1983 ) June Millington  – Don’t Be Careless with Your Love ( 1976 ) Ananda Shankar  – Cyrus ( 2007 ) Uyama Hiroto  – Windspeaks ( 1980 ) MFSB  – Mysteries of the World ( 1992 ) Cajmere ft Dajae  – Brighter Days (Masters at Work Remix / Kai Alcé Edit) ( 2022 ) The Style Council  – Promised Land (Juan Atkins Remix) ( 1973 ) First Choice  – Love and Happiness ( 2022 ) Deniece Williams  – Free (Dave Lee Rework) ( 1981 ) Mike Post ft Larry Carlton  – Theme from Hill Street Blues Balearic Breakfast - 208 (14/01/2025)   | Abandoned ship under a blinding sun... ( 1977 ) Joe Henderson – Black Narcissus ( 2024 ) Common Saints  – Rebel Paradise ( 1975 ) Fox  – Yuli Yuli ( 1978 ) Nina Simone  – Baltimore ( 2025 ) Robin Frederick  – Night Blooming Thing ( 2024 ) Max Essa & David Harks  – Lobster Boys (Hifi Sean Mix) ( 1986 ) Yasuko Agawa  – L.A. Nights ( 2025 ) Masatoshi Kanno  – Day by Day ( 2025 ) United Freedom Collective  – Higher Drums ( 2025 ) ASHRR  – Please Don’t Stop the Rain (Ron Trent Remix) ( NOL ) Eagles  – One of These Nights (Ashley Beedle Remix) ( 2025 ) Ghost Assembly  – I Keep on Making the Same Mistake ( 2025 ) Tonarunur  – Lifting Off ( 2017 ) Auntie Flo (ft. Anbuley)  – Dance Ritual I (Leonid Lipelis Dream Dance Remix) ( 2001 ) Dennis Ferrer  – Funu (Hi-Life Mix) ( 2024 ) Nickodemus (ft Pat Kalla)  – Mama Tchipp (Follow Me) (Tigerbalm Remix) ( 1979 ) Black Ivory  – Mainline ( 1981 ) The Clark Sisters  – You Brought the Sunshine ( 1985 ) Curtis Mayfield  – We Got to Have Peace Balearic Breakfast - 209 (21/01/2025)   | Meeting Phil Mison & Family Gatherings (Christina DeSouza) Balearic Breakfast - 210 (28/01/2025)   | Meeting Tigerbalm & Family Gatherings (Dave Stod) Balearic Breakfast - 211 (04/02/2025)   | The Last Exodus... ( 1986 ) Marianne Faithfull – The Hawk (El Gavilan) ( 2005 ) Richard Hawley  – The Ocean ( 1997 ) Bob Marley  – Exodus (Bill Laswell Ambient Translation) ( 1995 ) Marianne Faithfull  – Love in the Afternoon ( NOL ) Cymande  – Coltrane (Crooked Man Remix) ( 1984 ) Wally Badarou  – Mambo ( 1983 ) Marianne Faithfull  – The Blue Millionaire ( 1983 ) Al Jarreau  – I Keep Callin’ ( 1976 ) Flowers  – For Real ( 1984 ) World Premiere  – Share the Night ( 2021 ) 122 North  – Drive ( 1980 ) Marianne Faithfull  – Broken English (Special 12” Single) ( 2025 ) Pellegrino & Zodyaco  – Mario ( 1992 ) Mission Control  – Outta Limits ( 2025 ) Electric Wire Hustle  – If These Are the Last Days (Eliphino Remix) ( 1992 ) Liquid Variety  – The Edge (New Dimensions) ( 1986 ) Enzo Avitabile  – Black Out ( 2024 ) Surya Botofasina (ft Radha Botofasina)  – Your Soul Is Perfect (Supreme Uniter) Balearic Breakfast - 212 (11/02/2025)   | Meeting S/A/M & Greg Wilson Balearic Breakfast - 213 (18/02/2025)   | The Loft Anniversary Special Balearic Breakfast - 214 (25/02/2025)   | Beyond... Balearic Breakfast - 215 (04/03/2025)   | I've Got A Woman In Me... (4h) Balearic Breakfast - 216 (11/03/2025)   | A Beatlesesque Magical Mystery World of Swirling Psychedelic Patterns... Balearic Breakfast - 217 (18/03/2025)   | Silence among Stars... (Meeting Kenneth Bager / Hop Burns & Black tribute mix) Kenneth Bager MIx ( 1986 )  Ambiance II Fusion   –   Colours in Spaces ( 2004 ) Hiroshi Yoshimura   –   Hayama Sound Logo ( 1987 )  Minimal Kidds   –   Moon Gone ( 2009 )  Scott Matthews   –   Is This Love ( NOL )  Kenneth Bager & Findlay Brown feat Anna Domino   –   Don’t Look Back (Random House Factor Sunset Mix) ( NOL )  Niron Higor   –   São Só Palavras feat Bruno Berle & Alici (Kenneth Bager Extended Edit) ( 1988 )  Via Nova   –   Dreams For You ( NOL )  Dj Pippi & Willie Graff   –   Harmonized (LTJ Experience Remix) ( NOL )  The Swan and The Lake   –   Penari Sepatu Jen Ferguson and Glenn Williams' Mix ( 2021 ) Pete Blaker   –   Kylie N Jason (Beach Filter) ( 2015 ) Idjut Boys   –   Dub Shine ( Link ) Haircut 100   –   Evil Smokestacking Baby (Edit by Mr K) ( 2024 ) U-Bend   –   50Peter20 ( 2017 ) Beach Boys   –   The Trader (Psychemagik Edit) ( 2015 ) Bryan Ferry   –   Midnight Train (Idjut Boys House Remix) ( 1988 ) Kriss   –   Hey Mister Mister ( 1985 ) Moses   –   We Just ( 2025 ) Luca dell'Orso   –   Dear Rosie (feat Jolisa) ( 2022 ) Crosby Stills, Nash & Young   –   Carry On (Flying Mojito Bros Refrito) ( 2024 ) Marshall Watson & Cole Odin   –   Voyager (Extended Guitar Mix) ( 2003 ) Lemon Jelly   –   Rolled Balearic Breakfast - 218 (25/03/2025)   | Pulsating and ethereal vibrations... (Meeting Saucy Lady / Darren Morgan's mix) Balearic Breakfast - 219 (08/04/2025)   | And, Suddenly, it was Spring Again... Balearic Breakfast - 220 (22/04/2025)   | Cooler Than A Breeze... Balearic Breakfast - 221 (29/04/2025)   | Breacklubbing Away... Balearic Breakfast - 222 (06/05/2025)   | Positive uncertainties... Balearic Breakfast - 223 (13/05/2025)   | And Nothing is Forever Balearic Breakfast - 224 (20/05/2025)   | Gliding Sensations... Balearic Breakfast - 225 (27/05/2025)   | Meeting Marcia Carr & Family Gatherings (DJ Macaroon) Balearic Breakfast - 226 (03/06/2025)   | The Musical healing Machine... (Meeting Pete Blaker / Carly Foxx's Mix) Balearic Breakfast - 227 (10/06/2025)   | Coming Together Balearic Breakfast - 228 (17/06/2025)   | Meeting Phil Passerra Balearic Breakfast - 229 (24/06/2025)   | Love Is A Rainbow... (4h) Balearic Breakfast - 230 (01/07/2025) | Letting Go... Balearic Breakfast - 231 (08/07/2025)   | Balearic Twists and Turns... Balearic Breakfast - 232 (15/07/2025)   | Vibrations of a Rising Sun... Balearic Breakfast - 233 (22/07/2025)   | Totara Trees Under a Lonely summmer sun... Balearic Breakfast - 234 (29/07/2025)   | Meeting Ken Fan & Family Gatherings (Kay McMahon) Balearic Breakfast - 235 (05/08/2025) | Meeting Abigail Ward & Family Gatherings (Barry 'Bearknits' Zehr) Balearic Breakfast - 236 (12/08/2025)   | Meeting Mixmaster Morris Balearic Breakfast - 237 (19/08/2025)   | Family Gatherings (Sean_E) Balearic Breakfast - 238 (09/09/2025)   | Music as Medicine... (Robot_84 / Nicolas Matar) Balearic Breakfast - 239 (16/09/2025)   | The Rythm Of Our Hearts (5th Birthday Special) Balearic Breakfast - 239bis (23/09/2025)   | The Rythm Of Our Hearts (5th Birthday Special) Same playlist as the previous show. The episode has been rerecorded in its entirety due to technical issues Balearic Breakfast - 240 (30/09/2025)   | Balearic grooves... Balearic Breakfast - 241 (07/10/2025)   | In the Hallway of Dreams... Balearic Breakfast - 242 (14/10/2025)   | Pass The Information... (Black History Month 5-hour celebration) Balearic Breakfast - 243 (21/10/2025)   | Meeting DJ Supermarkt Balearic Breakfast - 244 (28/10/2025)   | Balearic Openings... (w/ Bexxinthecity) Balearic Breakfast - 245 (04/11/2025)   | And Things Will Be Sweeter... Balearic Breakfast - 246 (11/11/2025)   | That Worrying Autumnal Wind... Balearic Breakfast - 247 (18/11/2025)   | Everlasting Sacred Grounds... Balearic Breakfast - 248 (25/11/2025)   | A Journey into Thankfulness... Balearic Breakfast - 249 (02/12/2025)   | The Cosmic Laws of Murphy... Balearic Breakfast - 250 (09/12/2025)   | Glittering Moments... Balearic Breakfast - 251 (23/12/2025)   | Driving Home for Christmas... Balearic Breakfast - 252 (30/12/2025)   | Touch me In the Morning...

Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy broadcast the 251st episode of Balearic Breakfast on her Mixcloud on December 23rd 2025. ABOUT THIS EPISODE Sometimes, it takes only One song to put together a set, to start a musical journey, to find a story to tell . One song, nothing less, nothing more. I spent the last 20 years crafting mixes under Wavelab, and also cueing up records for fun when night was coming in my shed, a little place full of Crown amps, loudspeakers, with loads of records and of course two Technics turntables... To say that music is a passion is an understatement; it's just another beat of my soul, another beat of my heart... Chris Rea's passing hit me hard, and generally speaking, every artist that leaves our planet reminds me how much we lose every time, and how much, in these lost times, we need that artistic connection, how essential it is to our lives... In this beautifully driven episode , which includes several Loft Classics played by our friend David Mancuso, Colleen led us to a place we know nothing about, paying tribute to two of these musical heroes we love so much... So, close your eyes, feel the sorrow, feel the pain as the car drives through the snowy landscapes, and, while you feel tears rolling down your face, don't ever lose sight of the road... You know, the curse of the traveller may have a hold on you... I wish my bones could form a bridge And carry you to the other side I wish my bones could form a bridge To our home, our homeland, to our path This morning’s Balearic Breakfast is now up on my Mixcloud and features tributes to two Balearic kingpins, Chris Rea and Claudio Rispoli known as DJ Mozart of Soft House Company and Jestofunk. And no I didn’t play ‘Driving Home for Christmas’ as I’m sure you will hear it elsewhere. But I couldn’t resist another Christmas song. There’s also new music, reissues, remixes, reworks and the new charity single from Together for Palestine. Swipe for the tracklist. Thanks to all who joined in the Mixcloud Live chat this morning, too. You make the live stream special. I’ll be back in the record room on Tuesday, streaming the last Balearic Breakfast of the year and this will the last request show of 2025. On Saturday, the request line will go up on my socials and please request songs that set your intention for 2026. Matt Raistrick already suggested ‘Stayin’ Alive’ which sounds about right! Wishing you a Merry Christmas, a (belated) Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa and a peaceful holiday. Thanks for listening. Listen back to the 251st episode of Balearic Breakfast: THE PLAYLIST ( 2025 ) Together for Palestine, Nai Barghouti, Leigh-Anne & Neneh Cherry – Lullaby ( 2025 ) Cantoma ft Gizelle Smith   – Drifting (Ambient Version) ( 1976 ) Yoshiko Sai   – Haru ( 1973 ) The McCrary   – Emerge ( 2025 ) E.R. Thorpe   – Red Dust (Generalisation Red Dub) ( 1987 ) Chris Rea   – Curse of the Traveller ( 2019 ) Chris Rea   – It’s All Gone’ (Pete Blaker Edit) ( 1985 ) T.C. Curtis   – You Should Have Known Better ( 2025 ) The Funkin' Machine  – Chiki Chikankan ( NOL ) Matsubara   – S.0.S. (Prins Thomas Rework) ( 2003 ) Chris Rea   – Tennis (SIRS CUT) ( 1990 ) Soft House Company   – A Little Piano ( 1994 ) Jestofunk ft. Cece Rogers   – Can We Live ( 2025 ) Kora Koumakan   – Sombe Nanfan (Ben Gomori’s Forest Bathing Remix) ( 2001 ) Osunlade   – Cantos A Ochun Et Oya (Juan Valentine Re-Edit) ( NOL ) Chris Rea   – Josephine (Chida Edit) ( 2001 ) Pete Christlieb   – The Christmas Song ANNOUNCEMENTS (from Colleen's presentation) I'm heading back to Asia on the last two weekends in January going to Japan, Precious Hall in Sapporo, Boers in Obihiro, Bar Bridge in Shizuku, Tokyo, and Wawal in Takasaki. I love going to Japan as it's the first country outside the USA that invited me to DJ back in the mid 90s. And I also worked as a radio DJ in Nagoya in 1989. So I can't wait to go back, have a lot of friends there. (...) I'm playing with Voices Radio over at Mare Street Market, just in King's Cross, so that's going to be on New Year's Eve, and looking forward to playing with Helena Starr and Maria Hanlon from Voices Radio, and you can find tickets over on Resident Advisor. No plans yet for NYE? We’ve got you covered. We’re handing the keys to the first floor over to our friends at @voices_radio  for their famous New Year’s Eve takeover at Mare Street Market King’s Cross. @colleencosmomurphy  takes the lead on a specially installed Danley system engineered by Iain Mackie - the kind of setup that feels like a warm hug on the friendliest dancefloor in the city. Joining her upstairs are @helenastardj   @mariahanlon  and Cara Crosby, with a full crew of Voices residents running things alongside them. A proper NYE send-off, top to bottom. Expect balloons, midnight surprises, legendary DJs, delicious cocktails and snacks courtesy of MSM and a room full of people ready to bring in the new year properly. All ticket holders get 20% off food with a COMPLIMENTARY glass of fizz on us to kick off the night. Just show your ticket to redeem. 🥂 Let’s bring in 2026 the right way. I'll be back next week, streaming live for the Record Room. And this will be the last request show of 2025. I think we should feature songs that set our intention for 2026. And on the MixCloud Live chat group, Matt already suggested Stayin' Alive. I'm down with that. The request line will go up on my Instagram and Facebook on Saturday, and I look forward to your requests. ABOUT THE SONGS (from Colleen's presentation) Lullaby by Together for Palestine , Nai Barghouti, Leanne and Naina Cherry, featuring Amina, Bastille, Brian Eno, Celeste, Kieran Brunt, Lana Lubanni, London Community Gospel Choir, Mabel, Nadine Shah, Sura Abdo, Tyson, Yasmin Ayashi, and Ize. And that is the charity single for Together for Palestine . It didn't make the Christmas number one on the official UK chart this year, but it did reach number five. And it reached number one on the Apple iTunes chart in the UK, and many other countries. The singles raised more than 70,000 pounds for Palestine and still counting. And with the Together for Palestine concert organized by Brian Eno and company back in September, it's raised more than 2 million pounds. In fact, in October, my daughter and I went on a march for Palestine here in London. And Brian Eno was there at the very end of the march really surprised me, and he read the poem he had read at the concert. It was just very, very poignant. You can still donate to the cause by making a donation to the Together for Palestine fund.   This one is from Ana Sancho in Barcelona, who asked for this one from our friend Phil Mison . It's Cantoma featuring Gizelle Smith with the ambient version of Drifting . Yoshiko Sai with Haru from her second album, Mikkou , originally released in 1976 and recently reissued by We Want Sounds . And it was produced by Isamu Haruna and features some of Japan's finest session musicians, including the legendary guitarist Masayoshi Takanaka . And the record showcases Sai's signature blend of poetic songwriting and ethereal vocals. I just love that song. It's so bluesy and has a real subtle, funky arrangement. And for that album, the Japanese singer-songwriter drew inspiration from the Silk Road and the rich cultural heritage of her native Nara. And she explores themes of femininity, freedom, and the passage of generations. The McCrary's With Emerge , the title cut of their 1973 LP that was pressed in very small quantities, and is a fine example of what was considered progressive soul and what became known as neo-soul. Now, an original copy is eye-wateringly expensive , but not any longer as it's been reissued by BBE with the cooperation of the McCrary family. And they started out as a gospel group in Ohio and then turned to secular music upon relocating to Los Angeles, where they recorded this album for the Tiny Cat's Eye label. And the McCrary's would later gain wider recognition with their hit, You , featuring Stevie Wonder on harmonica, and with Any Old Sunday , which was covered by Chaka Khan . From the Nottingham singer, songwriter, and visual artist E.R. Thorpe . And her distinctive guitar work and poetic lyrics draw inspiration from her blues guitarist father. And this single, Human Love , is from her forthcoming eponymously titled debut LP, scheduled for release in March 2026 and produced by Crazy P's Jim Barron . It's his first venture into producing other artists. And this is the red dub, Red Dust backed up by them and the generalisation dub interpretation from label boss Damian Harris . Chris Rea , his Curse of the Traveller , and that's from his 1987 album, Dancing with Strangers, which was his big breakthrough in the UK. It peaked at number two after Michael Jackson's Bad, and it was recorded with only three microphones in his garage studio. He said, " Nobody heard it. Nobody witnessed it. It was just me having fun " . And strangely, I had put that on today's show before hearing the news of Rhea's passing last night, as that was requested by Barry Nitz in Washington, DC, and also sending that one out to Artur in Paris. And we'll have some more Chris Rea coming up in the show. Pete Blaker edit of It's All Gone by Chris Rea . And that's the lead single from Chris Rea's 1986 album, On The Beach . And Carrie J. Kidd over on our Mixed God Live chat said he had never listened to Chris Rea much. Then his first time in Ibiza in 1991, that first day on the beach at a bar, they were playing On The Beach and he got him from then on. Such a great artist. He grew up in New Yorkshire, didn't pick up the guitar until his early 20s. And while working for his Italian father's ice cream business, he taught himself how to play rock and blues slide guitar. Later recalling that for many people from working class backgrounds, rock wasn't a chosen thing. It was the only thing, the only avenue of creativity available for them. And a couple of bands, he was in a couple of bands and he became a singer as a replacement for one of the singers and then released his debut album, Whatever Happened to Benny Santini in 1978. And his first single, Fool If You Think It's Over (Ed. Note: greatly covered by our beloved Elkie Brooks ) became the biggest hit of his career and the only single to hit the American charts. And it earned him a Grammy nomination. His then American label, Tamla Motown, told him that to break America, he had to tour there for three years and Rea declined as he wanted to spend time with his wife and daughters. And Rea really avoided the trappings of fame. He saw himself as a musician who's been successful rather than a star. He was also plagued by illness for the last half of his career, cancer, stroke. But he developed a massive fan base in the UK and Europe and New Zealand in the mid 80s, not because of an image, but through his own music, his gravelly, soulful voice, and poignant songwriting. And we'll have some more Chris Rea reworks coming up in the show. This next one was a British soul hit in 1985 by TC Curtis , who was born in Jamaica, and emigrated to the UK when he was 14 years old. He played in various bands, and then made the move to dance music and got recognition with his 1981 song Body Shake . He had a few more charting singles in the 80s, including this one, TC Curtis with You Should Have Known Better on Balearic Breakfast. The Funkin' Machine  with Chiki Chikankan , the instrumental version, and that's the Neapolitan jazz funk act, and DJs and funk fans around the world may recognize their contributions on albums from fellow Italians such as Mystic Jungle, Parbleu, CHOP, Bassolina, Pellegrino & Zydeco, Danger Boys, and even Nugenia . And earlier this month, the Funkin' Machine released their third album, Napolitanite . I think I got that now on the Chicago record label, Star Creature, and I highly, highly recommend that. Matsubara with S.O.S Society of Soul , the Prince Thomas rework, and that's the 1984 single by the late Japanese guitarist Masaki Matsubara . And the Norwegian producer and DJ's rework came out in 2005 on his Disco Mix EP, and that may only be out on vinyl, so I dug that one out. And Lucy over on the MixCloud Live chat asked me to play that on New Year's Eve, and I will bring that with me. Chris Rea with Tennis the Sirs Cut , and that's the title track to his 1980 LP . And on the Mixcloud Live chat, Gareth Bratman says he grew up on Chris as his dad was a massive fan, massively talented writer, vocalist, guitarist, and those bass lines, hence why they do rock a dance floor. Okay, and speaking of Italy, we lost another Balearic kingpin, Claudio Rispoli , who was born in Ancona, Italy, and he was a pioneer of the Italo-Afro style. He DJed as DJ Moz-art , and like all the legendary Italian DJs, he was incredibly technically proficient and known for his wide-ranging and left-field selections. And along with Daniele Baldelli and DJ Miki (Ed. Note: See also here ) of Czach , Rispoli helped shape the Italian cosmic sound, and he had marathon sets in Rimini and all along the Adriatic coast. He was also a producer, working with Francesco Montefiore as Soft House Company , and on the forefront of the Italo house movement with its euphoric piano chords, they really were. And along with Alessandro Staderini and Farias, he was JestoFunk , more jazz-funk rather than house. So now we'll remember the late Claudio Rispoli with these two selections. We just heard JestoFunk with C.C. Rogers , Can We Live , and Soft House Company with A Little Piano . And may DJ Moz-art rest in paradise. This next one, is Kora Koumakan meeting Word of the Kora, a balladry-pushing afro-banding group from Conakry, Guinea, led by master cora player Sakuna Conte . And it fuses Guinea's rich musical heritage with contemporary sounds. And we're listening to Ben Gomori’s Forest Bathing Remix of Sombe Nanfan on Balearic Breakfast. Osunlade with Cantos A Ochun Et Oya , the Juan Valentine re-edit, and the original came out in 1999 on the Beef de los Muertos EP , and I played it all the time. I just moved over to the UK, and I remember playing that song over and over. The Chida Edit of Chris Reas' Josephine from his 1985 LP Schamrock Diaries , and that's a song he wrote for his daughter. He said, "When I'm on stage, I kind of shut my eyes when I'm singing, and I'm always where I wrote the song. I'm always on the third floor of Intercontinental Hotel in Dusseldorf, and it's raining. That's where I am when I sing that song every time." Well, Josephine is the last Chris Rea song today. I'm not going to be playing Driving Home for Christmas , as if you're in the UK at least. You will most likely hear it in shops or on the radio in your car. Driving was quite a theme for Chris Rios. He was a motor racing enthusiast who raced models by Ferrari and Lotus, and he participated in the 1993 British Touring Car Championship. For the 1995 Formula One season, he joined the Jordan team as a pit mechanic, which is incredible. I really didn't want to do the VIP thing, so I was in charge of Eddie Irvine's right rear tire, he later said. I don't know if you're into Formula One, but I'm into the Drive to Survive series. It usually comes out in February. Lando Norris won this year, so congratulations to Lando Norris, a British driver. I'm really happy about that, and driving for McLaren. In any case, I'm not a huge petrol head, but I do admire Formula One. My father wasn't into sports, but he was into motor racing, and he used to build cars and engines and all that kind of stuff. He was a drag racer as a teenager, and yesterday would have been his 79th birthday. So, dedicating this show to my late father, Roger Murphy . And also to Claudio Rispoli , may he rest in paradise. And Chris Rea , such a cool dude, and he left us an amazing body of work, rest in paradise.   I'm going to leave you with a song for the holiday season by saxophonist Pete Christlieb . And he was the guy who did the sax solo on Steely Dan 's Deacon Blues . And this is his rendition of the Christmas song . Wishing you all a peaceful and happy holiday season. And thanks for listening.

Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy broadcast the 248th episode of Balearic Breakfast on her Mixcloud on November 25th 2025. ABOUT THIS EPISODE Thanksgiving, observed on the fourth Thursday in November in the United States and on the second Monday in October in Canada, is another moment of the year where the Balearic Breakfast Family gathers around Colleen, musically celebrating a time which should occur all year long... I vividly remember the first time we celebrated thanksgiving musically, it was such a laid-back episode! You can listen to it here ! Today's episode is another incredibly beautiful journey, Colleen's selections being so laid-back, with a wonderful slowly evolving rhythm and a perfectly executed mix, so precise you can breathe peacefully while listening to the show and relax totally, knowing no harsch drops will take you out of this wonderful place... Of course, the Family gave thanks to relatives, friends, parents and of course we all celebrated our Beloved show together. It was a nice moment indeed as Colleen played a lot oF our beloved Classics (besides, it was Ariana's 21st birthday two days ago on November 23rd, so it was another element that brought an indirect ray of sunshine in our lives)! This morning’s Balearic Breakfast is now archived on my Mixcloud and its a Thanksgiving celebration - songs of unity, hope, love and gratitude. I’m so thankful for the Balearic Breakfast community for showing up on the Mixcloud Live week after week and for the song suggestions - thank you for the music. I’m also grateful for my family, my friends and for life, itself. It’s not something to be taken for granted and some members of the Balearic Breakfast Family have had some daunting challenges to their own lives including our friend @thesteveaclarke . This month Steve is swimming 100 kilometers during November to raise funds for@thestrokeassociation He is swimming 4-5 kilometers a day which is 200 pool lengths each session – and this is on top of his work commitments. Ten years ago this month, Steven suffered a stroke, so he is well acquainted with the devastating effects a stroke can have. And I’m familiar with it, too. Sixteen years ago, my father was doing his regular one-mile swim and suffered a massive stroke from which he never recovered. The @strokeassociation has a program called Swim for Stroke which encourages stroke survivors to swim as part of their recovery and to rasie funds for specialist support and groundbreaking research. Steven is completing his 100 kilometers this week and you can donate via my linktree. Good luck Steve! Wishing you a wonderful Thanksgiving and thanks for listening. Listen back to the 247th episode of Balearic Breakfast: THE PLAYLIST ( 2014 ) Beautiful Chorus  – Pachamama ( 1979 ) Betty Wright  – Thank You for the Many Things You've Done ( 1980 ) Tom Coppola & Googie  – Joyous Flame ( 1973 ) Batteaux  – Living's Worth Loving ( 1994 ) United Future Organisation  – Tears of Gratitude ( 2019 ) Durand Jones and the Indications  – Morning in America ( 2010 ) Richard Earnshaw ft Ursula Rucker & Roy Ayers  – Rise ( 2006 ) Jonny Lang & Michael McDonald  – Thankful ( 1984 ) D-Train  – Thank You ( 1978 ) Jean Carn  – Happy to Be With You ( NOL ) Bill Withers  – Lovely Day (Sgt Slick Recut) ( 1974 ) The Intruders  – Be Thankful for What You've Got ( 1980 ) Odyssey  – Hang Together ( 2019 ) Alicia Myers  – I Want To Thank You (Kon's Shine Your Light Remix) ( 2022 ) L.T.D.  – Love to the World (Dave Lee Rework) ( 1992 ) Ultra Naté  – Rejoicing (Deee-Liteful Stomp Mix) ( 1989 ) Bäs Noir  – I'm Glad You Came to Me (Steve Anderson Remix) ( 2022 ) Crackazat  – Thank You ( 2022 ) BeBe Winans  – Thank You (Masters at Work Vocal Mix) ( 2019 ) Mental Remedy  – Dance for Gratitude ( 1976 ) Isley Brothers  – Harvest for the World ( 1977 ) ABBA – Thank You for the Music ANNOUNCEMENTS (from Colleen's presentation) Good morning, Balearicans. I'm Colleen Cosmo Murphy hosting your weekly Balearic Breakfast on MixCloud Live. And greetings to you all over on the chat. Thanks for joining me. This week's show will go a little bit longer than high noon, as it's a Thanksgiving special. And there were a lot of great requests fitting in with today's theme. You know, the world's a pretty crazy place right now. Perhaps that's the understatement of the year. But as always, there's still a lot of beauty and love and, you know, so much really to be grateful for. So for one thing, we can be thankful for life, life itself. And this brings me to a fundraiser from one of our Balearic Breakfast family members.This month, Steven Clarke is swimming 100 kilometers, that's 62 miles, during November to raise funds for the Stroke Association. So he's swimming about four to five kilometers a day, which is about 200 pool lengths each session. And this is on top of his work commitments. 10 years ago this month, Steven suffered a stroke. So he is well acquainted with the devastating effects that a stroke can have. And I'm familiar with it too. 16 years ago, my father was doing his regular one mile swim, and he suffered a massive stroke from which he never recovered. And he passed to the next realm three weeks later, in fact. The Stroke Association has a program called Swim for Stroke, which encourages stroke survivors to swim as part of their recovery. And it also raised funds for specialist support and groundbreaking research. So Stephen is completing his 100 kilometers this week. And if you would like to support him, head over to the JustGiving platform, where you can find The Stroke Swim fundraiser by Steven Clarke . And that's Clarke with an E. Good luck, Steve. ABOUT THE SONGS (from Colleen's presentation) Pachamama  by Beautiful Chorus  from their album Hymns of Spirit . And Beautiful Chorus is a women chorus that fuses electronic, choral, deep bass, hip-hop, and jazz into albums that span wordless symphonies to full rhythmic songs with sound healing frequencies and love-centered messages. The song we heard came out over a decade ago, but they also have a more recent album called High Frequency Love Music . And thank you to Ana sancho and Barcelona for putting them on our radar. This next song is a request from John Weir. And I also want to dedicate this song to my husband, Adam, as the lyrics really resonate with the way that I feel about all that he does for me. Thank you, Adam. It's by the late American soul singer Betty Wright , who got her start with her family's gospel group in Florida when she was a young child. And she was then discovered when she was 12 and signed to Deep City Records . Later, she helped two other Florida natives get discovered and signed. That's George and Gwen McCrae . I'm sure you know of them. And she also discovered Peter Brown . Wright herself released around 15 albums during her career. She had some hits, she won a Grammy. And this is a song from her 1979 LP Travelin' in the Right Circle . Betty Wright with Thank You for the Many Things You've Done . Joyous Flame  by Tom Coppola & Googie , a singer-songwriter who also recorded under her own name, Carol Brooks , and she was also Tom's wife. And Joyous Flame is from the couple's only album together, Shine the Light of Love , which was released in 1980, and then reissued by Favorite Recordings. And Tom Coppola  was a member of Herbie Mann's Band , and then met Googie, and they started collaborating together. And they co-founded the group Air , and they first backed Herbie Mann, and then evolved to also work with Lenny White , Flora Purim , and Ray Barretto , amongst others. And thank you to Sue Forrest for that request. Living's Worth Living , which is a blue-eyed soul cult classic from Batteaux . And that's from their self-titled album released in 1973. And the group was comprised of the Batteaux Brothers and only released one album of their underground folk funk sound. And you just wonder why, as it had all of the ingredients for success. It's a fantastic album, and had a hot backup band that included Tom Scott and John Gurin . And the record also came out on CBS Records, so massive distribution. It was a forerunner to the West Coast country rock sound. And thanks to Clem Sensen for unearthing that one for us. From the album with the fantastic title No Sound is Too Taboo , that's Tears of Gratitude  by United Future Organisation . The Japanese funk group founded in 1990, and that were signed to Giles Peterson 's  record label. The group included Toshio Matsuura , and also the late Yabe Tadashi , who sadly passed away last year. And thank you to BexMac in New York City for that lovely request. A request from Jeff Peltzner in Christchurch, New Zealand, whom I had the pleasure of meeting when I was in Australia a couple years ago. And he says this next song is beautiful, powerful, and truly relevant. And I completely agree. It's by Indiana's Durand Jones and the Indications . And they draw inspiration from the sociopolitical messages of bands like Curtis Mayfield  and the Impressions, and also the orchestrated soul sound of the 1970s. But they also have the edge of hip-hop acts like Nas . They've released one live album and four studio albums, including this year's Flowers . And this is from their second album, 2019's American Love Call . This is Morning in America . DJ producer Richard Earnshaw , with poet and songwriter Ursula Rucker , and the late Roy Ayres , with Rise . And that's from Earnshaw's only album, 2010's In Time . It has collaborations with heavyweights like Carlene Anderson , Jocelyn Brown . And thanks to Rick Van Veen for that poignant request. The North Dakota blues rock singer, songwriter, guitarist Jonny Lang , with Thankful , from his album Turn Around . And that was released a couple of decades ago, and was requested by Bert Francois in Brooklyn. And because it features Michael McDonald , I also need to send that song out to Special K . Ed. Note : For those of you who may want to dig deeper into Johnny's discography, you must take the time to listen to his second studio album, Lie to Me , released on January 28, 1997, a day before his 16th birthday . It is Lang's big-label debut and it really highligts his insane musical maturity! The New-York City post-disco band, D-Train , with Thank You , from their 1984 Something's On Your Mind album. And it was their last album before they disbanded. D-Train were James Williams and Hubert Eaves , and they racked up some great songs for the Dance Floor, including You're the One for Me , and My All-Time Favorite Keep On . And thank you to Anto Nabet for that request. Soul jazz singer Jean Carn , who released loads of solo albums, but she also worked with Earth, Wind & Fire , and Norman Connors , and Dexter Lanzell , and her ex-husband, Judd Carn . We just heard Happy to Be With You , the title track from her 1978 LP, as requested by Angelita Biondolio, who says "Every day I'm thankful for community, good health, my precious pup Miles, my partner who keeps me grounded, and music, music, music. Thank you, Colleen Cosmo Murphy, for all you do" . And this one, well, we all know and love, but it's been given a recut by Sgt Slick and requested by Barry Berenitz in Washington, D.C. And it's exactly what I'm wishing you all on Thanksgiving. Here's Bill withers (ed. Note: With Lovely Day ) . Be thankful for what you've got , the obvious choice for a Thanksgiving special. And there've been so many versions. It was written and first performed by William DeVaughn . But there's also versions, of course, by Massive Attack, Omar and Erykah Badu, Prince Fatty , there's a load of other reggae versions. But we heard the one by The Intruders this year. And that was produced by John Davis . And sending that one out to Pedro Roland, Keith Yersley, Sunday Sessions, and Bex Mac. Odyssey with Hang Together . And that's the 1980 single by the New York Family Act. And that was requested by Susan Chan, who says, "I'm wishing my fellow Americans a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday because it's all about food and spending time with my huge family. I know quite a bit of them. They're great people. I'm very grateful for this community, Thanksgiving or not. And I'm dedicating these songs to my family and my Balearic Breakfast friends" . Thank you so much, Susan. Ed. Note: This song was played by our dear Captain during the pandemic in 2021 . I still remember how hearing this song for the first time during the show back then made me realise what this was all about. Alicia Myers , formerly of the band One Way , she went solo in 1981 with her debut album, Alicia , which featured the song, I Want to Thank You . And it was so popular with club DJs that it was released again the following year on her album, I Fooled You This Time . And we just heard Boston native Khan, his Shine Your Light remix, and absolutely love that one. And sending that one out to Mike Hodges and Rick Shearman. This next one has long been a favorite of mine. And I've played it on many dance floors, both the original and this great rework by Dave Lee . It was also requested by David Stoddard. Standing for Love Together and Devotion is the 70s California soul band L.T.D , featuring the gorgeous vocals of Jeffrey Osborne , with Love to the World . Rejoicing the 1991 single by house legend Ultra Naté , given the remix treatment by Dee Light. And the original is from her debut album, Blue Notes in the Basement , which was produced and arranged by the Basement Boys in Maryland. That's where she's from as well. And that was requested by London House Music Works. Well, I hope you like those vintage classic house cuts. Bäs Noir with I'm Glad You Came to Me , the Steve Anderson remix , as requested by Matt Raistrick. Matt originally came out on New Groove Records, which was really the hippest house label, which started in the late 1980s. Or one of the hippest house labels, along with Tracks, probably. But this was the New York version. And it was the Mendez couple, along with Judy Russell, who worked at the record shop Vinyl Mania, and had acts like Aphrodisiac, Frankie Bones, Bobby Condors, and also Bon Noir, who we just heard. They ended up getting signed to Atlantic as well on their album, 1992. Ah, Bäs Noir had their big hit, Addicted 2 luv . And now for something a bit more recent from Swedish producer and jazz electronic musician Crackazat . And it's a request from Steve Wakley, or DJ Macaroon, who says, "I'd like to dedicate Thank You by Crackazat to you, Colleen Cosmo Murphy, and all of the Balearic Breakfast family for sharing such amazing music over the years, feeding my soul and warming my heart. Love you all" . BeBe Winans   with Thank You , the Masters at Work Vocal Mix , that's the Detroit soul singer who's known for his collabs with his sister, Cece . And he embarked on a solo career in 1997 with his debut album, which featured that song. And it was given a classic remix by Masters at Work. And I loved it when it came out. And I still do. And thanks to a few of you for requesting that one. Simon Ellis, David Stoddard, and Danny Broderick. And Danny Broderick also says thank you to Mrs. Broderick, which is very lovely. Well, thank you so much for joining me. I want to thank you for your support, your requests, and being part of the community. Thanks for listening and Happy Thanksgiving. Mental Remedy with Dance for Gratitude . And that was requested by Tomohiro Yamada. And Mental Remedy is Jeff T. Guillaume and Joaquin Clausell . And that's from their 2019 album, A Journey to Noi . And again, thank you to Tomohiro Yamada in Osaka, Japan for that request. The title cut from the Isley Brothers' 1976 LP Harvest for the World (ed. Note: See also here ) . And that is my request. And I'm dedicating that to our daughter, Ariana, who turned 21 over the weekend. I give thanks to her. I give thanks to my husband. I give thanks to my family. I give thanks to my friends and also the Balearic Breakfast community. I just love this song. Celebrate your lives. Give thanks for your children. Thank you so much for joining me. And this last song is requested by Siobhan Murphy, who says, After all, what is the holiday season without a little bit of cheesy music? She wants to thank me and also the Balearic Breakfast family members for the requests and all the mixes over 2025, an insane year. And we still find a little joy on Tuesdays. I don't even need to tell you who this is. But it's called Thank You for the Music .

Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy broadcast the 246th episode of Balearic Breakfast on her Mixcloud on November 11th 2025. ABOUT THIS EPISODE To say the world is not turning round lately would be an euphemism. From AI changing billions of lives with people losing their jobs, to political unrest (with Donald Trump openly criticising New York City Mayor-elect Mamdani calling him a communist and questioning his impact on the city’s infrastructure plans ), not forgetting wars taking place all around the world, it seems we're not getting peace anywhere soon. And this is heartbreaking. Today's show had a strong imagery attached to is very soul: there's a worrying wind blowing somewhere in the distance, and you can hear it in a lot of the songs played by Colleen... The Family gathered on the chat as always and we all chatted somehow hapilly, thinking about doing an online "meet and greet" event which would allow the Balearic Breakfast Family to hang out during a live stream – possibly organised by our captain – or launching a mixcloud channel dedicated to mixes crafted by members of the family. Even if for the time being nothing has been officially decided yet, it is the frist time this year that I felt the Family coming together so strongly and it really warmed my heart. We also discussed some DJing topics, exchanging views about new ways of playing music, using tools like rekorbox or new DJ controllers. In any case, this show has that worried yet hopeful soul, the one you can feel when the weather is changing in autumn, slowly making way to winter... This morning’s Balearic Breakfast is now archived on my Mixcloud and mainly features your requests, some snazzy reworks, and a couple of songs by artists of Native American descent. November is Native American Heritage Month (established 35 years ago, surprisingly by President George Bush). As a child of the 1970’s I feel grossly inadequate when it comes to the history and plight of the tribal nations and it’s something I endeavour to work on. Here are some docs that are well worth watching: ‘Lakota Nation vs. United States’, ‘Sugarcane’, ‘Yintah’ and ‘Sitting Bull’. If you have ideas for other Balearic Breakfast songs in celebration of Native American Heritage Month (like Redbone or Elisapie Isaac), please DM me. There was also a request for ‘For What It’s Worth’ which brought for a flood of tears when I played it this morning - it really seems to resonate with the times. Thank you Balearicans for your heartfelt song suggestions. The Request Line will go up on my socials this weekend and as always I look forward to discovering music with you. Thanks for being part of the family. Listen back to the 246th episode of Balearic Breakfast: THE PLAYLIST ( TBR ) Shreyas Murali – The Hidden Garden ( 1994 ) Richie Havens  – The Hawk ( 1966 ) Buffalo Springfield  – For What It's Worth ( 1972 ) Joy Of Cooking  – Beginning Tomorrow ( 1978 ) Keith Barrow  – You Know You Want to Be Loved ( 1978 ) O.V. Wright  – Let's Straighten It Out ( 2025 ) Kudda & Friends  – That It Is ( 2025 ) Young Gun Silver Fox  – Burning Daylight ( 2017 ) Flo Morrissey & Matthew E. White  – Grease ( TBR ) Billie Eillish  – Birds of a Feather (Kenneth Bager Edit) ( 2025 ) Dimitri from Paris vx Charobaron  – Chez La Baronne (Le Fouet Version) ( 2025 ) Talking Heads  – I Zimbra (Random House Project Disco Rework) ( TBR ) John Grant  – Black Belt (Ben Gomori's Blue Belt Edit) ( 1995 ) Francois K  – Hypnodelic ( 1979 ) Bunny Mack  – Let Me Love You ( 1978 ) Nana Love  – I'm in Love ( 2010 ) Hosanna Littlebird  – Can Love Again (Jovonn Next Moov Club Mix) ( 2021 ) Saint Etienne  – Cool Kids of Death (Underworld Remix) ANNOUNCEMENTS (from Colleen's presentation) I'm heading to Berlin again this Saturday playing in the Globus Room at Tresor . Once again, I played there about a year ago, I think it was November last year, possibly. And I had such a great time. I mean, Tresor is a legendary techno club. I'm doing more of the house room as you can imagine. And really looking forward to that. Then on Friday, the 28th of November, I'm playing for La Discotèque at the Drumsheds in London. Still haven't been there. So that's going to be really interesting and looking forward to that. I love the La Disco Tech crew. They're lovely people. And then on the 7th of December, it's our next London loft party. I was just buying some vinyl for it during the show. Invitations are going back out in a week or so. So if you want to join us, you can jump on the friendship train over at loftparty.org . ABOUT THE SONGS (from Colleen's presentation) Pianist, composer and songwriter Shreyas Murali with Hidden Garden , a track he released earlier this year and more recently he released a meditative piano album called Pure Devotion . His background is in jazz and classical and he focuses his own composition work on the musical palettes of composers like Debussy, Chopin and Elgar, and he also works with Tamil cinema composers C. Sathya and Indian singer Bombay Jayashri and thank you to Sue Forrest for that request. Good morning, Balearicans. I'm Colleen Cosmo Murphy hosting your weekly Balearic Breakfast until high noon here on my Mixcloud Live and greetings to all who are gathered over there this morning. Thank you as always for keeping me company. So today, oh actually I should say this month in the United States, November is Native American Heritage Month , which was established 35 years ago, surprisingly by President George Bush and as a child of the 1970s, I really feel grossly inadequate when it comes to the history and plight of the tribal nations and it's something I really want to work on, understanding more about America's original settlers. You may have seen the documentary Lakota Nation versus United States . If not, I highly recommend it. It tells the story of the Lakota people who have reservations in South Dakota and it also documents the theft of the Black Hills and there's a few more docs I intend to check out this month, namely Sugarcane , Yinta and this year's two-part series Sitting Bull, which tells the story of the Lakota leader . So on today's show, there are a couple of requests for Native American artists and if you can think of more, feel free to request or message me directly on my socials with some ideas. This next song is by Richie Havens , who was born in Brooklyn to a mother of Afro-Caribbean descent and whose grandfather was Blackfoot from the South Dakota Montana region. Haven's grandfather and great-uncle joined Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show and they traveled around the United States and eventually settled on the Shinnecock Reservation on Long Island.  As a young adult coming of age, Richie started hanging out in Greenwich Village and he later said "I saw the village as a place to escape to in order to express yourself. I had first gone there during the beatnik days of the 1950s to perform poetry. Then I drew portraits for two years and stayed up all night listening to folk music in the clubs. It took a while before I thought of picking up a guitar." Well, once he picked up the guitar, there was no holding him back. Word of his solo performances spread like wildfire and he eventually signed with Bob Dylan's manager, the infamous Albert Grossman . And Haven's popularity was further cemented when he opened up Woodstock Festival. Throughout his career, he released 20 albums until his passing just over a decade ago. John Brown asked for some Richie Havens on today's show. And so here he is with The Hawk . Buffalo Springfield For What It's Worth brought tears to my eyes. Thank you, Sean E. for requesting that. That's the Canadian American 60s band that featured both Neil Young and Stephen Stills . And the song kind of sings about the impact of war upon a generation. And today is Veterans Day in the United States. So I want to remember not only those who protested against the Vietnam War, but also those who fought in a war that many of them fought in involuntarily, and that they knew they were never going to win. And the huge trauma they experienced both in battle and back at home. Also want to honor all the casualties on both sides. I mean, just absolutely horrific. No winners. And today America has a domestic battlefield with ice tearing apart families and lives, the National Guard having a huge, violent, you know, kind of aggressive presence on city streets where they shouldn't be. And as the song says, there's battle lines being drawn. So yeah, it's really, really just kind of an intense period right now. And I just started watching a series called 1971, The Year That Music Changed Everything , which gives a historical socio-political context of the turmoil and the upheaval of the late 1960s, early 1970s in America. And it really resonates with what's happening today. So it's well worth watching. Of course, the music is absolutely fantastic. The Californian 60s folk blues jazz band Joy of Cooking with Beginning Tomorrow , which was led by the women duo pianist Toni Brown and guitarist Terry Garthwaite , who later performed as a duo Tony and Terry. And they often had feminist themes in their lyrics. And we heard Beginning Tomorrow, which is about starting a new life after treading water and really trusting your own agency through rewriting your own script. And I know my friend Gina Lapsley is really feeling that right now. And thank you, Gina, for that request. May the force be with you. You Know You Want to Be Loved by Keith Barrow , the late Chicago-born disco soul singer and songwriter of Turn Me Up fame. Love that 12". His mother was the civil rights activist Reverend Willie Beatrice Barrow , who was known as the High Priestess of Protest . And she was also Barack Obama's godmother. Back to Keith. He wrote for the band Blue Magic , had his debut solo LP produced by MFSB's Bobby Eli . But it was his second album, 1978's Physical Attraction , that brought him success with the song we heard, which became his signature tune. And thank you to Matt Jacobs for that request. The Tennessee-born blues Southern soul singer O.V. Wright or Overton Virtus Wright . Just love that name. With the song Let's Straighten It Out as requested by Chris Morgan. And Wright started in church and gospel music, fronting The Harmony Echoes . And their first recording was That's How Strong My Love Is , which was later covered by Otis Redding and the Rolling Stones. And Wright was a well-known artist in the Deep South and has been sampled by Ghostface Killah and the Wu-Tang Clan , amongst many, many others. Jazz pianist, composer, and self-professed beat jockey, K Kudda Music . Lovely. And that's a song That it is . And it's by his Kudda & Friends project. And it was released last month on Bandcamp. And K Kuda is Makini Morrison from St. Louis, Missouri. And he's a musical polymath. He calls his music Indie Soul. And I'm going to make a real effort to dig deeper into his work. And thank you to Kyle Andrews for that tip. Well, whenever I'm feeling a bit down and need a little musical pick me up, one act I can always turn to is Young Gun Silver Fox , and their breezy Californian modern day yacht rock, steely down sound. It just puts a smile on my face. I kind of like picture myself in a convertible cruising down the Californian coastline, a long route one with the wind in my hair. So David Stoddard suggested we share a moment like that together. This is from their latest album, Pleasure. It's Sean Lee and Andy Platz of Young Gun, Silver Fox with Burning Daylight .   The English singer-songwriter and guitarist Flo Morrissey with American singer-songwriter and guitarist Matthew E. White , with a cover of the theme song to the 1978 musical and film Grease . And it has a real Ann Peebles , I Can't Stand the Rain vibe as well. And that's from their collaborative cover album, Gentlewoman, Ruby Man, which came out in 2017. And the original was written by Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees and was performed by Frankie Valli from the 1978 film version of Grease, with which I was obsessed. I was 10 years old, saw it when it came out in the theater, had the double album, memorized it, wanted to be Rizzo, much to my parents' chagrin. Anyways, absolutely love that. And another thing about the original, it has Barry, not Barry White, Barry Gibb sings backing vocals along with the sweet inspirations. And it's Peter Frampton on the guitar. I guess I didn't read the liner notes when I was 10, but that was really, really interesting. And I just love that version by Flo Morrissey and Matthew E. White. And thank you to Pedro Rolim for that request. Billie Eilish spurs up a feather, the Kenneth Bayer edit. Kenneth sent me that this summer, and I finally got a chance to play it. He's the head of Music for Dreams. And that song (Ed. Note: Birds of a Feather (Kenneth Bager Edit) ) originally came out on Billie Eilish's album Hit Me Hard and Soft , and that came out last year. And she recently made headlines for all the right reasons while accepting an award for the 2025 Music Innovator at the WSJ Innovator Awards, the Wall Street Journal Innovator Awards. After she received her award, she said, if you're a billionaire, why are you a billionaire? And there were many billionaires in the audience, including the meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who withheld an ovation. But she was also applauded, and she finished her speech by saying, no hate, but give your money away, shorties. And she recently donated $11.5 million from profits from her last tour to support charities dedicated to food equity, climate justice, and combating the climate crisis. So she's just not talking the talk. She's also walking the walk. So well done, Billie. And in light of the recent news also that Elon Musk may be the world's first trillionaire, it's just absolutely disgusting. But Nina, some billionaires, there are some billionaires that do have a conscience. I was just reading about Swedish billionaire Johan Elias. He purchased 400,000 acres of the Amazon rainforest to save it from logging and deforestation and also founded the Cool Earth charity. So there are some billionaires who are doing some good work for humanity and for the climate, but more need to. It's just so unequal right now. Food, money, everything. It's just terrible. So well done on those who have the means to help and who are doing it. Now, Parisian jazz-funk disco outfit Chateaubriand partnered with 21st century disco DJ-producer Dimitri from Paris on Chez Madame Labaronne . And at the time, the Idjut boys were called in to remix it, I guess it came out a couple of years ago, but only one of their takes were released at that time. But this year, Byte the Day released all the versions. As requested by Steve Wakley, this is the Idjut boys' Rufway version on Balearic Breakfast. A great Random House Project Disco rework. Got that down now. One of the Talking Heads' finest dance floor moments, I Zimbra . And that's the second single from the Talking Heads' Fear of Music LP. And the lyrics are an adaptation of a poem by Dadaist Hugo Ball . It's also drummer Jerry Harrison's favorite Talking Heads song. It really set the tone for their next album, Remain in Light , which was heavily influenced by African rhythms.   John Grant with Black Belt , the Ben Gomori Blue Belt Edit . I don't know if Ben's a blue belt, but that's very cool. He's from the Balearic London crew. And Black Belt is a song from John Grant's incredible album, Pale Green Ghosts. And it's the former Czar's frontman's John Grant's second solo album, released in 2013, in which Rough Traits selected his album of the year. And I recently, not recently, but I hosted an evening with John Grant at the British Library for Classic Album Sundays. And he's the same age as me, we both grew up as misfits in America, have a lot of similar kind of musical alliances. And it's a really, really cool interview. He's just a fantastic guy that's up on the classic album Sundays website. And I'm sending that one out to my friends Kay McMahon, or Special Kay, who recently saw John Grant live and also my friend Andrew Peery, who brought me to my first ever John Grant concert. I'm wishing Andrew positivity and strength with his health challenges and sending him lots of love. And if you ever get a chance to see John Grant, do! He is a fantastic performer. He can make a big room seem like a little club. He just has so much charisma and gravitas. Oh my Gosh, still sounding great 30 years on, 30 years ago this was released. Thank you to Danny Broderick for this request. It brings me back to Dance Tracks, Club 89, my radio show, this incredible EP by Francois K , the FK EP, one of his early releases on his own label, Wave Music, still sounds so fresh. And in fact, I've also recently played Edge of Time and I've also played Move as well. And I had Francois up on my show in the late 90s, and I think he was like 97, 98 on my Club 89 show. And he played all different kinds of music. And he later told me that doing that show with me was his inspiration for his Club Night Deep Space .   This next song is requested by Marcos Costumato. And it's a disco funk Afro Calypso classic that first came out in 1980. And it was a hit for the Sierra Leone musician Bunny Mack . And he publicly performed many instruments, including banjo, guitar, penny whistle, harmonica as a young child. But he had to hide it from his parents because they didn't have a proof of their little one becoming a musician. This is his most famous song for which he received a gold disc, Bunny Mack with Let Me Love You .   Nana Love , a London based singer of Ghanaian origin who released two albums in the late 1970s, Disco Documentary Full of Funk and then Hang On . And we heard the opening track from her debut, I'm in Love , which was also more recently given the remix treatment by none other than Kenny Dope for BBE. But we heard the original as requested by David Puzzi. Hosanna Littlebird with the Jovonn next Moov club mix of Can Love Again . And Hosanna Little Bird is an artist and musician who is of Pueblo heritage, and also Ukrainian heritage. And Bert Francois requested her as November is Native American Heritage Month. And Little Bird refers to her style as ancient modernism. And her artwork often depicts indigenous stories and communities. I love that one. Thanks, Bert. (...) I'm leaving you with this one. It's a remix of a song from Saint Etienne 's third album, 1994's Tiger Bay . And it's the Underworld remix of Cool Kids of Death . So leaving you with this one. I'll be back next week. I think I'll have a request line going up this week, if all goes well. And I look forward to seeing you next Tuesday. Have a great week.

Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy broadcast the 247th episode of Balearic Breakfast on her Mixcloud on November 18th 2025. ABOUT THIS EPISODE On August 3, 1990, President of the United States George H. W. Bush declared the month of November as National American Indian Heritage Month (You can find more information on the dedicated website, here ), and of course, there would be no Balearic Breakfast if we didn't celebrate it all together musically (and I think it's the first time we celebrated Native Americans on the show, although we did pay tribute to the late Chris Faiumu a few months ago ) . Our Captain loves these shows just as much as we do, we always come together stronger whenever we celebrate black, gay people, female pioneers... All of them made strong contributions to Music as it always served their battles in the best possible way... Today's episode has a certain grandeur. It was a relaxed musical moment, with a very slow and nice rhythmic evolution, allowing the listener to dive into the music and let his mind wander on these everlasting sacred grounds... On the chat, we were all talking about music and arts in general – Bert sharing with us "FYI: The Native American Music Association Hall of Fame has a great source of native american heritage artists" – and Barry sharing his Friend's Instagram ( kwadepatton ) – more about his artwork on his website, here – and we also exchanged about some places to see! Our friend Barry recommended visiting the black hills in South Dakota, saying "The drive through Custer state park is amazing. Free roaming buffalo and mountain goats" . In any case, the chat was a warm place to be today, despite some dropouts in the audio with Mixcloud ultimately and unexpectedly crashing here in France, right during the last song of the show! This morning’s Balearic Breakfast is now up on my Mixcloud and today’s show is mainly your requests which includes a set dedicated to Native American Heritage Month. Thank you for your song suggestions – there are a lot of great stories surrounding these songs and artists and I’ll be digging more into the music of R. Carlos Nakai and the Halluci Nation over the next week – that’s for sure. So, I listened back to last week’s radio show and I certainly talked a lot! I guess there was quite a bit that I needed to get off my chest. There’s a lot going on in the world – both positive and negative – and at the end of the day, we’re just trying to keep it together and music and community can help us do just that. Next week will be the Balearic Breakfast Thanksgiving Special and the request line will go up on my socials on Saturday. Until then, try to keep your head above water and thanks for listening. Listen back to the 247th episode of Balearic Breakfast: THE PLAYLIST ( 2008 ) R. Carlos Nakai  – Song of Darkness ( 1971 ) Jim Pepper  – Witchitai-To ( 1994 ) Robbie Robertson   – The Ghost Song ( 1967 ) Jimi Hendrix   – Little Wing ( 1971 ) Link Wray   – Fire and Brimstone ( 2005 ) Willie Nelson   – The Harder They Come ( 1973 ) Redbone   – Clouds in my Sunshine ( 2013 ) The Halluci Nation  – Look at This (Remix) ( 2025 ) Random House Project   – Opus for One (A Tribute) ( 2006 ) Massive Attack ft. Terry Callier  – Live with Me ( 2025 ) Mohinder Kaur Bhamra  – Mainu Apne Pyar Wich (Mystic Jungle Remix) ( TBR ) Lovetempo ft. Mattison   – Wanna Be with You (Turbotito Remix) ( 2025 ) Eric Hilton ft Natalia Clavier   – Lost in the Light ( 1990 ) Julee Cruise   – 'Rockin' Back Inside My Heart (Tibetan 12-inch Remix) ( 2023 ) Sweet Reaction   – Take It Easy ( 1979 ) Discotheque   – Disco Special ( 2025 ) Emma-Jean Thackray   – Thank You for the Day ( 2012 ) Elements of Life ft Josh Milan   – Children of the World (Roots Mix) ( 2025 ) Gledd   – Move Me ( 2025 ) Close Counters   – I'll Be There For You ( 1978 ) Willie Nelson – Stardust ANNOUNCEMENTS (from Colleen's presentation) Our next London Loft Party will be held on the 7th of December, and reservations are going very quickly as it seems everyone loves the new Riverside venue in Hackney Wick. If you want to join us, head over to loftparty.org , and you can hop on the Friendship Train tab and enter your name into our mailing list, as the next invitation goes out this week, so please do it soon. (...) Next week is a Thanksgiving special on Balearic Breakfast, and we can interpret Thanksgiving beyond just the implications of the American holiday, although, you know, it is great to get together with friends and family. When the request line goes up this week, let's focus on songs about gratitude for the gift of being alive, gratitude for other people, and any other songs by Native American musicians are also welcome, songs about food, whatever Thanksgiving means to you, regardless of where you're from. ABOUT THE SONGS (from Colleen's presentation) Song of Darkness by R. Carlos Nakai , a Native American, flautist of Navajo and Ute heritage , and Nakai's father served as the chairman of the Navajo Nation from 1963 to 1970. As a child, he would audition tapes for a Navajo language radio show hosted by his parents, and in doing so, he heard a recording of William Horn Cloud , a Lakota musician from the Pine Ridge Reservation , playing the flute. But when he enrolled at the Colorado River Indian Reservation High School , he was assigned brass instruments, and he played those for years until a car accident made it impossible for him to continue brass. And after a brief struggle with drugs, he was given a flute, and since that time, he has released more than 50 albums, and he's collaborated with many musicians, including Philip Glass . He has 11 Grammy nominations, and I'll be digging into his music a lot more. In fact, I was listening to a lot of it this morning, and it would make a great soundtrack for our Thanksgiving dinner, and to recognize and honor America's Indigenous founders, and thank you to Rick Van Veen for that request. This next one from Alex Elliott. It's by the late American saxophonist Jim Pepper , who was of Kaw and Muscogee descent, and his career took off in the late 60s as a pioneer of jazz fusion, and his band Free Spirits with the late guitarist Larry Corryell. Pepper also wove Native American music in with jazz, and he played at powwows and supported the AIM, the American Indian Movement , a grassroots movement founded in 1968 to address the systemic issues of poverty, discrimination, and police brutality experienced by Native Americans.   The saxophonist's debut album, Pepper's Powwow , opened with this next song he learned from his grandfather, and is derived from a peyote, from a peyote ceremony of the Native American church. Jim Pepper with Wichitai-To . Robbie Robertson from this 1994 album Music for the Native Americans . We heard The Ghost Song , and that's from a compilation album with music by the former leader of the band and the Bob Dylan guitarist, along with other colleagues billed as The Red Road Ensemble , and the album was sort of a soundtrack for a TV documentary of the same name. Robertson was of Native American heritage. His mother was Cayuga, a Mohawk , and grew up on The Six Nations of the Grand River Reservation in Ontario, Canada, and that's where a young Robbie spent his summers, where he was exposed to Indigenous culture and music, and he reflected this in both his music for the Native Americans and also on his score for his long-term friend and collaborator, director Martin Scorsese's film Killers of the Moonflower , I think it's called. The Ghost Song was requested by Gina Lapsley, and I'm also sending it out to Carl Banatov, who asked for Somewhere Down the Crazy River , but I've played that before, Carl, so sending that one out to you as well. Little Wing by The Jimi Hendrix Experience from their second album, Acts as Bold as Love , as requested by Artur in Paris, and Hendrix, of course, is one of the world's most influential guitarists of all time, and he was of both African-American and Cherokee descent. The Cherokee descent was from his paternal grandmother's side, who told him Native American stories and made him clothes inspired by her Cherokee roots. And here's an interesting tidbit. As you know, Hendrix's career was launched in the UK, and he was signed to a British record label, Track Records, and he told them he wanted a record cover that expressed his Indian heritage rather than saying Native American, and the Brits interpreted that as culture from India, and that's why the album cover is inspired by Hinduism with the god Vishnu. And Hendrix didn't get final approval of the album cover, which is shocking, and there was a lot of controversy around the cover when the album was released. Ed. Note: The song "Castles made of Sand" celebrates Jimi's roots "Taken from his second album, Axis: Bold as Love, the song sees Hendrix take on an uncharacteristically mellow sound. In contrast to the psychedelic adrenaline of popular tracks like ‘Fire’ or ‘Stone Free’, ‘Castles Made Of Sand’ is a melancholic ode to self-reflection and one’s past. Dealing with the inevitability of death and how hopes and dreams can be cut tragically short, the lyrics detail the stories of various characters, including one described as “a little Indian brave”. As the verse continues, the young indigenous boy dreams of being a fierce warrior and chief, only to be suddenly snuffed out by a surprise attack in the middle of the night. The tale is interspersed with other depressing tales, including a disabled girl committing suicide. For the musical accompaniment, Hendrix recorded the guitars and then played them in reverse, giving the song an outlandish, psychedelic atmosphere in keeping with the rest of the guitarist’s work. While this piece is, by no means, an autobiographical tale of Jimi Hendrix, it nevertheless offers an insight into his heritage and his celebration of Cherokee roots." A request from John Weir for Link Wray , his track Fire and Brimstone , from his self-titled 1971 LP, and on this album, the late pioneering guitarist adopted more of a country rock sound to better illustrate the songs that depicted the hardships of Wray's early life as a poor Shawnee child in the Deep South. This included living in mud huts without electricity and heating, going to school barefoot, and having to hide out from the Ku Klux Klan . Wray had a few songs named after Indigenous people, Shawnee , Comanche , and his big hit Apache . A request of mine for a cover of Jimmy Cliff' s The Harder They Come by Willie Nelson from his superb album Countryman, which I was drawn to not only because of the pot leaf grace in the album cover, but also because it showcases Nelson's deep love of reggae, and I should also say Nelson's counterparts in Jamaica also covered a lot of country songs, too. Nelson's mother, Merle Greenhaw, was predominantly Cherokee, and she was quite a strong and fierce woman, as I recently discovered when I read a biography of Willie Nelson a few months ago. He has certainly had an eventful life, and for a pothead, incredibly productive. He's released over 150 albums, he's been in nearly 30 films, he's won 12 Grammys out of the 57 nominations he's received, amongst so many other awards, and he's just a fascinating man with an incredibly emotive voice. Ahead of that, Clouds in My Sunshine from the album Wovoko by Redbone , a band that formed in Los Angeles in the late 1960s, and all of the members were of Mexican American and Native American heritage. Now, you may remember they had a massive hit with Come and Get Your Love . I've played that on the show before, but you may not know they were also banned a few years later with their song We Were Wounded at Wounded Knee , as earlier that year, Oglala Lakota activists and members of the American Indian movement occupied Wounded Knee, South Dakota, and demanded the U.S. government comply with the U.S. 19th and early 20th century treaties (Ed. Note: more about this event here ) , and sending that song out to F. Lauren in Canada and Ana Sancho in Barcelona. Look at this by The Halluci Nation . They rename themselves after going as a tribe called Red, and that's a duo comprised of Bear Witness from the Cayuga First Nation tribe , and Tim Toolman Hule , a Mohawk of the Six Nations of the Grand River , and they name themselves the, rename themselves The Halluci Nation , a great name, to reflect the evolution of their music and mission, which blends electronic music with elements of First Nation music. Some even call it powwow step. This year, The Halluci Nation became the first independent Indigenous artist from North America to reach 100 plus million streams on Spotify, so they probably made 10 bucks, and John Boakum recommended Look at This , which was released back in 2013, and you can find the releases through to today on Bandcamp.   This next one landed in my inbox at the same time that my friend Kay McMahon requested it. It's a little bit of musical synchronicity, so I have no choice but to actually play it, and thankfully it's great. It's a new one from Random House Project , just released on his Bandcamp in the last week. His Opus for one (A tribute) to the art of noise on Balearic Breakfast. Massive Attack with the late jazz folk soul singer Terry Callier with Live With Me , a track from Massive Attack's 2006 compilation album Collected , and Callier won a United Nations Peace Award for his musical promotion of peace, and Massive Attack are continuing, actually amplifying their political messages, raising climate awareness, voicing their support of the Palestinian people, and speaking out against the censorship of artists, and thank you to Barry Bernitz for that request. And Barry Bernitz lives in the very politically charged Washington, D.C. as well. Goodness me, politics. Well, let's lighten up a bit more with some good music, some music that might take us away. Ahead of that, Mohinder Kaur Bamra with Mainu Apne Pyar Wich , I hope I got that right, which is the second single from Naya Beat's reissue of an astonishing lost Holy Grail, the first British Asian electronic dance music album ever recorded , and that is Mohinder Kaur Bambra's 1982 masterpiece, Punjabi Disco . Now there's an interesting story behind that album. The concept for a Punjabi Disco album was subsequently stolen from the Bambras by the very record label that had agreed to distribute the album, and eventually they self-released it with no label support, and Punjabi Disco became a lost relic, unknown to even the deepest of diggers, but not anymore thanks to Naya Beat. And we heard a remix by Mystic Jungle , who is Dario Di Pace , a central figure in the Neapolitan sound, and that was requested by Susan Chan in New Jersey, who says that is her celebratory request for last week's election outcome in the USA, and I'm sending lots of applause for that. Ed. Note: Mystic Jungle recently issued the great Sunset Breaker album which will take you to the heart of the eighties. The album has an unmatched analogue vibe including what sounds to me like tape hiss. Songs like Secrets, Some Lovin', the very groovy and Reggae-LIke Innervisions or even the somehow lost Sunset Breaker are all hits to me! You can purchase the album on Mystic Jungle's Bandcamp ! The solo project of Brooklyn's Mattie Safer , the singer and guitarist from The Rapture , and Lovetempo also features Safer's band Poolside, and the song we just heard, Wanna Be With You , features 79.5's Kate Madison on vocals, and we just heard the remix by Turbotito , who is doing some great Balearic groovers at the moment, including ones for DJ Supermarket's Too Slow to Disco label. And thank you to Matt Raistrick for that request.   This next band is from Washington, D.C., if I remember correctly, Thievery Corporation , definitely the darlings of all things balearic, and one-half Eric Hilton is back with a new song called Lost in the Light , composed exclusively for the Cafe Del Mar, and it features the ethereal vocals of Natalia Clavier , a frequent Thievery Corporation collaborator, and it's really warm and wonderful, so perhaps it'll make you feel as though you're watching the sun set on the White Isles. So come on, close your eyes, and just do it as you listen to this. Julee Cruise with Rockin' Back Inside My Heart, which was written by David Lynch and Angelo Badalamenti, and was featured on the late singer's debut, Floating Into the Night , released in 1989, and she also performed that song on Twin Peaks. And I remember I lived in midtown Manhattan in the early 90s, and she lived in the same building. I remember seeing her on the elevator, and one time she couldn't talk. She was just, you know, had some kind of throat thing where she had to really be careful of her voice, and she was just miming the whole time. In any case, we also sadly lost Julee Cruise back in 2022 during the pandemic as well. That was a remix, a song that we heard, Rockin' Back Inside My Heart. It was a Tibetan 12-inch remix by Gregski Royal , and definitely had a very distinct white-lines bass line. And thank you to Asi Sharabi for that request. A request from Steve Wakley for Take It Easy by Sweet Reaction , which was recently reissued on South African label VoomVoom Records with some remixes, and singer-keyboardist Giuseppe Cotumacio was a central figure of that 1980s band, Sweet Reaction , and they released only one album. It was more of a five-track EP, also called Take It Easy , and you can head over to VoomVoom's Bandcamp to find out more. A duo studio project called Discoteque , and they released one album called Disco Tech Party in the year that you would expect, 1979, and the duo was comprised of Dutch producer Bart van der Laar and Belgian musician-songwriter Francis Weyer , who also went by Francis Goya . And a big thank you to David Stoddard for that, for unearthing that obscurity and sharing it with us. The incredibly multi-talented musician, songwriter, singer, and producer, Emma Jean Thackray with Thank You for the Day , from her latest album, Weirdo , on Brownswood Recordings, and she's just sensational. She gets better and better as she grows, and she's also playing this Thursday at Coco and London, and if you want to find out more about her, there's an interview with her by Tina Edwards for a Classic Album Sunday series called Producer Pioneers , and you can find it on the CAS website. And thank you to A.J. Elliott for that request. I'm loving this request from our friend Bert Francois in Brooklyn, who requested some uplifting soulful house courtesy of Louis Vega 's Elements of Life outfit, featuring Josh Milan , formerly of Blaze. Here is the Roots mix of their 2012 single Children of the World on Balearic Breakfast. Italian producer Gledd with Move Me , which just came out this week on Seamus Haji's label Big Love , and I heard it first on Saturday. I was listening to a bunch of promos and promptly played it the same night. It sounded fabulous in the Globus Room at Tresor, and thanks to all who joined us in the Globus Room, and to Tony Surgeon for bringing me back. I love playing in that room. It's a great sounding room, has a wooden down floor as well, and I can play anything I want. I really, really love it. Melbourne, Australia's Close Counters with I'll Be There For You , and that's from their new album Lovers Dance Academy, as requested by Kieran McCann in Glasgow. And Close Counters is Finn Reese and Alan McConnell, and they're performing around Australia over the next couple of weeks, so check out their Bandcamp for more info. A request from Athanas Koutronis for the title cut of Willie Nelson 's 22nd studio album, released in 1978. Reminder, he has released 150 albums. The album Stardust , produced by Booker T. Jones, and which features Willie's covers of 10 of his favorite songs from childhood. And here is the redheaded stranger with his cover of Hoagy Carmichael's Stardust. Thank you for listening.

You may have seen on instagram, and maybe on the internet, the Loft 55 clothing brand. I met its creator Ali to understand how David's approach to music helped him in developping his own clothing journey... 1) Hello Ali! Thank you so much for joining us here on the Blog! Can you introduce yourself and tell us your first memories with music?   Hey Artur! Thank you so much for having me. It’s a huge honour to be asked. I’m Ali, the creator of LOFT55, which is my clothing label set up in 2018 to celebrate the spirit of physical community. Dance music plays a big part in all of this, especially the dancing with other people element. In light of this I’d have to say my first real memory comes from hearing ‘White Lines’ by Grandmaster Melle Mel when I was 14 years old. I’d just received my first Sony Walkman and a friend put it in my player. From that moment onwards dance music has been my thing in all its various forms, as long as it has a funk spirit to it and it's good for dancing too!    2) And then, there was David... How did you discover him and what made you fall in love with his musical journey? Did you go to the loft and met David? Tell us all about it!   Ah yes, the godfather and originator of the art of bringing people together through good spirt and good music. I discovered David later on in life (early 40s) while enjoying a dj set by Greg Wilson at a UK festival called Bestival in 2006. I’d been djing a while in Brighton and was naturally attracted to hearing both old and new music played together. Most of which being completely new sounds to my ears. This lead on to some investigation work online which ended up unearthing a site called DJ History. There I found out about David and The Loft. The whole concept and purpose feeling absolutely perfect for social engagement. Sadly, I never met him. However, I did attend one of The UK Loft Parties in London, but, sadly, he wasn’t in good enough shape to travel.   3) You took your journey one step beyond then by launching Loft55, how did that happen?! Can you present to us a few of your last creations? What's the philosophy behind Loft55? When I retired myself from djing and putting on parties, I was simultaneously getting back into clothing. Primarily for personal use at first, but then I decided a new creative venture was in order. However, it had to have a purpose and a positive message behind it. This is where the influences around The Loft and physical community came in. Alongside this a trip to Vietnam with my wife was a big moment. Realising The Vietnamese put their past in the past was something I wanted to incorporate as a positive. Hence 55, the year north and south Vietnam split. In the UK we were going through Brexit which was very divisive. My thinking being, if The Vietnamese can overcome something as hard as a war then why not spread the message? I chose this through clothing with the LOFT55 stamp. In The UK things are tough again with all the political stuff that's raised its head. Another moment to celebrate physical community even more in my view.   To see my work just type LOFT55 in online and it will come up somewhere showing what I’m currently doing.   4) What were the hardest moments you experienced during the last few years? If you had to help someone wishing to launch a new brand, a new product, what would you recommend? Without question it’s been the drop off in people’s disposable incomes that’s required to keep something like what I do going at my level. I went into LOFT55 as a side hustle then the opportunity presented itself to go all in. This lasted for almost 3 years. However, what savings I had to support the business would get eaten away consistently. Then, in 2024, I pulled the plug and said that’s it. But, after self-funding a return through other work, I kickstarted LOFT55 up again. My view being it’s a lifetime commitment supported by my own investment where I can. The hardest part? To be honest I don’t really see anything hard about any of this. It’s all a pleasure come either the rough or the smooth. It’s a long player, not a race to make an income. I suppose this is the advice I’d share with anyone at this level. Enjoy yourself, have a purpose behind your creative output and enjoy what comes your way. Especially if you get to interact with people along the way. It’s a beautiful thing. 5) What's next for loft55? I’ve never really had a set plan. When Colleen posted on her socials a picture wearing her LOFT55 hoodie, it wasn’t a prerequisite to do with any plan that would lead on to something else. I tend to operate with an organic approach. See where things lead to and take it from there. I hope in some small way this mirrors the spirit of The Loft and David’s stewardship in keeping it underground. If pressed, I'd love to see how LOFT55 feels if it makes it a whole 10 years which isn't too long now. Not bad from an idea cooked up in my parents bathroom and from someone who basically makes everything up with no real formal background in any of this!