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Discover the beautiful and thoughtful conversation I had with Caoilfhionn Rose whose new album "Constellation" is out this May! 1) Dear Keelin, thank you so much for joining me here on the Balearic Breakfast blog. Listening to your music feels like experiencing an ongoing discovery. There is always an element inviting the listener to search beyond, even if it's unconscious. We feel this very much when listening to your second album, "Truly", which was very well received by the critics, with the track "Paths" being included in Colleen's first "Balearic Breakfast Vol. 1" compilation. How did you start composing music? Sometimes, artists discover their talent by accident. Was it your case, or did it happen gradually? The process of creating music feels like an ‘ongoing discovery’ to me too, so I’m glad you hear that in the music I make. I could talk about a number of things unfolding which led me to start writing and performing my own music and believing that this was something I could pursue long-term. I have always enjoyed music and am grateful to have had piano lessons with a really lovely, encouraging teacher throughout my childhood and teenage years. After a period of illness, when I was 17, I discovered the healing and therapeutic nature of music. I began writing my own songs on the piano and gradually built up to performing them at open mic nights. I decided to delay going to university for a year and earned a diploma in Music Production and Audio Engineering. This was very inspiring and enabled me to create my own demos of the songs I’d been writing. I also met Matthew Halsall (musician and Gondwana Records label owner) before I went to Newcastle to study. He’d heard one of the little self-produced EPs I’d put on my Bandcamp page and was interested in working on my debut album with me to be released on Gondwana. Matthew’s belief and support were really encouraging and put me on a path to pursue music in a more serious and dedicated way. 2) You have your own "Sound". Of course, your voice, which can't be forgotten by the listener, but also, that free and open-minded approach, the tight and not overwhelming bass, and that kind of "eternity" to it, enhanced, I feel, by the beautiful equilibrium found in the several echos and reverbs used for the recording/mastering of your records. The guitar plays a dominant role in this sonic picture. How do you work with your team (bandmates and sound engineers) while you're in the studio? My approach to making music is quite experimental at times, and I don’t really follow any one process. I self-produced ‘Constellation’ with my husband Rich Williams (who also plays guitar in my band). We worked together at crafting the sound-world of the album and constructed the songs in different ways. Mostly, we employed a collage-type method, starting with the core of a song – some chords, a vocal melody – and gradually pieced it together, building layers on top, working with other musicians adding their parts. Sometimes, we stuck two song ideas together, reworking and reimagining as we went along. We recorded a lot of stuff at home in our shed and also had a lovely studio session at WR Audio in Manchester. In this session we invited bandmates – Alan Taylor on drums and Gavin Barras on bass – to jam out ideas and craft them together some more. The song ‘Rainfall’ came about through improvisation over an ambient sample created by trumpeter and producer Aaron Wood. The new album also features my good friend Jordan Smart (Mammal Hands) on saxophone. His parts were recorded remotely sometime during the lockdown. We sent over a bunch of songs, and Jordan interwove his beautiful melodies over the top. I really enjoy working with other musicians and, when making ‘Constellation’, I really opened myself up to collaborating, sometimes in person, sometimes remotely – sending things back and forth. I find it really exciting to find new ways of working and exploring new sound-worlds. 3) Your new album, "Constellation", will be out in May. Two tracks are already available to listen to on the streaming platforms, and your Bandcamp, "Rainfall" and "Fall into Place", played by our dear Colleen on the 165th episode of Balearic Breakfast. Though you keep your "ethereal" nature, even giving it a wider range, one can feel a slightly more solid approach to sound; realism seems more present. What did you want to convey both musically and spiritually through this new album? Musically, I wanted to veer off into a bit of a new direction from my first two albums, ‘Awaken’ and 'Truly’. I did this by using different instrumentation, singing in different ways, writing about new things, being playful with song structures, and collaborating. The whole album was quite patch-worked together, so I’m not sure whether there was ever an overarching plan or concept. ‘Wandering Mind’ was the song that sparked the idea of the album’s sound-world. It was the first song I was working on where I thought: ‘yes this is where I want to go’. It felt like I’d unlocked a new soundscape and style. Spiritually, I hope the music is felt and understood in whatever way is helpful. The album’s meaning seems to reveal itself to me more and more as time goes on. The songs resonate in different ways at different times. I hope it can do that for other people, slotting into their lives when they need it. 4) While watching your album covers, I was surprised by how much they share a close pictural element (I won't tell our readers which one it is; of course, they'll have to look and find it for themselves, laughs!). How do you choose the path to take when working on your album covers? Can it be that just one song brings up the idea, or is it generally the album as a whole that leads you to propose the final vision? The artist – Daniel Halsall – designed the covers for my albums ‘Truly’ and ‘Constellation’ and the cover of my first album ‘Awaken’ is a photo of me taken by my husband Rich Williams. Daniel Halsall designs a lot of the album artwork for the Gondwana Records label and has a way of connecting to the music and bringing that music to life in visual form. The decision to create and choose album artwork is quite collaborative between me and Gondwana Records. It involves a lot of moodboard making and listening to the record as a whole to highlight themes and imagery. I went to Daniel Halsall’s art exhibition last year and was really inspired by his line drawings and use of composition. Serendipitously, the style seemed to correlate with the constellation theme, and so I asked if he could design something of that ilk, incorporating some imagery from the lyrics of songs from my album. 5) You like to share thoughts on some of your songs on your socials, and one can feel you're a positive person. This contrasts with the more balanced tonalities of your songs, which, at first listen, lead the listener onto a more reflective path. Where does your soul guide you, Keelin? I really like this question! Hmm, I’m quite a deep thinker, or well, I am an over-thinker… I try to be positive but often I am overtaken by worries, both of the future and dwelling over things. When I’m writing songs it’s often done in a sort of self-talk way, advisory and with care. The messages I want to send out are of kindness and warmth, with hope and resilience. My soul guides me to constantly work on myself and to be a good person.

On 5th May 2024, while travelling through Spain, Colleen stopped at the Curtis Audio cafe, cocktail bar & record store for a special show. About this show. – We're so excited to share a new episode of Curtis Radio curated by legendary DJ and producer Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy. Her exciting and successful musical journey spans 4 decades, from her adolescence working in record stores and radio stations in her hometown, to her connection and friendship with the 'godfather of Disco music' David Mancuso and his seminal parties. From the Loft, to current projects Balearic Breakfast, Classic Album Sundays, Love Dancin' Sound System, among many others, her resume is too long and rich to list here. We can simply say that for a humble Barcelona audio bar that cares about quality sound and music, having Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy select 10 songs she likes to be featured on our radio show is an important event and an honor. We share that with our audience. Colleen doesn't just play records. She tells the stories behind the music. In her own words… “I am a music lover, music curator and music educator. It's about trying to transcend everyday life through music. When people say that Balearic Breakfast helped them get through the pandemic, I think it's because music has a healing quality. When people are on the dancefloor, I want them to forget about their daily lives. And the same goes for Classic Album Sundays, when people are completely immersed listening to an album, it takes them to another place. Those experiences have been very important to me. The search is endless and that is what motivates me. I never set out to do any of this intentionally; It just happened because of my passion. One thing led to another which fed another which fed another. I will never stop discovering music. “You always have to be looking forward, expanding your horizons.” So let's do just that, sit back, relax, turn up the volume and fully expand our musical horizons with these 10 beautiful songs lovingly curated by Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy. Press play and enjoy. Listen back to the 43rd episode of the Curtis Radio Show: TRACKLIST (2023) The Circling Sun – Spirits (Part 2) (2011) Jonathan Wilson – Desert Raven (2023) Jacob Gurevitsch – Elevation in MInor (Cosmodelica Remix) (2022) Derya Yildrim & Grup Simsek – Bal (1976) Pacific Express – Sky Ride 2 (1973) Madeline Bell – That's what it's all about (2023) Parbleu – Elios (2021) Flamingo Pier – Cosmic Sunset (2021) Sun Palace – Rude Movments (François K Sats Dub Extended) (1984) Robert Sandrini – Occhi Su Di Me CURTIS RADIO PRESENTATION Let's celebrate. Here, from the Curtis Radio sound system. Your monthly space where we propose music from the best selectors, interviews with quality content, Music with soul. No robots or artificial intelligence here. Through a selection of ten themes, today we are accompanied by a defender of the art of listening. Colleen brings together everything you can dream of in a musical prescriber. Writer, radio host, collector, DJ and producer. Basically, we could define her as a central figure in the contemporary musical scene, with a life dedicated to sharing and spreading. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts. At 14, she was already in charge of her own radio show, marking the beginning of a career that would lead her to be one of the most respected voices in the waves. In 1986, she moved to New York to study sound and radio at the School of Cinema. During her stay, she would become the first female director of one of the most important university radio stations in the United States. There, she would be a pioneer in the diffusion of the emerging house music style, attracting the genre's main figures. The conduction of radio shows, along with her experience working in the main record store in Massachusetts, made her a part of an eclectic musical fanbase that would promote her beginnings as a DJ. The turning point in her career would come when she attended the legendary David Mancuso parties at The Loft back in the 1990s. For those of you who are not familiar with David Mancuso, he is something like the "godfather of disco music". Mancuso's influence led her to appreciate music from a completely new perspective and to adopt a unique philosophy, the dance floor, as a community experience. Soon, a friendship would be forged where Mancuso would entrust her with the task of being the hostess of his mythical parties. In the 2000s, she founded the record label Beaches Brew, releasing a variety of recordings that covered genres from dub to rock. Collecting vinyls, putting records on, telling stories and producing, which would lead her to collaborate with artists like the Irish singer Roisin Murphy, others like Chaka Khan or Stevie Wonder himself, leaving her mark with innovative and eclectic remixes. Her influence transcends and goes beyond, creating the classic album Sundays concept in the Royal Albert Hall, a movement that proclaims the art of listening to albums in full with the audience. To this day, Colleen continues to express herself through her show Balearic Breakfast, which began on Gilles Peterson's radio as a musical lighthouse and transcended to a series of vinyl compilations. Colleen Murphy merges the desire to entertain with the need to heal and educate through music, inspiring with new sounds and perspectives. Today, through Diez Temas, she educates us again with a very special selection for this new episode of Corte y Radio. Thank you for being here with us. Colleen Cosmo Murphy, friends. COLLEEN PRESENTATION Greetings, this is Colleen Cosmo Murphy and right now I am in Andalucía. Actually, I'm in Zahora and I've had a lovely holiday, just about to return home and back to reality, but just love this part of Spain so much. We've been coming here for over 20 years now and I'm feeling pretty Balearic, even though we're on the wrong coast. Of course, we're on the West Coast. Those are Spanish birds that you can hear in the background. I'm delighted to be here on Corte y Radio with 10 selections that give an idea of the overall arc of my weekly Balearic Breakfast radio show, which started on Worldwide FM and I now host on Mixcloud. I'm on Mixcloud Live every Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 12 noon British summertime. You can join in the live chat. And, yeah, it's a great community of people. The show's been going on for just over three years now. I guess coming up on four years. It was started during the pandemic. And luckily and quite gratefully, I also have a Balearic Breakfast compilation series on Heavenly Recordings. And volume three is coming out very soon. I believe it's at the end of May or early June. And I'm also doing a special record release party in Ibiza on the 8th of June at The Standard, if you want to come along and join me. Today's selection, as I said, represents the arc of Balearic Breakfast. And there's some New Zealand spiritual jazz, some contemporary California singer-songwriter material just kind of hearkening back to the Laurel Canyon days, but more modern. There's a remix of mine, a Cosmodélica remix of mine, of Jacob Gurevich, who is a Danish guitarist who really specializes in Spanish-style guitar. It's a song called Elevation in Minor that I remixed for him. And that can be found on the upcoming compilation, Balearic Breakfast, volume three. You can still hear the Spanish birds here. There's also some Turkish folk dance music, some 70s South African jazz rock, some classic American soul, some Neapolitan jazz funk. I just love what's coming out of Napoli at the moment. Some New Zealand live cosmic disco. Yes, a couple of New Zealand tracks because we went to New Zealand for the first time this year and had a great time. I also have a tribute to two of my mentors, Francois K. Francois Kvorkian, that is. He did a great remix of a song that was played a lot by David Mancuso, David Mancuso of The Loft in New York. They're both supporters, friends, mentors, and just people who I admire and have had very intense relationships with in a very positive way. And I also leave with one little song that's a little bit of a surprise, so I hope you enjoy. Thanks to Curtis Radio for having me here, and thanks to all of you for listening.

NTS Radio broadcast the 7th episode of Balearic Brunch on June 01st 2024. About this show. – Life is a succession of events. Sometimes they're good. Sometimes they're bad. They can bring you down, but, ultimately, they should always... bring you up. That's something I learnt while listening to Colleen and to other DJs I discovered thanks to her. This last episode of "Balearic Brunch" is all about these quite philosophical thoughts as we shall see in the listening experience section of that post. A lot of the songs, if not all of them in fact, and the show itself, for many reasons, depict that choice you have to make in life, that destiny you must accept while somehow refusing it, thus moving forward... And, sometimes, even if that may seem quite contradictory, deciding not to make a move is still a rebelious way to act upon events... Somehow, staying on a protective side may alllow you to move forward on a safer path, at a later moment... The Balearic crew joined Colleen on her last Balearic Brunch show which was aired on June 1st 2024 on NTS. We really had a ball with a "Gif Party" including dancing pigeons and kitties, not forgetting crazy rabbits and other cheerfull pictures that brought a dose of well-needed hapiness to our dear Captain (btw, Colleen, if you are reading these lines, this one is a gift from Rick!)... On her socials, Colleen shared the following presentation with her followers: "My last Balearic Brunch on @nts_radio is now reposted on my Mixcloud and thanks to all who joined in on the Discord and to all who tuned in live. It has been a pleasure to host a 6 month residency on NTS and thank you to all of the staff who have supported me and the show. I appreciate you! This show features the first play of my Cosmodelica remix of @bryonyjarmanpinto Moving Forward which is coming out on @tru_thoughts in July. Its a beautiful, positive song and I was delighted to bring out the strings in the arrangement. I hope you like it! (...)" Let's dive deeper into this beautiful last Balearic Brunch episode! Listen back to the 7th episode of Balearic Brunch: PLAYLIST (1992) La Fábula – Acuarela Crepuscular (2024) Don Glori – All Seeds (1986) Tri Atma – Yummy Moon (Long Version) (NOL) Bryony Jarman Pinto – Moving Forward (Cosmodelica Remix) (1977) True Transfusion – No Communication (Part 1) (1977) Gary Bartz (ft. Syreeta Wright) – Funked Up (2023) Bosq & Kaleta – Meji Meji (2024) Nicola Conte – Umoja (Joaquin’s Sacred Rhythm Dub) (2013) Zero 7 – On My Own THE LISTENING EXPERIENCE Starting the show with the somewhat sad, and slightly worried, yet hopeful, "Acuarela Crepuscular", Colleen introduces us to La Fábula (the band consisting of musician, improviser and sound experimenter from Mexico City Rogelio Nobara Tamura, and Hector Zavala and being part of the El Chopo Flea Market artistic community, still active to this very day!) letting us reflect upon life's ups and downs. Such a beautiful and reflective musical moment. Keeping the interrogative feeling alive and well, Colleen then plays "All Seeds", Don Gori's track from the 2024 studio album 'Don't Forget to Have Fun', infusing a Jazzy vibe to the musical journey she proposes here for this last edition of Balearic Brunch, this jazzy trip being beautifully followed by the more Bossa-Nova like number that is Tri Atma's "Yummy Moon", which, as it keeps a worried soul, seems to be more combative in its approach! (Listen, and read, Colleen's interview with Balearic Mike & Kelvin Andrews here). Even if it is being said that "Moving Forward" celebrates the deep sense of security and steadfastness Bryony cherishes with her partner while navigating parenthood together (read more about these changing times for Bryony here), this uplifting song has a broader meaning perfectly fitting today's show! It is beautifully followed by True Transfusion's "No Communication", enhancing the need for change when something goes wrong. Adressing things is a proof of love indeed! This Jazz-Fusion moment is followed by the frontal and very direct number that is "Funked up" by Gary Bartz (ft. Syreeta Wright), allowing us to enter the second half of today's show on a good foot. By now, you must have noticed something quite important in these Balearic Brunch shows, which shines here: NTS's sound! Yes, that radio station has a Sound of its own. Listen carefully to how precise the sound is, it is quite organic too, somehow I would say there's a vintage approach here! Also, take the time to listen to Colleen's voice, did you notice that she uses it slightly differently during Balearic Brunch? Her tone is more profound if I can put it in that way, while keeping her gentleness, her sound is less "open". Also, take the time to listen to the other episodes, you'll see how much every Balearic Brunch episode has its own sonic and intellectual soul. Again, these shows seem to be more "organic" and more "soulful" I would say, while retaining Colleen's visuals intact. Yes, Colleen really tried to craft something here... Well done, dear Captain! Keeping the positive flow afloat, Colleen then plays the very Balearic "Meji Meji" (loosely meaning something like “two heads are better than one” in Yoruba, taking a positive stance, with Kaleta singing about unity over division on a heavy Disco Funk groove with blistering horns and heavy percussion), followed by another Jazzy number, the tremendously motivating "Umoja" (expressing unity, oneness and harmony in Swahili), here presented in its Joaquin’s Sacred Rhythm Dub version! What a ball we had on the NTS chat while Colleen was playing these energetic musical trips, we laughed like crazy and Colleen enjoyed our GIFs to the maximum! Ending the show with the electronic, very oceanic, yet worried song that is "On My Own" by Zero 7 (a two-track EP that was released after a four year break from their last studio album Yeah Ghost, and with the up-beat disco-funk vibe and catchy vocals by Aussie Danny Pratt), Colleen leaves us with a strong message: it does not matter how much you'll want to protect yourself, one day life will make you Dance... against your will...

The brand new Balearic Breakfast (Vol. 3) double LP compilation is out today! To celebrate, T-shirts are available to order on the Heavenly Recordings website! Today marks the vinyl release of my Balearic Breakfast Volume 3 compilation on Heavenly Recordings! It’s another eclectic mix of sunshine sounds that knows no bounds. Most of the songs are difficult to find on vinyl and some have never had a vinyl pressing (ed. See below). I hope you like it. Thank you to all who pre-ordered the signed editions on Bandcamp and to those who have already picked it up at their local record shop. If you still need a copy, there is a list of shops here. We also have some brand new Balearic Breakfast T-shirts in pink, white, ivory and denim blue and there is a choice of designs with prints only on the front or on both the front and back. And a reminder that I’m hosting two record release parties: tomorrow, Saturday the 8th June, at The Standard Ibiza from 6 to 11pm - please head pre-reserve. And the following Saturday, the 15th June, I’m over at NT’s Loft from 3:30 - 9pm where I’ll be joined by Zero 7 with a DJ set. It’s both indoors and outdoors with a great view of Balearic East London. Thank you for your continued support of Balearic Breakfast - a radio show that I started nearly 3 years ago on Worldwide FM and which has continued as a weekly stream and archive on my Mixcloud. This family keeps growing together and reaches most corners of the globe. I’m so proud of our community. And thank to you all of the shops stocking the record, to ardneks for the awesome artwork and to Heavenly recordings for believing in me and keeping this series going three years in a row. And finally, thank you to the artists and record labels who have allowed us to include their music including Jonathan Wilson, Jacob Gurevitsch, Shawn Lee, Quintus Project, Pigeon, Shunt Voltage, Mildlife, David Holmes, Zero 7 and Primal Scream. I appreciate your support. A NICE REVIEW FROM DREAMHOUSE RECORDS Out today: Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy Presents Balearic Breakfast Vol. 3. (Heavenly Records) When it comes to curating playlists, few have better bona fides than the US DJ and all-around radio legend Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy. The host of many seminal shows, including the wildly successful Cosmodelica, the 6 Music album series Sounds of a City, and Radio 4’s documentary series Turntable Tales, Murphy’s knowledge is exhaustive and her taste unimpeachable – evidenced by her side hustle as an in-demand remixer, who has transformed tracks by artists such as Róisín Murphy, The Rapture, Candi Staton, The 2 Bears, and Horace Andy. It’s always a happy day, then, when Murphy puts together a compilation, and the third instalment of her acclaimed series Balearic Breakfast is an absolute treat – a wide-ranging, multi-genre record for which Murphy follows Jose Padilla’s simple credo that Balearic is not a sound, but rather a way of life – or as Resident Advisor put it, “Murphy’s definition of Balearic seems more tied to music’s capacity to take you to limitless backdrops than it is to any specific destination.” The LP features a treasure trove of incredible tracks (most of which have never been available on vinyl before, while others are long out of print), such as Jonathan Wilson’s ‘Desert Raven’, which takes flight on a descending guitar part that’s equal parts Laurel Canyon and Las Salinas beach; Shunt Voltage’s ‘Generator’, a relentless slab of analogue after-hours electro; and Andrew Weatherall’s (RIP) phenomenal remix of Primal Scream’s ‘Uptown’, which dresses up the original in nine-and-a-half minutes of melodica-led futuristic electro-disco glitter – and so whether you’re waxing existential on Margate Sands, or sipping Caipirinhas in Ipanema, Balearic Breakfast, Vol. 3 is as essential a beach staple as sun cream and shades. About the rare Andrew Weatherall remix of Primal Scream (from Colleen's interview with Andy Beta) So how did you get that insanely rare Andrew Weatherall remix of Primal Scream? That and the Zero 7 are the rarities here. That Zero 7 is $150 minimum as it was just a white label. Get 2-3 of those, then get Bandcamp things that didn’t get a pressing. Then I look at styles: is it too much of a proggy sound? Too much jazzy? Too much house? Then once everything is licensed, it’s about the sequencing and timing for each side. I was a big Primal Scream fan. I knew all their stuff. They have that ‘60s thing going on. When Screamadelica came out, it was melding the dance music I was getting into with the ‘60s psychedelic stuff. I interviewed them when it came out and it was difficult: they all have thick Glaswegian accents and I had one microphone. Then I interviewed them again when they recorded down in Memphis with Tom Dowd. Then I interviewed Bobby for one of my radio shows, a spotlight on Glasgow. Over my career, I’ve interviewed them the most. David played that white label 12” at the end of one of our Loft parties in London. And I ran up to the booth like “What is thiiis?” A friend let me borrow their copy for a Loft party we did in Italy. But I never had a copy. Jeff from Heavenly is tight with them all from the ‘80s. I just wanted a vinyl copy to play at the parties. And then I wanted it for the compilation. But Primal Scream is on a major. Yet because Weatherall’s remix didn’t actually officially ever come out, that actual copyright isn’t owned by a major label. So it’s owned by the band. Jeff asked Bobby and he says: “Yeah, I like Colleen and I want her to have it.” It was very cool. So they were able to say yeah: “I want her to have it.” That was such a coup.

Matt Wolfe is one of the core listeners of Colleen's Balearic Breakfast show. I am so pleased to welcome someone that became a friend! Let's meet Matt! 1) Dear Matt, I am truly humbled to have you on the blog, as you are one of the show's "core listeners"! Going back, way back to Balearic Breakfast's first shows, did you feel that "irresistible attraction" to the show? What impact did the show have on your life back then? Hi Artur! 🌅 Thank you so much for your support, your kind patience and for having me! 🫶🏻✌🏻 I was so happy this show came along… Colleen's amazing soundtrack and beautiful selections got me back in touch with my musical roots again. That's really a priceless gift! 2) I have been thinking about it lately, but don't you think that the tragic event of "The Disco Demolition Night" wasn't, in a sense, a good thing as it permitted a new musical approach in the 80s, ultimately leading to "Nu-Disco" with tracks like Findlay Brown's Stallion's Suite thus assuring Disco's Legacy? It was a very sad and shocking event, indeed! Of course, I was too young to remember anything from it. But I believe what happened then has led us to where we are now and the huge Disco resurrection that has taken place over the last four centuries… I believe Disco is bigger than ever with the new generation and with events such as Glitter Box nights. Disco is firmly back on the map. I think Nu-Disco definitely has a firm place on the map, too! 3) Talking about music, tell me more about your 80's! Please share with us some of your beloved songs from that era! For me, everything started back in 86/87. I started to feel the love and energy of the electronic/synth-sounding pop songs like Donna Summer's Dinner with Gershwin and Petshop Boys' Domino Dancin and Heart. These songs led me to dance Music and, of course, house music! 4) As a DJ, how do you approach music when blending tracks together? What is your goal when sharing music with people? I like to play the full song and blend in towards the end… I like people to hear the full 12-inch of the mix as I believe you can fully appreciate it this way! 5) With the vinyl resurgence in recent years, we saw a lot of new editions coming out, and lately, sadly, prices have gone up. How do you buy records, and most importantly, being a DJ, how do you listen to music? Lockdown made me reconnect with my vinyl collection again…. I started purchasing more records, and this led me to do a few live sessions on Instagram! As far as buying goes, Discogs can be expensive, but I love a good charity shop hunt, too. I’m now very selective about what I purchase and only buy what I truly need. I also use a few sites to download songs (Traxsource, beat port, etc.) and love a bit of DAB radio, where I listen to Jazz FM quite a bit! Thank you so much, Matt! See you soon, Artur! ✨✨

An electronic project based in the North West of England UK, Shunt Voltage is nothing short of a musical electrifying band! I met one of its members for a great interview! 1) Hello Jamie! How is the current going lately? (laughs!) Thank you so much for joining me on the Balearic Breakfast blog! Colleen featured Shunt Voltage's music several times during Balearic Breakfast, and we all dig it a lot! By the way, are you into electronics? (laughs!) Hi Artur, the current is flowing very well thanks, and thank you for inviting us on. Yes! it’s actually Damian who knows all about circuit boards and capacitors etc. It's great for us because he’s really good with the gear we use. 2) On Facebook I read that quote from your latest musical effort: "Thanks to Andrew Weatherall for bringing us together". How did you guys actually meet, and what led you to create music under the "Shunt Voltage" moniker? I had worked with Damian for many years on previous projects that he had been involved with, and so we just decided to start our own project. Initially, there were another two guys involved and SV started life a little more organic sounding. When they left, it kind of forced us to approach things differently and we became more electronic-based. We had a rehearsal room (the Bunker) where our mates, who we’d known for years and with whom we used to hang out, played music and did photography/art and so Karl started to look after the projections when we played live. We wanted a name that kind of reflected what we were doing and so, with Damian's knowledge of electronics, he suggested a few names and we both instantly agreed: 'Shunt Voltage' sounded right… I think he then explained to me what it meant which wasn’t quite as exciting, but it still sounded right! The Andrew Weatherall nod is a reference to the sonic ecosystem that in a roundabout way enabled us to hook up with Duncan Gray and John Paynter/Ben Lewis for the remixes on our 12" release. The same musical ecosystem was also a catalyst for a previous release 'Scapeism' on Duncan Gray's Tici Taci label which was remixed by Sons Of Slough (Duncan Gray & Ian Weatherall). 3) That's quite impressive indeed! And it leads us to the song played by Colleen on the 173rd episode of Balearic Breakfast, 'To What Degree (A Space Age Freak Out)' which, in its essence, is quite close to some tracks played at the Loft (I'm thinking about "Torch Song's "Prepare to Energize" here), with that bumping spacey feeling to it. How was that tune born and how did you guys collaborate with ASAFO on that one? The SV version came about like most of our tracks, just experimenting with ideas and jamming things out. We like using vocals but not too much, we try to avoid being too song like (i.e verse chorus and so on). I think minimal lyrics and repetition are good enough hook lines in themselves. Our manager, Paul (Beautiful Burnouts), was the catalyst behind the remixes. He’s put on a number of gigs that John Paynter and SV have appeared on the same bill, and so we’ve got to know John and become friends. We submitted a couple of tracks and a remix for John's “Shelter Me” projects, so it made complete sense to ask him alongside Ben Lewis to do a mix, they did a great job with it, and gave it a bit more of a club vibe. We were also really pleased with the Duncan Gray remix of 'Cowboys', which was a bit more industrial electro-funk style! So all in all we're proud of our first vinyl release! 4) I went down memory lane and listened back to the 120th Balearic Breakfast episode where another track of yours was featured, "Generator", another very electrical name indeed, laughs! It's also a very interesting track because it has some beautiful stereo effects, quite frighteningly realistic, I must say, and also a beautiful soundstage, which helps the listener lose himself in the Sound. How do you work on a track? Do you start with a rhythm or a beat, or do you go another way around while creating? Yes, we have a few running electric themes. Our first release on Bandcamp was titled "Electro Circus”, but this was actually a nod and a wink to the infamous 70’s punk night in Manchester the Electric Circus, where many great bands played like Buzzcocks, Talking Heads and Fall etc. Back to the question… Generator started life very differently to how it ended up. It was based around a Can-type groove on bass guitar and drums mixed with some industrial-type sounds, it was an unusual blend of ideas which is what we still try to do now. Eventually, things were replaced by sequencers and drum machines. However we retained the industrial aspect of it to keep the original spirit of the song and, finally, to finish off, the vocal idea was developed. We generally process all our vocals one way or another to make them a bit more interesting. 5) You're quite busy lately, as I saw you also had a few dates this year leading you to the Social in London! Congratulations! With all of that going on, what's next for Shunt Voltage? Any chance an album could be in the making? We self-released our first vinyl 12’ this year. Hopefully, if we sell all the copies we can fund another release at some point later this year. We also have a single called “Resistor” (keeping the theme going, ha!) being digitally released through Paisley Dark alongside remixes from Adult DVD, Mindbender, Cosmikuro and A Space Age Freak Out. Other than that I guess our future plans are to carry on doing everything we’ve been doing, more gigs and more music. Thank you Jamie! Thanks Artur!

Colleen will celebrate the release of her Balearic Breakfast Volume 3 compilation on Saturday, the 15th of June at Night Tales Loft in London! LAUNCH PARTY ANNOUNCEMENT Colleen will celebrate the release of her Balearic Breakfast Volume 3 compilation on Saturday, the 15th of June at Night Tales Loft and is thrilled to announce her special guests are Zero 7 playing a Swim Surreal DJ set. Expect sunshine Balearic vibes in East London as it will be a daytime party (3:30 to 9 pm), both indoors and outdoors, with a Buena Vista. Balearic Breakfast family member Lee Zee will open up with a chilled mix and then Zero 7, followed by Colleen herself. Colleen has long been a fan of Zero 7, their ultra-rare ‘On My Own’ is one of the featured tracks on the vinyl compilation (the cd version will be released next year). We hope you can join us and please head over to Resident Advisor for info and tickets. The compilation will come out a week before the party, on Friday, the 7th June on HEAVENLY RECORDINGS. Signed copies of Balearic Breakfast Vol 3 have already sold out on Bandcamp so please ask to pre-order at your local record store – they need your support and remember record store day is every day! Note from Colleen: Here are some links for territories outside of the UK: Here's the ffm link for Balearic Breakfast Vol.3: https://ffm.to/balearic-breakfast-vol3 I am told by PIAS that it is geo-targeted, so it shows you the links based on where in the world you are. If people are using the link overseas it should show them the shops relevant to where they are, however we can only see the UK based ones on the link due to our location (if that makes sense). Here are the international links that are featured on the link though for reference Germany: https://www.amazon.de/Colleen-Cosmo-Murphy.../dp/B0D22QMPGP https://www.hhv.de/shop/en/records/item/v-a-colleen-cosmo-murphy-presents-balearic-breakfast-3-1125530 https://www.deejay.de/balearic+breakfast+vol+3 Holland: https://www.platomania.nl/article/14502991/colleen_cosmo_murphy_presents_balea/various?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR049bDF6wA9qQSZvXg6ZNWF4HS_K-HtqDV5vOi8u1Dg-BR3O-7KgLgjbd8_aem_AZYZK_gOPcRP1n8QApHz0r2eD3nhBBIFPirpqv1GHtguj_W8PM7tojDbKcQAUSv-w6r9UI0SBHL_7spBbxkVshVV US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D22QMPGP https://recordstoreday.com/UPC/5400863159672 France: https://www.fnac.com/a20376613/Collectif-Colleen-Cosmo-Murphy-Presents-Balearic-Breakfast-Volume-3-Vinyle-album

"My record collection sits at around 10,000 and tells the story of my life better than I can in words. I’m a music obsessive and I will always prefer vinyl." Colleen, Elle Decoration, 19/05/21 Very quickly, "Balearic Breakfast" found its audience. People from all around the globe have been listening to the show hosted on Worldwide FM, and playlists started to appear on Spotify and other streaming platforms afterwards. A global playlist (by Rob Calcutt) : https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4Hve4WKUYtsgYEiczJBI84?si=d74ea93a7bf74643 This playlist has been synchronised on Deezer and also on Qobuz. Since the first Balearic Breakfast LP is not available in a digital format, Thomas Butters and Alvaro Ugolini created playlists respecting the track order of the vinyl album : – https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0NSs2R8bXAT1LKOVvqBS6A?si=523af883c41f45d6 – https://open.spotify.com/playlist/47Au1p2pv3URv8xIrWOA8k?si=65808637073e4e85 Spotify Playlists for some of the shows (by sterl_morisson) : – https://open.spotify.com/playlist/43wfLJ6ecCrZV7aB2lypwz?si=de0e0c8c2a66479d – https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7znf1vLMQE7amCBSLUMRJE?si=abcd64533bdf467f – https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4HSDVWfaCIeFAUaovESaIP?si=3ff7adb128dd4e6c – https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6knfan3qdFmqSIlveddbKg?si=abdb1a74f3a14dd6 – https://open.spotify.com/playlist/797u9YGqk2Rmkua550sRWL?si=fe7cc63b33e9432e – https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0RpBtgxGWWhOe1SmJ3LnzB?si=db56fab89e2f4785 – https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0WBkvuuY3hv17ziqNmYmhk?si=5d9e0783be534341 A small playlist (by Sanjay Sur) : https://open.spotify.com/playlist/78a3kiXsH2xSDqyN6Vx8LS?si=0d5a9bceb3d14837 Also, Collen created 2 Balearic Breakfast playlists, the first one to celebrate the show's first anniversary (which you can access here) and a second one for EEM 'Equipment Essential Music': https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5NViT2ZWGq42s1in0AiSYA?si=75439481320845a1

I met Delia Recording's crew for an interview about their brand-new Vinyl compilation and the quality craftsmanship accompanying it on its new musical journey. 1) Thank you so much for joining me here on the Balearic Breakfast Blog Simon, Matt, and Huw! It's an absolute pleasure! One of the first questions that came to my mind is, how did you guys start this whole adventure? We know that very often, a project comes from a dream, something we want to do. Can you tell us more about yourselves and share what drove you to launch Delia Recordings? Matt: Why? So that the music doesn't just sit on a shelf in our studio. Huw: And we realised all the music is coming from the same place – our community in Nottingham – with Matt mixing all the tracks and producing a lot of the music, too. It has a shared sound, a texture, and we wanted our records to be out in the world, filed alongside the records we love the most. Matt: Delia Recordings is actually named after my mother, who sadly died while we were recording the Torn Sail album (a future release). While she was ill, she'd said I should "do what I want to do", which was permission of sorts to risk a pile of money and time on a wildly romantic venture. Not for the first time either, I ran a successful drum and bass label called Baltic in the late 90's. Simon: There’s also a small nod to Delia Derbyshire, the electronic music composer, and TV chef Delia Smith; we’re very much a kitchen-table operation at this stage. Huw: I’d been working with Matt over an extended period on the Torn Sail album and introduced friends and now label-mates Brown Fang, whose second album Matt has mixed. Simon had managed my old band, Earth The Californian Love Dream. He came in to create the label identity and push us well out of our comfort zone with ideas like our live Happenings and the idea of launching the label with this compilation record. Matt: It started as a sampler with two tracks each from our upcoming Torn Sail, Brown Fang, and Shrinkwrap double albums, but as I curated, edited, and remixed it, it evolved into a record in its own right, an imaginary soundtrack more like The KLF’s ‘Chillout’. Simon: It’s way more cohesive as a project than most compilations or mix albums, and I think people are listening to it as a whole record, if that makes sense. It’s definitely a label statement of intent too, an answer to any question about Delia Recordings. 2) With the resurgence of vinyl in the last few years, it seems you started at the "right moment". I loved how, on your new compilations' Bandcamp page, you stated " Entitled The Horizon Is On The Horizon (referencing both fastidious craft, attention to never-ending detail, and vinyl production schedules) it’s released on 26th April 2024 on heavyweight vinyl and old-school CD", laughs! Yet, it also seems that vinyl is going through many changes lately. Production facilities and producers are trying to be eco-responsible and produce less polluting records, just like you do. What are the pros and cons of such a decision? Matt: The pros are it’s a little less damaging to our environment, which has to be a good thing. There’s no cons really, unless you want to do a small run of less than 300, then it’s really hard to use an eco-aware company. Having said that, you are right – there is a move away from the polluting process of vinyl production. Some manufacturers are moving slower than others, which is why we’ve chosen to make our vinyl with a company in the Netherlands called Deepgrooves, which appears to be spearheading new eco-friendly processes and not just engaging in greenwashing talk. Their factory in a former prison in northern Holland is powered by 100% green energy, and after many years of research, they are now offering ISO ISCC-certified bio-vinyl with a 90% reduction in CO₂ emissions, the harmful heavy metals taken out of the manufacturing process, and no detriment to sound quality (in fact it is arguably better in the top end frequencies than old school vinyl production techniques). We were fortunate to be shown around their production facility by CEO Chris Roorda, and his warmth and enthusiasm for ‘making vinyl the right way’, as he put it, confirmed we had done the right thing. Of course, there’s still the transport issue of moving the stock to the UK – vinyl is heavy! The boxes of vinyl just about fit in the boot of my friend's car – his mum’s new hybrid ‘family car’ that is very efficient on fuel – so we like to think we brought the stock back to the UK in the least fuel-consuming way! We hope that the records we make ultimately end up on people's shelves, lovingly played, and not just thrown into the sea. Thanks to that charlatan, Mr Johnson, Brexit has made working with partners in Europe a bit of a bureaucratic nightmare, as we found out on our road trip to Holland to pick the stock up earlier this year. We love the ethos Deepgrooves demonstrates, and they did a brilliant job pressing ‘The Horizon Is On The Horizon’, so, on balance, it was worth the drive to pick them up. We also spent a couple of nights in Amsterdam on the way back – so what’s not to like?! 3) Colleen played Nine Voices' "So it Goes" during the "Balearic Brunch" show aired on NTS every last Sunday of the month. I took the time to listen to the other tracks from your forthcoming compilation and I was taken into a modern (yet light) sounding musical trip. When reading the credits, I saw you are working with Mastering engineer JP Braddock from Formation Audio. Another important decision while launching a Balearic record label, laughs! Can you share with us the sound you want to achieve within Delia Records and how important JP Braddock's work has been on this first release? Huw: I don't think we're really trying to achieve a specific sound – it's a natural combination of each artist's aesthetic, with Matt's mixing and production bringing just enough consistency. We're lucky to work with really experienced musicians who bring deep craftsmanship, which wasn't the plan, but it's definitely a factor in the sound. Mastering is a small but vital part of that, making sure every detail is given full attention. I do think 'Immersive' is a relevant word. We have no chart aspirations. We're into the art. 4) We talked about vinyl and the sound, but now it seems we cannot go on without speaking about the artists! As with every great record label, Delia Records must have its editorial slant! How do you choose the artists who will join your label? The Balearic musical scene is pretty wide, so where does Delia Record's soul lie? Matt: We only have the time and money to work with a small family of artists at any one time, so the emphasis is absolutely on quality, not quantity. Torn Sail, Brown Fang and Shrinkwrap are all connected, both through the individual musicians and the Nottingham scene, it’s a genuine family. We’d like to grow the family – the artists featured on 'The Horizon Is On The Horizon' are all part of that family. Huw: Our soul is in trying to represent the humanity of the musicians and artists and respect the lifetimes of energy they've dedicated to a vision – it's about people we know, here, in just another grey city in the UK, and about trying to share the beautiful pictures in these people's minds and spread a kind of love of something better. When you're playing, you're not fighting, right? It's inspiring. 5) Delia Recordings is a team effort – it's pretty obvious. The three of you are even involved in the creative process, working together, for instance, on the sleeve of your first compilation and even bringing up the experience to propose musical events and a magazine! Can you tell us more about the importance of the visual aspects of your record label and its projects? I feel like you guys are proposing something unique here... Simon: We want to bring the same level of care and consideration to everything that supports the music – the record sleeves, the words we use to talk about the label, social media, and our Happenings, events where people can experience what we’re all about. As with music, it’s more than collaboration; it’s co-creation where the magic happens because of the combination of people in that particular place and time. We respect each artist’s visual identity, but Delia is the golden thread that connects everything together, more of a feel and attitude than a specific visual look. We’re warm, we’re open, we’re genuinely optimistic and welcoming… I guess this is the heart of the Balearic connection for us. Thank you so much, Simon, Matt, and Huw!

With the well-fought-out mixes she proposes on her Mixcloud, Christina DeSouza got my attention. We spoke together about the late Burt Bacharach. Read on! Hello Christina ! Thank you so much for taking the time to answer these few questions! It's a real pleasure to have you in here as this place is all about Balearic Breakfast, the show, our beloved Captain but also the community, meaning you! So, are you a professional DJ or a professional audio editor? I listened to some of the mixes you published on Mixcloud, and I must say I absolutely love the vibe of your audio creations! l’m purely an amateur; I’ve always loved putting together mixtapes/playlists for friends and family for many years, sometimes whether they wanted one or not! 🤣 MixCloud has allowed me to now impose myself on the unsuspecting public! I have deliberately not promoted my MixCloud to people I know as I want people to discover the page organically, as that’s how I love to find music... often by accident through searching online, checking out various specialist radio shows/stations and crate digging in vintage stores/flea-markets, I’m a strong believer in letting the universe do its work! If you're meant to find something, you will. We have lost a lot of artists lately, including the great Burt Bacharach. With songs like 'Close to you', 'Walk on by', or even 'I say a little prayer', the American composer, songwriter, record producer, and pianist is still regarded as one of the most important and influential figures of 20th-century popular music. How did you get to discover his music? What aspect of Burt Bacharach's music attracts you the most? I would say that Burt, particularly when alongside Hal David, was the finest songwriter of the last fifty years. As with most of my music loves, it started via my late father who was an avid collector of 60’s/70’s & 80’s Jazz, Soul & Funk LPs. I initially heard Burt Bacharach via Dusty, Dionne & Herb and always loved the incredible melodies and lyrics. My heritage is Portuguese, and we have a word that I feel sums up his music and it’s “Saudade”. This word describes a feeling which can be hard to describe; it’s a feeling of longing, nostalgia, sometimes feeling both joy and sadness at the same time. And, for me, Burt Bacharach's tracks encompass this feeling - Many quality songs that you hear make you feel emotional, but tracks such as Raindrops, Alfie, Look of Love and numerous others can make me smile and cry all within the same three minutes and often at the same time! Burt Bacharach had a complicated personal life with many love stories and marriages; this comes through in his melodies. A friend of mine worked as a make-up artist for a UK television station for many years, making up many stars for their TV appearances. I once asked her who her favourites were. She told me that two artists had stood out, as they were so warm and seemed genuinely interested in her rather than just going on about themselves! ... These were David Bowie and Burt Bacharach! This makes me love him even more! You did a wonderful mix on Mixcloud to pay tribute to him; obviously, you chose rare versions of some of his songs. How did you prepare it? Was there a special message, or a special feeling you wanted to convey through the mix? I wanted to post a set of well-known Burt Bacharach tracks but in less-known versions by a wide range of artists. On my MixCloud, I prefer to post less-known tracks. I like people to discover things they maybe haven’t heard before or not heard for many years. I like to “feel“ music and therefore, the Burt Bacharach post is a rollercoaster of emotions, both within each track, but also as a whole. The set also includes two songs performed by Dutch artist Trijntje Oosterhius who has released three Burt Bacharach songbook albums, I really love her delivery of Burt’s tracks and her version of the final song on my post “Make It Easy on Yourself”... Makes me blub every time! Coming back to a technical aspect, that's what we audio lovers like to talk about right? (laughs) Can you tell us more about the way you work on your mixes (the gear, the software you use etc.)? I don’t use much gear to do my posts, I am definitely an amateur! The tracks are on my iTunes and I use the App “Mixxx” to put the sets together, with the Auto-DJ option to blend the songs. I can’t mix for toffee (laughs)! I like to think of myself as a music collector rather than an actual DJ! I admire DJs who can mix so much! Colleen is such an inspiration, particularly in what can be such a male-orientated industry. I love the Balearic Breakfast show so much, it’s an incredible mix of genres and Colleen has the talent to be able to weave them together to create a feel/vibe with each show. She can mix, she is so musically knowledgable, she has a tremulous vinyl collection and she has an awesome sound system... She’s got the lot as far as I’m concerned! Last question, are you working on a second part of the Burt Bacharach Mix? Any other ideas for the future? I have so many ideas, too many, actually! I do have a very large collection of both vinyl and CDs that I inherited from my father and have then added some more over the years, I absolutely love to spend time in vintage music stores whenever I can. I’m a big fan of 80’s Soul, Funk and Boogie and tend to post one of those related sets per month, with one other monthly post being “something else”. I do have plans for a “Burt 2” set, so stay tuned! Thank you so much Christina! See you soon on Balearic Breakfast with our dear Colleen!

I did a nice little interview with Rick. I wanted to change things a little bit and propose something fun. Rick is from the Netherlands! Let's meet him! 1- Hi Rick! Let's do a "Balearic Proust Questionnaire"! Your first record and the memory associated with it? Okay Artur! Let's go! My first record! Do you really wanna know? 🌞 I was only four or five years old, and my musical taste has changed over the years 🙂  It was a 7-inch single by Willem Duijn. It's a Dutch cover of the song "Darlin", first performed by Poacher and best known for the Frankie Miller version. As I was very young, I don't remember much, but I do remember buying it with one of my parents at one of the local record stores. I like to think it was the record store I worked at later in life, but I truly don't remember. I still have the 7-inch. 2- The musical artist you can’t live without? Hmm, I'm not an artist person, I guess, not even an album person. I just like songs, or I don't. My all-time favourite song is Unfinished Sympathy by Massive Attack. I loved it from the first time I heard it back in 91 till today. So I have to say Massive Attack then 😝 3- A song that makes you want to party hard each time you hear it? Recently, an edit of Sanctuary's "I'm Going to Love Him" was released. I'm not sure if it's a Pete Blaker edit, but I love his work, by the way! 4- The most important thing in Music? The most important thing is for the listener and the performer to like it. Enjoy it, and let him/her feel good! 5- The way you Listen to Music? I just listen and enjoy. Most of the time, I listen to music when I am doing something else. I would love to listen to it deeper or closer, but at the moment, my life is very busy. Still, I think experiencing music is the best way. I love it when a new song grabs you, lifts you up, makes you feel good, gives you goosebumps, and you want to hear it again even when It's not even finished or when an old song brings back memories and puts you in the same good vibe as it did then. 6- 3 DJs you love? Besides Colleen, that's DJ E.a.s.e (aka Nightmares on Wax). I was really hooked on his boiler room mix! There's also DJ Dimitri. He's not from Paris but from Amsterdam 🤠 He brings a great selection of house music and really takes you on a journey. He has a very good mixing technique. Furthermore, he has influenced a lot of people and recently celebrated 40 years of DJing. He also did some great compilations for Outland Records back in the day. 7- Balearic Breakfast in one word? The answer is already in the question... One... 8- If Colleen was an animal, which one would she be and why? A pigeon. Why...  That is a long story 😅 9- A memory linked to Balearic Breakfast you keep close to you? The emotional and also positive vibes in the last show on, and the first one without Worldwide FM! Colleen did a great job and got the show to the next level! 10- Your mix in one image? Thank you so much Rick!

Heavenly Recordings just launched the preorder campaign for Colleen's "Balearic Breakfast" Vol. 3 double LP compilation. CLICK HERE TO PREORDER YOUR COPY Balearic Breakfast doesn't give into clichés, and it's not a purely sunlit affair. Instead, it's sonic escapism that seems unwilling to be beholden to any one locale. The entry requirements are simple: the more transportative the sounds, the more likely they are to slot into Colleen's vision of Balearic.” Resident Advisor “The biggest heroes of the underground typically wouldn’t describe themselves as such. Frankie Knuckles, Kelli Hand, Andrew Weatherall… all possessed a humility that made them even more honourable and endearing, and they went about their business with little regard for fame and a distaste for industry bullshit. Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy falls firmly into this category.” The Vinyl Factory Ask anyone to define Balearic music nowadays and you’re guaranteed to get a different answer each time. Since the concept flew from its original Ibizan home and become a global concern, it has become almost impossible to pigeonhole. Now it’s more of a vibe than a musical style; more a reflection of wide open skies and sunshine on the brain than any particular rhythm track or sonic inflection. That said, if you were after a definitive answer there’s probably no one better placed to give it right now than DJ and broadcaster Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy who has just put together the third volume of her peerless Balearic Breakfast compilation series. This latest collection flies the flag high for that most hazy and hard-to-pin-down genre, gathering up the very best genre-fitting music from around the world, whether from Copenhagen or California, or from the high plains of the desert to deep down in the land of Oz. Each track may sound completely different from the one it follows, but the same sun kissed spirit runs deep through them all, whether in Cosmo’s own take on Jacob Gurevitsch’s gentle Spanish guitar picking or in the throbbing dub disco of a long lost Andrew Weatherall remix for Primal Scream from 2008. The ten tracks on Balearic Breakfast Volume 3 all add up to create the perfect mixtape for the summer, whatever weather we end up with, whatever time you chose to listen to it. After all, why wait ’til breakfast? As with each of the other volumes in this essential compilation series, many of the tracks on Balearic Breakfast Volume 3 are previously unavailable on vinyl and others are long since out of print and rarely seen outside of the dustier corners of Discogs. And as with each of the previous albums, numbers are strictly limited (the first two volumes sold out quickly and are now selling for high prices on Discogs). A true music obsessive, Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy’s standing in the global dance music community has arguably never been higher. Whether she’s presenting, remixing, hosting or DJing, her belief in music’s redemptive properties shines through. And rather than downplay her eclecticism she wears her versatility as a badge of honour, ensuring she is constantly fulfilled creatively. “I’m a music lover, a music curator and a music educator,” she concludes. “It’s about trying to transcend everyday life through music. When people say Balearic Breakfast got them through the pandemic, I think that’s because music has a healing quality. When people are on the dancefloor, I want them to forget about their everyday life. And similarly with Classic Album Sundays, when people are fully immersed listening to an album, it brings them out somewhere else. Those experiences have been very important to me. “The quest is never-ending and that is what motivates me. I never set out to intentionally do any of this – it just happened because of my passion. One thing led to another which fed into another which fed into another. I will never stop discovering music. You always have to be looking ahead, expanding your horizons.” ***Please note that due to licensing stipulations this release is not available for purchase digitally, however a download of the full album and bonus tracks will be granted with physical orders from release day.*** Includes unlimited streaming of Colleen Cosmo Murphy Presents Balearic Breakfast Vol.3 via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more