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

Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy broadcast the 197th episode of Balearic Breakfast on her Mixcloud on October 15th 2024. About this episode. – As she was preparing several Classic Album Sundays events (she interviewed Keith Killgo (pic 1), Suede (pic3) and Saint-Etienne (pic2)), Colleen decided to step back a bit and dedicate this new episode of Balearic Breakfast to requests she had not had the time to feature previously in the show, of course including some brand new music the Balearic Breakfast Family was happy as ever to discover for the first time! As we shall see in the listening experience part of this post, this episode has a very "Magical" musical soul, a relaxed one, allowing the listener to drift away in a sparkling sonic world... "This morning’s Balearic Breakfast is now up on my Mixcloud for your listening back pleasure (and please give me a follow while you’re over there). On today’s show I catch up on requests and some new music, reissues and re-edits that have been sent my way including music by @seodophy @cinematic_orchestra @ishmaelensemble @djsupermarkt_tooslowtodisco @favouriterecs @isleofjurarecords @dd.mirage @privatejoyhq @patrice.rushen @naya.beat @strutrecords @richarddorfmeister @djrocca @irmarecordsit @universalcave @skyrager @heard_larry @coflothesoulshifter @gc_rulin_london @soulfuricmusic @djemmaculate If you are a regular listener please consider subscribing for £3 a month and for those that already do subscribe, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. Have a wonderful week and I hope to see some of you at Jazz Cafe this Friday when I’ll be spinning with Danny Krivit for the 25th anniversary of Strut Records. Thanks for listening!" Colleen with Brett Anderson and Mat Osman at the R.A.H - Picture by Andy Paradise Listen back to the 197th episode of Balearic Breakfast: THE PLAYLIST (2024) Seodophy – Dark Nebula (1989) Van Morrison – Coney Island (2023) The Cinematic Orchestra (ft Fontella Bass) – All That You Give (1973) Stevie Wonder – Visions (2024) Ishmael Ensemble – Butterflies (2024) Michael Franks – Chain Reaction (DOCTORSOUL You Can't Fake It Re-Therapy) (2024) D.D. Mirage (ft Private Joy) – Night Time (1981) Byrne & Barnes – Love You Out of Your Mind (1982) Patrice Rushen – Remind Me (2024) Turbotito & Ragz (ft Manjeet Kondal) – Pyaar (Edit) (2002) The Funky Lowlives – Inside (Richard Dorfmeister vs Uptight Dub) (2024) DJ Rocca presents Triorox ft Gianluca Petrella – Mirrors (2024) Universal Cave and The Street Road Band – (Till You're) Back in My Arms (1979) Edgar Winter – Above and Beyond (Instrumental) (NOL) Ron – Hai Capito O No? (I Can't Go For That) (Skyrager Edit) (1989) Mr. Fingers – Stars (NOL) Coflo – If It Goes (Deeper Mix) (2024) Gratts, Moody Mae & Jaj – Nuit de Fièvre (Pellegrino Nottata Stellata Remix) (1997) Gareth Cooke – Dynamik (2024) Gabriel Rene (ft J Soul) – Spirit (Emmaculate Extended Mix) THE LISTENING EXPERIENCE Some sounds, some textures, a certain frequency response, and well-used audio effects can send you more messages than a word will ever do. In this regard, Colleen was right when she said she stopped writing or reading album reviews. Yet, it is such a thrill to try and catch something from the music you're listening to, because that's what makes the connection and, as a listener, you need to capture a tangible element so that song (or that album) will stay in your mind. Maybe that picture will be only yours, but perhaps you'll also be able to share it with other people and find you're somehow connected... This is exactly what this Balearic Breakfast episode is all about. To me, it has that "magical" touch, a "melange" of strangeness, calm, airiness and expectation, a sense of wonder, like a dream within a dream... you can feel within the first minutes of today's show as Dark Nebula, Coney Island and All That You Give are playing and sending unexpected and wonderful pictures to your relaxed mind. We never had a show where "Magic" was so present, so directly, so it made me smile as I shared this fact on the chat and I just crumbled in awe when I saw the picture Colleen chose for today's episode. Once again, our planets aligned... And, as always, nothing was planned, I mean this is just perfection, and I am so happy to share it with you all, week after week, If only you knew how much you all mean to me... Balearic Breakfast is our Magical Musical Island... Speaking about magic, Colleen is our Magician today as Stevie Wonder's Visions enter the Balearic Scene... I can't stop smiling through my tear-stained eyes as I picture the joy I felt watching magicians doing their tricks before my wild opened child's eyes... Stevie Wonder's song has that power, undoubtedly... It's the third time the show has made me cry from happiness, I know it hapenned to you too... What a gift we all are to ourselves, aren't we?... (2024) Seodophy – Dark Nebula Lithuanian bassist and producer Seodophy with the haunting Dark Nebula, based in Vilnius, Seodophy studied in the UK for three years, and he will unveil his forthcoming Ablutio EP on XVI, or 16 records, in November. Its theme is alchemy, a four-part process featured in four tracks, and Dark Nebula is the opener and the first single. (1989) Van Morrison – Coney Island So many Irish people and people of the Irish diaspora like Colleen deeply connect with Van Morrison's music. Coney Island is taken from his 19th studio album, Avalon Sunset, which was recorded somewhat spontaneously in 1989, rehearsed over two days and recorded in two days, leading guitarist Artie McGlynn to comment: "we still don't know if it's an album or a demo for an album". But that's the mysterious and mystical way in which Van the Man often works, and it does work. This request is not in reference to the Brooklyn Amusement Park, but to an island in Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland. – It's interesting to keep in mind what Van Morrison said about his career in 1987, which was well present in this relaxed album "This is all an illusion, it's something that you're making up: you're making up that I'm a performer who's going to go out on stage and put this thing across, so it's a bit like acting. You're taking a hell of a lot for granted. And then the audience is taking a lot for granted as well, because they agree with that way of looking at me. But for me, all I wanted to do was start playing. It was like A-Level material, learning from all these records. It was all very ear-orientated stuff, it wasn't orientated along the lines of 'I'm a personality and I'm going to put myself across and wear these clothes.'" Read More:How Van Morrison Got His Groove Back on 'Avalon Sunset'| https://ultimateclassicrock.com/van-morrison-avalon-sunset/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral (2023) The Cinematic Orchestra (ft Fontella Bass) – All That You Give The opening track to the Cinematic Orchestra's 2002 LP, Every Day, the song All That You Give, featuring American soul singer Fontella Bass, known for her work with Ike Turner and Bobby McClure and her own hit, Rescue Me. She was rediscovered by Jason Swinscoe and featured on two tracks on Cinematic Orchestra's second album. (1973) Stevie Wonder – Visions From Stevie Wonder's16th studio album, Inner Visions, which was released in 1973, hot on the heels of Talking Book and Music of My Mind, both released in the previous year, and marking the then new incarnation of Wonder, breaking away from his little Stevie past and taking off in full flight as one of the greatest songwriters and musicians of our generation. – As Craig Jenkins puts it, Inner Vision is "almost a lament, a song about the awareness of death, the evil of hate, the power of love, and a hope for a better future" and the glittering instruments add to the magical feeling and conveys directly the message of hope. The Billboard analysis of the song is also interesting: "Visions” is as thoughtful and gentle as it is gloomy. Here Stevie sits back at his piano while guitarists pensively strum and he fantasizes about a place, “where hate’s a dream and love forever stands.” It’s not long before he realizes that the land of milk and honey only exists is his daydreams. This wouldn’t be the only time where Wonder visits another planet to find a little peace of heaven. Three years later he’d travel to “Saturn” on his heralded “Songs in the Key of Life” album." Then, Colleen steps up the rhythm but without ever changing the intellectual connection she established with us from the beginning of the show, I love how she disappears behind the music she plays, she's the only one I know who has that ability, when I listen to her when she plays songs or even when she mixes, I don't Feel her, I Feel the Music, it's just unbelievable, and I know my soul is right if there were something else I would not be able to do what I do here... Let yourself fly as Butterflies take you away... Keeping the magic alive, and waving through rhythms, musical styles and mental representations, Colleen then plays the funky and magical Chain Reaction by Michael Franks. As I already explained, if you want to write about music, you must feel the inner groove of every song or album you're listening to. Being a critic should never be about your point of view, the listener does not care if you liked or not the music, that has no meaning whatsoever. You must write about what you feel, about what the music brings onto the table, even if it doesn't suit your musical taste. Being a critic means you serve the music, not your ego... (2024) Ishmael Ensemble – Butterflies Ishmael Ensemble is a Bristol collective led by saxophonist and producer Pete Cunningham, and that's from their latest album, Ritual, which came out last month and the vinyl sold out quickly on Bandcamp, but you can catch them live if you're in the UK as they're playing this week in Birmingham, Leeds, Glasgow, Manchester, and their hometown before heading over to the continent. – In a recent interview detailing the album track by track, Ishmael Ensemble shared: "Butterflies was written in Mexico whilst on an artist residency there, it’s one of the few tracks we made together “in the room”, I put the drums together super quickly, originally as a place-holder, but as the track developed they ended up just staying as they are – sometimes the first idea is the best one. It’s also one of my favourite Holly collabs (ed. Holly Wellington - Vocals, Piano, Synths), her development of melodies and piano voicings really shine on this one." (2024) Michael Franks – Chain Reaction (DOCTORSOUL You Can't Fake It Re-Therapy) California Quiet Storm singer-songwriter Michael Franks has been a Balearic Breakfast favorite. German label Too Slow to Disco have a new series of official reworks of the warmer music catalog, which is extensive, as Franks has 16 albums, released over 33 and a third years, weaving together jazz, pop, soft rock, and soul, and his songs have been covered by countless stars, including Natalie Cole, the Carpenters, and even Ringo Starr. This song was given the treatment by Parisian producer Dr. Soul. The magical walk keeps on giving as Night Time starts, bringing a more direct Balearic Touch and somehow making me think about some of Sade's songs, nicely followed by Byrne & Barnes' Love You Out of Your Mind, these two songs perfectly showcasing the mindest you experience when you walk with your beloved one under a summer's sky with a light breeze running through your hair... Magic is in the lover's air, don't you think? The connection you feel in that moment with your loved one is perfectly present in the following song too, Remind Me. (2024) D.D. Mirage (ft Private Joy) – Night Time Lovers Rock from Sydney, Australia, the debut 7-inch from D.D. Mirage, featuring Private Joy, with a dub on the flip, from one of our favourite labels, Isle of Jura, run by Brit Kevin Griffiths, who is now based in Adelaide, and whom Colleen had the pleasure of meeting earlier this year. (1981) Byrne & Barnes – Love You Out of Your Mind Muscle Shoals guitarist and producer, Robert Byrne, who followed up his 1979 album, Blame It on the Night, by teaming up with multi-instrumentalist, Brendan Barnes, to record a very rare West Coast classic, featured on their album, An Eye for an Eye, and he later went on to produce artists such as The Pointer Sisters, Patty Austin, Earth, Wind & Fire, Phil Collins, just to name a few. The album was reissued by French label Favorite, and now this single's been reissued, Love You Out of Your Mind, with an unreleased song by Robert Byrne, on the flip. (1982) Patrice Rushen – Remind Me Patrice Rushen embarked on her career at the age of 17, when she won a jazz competition and got to play with her band at Monterey Jazz Festival, and then she got signed to the Prestige label 50 years ago. Since then, she's released loads of albums, has been nominated for Grammy Awards, and has had hits as a singer-songwriter, and is a much-in-demand jazz keyboard player, and she was also the music director for Janet Jackson. Much of her catalog has been lovingly reissued by Strut Records (to buy tickets for Colleen's session with Danny Krivit, click here). – Remind Me is taken from Rushen's 1982 "Straight from the heart" studio album which got very popular (Pitchfork ranked Straight From the Heart #194 on its list of the 200 Greatest Albums of the 1980s and at the time of its release it peaked inside the top 20 of the Billboard 200 chart at number 14) thanks to the inimitable "Forget Me Nots" (a song the label did not like in the beginning!). Remind Me has been sampled many times, most famously by Mary J. Blige. Proposing a more incantatory track with Pyaar (Edit), Colleen keeps the mysterious part of today's show in the groove by playing (perfectly in rhythm it must be said) the groovy number that is Inside, do you see the magic in this track? According to you, why does this track fit today's show so well, eventually winning the Wow effect? I could give you the answer, but I'm here to expand the way you listen to music, so find the elements that make this track magic... 😉 Ending the first hour of the show with the slower, yet quite profound and wide-sounding number that is Mirrors, and not being afraid to take us out unexpectedly of a place we started to like a lot, Colleen confirms that she's all about proposing a flow that takes us to an unknown and surprising world... (2024) Turbotito & Ragz (ft Manjeet Kondal) – Pyaar (Edit) Turbotito and Rags featuring Manjeet Kondal with Pyaar (Punjabi for love), the edit coming out on Naya Beat Vol. 2, South Asian Dance and Electronic Music, 1988 to 1994. – It features the vocals of the late great bhangra vocalist Manjeet Kondal, the YouTube description of the track explains: "Naya Beat label heads Turbotito & Ragz deliver an original track ‘Pyaar’ (Punjabi for love). A blissed out 90s dub inspired chugger featuring the vocals of the late great bhangra vocalist Manjeet Kondal. This is the first single from Naya Beat’s forthcoming EP (which also features the legendary Mr. Scruff) paying tribute to a forgotten era of late 80s/early 90s UK bhangra influenced by house, dub and hip-hop. Naya Beat’s forthcoming ‘Bhangra House Xtc’ is a scorching bhangra acid house and dub release that celebrates vocalist Manjeet Kondal and producer Deepak Khazanchi and their classic 1986 album ‘Holle Holle’ which ushered in a new era of dance and electronic music in bhangra and South Asian music in the UK. Turbotito & Ragz deliver a dub tribute that works with Kondal’s vocals from an assortment of tracks from ‘Holle Holle". (2002) The Funky Lowlives – Inside (Richard Dorfmeister vs Uptight Dub) London duo The Funky Lowlives, Gary Danks and Jonathan Whitehouse, got together in 1998 and then released a few albums in the early noughties. In 2002 they released the single We Heard Inside. (2024) DJ Rocca presents Triorox ft Gianluca Petrella – Mirrors Trio-rox, a new project uniting three prominent Italian music figures, namely pianist Giovanni Guidi, bassist Joe Raymer, and electronic musician DJ Roka, a.k.a. Luka Roka Tagliati. Guidi, a jazz piano prodigy, has recorded for ECM and collaborated with Enrico Rava and Riccardo Villalobos, and American bass player Raymer, now based in Italy, has worked with jazz greats like Bob Mincer, and here they come together with Rocca on a record that's a mix of electronic, dance, jazz, and pop styles with underlying grooves and hints of electro, classical, and minimalism. The second hour of today's show will make you forget you exist. Not content to propose tracks that take you to another dimension ((Till You're) Back in My Arms), Colleen chooses ones that, by the memories attached, bring you back to a place you wish you could have witnessed, like... The Loft (Above and Beyond (Instrumental)), of course mixing these two magical tracks in a beautiful perfection and keeping the magic feel alive by then playing the Italian version of a true Classic, Hai Capito O No (I Can't Go For That) (Skyrager Edit)! (2024) Universal Cave and The Street Road Band – (Till You're) Back in My Arms Philadelphia's Universal Cave and the Street Road Band covered Dan Strimer with Insured Sound's cult anthem (Till You're) Back in My Arms, which was originally released as a 45 in 1977. When Universal Cave featured (Till You're) Back in My Arms on Soft Rock for Hard Times Vol. 8 in 2023, they reached out to Dan Strimer (ed. Danny Strimer - website) to tell him how much they loved the record, and they made a friend as he helped them release a cover of the song 47 years after it first came out, and Dan is still making music to this day, with rumors of unreleased recordings making their way out in the near future. (1979) Edgar Winter – Above and Beyond (Instrumental) This song was a cult club favourite in New York and elsewhere. The Texan guitarist and singer-songwriter fronted his band, the Edgar Winter Group. Dan Hartman was actually a member, and he had huge hits with Frankenstein and Freeride, and of course, he is the brother of the late guitarist Johnny Winter. – The Edgar Winter Album (1979) was recorded at Philadelphia's Sigma Sound Studios, where the artist collaborated with dance music pioneer Tom Moulton to create a lively mix of soulful R&B and disco, drawing inspiration from the city's musical influences. The band for this project consisted of Larry Washington on congas, Keith Benson on drums, James Williams on guitar, and Craig Snyder on guitar, all veterans of Philly and MFSB. Alongside energetic disco tracks like "It's Your Life to Live" and "Above and Beyond," Winter also included a rendition of his anti-war ballad "Dying to Live." (NOL) Ron – Hai Capito O No? (I Can't Go For That) (Skyrager Edit) Hai Capito O No?, (I Can't Go For That) by Ron, the Italian singer-songwriter Rosalino Cellamare, and that's the Danny McLewin, or Sky Rager, edit. He sent a bunch of new edits over to me. Danny is one of the deepest diggers that I know, and it's always interesting to see what he unearths. Danny SkyRager has the compilation Traces of Illusion released last year. Followed by the aerial and very Balearic If It Goes (Deeper Mix), the dazzling track Stars opens the last minutes of today's episode. Colleen then pays two faster numbers, still owning that Magic high in their spirit, starting by Nuit de Fièvre (Pellegrino Nottata Stellata Remix) and beautifully followed by the well-named Dynamik! Should you need to hear one last time how magical this episode has been, Colleen chose Gabriel Rene's Spirit (Emmaculate Extended Mix) to end today's show in a beautiful mini mix, something she hadn't done in a long time... By the way, do you know where we are now?... (1989) Mr. Fingers – Stars Chicago House classic released in 1988 by the masterful Larry Heard. (NOL) Coflo – If It Goes (Deeper Mix) Coflo, who is a dancer, a caporista, and a producer based in the East Bay area of San Francisco and California. And he's the founder of Catch the Ghost Records and a member of the Soul Shifters collective. He was raised by Hawaiian and Portuguese folk musicians, which I feel has given a real delicacy to his own music. He's been releasing some beautiful deep house tunes and remixes and recently sent me this one. The deeper mix of If It Goes, which I believe isn't out yet. (2024) Gratts, Moody Mae & Jaj – Nuit de Fièvre (Pellegrino Nottata Stellata Remix) Belgian producer and DJ Tristan Jong, otherwise known as Gratz has been releasing some deep and lovely records, including this one released last month on 7-Inch on his Be Strong Beat Free label. Here he is with Moody May Band with Reinhardt Van Bergen on violin and Parisien Jage on vocals. Nuit de Fièvre in a lovely remix from Pellegrino called That Notata Stellata Remix. (1997) Gareth Cooke – Dynamik Dynamik came out in 1997 and is by Gareth Cook, called Dynamic, and the flip side has a Don Carlos cut. But it was just reissued on vinyl by Natsukashi Records. (2024) Gabriel Rene (ft J Soul) – Spirit (Emmaculate Extended Mix) Gabriel, part of the Ohm Records family, a member of Solstice, also going under the alias Aquanote, released this tune back in 2009 in Sulfuric, but it's just been given a remix treatment by Emmaculate.

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

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

Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy broadcast the 202nd episode of Balearic Breakfast on her Mixcloud on November 26th 2024. About this episode. – Following her trip to New-York, where she played back-to-back with François Kevorkian, with whom she also paid tribute to the late and great Quincy Jones during a friendly radio show, Colleen then headed to Berlin where she played at the Globus Room in Tresor in Berlin on Saturday night. A few hours before that, our dear Captain published the request line on her socials, allowing the Balearic Breakfast Family to request songs for today's show. And, the least we can say, is that we all had a great time sharing music we desired to be played by Colleen! Requests included brand-new songs by artists we deeply love and true classics. What we can never anticipate is what will come of these musical suggestions, and today's show was both a cool, assertive musical moment and an adventurous and unexpected one, keeping its snowy visuals alive wherever we looked. But more about that in the listening experience part of today's post! Listen back to the 202nd episode of Balearic Breakfast: Good Day! This morning’s Balearic Breakfast is now up on my Mixcloud at https://shorturl.at/MNdcH and features your requests and a lot of new music. It was great seeing so many people on the Mixcloud Live stream chat this morning, too. Our family continues to grow and its so cool to see people from all over the globe forming friendships through music. Thank you Balearicans. A reminder that I will not be streaming next week as its my Mum’s last day in London before returning to The States. This weekend we are heading up to Scotland and I’m looking forward to seeing some of you at Coorie Doon. And I look forward to seeing some of you at our London Loft party the following weekend on 8th December. On that tip, many of you have told me you are not receiving our email invitations. Please have a look in your inbox for invitations from thelondonloft@loftparty.org and if you don’t see one and want to join us please send us an email. But for now, kick back and enjoy today’s show with music from Caixa Cubo ROGÊ Far Out Recordings Lumberjacks in Hell Danny Krivit Floating Points Fat Freddy's Drop Ray Mang Michael Kiwanuka Ilya Santana MUSIC FOR DREAMS @lumberjacksinhell Stee Downes Jamiroquai Black Science Orchestra Charlotte & Reinhard Ezra Collective Salsoul Records IRMA Records PLAYLIST (2024) Caixa Cubo – A Rocha (2024) Michael Kiwanuka – Rebel Soul (2020) Hermanos Gutiérrez – Mesa Redonda (2024) Charlotte & Reinhard – My Love (2024) Fat Freddy's Drop – Oldemos (1977) Elkie Brooks – Night Bird (1977) The Brothers Johnson – Strawberry Letter 23 (1980) Renée – Lay Me Down (1986) William Pitt – City Lights (1992) Jamiroquai – When You Gonna Learn (2024) Ezra Collective – Everybody (2024) Erin Collective (ft Devon Miles) – Resistance (2024) Rogê – A Forca (2015) Maalem Mahoud Guinia, James Holden & Floating Points – Marhaba (1992) Black Science Orchestra – Where Were You (Back to Philly Mix) (2024) Ilya Santana – Cosmovision (Disco Version) (NOL) Lyma – The Fool Ain't Me (Ray Mang Remix) (2004) Salsoul Orchestra – Salsoul Rainbow (Danny Krivit Re-Edit) (1976) Maynard Ferguson – Pagliacci (2011) Luvbirds (ft. Stee Downes) – Want You In My Soul THE LISTENING EXPERIENCE A positive, somewhat slow but affirming opener, Caixa Cuba's A Rocha perfectly sets the tone of today's show, easily allowing the listener to picture beautiful landscapes under light falling snow. Happiness was everywhere, in the music, of course, but also in the chatgroup, where the Balearic Family felt as one, returning to Colleen's beloved record room. This feeling of belonging and of walking under the falling snow kept evolving as Michael Kiwanuka's Rebel Soul entered Balearic Breakfast's musical scene (a song about how we deal with our insecurities). Michael Kiwanuka's new album is calmer than its predecessors, it is more open, there is a constant light in the music and especially in the title song, Small Changes. “Then you get told what the boundaries are by the media or whatever is around you and you start to believe a lie, essentially. Think about impostor syndrome – for that to happen, you have to feel like there’s a door that you’re allowed to go in and out of. If you realise those doors shouldn’t – or don’t – exist, you can’t impose any more. You’re free to go anywhere. Stay inspired, stay vibrant – just be open, like an eight- or 12-year-old. It’s the hardest thing, but that’s how you keep yourself excited. And that,” he concludes, “is how you make nice music.” (Michael Kiwanuka) The next song, Hermanos Gutiérrez's Mesa Redonda, perfectly follows Rebel Soul. Its key is close to Kiwanuka's compositions, thus perfectly blending into today's episode. This showcases how much Colleen knows the artist's music she plays! Charlotte & Reinhard's My Love expands today's show visuals, keeping the positive and free feeling the show lends to the listener's ears (the song's lyrics directly add to the positive feeling too). Many of the songs featured in today's episode share a common intellectual approach by putting landscapes, nature and visions of destiny through decisions that must be taken at the core of their existence, always keeping a positive mindset. That's very interesting and must be noted here. Although Fat Freddy's Drop's Oldemos ("a cinematic desert ride" 😉 – the band is on tour) is slightly more worried, it keeps the visuals intact and positivity is never too far away (winning the first WOW Effect of today's episode), perfectly representing the way the band worked on the album : "Slo Mo is a more purely-studio creation, with 'Oldemos' coming to life over drum loops courtesy of Riki Gooch, and slap bass on 'Getting Late' played by Tyrone McCarthy. The album is also sequenced to reflect a live show, moving from the reggae bounce of 'Next Stop' and 'Stand Straight' to the techno pulse of closing track 'I Don't Want to See You'. Mu says songwriting is always democratic, but "in the studio there are definitely stronger personalities that will make the calls. And that's good I think, and we all respect each other, and know each other enough, that there's not too many egos getting in the way." Please, don't search for negativity in the next song, as Elkie Brooks' Night Bird embraces everything the show laid out since its beginning! For your information, Elkie Brooks recently embarked on her Long Farewell tour. Keeping the energy flowing, Colleen then selected The Brothers Johnson's Strawberry Letter 23, a cover of Shuggie Otis' 1971 song, making a very nice tribute to Quincy Jones who produced this love letter song and the album on which it is featured, perfectly followed by Renée's Lay Me Down, William Pitt's City Lights (a song I featured in the tribute mix dedicated to the show) and Jamiroquai's When You Gonna Learn! Did you hear Colleen's astounding precision in this snowy mix? Can you see the Snow Falling now? It's everywhere! Pure Musical Beauty right here folks!! Today's show's second hour will propose a change, musically speaking, and a very interesting one as we shall see. Starting with Ezra Collective's Everybody, a track embodying unity like no other, Colleen then plays Erin Collective's Resistance, followed by Roge's A Forca (proposing a beautiful musical twist while still keeping the rhythm intact!), and ending this small set with Maalem Mahoud Guinia, James Holden & Floating Points' Marhaba ((مرحبا) a common greeting used by Arabic-speaking people. Levantine people (Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan) use it to mean Hello and Welcome. Christians believe Marhaba has roots in the Syriac (Aramaic, Assyrian) language and was by the first Christians. Mar refers to God/Master and Haba means love, and translating loosely to God’s love, or God is love. Marhaba is also certainly related to the Arabic root رخب (rḥb) 'to welcome'). This last song is astounding as it proposes a very realistic recording, blended with a futuristic approach with the use of synthesisers (being very close in rhythm and tonality to Lil' Louis French Kiss), allowing the DJ to include it in a broader set... As we approach the end of today's show, Colleen is going to take us into an unexpected, dancy and futuristic musical moment, starting with Black Science Orchestra's Where Were You (Back to Philly Mix), followed by the astounding Cosmovision (Disco Version) by Ilya Santana (Supernature in the mix, anyone?😁), the very 90's sounding The Fool Ain't Me (Ray Mang Remix) by Lyma! A WOW Effect moment in all of its glory for sure as far as I'm concerned!! I really wasn't expecting such a musical twist in today's episode! But the best is yet to come with the next two songs: starting with Salsoul Orchestra's Salsoul Rainbow (Danny Krivit Re-Edit), Colleen then plays Maynard Ferguson's Pagliacci which came to me as a total surprise as I knew the Aria from the Italian Opera's by heart (it has also been famously covered by Queen in their It's a hard life song). What I didn't know was that my favourite trumpet player ever recorded such an astounding version! In an interview about her father's life, who sadly passed away in 2006, and when asked if she had a favourite track played by her father, Wilder said: "Pagliacci !! Maynard really loved this tune and when he played it at some huge fairground he climbed up this big cliff, that formed the back of the stage and finished the tune up there. It was such a crazy thing to do, but he was really having fun." Of course, as a Pavarotti fan, I can't resist putting here his own astounding, mindblowing version of Ruggero Leoncavallo's Vesti La Giubba. Were we talking about... Positivity? ... I declaim! While taken with delirium,I do not know what I am saying,or what I am doing! Yet it is necessary, I must force myself! Bah! Are you not a man? Thou art Pagliacci (clown)! Put on your costume and apply make up to your face. The people pay, and they want to laugh. And if Harlequin invites away Colombina laugh, Pagliaccio (clown), and everyone will applaud! Turn the spasms and tears into jokes, The tears and pain into grimaces, Ah! Laugh, Pagliaccio (clown), your love is broken! Laugh of the pain, that poisons your heart! If you want to discover more about Maynard Ferguson I can only recommend you listen to his double live album, Live at Jimmy's, it's simply astounding (it is featured in this mix from 18min on). With Luvbirds' Want You In My Soul, Colleen ends the show just the way she started it... with an affirmed positivity... Oh, did you notice? It's not Winter yet, but... It started Snowing already... Fun fact: During the stream, at the favor of an informatic bug I believe, our friend's logo "Balearic Clouds" appeared for a few minutes. I felt it was a great occasion to let you know that our dear Panagiotis is still going strong, publishing covers of brand new Balearic albums on his instagram account. Follow him at Musica Balearica!

Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy broadcast the 204th episode of Balearic Breakfast on her Mixcloud on December 17th 2024. About this episode. – After a beautiful show last week, and just a few hours after sharing the great set she did during the 2024 WOH Festival under the Love Dancing Tent, Colleen came back this Saturday and invited us to make new musical suggestions for the holiday season (it's Christmas next week 😊), and Balearic Breakfast's penultimate episode of 2024, writing on her socials: "Good morning Balearicans! This week’s Balearic Breakfast is handed over to you. What would you like to hear this Tuesday from 10am to 12 noon GMT on my Mixcloud Live? Which songs will help us through the festive yet often hectic days leading up to the holidays? As always I look forward to your suggestions and please put the artist and song title in the comments (please no links). Over the weekend you can catch up with last Tuesday’s show and the last 4 years of Balearic Breakfast all archived on my Mixcloud via the playlist (and please give me a follow while you are over there). Enjoy your weekend and remember to breathe. Thanks for listening." Looking at the requested songs, I truly think we all surpassed ourselves on that one! And this post will be another one for the books with Great memories to warm ourselves up during the cold coming days... So, without further ado, let's buckle up our seatbelts and let's get lost under the falling snow! Listen back to the 204th episode of Balearic Breakfast: PLAYLIST (1981) Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays – September Fifteenth (Dedicated To Bill Evans) (2024) Opal Sunn – Elastic (Phase II) (1979) Judie Tzuke – Sukarita (1985) Will Sanders – Secret Love (2024) Sakura Murakami – Fruits of Life (2024) Santino Surfers – Moondancing (1977) Pleasure – Sassafras Girl (1979) Linda Williams – Elevate Our Minds (2024) Monsieur Van Pratt – No Te Perderé (2022) Wrekin Havoc – Oh La Lover (1987) Serge Gainsbourg – You’re Under Arrest (2022) Patrice Rushen – Music of the Earth (Danny Krivit Re-Edit) (2024) The Perpetual Singers – Father Father (TBR 2025) Andromeda Orchestra – Magic Light Connection (2019) Man Friday – Love Honey, Love Heartache (Larry Levan Mix) (2024) Radio Slave – Strobe Queen (2024) Ichisan – Saturnus (2024) Crazy P – Any Signs of Love THE LISTENING EXPERIENCE It always amases me what an artist is capable of, wherever it is a writer, a composer, a singer, a philosopher, a sculpter... Listening to September Fifteenth, a composition dedicated to Jazz musician Bill Evans, I was floored because I felt the beauty of Pat Metheny's style blending into Bill Evan's musical and sonic delicacy... This track so perfectly depicts the duality of this time of the year where autumn slowly leaves the place to winter, which will ultimately arrive in a few days now, on the 21st December... Speaking of duality, which will be today's show "Breadcrumb Trail" (if I can put it that way), I found a very interesting quote from an interview Pat Metheny gave, saying "You know... the frustrating thing is every now and then you actually do get it right. It might be every 4th night or every 10th night or every six months or once a year but every now and then you do it. And that makes it worse almost because it's like you KNOW you can do it, you KNOW that you're not crazy. It's there. There is a truth there that can be found. And I think each year that you play you become more consistent or you get closer to that truth that you establish in your mind. But as you get closer to it, it also moves at the same rate higher away from where you are." There you go, only one track brings out today's show equilibrium and the associated picture! If that's not Balearic, nothing will ever be (btw, to join Classic Album Sundays, become a Patron and take part to the Album Club with Colleen on December 18th, click here) 😊 Colleen then plays Elastic (Phase II) – whose constant running rhythm allows you to picture the windy falling snow – keeping our imagination alive and well, beautifully followed by Judie Tzuke's Sukarita (an invented name meant to sound romantic and faraway) and leading to the even stronger Secret Love by Will Sanders (which you can find on "The Other Sound Of Music" Vinyl compilation although it seems to have been released around 1985 as a 45). This first windy mix ends with Sakura Murakami's Fruits of Life (for an interview with Strong Island Recording's label founder Brad Sked, click here) and Santino Surfers' Moondancing (the Moondancing LP will be released in 2025 on Music For Dreams – For an interview Colleen did with Kenneth Bager, click here). Slowly taking us towards the end of the first hour of today's episode, Colleen proposes us here an incredible mix (winning the first WOW Moment of today's episode), beautifully blending Sassafras Girl to Linda Williams' Elevate Our Minds, letting the snowy (yet solid) groove take the Whole Family away with Monsieur Van Pratt's No Te Perderé! Oh come on, you Know the song! Colleen then ends this mini mix by playing a French track, Wrekin Havoc's Oh La Lover, whose Lyrics made me laugh so much! The version we heard was issued in 2022 but the original track is from Alan Brice (L'amour King Size) and was originally issued in 1984. Alain Brice was not only a great singer but also a composer, he wrote the music for the song "Ma Gonzesse" sung by his close friend, the French singer/composer Renaud. He was also cast for the great sounding double LP "La révolution Française", playing Danton's role, (to which the band Martin Circus and other great french singers and composers, including Alain Bashung, also participated 😉). Alain, who met and worked with a lot of the well-known French singers and composers of the 70s, died accidentally in 2002. As I said, while writing the first line of today's post, this episode's requests were Off the Hook! When I saw Rob's request, I almost fell from my chair, laughs! Often considered a provoker, Serge Gainsbourg was everything but that. His sensitivity and his Intelligence always shined through, showing itself to those who Knew Exactly what to Look at (for instance, when you take the time to learn about Gainsbourg's philosophy based on his precise musical knowledge, it is obvious that his "Marseillaise" was all but a Provocation)... By the way, did you know that Billy Obam, the singer who danced around him onstage and in the clip on You're under arrest (a very close friend of Serge), did a tribute by releasing his own version of the song? (you can hear it here from 1h12min). The album You're under arrest was considered by Gainsbourg his toughest: "It's a very strong album. Sometimes when I'm depressed I despise it... but when I feel better, I find it absolutely beautiful...". And, on many levels, we can clearly understand why: Gainsbourg worked hard on the track "Mon Legionnaire" (both on the vocals and on the mixing); the album's story – of love and hate towards the yound Samantha which ultimately fails, leading Serge to reach out to eternity, remembering a youg male legionnaire he once Loved and depicting here a tremendously beautiful ode to Childhood (without eluding, in a second video clip, a delicate hint towards homosexuality, a subject he approached in the song "Kiss Me Hardy") – is closely linked to his relationship with the delicate Bambou he met in 1980 and who was a yound junkie (Hence the song "Aux enfants de la chance" which advocates children against the use of drugs) is indeed not a happpy one and can be felt in the global tonality of the songs and their order; the album dvelved into new musical genre at the time, mixing elements of rap, funk, and perfectly reproducing 90's New-York's musical groove with Serge working with renowned musicians of the scene... What's interesting in today's episode is that even though the last part of today's show is funkier, the music still allows you to see the Balearic Breakfast Family walking/dancing under the falling snow, it is very much the case when Colleen plays Music of the Earth, followed by The Perpetual Singers' Father Father! The last part of today's episode keeps the freezing funkiness beautifully present, with songs like Magic Light Connection / Love Honey, Love Heartache (Larry Levan Mix) / Strobe Queen, Colleen then ending this spacy mix with the incredible track that Saturnus is, and paying, as a Closure, a well-deserved tribute to Crazy P's singer Danielle Moore, with Any Signs of Love!

Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy broadcast the 205th episode of Balearic Breakfast on her Mixcloud on December 24th 2024. About this episode. – No request line for this episode and no "Best of 2024" either, but a show which is the closest one to Christmas we ever had since this beautiful adventure started in 2019. 2024 has been a beautiful year for Balearic Breakfast as Colleen streamed 46 shows all in all (2021 broke all the records back then with 51 streamed shows)! So Congratulations dear Captain for taking the helm so firmly! You know how much we all love you. I also wanted to thank personally every artist who answered my humble questions and who took part to the blog, not forgetting every member who did the written interviews with me here! You can't imagine how much hapiness this brings me, this place is our safe harbor, I do mu utmost to make everyone happy! And I am ready for 2025... 😍 As far as this episode is concerned, it is a Soulful, Funky and uplifting musical moment! To everyone... Merry Christmas... Listen back to the 205th episode of Balearic Breakfast: "Wishing you a Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah, Happy Kwanza, a peaceful Winter Solstice and overall seasons greetings. Thank you for your continued support of my weekly Balearic Breakfast ‘radio’ show hosted on my Mixcloud Live on Tuesday mornings and today’s show is now archived on my Mixcloud at https://tinyurl.com/mutkat2y The BB family has grown heaps since the show started over four years ago and together we become stronger and stronger. Thank you for supporting Balearric Breakfast, my Cosmodelica remixes and for joining me on discerning dance floors across the planet. I wouldn’t be able to lead a life in music without your support and am truly thankful for each and every one of you. I will not broadast on New Year’s Eve although I will be DJing that night over at @fever105 Midnight Funk New Year’s Eve shindig at Lafayette in Kings Cross in London alongside DJs Dimitri from Paris, Bill Brewster and more. And I’m also squeezing in a trip to Oslo to play at the club @jaegeroslo on the 28th December (they just did a lovely interview with me at https://jaegeroslo.no/obsessions-an-interview-with.../ ). But I will be back on the airwaves on Tuesday, the 7th January 2025. Wishing you peace, health, happiness and great music in 2025 and please enjoy music from… Wah Wah 45s Scott Ferguson DJ Terry Hunter Kerri Chandler Danny Krivit Flamingo Pier Soundway Records Salsoul Records Rush Hour and more..." PLAYLIST (2003) Alison Crockett – Like Rain (2000) Tabla Beat Science – Magnetic (2025) Robot 84 – Beats From the Far East (1975) Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes (ft Sharon Paige) – You Know How to Love Me So Good (2017) Jeff Silna – Its Always Something With You (1980) Common Sense – Voices (Instrumental) (2024) Terry Hunter (ft Raheem DeVaughn) – Favorite Thing to Do (Mr K Edit) (2024) Lawne – Beta Pan (2024) Maya Blandy – It’s in You (Puerto Montt City Orchestra) (NOL) Erwin Bouterse – Voglia Disco Party (Belabouche Reshape) (2024) Phazed Groove – Sao Paolo (1999) The Charlie Rouse Band – Waiting on the Corner (2024) Orchestre Poly-Rythmo – Zo Tche Kpo Do Te (Jose Marquez Remix) (TBR 2025) Phenomenal Handclap Band – Like A Constellation (2021) Flamingo Pier – Cosmic Sunset (1998) Kerri Chandler / The System – You're In My System (1981) Salsoul Orchestra ft Jocelyn Brown – You're All I Want for Christmas (2008) Alfredo de la Fé & The Latin Jazz Ensemble – My Favorite Things’ (Live) COLLEEN'S NEWS Colleen will be featured in these forthcoming events: 28th December: Romjulsfestivalen 31st December: Fever105's Midnight Funk 15th February 2025: Horse Meet Disco 8th March 2025: La Discothèque - Albert Hall Mnachester 3rd May 2025: Queen's Park Spring Weekender '25 Also, a few days ago, Colleen shared on her socials she participated to the "Dust and Grooves" book, Vol. 2, stating : "I’ve often thought about why I began collecting records as a young teenager, especially as it wasn’t the norm for adolescent girls in suburban America in the 70’s and 80’s. I suppose the main reason is quite pragmatic in that the only way I could hear the music that I loved was either waiting for it to come onto the radio or owning a physical copy. It is strange to think about, as music is now so ubiquitous and nearly any song be accessed nearly anywhere at anytime. But back then, you had to make it a mission to track down your favourite tunes and to discover new ones. Nuggets and Planet Records in Boston’s Kenmore Square were two of my favourite places to potter around, flicking through the bins, discovering old records by my favourite artists or a checking out a band I just heard Oedipus play on his Sunday night radio show ‘Nocturnal Emissions’ on WBCN (that’s where I first heard Brian Eno - the song was ‘Baby’s On Fire). I had very open ears and surprised the clerk at Nuggets when I bought the record he was playing in the shop - Rahsaan Roland Kirk’s 1965 masterpiece ‘Rip, Rig and Panic’ (such a great name for an album and apparently Neneh Cherry and co agreed :). When you found a record that you loved or would grow to love, it felt like Christmas morning. Colleen in her Record Room with the Chuck Maglione record she's been given by David Mancuso The other big change is that even more women have become serious record collectors and gone are the days i which a record shop would have a placard on a bench that said ‘girlfriends sit here’ (yes, I spotted that at an old record shop in New York City’s East Village now gone). And the new Dust & Grooves Volume 2 features many of us along with a host of diggers into a spectrum of sounds. This afternoon, I’ll be putting on an album and reading the many stories and salivating at the record shelves. Some habits never die." COLLEEN'S PRESENTATION I Alison Crockett with Like Rain from her 2003 LP, Becoming a Woman, and that was also released as a single on Wah wah 45s which is Dom Servini's label which celebrated its 25th anniversary this past year. And I was delighted when Matt Raystrick requested this song as I love Alison. I first met her when she was singing for my friend King Britt's Silk 130 album, and I fell in love with her voice. So when Tommy Musto asked me to produce a song for his Suburban Records label back in like the late 90s, I roped in Alison to sing on the first song I ever wrote and produced, so she really holds a really special place in my heart. Good morning, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa and all around season's greetings. I'm Colleen Cosmo Murphy hosting your Balearic Breakfast until high noon, and hello to the BB family joining me in the chat group for the live stream, and it's wonderful to be together, and thank you for your continued support in 2024. Now I won't be broadcasting on New Year's Eve, although I will be DJing that night for Fever 105's Midnight Funk New Year's Eve Shindig at Lafayette in King's Cross in London, and it's alongside DJs Dimitri from Paris, Bill Brewster, Pauly Ritmo and more, and I'm also squeezing in a trip to Oslo to play at the club Jaeger on the 28th of December, but I'm taking New Year's Eve off from Balearic Breakfast, so this is officially the last show of the year. And you may wonder why I'm not doing a countdown of my favorite tunes of 2024, and the reason is over the years I've decided I'm generally not really into charts and top tens and listing my favorite tunes or albums, as I just can't include everything that I really want to, and I inevitably forget things, and of course my own tastes are really ever-shifting and ever-evolving plus there's still so much more music to get to in 2024, so I don't really want to do a review of the past. So there you go no best ofs for me anymore, instead I'm catching up on some requests, some new tunes, and some older songs that deserve some attention like this next one by Tabla Beat Science which is the late tabla player Zakir Hussain and producer and bassist Bill Laswell's group, and they founded it together in 1999. Sway of the Verses, or Pritpal Ajimal, made this request in light of the amazing Zakir Hussain who recently passed to the next realm, he called Hussain "a musician that's known as one of the greatest Indian classical musicians of his generation, and someone that traversed different genres with ease collaborating with some amazing musicians outside the classical world". Now, Hussain was recognized as one of the greatest ever tabla players, and he was also a percussionist composer producer and actor and he brought classical Indian music to the world through various collaborations with artists like John McLaughlin, The Grateful Dead's Mickey Hart, Jan Garbarek, and Pharoah Sanders. Here he is with his collaboration with Bill Laswell as Tabla Beat Science with Magnetic. II Jeff Silna with It's Always Something With You, and it was originally only released on a promotional radio compilation recently reissued by French reissue label Favorite Recordings. Actually, they reissued it first in 2017 and have again, and it can be found on their Bandcamp, and it looks like that's the only release by Jeff Silna; he recorded it at TK Studios in Miami, and that label at the time were pumping out disco hits and forging the Miami sound, but that one obviously has a more AOR kind of yacht rock feel to it. Really love that. Ahead of that the Gamble and Huff penned and produced You Know How to Love Me So Good by Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, featuring the gorgeous soulful vocals of Philadelphia natives Teddy Pendergrass and Sharon Paige, and it's featured on the 1975 album Wake Up Everybody, such a great album, and that was requested by Dominic Mesmer. And if like me you're catching up on movies and docs and box sets over the holidays, I urge you to check out the Teddy Pendergrass documentary If you don't know me, what a voice and what a life. Ahead of that we heard Beats from the Far East by Robot 84. I've been playing his re-edits and reworks quite a lot over the last few years, and he's very creative with them, assembling many different parts into a really unique groove. The one we just heard Beats from the Far East is now out on a vinyl EP with a more up-tempo track called Let's Do It on the flip. Okay, our friend Simon Ellis recently requested Voices Inside My Head by the Police, but Simon, I hope you don't mind, I've taken a bit of creative license, a bit of creative liberty, and rather than play the police version, I'm playing the cover by Common Sense, and I'm actually gonna do the instrumental as well. Begon Cekic was born in Serbia Montenegro and he moved to Brooklyn when he was 17 years old, and he worked in construction during the disco boom. He decided to capitalize upon it by setting up a record store and then a label on which he produced what were perhaps some of the early examples of dance tracks made up of loops and reworked riffs and and hooks from earlier well known hits, along with the help of mixer DJ T Scott and keyboardist Fred Tsar from 1980. This is Common Sense with the instrumental version of Voices. III Erwin Bouterse Voglia Disco Party, and that's from the Kindred Spirits compilation. Kindred Spirits they released Suriname compilation, and with an estimate of half a million inhabitants in Suriname it has a lively music scene, although relatively unknown, but it has a very strong influence on the Netherlands, where many of these Suriname people live, and the music from Suriname is mainly known for its Kaseiko which evolved out of traditional koina music and soul music. But the Surinamese have also been active in other genres, such as pop, funk, and jazz, and just love that oneVoglia Disco Party by Erwin Bouterse, and that was a reshape by Italian producer Belabouche. Loving that one. Ahead of that we had the Portuguese and British singer, her name is Maya Blandy with in It's in you (sorry about that), she released her debut album Stardust earlier this year, and it was co-written and produced by Jake Wehrry of the Herbalizer, but the song we heard is more recent. I'm trying to find out a bit more about it in terms of a release, but it's a mix by Puerto Montt City Orchestra and has a real soulful disco vibe on that one, kind of stepping out of their usual ballearic sound. Ahead of that Lawne, which are self-confessed music nerds like them already Joe Nicklin and Joe Martin. They got together in 2019 to forge a sound that melds dub, electronics, hip-hop, psych, jazz, post-punk, Afrobeat, all things that I love, and it's no wonder that I love their debut album Attic which came out on Wawa 45s last year, and the whole LP is great. Matt Raistrick over on the chat group agrees it's really varied; and I've been playing it a lot while I was doing my end of year accounts. How lovely, it really kept me going. We heard Bait Up Pan again from Lawne's debut Attic, and ahead of that we heard the Chicago DJ and producer and label owner, Terry Hunter and the Grammy-nominated Washington DC soul singer Raheem DeVaughn with Favorite Thing to Do. It came out last year on Mirabal Recordings but I played the Danny Krivitt edit. Okay this next one I don't really know too much about, but it really sounded great when I played it in New York City at the Subculture NYC party in which Francois K and I played back-to-back, so I wanted to share this one with you on the show. It's called Phazed Groove with Sao Paolo on Tropical Disco on Balearic Breakfast. IV Zo Tche Kpo Do Te by Orchestre Poli Ritmo the Jose Marquez remix. And that's from the first of a two-part series on Canopy Records documenting the work of the Beninois supergroup T.P. Orchestre Poli Ritmo. They were responsible for an astonishing multitude of records numbering well over 250 releases, and while the group underwent numerous personnel changes over the course of their 40-plus years. The founder, composer, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Clément Melomé remained the constant, and he's the singer on the song we just heard. It's sung in phone by the band leader, and it translates as "my fire will not go out", and we heard the remix by Los Angeles DJ and producer Jose Marquez. Ahead of that we had the late American saxophonist and flautist and Thelonious Monk collaborator Charlie Rouse with his Charlie Rouse Band with Waiting on the Corner, and it's from the Charlie Rouse Band's only LP Cinnamon Flower released in 1977. Although he released many many albums from the late 1950s through to the late 1980s as band leader, and before his passing, I believe it was 1988. And I have to thank another saxophonist for that one Scott Towers from Fat Freddy's Drop. They were just touring loads of sellout shows in Europe and he came over and had to offload some of the records that he bought because he couldn't fit them in his luggage going back to New Zealand. So thanks for offloading some of your records here Scott, you might get it back one day, but yeah thank you for that. Another great record he left was by Ahmad Jamal 7 really jonesing and listening to a lot of that recently as well. Okay, Daniel Kala of Phenomenal Handclap Band has sent me a very tasty exclusive, it's not even out as a digital promo yet, so muchas gracias to Daniel, but I'm just loving it. It has a very cosmic vibe and a very cosmic title to match. Here is Phenomenal Handclap Band with Like a Constellation. V Oh... It has to be done, thank you so much to David Sautter for that request. Salsoul Orchestra featuring Jocelyn Brown You're all I want for Christmas, and it's a Patrick Adams production and that's found on the Christmas Jollies volume 2 from Salsoul Orchestra. Had to play a Christmas carol for you. Ahead of that we had Kerri Chandler as The system You're in my system, and when it came out on Ibadan Recordings Jerome Sydenham's label in 1998 and Greca Mac requested it. She said it was "a highlight from the Hacienda night at WHP in Manchester earlier this month", she said "the night was very unexpectedly epic" and she also sends love to the Balearic Breakfast family. Ahead of that a lovely request from Askush for Cosmic Sunset by Flamingo Pier from New Zealand and one of my best memories of 2024 was, you know, hanging out in New Zealand going to New Zealand for the first time, and to Australia, and we played for Flamingo Pier is really cool cool festival called the Waiheke Festival in February, so thinking about that where I was going. We left I think on the 27th of December, we're gone for six weeksn so it is on my mind. Gotta make our way back down there at some point in the near future. Well it's about time to wrap up another year's worth of Balearic Breakfast. We've been going for over four years now. I can't believe it and I just want to say thank you for listening and for all of your support, thank you for being part of the Balearic Breakfast family. Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, Happy Winter Solstice and Happy New Year's and overall season's greetings, and I'm wishing you all health, happiness and a lot great lot of great music in 2025. I'm going to leave you with one last song which does fit the season's mood. It's not a... It's not a Christmas carol, it's non-secular, but it's often lumped in with Christmas songs. It's a cover of My Favorite Things, a beautiful beautiful song as you know from the Sound of Music and you know, covered by so many different jazz musicians including Alfredo de la Fe who is a really, is a very interesting violinist. He was born in Cuba lived in New York but he also lived in Colombia for a decade and a half, and he adapted the violin to Colombian traditional music, and he was the first solo violinist to play with a salsa orchestra, and he's played with loads of different great artists Latin artists like Eddie Palmieri, Tito Puente, Celia Cruz, The Fania all-stars, it goes on and on and on and on. And in 2008 my friend, David Mancuso, started a record label called The Loft Audiophile Library of Music which I helped him out, wich only had one release but this was the release, and it's Alfredo de la Fe and the Latin Jazz Ensemble with a live version of My Favorite Things so here it is, sending you off with this. Thank you again for joining me, and remember, if the holidays get a little bit too much, just be Balearic... Sadly, a few hours after today's episode, we learned about DJ Alfredo's passing. Here is Colleen's tribute to him, she published on December 26th, on her socials. May you rest in peace Alfredo 😢 Rest in paradise DJ Alfredo. I didn’t know Alfredo well but I was lucky enough to DJ back to back with him three years ago in Ibiza for Beat Hotel. Of course, as I host a show named ‘Balearic Breakfast’ I knew a lot about Alfredo, his huge influence on the Balearic and acid house scenes and the musical eclecticism he transmitted at his Amnesia residency. So yes, I was a tad nervous to play alongside him as he is a true legend. Before our set, we had dinner together and what struck me was how humble and gracious he was - soft-spoken but strong. I wondered if he truly understood the extent to which his DJ style and his musical selections had influenced so many people including some who went on to become global superstars. His sweet and gracious manner was the antithesis of the fist-pumping, glory-seeking attitudes that we sometimes see in the upper echelons of commercial dance music. But yet, whether they know it or not, DJ Alfredo influenced them because of his impact on global dance music culture. Alfredo and I had a lovely time DJ-ing together and turning each other onto tunes. I am so thankful for that experience and you can listen back to an hour of our set on an archived Balearic Breakfast at https://tinyurl.com/36ph4afy Sending my condolences to his son, his family and to those who knew him well. Thank you for the music Alfredo.

Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy broadcast the 206th episode of Balearic Breakfast on her Mixcloud on January 07th 2025. About this episode. – There's no better way to start a new year than listening to Balearic Breakfast with Colleen behind the decks and the Balearic Breakfast Family on the Mixcloud chat. When Colleen streamed the last episode on December 24th, 2024, we were all sad to hear that there would be no show on December, 31st! Even with the best of efforts, Colleen could not have streamed the show as she was playing that very night at Lafayette London alongside other great acts, such as Dimitri From Paris, Bill Brewster etc. Sadened, we said to ourselves that the pleasure would be even greater on January 7th and we thus eagerly waited for the request line to open, which ultimately happened this Saturday when Colleen wrote on her socials "Good morning! On the brink of a new dawn - or at least we hope! What would you like to hear this Tuesday on Balearic Breakfast? Which song will set us up for the new year ahead? Please join in the live stream this Tuesday from 10am to 12 pm on my Mixcloud Live for the show and family chat. I look forward to your suggestions and enjoy your weekend" Today's episode was a peaceful musical trip with a beautifully rhythmically evolving soul, always keeping an open and relaxed spirit! We were all so happy to be together again, sharing bits of happiness and sadness of our lives, supporting one another, and the chat was bouncing from hapîness indeed! We'll discover more of that in the listening experience part of this post but for now, let's give Colleen the final word: "This morning’s Balearic Breakfast is now archived on my Mixcloud at https://tinyurl.com/5nwxny8v (and please give me a follow while you’re over there). It was lovely to see so many members of the BB family from all corners of the globe on the chat group this morning and thank you for sharing your new year’s resolutions. This week’s show is mainly your requests for songs that will help us start the new year on the right foot. Once again, thank you for sharing your musical discoveries. And of course we close the show with a tribute to the DJ Alfredo as our friend Uncool jag said of the late Argentian DJ who made his name in Ibiza: “Without this beautiful human being none of us would be here today celebrating the beat that is balearic.” Word. And please excuse my proud mum moment, but the latest edition of my daughter Ariana Dewhurst’s Pirate Material radio show on The Boatpod is up on Mixcloud: I’ll be back streaming live on my Mixcloud next Tuesday and will get to more of your requests – as always there were so many great ones that I was unable to squeeze them all into one show. Here’s to another year of shared musical discoveries with the Balearic Breakfast community. Thanks for being part of it and thanks for listening." THE PLAYLIST (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 THE LISTENING EXPERIENCE Starting the show with Bill Evan's "Peace Piece", as always, Colleen perfectly set the tone for today's show, but, for me, this episode shines even more than some of her best ones because this feeling of Belonging There, in the calm moment, will linger on throughout the rest of the show. Also, Colleen will allow the Balearicans to share with her a few of their resolutions for the new year, something she didn't do for quite some time during the last episodes, and something I missed as it is another example of how greatly she's able to craft that intellectual unity with us, her listeners... As you can see, today's show is all about enjoying the calm moment, both musically and Intellectually, the sense of unity is here immaculate and bringing the warmth we all need in these frozen times... The peaceful musical moment will accompany us for quite a long time during this episode, with tracks like Happiness / The Awakening / Loss is Not Infinite. Even with the rhythm slightly stepping up with Sonya Spence's Peace and Unity perfectly followed by Dennis Brown's Sitting and Watching, the feeling is very relaxed because of the time Colleen took to let the music sink into our souls... Of Course, with Colleen behind the decks, there's never anything you can take for granted, and ending the second mix of today's episode with the great Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II), tends to show you how much crafting a vibe is always about the Intention... Colleen ends the first hour of the show with a groovy/sexy little mix, letting the sunshine in our brains, it's all about those "Peaceful Grooves", ain't it? 😉 Listen to how Colleen gradually steps up the rhythm today, still keeping the open and free spirit alive and well, Assata's Song (along with Ananda Shankar's Cyrus) being a wonderful example of that and also perfectly fitting to today's post title! Today's show is such a musical wave! The last 40 minutes of today's episode made us all lose our minds, both because of Colleen's selections and because of Colleen's mixing, winning undoubtedly the Wow Moment! COLLEEN'S PRESENTATION I Peace Piece from the album "Everybody Digs Bill Evans". And that may actually be true. The late pianist, composer, and arranger is beloved due to his unique use of harmony and melody, block chords, chord voicing. He influenced so many musicians and many of his songs have become jazz standards, including the one we just heard, Peace Piece. In fact, you've probably heard the motif in the opening notes to Flamenco Sketch's Miles Davis's album Kind of Blue, the seminal jazz LP on which Bill Evans also performed. Miles certainly had an ear for the best collaborators. And I really feel the sentiment of "Peace Piece", and it was a great way, I feel it's a great way to launch Balearic Breakfast in 2025. And thank you to Artur in Paris for that request. Good morning, I'm Colleen Cosmo Murphy hosting your weekly Balearic Breakfast on my MixCloud Live until high noon, and greetings to all of the fam over in the chat group. It's great to be together as we embark upon a new year and a new journey. I hope you had a restful and restorative holiday season. I certainly did. Catching up with my nearest and dearest, taking some forest walks, baking an array of Italian goods and sweets, reading, listening to music, watching films, eating and drinking too much. I even had an uninterrupted eight-hour sleep last week, which is rather astonishing as that only happens a couple times a year. So my manifestation, what I want to manifest this year is to make an effort to not overschedule myself and to get more sleep as I've really overscheduled myself for most of my life. So I'm going to try to make a change this year in 2025. And if any of you in the chat group have a New Year's resolution you would like to share, please write it out and please post. Now today's show is all of your requests and most of them are songs that are pertinent to new beginnings. And of course, I couldn't get to all of them. So many will spill over onto next week's show. And in fact, some of them are from last month anyways, as I felt they were more relevant to listen to in the new year, like this next one, which is a request from Dalfredo for London singer-songwriter Jonathan Jeremiah, who has five studio albums under his belt. And this is a remix of the title track of his debut 2009 LP, Jonathan Jeremiah with the Morgan Geist Port Authority remix of Happiness. II Well, I think that may be my new favorite song. Love that one. London Liverpool duo God Colony. They founded the label Crack Copies and that featured Liverpool writer Roy, who released his debut collection of short stories, Algorithm Party, which is a view of Liverpool through different characters' eyes. And Loss is Not Infinite, which is the song that we just heard. It's also a short story from that collection. And we just heard the production by God Colony and all digital sales of that song in 2024, or in 2024, maybe still 2025, I hope, go to Damien John Kelly House, which is a center in Liverpool for men recovering from addiction. I absolutely love that one. And thank you to Matt Raistrick for that request. Ahead of that, former Monsoon frontwoman and celebrated solo artist Sheila Chandra with The Awakening from her 1985 LP Nada Brahma, Sound is God. And it's also found on the Naya Beat Vol. 1 compilation. And if you don't know Naya Beat, you should. It's a great label that's reissuing and releasing music from the South Asian subcontinent and diaspora. And this is the label that were behind all of the recent Asha Putli remixes. That was a request from Gareth Bratman, who wrote "Thanks, Colleen and everyone for all the great music I've discovered via this community in 2024. And this song, The Awakening by Sheila Chandra, seems appropriate for a New Year suggestion. And wishing everyone a healthy and happy 2025". Also, Ana Sancho in Barcelona resolves to "listen to more music in 2025". Very worthy, Ana, I'm with you. And Terry Fincham, we send condolences to you. He lost a dear friend this past weekend, totally unexpected. And his resolution is "to not take anything for granted and to appreciate everything I've got". And that... those are definitely amazing words and something we should always, always remember, no matter how tough things may seem to be, try to look for the beauty in life. Name three things that happened good today. That's what we try to do before we go to sleep. Okay, this next one is a request from our friend Kieran McCann up in Glasgow, who hosts the Coorie Doon parties. He requested this one. It's a great message. Peace and Unity by Sonya Spence on Balearic Breakfast. III Wow, thank you to Carl Banatov in Canada for that request. I just absolutely love that song. Ryuichi Sakamoto and David Silvian with Heartbeat, Tanai Kaiki 2 from Sakamoto's 1991 LP Heartbeat. And that was a very poignant request for me because I actually interviewed Sakamoto for that album that year when I was hosting and producing syndicated radio shows in the USA. And I had been a huge fan of Sakamoto since seeing him on Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, because I was a huge Bowie fan. And then I went down that hole and went through all of his solo work and down the rabbit hole of Yellow Magic Orchestra. Such a beautiful song. And David Silvian was formerly of the band Japan. And in fact, while David was working on the single, he met Ingrid Chavez, who is also on the album. And she's a singer and actress who had been a member of Prince's inner circle. And that same year, Silvian and Chavez married and moved to Minneapolis where they had some children. So a beautiful, beautiful song. Ahead of that, the 1979 single from my favorite Jamaican singer, Dennis Brown, the song Sitting and Watching, as requested by Josh Halsell, who said he discovered the song on the show. And he says it brings him joy and happiness every time, but it also makes his loudspeakers dislike him. So I think I can understand that sentiment. Nice, heavy, heavy bass there. We have a few more resolutions from the family on the chat group. Dancing James's resolution is "to keep clearing up while he cooks and to declutter the kitchen". My husband, Adam, you might want to take a few... No, just joking! I just got the finger! Ha ha ha ha!! And Poppy Shepard says her New Year's resolution. This is a really good one! As well as decluttering the kitchen, James. But this is another good one! Poppy Shepard's is "to pick up the phone and make phone calls, not WhatsApp messaging, actual speaking conversations. It's much more personal". And I have to say, as a Gen Xer, I do that quite a bit. And every time I suggest this to a Gen Zer or a millennial, they look like it's shock and it's like, no, pick up the phone, have a conversation. It's so much nicer. Okay, now a lovely request from Paolo Corsalini for the English duo comprised of Tracy Thorne and Ben Watt, Everything But The Girl. And this is their second single, which came out a staggering 40 years ago. And the couple are still going strong today, having released their 11th album, Fuse, in 2023. And of course, Tracy Thorne has written four books. I absolutely love Bedsit, Disco Queen, how I grew up and tried to be a pop star. And next on my list is My rock and roll friend, which focuses on her relationship and friendship with Lindy Morrison of The Go-Betweens, and reflects upon the experiences of female musicians in the male-dominated music scene. And speaking for myself as a DJ for nearly four decades, I'm sure I'll find some shared experiences there. In any case, let's get on with the music, Everything But The Girl with Each and Every One. IV Oh my goodness, I'm getting into a blue light mood, Bert. That's Minneapolis soul singer Rockie Robbins with his biggest hit, You and Me, the title track of his 1980 LP. And it was the singer's only big hit, and it reached the R&B Top 10. It was produced by Bobby Martin, who worked with Billy Paul on Me and Mrs. Jones. And thanks to our friend Bert Francois in Brooklyn for that blue light special request. Ahead of that, the late English singer, writer, comedian, actress, and presenter Margie Kane with her 1981 single, The Way You Love Me. And that's a Balearic Breakfast favorite. And yes, I've played that one before. But Emily Pictures Paradise wooed me with her request, stating, "Thank you for a great Christmas Balearic Breakfast show. So wonderful and uplifting. I hope you play in the Northwest this year, Colleen. The Golden Lion in Todmorden is a wonderful intimate venue. Crazy P and Richard Senn did some great DJ sets there. And maybe we'll be lucky enough to have you play there one day." So let's try to manifest that, okay? Ahead of that, we had The Feeling's Good as performed by the late American singer Marlena Shaw, who sadly passed away at the beginning of 2024. It's from her 1973 LP, From the Depths of My Soul. Shaw launched her career in the jazz clubs of New York City and Chicago. And it was there where she was discovered by Chess and Cadet Records, and her career really began to take off, especially with her version of the Ashford and Simpson penned California Soul. And thank you to Sue Forrest for that contribution. Okay, we have a few more New Year's resolutions from the fam. Matt Raistrick says he "resolves to listen and to make time to listen to more albums". And that's probably what he tries to do every year, though. But just keep trying, Matt. Just keep trying. Ahead of that, Terrence the DJ says his or her "New Year's resolution is to re-record a mixtape I had back in 1993. I've tracked most of the records down and need to record them as I lost that tape years ago." Well, good luck with that. And Dancing James, along with Trying to Clean Up the Kitchen Atom, he also says "he wants to take some dance classes". And I think that's a really great idea. I've always wanted to do that as well. I tried taking one dance class once. I lasted for one class because I'm left-handed. And every time I just kept getting the directions, you know, wrong. They'd go right, I'd go left, because that's my natural way to go. You know, just, you know, always contrary, what can I say? So I like that resolution. Okay, let's move on with the music. This is a request from Luca Ospitone in Sardinia for the San Francisco socio-political rapper Paris. It's his 1992 single, Assata's Song, from the LP Sleeping with the Enemy. And Paris, aka Oscar Jerome Jackson, is also the founder of Gorilla Funk Recordings and Scarface Records. And he also mentored artists such as DJ Shadow and the Conscious Daughters. And here he is with Assata's Song. V Ananda Shankar with Cyrus, and that's from the LP Ananda Shankar and His Music, released on Mr. Bongo. And that's the Indian sitarist, composer, and musician, who was the nephew of Ravi Shankar. And Ananda's musical family was very, very prestigious, and his upbringing led to a deep respect and love of the wealth of music that emanated from his birthplace. And his travels to the West Coast of America in the late 1960s saw Shankar immerse in the full swing of psychedelic rock. So there's a lot of different covers on this album. Highly recommended, and I hope you like that one here on Balearic Breakfast. Ahead of that, we had the Filipina-American guitarist, songwriter, producer, and educator, June Millington, with her 1983 single, Don't Be Careless With Your Love. Good advice for the year ahead from our friend Christina Da Souza. And Millington was the founder of the groups Svelt and Wild Honey, before becoming co-founder and lead guitarist of the early 1970s all-female rock band Fanny. Millington has been called a godmother of women's music, and she's also the co-founder and artistic director of the Institute for the Musical Arts in my native Massachusetts. And I look forward to investigating her more, because she sounds like a really incredible woman. Ahead of that, we have Paris with Assata's song, the remix, as requested by Luca Ospitone. Okay, this next one is a great request from our friend Ralph Odafred in New York. It's for Japanese saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Uyama Hiroto, and the song is Wind Speaks. It's from the compilation Hideout Productions' second collection, which is mainly a hip-hop compilation featuring mainly the late Japanese hip-hop artist Nujabes, with whom Hiroto and Uyama collaborated. And Uyama also has four solo albums, which I look forward to researching further. And thank you again to Ralph Odafred for this one, Wind Speaks. VI MFSB, or Mother, Father, Sister, Brother, with Mysteries of the World. Absolutely love that song. And gosh, what a lineup with MFSB. I guess they were kind of like the studio band for Sigma Sound Studios, and put together by Gamble & Huff for their Philly International to back a lot of the different artists they had performing on the label. But gosh, if you take a look and see who performed, it's incredible. You have Ronnie Baker, Tom Bell, Bobby Eli, John Davis, Norman Harris, Leon Huff. Good God. Vince Montana, Dexter Wenzel, Earl Young, you know, the drummer from The Tramps. So just an all-star lineup. And that was a request from Steve Wakley, who said he just absolutely loves that song, the title track to their 1980 LP. He said, it's been going around his head these past few days, and it's as exciting to his ears as when he first heard it. Always great to dance with its relentless bassline, floaty keys, layers of guitars and strings, and that spooky opening and gentle strings into the bass, a superb track. Ahead of that, we had a great tune from Yama Hiroto, Wind Speaks, and that's a request from Ralph Odafred. Okay, this next one is a request from our friend Barry Zerr, or Bear Nitz, in Washington, D.C. And I'm really excited as I'm heading to Washington, D.C. Well, I'm not excited for who's going to be in the office at that point in time, let me just say. But I'm very excited to actually be DJing there. It's the first time, I think it's the first time I'm DJing there ever. It's going to be on Valentine's Day, the 14th of February, and I'm playing for For Your Pleasure at 618 D.C. And I'm going to meet Barry for the first time. And he has this request here. First of all, I should say he has a resolution, is "to save as much money as possible to cover the cost of shipping all the amazing records I buy, thanks to all of the great selections Colleen and the Balearic Breakfast community shares". So yeah, maybe I can bring some records over for you, if I have room in my record bag. Also, I should say James Bilderguy has a really good one too. His resolution is "to try and see more live music. We have a lot of fantastic clubs here in Glasgow, but I'm ashamed to say I can probably count on one hand the amount of live events I've been to, and I need to do more exploring", and I share that sentiment. But back to the clubs, this is a request from Barry Berenitz for a club classic, Cajmere, featuring Daje with Brighter Days, the Masters at Work remix, and it's the Kai Alsay edit on Balearic Breakfast. VII Deniece Williams with the song Free, the Dave Lee rework, as requested by Real Trini Food, which is Franka Phillips. She's a food writer in Trinidad and Tobago, and gosh, the food from Trinidad and Tobago is top-notch. And such a beautiful song. I played that as my last tune at Coorie Doon Party, Kieran McCann's party up in Glasgow, and somebody took a little video, and I posted it up, and that Reel got some traction, so that really encouraged Franca to request that song. She said she watched that Reel over and over and over again. Ahead of that, we had a request from David Stoddard for First Choice, Love and Happiness, and that's from their debut LP, 1973's Armed and Extremely Dangerous, and they began singing in high school as the Debonettes, and then performed in clubs after school in Philadelphia, and then they were introduced to Norman Harris, who produced that song. Just absolutely love that one. A great way to start the year. As was the song before, Paul Weller's Style Council's cover of the 1988 Joe Smooth classic, with a remix by Juan Atkins, and that was requested by Love Vigilantes, and Smooth got the idea for the original song, Promised Land, while he was on tour in Europe with Farley Jack Master Funk, and he saw how house music was doing here in Europe, and he wrote that song with inspiration from classic Motown songs, and he had a hit. He had a classic song, and he had a hit over here in the UK, at least. And starting it off with Cajmere, featuring Daje, Brighter Days, the Masters at Work remix, and the Kai Alce edit. All right, this is Colleen Cosmo Murphy signing off another week's show of Balearic Breakfast. I will be back next Tuesday, finishing up some more requests. There were so many great ones, I couldn't get to all of them, but I had to leave this song for last, in memory of the late DJ Alfredo, who passed in the next realm in December, just before Christmas. This is a song he was known for playing. The Argentinian-born DJ made his name in Ibiza, especially at his residency at Amnesia, where people from all over the world gathered, and he had to please so many different ears, and he did so with aplomb. A really eclectic mix of music, everything from new wave to all different things, movie soundtracks and dance songs, all different things that he wove together into a great journey, a musical journey for his dancers, and this is one that he's really known for. It was requested by both Steve Clark and Uncle Jag. And Uncle Jag said, "without this beautiful human being, none of us would be here today, celebrating the beat that is Balearic". And I was very lucky and privileged to meet him, and play with him, actually, back to back at the Beat Hotel in 2021. And you can find that mix, I think it's on Worldwide FM, I had it on a Baleric Breakfast show. He was a lovely human being. We had dinner before we played. It was the only time I got to meet him, and he was so humble, such a wonderful man. And it was just kind of interesting, all these different DJs that he inspired, you know, some went on to become global phenomenons. And he was just a, you know, lesser known, but we and the Balearic community celebrate him and his legacy, and we thank him. And this is just a beautiful way to remember him. You know the song. And remember, if you're feeling down this week, just be Balearic.

Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy broadcast the 210th episode of Balearic Breakfast on her Mixcloud on February 04th 2025. About this episode. – Following Marianne Faithfull’s passing, and shortly after returning from vacation, Colleen launched the request line last Saturday, February 1st 2025. As we shall see later in the Listening experience part of this post, today’s episode was a moving musical experience, allowing the listener to experience what the last exodus might feel like. Enhanced by the passing of Family members’ loved ones, today’s musical trip was a deep dive into sorrow and strangeness, allowing us all to find in the music an airy and floating path to the next realm… "This morning’s Balearic Breakfast is now up on my Mixcloud and includes tributes to the late Marianne Faithfull, music from Wally Badarou (I’m hosting a event with him in London on the 19th February - reserve your free tickets on the @classicalbumsundays website), some Loft classics (London Loft party on the 9th March and our website at loftparty.org is going live soon!), italo, soul, dub and more. Thank you to the Balearicans who joined me on the live stream this morning - it was great chatting with all of you. I’m streaming remotely next week and have an interview and mix from @gregwilson who is not only a DJ and producer extraordinaire but a great music journalist and has also edited James Hamilton’s Disco Pages. We also have a mix from British born Ibiza based DJ @SAM and we chat about her new comp Suenos de Ibiza. Until then, kick back and enjoy the music…" By the way, we also learned today that Colleen spent some time in the studio lately, working on a very special remix which she can't wait to share with us, so stay tuned 😊 Listen back to the 210th episode of Balearic Breakfast: THE PLAYLIST (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) THE LISTENING EXPERIENCE Destiny lies there, where we, in our humility, accept receiving it... (The Lioncub) Death is nothing at all. It does not count. I have only slipped away into the next room. Nothing has happened. Everything remains exactly as it was. I am I, and you are you, and the old life that we lived so fondly together is untouched, unchanged. Whatever we were to each other, that we are still. Call me by the old familiar name. Speak of me in the easy way which you always used. Put no difference into your tone. Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow. Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes that we enjoyed together. Play, smile, think of me, pray for me. Let my name be ever the household word that it always was. Let it be spoken without an effort, without the ghost of a shadow upon it. Life means all that it ever meant. It is the same as it ever was. There is absolute and unbroken continuity. What is this death but a negligible accident? Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight? I am but waiting for you, for an interval, somewhere very near, just round the corner. All is well. Nothing is hurt; nothing is lost. One brief moment and all will be as it was before. How we shall laugh at the trouble of parting when we meet again! Henry Scott-Holland, 1847-1918 As I started working on this post, I saw this picture on Luke Una's Instagram... Of course, it brought tears to my eyes. Death is just another part of life as they say. I wish it didn't Hurt That Much though... Whenever I hear The Hawk, I always have Richie Haven's version in mind, but also Kris Kristofferson's music video (he initially composed the song)... The Hawk is about transmission, about hope, about letting things go and moving forward... What else can we do in the face of adversity... There's a lot of it in our world today, violence almost everywhere, death on every side of our stories, less and less joy... We got to have peace one day soon... And The Hawk brings that hope, even if it does so with an unbearable amount of sadness... Today's episode is exactly about that peculiar mood The Hawk presented: a long, somewhat uncertain and worried yet constant march in an undisclosed space towards a heavenly destination... All the songs have that incredible eerie feeling, letting you go, unaware, to a place you know nothing about. This feeling is perfectly represented in the first 44 minutes of the show, where the ambience is calm, yet uncertain as with Richard Hawley's The Ocean which seems to be about "returning to a place of familiarity and comfort with someone you’ve shared a wealth of experiences and feelings with". Colleen's ability to pick up the songs dealing with the same subject (even if on separate intellectual levels) is just mindblowing. I mean, starting the show with these two purely sets the message clear: yes, you'll lose me one day, but you'll have to keep moving on, and you'll remember the places where we were happy. I'll always be there, with you. After all, we don't know if the man in the song speaks to a real woman... it may just be his imagination.... you see me coming, don't you...? In any case, the tone is perfectly set here. And there's more to come. Colleen's delicate mixing helps us see the path, gently leading us to Bob Marley's Exodus (btw, thanks to davstod for recomenting David Rodigan's biography!). If you're not walking towards heaven with us right now you'll never do it again in your entire life, this I can tell you. As Bob Marley shared it in his own words "After the shooting, me never want to just think about shooting,” Marley told Vivien Goldman of Sounds. “So me just ease up me mind and go in a different bag. What me stand for me always stand for. Jah [God] is my strength.” "The album is Marley’s most political and religious work but it also features beautiful, vivacious and downright funky and sexy jams. As a committed Rastafarian, Marley would often quote from The Bible, so it was no surprise that he chose to name his album after The Old Testament’s second book which portrays the exodus of the Israelites. However, there is another reason for the title choice as ‘Exodus’ also portrays a man experiencing his own personal exodus" (Classic Album Sundays). If you listen closely to today's episode, you will undoubtedly share with me the feelings I felt, and the following song in Colleen's mix, Marianne Faithfull's Love in the Afternoon keeps the pace to an unmatched perfection... We clearly feel the "marching force", we still have the lost feeling, we're searching for something, is this path the right one, is a secret love affair meaning to last... At this point of the show, we could almost refer here to those of us believing secretly in god without speaking about it openly... Once again, you see me coming, don't you...? After all, what do you think about when transitioning to the next realm?... These thoughts are so aligned with Marianne Faithfull's dark-sounding, and oh so lost album, A secret Life... With Cymande's Coltrane, an open-hearted tribute to the Jazz Saxophonist, and generally speaking to music, the message is now plain to see. Think about what I Just wrote earlier, and also to a few of older posts where I explained how Colleen constructs the show, you might feel we reached here a transitioning point as Wally Badarou's Mambo starts... Think about it and try to see why... 😉 With Marianne Faithfull's The Blue Millionaire, a strange song, undefined, the music still keeps us moving forward... The "marching feeling" that accompanies us throughout the show can be explained by Colleen's choice to put Marianne Faithfull's songs along with the other songs she selected for this episode, creating a beautiful musical unity with Colleen always taking great care of the cohesivity of the whole mix. There's an intention here... (even if unconscious) confirmed by the first hour's last two tracks which are I Keep Callin’ and Flowers' For Real and also by the fact that a song like Broken English has been inspired by Terrorism, and you know how much, according to some of these extremists, these barbarian acts are supposedly linked to Faith... Another way of seeing today's theme, don't you think?... The second hour of today's episode is also all bout this journey, with Colleen's mixing being perfect and transmitting the phases of the journey like it was a painting... I mean, listen to what she does during the mini mix (Outta Limits / If These Are the Last Days (Eliphino Remix) / The Edge (New Dimensions) / Black Out), it's astounding and this one wins the Wow Moment of today's episode! We were all on our knees while listening to it, perfection on our marching journey! Do I need to say more as the last song comes onto your mental screen? Your Soul Is Perfect... “The question of our individual purpose as we traverse on Earth is often one we are scared to meet. The intention of this song is to acknowledge the truth about us all- we are beautiful for the beings that we are, with a Light that can never be extinguished. Having courage to be content and happy is no small feat when mental health is involved… The Supreme Uniter is not only a nod to this, but to Meghan Stabile as she dances to this one from stars back to down to us. All of this is only possible due to Magnificent Shakti of Swamini Turiyasangitananda.” (Surya Botofasina) COLLEEN'S PRESENTATION Marianne Faithfull with El Galivan, arranged and accompanied by Mark Isham. And she recorded this song in 1985 for the film Trouble in Mind, directed by Alan Rudolph. And it's a beautiful song, and I'm kind of picturing her as an El Galivan, or a hawk. And I have this image of her flying off into the sunset as she transitions into the next realm after a life filled with beauty, joy, and a lot of pain and suffering as well. She was an incredibly resilient person, having been on top of the world in the 1960s with a successful recording career, acting in several films. She was also a style icon and Mick Jagger's girlfriend. But her life soon spiraled out of control when she became addicted to heroin. And she also ended up homeless and also tragically without custody of her son. But after a successful comeback in the late 1970s, she found a new voice, both literally as she suffered from a severe bout of laryngitis and her voice changed forever. But she also found a new voice figuratively, and that she found and wrote songs that suited her next stage of life. Torch songs, chanson, also she kind of dipped into the kind of whole new wave sound. And she also acted on television and did about 20 films. She also wrote an autobiography in the mid-1990s. And when it came out, I interviewed her for a radio show I was hosting at the time. And we did an interview at her friend's apartment. I think it was on Fifth Avenue. It was very posh, very flash. But she was delightful. And I was just absolutely mesmerized as a young 20-something-year-old woman. What a life. Thank you to Rick Shearman and David Puzzi for that request. And we'll have some more Marianne later in the show. Good morning, Balearicans. I'm Colleen Cosmo Murphy, hosting your weekly Balearic Breakfast. And greetings to all over on my MixCloud Live. It's great to be back hosting the show live from the record room, although we had a great two weeks off in Lanzarote, which is just such a weird and wonderful place. You have the artwork of Cesar Manrique, like in roundabouts. And it's dotted around the island, this volcanic, rocky, black-sanded island that sometimes looks like a moonscape. It's like 80 miles, I think, west of the Western Sahara. It's just really different. And I absolutely love it. And thank you to our special guests, Phil Meissen and Tiger Balm and our Balearic Breakfast family members, Christine DeSouza and David Stoddard, for the mixes they contributed while I was away. I know you all love them. I'm away again next week, so I have Greg Wilson and Sam from Ibiza taking over the reins while I stream remotely. But on today's show, we have mainly your requests and some new tunes. And this next one is quite a poignant one for me, as it's a song and an album I listened to over and over again when my father was dying about 15 years ago. And he lived near the ocean in North Carolina. And every day I would drive his truck to the hospital and I would play this song. Matt Raistrick requested this from the classic album, Cole's Corner, released 20 years ago. This is Sheffield's Richard Hawley with The Ocean. A request from Christine D'Souza for Love in the Afternoon. From Marianne Faithfull's 1995 LP, A Secret Life, which mainly featured songs she had written or co-written rather than covers. And it was a collaboration with American composer Angelo Battalamenti after his work on Twin Peaks. And it was influenced more by Faithfull's passion for classical music. And it was released just after her biography came out. And that's when I had the chance to meet and interview her. And you got the sense that the book was both a relief, but also a weight and that now her personal life was public, which is why I love the name of the album, A Secret Life. And we'll have some more Marianne Faithfull later in the show. Now, this Thursday would have been the 80th birthday of Bob Marley. And it's not an exaggeration to say that he single handedly brought reggae to new heights around the world. I remember when I was a teenager and in university, everybody had the Legend compilation, including myself. It was just one of those records you have like Dark Side of the Moon or What's Going On. And it's really incredible how Marley globally popularized Jamaican music and sent many people digging deeper into the sounds from that island. We heard Bill Laswell's fabulous ambient translation of Bob Marley's Exodus from the 1997 LP Dreams of Freedom, which featured ambient dub reworks of Marley's songs. And that must have been a lot of fun in the studio and sending that one out to A.J. Elliott. And ahead of that, a request from Matt Raystrick for Richard Hawley's The Ocean. And I'm sending that out to my late father, Roger Murphy, who was a boat captain, a scuba diver and an amazing swimmer and just absolutely loved the ocean. And he gave me my love for the ocean as well. Now, some of you may have seen the recent documentary Getting It Back, the story of Cymande, the British funk band that had been had a lot more success, actually, in America, switched around with their debut album, which featured some great tracks, including Bra and Dove. Well, they are back with a new album and it's great. It's called Renascence and it's really a spiritual and sonic successor to their 70s output. And it also features guests Celeste and Jazzy B. Ana Sancho in Barcelona asked for a cut from the new LP, but I was just sent a new remix by Crooked Man and it's an advanced copy as well. So I wanted to share it with you. So I hope you don't mind, Ana, that I'm taking some creative license. Here is Simon Bay with the Crooked Man remix of Coltrane. Blue Millionaire from Marianne Faithfull's ninth studio album, A Child's Adventure, released in 1983 on Island Records. And it features some of the amazing talent that was featured on loads of records from that era on Island Records. Mikey Chung on guitar, Barry Reynolds, who also wrote and collaborated with Grace Jones when she was on Island, and also Wally Batteru, who co-wrote and produced that song and a few others on the album. And they were all, of course, part of the Compass Point All Stars, a group kind of put together, a session group kind of really put together by Chris Blackwell for the Compass Point Studios in Nassau in the Bahamas. So some people on the chat were saying, oh, that sounds like Talking Heads or Tom Tom Club. Yeah, because it's some of the same crew of musicians there. But that one was co-written and produced by Wally Badarou, who was the song before. Now, perhaps when the previous song started, you may have thought it was Daydreaming by Massive Attack. Well, that's because they sampled it. We heard Mambo by French African musician, songwriter, producer and all-around amazing talent, Wally Badarou. And that's from his 1984 LP Echoes. And that also has Chief Inspector on it as well. That's a balearic classic. Badarou was also a de facto member of Level 42 all throughout the 1980s. He collaborated with and produced Marianne Faithfull, Fela Kuti and Salif Keita. And he was a central figure and part of the Island Records Compass Point All-Stars. He performed on records by Grace Jones, Talking Heads, Mick Jagger, Gwen Guthrie, Robert Palmer, Sly and Robbie, amongst many others. He also scored music for films, including Kiss of the Spider Woman and more recently, the award-winning documentary, Tahomee. And he will be my special guest for our next Classic Album Sunday's event, being held at the KEF Music Lounge in London on Wednesday, the 19th of February. We will explore his illustrious career and we'll have an in-depth look and listen to Echoes. Tickets are free and they've just gone up on the Classic Album Sunday's website. So be quick. And for those on the chat on the Mixcloud Livestream right now, I have put the link into the comments. So there are limited tickets. So please be quick with that. All right, let's slip into something smooth and soulful. And I'm loving this request from our friend Victor Olteanu in Romania. And funny as it's from the same early 80s era as the last two songs I just played, it's by the late American singer-songwriter Al Jarreau, who had a massive album in 1981, Breaking Away. And it spent two years on the Billboard album charts and it hit number one on the jazz and R&B charts. So how does one follow that up? Well, with another hit record. Two years later, he released Jarreau and it did rather well as it became his third consecutive number-one LP on the jazz charts and reached high numbers on the R&B and album charts, too. This is the last cut on the album. It's Al Jarreau with I Keep Calling. Everyone on the chat's loving this one. Going back, World Premiere with Share the Night and it's some more smooth soul and it's kind of a studio assemblage like the Act Change, but this time put together by songwriter-producer Douglas Pittman under the name World Premiere. And they put out a couple of singles on EZ Street Records and we just heard Share the Night, co-produced by the late New York City DJ Jonathan Fearing and requested by Peter Jongenil. I had about a rare soul tune that I sadly used to only have on bootleg, but I sadly think the one I just played is on bootleg. I think it sounds worse. So sad. Sorry. But it's had the vinyl reissue. It's it doesn't sound wonderful, but it's such a great song. And it's called Flowers, which is really Richard Flowers. He only released two singles in 1976 on the label L.A. Expressio, and we heard the song for real. I just love that one. And starting it all off with Al Jarreau, I Keep Callin' as requested by Victor Olteanu. All right, let's send some love to our friends in Canada. Our friend Karl Banitov in Montreal made this next request for Quebec Act 122 North, which was assembled by Danny Provencher, who is also in the band Under the Lights. 122 North released one EP called Night Drive back in 2021, and this is the original version of Drive on Balearic Breakfast. Italian jazz funk producer Pellegrino and his band Zodiaco, they have a new album out and the whole thing is worth a listen. It's called Koine and Leonardo Lau requested that song, Mario. Absolutely love it. In fact, I don't think Pellegrino and Zodiaco put out a bad record. So head on over to their bandcamp and their latest is also out on vinyl as well. Ahead of that, we heard the title track from Marianne Faithfull's 1979 comeback album, and I'm sending that one out to Gemma Bagnell and Artur in Paris, who also made additional Faithfull requests. And after reaching the depths that she probably never thought was imaginable, drug addiction, homelessness, Faithfull tried to stage a comeback in 1976 with an album called Dream in My Dreams, but it didn't really work out. And then Chris Blackwell signed her to Island Records and really encouraged her to forge a new sound, a more modern sound. He brought in people like Steve Winwood and kind of really transformed her career much in the way that he helped transform Bob Marley's career, who we played earlier, encouraging him to fuse more rock and pop sounds. In any case, it worked. Broken English was the album that redefined Faithfull as an edgy, contemporary chanteuse, and it's a great record. And Broken English is also our Classic Album Sunday's album of the month for our online album club, which is open to Classic Album Sunday's Patreon members. And the album club this month will be held on Tuesday, the 25th of February on Zoom. And if you want to find out more about it, head over to the Classic Album Sunday's website and rest in paradise, Marianne Faithfull. OK, this next one is an old Loft classic and one of the records that I heard my friend David Mancuso play quite a bit when I started going to the Loft in 1992. The Loft anniversary is coming up on the 14th of February and we will be doing a Loft special as we do every year on Balearic Breakfast in a couple of weeks. And the London Loft will be launching our new website this month as well and be at Loftparty.org and it will feature a complete interview with David that has never before been published in its entirety. And of course, we also have our next Loft Party in London on the 9th of March. If you would like to join our mailing list, you'll be able to do so on the new website, but you can also message me on the socials until then. This was requested by Ben Oliver, who loves the introduction by Timothy Leary. This is Mission Control with the Shelter Mix of Outta Limits. Oh, caught me unawares. I love that one. Kevin Fleming requested it a few weeks ago and I just thought I got to get this on vinyl. So I did. And that's what you just heard. It's by Neapolitan saxophonist and songwriter Enzo Avitabile, who collaborated with Pino Daniele, James Brown, Afrika Bambaataa, Randy Crawford, Tina Turner, amongst others. And we just heard the club mix of his 1986 single Blackout, the original of which is on his LP SOS Brothers. And you can file that with Pino Daniele, I Know I'm On My Way, or Stop Bajon by Tulio Piscopo. I think it has that same kind of feel on that one. Ahead of that, another Loft classic, also from 1992. I was just I just bought it recently, actually just found a new copy. Liquid Variety, who is JT Irish, Joey Campbell and Joey Gold with The Edge (New Dimensions). It came out in Kaleidoscope and it followed their single The Best Part of the Trip. So I think you know what they're talking about over there. And I just love that one. And again, in a couple of weeks, we'll be doing our Loft anniversary special here on Balearic Breakfast and our London Loft parties on the 9th of March. If you want to join us, you can message me. And we started before that with New Zealand's Electric Wire Hustle, who have released three albums and the original of the song we heard, If These Are the Last Days, can be found on their 2014 LP, Love Can Prevail. We heard the Elefino remix of If These Are the Last Days, quite a relevant title for these challenging times and requested by our friend Barry Zare in Washington, D.C. And I'll be in Washington, D.C. next week, playing at 618 D.C. next Friday on Valentine's Day, the 14th of February. Admittedly, it will be a bit strange to be there at this time, but I'm looking forward to meeting some listeners like Barry and some old friends. And also, I think it's my first gig since New Year's Eve, so I'm ready for you. I'm ready to play. I'm coming over and I'm ready to play some records and really looking forward to that. So as I said, I will be in the States. I'll be streaming next week remotely. So I have two guest mixes. I have one from Greg Wilson. I'll also be talking with him about James Hamilton, who is the late British disco and soul DJ who had a column in Record Mirror from 1975 to 82. And Greg has just edited James Hamilton's disco pages and compiles all of his columns from the Record Mirror. So that will be really interesting. And we also have an interview and mix with DJ S/a/m from Ibiza, and she has a new compilation coming out called Sueños de Ibiza. And I thought you would like a mix like that as well. Well, this is Colleen Cosmo Murphy signing off another edition of Balearic Breakfast. But before I go, I'm going to leave you with a beautiful request by Rick Van Veen in the Netherlands. It's by keyboardist and composer Surya Botafossina, who was taught in the tradition of Alice Coltrane by Swamini Turiya Sangitananda herself on her ashram in California, which is where he grew up. He also recently toured with Andre 3000. So you may have seen him on stage. Botafossina creates deep listening, spiritual jazz and meditative sounds and is devoted to one love, family and music. I guess that's what we're devoted to here on Balearic Breakfast as well. And this song is from the album Ashram Sun, released last year as a follow up to his acclaimed debut, Everyone's Children. And this one features Radja Botafossina. It's a beautiful, beautiful song and it's called Your Soul is Perfect, Supreme Uniter. Thank you so much for listening and I'll see you next week.

Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy broadcast the 212th episode of Balearic Breakfast on her Mixcloud on February 18th 2025. A Lioncub's tribute to David Mancuso... – To say that David changed many people's lives is an understatement to me. It is far more than a simple change. Discovering Music through his lens, through his philosophy (be it sonical or intellectual), is a mindblowing experience. And this experience does not simply change you. It modifies your relationship towards Music, it modifies the way you listen to Music, the Way you experience it, the way you discover it, the way you then share it through your own parties. I am not ashamed to say that David was a Musical Soother, a Musical Force. Of course, it comes down to his aura, and what he was, totally, as a human being (calm, shy, and, as a member of the family shared with me a few days ago, with a godlike figure). But it also comes down, on the musical side of the analysis, to his Musical knowledge and to the way he treated music, played it, what it meant to him and how he used it to transform the present time of a Party... David was audacious during his sets, yet he also knew how to build a Musical Intercourse where Music made love with the dancers, and he always used his records proficiently to craft an unparalleled musical unity (some of his transitions were so perfect that, when listening to them, you can't help but ask yourself how he was able to achieve such perfection without a mixer). David was not only an audiophile in the greatest sense of the term (and you know how much this term is misused today...). He was All about sharing his own reality with his friends and the dancers at his parties. He shared his soul so openly, so freely, and with such musical and technical knowledge that, to this day, no one can come close to him. His Musical Aura always hit the listener in a pure moment of freedom and uncontrolled excitement without chasing away his own momentum... Thanks to him, I discovered that you didn't need to be a DJ to be a Great Musical Host... I felt all this when I listened to the Prince St Reels in 2009 for the first time. To this very day, David mesmerises me, and when I think of how many things I discovered thanks to him, and how he expanded my Musical journey, I always get very emotional... About today's episode. – In today's show, Colleen beautifully presents David's Legacy as she selected quite long songs (thus proposing one of the shortest playlists we ever had on a 2-hour Balearic Breakfast episode! ). Thanks to this wonderful musical trip, you'll discover why I wrote these Lines. Close your eyes, the Loft is waiting for you... "This morning’s Balearic Breakfast is the annual Loft Anniversary special and it’s now up on my Mixcloud. On Valentine’s Day 1970, my late friend David Mancuso opened the doors to his 647 Broadway home for a weekly private rent party called Love Saves the Day and which evolved into The Loft. The party’s influence was ubiquitous, inspiring others to share friendship, music and the dance. But it wasn’t easy for David, and he met a lot of challenges on the way including a court case against him by New York City as the officials wanted to shut him down. But David won. He also suffered from gentrification and neighbours who wanted him out of the ‘hood so he just picked up and moved. He was also met with personal challenges, betrayals by people he trusted and sycophants intent on serving their own interests who took advantage of David’s trusting nature. And yet the Loft persevered. When I started going back in ‘92 David lived and held the parties on East 3rd street in NY’s East Village. It was a rough time for David but I deeply felt and understood the magic that was happening as soon as I went through the doors. I fell in love with the party, the music, the sound system, the people and later with David. He became a dear friend, a mentor and the two of us worked together on the parties in NY, musically hosting together, starting a Loft party here in London, compilations, his label and documentaries until his passing in 2016. Each February I reflect upon The Loft and David and invite members of the global Loft community to choose one of their favourite Loft songs and to give us an anecdote. It’s a life-affirming musical celebration. Today in London we continue David’s legacy and vision at The London Loft and our next party is on the 9th March – we welcome people with positive energy and a loving spirit to join us and if that’s you, hit me up via DM for an invitation. And I’m also hosting a listening party featuring some of David’s favourite records at Devon Turnbull’s Hi-Fi Listening Room installation at 180 (swipe for more info). Thanks for listening and love saves the day." Listen back to the 212nd episode of Balearic Breakfast: PLAYLIST (1972) Cymande – Dove (1981) Donald Byrd – Love Has Come Around (1978) Brainstorm – Journey to the Light (1974) Tower of Power – Squib Cakes (1978) The Winners – Get Ready for the Future (1978) Easy Going – Baby I Love You (2004) Depeche Mode – Enjoy the Silence (Timo Mass Remix) (1981) Steve Miller Band – Macho City (1982) Mike Anthony – Why Can’t We Live Together (Part II) (1977) Lamont Dozier – Going Back to My Roots (1976) Charles Earland – Drifting (1982) Pat Metheny – Are You Going with Me? COLLEEN'S NEWS For your information, Colleen will be playing live on : March 6th (Listening room session / celebrating The Loft, tickets here); March 8th at La Discothèque (tickets here) ; March, 9th 2025 at the London Loft (tickets here). THE LISTENING EXPERIENCE Presentation. – Colleen's show is not your usual Balearic Breakfast show, you don't have a lot of mixes as usually. Yet, Colleen is able to create a mesmerising Musical Flow, leading you to The Loft. As always, the way the songs are put together allows the listener to plunge effortlessly into David's sonical journey... For instance, the three first tracks share a common tonality with Love Has Come Around and Journey to the LIght sharing a common sonical color and structure although their rhythm differ. The unity between Journey through the Light, Squib Cakes, Get Ready for the Future and Baby I Love You is Splendid too! Although Colleen's interventions are longer, the music simply Flows right until the end, with Are you Going with Me having that same kind of "Freed Tension" and beautifully ending this great episode! I also love how Colleen ends her introductions before she starts playing the tunes, listen closely, you'll see what I mean... The Wow Moment. – One of the most beautiful moment of today's 212nd episode happens when Colleen plays Steve Miller Band's Macho City followed by Mike Anthony's Why Can’t We Live Together (Part II)... It's one thing to mix, it's another one to let the listener Feel your Intentions... That's exactly what happens here, and something David was able to do the same way... COLLEEN'S PRESENTATION Good morning, Balericans! I'm Colleen Cosmo Murphy, and it's great to be back hosting Balearic Breakfast, live until 12 noon, and greetings to all over on my Mixcloud Live. Thank you for joining me, as always. Today's show is special, as it's the annual Loft Anniversary special. Way back on Valentine's Day 1970, my late friend David Mancuso opened the doors to his 647 Broadway home for a weekly private rent party called Love Saves the Day, and which later evolved into The Loft. The party grew not only in size, but also in influence, inspiring others to create their own parties and clubs, from the gallery to the Paradise Garage. And The Loft even exerted some influence over Studio 54, believe it or not, as the glitzy club's promoter was Carmen D'Alessio, who was a lofty, and she tried to recreate the wide mix of people she had encountered at The Loft. Of course, they did it in a much less democratic fashion, though. But it wasn't easy for David, and he met a lot of challenges on the way, including a court case against New York City, as the officials wanted to shut him down. David won. He also suffered from gentrification and neighbors who wanted him out of the hood, so he just picked up and moved. And he was also met with personal challenges, betrayals by people he trusted, and sycophants intent on serving their own interests, who took advantage of David's trusting nature. And yet The Loft persevered. When I started going back in 1992, David lived on East 3rd Street, that's where he held his parties in the East Village, and it was a rough time for him. But I deeply felt and understood the magic that was happening immediately. I fell in love with the party, the music, the sound system, the people, and later with David himself. He became a dear friend, a mentor, and the two of us worked together on the parties in New York, musically hosting together at different parties, starting a loft party here in London. We did compilations, worked on his record label and documentaries, all up until his passing in 2016. And today in London, we continue David's legacy and vision at the London Loft, and our next party is the 9th of March. And we welcome people with positive energy and a loving spirit to join us. So you can hit me up on my socials if you're seeking an invitation. Now with regards to today's radio show celebration, each February I reflect upon The Loft and David, and invite members of the global loft community to choose one of their favorite loft songs and to give us an anecdote. And the song that opened the show, Dove by Cymande, was chosen by Antonio Ocasio. He remembers: "David Mancuso played so much amazing music at The Loft, and throughout the years there were those certain jams that really moved me, and one of them is Dove by Cymande. He would play it in early in the morning around 7 a.m., and he played it from beginning to end as he did all the music he presented. What a jam! Dove would transport me to a whole other place, and I could not help but close my eyes and move, however the sounds made me move. It's medicine. David played Dove when the album was released, and he flipped at the album, and he flipped the album over and played Dove when everyone else was playing brah. Think about that. That was David". And of course, Cymande have come back strong with a recent documentary and a new album, so that's a great story. And we have more stories lined up, including this next one and song. It's from one of my dearest and best friends, Jenny Taylor, and she called it "A Love Story at The Loft": "Like many lovers who came before us, the love of my life I met at The Loft. It was one of those nights in the summer of 1995 when the city seemed to hum with endless possibilities. My roommate Colleen, that's me, who has always introduced me to new sounds, was the music selector at The Loft for the evening. As I climbed the steps to the party, I could feel the energy building. It was a collective buzz, that kind of electricity you feel in your chest when something magical is about to unfold. Inside, The Loft was alive with dancers being completely free in their environment. The whole place was pulsing with the rhythm of the music. A mix of people of all ages and cultures, each immersed in their own world, yet all connected by the beat. I danced, lost in the sound, in the crowd, in the joy of the night. I met David Mancuso, who complimented Colleen's musical choices to me. After a couple of hours dancing, I took a break on a sofa at the end of the room. There next to me sat a tall, dark, handsome man. He had a huge smile and a kindness that made me feel like I'd known him forever. And it was as if we were the only two people in the room. We began to talk. At first it was small talk, music, the vibe of the night, the usual chatter that fills space between strangers. But it didn't take long for the conversation to shift. We shared our thoughts on what it meant to be truly alive, to embrace life with a sense of expansiveness, to feel that there were no limits to the possibilities ahead. The music, the energy of The Loft, and the way our conversation had flowed so effortlessly, it all felt like fate had conspired to bring us together. That night, amidst the crowd and the rhythm, I found a life partner. From that moment on, our life together was about music, love, travel, family, and endless possibilities. We never stopped dancing to our own unique rhythm". And this is for Jenny Taylor and the late Niles Ford, Donald Byrd, Love Has Come Around. You're tuned into the Balearic Breakfast Loft special, and this next selection was chosen by a long-standing London Loft member, Darren Morgan. And he says: "This song, his selection, holds a deep resonance for him, bringing back memories of some of the most euphoric moments with David at the Sunday sessions at The Light in Shoreditch. More than just a song, this was a portal, a breakthrough moment where energy became boundless. Step into the light, there's no need to be afraid. This line became a mantra on the dance floor, an invitation to surrender, to push beyond physical limits, and to let the rhythm carry us higher". Darren says, "My 40th birthday trip to the New York City Loft was a transformative experience, witnessing the true essence of love as a message, where the dancer's energy was a focal point, where a movement became an expression of deep connection. It left me with a renewed sense of purpose, a need to bring back to my community, not just music, but a new understanding of how to be, how to lose ourselves, and find each other in the dance. In the parties that followed, the positive corner at the London Loft became more than just a space on the floor, it was a conduit for something greater. As a crew of close friends, we weren't just moving, we were soaring, lifting each other higher with every pulse of the bass, every shimmering key change, the room, the people, the sound, all of it fused into an unstoppable force. Moving through the darkness, guided by the light, we found strength in the music, feeding off each other's energy, pushing through exhaustion, and embracing the purest joy. After more than 20 years of contributing to the party, I still wake up with butterflies on the morning of a loft gathering, until that moment of release when I take my first step onto the dance floor. I hold my role in high regard, knowing that each time I step into that space, I'm part of something much bigger, something that connects us all. And right now, I'm literally busting at the seams to get back on the dance floor at the next London Loft party on March 9th". This is Brainstorm, Journey to the Light, as requested by Darren Morgan on the Balearic Breakfast Loft Special. Thank you to Darren Morgan for this suggestion, and that brings him back to the light as well. I'm looking forward to gathering at the London Loft on the 9th of March. This next selection is from DJ True in New York City, and he says: "In the 80s and 90s on East 3rd Street in New York, the crowd had thinned out considerably at the loft, leaving us with just the diehards, which also happened to be some of the best dancers on the planet. With all the extra room we had on the dance floor, the dancers would practically turn into full-fledged acrobats, which also led to the occasional falls and heart smacks on the floor. Occasionally, one might unwittingly time the smack perfectly with the quiet part of the song, and everyone would applaud the person that just took the spill. It was a bit embarrassing to bust your ass and have everyone look at you once you scraped your body up off the floor, so I guess that's where the applause started. But at the same time, I might have been sarcastic, being that's how us New Yorkers rock. We love our sarcasm. Either way, it was hilarious, and a testament to how much harder they rocked back then. Ain't nobody busting their asses on the dance floor anymore unless they're messed up. They just don't put in that level of work anymore. But Squib Cakes by Tower of Power was one of those songs that people were busting their asses in over-excitement halfway through the record". And thank you to DJ True in New York City for that wonderful selection. This next one is from Stefano Fumanti, who is from our Last Note Parties in Italy, a party that was started by our dear late friend Giancarlo Bianchi with the support of David. And the parties are still going strong. And the next Last Note Party will be held on the 7th of June, and you can find more. I think it's infolasnote@gmail.com. So I just wanted to give you all that information before I tell you Stefano's story: "My musical adventure as an amateur DJ began in the early months of 1990 when I was still underage. A dear friend from Perugia asked me to go with him to a club, the Red Zone. A bolt from the blue initially struck my ears and quickly hit my heart. That's how until 1998, I kept going to that magical place where music, friendship, and love reign supreme. Discreetly, I positioned myself around the console and enjoyed the night between a drink and new friends who shared the same passion. One above all was our beloved Giancarlo Bianchi, who out of his great passion for music, came from Rome every Saturday to the Red Zone. The musical selection of Souto Cosimetti, the resident DJ at the Red Zone, was insane. And I also want to send regards to Souto's memory as well. Moreover, we loved staying until the last hour from 5 to 6 a.m. when Souto would pull out some truly incredible gems from his magical bag. The years passed, needs changed, but beautiful friendships remain. Indeed, despite marriage, family, and two children, and thanks also to social media, after about 10 years, we found ourselves even more passionate. So much so that Giancarlo told me he would go to London to the legendary Loft with David Mancuso. I was stunned because for me, it was a dream. The party per excellence, the loft. Giancarlo had befriended David Mancuso when he had come to Perugia to play at the legendary Red Zone, and a few years later at the Urban Live Music Club, also in Perugia. After that, Giancarlo had attended all the loft parties in London for several years, and that's very true, and he invited me to the loft party in London at the iconic Light Bar. So my dream came true. He introduced me to the maestro David Mancuso while Get Ready for the Future by The Winners was playing on the dance floor. Could it have been a coincidence? No one dies on earth as long as they live in the hearts of those who remain. Rest in paradise, David and Giancarlo. We miss you so much. Love saves the day". And thank you to Stefano Fermante for that beautiful, beautiful request. Now this next request is from a lovely dancing couple in New York City, Ed and Deb Lopez, and I just love this one. Ed says: "I remember hearing this song for the first time alongside my buddy Greg. We started digging the track right away, but the version that David played had a break, and in the background, out comes these horns that sounded like cows. We must have laughed for a half an hour. Of course, we were in high spirits at the time, and next time he played the track, I went and asked David for the name of the track, and as usual, he obliged and gave me that great smile of his". Easygoing. Baby, I love you. And thank you to Ed Lopez for that request. This next one is from Ian Mackie. And when we bought our sound system for our loft parties here in London, David requested, no, he demanded that we bring a professional sound engineer he had met in Glasgow when he was doing a party up there. Ian Mackie, and as David always told me, "don't lose Ian". And Ian started coming down for every single party, and well, try as I might, I haven't been able to lose Ian. I'm just joking. He's become a dear friend and part of my family, and my daughter even calls him Uncle Ian. So I have so many incredible friendships from the Loft and David, and I'm so thankful. And this is from Ian: "I ended up having a massive debate with David one night about remixes and re-edits, and he claimed to not be a fan of either, as it took away how the musicians felt the song should be in the first place, and that that was disrespectful. I, on the other hand, was saying sometimes they elevated the original. When I pointed out that one of his current favorites was a remix, it led to much debate, argument, and whiskey drinking. Being it was a tune I lost my virginity to, and Ian, I hope you're talking about the original, not the remix, which came out in 2004. It was a prominent memory. So then we went into a whole debate about tracks that remind you of a sexual encounter, and the rest of that conversation is not for radio. From that conversation on, whenever David played this track, he used to turn around and give me a cheeky smile". It's the Tima Maas remix of Depeche Mode's Enjoy the Silence. The wonderful remix by Tima Maas of Depeche Mode's Enjoy the Silence, as chosen by Ian Mackey for today's Galera Breakfast loft anniversary special. And I just also wanted to mention one other thing I'm doing in London in tribute to David. On March 6th, I'll be hosting two listening sessions at Devin Turnbull's Hi-Fi Listening Room Dream No. 1 at 180 Strand in London, and I think it's at 7 and 8.30. In any case, you can find out more information at 180 Strand, where you can book a reservation. And yeah, I'll just be kind of going through some of David's song choices and why he chose certain things, and even to the, you know, talking about the sonics of different songs as well. So that's happening on March 6th. And three days later, we're hosting our London loft party here in London as well. And you can always get in touch with me if you would like an invitation. Now, this next one I decided to choose because I was just in Washington, DC, and it will all make sense. In any case, I'm from a rock background, and that was a really strong connection between David and myself. And I loved it when he would play like Jimi Hendrix's Electric Ladyland at like 11 in the morning on a Sunday, or Van Morrison. And when I first heard this next song at the loft, I was absolutely blown away. It's a long and groovy and somewhat psychedelic track with a political bent. And it came to mind as over the past weekend, I was in Washington, DC, where macho men are shooting up history's pages. Steve Miller Band with Macho City. Mike Anthony with a cover of Timmy Thomas's Why Can't We Live Together? That's the part two. And I just love the funky break at the end. And that one really seemed appropriate. In this divided world we are now living in. And yeah, I remember when I heard that first at the loft, especially that funky break just absolutely loved it. And thank you to David Mancuso for turning me on to that. You're tuned in to the Loft Anniversary Special on Baleric Breakfast. I'm Colleen Cosmo Murphy taking you until high noon. It's another half an hour left to go. We have a few more songs for you. And this next one is a request from Matteo Tidaldi, who is part of the Last Note Party in Italy, our loft party in Italy. He says : "The first time I discovered the story of the loft, it was like finding my origins. And over time, I realized why. I love the loft because it's family and community. It's music and vibes. It's a journey, freedom of expression. It's considering the differences of individuals, a wealth, it's connection. And as David said, all this is social progress. I believe that today's world is making us lose contact with ourselves and the loft in its form of musical purity and expression. It's as if it took us back into time when we were children, reconnecting us to our roots. Music is love forever. Thank you, David". And this is Lamont Dozier with Going Back to My Roots. I never get sick of that song. I never get sick of this next one too, is chosen by my husband, Adam Dewhurst. And he says this: "I remember both David and Colleen playing this song at the loft parties. It's one of those perfect loft classics that truly makes sense when everything comes together between the musical host, the music, and the dancers via that transcendental sound system at the right time of the night. This memory is from the London Lofts Party's Memorial Party for David shortly after his passing in 2016. So many of us were missing him deeply and grieving, whilst also feeling the elation of the message being transmitted and the higher collective energy being created by the dancers, becoming as one, as David always reached for. Colleen was playing deep, focused on the musical journey to celebrate our dear friend and started playing Charles Earland's Drifting. Whilst instantly thinking about David, I saw a balloon break free from the thousand or so that hung from the ceiling. Usually on high alert, watching out for any rogue balloons that could fall and damage the precious Kwetsu cartridges, this balloon was different, if you could say such a thing. It just hovered there, above the heat of the dancers, vibrating directly above them, almost wobbling like a jelly. Over the course of the next few minutes, it slowly hovered its way across the dancers, just beyond their reach, and I was grinning away, watching it, feeling like David was with us, with goosebumps all over. Eventually, the dancing balloon came to settle, hovering above, about one meter above one of the clip-shorn speakers, where it stayed, swaying to the rhythm of the song. That balloon stayed there, dancing away for the remainder of the song, and then fell back to earth as the song came to its end. One of those loft moments of which there are so many. I love and miss you, my dear friend David. Thank you for everything you share with us. Love saves the day". Oh my gosh, that is just one of my favorite songs, and I also want to dedicate that to the memory of our late dear friend, Giancarlo Bianchi. That was his copy, and he gave it to me shortly before his unexpected passing in October of last year, and of course Giancarlo was the founder of the Last Note Loft Party in Italy, and we'll be remembering him and David on the 7th of June, and if you want to find out more, just email infolasnote@gmail.com. Well, this is Colleen Cosmo Murphy, getting ready to sign off another edition of Balearic Breakfast, this time our loft anniversary special. I want to thank everyone who contributed to this show. There were so many, so many great songs, and it just brings me back onto the dance floor. The first time at the loft way back in 1992 is just amazing. A reminder that next week we will be streaming live again, and this time it will be back to the request line on Saturday, so if you have any song suggestions, save them up and put them in the post comments on my Instagram and Facebook when the request line goes up this Saturday, and also a few more announcements. Don't forget our London Loft Party is the 9th of March. You can always email us if you want to get onto the guest list, onto the, I should say, the members list, and also I'll be hosting a couple special listening parties on the 6th of March at Devin Turnbull's Hi-Fi Listening Room, Dream No. 1 at 180 Strand, kind of talking through some of the more obscure tracks that David loved and championed and playing it on a lovely sound system. We have one more song left for you, and this is a choice from our friend Roberta Cutolo, who is one of the members of the London Loft Party, and she also had the pleasure to book David once for a private party in Italy, and all she can say is that "This was the one time only in my experience of booking artists that dealing with David was extremely easy in the sense that the man was very clear, honest, and so specific about his terms and requests that our responsibility was to professionally fulfill with no delays, so we did that, and the party was a success". She chose this song, Pat Metheny, Are You Going With Me. She says : "It was the song that made me understand how music for David was a complete journey, full circle, where the dance floor was conceived as a place that belonged to all dancers coming together to raise frequencies and to be part of the transcendental effect music has on body, mind, and spirit. A beautiful way to close the show". Thank you all for joining me, and remember, Love Saves The Day...

Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy broadcast the 214th episode of Balearic Breakfast on her Mixcloud on March 4th 2025. About this episode. – Over the years, Balearic Breakfast has become a guiding light for its listeners. The Balearic Breakfast Family gladly follows Colleen on this incredible musical journey, always proposing great songs and, especially, when International Women day's around the corner! Colleen's request line (which she published on March 1st, both on Facebook and on Instagram) got around 270 likes over the weekend and a lot, a whola lot of great requests too! Some of us, and it was a first timer for me, thanks Cosmo!, got two of their requests played today. If that ain't a proper party I don't know what it is, laughs! On Facebook and on instagram, members of the Balearic Breakfast Family kept on celebrating an unbelieviably great show. As far as I'm concerned, Steve Clarke's message on Colleen's Instagram totaly nailed it: "What a fantastic show Artur, a few beautiful tracks I need to own 😂 Some really fantastic records that broaden my music taste and then what a beautiful mix to dance too towards the end. I think we've all had a tough year with several artists we all love passing but today's show was perfect ❤" As always, you'll find in this post today's playlist with the links to the records, a short personnal and thus subjective presentation of the episode and of Course Colleen's presentation in full with links. Oh, and should you want to listen to other specials editions like this one dedicated to IWD, be my guest, I added a few liks too! Listen back to the 214th episode of Balearic Breakfast: 'Today’s Balearic Breakfast is now up on my Mixcloud and it’s a 4-hour International Women’s Day special. This is one of my favourite shows of the year (along with the BB Pride Special, Black History Month special and BB anniversary special). It is a wonderful to see everybody come together to celebrate women’s musicianship and creativity. Thank you all for your wonderful requests – there were so many that I didn’t even get one in myself! And we also pay tribute to the late Angie Stone, a woman truly ahead of her time as she formed all-female hip hop act The Sequence in the late 70’s! She also collaborated with D’Angelo and wrote for Mary J Blige and released a couple of her own classic albums ‘Black Diamond’ and ‘Mahogany Soul’. Rest in Paradise Angie Stone. Thanks for listening and enjoy the show with music from… #balearicbreakfast #mixcloudlive #internationalwomensday #billieholiday #ninasimone #angiestone @bethorton @syleenajohnson @ganavya @ashaputhli #qlazzarus #kdlang @minami_risa #sinéadoconnor #minnieripperton @victoriaportmusic #gracejones #kirstymaccoll @reynatropical @ruthradelet @ultranatemusic @crazypmusic @angeliquekidjo @alison_goldfrapp @misspattynyc #milliejackson #bettydavis @iamstephaniemills #lettambulu #ettajames" THE PLAYLIST (2024) Ganavya – Journey in Satchidananda / Ghana Nila (1956) Billie Holiday – I Thought About You (1974) Minnie Ripperton – Lovin’ You (1980) Merry Clayton – When the World Turns Blue (1976) Letta Mbulu – There’s Music in the Air (1972) Esther Marrow – Ghetto (1981) Sharon Little – Don’t Mash Up Creation (2020) Syleena Johnson – Woman (1976) Etta James – Woman (Shake Your Booty) (1988) Q Lazzarus – Goodbye Horses (1996) Luscious Jackson – Naked Eye (1993) K.D. lang – Lifted by Love (Club Xanax Remix) (2024) Risa Minami – Jamaican Blue (1994) Sinead O Connor – Fire on Babylon (2021) Nina Simone – No Woman No Cry (Live at Montreux) (2001) Angie Stone w/ Calvin Richardson – More Than a Woman (1999) Angie Stone – No More Rain (in This Cloud) (2024) Victoria Port – Cigarette (2025) Michi – Walking Away (1983) Grace Jones – My Jamaican Guy (Steven Stanley Mix) (2000) Angie Stone – Life Story (Jazz Hop Mix) (1991) Kirsty MacColl – Walking Down Madison (6am Ambient Mix) (2023) Asha Puthli – Right Down Here (Psychemagik Remix) (2024) Reyna Tropical – Conocerla (2002) Abraham – Magpie (Morgan Geist Remix) (1995) Betty Davis – She’s A Woman (1978) Ms. Sharon Ridley – Changin' (2024) Ruth Radelet – Stranger (Turbotito Remix) (2007) Beth Orton – Stolen Car (1980) Millie Jackson – This is It (2018) Angelique Kidjo – Born Under Punches (1982) Alfie Silas – You're A Star (1979) Stephanie Mills – Put Your Body in It (1980) Lenore O'Malley – First Be a Woman (2024) Crazy P ft Danielle Moore – Human After All (2025) Mamacita – Tu Amor (Double Drop Luke é Soul Re-Edit) (2006) Goldfrapp – Ride a White Horse (FK-EK Vocal Version) (1998) Ultra Nate – Found a Cure (Mood II Swing Mix) (2022) Miss Patty & Saison – Spark It Up (2002) Angie Stone – Wish I Didn't Miss You (Pound Boys Remix) (1974) The Kiki Dee Band – I Got the Music in Me COLLEEN IN THE NEWS For your information, Colleen will be playing live on : March 6th (Listening room session / celebrating The Loft, tickets here); March 8th at La Discothèque (tickets here) ; March, 9th 2025 at the London Loft (tickets here); Japan Tour 2025 (tickets here - also see here); the We are Love Festival in July (tickets here). Colleen also has several Classic Album Sundays events to come, one of the greatest being the one she will host with Coco Maria. Click here to find out! THE LISTENING EXPERIENCE A Huge Thank you to every member of the Family for the great Requests! Yes, We're One... These special editions are always a real musical trip to experience. They allow Colleen to extend Balearic Breakfast's soul with longer mixes and a slower pace, letting the listener enjoy the way in, the bright moment, and the way out, although today's show ended on a beautifully explosive note with Kiki Dee's Incredible "I got the Music in Me" (which has been nicely covered in 1975 by Thelma Houston, among others, on a direct to disk release which every audiophile should own!). As it's a four-hour musical trip, I won't be able to dive as deeply as I used to do. Still, I feel you have several sections which I can quickly analyse and give, for every one of them, the Wow moment: first thing first, the global feeling is one of progression here, no breaks, no rhythmic shifts, every track blends into the next one with superb ease. Colleen always selects the show's introduction with great care and it shows here of course; the first section of the show (meeting a Woman...) starts with Ganavya's Journey in Satchidananda and goes up to There's Music In The Air. Listen to Colleen's delicate mix between Billie Holiday and Minnie Ripperton, the first Wow moment for sure! Everything here is delicate, the music Breathes, Colleen kept both a close tonality and a "melancholic", "romantic" touch in the songs she selected (When The World Turns Blue wowed us all away too, and Colleen's ability to keep the rhythmic unity immaculate always creates a magic no one else can share to that level of Soulfulness...); the second part of the show (Getting to Know the Lady...) starts with Esther Marrow's Ghetto and goes up to Angie Stone's Life Story (Jazz Hop Mix). It is a cooler musical moment, a groovy walk and it does wonders in letting you go off everything in your head! the third part of the show (Engaging in the Dance...) starts with Kirsty MacColl's Walking Down Madison (6am Ambient Mix) and goes up to Millie Jackson's This is It. The rhythm here is "heavier", it has depth, it Moves you around (Asha Puthli's Right Down Here (Psychemagik Remix) or Grace Jones' My Jamaican Guy (Steven Stanley Mix) are perfect examples of that Voluntary Rhythm which could perfectly depict two bodies slowly meeting, embracing each other, dancing, feeding one another...). It's not a light part, it's not easy, it's demanding, it's Driven... the fourth part of the show (Freeing to Dance...) starts with Angelique Kidjo's Born Under Punches, keeping the Driven rhythm we spoke about earlier, but slowly opening itself up, with Alfie Silas' You're A Star positively starting today' Party! The rhythm is still somewhat driven, but there's freedom in there! I love how Colleen reaches out to Eternity in these last tracks, they's Dance Bangers with that Spacy Light Touch that allows you to leave Earth (Angie Stone's Wish I Didn't Miss You (Pound Boys Remix) perfectly embodying that feeling)! On the chat, we were all happy (Dancing_james wrote "Is it a four hours show today? Balearic Breakfast ruining my productivity yet again! 🤣), talking to one another despite a few issues with Mixcloud's mobile version. Ana was upset because she missed a part of the show, and I could not tag my fellow Balearicans when answering, laughs! For the record, there's an interesting documentary about Sinead O'Connor's life to watch entitled "Nothing Compares". As we were paying tribute to the great Angie Stone, our pal Bert François shared with us this great interview she gave back in 2024. Lastly, and for your listening pleasure, other special Balearic Breakfast shows dedicated to International Women's Day, covered on the blog, include: Balearic Breakfast - 28 (09/03/2021) | This Woman's Work Balearic Breakfast - 125 (07/03/2023) | First be a Woman (4h) Balearic Breakfast - 166 (05/03/2024) | Not just a Woman to me... COLLEEN'S PRESENTATION Ganavya with Alice Coltrane's Journey in Satchidananda along with Gana Nila from her album Daughter of a Temple released last year. Ganavya is a New York-born and Tamil Nadu-raised singer and multi-instrumentalist, and she performed at the acclaimed Salt performance back in December 2023 here in London. Daughter of a Temple features Ganavya's performances of devotional music, with guests like Esperanza Spalding and Chewbacca Hutchings, amongst 30 other musicians, and thank you to Kieran McCann in Glasgow for that request. Happy International Women's Day, actually it is this Saturday, but today is our International Women's Day Celebration. I'm Colleen Cosmo Murphy hosting your weekly Baleric Breakfast, and I just love this show. It's one of my favorite shows of the year. There's so many great requests and I'm getting to most of them. In fact there are so many on this show that we'll go to about two o'clock this afternoon and thank you for your wonderful song suggestions. Also many of you commented on the Baleric Breakfast International Women's Day eye-catching artwork on my socials and I would like to thank my friend Lee Zee for putting that together. In today's show we will also pay tribute to the late Angie Stone who tragically passed away in a car accident a few days ago, and we will pay our respects through her music. Well we have a lot to get through, many, many, many tunes by both contemporary and classic women artists from all different corners of the world, so let's get on to our next request. It's from Rob Eggleshaw who dedicates this to his wife Helen who he says is also an incredible mother to their children. Rob requested some Billie Holiday and we're going to rewind 70 years to her album Lady Sings the Blues and it was released just after she released her autobiography of the same name, and in fact just a month before the album's release she performed a sold-out show at New York's Carnegie Hall, in which she interspersed readings from her book throughout the show. Here is Billie Holiday with I Thought About You. What a lovely ending there. Letta Mbubulu with There's Music in the Air, the title track to her 1976 LP produced by Herb Alpert and requested by Christine DaSouza. The South African singer left her home country in the 1960s due to the political environment, and the crushing effects of apartheid and she relocated to New York where she teamed up with Harry Belafonte, David Axelrod and Cannonball Adderley and she eventually returned to South Africa after a 26-year self-imposed exile, and she's a founding member of the South African Artists United Organization. I need a big breath for this one! The one before that was Merry Clayton with When the World Turns Blue requested by both Brian McMahon and I wonder could it be the title When the World Turns Blue? Is it turning blue? Maybe it is. The New Orleans-born soul and gospel singer embarked upon her recording career at the age of 14 in 1962 with a duet with Bobby Darin and then she performed with Ray Charles and then in 1969 she duetted with Mick Jagger on The Stones' Gimme Shelter which she also recorded herself on her debut solo album released the following year. She also starred as the original Acid Queen in the first London production of The Who's Tommy and she collaborated with so many artists too many to recount here, and she released seven solo albums including 2021's Beautiful Scars. Ahead of that Minnie Riperton with her billboard number one hit Loving You from her 1974 album Perfect Angel and that really shows off her five octave range. Okay how many people were trying to sing that top note? I don't. I just I can't even do it. In any case she co-wrote this song with her husband the former chess record songwriter Richard Rudolph and he co-produced it with Stevie Wonder. After scoring her first number one, the former Rotary Connection singer was diagnosed with terminal breast cancer but she continued to record and performed, and she also raised awareness of breast cancer until her passing at the young age of 31. So, uh, Grazie a Stefano Fumanti from Roma for that request. Okay another request, uh, from David Puzzi this time for the Virginia-born soul gospel singer Esther Marrow who was discovered at the age of 22 by Duke Ellington and later performed with many of the greats including Ella Fitzgerald, Thelonious Monk, and Bob Dylan. In 1965 she became active in the civil rights movement where she performed in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s World Crusade and where she met her idol Mahalia Jackson. From her second album 1972's Sister Women this is Esther Mero with Ghetto. Oh my gosh, I was feeling that and everyone over on the chat group was too! So funky. Cheers to David's daughter for that request. Etta James with Women Shake Your Booty from her 1976 album Etta is Better Than Evvah!, her final album during her tumultuous 16-year run at Chess Records. She produced it herself and it's a funky rewrite of a song she had recorded as Woman for Modern in 1955, and again for Chess in 1971, and her deep kind of earthy gritty voice really connected both with R&B and rock fans. She won 15 Grammy Awards before her passing in 2012. Ahead of that Syleena Johnson with Women the title track from her album released in 2020. The Chicago singer has released nine studio albums including the latest Legacy released last year, and she's collaborated with Kanye West and that's her on his 2004 single All Fall Down and also KRS-ONE Twista and Crucial Conflict on the single Self-Destruction and thank you to Bert Francois and Brooklyn for that request. Ahead of that Don't Mash Up Creation the debut 1981 single from Sharon Little and the original 7-inch goes for an eye-watering sum on Discogs. Luckily London label Common Ground International reissued it both digitally and on 12-inch a few years ago and you can find that on Bandcamp and thank you to Kieran McCann for that suggestion, very apropos given our current political social and environmental climate. All right next up is a great request from Nadia Daniel for the late American singer Q Lazarus. She drove a taxi in New York City and one day, in the 1980s, actually 1985, she picked up filmmaker Jonathan Demme. She played him a demo of this next song and he featured it in two of his films Married to the Mob and later in The Silence of the Lambs and it became a cult hit. In 2019, filmmaker Eva Eredis met Lazarus after getting picked up in her car, and the two soon began working on a documentary about her life. It's called Goodbye Horses The Many Lives of Q Lazarus and I believe it's being released this week. Here is Q Lazarus with Goodbye Horses. I absolutely love that live version of Nina Simone's cover of Bob Marley's No Woman No Cry recorded at Montreux Jazz Festival and that's by request from Susan Chan. Simone recorded so many live albums during her long career, and in fact I really like her live albums better than her studio albums as they give a better sense of her personality and also her piano playing. She studied to be a classical pianist, but her dreams were thwarted because of racism, and she was an outspoken civil rights activist and because of sexist biases was often misunderstood as so many are offended by angry women but her live shows show a whole other side to her multifaceted personality. She was really funny, she was really funny actually, and I highly recommend the Montreux Years which compiles some of her best performances. It's a double album and again her piano playing really is just, you know, it's so diverse she goes from blues, to classical, to jazz, to pop, she was just amazing. Ahead of that I have to say thank you to Laurence Green for that very apt request Fire on Babylon by the late Irish singer-songwriter and activist Sinead O'Connor. Now where could Babylon be right now? Anyways it's from her fourth album 1994's Universal Mother after her first two albums were mammoth successes. But life wasn't easy for her, she had a very challenging upbringing, and then she famously tore up a photo of Pope John Paul II during her performance on Saturday Night Live to protest against the child abuse committed by some Catholic priests. She was one of the first to highlight the scandal. She was an outspoken woman and she suffered greatly from it, and many of us still mourn her passing. Ahead of that the award-winning Japanese harmonica player Risa Minami with her 1986 single Jamaican Blue on which she's just singing, sadly no harmonica on that one. She's truly known as one of the best harmonica players not only in Japan but also in Asia. She won the first prize at the 8th Asia Pacific Harmonica Festival and she also performed with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra. Minami's Jamaican Blue is included on the Time Capsule compilation Tokyo Rhythm Volume 2 1979 to 1986 and thank you to Victor Olteanu in Romania for that request. Oh I just love K.D. Lang's voice my gosh and thank you to Thanos Katronis for putting the song on our radar and also sending it out to Rachel Blackman. We heard the club Xanax mix of Lifted by Love and the Canadian singer-songwriter recorded the original version for the 1993 film Even Cowgirls Get the Blues which was based on Tom Robbins' novel. Lang is both a Juno Award and Grammy Award winner and she's also an animal rights gay rights and Tibetan human rights activist. She announced her semi-retirement from music a few years ago but I hope she comes back. Ahead of that the New York City band Luscious Jackson with their biggest single Naked Eye, haven't heard that in decades. It's from 1996, and it was requested by Karl Banitov in Canada. The all-woman band formed in New York City in 1991 and I loved them, and I got to interview them for my syndicated radio show at the time and between 1993 and 2000 Luscious Jackson released one EP, three full-length LPs and 10 singles on the Beastie Boys Grand Royale label. They then broke up but reunited in 2011 and released two more albums, including a children's album. Okay, now for our tribute to Angie Stone who tragically passed to the next realm this past weekend. In the late 1970s and the age of 16 the South Carolina-born singer songwriter and actress formed the female hip-hop act The Sequence. She was obviously ahead of her time. They were managed by Sugar Hill Records, Sylvia Robinson and had a hit with Funk You Up and other singles but they broke up in 1985 when the sound of hip-hop was changing. Then Davis worked, I'm sorry Daniel Davis, my gosh, and then Stone worked with electro-funk act Mantronix before becoming the lead singer for the trio Vertical Hold. They released two albums in the mid-90s before Stone then teamed up with Lenny Kravitz's cousin to form the group D-Vox who released one album. So she was a very very busy woman and she also became both a muse and a collaborator with D'Angelo and she co-wrote some of the songs on his first two studio albums Brown Sugar and Voodoo. A&R legend Clive Davis then signed her to Arista and in 1999 she released her debut solo album the wonderful Black Diamond named after her teenage daughter. It's a great album, a classic album and she followed it two years later with another fantastic record Mahogany Soul, and our next song is one of the singles requested by both Steve Wakeley and Siobhan Murphy. This is a duet with Calvin Richardson, Angie Stone with More Than A Woman. A request from Tom Torres in Vienna. This is the jazz-hop mix of Life Story by the late Angie Stone. The original was featured on one of the late singer, songwriter, producer's classic albums Black Diamond. Great song after great song after great song, in which she showcases not only her incredible vocal performances and co-productions but also her songwriting prowess. I mean don't forget she also penned songs for D'Angelo who is also a former lover and Mary J. Blige as well. Ahead of that, well you know I can never get enough of Grace by special request from Alex Elliott. We heard Grace Jones My Jamaican Guy a special mix by Stephen Stanley and every time I play Grace Jones I have to mention her autobiography I'll Never Write My Memoirs. If you are a fan, or even if you just like some of her music, it's really a must read because she's such a big personality and she's often so outrageous that I don't think she's really been given the credit she's really due for her own artistry. And actually this is the plight of many women artists especially those who recorded in times past. Anyways, give it a read and then you can thank me, and more importantly you can thank Grace Jones for being Grace. Ahead of that a great request from Daniel Dewey Scott for a new single by Los Angeles artist Michi who released her debut album Dirty Talk last week on Stone's Throw. The album was conceived when Michi moved from Los Angeles to a small seaside town, following a harrowing breakup, and I'm making a promise to myself right now to listen to the entire album once I finish this show, because that song has had me grooving every time I've heard it. Such a slick slick slick groove! Ahead of that another new single, this time from British singer-songwriter Victoria Port. She's previously released two albums as half of electronic soul outfit Anoushka on Brownswood and True Thoughts, and with a third album from the duo scheduled for release in 2025 on BBE. Now Victoria is finally making the move to showcase her solo music in her own way, and she released the single we heard Cigarette on First Word Records last November. And there's more coming, a project that's largely inspired by the legacy of her Dominican mother and the tales of all the powerful women she has known and is yet to know, and also encompassing their truth, and also her journey as a mother. So I look forward to hearing more, and thank you to Matt Raystrick for that request. Ahead of that, Angie Stone with No More Rain in This Cloud. Many people requested this song and again that one is from Black Diamond. I want to send that one out to Susan Chan, Sue Forrest, Bert Francois, Angelita Biondolio and Greca Mack and we'll have one more song in tribute to the late Angie Stone later in the show and rest in paradise Angie Stone. I'm Colleen Cosmo Murphy and you're listening to the Balearic Breakfast International Women's Day Special. We're going probably for a couple more hours actually over on my MixCloud Live, and thanks to all joining me live on the chat. Now this is a request from Gareth Bratman for Kirstie McColl, daughter of the folk singer Ewan McColl. Actually it seems the entire family is musical. After a brief stint in 1978 with her first band, The Drug Addix, she went solo and she scored a hit with the single, There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop, Swears He's Elvis. She released six studio albums, the last being Tropical Brainstorm, released posthumously as she tragically passed after getting hit by a speedboat while swimming with her children in Mexico. I just remember that whole incident. It was just absolutely shocking. It's still shocking actually. This is a song she co-wrote with Johnny Marr, Kirstie McCall with a 6am ambient mix of Walking Down Madison. The 2002 Morgan Geist remix of Magpie by Abraham. A request from Mark Sanford who said, "If I were an internationally famous and industry-renowned DJ and decided to put together a compilation album, that would be the opening track for International Women's Day, the very lovely Rachel Cumming and the band Abraham with Lee Jones". This being the opening track on the album Blue for the Most. A request from Ana Sancho in Barcelona for Reina Tropical, a project led by guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer Fabiola Reina. The band formed when Reina had been immersed in full-time work founding and building She Shreds, the world's first magazine dedicated to women and non-binary guitarists, and was itching for a creative release to return to her musical roots. By January 2018, the band's self-titled EP Reina Tropical dropped and last year they released their first album Malegria and we heard Conocerla. Ahead of that, we heard the Psych-magic remix of Asha Putli's cover of J.J. Cale's Right Down Here, released on Naya Beat Records as requested by Uncool Jag. The Indian-American singer, songwriter and producer Asha Putli has such an interesting story, which I know I've recounted many times before. She was a British Airways flight attendant who got a dance scholarship from Martha Graham and then, while in New York City, was discovered by Columbia Records A&R legend John Hammond and she then released 10 studio albums and has recently enjoyed a comeback. I got to see her perform at We Out Here last year and she was fantastic and really funny, telling all these stories and anecdotes in between songs. Absolutely loved it. Okay, you're listening to Colleen Cosmo Murphy on Balearic Breakfast, going for another hour and a half or so for the International Women's Day Special, and this next one is a request by Gemma Bagnell for the punk-funk icon Bette Davis. She says, "I love Bette Davis. They tried to ban her from the stage saying she was too sexual. A truly underestimated singer and songwriter who survived a marriage with Miles Davis who also tried to suppress her creativity. In fact, just a little anecdote on that. He did name Bitches Brew after her and her kind of group of women friends at the time. Now, if you haven't watched her 2017 biopic film, They Said I Was Different, please give it a watch. I would like to request this amazing 1979 track, She's a Woman by the survivor Bette Davis and this is from her fourth studio album". Here is Bette Davis, She's a Woman. A great cover of Kenny Loggins and Michael McDonald's This is it by Millie Jackson with a great introduction as always. The Georgia-born artist is known for her long spoken word sections which are sometimes funny and sexually explicit. She's a bold artist and I admire her for that. She's released nearly 30 studio and live albums and according to the website whoseample.com, samples of her songs have appeared and 189 samples, 51 covers, and six remixes. So, I hope she got the royalties for that. In any case, it was requested by Rina Lady Beige who said "this is it because we need some of this power and energy in our lives right now. This one is for everyone who will be celebrating International Women's Day with us at Suffragette City in Manchester this Saturday". Ahead of that, a request from Dani Broderick for the English singer-songwriter Beth Orton. The song Stolen Car from her third album, Central Reservation, released on Heavenly Recordings in 1999 and it features collabs with the late Terry Collier, Dr. Robert, Ben Harper, and Ben Watt from Everything But the Girl. And Orton has released eight albums since her 1993 debut and she's also an actor having appeared in two films, Southlander and Light Years. Ahead of that, Ruth Radelet who is best known for fronting the influential group Chromatix, but she solidified her solo career with her debut EP, The Other Side, released a couple of years ago. Since then, she has been featured on tracks by Soft Kill and Krakow Loves Adana and has released solo singles including Shoot Me Down and Stranger, which was released last year. And thank you to Steve Clark for that suggestion. Stranger, the Turbo Tito remix by Ruth Radelet. Ahead of that, the 1978 single from Taboo Records by the Washington singer-songwriter, Ms. Sharon Ridley. She worked with Van McCoy early on in her career, collaborating on her debut 1971 album, Stay A while with me. It didn't do that much, but when McCoy's career exploded with the song, The Hustle, we had Ms. Sharon Ridley's albums reissued. And in 1978, she released the album, Full Moon, which she arranged and played keys on and which featured the single we heard, Changing, requested by Reed Franklin Bolton. Okay, next up is another request from Reed Franklin Bolton. You know, some of you got two requests this week because they were so good. This one is for Angelique Kidjo, the Grammy Award-winning Beninese French singer, songwriter, actress, activist, and Polar Music Prize Laureate. Due to political conflicts, Kidjo left Benin and moved to Paris in the 1980s. And she initially planned to become a human rights lawyer, but ended up studying music at the CIM, a jazz school in Paris. And that's where she met musician and producer, Jean Hebrail, with whom she has composed most of her music and whom she married in 1987. In 1985, she was the front singer of Jasper Von Toff's band, Peely Peely. And in 1991, she signed to Island Records as a solo artist. And that's when she landed on my radar. I used to play songs like Batonga and Wei Wei. In 2018, she covered the Talking Heads album, Remain in Light, in its entirety. And this is her version of Born Under Punches with guest guitar licks from Adrian Belew. Thank you to Poppy Fields for this request. Human after all from the latest Crazy P album, Any Signs of Love. Released two months after lead singer Danielle Moore unexpectedly and shockingly took her own life. I actually still can't believe it. She was an amazing woman, talented singer, songwriter, really compassionate, and very, very down to earth and very, very, very funny. I don't think many of us in the community still aren't, you know, haven't come to terms with her passing. It was really strange because I had just finished a remix for Crazy P, and that should be coming out this year in 2025. And I'm also playing after them this Saturday at La Discotheque in Manchester's Albert Hall. But her spirit lives on, her music lives on, and she is with us in spirit. So, you know, rest in paradise, Danielle Moore. Ahead of that, the Pennsylvania singer Lenore O'Malley with First Be A Woman, love the lyrics on that one, as requested by David Stoddard. It's the title track of her first album released in 1979 at the height of disco, and then she followed up with Lenore a couple of years later. And that's all we have from the late O'Malley. Ahead of that, Brooklyn's Stephanie Mills was in the house. We heard the A-side of the 1979 single, which I always play the B-side of. I've always played What You Gonna Do With My Lovin' on the flip, and that's the song I usually play. So thank you to Christine DaSouza for making me flip it over and play Put Your Body In It. Both songs were produced by James Mtume and Reggie Lucas. Mills first rose to fame playing the part of Dorothy in the Broadway run of The Wiz. And during the 1980s, she had five number one hits. She was always on the radio. And last year, she returned to Broadway after 40 years as Mrs. Hermes in the musical Hadestown. And before that, we had You're a Star by American singer Alfie Silas, who had a long career as a session musician. She was a backing singer for Martha Reeves and Gina Vanelli, and she also had five hits as a solo artist in the 1980s. You're a Star is from her debut 1982 album, Alfie, and thank you to Bert Francois for that suggestion. I wanted to let you know about another event I have going on for Classic Album Sundays. On Wednesday, a week from tomorrow, March 12th, I will be joined by the Mexican DJ Coco Maria. You know, I'm an American who is friends with our Mexican neighbors. And I'm really excited because she's a really great, great, great DJ. She plays music that I don't really normally play, and I don't really have a lot of knowledge of. She has a lot of, she plays Brazilian, Latin, Caribbean, and she's a real digger. She plays on vinyl. We're going to feature her compilation Club Coco, which she also has her own composition, her first composition as an artist. If you want to come along, the tickets are free. Again, that's Wednesday, the 12th of March over the KEF Music Gallery in Central London. And you can head over to the Classic Album Sundays website to book your free tickets. Okay, Mamacita's Tu Amor is a Chilean cover of Jamie Principle and Frankie Knuckles' Your Love. It's by DJ Mamacita and producer Persona RS, and it's getting its first vinyl release next week on Mr. Bongo. It was originally released in 2012 and started making waves after The Idjut Boys were playing it, and then Mr. Bongo picked up on it. While playing it in Barcelona, Luke Yuna dropped the track and it instantly clicked. And here it's his re-edit along with Luke Solomon. It's the double take of Luke Asol re-edit as requested by Jen Ferguson. The Pound Boys' Stone Face Bootleg remix of Angie Stone's Wish I Didn't Miss You. Sending that one out to Thanos Kotronis, Artur in Paris, Steve Wakely, David Stoddard, and Emily Bucknell. Came out in 2001. And that's, my husband says he remembers me playing that all the time in the early days of our courtship. Rest in paradise, Angie Stone, and thank you for the music. Ahead of that, the 2022 single by Miss Patty & Saison on Seamus Hodge's big love label called Spark It Up. And they first appeared on the label with a remix of Mike Dunn's It's A Groove Thing, and the London based Deep Duo are releasing their original feel-good house track. It's called Spark It Up and has vocals by Miss Patty. And thank you to Georgina Cousin for that one. Ahead of that, Ultra Nate Found a cure, sending that out to Barry Zare in Washington, D.C. I love that 1998 single from the Maryland-born singer, songwriter, and producer. She's one of the superstars of house music, and virtually all of her singles have released the top 10 on the U.S. dance charts, Free, If you could read my mind, Automatic. But I love Found a Cure. I haven't played that in so long. I love the mood to swing rock guitar production. Then we had Goldfrapp before that, Ride a White Horse, the FKEK, that's Francois Kevorkian, or Francois K, and Eric Cupper vocal version of remix of their 2006 single from their album Supernature, which I love. In fact, I love all the Goldfrapp albums. I love Alice in Goldfrapp's voice. They've done so many different sounds, from electro to pop to more pastoral sounds that you can find on the seventh tree. And thanks to Gareth Bratman for that request. Okay, so wow, that was a little bit of a mega mix. It's funny, I was listening to a mix I did 30 years ago when I was hosting Soul School on WNYU on 89.1 FM. And it was really funny. This guy, DJ M Traxxx with three Xs, kind of, he has all these old cassettes of loads of different radio shows and posting up mixes of mine. My voice is literally like an octave higher, and I had such a New York accent. Cosmo. Anyways, I think I reposted it on my SoundCloud if you want to have a listen. But it kind of has that energy of that last set there. And as I mentioned, I'm in Manchester this Saturday for La Discotheque. On Sunday, it's the London Loft Party at the London Irish Centre. If you want to come along, you can message me to get on the mailing list. The following week, I'm heading over to Southport Weekender. And then I'm heading to Japan for a couple of weeks. And then to Ireland, to Cork, the first time in Cork. And that's where the Murphys are from. I've never been there. And to Dublin in mid-April. So I'll announce those dates a bit closer. And you can always find out more on my socials. Now there won't be a request line this week. I'll be catching up on your requests as I have a busy DJing weekend. But I also have an exclusive mix from Music for Dreams, Kenneth Beyer. And we also have a chat about his new album with Finlay Brown, Silence With Singing. Well, this has been another joyous International Women's Day tribute here on Balearic Breakfast. Thank you all for your requests. And I love this last request. It's from Artur in Paris, who spends so much time working on a great Balearic Breakfast blog. Thank you, Artur, for all of your hard work. And this song is just, you know, I forgot how much I love it. And I forgot how much I love her voice. It's by Kiki Dee, who's won a local talent contest at the age of 10 in Yorkshire. At 16, she had her first paid job in show business, singing with a band in Leeds. And a record scout liked her and signed her to Fontana. She sang backing vocals for Dusty Springfield. And then she had her debut album, I'm Kiki Dee, in 1968. And her biggest hit came in 1976 as a duet with Elton John, Don't Go Breaking My Heart. And the two of them toured America together. In fact, my aunt went to go see them. I remember it because I remember sitting in her bedroom afterwards, like just so starstruck, and she had just given me Elton John's greatest hits for my birthday as well. Anyways, this is such a joyous song. I want you to all sing it out loud at your office desk, in your home, or wherever you're listening to this. And thank you so much for listening. It's Kiki Dee, I got the music, and thanks for listening.

Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy broadcast the 215th episode of Balearic Breakfast on her Mixcloud on March 11th 2025. About this episode. – After a few busy days (she played at La Discothèque at Manchester’s Albert Hall and hosted 2025's first annual London Loft Party), and with the passing of one of her dear friends (the gofundme campaign dedicated to Andy Williams is accessible here), Colleen came back and presented her 215th Balearic Breakfast show on Mixcloud. Since there was no request line this time, Colleen decided to play mainly new tunes during this episode! And boy was it great... A few minutes after the show started, our friend dancing_james asked on the Mixcloud chat "Is it just me that imagines Colleen lives in a Beatlesesque Magical Mystery World of swirling psychedelic patterns?", a question which got an instant response from our Captain, saying "That's where I permanently live @dancing_james :) We missed you Sunday!" As we shall see in the listening section of today's episode, James question was really resonnating with the shows's Soul, hence the title of today's post! A Huge thank you to Rob, Iain, Kay, Aiko and Simon for sharing their London Loft pictures! "This morning’s Balearic Breakfast is now up on my Mixcloud and it features a lot of new music including a song from Ron Trent‘s forthcoming album and also my new Cosmodelica remix of Saint Etienne Official I have so many new records and promos and I feel moving forward I’ll ensure I do one show a month that is a catch up of all the great new music coming out – it’s really my duty to do so. This show also features tributes to the late Roy Ayers and also to my late friend Andy ‘Yam Who’ Williams. May they both rest in paradise. I’m heading to Japan next week but the show will continue thanks to my supportive husband Adam who will stream some pre-produced shows. In the upcoming weeks we have a mix from Kenneth Bager of MUSIC FOR DREAMS and we also have a chat about his new album with Findlay Brown ‘Silence Was Singing’. Saucy Lady also joins us on the show with a DJ mix and we have a chat about her new album ‘Love Fest’ which also features a collab with our friend Andy Yam Who?. And we have two Balearic Breakfast family guest mixes – one from Jen Ferguson and Glenn Williams of Hop Burns & Black and one from Darren Morgan of Love Machine and one of our London Loft family members. You’re in good hands! Thank you for listening and please kick back and enjoy the music from… HELL YEAH recordings @michele_mininni Ubiquity Records @sonsofsevilla @cantomamusic @deliarecordings @brown_fang HEAVENLY RECORDINGS @tornadowallace Test Pressing @red_laser_records @msdivablu @randomhouseperson @londonafrobeatcollective @kikonavarrodj @canopy.records @tribalwinds @djkennydope" Listen back to the 215th episode of Balearic Breakfast: Note: On March, 12th 2025, the new https://www.loftparty.org/ website was launched, with a previously unheard 2000 Interview with David conducted by Chris Menist on the "Music is Love" page. PLAYLIST (2024) Michele Minnini – Carousel of Tears (2025) Brown Fang – Light No Fires (2025) Tornado Wallace – Bitter Suite (Symphony) (2025) Saint Etienne – Alone Together (Cosmodelica Remix) (1972) Santana – Song of the Wind (2025) Roy Ayers – Everybody (Random House Project) (2004) Alison Crocket – U R (Yam Who? Rework) (2024) Sons of Sevilla – Everything I'm Looking For (1979) Roy Ayers – Love Will Bring Us Back Together (2024) Il Bosco – Destiny (1999) Funk Against Junk – Born Under Punches (2024) Ron Trent – Just Another Love Song (2010) Arthur Russell / Lola – Wax the Van (Yam Who?) (2025) Cantoma – Some Other Stars (Cazela Remix) (2025) London Afrobeat Collective – My Way (Kiko Navarro Discoterraneo Remix) (2025) Unified Spirits – Meant to Be (Antonio Ocasio Remix) (2005) Roy Ayers – Holiday (Kenny Dope Main Pass) THE LISTENING EXPERIENCE Starting her set with the very kaleidoscopic Carousel of Tears, the main picture of today's show is set straight by our Captain. And, as James put it when speaking about Colleen, today's show is, indeed, a "Beatlesesque Magical Mystery World of Swirling Psychedelic Patterns..."! Speaking of this track, Michele Minni shared: "It would be too presumptuous to claim to want to create the soundtrack of a hypothetical end of the world, yet I thought of nothing else but the end of a long journey during these 5 minutes, when ancestral memories, aspirations, and cosmic tensions mix, farewell tears and the nullification of time. Past and future no longer exist and become a cosmic and bucolic sonic orgy, imploding into a silent black hole that marks the end of everything. But now I wonder, is it really over?" Oh how much I love listening to the songs during the show, having a feeling, pictures flowing in my brain, and then later realising that these subjective images do actually meet the musical and philosophical reality of each song played! This is something I've experienced so many times when listening to the show and it Always amazes me!! The colourful and slightly psychedelic feeling will stay with us for the rest of today's show. Can't you feel the turning kaleidoscope on Light No Fires, and can you see yourself slowly drifting away? Once again, when reading the description of the Album on bandcamp, here is what you can find: “These pristine recollections are a means to delve into the soul of space; to link earth, tuning peg, ears and fern. To give emotional latitude for musicians dipping their toes into cartography. To put our locale under the magnifying glass in the form of a vibrational tonic. Take a listen to the lakeside sunset or the moon on the lagoon and nod to their computer rhythms. For, if you let them, these familiar ghosts will walk you down private roads and ferry you across algae-filled waters”. Trippy, don't you think, and Colleen's selections really put that voyage to the forefront in this episode, especially with the next number, Tornado Wallace's Bitter Suite (Symphony)! Colleen's delicate mixing really helps the track breathe into one another... A Wow Moment for sure as far as I'm concerned! And the Dynamics on that track are Huge! Soundwise, I feel this third track is somehow close to the show's opener. Although Saint Etienne's Alone Together has a more direct and concrete musical approach, Alina Bzhezhinska's Harp playing adds that ethereal feeling we found in the first few tracks of this great episode! There's a lot of depth in Colleen's version, the mixing is astounding, it takes you away, and fits perfectly into the Beatlesesque feeling we spoke about a few minutes ago! With Santana's Song of the Wind, the never-ending swirling feeling just keeps on taking you away in its multicoloured musical frames... Did you realise these first tracks are closely linked to the Universe and to Nature?... The body melts into the universe. The universe melts into the soundless voice. The sound melts into the all-shining light. And the light enters the bosom of infinite joy Did we say that Colleen is living in a Beatlesesque Magical Mystery World of Swirling Psychedelic Patterns, yes we did! Stepping up the rhythm a bit, Colleen then plays the ultimately revolving and never-ending Everybody (Random House Project). Despite the small silence, Colleen was able to keep the rhythmical flow, ensuring the listener kept on being lost in the music. Can't get better than that, Alison Crocket's U R (Yam Who? Rework), followed by the also mind freeing Sons of Sevilla's Everything I'm Looking For, opening up to the funky number that Love Will Bring Us Back Together is! Such a seamless transition there, my gosh, if this part doesn't free your mind...! On the chat, some family members shared their memories with us, of meeting the great Roy Ayers. Our friend Davstod wrote "I met Roy at Ronnie Scott's in 1990 where I took a copy of 'Red Black and Green' for him to sign - he said in that unmistakable raspy voice 'hey kid, where did you get this from? Not seen this for years'... He couldn't believe a couple of teenage London kids (me and my friend) had some 70s vinyl..." Also, dancing_james shared the tribute that Patrick Forge wrote on his Facebook page: The second hour of today's 215th episode keeps the mind-boggling feeling alive. Take the time to listen to the "space" in the songs, to the effects used, the reverb, you'll be lost in music too for sure! Speaking of being lost, we all lost our minds on Wax the Van (Yam Who?), followed by the Italo-Disco number that Some Other Stars (Cazela Remix) is (despite being issued this very year, laughs!). I mean, Wow moment again! Speaking of Italo Disco, we also loved to bits Il Bosco's Destiny, which is an edit of Vivien Vee's Destiny. Also, while searching about II Bosco's remix, I was intrigued by the sleeve of his record which reproduced a "Zero-Value Manifesto" which contained a text about AI and our organic nature, stating: "AI (language models) is the last step in the process started by humans of developing conscious thought (Logos in Greek). As humans we have valued that above our organic nature. We have identified ourselves with that thin self-conscious layer. AI is showing us that this is a mechanical process and it will be much better than us soon. We add zero value there! E.g. if an exam (school, university, etc) should be done without AI help otherwise it is cheating, then it means it is worthless. By definition, it focusses on useless skills. This was true also when you could not consult books during an exam, but this is deeper. Traditional education will crumble as a consequence. This poses the question then: what is the value of the self-conscious surface ? What is left of us when we remove that ? Solution: Let's stop identifying ourselves with our self-conscious surface Let's identify ourselves with our organic nature, the inside. As quantum physics shows, the ultimate reality is relative. Relations, not particles exist. The particle-based, absolute time view of the word, is obsolete. Our value is in the relations we form. (Daniele Turi 2024)" So I started digging the internet once again (🤣), and found Daniele Turi's blog, where he explains his idea in greater details, thus making me also think about today's show, about its intellectual and musical unity... Read the start of this analysis and make the link with Daniele's words... We need to connect to our deeper selves and meet the Beatlesesque Magical Mystery World of Swirling Psychedelic Patterns... The moment we stop identifying ourselves solely with the rational mind, we begin to see something more profound. Beneath the thinking self, there’s a vast, interconnected process of life. It’s the breathing, pulsing rhythm of existence. We are not just the crest of the wave, but the whole ocean, inseparable from everything else. And here, we begin to glimpse what really matters. (Daniele Turi, On AI and what it is teaching us, 2024) The last three songs also blew us away, including the incredible My Way (Kiko Navarro Discoterraneo Remix), with Colleen's mixing taking us to another realm (Siobhan Murphy then shared with us on the chat "Love it when Colleen goes in deep")... And we really should have a Balearic Breakfast show every day... COLLEEN'S PRESENTATION I Michele Minnini, an Italian DJ and producer who started releasing singles just over a decade ago, and he now has a new album out on Hell Yeah! Recordings. It's called Pop Archetypes and we just heard the original version of his latest single Carousel of Tears and there's also a great remix from Gallo which is worth checking out. So head on over to the Hell Yeah! Bandcamp to discover more. Good morning, Balearicans. I'm Colleen Cosmo Murphy hosting your weekly Balearic Breakfast until high noon, and greetings to the family over on my Mixcloud Live. It's great to see you up bright and early and thank you for sharing your Tuesday with me. Well, I'm fully charged after a wonderful weekend of parties and then an acupuncture and massage session yesterday when you don't have a day off in a month. Self-care is, of course, of the utmost importance. On Saturday, I had a lot of fun up north in Manchester playing at the Albert Hall for the wonderful women behind La Discotheque and we celebrated International Women's Day in style. It was really great. We're hanging out with CC Disco, Errol Elkin, Hot Toddy of Crazy P, and Jim and Sevi of Horse Meat Disco and also Bessley. So a lovely lineup to be part of. And thanks to those of you who joined us. And then on Sunday, we had our London Loft Party and oh my gosh, the vibes were through the roof. I just have to say our London Loft team is just a joy all around. I mean, the party was set up in just a few smooth hours and the whole team is just so positive and inclusive and I really just couldn't be happier. So thank you to the London Loft team and to all who joined us on the dance floor. The next date for your calendar is Sunday the 15th of June when we will celebrate our 22nd anniversary and invitations will be going out soon. So DM me if you want to join our mailing list. I should also announce a few more festival, club, and party dates. This weekend I'm playing at Southport Soul Weekender and that's always a lot of fun. And on Monday, I'm off to Japan for two weeks for a tour. So please follow me on my socials as I'll be posting up the details of that Japanese tour. On the 10th of April, I'm joining my friends Hands On Family at BBE for another shindig. And then in mid-April, I'm heading over to Ireland for Connelly's and Cork and Fidelity in Dublin. So I hope you can join me at some point somewhere. And if you are able to, please do say hello if you can. Well, so far in 2025, we've lost some very special musicians and this week we pay tribute to two more. Roy Ayers and also to my friend Andy Williams who also went under the name Yam Who? Coming up in the show, we'll have a lot of new music also from artists including Ron Trent, Tornado Wallace, London Afrobeat Collective, Bosco, and I'm also going to share my new remix for Saint Etienne. And moving forward, I'm going to host at least one show a month featuring new releases as I feel like I'm seriously behind, you know, with the request shows. We'll keep that request line going, but I think we need to have at least one show where I can catch up on new releases. And also we of course have our guest mixes. But it's really a duty that I have to share in the music and I have to say I listen to something new that I've never heard of before almost every single day. So I want to share that as well. And this is one of those records. This is Nottingham instrumental duo Brown Fang. They're John Thompson who's played with Jim, Bent, Crazy P amongst others, and Torn Sale bassist and guitarist Henry Claude Scott. Last month they released a new album of Chilled Out, Ambient Vibes and that follows up their 2022 mini album Sherwood Pines. This new one is called Netherfield Lagoons and it's out now on dealer recordings. And it's an absolutely beautiful offering. I mean, the vinyl package is just gorgeous. And you can head over to their bandcamp to order it. This is Brown Fang with Light No Fires. II A request from our friends Shelf Peltzner and Christchurch, New Zealand for one of my favorite bands Santana. We just heard Song of the Wind with a nice, you know, start, you know, I'm just still learning how to DJ. And that's from their fourth album, 1972's Caravanserai, which is an album that really showed the band's musical breadth as it was more of a jazz fusion direction. Also a new spiritual direction for Carlos Santana. It was produced by Carlos and the band's drummer and percussionist Michael Shreve. And if you're a fan of that kind of sound, also check out the solo albums by Michael Shreve and also Carlos Santana, who is one of my favorite guitarists of all time. Ahead of that, that was my new remix of Saint Etienne, their song Alone Together. It's a single from their latest album, The Night, which is a real chilled-out affair. It was released in December last year. And I was just so overjoyed to do this. You know, I was a huge fan of Fox Base Alpha when it came out, gosh, in 1991, was it? And on Heavenly Recordings, or was it 1990? I'm forgetting now. But I did interview the band. We did a great, great session for Classic Album Sunday and National Album Day at the British Library in October. And it was just so great to hear the stories behind it. And then they asked me to remix this single. And I had such a great time doing it. It's a real balearic affair. I brought in my friend Darren Morris of North Street West Studios. And also my friend, I brought in my friend the harpist Alina Bzhezhinska. And they brought a lot to the song, I think. It's coming out next month as a CD single, but that's already sold out. But I have some good news for you. It's going to be on my forthcoming Balearic Breakfast Vol. 4 compilation, which is coming out this summer. Ahead of that, we had the Berlin-based Aussie Tornado Wallace with Bittersweet, his forthcoming single, and Appianto's test-pressing imprint. We heard the Ambient Symphony mix, but the other mixes are perfect for the dance floor, including Wallace's own original mix, and also a great remix from Rui da Silva. It's coming out in May, and I highly suggest you pre-order it from your favorite record shop, as test-pressing releases usually sell out very, very quickly. Okay, sadly, Roy Ayres departed our planet for the next realm last Tuesday after a long illness. The vibraphonist, composer, and producer touched so many people's lives, including my own. I actually got to meet him around 15 years ago when he was rehearsing for an event at the ICA that my husband was putting together, and he was such a humble man. We totally bonded on being Virgos. At the age of five, the future godfather of neo-soul was given his first pair of vibe mallets by jazz legend Lionel Hampton. Ayres grew up in Los Angeles' South Park, which was the center of the Southern California black music scene, and even in high school, Roy was singing and playing in bands, and also producing fellow schoolmates like the late saxophonist Dexter Gordon. In 1963, he released his first solo album, West Coast Vibes, and in the early 1970s, he formed the pioneering jazz-funk outfit Ubiquity, and they released a string of game-changing albums, including Mystic Voyage, which features dancefloor burner Evolution, which sounded great at our London loft party on Sunday. Ayres also founded R.A.M.P., Roy Ayres Musical Productions, and they released one album, Come Into Knowledge, and then Ayres had his biggest hit with Running Away, and of course, there's Everybody Loves the Sunshine, and that's one of the songs he's most remembered for, and both records sounded great on Sunday at the loft. He collaborated with a lot of people. He toured with Fela Kuti, produced Sylvia Stripland, collabed with Rick James, and he's also on Jelly Bean's mix of Whitney Houston's Love Will Save the Day. First, we'll pay tribute with something that's a little different, as it's not a Roy Ayres original, but a rework by Random House Project that he sent me this week, which I thought you would like. It's a great chugger, and we'll play some Roy Ayres originals later in the show. III I can hardly hear myself there. Roy Ayres, Love Will Bring Us Back Together, and that's from his 1979 LP Fever, and that's Bernard Purdy on the drums there. Last week, Roy Ayres passed to the next round at the age of 84, and gosh, what a stunning career he had. As we said earlier, he was a pioneer of jazz funk, but he also worked with artists from younger generations, like Erykah Badu. He's on Mama's Gun. He worked with Guru. He's on Jazzmatazz, and he also collaborated with house legends, and I have something on that tip coming up later in the show. Rest in Paradise, Roy Ayres. Ahead of that, we had Everything I'm Looking For from Sons of Sevilla's album, Lullabies for a Wild Cat, and that was released on San Francisco label Ubiquity at the tail end of last year. The duo of the Smiths brothers are from Northern England, but now live in, you guessed it, southern Spain. In fact, one of them, I think, played for Seville's football team. In any case, they started the project during the 2020 lockdown, and they were inspired by J.J. Cale and the sounds of music emanating from their parents' family pub, and this album is a result of their efforts, and if you're a fan of bands like War on Drugs, I highly recommend you check out Sons of Sevilla's whole album. It's a bit more balearic and less rocky than War on Drugs, but I'm sure you get the idea. Ahead of that, we had the Yam who? rework of Alison Crockett's You Are, and I play this for a couple of reasons. First, Alison Crockett was the first singer I worked with as a producer on my debut single, Loneliness, which was released on Suburban in 1998, and I just love her and also her voice, and secondly, it's my late friend Andy Williams' rework. He did it as a Yam Who? rework, and I first met Andy when I moved to the UK back in 1999, as we were both working with the record label Newphonic. He, with his live band Fuzz Against Junk, and I was co-producing the Loft compilations with David Mancuso. I also regularly saw Andy over at Reckless Records in Soho, as like many of the best producers and DJs, he worked in a record shop for a stint. I started working with Andy in the studio when Ashley Beedle and I were doing our Darkstar Disco Tech productions, and then later I produced some of my Cosmodelica remixes with him, including one of my favorites, Mother Mother by Fat Freddy's Drop. Andy was also behind the record label Midnight Riot, and he did loads of reworks and re-edits as Yam Who? He was also quietly behind many other productions and worked with other songwriters and artists, some of whom I didn't even know until the tribute started pouring out last week when his sudden passing was announced. The night before his passing, I was actually talking about him in an interview with Saucy Lady for the show that's coming up in a couple weeks. As Andy is on her new album, they actually did a duet together. It was really lovely to hear his voice. Little did we know that hours later, he would no longer be with us. He's sorely grieved by our new disco and deep house community, and I want to send huge love to his family and to his nearest and dearest friends, and we'll have some more from Andy later in the show. Okay, now a great rework from Manchester DJ and producer Bosco, née Christian Wood. These tracks were unearthed during his many trips to Italy and have since been refined for the club. Now, I have no idea what the original is. I've shazammed away to no avail, so if you know, let me know please. This came out on the vinyl EP Please, No More Edits... From The Manctalo Disco! on his own label Red Laser last year. This is Il Bosco with Destiny on Balearic Breakfast. IV Phil Mison's Cantoma project with Some Other Stars, the Cazela remix, and I had Phil up on the show back in January. He gave us an exclusive mix, and we had a chat about his latest Cantoma album, Sea and the Sun, so you can check that one out as well. Just a really good mix there from Cazela. Ahead of that, the 2014 rework of Lola's Wax the Van by my friend, the late Andy Williams, Yam Who?, and I just absolutely adore that mix, and I have to say, doing a rework of that song is a really tall order for me because the first song I ever played with David Mancuso at his loft party, which was like over 30 years ago, was the John's dub mix on the original 1987 Lola 12-inch, so I really have strong ties to it, and generally when I'm really attached to a song, I don't want to hear a rework. I don't want to hear a remix. I even turn down reworks and remixes by songs that I'm so tied to, but Yam Who's remix really does it for me, and I've played it countless times, and sadly today playing it as a tribute to an old friend. Ahead of that, we had Ron Trent with Just Another Love Song, and that is from his forthcoming album Lift Off. It's coming out in May, and you can pre-order the vinyl on Ron Trent's Bandcamp. Now, for the last five years, Ron has mainly DJed in the States. Of course, he had his live show with his live project Warm at We Out Here, and we had Ron up on the show to talk all about that when the album What Do the Stars Say to You came out in 2022, and he's DJed a few times in the UK. Southport Weekender last year was great. He had a memorable set in the Bowl at We Out Here, and I just caught him actually a couple weeks ago over at Groove Odyssey at Fabric, and that was great. He sounded fantastic. I really love his kind of deep, rhythmic sound. In any case, he's called the album Lift Off because he's going to celebrate international touring again, so good luck to Ron Trent, and I love that song. There's some other great stuff on there, too. There's Street Wave, which I remember he played at the Bowl, and I was like, what is this song? And it's coming out on vinyl in May, so I'm really excited about that. Ahead of that, we had Fuzz Against Junk with their second single on New Phonic after their debut in 1998 with Country Clonk. Fuzz Against Junk was Andy Yim Hu and with Gordon Smith, with whom he also did Striker with Tony Rosano and Crispin J Glover, and we heard Fuzz Against Junk's cover of Talking Heads, Born Under Punches, and rest in peace, Andy Williams. Okay, this next one is a eight-piece live band called London Afrobeat Collective, and this is the song My Way. It's the third in a string of singles which have showcased reimaginings of songs from the band's fourth studio album, Asengo. Other remixes have been by and Patchworks, and this latest remixer is Mallorca's Kiko Navarro, who's had a great project called Afro Terranio, which you should check out. This came out last month on Samu Sui's label Canopy Records, and you can find it on Bandcamp. Everyone was loving this on Sunday. It sounded so good. It's a remix by my friend Antonio Ocasio from Tribal Winds. He gave me a test pressing when I was last in New York, and I messaged him and said, God, the sonics on this are just absolutely amazing. So many people asked about it on Sunday. It's Unified Spirits, meant to be, as remixed by my friend Antonio Ocasio, who started putting out his own productions on his own imprint, Tribal Winds, gosh, nearly 30 years ago, and then over at Dance Tracks, and he used to come in with all of his daughters. I can't remember. He had so many of them, all girls. It's really funny. Anyways, thank you to Antonio for that, because it's just a beautiful, beautiful record. Ahead of that, we had the London Afrobeat Collective, My Way, and we heard the Kiko Navarro Disco Terranio remix, and you can find that on Canopy Records Bandcamp. Well, this is Colleen Cosmo Murphy getting ready to sign off. This is the last live show of the month, because I am heading to Japan on Monday for a two-week tour. Again, all my gigs will go up on the socials. I will be announcing that this week, but the show will continue while I'm in Japan. My husband Adam is going to stream for us, so I'm going to pre-produce a bunch of shows for you. Next week, we have an interview with Kenneth Beyer and an exclusive mix. We talk about his new album with Finlay Brown, Silence With Singing, and we also have a mix and interview with Saucy Lady the following week. We talk about her new album, Love Fest, which also features a collaboration with my friend, the late Andy Williams. The Boston DJ and producer's new LP has a lot of other collaborations, too. We recorded the interview only hours before his passing, so it was really strange and really sad. We also have some guest mixes from members of our Balearic Breakfast family, including Jen Ferguson and Glenn Williams of Hot Burns Black, and also Darren Morgan of Love Machine and also a London Loft team member. We will keep streaming, and Adam's going to help me out on this one, because I don't know what time it's going to be over in Japan. I don't know what's going to be happening in my life at that time. So the show will continue. We have one final tribute to the late Roy Ayers. This next one is by request from our friend Bert Francois in Brooklyn. In the 1990s, I was saying that Roy Ayers started collaborating with house producers like Kerry Chandler, and he also collaborated with Masters at Work or New Reconsole. This one was released 20 years ago on a compilation called Roy Ayers' Virgin Ubiquity Remix. There's lots of great remixes like King Brit, Phil Asher, Ocean Lotte, Pepe Braddock, but the one we're listening to right now is Kenny Dope's. It's Roy Ayers' Holiday, the Kenny Dope main pass. Thanks for listening and rest in paradise, Roy Ayers.