Box of Balearic - Part 1

When Paul Murphy released his critically acclaimed debut solo album, Claremont 56, in 2006, many thought it would be the first of many. In a way, it was, as in the years since he’s released a string of collaborative sets alongside Benjamin J Smith (as Smith & Mudd), and as part of underground ‘supergroups’ Paqua, Bison and Hillside. But that second solo album? Well, it just had to wait.

In early 2023, Murphy finally decided to scratch that itch, roping in some of his most trusted collaborators (keyboardist and bassist Michele Chiavarini, percussionist Patrick Dawes, guitarist Dave Noble and HF International’s Kashif included) to lay down a sumptuous set of tracks that not only showcases his now familiar (bit hard to pigeonhole) neo-Balearic sound, but also proves how much he has matured as a writer and producer since 2006.

In The Garden of Mindfulness is richly musically detailed, expertly arranged and full to bursting with fluid instrumental solos, with Murphy and his collaborators serving up tracks that brilliantly blur the boundaries between languid jazz-funk, downtempo, vintage synth-laden krautrock, dubby grooves and sun-splashed soundscapes.

It simply sparkles from the moment that opener ‘Eighty Three’ slowly rises like the morning sun, with gentle, undulating synth sounds ushering in a slow-motion jazz-funk excursion rich in twinkling electronics, spacey pads and warming bass. Recent single ‘Katanaboy’, a lusciously layered dub disco-infused dancefloor excursion in Murphy’s familiar style, raises the temperature a touch, before ‘Bonne Anse’ and the sublime ‘Unka Paw’ (whose combination of evocative fretless bass, extended electric piano solos, Clavinet licks and acoustic guitars is genuinely spellbinding) invite a combination of wavy shuffling and flat-on-the-back, eyes-closed appreciation.

And so it continues, with gorgeous title track ‘In The Garden of Mindfulness’ making way for the boogie-influenced, Japanese-British brilliance of ‘Hangsang’ (check the jaunty pianos, yearning breakdown and exotic melodies). Murphy’s long held love of warm, weighty bass, hypnotic disco grooves, colourful analogue synth sounds and jazzy guitars once again comes to the fore on ‘Afternoon Bob’ before the album reaches a fittingly triumphant conclusion with ‘Late In March’. 

A neat sonic summary of all that makes the set such a rewarding and entertaining experience, repeat listens reveals a wealth of musical details, from off-kilter triple-time drums and surprise bass guitar solos, to impeccable piano solos (provided by the immensely talented Chiavarini), fizzing jazz-funk synth doodles and stirring synth-strings. It’s a breathlessly brilliant way to end an album that was genuinely worth waiting for.

Afternoon Bob

Balearic maestro Pepe Link shares new track ’Groove Memories’, a nocturnal downtempo ride infused with brilliant smoky jazz trumpet and guitar.
 
'Groove Memories’ →https://linktr.ee/musicfordreams

The track is taken from the Mallorcan artist’s second album for Music For Dreams, dropping May 9th, and following his acclaimed 2024 debut Scenes From My Soul.

Supported by Koda’s Cultural Funds and Musik Forlæggerne.

Connect with Pepe Link
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0dtrB14jr84vF8uePQLl2s
FB : https://www.facebook.com/DjPepeLink/
SC : https://soundcloud.com/pepe-link
IG : https://www.instagram.com/pepelink/

Connect with Music For Dreams
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/user/musicfordreams
FB : https://www.facebook.com/musicfordreams
SC : https://soundcloud.com/music-for-dreams
YT : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo8HNI0C0QGdOoHWrTqhVWA 
IG : https://www.instagram.com/musicfordreams/
X : https://twitter.com/musicfordreams
BC : https://musicfordreams.bandcamp.com/
Home : https://musicfordreams.dk/

Pepe Link - Groove Memories (ft. Alejandro Delgado) - s0869

PEPE LINK presents SCENES FROM MY SOUL II →https://linktr.ee/musicfordreams
 
Sit back, relax, and immerse yourself in the sonic universe of Pepe Link
 
Some music is not just heard; it is felt. These are soundscapes that evoke memories,
awaken emotions, and transport us to places where time dissolves. Scenes from My Soul
II is precisely that: an unhurried journey, a whisper of waves, the warmth of the sun on
your skin. Pepe is a key figure in the Balearic chill-out scene and returns with his second
solo album following the success of his debut for MFD.
 
His music has been the soundtrack to unforgettable sunsets—a dialogue between
evocative electronica and Mediterranean echoes, between nostalgia and celebration. His
first album for Music for Dreams surpassed a million streams on digital platforms, and his
sound has become a sonic refuge for those seeking beauty and authenticity.
 
Pepe Link, DJ, producer, and music curator for the prestigious Cappuccino Grand Café
chain, has subtly defined the sonic identity of these spaces, infusing them with an
immersive and sophisticated atmosphere. Now, with Scenes from My Soul II, he invites us
to discover a new palette of emotions, where the roots of Balearic beat merge with
ethereal atmospheres, electronic textures, and the soft whispers of jazz. (Including a very special Balearic re-interpretation of Orbital’s classic ‘Belfast’ theme.)
 
To create this sonic mosaic, Pepe has surrounded himself with artists who, like him,
understand music as a language of the soul:
 
🎸 Tolo Servera, a renowned Mallorcan producer and guitarist who brings Pepe’s ideas to
life, adding his most organic nuances.
🎺 Alejandro Delgado, a free-spirited Cuban trumpeter whose music breathes with the
intensity of pure jazz.
🎺 Pepe Navarro, a fantastic young trumpetist, and one of the most exciting promises of Ibiza’s jazz-house scene.
🎤 Ella Crevani, an emerging voice of Balearic nu-soul, capable of enveloping listeners
with her sweetness and depth.
🎷 Copenema, a Brazilian saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist who paints melodies with
the warmth of a sunset on the beach.
🎤 Glen Antony, a voice that embraces and moves, with the soul of R&B beating in every
note.
🎸 Santino Surfers, a Danish guitarist with a hypnotic touch that caresses psychedelia.
 
On production, Pepe Link has counted on the collaboration of Kiko Navarro, a friend and
master of sound, who has brought his studio expertise to infuse the mixes with both
freshness and depth.
 
Scenes from My Soul II is an honest album, free from artifices or pretension, created out of love for music and the need to share it. A record to close your eyes and feel, to travel
without moving, to find beauty in every chord. Because, in the end, music is nothing more
than this: an invisible bridge between souls, destined to endure through time

Supported by Koda’s Cultural Funds and Musik Forlæggerne.

Connect with Pepe Link
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0dtrB14jr84vF8uePQLl2s
FB : https://www.facebook.com/DjPepeLink/
SC : https://soundcloud.com/pepe-link
IG : https://www.instagram.com/pepelink/

Connect with Music For Dreams
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/user/musicfordreams
FB : https://www.facebook.com/musicfordreams
SC : https://soundcloud.com/music-for-dreams
YT : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo8HNI0C0QGdOoHWrTqhVWA 
IG : https://www.instagram.com/musicfordreams/
X : https://twitter.com/musicfordreams
BC : https://musicfordreams.bandcamp.com/
Home : https://musicfordreams.dk/

Pepe Link - Scenes From My Soul II (Full Album) - 0379

Rayko proudly presents release number 300 of his beloved Rare Wiri Records imprint. A project started back in 2008, he has released an incredible amount of music including releases and collabs with the likes of Daniele Baldelli, Man Parrish, Prins Thomas, Psychemagik, Ilija Rudman, Hot Toddy, Woolfy, Eric Duncan among many others.

For this special milestone, Rayko drops ‘Birds Of Paradise’ including a fantastic remix from his friend Lex (Athens).
The original is a driving arp laden midtempo trip with that classic Rayko Euro/Italo chug groove pushing it forward, whilst Lex’s remix tastefully ups the tempo and goes for peak time dancefloor action, stripped back but big on euphoria with deep pads and teasing piano and horn riffs.

Lex is a DJ and music producer hailing from Athens, with more than twenty years in the business. His versatile sound fuses elements from disco, house and techno often with a deep, soulful and organic feel to it. Recent releases have featured on Leng, Delusions Of Grandeur, B2, Samosa..
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Early Support:
Felix Dickinson, Magic Jams, DJ Pippi, Felix Joy, Rob Da Bank, Logan Fisher, Mark Broadbent, Jimpster, Ron Basejam, Marco Gallerani, Alice Palace, Trevor Fung, Jaye Ward, Frank Tope, Robot 84, Woolfy, Faze Action, Eric Duncan, Linda Boyle, Pleasure Voyage, Seabass, The Statues, Chris Howler, Ali OOFT, Ilya Santana, Pete Herbert and more.

01. Rayko - Birds Of Paradise

 Dan Tyler's Nad version remix of DJ Pippi & Willie Graff's

'Noche De Primavera' →https://linktr.ee/musicfordreams

Supported by Koda’s Cultural Funds and Musik Forlæggerne.

Connect with Dj Pippi:
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5TqtzZ1BGLizhpCxVfB0n8
FB: https://www.facebook.com/djpippibiza/ 
SC: https://soundcloud.com/dj-pippi
IG: https://www.instagram.com/dj_pippi/

Connect with Willie Graff
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1RTZ36zUswZA6bEgXQYIj3
FB: https://facebook.com/williegraff/
SC: https://soundcloud.com/willie-graff

Connect with Music For Dreams
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/user/musicfordreams
FB : https://www.facebook.com/musicfordreams
SC : https://soundcloud.com/music-for-dreams
YT : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo8HNI0C0QGdOoHWrTqhVWA 
IG : https://www.instagram.com/musicfordreams/
X : https://twitter.com/musicfordreams
BC : https://musicfordreams.bandcamp.com/
Home : https://musicfordreams.dk/



DJ Pippi & Willie Graff - Noche De Primavera (Nad version by Dan Tyler) - s0891

Buy this release: http://www.theomatic.com/020land.html

Tracklist:
1. Oma & Amberflame - Lazy Sun
2. D-Pulse - Lazy Sun (Live in Bubble Bar 2008)
3.  An-2 - Lazy Sun (Acos Coolkas Remix)
4. An-2 - Lazy Sun ('Spoiled Youth' Mix)
5. An-2 - Lazy Sun (Original)

Theomatic continues revisiting its back catalogue’s finest moments with a series of remixes from the label fellows. This time, the spotlight is being turned on An-2’s summertime anthem ‘Lazy Sun’ originally released in 2007. The set opens with a gorgeous, laidback interpretation by Amberflame and St.Petersburg’s very own up and coming harpist Olga Maximova (Oma) whose regular rooftop performances over the past few years have become a trademark soundtrack for St.Pete’s long “white” summer nights. It is followed by a cover version by D-Pulse recorded live at one of the band’s performances back in 2008 at the once-hip now-defunct legendary “Bubble Bar” in St Petersburg. We highly recommended it as a decent musical background for a luxury speedboat ride. The Acos Coolkas version sets out slowly with the rhodes keys progressing into a chilled and well-balanced house jam built over a slightly altered original bassline. ‘Spoiled Youth’ mix is a fine raw boogie work reminiscent of the good old pops-n-loops disco-house days. Rounding things up the original version still sounding fresh and relevant.
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Lazy Sun

[Theom020] - An-2 - Lazy Sun (Single) [Preview]

7. Gayana - Last Song (Lipelis Remix)

Bandcamp j.mp/BLRC2bandcamp iTunes apple.co/1Uf08EE Piccadilly bit.ly/BLRC2picc Phonica bit.ly/BLRC2phon Juno bit.ly/BLRC2Juno Amazon bit.ly/BLRC2amazon

From the compilation album Balearic 2
@balearicrecs www.balearicrecs.com

Jacob is a Spanish guitar player from Denmark. He first met his soul mate, the Spanish guitar, in 2002 when he joined legendary Danish hippie group Savage Rose, and they’ve been global travelling companions ever since. 

Mexican Margarita is a classic in the making, one of those tunes that you feel like you already know on first listen. It’s such a civilised record: the atmosphere it creates is like an early morning café con leche at Croissant Show in Ibiza town, watching the crazy people pass by.

Jacob Gurevitsch — Mexican Margarita

Excursion Africanism (Remixes)

Babylon (islandman Remix) [feat. Bababar Dieng]

Nordsø & Theill

Essaoira

The System EP

The System - Almost Grown

This reworks are only available via subscription to my Patreon page here:

www.patreon.com/raykorarewiri

The subscription includes:

Early access to Advanced Promos of every Rare Wiri Records official release (expect 3-4 each month)

3 never before released mastered WAV edits each month!

(Expect edits of Disco / Balearic / Cosmic / Rock / Italo classic tunes)

This will be the only place to get these edits made for DJ's & dance-floors, tried and tested!

+Rayko official remixes promos

+Instant access to 60 back catalog edits

+Mixtapes downloads

*****You can preview some of the exclusive tunes via this playlist on my youtube channel here:

youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9a2…sFdWQPe5u1JRaBEMz-2

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Cheers from Madrid

Loui$ - Pink Footpath (Rayko re-edit)

Cantoma (Deluxe)

Mondo Christo (Kenneth Bager Remix)

Unreleased track by Jose Padilla & Natasha Nouveau
recorded at Patrick Petruchelli Studio in Ibiza

Miracles and magic

Souvenir

Blues for Ibiza

Phil Mison is a London based DJ, composer and music producer who releases solo work under the name of Cantoma.

Influenced by listening to legendary chill out DJ Jose Padilla, Phil started his DJ career at London’s Milk Bar in 1991, playing chilled Balearic warm up sets. A chance meeting there with Jose would lead to a two year residency at Ibiza’s Cafe Del Mar, sound tracking 
a thousand sunsets with his vast collection of sun kissed records. It was his sets there that led him to playat Full Circle, Bugged Out and to become Leftfield’s tour DJ.

His huge knowledge of the chill-out genre earned Mison a chance to put out his first compilation "Original Chill Out" in 1995. With its beatless, mood-friendly approach to mixing electronic music, it was something of a groundbreaking collection.
Since then he has gone onto release a further 15 compilations, including 5 volumes of the hugely popular "Real ibiza" series,"Soundcolors" and volume 6 of "Originals".

Phil also continues to DJ round the world from 39 hotel in Hawaii, "Green Sunset" in São Paulo, Music for Dancers in Los Angeles, Ku De Ta in Bali, Bestival and Aficionado to name but a few. 

“Cantoma”, Phil’s debut album under the Cantoma moniker was released in 2003 followed by “Out of Town” in 2010 (Leng Recordings). So far, Cantoma’s songs has been used on over 150 compilations and featured on various film and tv projects worldwide. 
Phil also records with Pete Herbert as Frontera and Reverso 68.

Cantoma new album, "Just Landed" is out now on Highwood Recordings.

Mondo Christo (Kenneth Bager Remix)

Cantomamusic

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