Artist: Chris Coco & George Solar
Title: Island Vibrations 
Format: Vinyl LP
Label: Disappear
Catalogue Number: DSPPR060
Release Date: 18 August 2023


The story:

Balearic DJs Chris Coco and George Solar started making tunes together a couple of years ago after a chance meeting at Ibiza Sonica radio followed by some deep chats about dub and the future of chill out music.
After a string of singles they decided to make an album based (loosely) around various rhythms for the basic inspiration. George, who is also an accomplished percussionist, made a list - Nyabinghi, Guaguanco, One Drop etc - and Chris added one of their own - Algaroba. 
The basic rhythm tracks were recorded in Ibiza, mostly drums and percussion, naturally, with a little added bass from Fly, who also, fortuitously, is the sign writer who made the cover image.
Various elements were added in Ibiza, Buenos Aires and London, and, after some digital wrangling an album of beautifully organic downtempo delights finally took shape.



Basic rhythm section tracks recorded by Michael Alcaras at Spaceship Studio S’Argantera/Ibiza 2021

Basic demo recordings for LEO RISING and NA BAIA at Palmtree Bubble, San Joan/Ibiza

Leo Silcan Charango tracks recorded in Buenos Aires/ARG (gracias Fernando Sanchez/Jin Yerei)

Main mixing facility & add. recordings: Light House, London/UK, engineered by Chris Coco

Produced somewhere between Chris Coco & George Solar
Mastered for Vinyl by Danilo Braca in Brooklyn, United States
Cut by Henry at VP in London

George Solar uses Volt Shakers & Meinl Percussion.
Chris Coco wears mañana jumpers.
Ibiza is a beautiful island.
The universe is ever expanding.



Vinyl running order & credits
SIDE 1

01 GUAGUANCOCO

Leo Silcan - Charango
Nick Cornu - Guitar
Mike Alcaras - Drums
CC: Keys
GS: Percussion

02 RUMBA SOLAR

Antonio Blakstad - Keys
Mike Alcaras - Drums
Fly Harper: Bass
CC: add. Keys, add. Bass
GS: Percussion & sonics

03 NA BAIA

Leo Silcan - Charango
Mike Alcaras - Drums, Synth treats
CC: Keys, Bass, Timpani
GS: Percussion & sonics

04 HOLY RISING

Louis Vann Johnson - Vocals
Samantha Whates - Backing Vox
Mike Alcaras - Drums
CC: Keys, Bass, Guitars
GS: Percussion

SIDE 2

01 ALGAROBA


Nick Cornu - Guitars
Mike Alcaras - Drums
CC: Bass, Keys, Vox
GS: Percussion

02 COMO EL SOL

Carlatwiin - Vox
Nick Cornu - Guitar
Fly Harper - Bass
Mike Alcaras - Drums
CC: Keys, Claps
GS: Percussion, Vox

03 HOOK & LINE

Mike Alcaras - Drums
CC: Bass, Keys, Synbass
GS: Percussion

04 PINK SUN

Nick Cornu - Guitars
Mike Alcaras - Drums
Fly Harper - Bass
CC: Keys & Synths
GS: Percussion

Chris Coco & George Solar - Island Vibrations

Island Vibrations

V1.1 Guaguancoco

V1.2 Rumba Solar

V2.1 Algaroba

V2.2 Como El Sol

V2.3 Hook & Line

Made in China, assembled in the UK and distributed globally, Ken Fan is a resident of Ibiza, using the island's positive energy to great effect in the studio and making a name for himself in many ways on the island and internationally.

'Momentum Of Love' →https://linktr.ee/musicfordreams

After working in Ibiza for over 18 years, Ken Fan finally took the plunge and moved to Ibiza full- time in 2009, where he now plays a crucial role in one of the island and world's best-loved venues Café Del Mar.

Now Ken Fan is out with his marvellous debut album on Music For Dreams: ‘Momentum Of Love’. Mentioning a few of the beauties is ‘The Prophecy' that’s driven by the hand-pan alongside atmospheric strings putting the listener in a dreamlike state. ‘The Shiva' consists of a moving beat with melodies from the Chinese pipa and opera vocals - an unusual mixture of sounds that Ken Fan magically consolidates. And this album’s first single ‘The Prophecy' is an operatic journey of blissful pads and majestic piano rises, sustained by dynamic drum work.

With a fusion of jazz, Jamaican dub and opera Ken Fan makes everything come together in search of higher grounds where it’ll set its mark on future Balearic releases.

Connect with Ken Fan
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Ken Fan - Momentum Of Love (Full Album) - 0267

Locrian Tuesday is the single taken from the album Meditation on Modern Modes by Reinhard Vanbergen. This album contains 7 tracks, one for each day of the week, and makes a parallel with the church modes, the color circle, the planets , the days of the weeks and the chacras. Those church modes are rooted in old Greek modes, used for healing and mood altering purposes.

'Locrian Tuesday' →https://linktr.ee/musicfordreams

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Reinhard Vanbergen - Locrian Tuesday - s0692

The Ghent home of Reinhard Vanbergen and Charlotte Caluwaerts has proven a cornucopia of wonderful pop music in past years. From the critical triumph of their indie-disco project Rheinzand (alongside Mo Disko) to a sprawling catalog of solo and collaborative albums, the two seem to have struck upon a bottomless goldmine of dazzling electronic pop.

On this newest release, the pair team up with electronic sound magician Reinhard Roelandts to deliver a teeming bundle of intelligent and atmospheric electronic pop. From the bleeping neo-psychedelia of ‘More Than I Wanted’ or ‘Consolation for the Times’ to the shrewd art-pop of ‘Bitter Silhouette’ or the quirky aquatic charm of ‘Only Love’.

The sound is playful and whimsical yet assured and sophisticated. It is a more humble and reflective pop than for example Rheinzand’s operatic disco. Still not afraid to rock the house, though, as evident on the galvanized ‘Days in Between’ or the rousing, anthemic ‘Dagger’. References span from Animal Collective to Cate Le Bon to Scott Walker.

This truly enigmatic sound is built from Roelandt’s maverick experimentation with homemade modular synths layered among multi-instrumentalist Vanbergen’s acoustic arrangements. This was also the recipe for last year’s Reinhard & Reinhard. The new element now, of course, is Charlotte’s vocals. But it is an addition that alters the shape, the songs here being more structured and dramatic, built around the enchanting vocals and their wistful and dreamy lyrical motifs.

'Reinhard & Reinhard & Charlotte' →https://linktr.ee/musicfordreams

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Reinhard Vanbergen & Reinhard Roelandts & Charlotte Caluwaerts (Full Album) - 0310

Casa Noble Lisboa Especial 120: Beleza na tristeza
By OCTUPONE (Tea*Eye Productions) : BERLIN
For the upcoming project: "Casa Noble" Lisbon, Portugal, Summer 2024
In corporation with SLOW
🌑🌘🌗🌖🌕🌔🌓🌒🌑

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1 Heidelberg Schola - Dolcissima mia vita
2 Brianna Tam - Bring the Ocean to You
3 Matthew Halsall - Tracing Nature
4 Aron van Selm - Gratitude
5 Emilio Mottola Gennaro Musella - Love Affair: Main theme
6 Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tõnu Kaljuste - Tormis: Reminiscentia / Summer Motifs III. Summer Night
7 Sajé - In The Wee Small Hours of the Morning
8 Landhouse - Kapwack
9 Andres Segovia - Suite for Cello Solo No. 3 in C, BWV 1009 Transcribed in A for solo guitar by John Duarte: 4. Sarabande
10 Kit Samara - Prima Ricercata
11 Ottmar Liebert - Shadows
12 Claire Augier de Lajallet - L'Enfance de l'Art: I. Lady of the Lake
13 Anne Bassand - Hungarian Melody in B Minor, D. 817
14 Guillem Perez-quer - Suite de la guitarra española: V. Romanza de los Pinos
15 Keith Jarrett - Shenandoah
16 Benjamin Gustafsson - Perzina
17 Constance Luzzati - Pièces de clavecin, Suite in D, RCT 3: VI. L'Entretien des muses
18 Leonora Lindholm - Beauty in Sadness
19 Roge - Gymnopedie No.3
20 Sergio Tiempo - Ma Mère L'Oye: Pavane De La Belle Au Bois Dormant : Lent
21 muz. quartet - Suzhou Serenade
22 Althea Waites - Flamenco
23 Manuel del Corral, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - The Seasons, Op. 37a: IX. October
24 Hideyuki Hashimoto - izumi improvisation tree
25 Patty Waters - Touched by Rodin in a Paris Museum
26 Karl Jenkins	- Sakura, Spring Has Come
27 Cee Muller - Lacuna of Longing
28 Molina Guitar Duo - Suite bergamasque, L. 75: III. Clair de lune (Arr. for Guitar Duo)
29 Bertrand Chamayou - 6 Gnossiennes: No. 1, Lent
30 The Sixteen - Siren's Song
31 Elisa Torres - Suspiro (De la Sonata No. 3, BWV 1005)
32 Irene Kalisvaart - Lute Suite in E Minor, BWV 996 (Transcr. for Guitar by I. Kalisvaart): IV. Sarabande
33 Rahel-Lea - Der Weg zur Sonne / Qentequa sol mundo vami	Rahel-Lea
34 Choeur des Armaillis de la Gruyère - Tenebrae
35 Yo-Yo Ma - IV. Sarabande
36 Carlos Simón Randall Goosby - Traditional: Amazing Grace (Arr. Simon for Violin and Piano)
37 Alban Claudin - Never Ending
38 José Navarro-Silberstein - Suite de danzas criollas, Op. 15: I. Adagietto pianissimo
39 Fiona Grond - Sarabande
40 Kantores 96 - Ave Maria (Responsorio)
41 Hélène Grimaud - Schumann: Kreisleriana, Op. 16 - No. 4, Sehr langsam
42 Kekko Fornarelli - Fairy Lullaby
43 Esther Sévérac - Debussy sur le toit
44 Stefano Maurizi - Intimacy / Night Mood
45 Gunnar Idenstam - Lofoten Meditations: Choral Theme I	
46 Cantores Sancti Nicolai & Justyna Hanusiak - Garau: Parce Domine
47 Yungchen Lhamo - Being Courageous
48 Emerald Web Barry Cleveland - Von Aspen Shaden
49 Brian Eno - Chéri
50 Yana Purim - Depois do Amor
51 Luke Howard - Closing (Live at the Arvo Pärt Centre, Estonia / 2022)
52 Zsófia Boros - Moscardini: El último aliento
53 Giuliano Marco Mattioli - Feuille d’automne, esquisse
54 Ensemble la Sportelle - 5ème répons des matines de Noël: O Magnum Mysterium
55 Carlos Simón Carlos Simon Collective - Warmth from Other Suns: Settle
56 Matthew Halsall - Field of Vision
57 Ensemble la Sportelle - Grégorien: Vidimus Stellam
58 Krishna Biswas - Resina
59 Elisa Torres - Valseana (De Aquarelle)	
60 Yussef Dayes - Magnolia Symphony
61 LP Giobbi - Intro: Mother
62 Spirit 5 - Woodland Birds

Casa Noble Lisboa Especial 120: Beleza na tristeza

IRRESISTIBLE

FLASHBACK

Hell Yeah has enlisted two superb artists to remix a favourite cut from Calm's wonderful Before album and they are label friends Willie Graff and Gallo.

Graff is a proper DJ who has been a resident at Cielo in NYC and Pacha’s Funky Room in Ibiza for the last 15 years while also releasing on plenty of esteemed labels. His Calm remix has already become a beachside classic this summer with plenty of magical sunset plays. And for good reason - it's a soothing sound with pillow bass, gentle synth arps and aching piano keys all unfurling to beautifully mesmeric effect.

Balearic Gabba Sound System member and Buena Onda resident Gallo has long been associated with this label and has a new single coming here soon. This remix is a great taster of it with its wide open sense of space and heavenly saxophone lines which drift and flat above the gentle patter of organic percussion and starry-eyed keys. 
A downtempo masterclass that offers sheer musical escapism.

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Calm - I Love You (Gallo´s Tropical Hinterhof Remix)

Prins Emanuel shares new track off forthcoming album.

'Year-End' →https://linktr.ee/musicfordreams

On the ‘Year-End’ the Swedish artist continues to demonstrate his ability to wring complex effects from primitive sound. It is a slow-growing music, with organic and electronic layers weaving into each other in striking harmonies.

Connect with Prins Emanuel: 
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Prins Emanuel - Year-End - s0769

This month we delve into a trippy trove of Hip-Hop loops and lo-fi scratchy gems. Replete with endless samples and crackling bleeps this show was an unusual exploration into the Mojo Filter vaults..

Featuring unlikely samples from The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy and some Dre productions..

p.s The answer to the question IS the question! No?

October 2023 - Escape Aid - The Ultimate Question

DJ, producer, broadcaster, journalist, musician.
contact : chris@chriscoco.com

V2.3 Hook & Line

chris coco

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