Balearic Discoveries is back. In this 10th edition we are very proud to present Joe Morris - An amazing artist and selector and we are so happy that he wanted to shares his love og balearic music with us.

Balearic Discoveries #10 - Joe Morris

AMPLITUDES - Dimanche Café N°058

Deep psychedelic dance action for the closing set @ Beauty & the Beat, September 23, on harvest moon night.

Rest in Power Gérard Lockel
Rest in Power Sinead O'Connor

Full recording of the night is available here: https://www.mixcloud.com/BATB/batb-september-23-the-baths/

Closing set @ Beauty & the Beat, September 23 (Harvest Moon)

JUAN MACLEAN @ The Lot Radio 02-26-2024

• DTW FM #418 •

Hosted by:
Marco Weibel (@marcoweibel)

Guest Mix :
Shy One

Tracklist:
(Marco Weibel in the mix)
☆Radius - Space March Dub
☆Jorga Mesfin - Pilgrimage (Û G)
☆Jimi Tenor with Cold Diamond & Mink - Gaia Sunset, Part 1
☆Total Blue - Corsair
☆McCoy Tyler - Valley of Life
☆Priori - Wake (Ft. James K)
☆Time Signature - Sweet Power
☆Halima - Overdue
☆Sun Ra - Love In Outer Space (Piano Interlude) (OVC Session)
☆DONIS - Butterflies
☆Subsonique - After All
☆Andromeda – Control
☆Mind Of Kane - Out Of Control
☆Nightmares on Wax - Dextrous
☆Tuff Little Unit - Join The Future
☆DJ Duke - Closer (Klubb Kidz Flava Dub)
☆Black Beatnicks - Do You Want Me (USG Dubstramental Mix)

(Shy One in the mix)
No tracklist available 

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Every Saturday
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Darker Than Wax FM #418 w/ Marco Weibel & Shy One • 1st June 2024

Songlines - "a captivating blend of jazz and Latin rhythms”

FarOut Magazine - “A beautiful menagerie of sounds and influences, awash with distinctive Latin funk and the spirit of 1950s NYC big band jazz. These songs are backed up by a roster of London’s most skilled and passionate jazz musicians, to create something utterly timeless and innately funky."

Patrick Forge - "Unashamedly retro, but done so well, High calibre rhythms and playing, some hot jams!”

Paul Bradshaw (Straight No Chaser) - "The delivers that 70's NYC bario vibe perfectly.... Kickin'!!!”

Francois K - "All great cuts, very well put together”

Announcing the debut album from one of London’s most electrifying acts, New Regency Orchestra. An 18-piece Afro-Cuban big band, inspired by the musical melting pot of NYC in the 1950s, but with the punch and power of a whole host of London’s best Latin and jazz musicians. Blowing new life into these compositions, the album is a reimagining of some of the finest music from that golden era. From early 1950s René Hernandez and Tito Puente, through to the 1970s salsa of Rafael Labasta and Orlando Marin, produced and performed with fresh fire.

NRO is the brainchild of its artistic director, and the man behind Total Refreshment Centre and Church of Sound, Lex Blondin. Through a long-held passion for jazz, Lex discovered the explosive Afro-Cuban rhythms of mid-1940s NYC via the godfather of Afro-Cuban jazz, Mario Bauzá. A time when two musical worlds collided in a fusion of creativity and energy, jazz luminaries like Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker joining forces with Cuban greats like Machito and Chano Pozo. This vibrant sound was music to dance to and found a home at The New York Palladium, a formative space of freedom and expression that was key to the scene’s development.

Although dance-focussed in their makeup, those early recordings are not often heard in modern club environments and Lex dreamt of retelling their story with a contemporary dynamism. A slice of serendipity followed, as a slot at a new festival opened up and Lex jumped at the chance to make this idea a reality, an 18-piece big band breathing new life into these beloved songs.

Enlisting the expertise of some of the capital’s finest talent, Lex and co-captain Andy Wood, of Como No fame, put together a world-class line-up of talent. Bringing in Eliane Correa as musical director and bandleader, a fluid and interchanging 18-piece band was formed.

The album itself is a hand-picked selection of timeless Afro-Cuban jazz classics, reimagined with NRO’s unbridled energy. It contains ten incredible instrumental tracks including 'Pregon' with its anthemic horn stabs and the addictive head nod bounce of 'Mambo Rama', alongside two scorching vocal numbers in 'Papa Boco' and 'Labasta Llego'. Coupling a heavyweight rhythm section with a wall of horns, they provide a fresh spin on songs from Tito Puente and Chico O'Farrill, René Hernandez through to Rafael Labasta.

“Some of the tunes like Tito Puente’s ‘Mambo Rama’ and ‘Scarlet Mambo’ might sound like they went to a gym as extra drums and bass synth were added to them whilst the tune ‘Sahib & Tito’ is a mix of Tito’s ‘Mambo Buda’ and Sahib Shihab’s ‘Nus’. Our intention is to be both respectful to the innovators and inventors of this incredible music and to pay our dues, but also to add something special from London where the city’s new jazz scene connects with its Latin American musicians and the musical influences around us.”

This pure collective joy, shared experience and music you can’t help but move to.

New Regency Orchestra - Para Los Papines

New Regency Orchestra - Fiesta Time

Sunday FUnday: FU - 07.07.24

havent done any proper mega man music in some time. as it so happens, my good friend forple has been working on a romhack of mega man II GB that completely overhauls its music, and asked me to do a custom track for the game's erstwhile-title-screen-theme-recycling final level. as im sure you know by now, im a sucker for any romhacking project. i was powerless to refuse.

written by me and arranged/recorded by forple in mega man ii's sound driver. check them out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDj2W23vDmM

wily station dx [GB-Z80]

Featured here: http://bit.ly/ZKBiWt

Track list:

01. Tom Zé - Complexo de Épico (Album: Todos os Olhos, 1973)
02. Jack Bonus - Ah Que Lyn (Album: Self-titled LP, 1972)
03. Mataya Clifford - Things are Going My Way (Album: Star Fell From Heaven, 1976)
04. Monomono - Plain Fighting (Album: The Dawn of Awareness, 1974)
05. Gramacks International - Reassembler (Album: Special Frere Soul, 1978)
06. Bobby Smith - A New Day Dawning (Album: A Nation is Born, 1973)
07. Mandrill - Bro Weevil and the Swallow (Album: Mandrill Land, 1974)
08. Jon Lucien - Luella (Album: Rashida 1973)
09. Moacir Santos - What's my Name (Album: Saudade 1974)
10. David Sanborn Band - Promise Me the Moon (Album: Self-titled LP, 1977)
11. Devadip Oneness - Free as the Morning Sun (Album: Silver Dreams Golden Reality, 1973)
12. Flight - Inca Innuendo (Album: Excursion Beyond, 1980)
13. Karma - Kwanzaa (Album: Celebration, 1976)
14. The Charlie Rouse band - Waiting on the Corner (Album: Cinnamon Flower, 1977)
15. Bill Summers - Brazilian Skies (Album: Feel The Heat, 1977)
16. Jackie and Roy - Don't be Blue (Album: East of Suez, 1980)
17. Os Mutantes - Bat Macumba (Album: Tecnicolor, 1970)

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Saravá Xangô!

This month we are very pleased to present a mix by Gustavo Keno, he is a historian and musical researcher with an emphasis on genres related to the African Diaspora, and this mix is everything you might expect!

A few words by the man himself  ❤️ 

English below.

(Português)
Algumas palavras...

As ilhas baleares sempre estiveram quilômetros de distância da minha realidade. Nunca vi os verões de Ibiza e muito menos presenciei a pista ferver ao som do baleárico.
No entanto, eu estive em Salvador, Bahia.
Ali, eu dancei nas praias ao som dos axés, pagodes, afoxés; e saravei nos vários dois de fevereiros quando a praia é todinha só da gente.  
Por conta disso - por eu estar “afroabetizado” demais à essa altura da vida – o baleárico tem um outro sentido dentro de mim.
E esse set evoca o que esse termo representa na minha alma: pistas de dança em formatos de praias, gente preta cantando e dançando, as areias se agitando ao som de vozes fortes e percussões agressivas.
Baleárico em Ibiza.

Aqui eu chamo de “Baleáfrico”!

(English)
Few words...

The balearic islands have always been miles away from my reality. I’ve never seen the hot summers of Ibiza and all the dance floors there going wild with the balearic beat.
However... I went to Salvador, Bahia.
There I danced on the beaches to the sounds of axés, pagodes and afoxés.
Because of this – due the fact that I am already far too “afroalphabetized” at this point of my life – the concept of balearic have another meaning to me.
This mix evokes what balearic represents to me: brazilian dance floors in shapes of beaches, black people singing and dancing, the sand vibrating due the sound of the booming voices.
Balearic in Ibiza.

Here in Brasil I call "Baleáfrico"!

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New Regency Orchestra - Fiesta Time

Mr Bongo