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Well, I was hoping to get this one off a little earlier, but at least I finished it. There is some fantastic music on this episode, including two amazing Boards of Canada-esqe tracks from California’s Tycho. The episode also continues where Episode 26 left off, including more tracks from Fleet Foxes, Tapes N’ Tapes, and Peter Moren (of Peter, Bjorn and John). New Balearic faves Booka Shade return with a hot track off their upcoming LP The Sun & The Neon Light and Thomas Melchior also returns with ‘Her Majesty’, off his new album No Disco Future released under his moniker Melchior Productions.
This will probably definately be the last episode before I leave the ROK. On May 24th, I’ll be on my way to Helsinki where I’ll begin my tour of Scandanavia and North-Western Europe. I will return with an episode featuring music from Scandanavia as well as a regular episode. Look for them in July sometime. Furthermore, many of you have been requesting MP3 versions of the podcast. You can now download mp3 versions below the tracklisting. Cheers!
Tracklisting: (1 hour, 30 minutes)
Booka Shade - ‘Karma Car’ (Get Physical)
Tigerskin - ‘Holy Grail’ (Moodmusic Records)
Melchior Productions - ‘Her Majesty’ (Perlon)
Tapes N’ tapes - ‘Conquest’ (XL Recordings)
Peter Moren - ‘Reel to Real’ (Wichita)
Plants and Animals - ‘Feedback in the Field’ (Secret City)
French Kicks - ‘Abandon (White)
Elbow - ‘On A Day Like This’ (Kning Disk)
Tycho - ‘From Home’ (Merck)
Portishead - ‘The Rip” (Island)
Motive for Photo - ‘She Looks’ (White)
Flying Lotus - ‘Tea Leaf Dancers’ (Warp)
Islands - ‘The Arm’ (Anti-)
Black Kids - ‘I’m Not Going To Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You’ (AlmostGold Recordings )
Lykke Li - ‘Dance Dance Dance’ (White)
The Honeydrips - ‘Ah, Karolin’ (Sincerely Yours)
Deceptikon - ‘Way of the Samurai’ (Merck)
Tycho - ‘Cascade’ (Ghostly International)
Samamidon - ‘Wild Bill Jones’ (Bedroom Community)
Fleet Foxes - ‘Oliver James’ (Sub Pop)
Photo taken by Bruce Mans, All Rights Reserved.
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I find it so ironic that I chose a first aid box as the photo for the last episode way back in January. The New Balearic could not have been more sick in the past few months. First, the site got hacked due to some weak security from my former web host, which took about a month to figure out, and then I was forced to change web hosts apon which a lot of my data and former posts were lost (perhaps temporarily).
Anyways, there were times when I thought this could be the end of TNB, but I simply enjoy making podcasts too much. Thus we are back. And although the site doesn’t look exactly the same, the important content will remain the same (that being the music of the podcast).
Tracklisting: (1 hour, 20 minutes)
Hot Chip - ‘Out At The Pictures’ (EMI Records)
Plants and Animals - ‘Bye Bye Bye’ (Secret City Records)
Tapes ‘n Tapes - ‘Hang Them All’ (XL Recordings)
Grand Archives - ‘Swan Matches’ (SubPop)
Port O’Brien - ‘Stuck On A Boat’ (City Slang)
Fleet Foxes - ‘White Winter Hymnal’ (SubPop)
Portishead - ‘Deep Water’ (Mercury)
Misophone - ‘The Sea Has Spoken’ (Kning Disk)
Peter Moren - ‘Social Competence’ (QuarterStick)
The Dodos - ‘God_” (French Kiss)
Radiohead - ‘Nude (Holy Fuck Remix)’ (XL Recordings)
Calexico - ‘Hot Rail’ (City Slang)
Boards of Canada - ‘Everthing You Do Is A Balloon’ (Skam)
Efdemin - ‘Bergwein’ (Dial)
Ben Morris - ‘Gissningsleken (Vattenfall Edit)’ (White)
Orillia Opry - ‘I Lied’ (White)
Annuals - ‘Sore’ (Canvasback)
Atlas Sound - ‘Activation’ (White)
Mom - ‘A Pebble Garden’ (Pancakes For Mattie)
Adem - ‘To Cure A Weakling Child/Boy Girl’ (Domino)
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Well, the casualties were high, and the process was long, but there is finally some resemblance of the former self for thenewbalearic.com. After about 2 barren months without a podcast (and a website), and with the help of some good friends, the site is back. It’ll be getting more organized in the days to come, and there is still no podcast, but mark my words…. I have some good music that has been dying to be heard!
Stay tuned friends!
The New Balearic is still healthy at the quarter-century mark. Apologies for another delayed episode. I’ve been busy with lists, mixes, and whatnot.
25 is medicine for your ears. There’s nothing too inaccessible on this mix, and features beautifully swooning tracks from Modelselektor, Minilogue, Pantha du Prince, and Radiohead. Music from Pale Young Gentlemen, The Magician (formerly El Mago), and Sea Wolf fulfill my folk obligations on this effort, and Monosylabikk, Sixtoo, and Punkt perform some fantastic electro-jazz for your listening pleasure.
Tracklisting: (1 hour, 20 minutes)
Hot Chip - ‘Made In The Dark’ (EMI)
Pantha du Prince - ‘Saturn Strobe’ (Dial)
Minilogue - ‘The Leopard (Extrawelt Remix)’ (Traum Schallplatten)
Why? - ‘Close To Me’ (Anticon)
The Magician - ‘Seven Seas’ (White!?)
Sea Wolf - ‘Middle Distance Runner’ (Dangerbird Records)
The Chemical Brothers - ‘Battle Scars (Beyond the Wizard’s Sleeve Remix)’ (Freestyle Dust)
Moonbeam - ‘Cocoon (Moon Mix)’ (High Contrast Records)
Mark Mendes - ‘Beneath You (Original Mix)’ (Starter Records)
Hercules & Love Affair - ‘Blind (feat. Antony Hegarty)’ (DFA)
Punkt - ‘Speechless’ (Punkt Recordings)
Sixtoo - ‘Jackals and Vipers in Envy of Man Part 9’ (Ninja Tune)
Monosylabikk - ‘Et (Original Mix)’ (Kitty-Yo)
Modelselektor - ‘The White Flash’ (BPitch Control)
Radiohead - ‘Reckoner (Self-Released)
Arve Henriksen - ‘Leaf and Rock’ (Rune Grammofon)
Pale Young Gentleman - ‘Fraulein’ (White)
The Dodos - ‘Fools’ (French Kiss)
Photo: James Moes, All Rights Reserved. (…and yes, I realize that’s four photos in a row from James… His photos are just that damn sexy! Thanks, James.)
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The top tracks of 2007 in just under two hours. Too long for a mix in my opinion, but maybe you’ll enjoy it anyways, or at least parts of it. Cheers to 007! These songs aren’t in the actual order, but I think they maintain sort of chart-like cohesiveness.
Tracklisting: (1 hour, 20 minutes)
Burial - ‘Etched Headplate’ (HyperDub)
Radiohead - ‘House of Cards’ (Self Released/XL Recordings)
Gui Boratto - ‘Terminal’ (Kompakt)
Maxime Dangles - ‘Love Water’ (K2)
Lusine - ‘Auto Pilot (Deru Remix)’ (Ghostly International)
Stimming - ‘Getting Out Of Something’ (Diynamic)
Matthew Dear - ‘Don & Sherri (Hot Chip Remix)’ (Ghostly International)
The Junior Boys - ‘In The Morning (Hot Chip Remix)’ (Domino)
Amon Tobin - ‘The Killer’s Vanilla’ (Ninja Tune)
Panda Bear - ‘Comfy In Nautica’ (Paw Tracks)
Thomas Fehlmann - ‘T.R.N.T.T.F.’ (Kompakt)
Burial - ‘Ghost Hardware’ (HypderDub)
Okkervil River - ‘Our Life Is Not A Movie Or Maybe’ (Jagjaguwar)
Shugo Tokumaru - ‘Button’ (p-vine)
The Martinez Brothers - ‘My Rendition’ (objektivity)
The Sky Patrol - ‘The Ultraviolet Catastrophe’ (Tide Pool)
Slagsmalsklubben - ‘Sponsored By Destiny’ (Dolores)
Bloc Party - ‘Where Is Home (Burial Remix)’ (Wichita)
Radiohead - ‘All I Need’ (Self Released/XL Recordings)
Panda Bear - ‘Take Pills’ (Paw Tracks)
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Thanks for the music, 2007.
2007 was another big year for The New Balearic. I can’t believe this has been going on for almost 2 years now. Thank you for listening. Tell your friends!
As a neat way to wrap up the year, I decided to compile a list of my fifty favourite tracks of the year, and my ten favourite albums of the year. Original? No. Necessary? Absolutely!
I couldn’t devote enough time to the year-end-list (compared to last year), so as a result the list may be a little half-assed. I don’t think there are any glaring omissions…
Top 50 Tracks of 2007
50. The Lightning Bolt Situation - Message to Myself After Franny Was Born
49. The Field - A Paw In My Face
48. Spoon - Don’t You Evah
47. The Good, The Bad, & The Queen - A Soldier’s Tale
46. You Say Party, We Say Die - Monster
45. Panda Bear - Good Girl/Carrots
44. The Cinematic Orchestra - Breathe
43. Shugo Tokumaru - La La Radio
42. Radiohead - 15 Step
41. Maps - You Don’t Know Her Name
40. LCD Soundsystem - Someone Great
39. Lupe Fiasco - Superstar
38. Devendra Banhart - Seahorse
37. Great Lake Swimmers - I Am Part of a Large Family
36. Gui Boratto - Xilo
35. Simian Mobile Disco - I Believe
34. The Good, The Bad, and The Queen - Nature Springs
33. Animal Collective - Derek
32. Black Kids - I’m Not Going To Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You
31. Grand Archives - Sleepdriving
30. M.I.A. - Paper Planes
29. Maxime Dangles - Plane
28. The Cinematic Orchestra - To Build A Home (feat Patrick Watson)
27. Caribou - Melody Day (Four Tet Remix)
26. Gui Boratto - Gate 7
25. Dragonette - I Get Around (Midnight Juggernauts Remix)
24. Robyn - With Every Heartbeat (Rory Phillips Remix)
23. Justice - D.A.N.C.E.
22. Matthew Dear - Deserter
21. Panda Bear - Take Pills
20. Mathhew Dear - Don & Sherri (Hot Chip Remix)
19. Maxime Dangles - Love Water
18. Gui Boratto - Terminal
17. Radiohead - House of Cards
16. Junior Boys - In The Morning (Hot Chip Remix)
15. Burial - Etched Headplate
14. Lusine - Auto Pilot (Deru Remix)
13. Stimming - Getting Out Of Something
12. Amon Tobin - The Killer’s Vanilla
11. Panda Bear - Comfy In Nautica
10. Thomas Fehlmann - T.R.N.T.T.F.
9. The Martinez Brothers - My Rendition
8. Okkervil River - Our Life Is Not A Movie, Or Maybe
7. Slagsmålsklubben - Sponsored By Destiny
6. Bloc Party - Where Is Home? (Burial Remix)
5. Shugo Tokumaru - Button
4. Burial - Ghost Hardware
3. The Sky Patrol - The Ultraviolet Catastrophe
2. Radiohead - All I Need
1. Panda Bear - Bro’s
Top 10 Albums of 2007
10. Lusine - Podgelism
9. Maps - We Can Create
8. The Cinematic Orchestra - La Fleur
7. Thomas Fehlmann - Honigpumpe
6. Matthew Dear - Asa Breed
5. Shugo Tokumaru - Exit
4. Gui Boratto - Chromophobia
3. Burial - Untrue
2. Radiohead - In Rainbows
1. Panda Bear - Person Pitch
A mix of the top twenty tracks (in random order) is on the way…
I promised festive and I believe I have failed to deliver. There’s still nothing festive about this episode, again. Neverthless, I’m betting that most of you back in North America are already so sick of “festive” being shoved down your throat and are OK with a “festive”-less episode 24. I did, however, focus a little more on the folk/folktronica in this one, with songs and bands from all over the world, including some more amazing stuff from Japan (Shugo Tokumaru and Motohiro Nakashima), some West-coast Canadian folk from Dan Bejar’s new project Hello, Blue Roses and EL MAGO’s anticipated new EP, and another track from the UK’s Tunng.
And for all the dancers out there, I’ve got an epic new track from Gui Boratto, and some other beats courtesy of Paul Frick, Stimming, and and amazing new track from Tiger Stripes.
Tracklisting: (1 hour, 20 minutes)
September Collective - ‘Natura’ (Mosz)
Bloc Party - ‘Where is Home? (Burial Remix)’ (Wichita Recordings)
Motohiro Nakashima - ‘Sleeping in the Sunshine’ (loaf:)
Stimming - ‘Getting Out of Something’ (Diynamic)
Gui Boratto - ‘Matryoshka’ (Kompakt)
Burial - ‘untitled/Near Dark/Endorphin’ (Hyperdub)
Radiohead - ‘House of Cards’ (Self-Released)
Jose Gonzalez - ‘Teardrop (Massive Attack Cover)’ (Peacefrog)
Shugo Tokumaru - ‘Sanganichi’ (p-vine)
Gotan Project - ‘Queremos Paz’ (XL)
Hello, Blue Roses - ‘Shadow Falls’ (White)
Tiger Stripes - ‘Survivor’ (Get Physical)
Paul Frick - ‘Got the Blues’ (Kalk Pets)
Tunng - ‘Bricks’ (Full Time Hobby 2000)
EL MAGO - ‘Little Bird’ (Unsigned)
Beirut - ‘The Penalty’ (4AD)
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Here is a small 25 minute gift of smashing electronic tracks that have been burning holes in my speakers… a merry xmix if you will. Not your usual Christmas tunes, but perhaps the next full episode will be a little more festive.
Tracklisting: (25 minutes)
Slagsmalsklubben - ‘Hant’
Gentleman Drivers - ‘2042 L.A Dreams’
Deep Dish - ‘Bagels’
The Sky Patrol - ‘The Illusive Big Flower and Grass’
Kap10kurt - ‘Dangerseekers (Rolf Honey remix)’
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23. Ever since the previous episode I have been getting more feedback on my podcast then I have had for all of the first 21 combined. It overwhelming in a good way, and is encouraging me to maintain dilegence with podcasting. Thank you to anyone who has shared a kind word, joined the Facebook group, or left a comment on this site. It means a lot to me that you listen, and I’m even happier you like the bands and thier music!
This one has got more of the same. Some smashing dance tunes from Dragonette, and Justice, some hipster laptop rock from Black Kids, and Project Jenny, Project Jan, and some ambiance courtesy of Origamibiro and Stars of the Lid. Hope you enjoy it!
Tracklisting: (1 hour, 20 minutes)
Half Cousin - ‘The Absentee (Fugiya & Miyagi Remix)’ (Groenland Records)
Black Kids - ‘Hurricane Jane’ (Self-Released)
Project Jenny, Project Jan - ‘320′ (Might Records)
Kyte - ‘Secular Ventures (Maps Mix)’ (Sonic Cathedral)
Radiohead - ‘15 Step’ (Self-Released)
Origamibiro - ‘Womb Duvet’ (Expanding Records)
Holy Fuck - ‘Lovely Allen’ (Young Turks)
Dragonette - ‘I Get Around (Midnight Juggernauts Remix)’ (Mercury)
Justice - ‘D.A.N.C.E. (Les Rythmes Digitales Remix)’ (Ed Banger Records)
Lupe Fiasco - ‘Superstar (feat. Matthew Santos)’ (Atlantic)
Shinichi Osawa - ‘Star Guitar (feat. Au Revoir Simone)’ (White)
Gui Boratto - ‘Hera’ (Kompakt)
Stateless - ‘Bloodstream (Henrik Schwartz Remix)’ (!K7)
Egoexpress - ‘Aranda (Lawrence Remix)’ (Ladomat 2000)
Stars of the Lid - ‘Dopamine Clouds Over Craven Cottage’ (Kranky)
Willoughby - ‘Intentions’ (Sargent Records / TuneCore)
Shugo Tokumaru - ‘La La Radio’ (p-vine)
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Ah crap. Blogging is hard. I need to get this one off my back. These songs have been stockpiling during the months of computerless horror and as a result there is not much cohesiveness to this episode. This one is just about the songs, and is hardly a mixtape. But the tracks are amazing, featuring mostly avant folk from Shugo Tokumaru, Devendra Banhart, and Animal Collective, a bit of dance, and a touch of hip-hop…
Tracklisting: (1 hour, 20 minutes)
Shugo Tokumaru - ‘Button’ (p-vine)
Animal Collective - ‘Derek’ (Domino)
The Acorn - ‘Flood, Pt.1′ (Paper Bag Records)
Tunng - ‘Bullets (Edit)’ (Full Time Hobby)
The Lightning Bug Situation - ‘Message To Myself After Fanny Was Born’ (Unsigned)
Last Days - ‘Reasons To Go’ (n5MD)
Radiohead - ‘All I Need’ (Self-Released)
Fläskkvartetten feat. Anna Ternheim - ‘Leave A Light’ (Universal Sweden)
Maxime Dangles - ‘Love Water’ (Kompakt)
Booka Shade - ‘Numbers (Extended Vocal Edit)’ (K7 Recordings)
Metronomy - ‘Radio Ladio’ (NNFR)
Dan le Sac Vs. Scroobius Pip - ‘The Beat That My Heart Skipped’ (Lex)
M.I.A. - ‘Paper Planes’ (XL Recordings)
Devndra Banhart - ‘Tonada Yanomaninista’ (XL Recordings)
Black Kids - ‘I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend To Dance With You’ (Self Released)
Waldeck - ‘Addicted’ (Dope Noir)
Matthew Dear - ‘Don & Sherri (Hot Chip Remix)’ (Ghostly International)
Caribou - ‘Melody Day (Four Tet Remix)’ (Merge Records)
Beirut - ‘Nantes’ (4AD)
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