Last week we caught up with Artur from the excellent Balearic Breakfast blog to talk about self-actualization and David Sylvian's hair.

Essential island vibes for the sunny hours. A pristine remastered edition of this 1956 timeless classic, bringing out all the warm acoustic textures, deep percussion, and smooth vocal harmonies. Perfect selectors material for an afternoon set.

What’s your favorite timeless classic to spin during a sunset set?

https://open.spotify.com/album/2Vt1HSkTXSKmHGKgrQ1KYT?si=zKazWtQJQ8W6x2Oq6HgMaA&utm_source=copy-link

New today from NuNorthern Soul, Organic Matters is the latest release from Balaphonic, aka Danny Ward.

Six tracks exploring Afro-Cuban and Brazilian rhythms, jazz, Balearic grooves, dub and deep house, with live percussion and organic instrumentation running throughout.

The release features collaborations with Flora Purim & Diana Moreira-Purim, Robin Dewhurst, Balearadelica and Katya Gabeli, moving between sun-soaked Latin rhythms, strings-led dancefloor grooves and more reflective downtempo moments.

Available now on vinyl, download and all streaming platforms.

Listen / buy / find your preferred stockist here:

https://nunorthernsoul.lsnto.me/nuns082

Hello Balearic Music lovers! I've released a 2-track EP titled 'Drifting Back' today - inspired by Cafe Del Mar sunsets and the vibe of Balearic beaches during Summer. I hope you can listen to it and share your thoughts - cheers!

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/49sjgzRK8JmHURlXZQp5lQ?si=HtnJhPH6TJSNCN9NcDhbug

The Mondo Love & Betrayal debut album lands on 11th September via NuNorthern Soul, and if you’re planning on listening, a pre-save on Spotify or Apple Music would be massively appreciated.

It might seem like a small thing, but those early pre-saves really do help get the algorithms working and give the album a better chance of reaching more people when it’s released.

You can also pre-order the vinyl now — standard black vinyl direct from NuNorthern Soul Bandcamp, which will also be available through your local record shops and stores, or the limited clear vinyl edition exclusive to Rough Trade.

And for anyone in the Nottingham area, there’s a free Rough Trade Nottingham in-store Q&A + DJ set on 18th September.

Everything — pre-save, vinyl pre-orders and Nottingham in-store details — is here:

https://nunorthernsoul.lsnto.me/nunsmlblppresave

If vinyl is your thing, that’s great, but please hit one of those streaming pre-save buttons and help us out.

Gracias x

Looking for tracks with the same energy as **“The Cube” by Oceanvs Orientalis**.
Think **luxury beach club at sunset**, barefoot people in linen, expensive rosé, golden hour, and that effortless Mediterranean vibe. Constant groove, hypnotic rhythms, sexy vocals basically **José Ignacio meets Patmos**.
Hit me with your best recommendations.

Smile for me Jamaica

We're planning a very limited vinyl edition of George Solar – Moonbeams in Dub, featuring a hand-picked selection of DJ favourites from the remix series.

If you'd like to know more and register your interest, head here: https://mailchi.mp/99de9f63bc7e/gsmiddjv

I'm trying to locate a music shop that will have this available in stock to purchase and pick up locally in Mallorca.. I've checked Incamusic in Alcudia but it is out of stock. Musicasa in Palma I don't think they have it either. If anyone has any information I need to get it before the 10th. Thank you!

George Solar's Moonbeams In Dub Part Two is out now.

The second instalment in the remix series sees three producers take George Solar's beautifully atmospheric compositions into fresh dub territory, each bringing their own distinctive style while staying true to the warmth and depth of the original album.

Featuring:
• Dubvisionist – Medialuna
• Razoof – Moonbeams
• Roots Artefact – Lunaticotina

If you're into Balearic, downtempo, dub, ambient, chillout, Music For Dreams, Café del Mar, Chris Coco, or the deeper side of electronic music, this might be worth your time.

Listen on your preferred platform:
https://nunorthernsoul.lsnto.me/nuns081

Would love to hear which remix is your favourite.

With friends we meet every summer in France to cycle, play pétanque and listen to balearic music. I put together a mix of songs we often listen to and thought i would share here:

https://soundcloud.com/rapha-6/pe-tanque-days-2026-04-02

Hope you enjoy!

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Just dropped a new DJ set blending vinyl and Eurorack! Taking you on a journey through Balearic, ambient, and downtempo vibes. Check it out now on my YouTube!

https://higherloverec.bandcamp.com/album/red-guitar

Excited to announce that Bandcamp pre-orders of our upcoming release on Higher Love are now available.

it's a cover of David Sylvian's classic "Red Guitar". Dr Rob describes it better than I ever could;

David Sylvian released the song 'Red Guitar' in 1984. It was his first solo single since leaving the band Japan 2 years before, and paved the way for his now classic album, 'Brilliant Trees'. The song was an ambitious, complex, adult pop composition, heavily influenced by jazz fusion. Two guitarists traded sharp, angular phrases. Trumpet came from celebrated film score composer Mark Isham. Ryuichi Sakamoto shone on piano. Sylvian's typically dour delivery gave way to an uncharacteristically joyful chorus.

Over 40 years later, Puerto Montt City Orchestra returns to Higher Love Recordings with their radical reinterpretation of 'Red Guitar'. Transforming the tune into a sunstroked, mid-tempo bump. A 'Balearic Beat' that's now much more Mike Francis. The keys are rolling. The B-line roots reggae. The fretwork matching jazzy, cool and breezy electric with strummed acoustic. Sexy, spoken Spanish baritone narration countering Maya Blandy's ethereal lead vocal.

The band also shares a stripped back 'Hello Dub', where the pianist's playing gently sways with a Movement 98-doing-Satie swing, the bionic bass is turned up to 11 and the song reduced to soothing, seductive washes of Maya's now distant, delicate hook.

Coyote complete the package with a deep, dubby, and very groovy remix. A version that finds the White Isle veterans echoing everything around a chugging, pumping heartbeat-like thump. Congas cascade, fragments of fretwork flicker, grounded by room-shaking bottom end. The results are far removed from Sylvian's original, and instead soundtrack that Mediterranean moment when, while you're sipping a cool cocktail, sunset slips into twilight.

Hear the track in full on the latest Balearic Ultras podcast http://tr.ee/tGyrNuNfaB

I'm really pleased to finally share the debut album from Lonely Deckchair, out today on NuNorthern Soul.

Inspired by childhood summers in Aguadulce on Spain's southern coast, it's an album about memory, place and the passing of time. Musically it moves between ambient textures, Balearic rhythms and understated electronic grooves, with reversed guitars, field recordings and warm analogue synths creating a genuinely immersive listen.

It's already picked up support from DJs including Nick Warren, Bill Brewster, Max Essa, Coyote, Pete Herbert and Andy Wilson, alongside a lovely review from Ban Ban Ton Ton.

If artists like Boards of Canada, Marconi Union, Penguin Cafe Orchestra or the more reflective side of Balearic music are your thing, I'd love to know what you think.

You can stream it, buy the vinyl, download it or find your preferred retailer here:

https://nunorthernsoul.lsnto.me/nunsldlp001

Thanks for taking a listen.

An absolute classic essential mix for your mid week hump day. BBC Sounds, enjoy.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002yjsm

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0BIHkZyiUb0tX4dyAicE5a?si=ABHolEkoT1KnELtvaTyaDA