Tag: balearic
Catching up on some essential releases over the last couple of weeks — this edition of BeatCaffeine’s Weekly Record Rundown highlight’s the superb debut Brazilian flavored album from Babo Moreno, the incredible collaborative EP featuring Brian Jackson, Masters at Work, Omar and others, and the return of two prominent UK-based groups that have released brand new albums, Ruby Rushton and Da Lata.
This week’s BeatCaffeine Weekly Record Rundown includes the incredible soul-jazz collaboration between The Lewis Express and flautist Chip Wickham, the latest offering from forward-thinking British-Bahrani trumpeter Yazz Ahmed, a beautifully lush album from North Carolina trio Okonski, and the fifth volume of legendary producer and DJ John Beltran’s must-buy-them-all Back to Bahia series.
This week’s BeatCaffeine Weekly Record Rundown includes the return and a fresh new sound from French producer and multi-instrumentalist Blackjoy, Quiet Dawn’s new highly-anticipated full-length, a limited-edition new single featuring the late vocal jazz great Mark Murphy, cosmic jazz pioneer Carlos Niño’s latest spiritual offering, and John Beltran kicking off the summer with the fourth installment of Back to Bahia.
Multi-instrumentalist, producer and composer Lucas Arruda, who’s from the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo (near Rio de Janeiro), has returned with his fourth and arguably best album to date for the superb French label Favorite Recordings, titled Ominira.
As we begin to approach the warmer months of the year, London composer/pianist and long-time BeatCaffeine favorite, Greg Foat has just released a new cosmic jazz live album recorded on May 3, 2023 at Can Rudayla in Ibiza.
For over the past three decades, iconic Michigan producer John Beltran has been one of the leading artists in fusing together experimental electronic music, techno, jazz and Brazilian influences. Building off of both last year’s highly acclaimed Sol Set project and Para Viajeros EP, in addition to his brilliant and ongoing Back To Bahia series, Beltran has returned with a superb new Balearic album on the Turkish label Oath, titled Serendipia.
Following six brilliant re-edit 12″ releases over the last three years focusing on reworked obscure jazz, tropical and Balearic gems, Spanish producer Riccio under the alias Jazz N Palms has moved to the Mediterranean island of Ibiza and released the first full-length album on Jazz N Palms Recordings, titled Ses Rodes.
Over the past two decades, Soundway has been at the forefront in unearthing obscure and lost gems from all corners of the world. Through each record they put out, the London-based label is often able to fully tap into the most essential and defining music of a specific region or sub-genre. For their latest compilation, titled Ritmo Fantasía, that is certainly the case, as Venezuelan producer, DJ and record collector Trujillo (aka Andres Astorga) takes listeners on a journey through forgotten 1980s and 1990s era Balearic Spanish synth-pop, boogie and house music.
Founded in 2010 by Miles Copeland (bandleader of the lo-fi British pop band The Superimposers), London’s WONDERFULSOUND label have been releasing a wide range of good music for over a decade. In 2018, they launched an exclusive subscription-based 7inch “Singles Club” featuring six releases per year. The label has recently made many of these singles available for non-subscribers, including the brand new double A-side 45rpm release featuring brilliant new Balearic tracks from both J-Walk and The H-Fires.
