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How Do You Define Balearic Music ?
Used & abused to describe music of every colourful incarnation. From the sophisticated electro-pop of Talk Talk to the elegant new...

Floating World Music: about Balearic
15 dec 20201 minuten om te lezen



Floating World Music: about Balearic
3 dec 20200 minuten om te lezen


After the Raves
Tommie Sunshine meets Hardwell, Alfredo, Paul Oakenfold

Floating World Music: about Balearic
28 nov 20201 minuten om te lezen


the white isle’s transformation into Clubbing Mecca
Ibiza, the story of a fantasy island...

Floating World Music: about Balearic
6 nov 20201 minuten om te lezen


These are Dance Music's most influential Female Pioneers
The works of Suzanne Ciani, Delia Derbyshire, Laurie Spiegel, Pauline Oliveros and more are explored in the documentary

Floating World Music: about Balearic
14 okt 20201 minuten om te lezen


The Balearic Beat goes On...
Steve KIW rounds up his personal take on the development of the Balearic sound. New waves, new Wavs, new Ways, new Raves.

Floating World Music: about Balearic
15 aug 20201 minuten om te lezen


How much of UK Dance Music History is real ?
Bill Brewster: “I read so many times that the Paradise Garage was based in New Jersey rather than New York City.... in the British press,...

Floating World Music: about Balearic
11 mrt 20201 minuten om te lezen


Club Culture and how it evolved...
a brief history of the emergence of Club Culture, from the Ballrooms of the 1800s to todays illegal raves.

Floating World Music: about Balearic
4 feb 20201 minuten om te lezen


Looking For The Balearic Beat (2)
Sorting through today`s releases for tunes that could have graced Alfie & Leo`s Amnesia dance floor.

Floating World Music: about Balearic
31 jan 20201 minuten om te lezen


Ibiza Dj's 1976-1988: a series of interviews
Like “the beat” itself this tale is all about context – ab out circumstance, and passion. For none of the people interviewed was DJing...

Floating World Music: about Balearic
10 dec 20191 minuten om te lezen



Floating World Music: about Balearic
4 sep 20190 minuten om te lezen



Floating World Music: about Balearic
1 aug 20190 minuten om te lezen


Ibiza, The Silent Movie - The potted history of the hedonistic island
The playful potted history of the world’s most famous capital of hedonism.

Floating World Music: about Balearic
12 jul 20191 minuten om te lezen



Floating World Music: about Balearic
25 apr 20190 minuten om te lezen


Sounds of Serenity: An Introduction to Balearic Music
Two million people flock to Ibiza, every year. And that's hardly surprising.

Floating World Music: about Balearic
24 apr 20191 minuten om te lezen


Looking For The Balearic Beat (1)
Sorting through today`s releases for tunes that could have graced Alfie & Leo`s Amnesia dance floor.

Floating World Music: about Balearic
7 feb 20191 minuten om te lezen


On the history of the Selector
While we still barely brush the upper layers of music and its culture, the selectors are somewhere at the back digging deeper and longer,...

Floating World Music: about Balearic
4 jan 20191 minuten om te lezen


The Waves: so What is Balearic Music ?
Balearic style, balearic beat, balearic house – it’s just balearic, innit? But is it? A quick look at the balearic category here on...

Floating World Music: about Balearic
11 dec 20181 minuten om te lezen


The 30-year-old Soundtrack to Hedonism
In the summer of 1988 - labelled ‘the Second Summer of Love’ - Acid House went from an underground British clubbing scene to an...

Floating World Music: about Balearic
9 nov 20181 minuten om te lezen


Résistance Balearique, Keeping The Balearic Sound Alive
There are countless amounts of classic and deeper balearic jams from the mid 80’s but what’s also been amazing to dig into is the all of...

Floating World Music: about Balearic
28 jun 20181 minuten om te lezen
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