Balmy afternoons on Ibizan beaches, softcore soft-rock and humid jazz, Alfredo and Jose...

In 1987 William Pitt released City Lights via Sierra. As cool as a summer breeze and with all the right ingredients including Spanish guitar and hook riff this is a timeless slice of balearic pop is simply ace.

Sorting through today`s releases for tunes that could have graced Alfie & Leo`s Amnesia dance floor.

Acid House as a phenomenon had many international parents throwing their DNA into the mix. From the garage parties of Chicago and New York, the proto-techno underground of Detroit, the Go Go scene in Washington, the high energy disco's of San Francisco, the Euro sound from Italy and Spain and the New Beat of Belgium, but it was the UK where it galvanized and became a uniquely British export.

Balearic is a mindset more than a rigid, definable sound. This church is a broad one, welcoming everyone from Status Quo to The Orb, Marvin Gaye to Dire Straits, the Cocteau Twins to Mike Francis.

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, it moved around more than a mobile disco.”

Asked about the revolutionary rhythms and songs created at his Black Ark studios in Kingston, Jamaica, reggae producer, dub innovator and studio icon Lee “Scratch” Perry described a cosmic process occurring deep within his early four-track studio tape recorder.

The classically trained Scottish DJ earned her stripes in the music industry as a booker and event organiser in her homeland, before relocating to Ibiza. During the past two summers, Sam's been welcomed into the arms of the Pikes family with increasing influence.

In the pale lazuline waters of Cape Verde, on the westernmost point of the African continent, lies the rusted shell of a shipwreck that indirectly influenced one of the most surprising musical movements in history.

Amnesia, Ibiza. The history begins with a young philosopher Antonio Eschotado who signed a lease for the venue in the mid 1970's...

Italo disco was a popular form of dance music in Europe and other countries during the 1980s, known for its electronic grooves and sci-fi themes.