Strada Records

Balearicシーンの伝道師、Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphyが手がけるコンピレーション第4弾、『Balearic Breakfast Vol. 4』は、ジャンルを越えた感覚で音楽を紡ぎ続けるシリーズの極点。ジャズ、コズミック・ディスコ、レア・グルーヴまで、時間も国境も超えて「感じるままに」つながる9曲が収められている。

冒頭を飾るのは、Pazによる13分を超えるジャズ・フュージョン「Kandeen Love Song」。静かな森の空気とフルートのさざめきが、聴く人を深みへと誘う。続くSantino Surfersの「Freedom Surfers」はギターとドラムの渦巻くグルーヴが炸裂。Saint Etienneの「Alone Together」では、Murphy自身がCosmodelicaとしてリミックスした優雅かつ躍動的なポップが輝く。

さらに、異世界的なギターの旅「Akaliko」からアコースティックとtablaが影を添える「Iguana」、Bryony Jarman-Pintoの「Moving Forward（Cosmodelica Mix）」ではモダンなグルーヴが宇宙へ飛ぶような感覚を紡ぎ、Troy Kingiの「Chronophobic Disco」はソウルフルなディスコを現代の感覚で再提示。Ilya Santanaの「Cosmovision (Disco Version)」ではスペース・シンセが火を吹き、最後はGloria Ann Taylorの「Love Is A Hurtin' Thing」で心の余韻を静かに焼き付ける仕上がりだ。

MurphyはClassic Album Sundaysの創始者にして、伝説のNY LoftパーティでDavid Mancusoの信頼を得た存在。DJ／キュレーター／放送人として世界中のリスナーとコミュニティを育んできた背景が、このコンピレーションに深い説得力を与えている。

この作品は、音で日常をほどいてくれる贈り物。部屋でもクラブでも、音に身を任せるだけで心が開放される感覚を覚えるはず。Balearicの扉を開くなら、まずここから。

A1    Paz–    Kandeen Love Song    13:00
A2    Santino Surfers–    Freedom Surfers    4:40
B1    Saint Etienne–    Alone Together 7:24
B2    Paqua–    Akaliko    7:33
C1    Tar Blanche–    Iguana    3:40
C2    Bryony Jarman-Pinto–    Moving Forward 8:27
C3    Troy Kingi–    Chronophobic Disco    5:03
D1    Ilya Santana–    Cosmovision (Disco Version)    7:02
D2    Gloria Taylor–    Love Is A Hurtin' Thing (12" Version)    7:17



"Vol.4 of any series feels like a big number, but the BB series just keeps getting better and better. Testing the boundaries of style, rhythm and tempo of what can work together musically to create a satisfying whole but at the same time holding true to the ethos of the show from which it takes its name. Genres aren’t really a thing in this world, it’s more about feeling, building connections between the music to pull it all together into a single experience."

- Test Pressing -

Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy is a true steward of the dancefloor - . Few selectors today carry the same gravitas, technical fidelity, and spiritual connection to sound.

- Knights Of The Turntable -

A daytime Balearic Breakfast album launch party at NT's Loft on Saturday 13th September with DJ sets from Colleen, Pete Wiggs (Saint Etienne) and the Heavenly Jukebox.

The sun has finally come out. It’s the first time something like this has happened for months and months; the first glow of an approaching summer, whatever date the calendar is currently saying it is. The whole thing acts as a curative meditation, miraculously wiping away all the greyness of the past few months. Right now, optimism abounds, outlooks change and your daily soundtrack has shifted from spiky and uptight into a kind of cosmic space where songs ebb and flow and drift on like rivers run on forever towards the glimmering sea. Bliss, right?

If you’re reading this, we’re assuming that you’re the kind of person who views summer as a state of mind rather than a good looking day on the BBC Weather app. With that in mind, we reckon you already know all about Heavenly Recordings’ series of untouchable, utterly essential Balearic Breakfast compilations, each one lovingly compiled by visionary DJ, producer and broadcaster Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy - the genius club legend whose radio show of the same name (broadcast 10am to high noon every Tuesday via Mixcloud) began as an escape route from the pandemic before rapidly building a global community of dedicated Balearican listeners.

Each Balearic Breakfast album has provided a spiritual getaway from the greyness of the everyday through a handpicked selection of glorious, psychedelically coloured, expansive music. It doesn’t matter where on the planet the music hails from, or when it was made, it just matters that it fits like a jigsaw piece into the musical whole. Be it off world jazz music or vocoder led robo-disco music; whether decades old or pressed to vinyl for the first time, everything on these flawless Balearic Breakfast collections just needs to flow together and bring the listener into the sunshine, whatever time of year they’re listening.

Due for release this August, the fourth Balearic Breakfast compilation sees Cosmo take this head trip further than ever before. From the opening track’s swoop and glide that nods to Vangelis’ Blade Runner soundtrack before gliding into it’s own expansive voyage to the stars (Kandeen Love Song) to Cosmo’s own glorious Parisienne stroll through Saint Etienne’s recent Alone Together to Ilya Santana’s Spanish space disco anthem Cosmovision - a track that rolls through like a turbo powered Supernature - and the phenomenal 2015 disco version of Gloria Ann Taylor’s early ’70s classic Love Is A Hurtin’ Thing, this Balearic Breakfast offers the perfect soundtrack to the summer, whether it’s actually happening outside or just taking place in your head. After all, they don’t call breakfast the most important meal of the day for nothing.