LA TORRE VOLUMEN UNO (W-PACK) [HLTR001LP] - VA(PETE GOODING & MARK BARROTT) - HOSTAL LA TORRE (ESP)

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artist:	VA(PETE GOODING & MARK BARROTT)
title:	LA TORRE VOLUMEN UNO (W-PACK)
label:	HOSTAL LA TORRE (ESP)

3,380円

A1. Francis Bebey - Forest Nativity
A2. Domenique Dumont – Comme Ça
A3. Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Air A Danser
A4. Ahmed Fakroun - Nis Yan
B1. Spooky - Orange Coloured Liquid
B2. Cantoma - Tabarin
B3. Finis Africae - Managua
B4. András - Gold Coast (Surfer’s Paradise Mix)
C1. Barry Forgie - Dawn Mists
C2. Il Guardiano Del Fa Ro - Discodivina
C3. Tri Atma Und Gyan - Nishabda Natürlicheliebe
C4. Planet Funk - Inside All The People (Harvey’s Ibiza Sleepy Mix)
D1. Mark Barrott - Deep Water
D2. Gryningen Frün Andra - Hand Till Strñnderna Inice
D3. Hatchback - White Diamond

No matter the season or the nationality, every day on Ibiza, tribute is paid to Carthaginian deity Tanit at sunset. The warrior goddess of dance, fertility, creation and destruction lords over the Balearic island, as she has for centuries. Phoenicians, Assyrians, Greeks, Carthaginians, Arabs, and even the Norwegians have conquered the island since ancient times and every summer that history plays out, a similar array of nationalities descending on the island anew. Yet the soul of Ibiza remains intact. Every sunset still ushers in her arrival. That singular, sacred time on the island, taking on the feel of a pagan ritual, a shift in consciousness… the end of the beginning. For those who make the pilgrimage looking for this transformative experience, it requires little more than venturing away from the Vegas-like lights of San Antonio towards such sublimity. Tucked away on the west coast of the island, Hostel La Torre beckons with its beauty and ‘vista spectacular’, encompassing the essence of that authentic Balearic spirit, as pioneered by Alfredo Fiorito at Amnesia and José Padilla at Café del Mar in the early 80s. But this is not an exercise in nostalgia, rather a journey that seeks to reframe Balearic music in the present moment by embracing that ‘anything goes’ spirit via the avant-garde of Finis Africae’s “Managua”, rare classics like the Arabic pop funk of Ahmed Fakroun’s “Nisyan” and Cameroonian poetry of Francis Bebey’s “Forest Nativity”, with the proto Ambient House of Spooky’s “Orange Coloured Liquid” and modern productions like Dominique Dumont’s “Comme ça”, Andras’s “Gold Coast” and Mark Barrott’s “Deep Water”. Balearic in its truest form is all these things and much more, it’s cosmopolitan and countercultural, international yet wholly specific to a singular place on Earth. It lights upon and encapsulates all the evocative beauty of Ibiza, the sounds themselves matching the colour palette of the island. The red dirt hills and the white sands, the pink blooms of almond trees and the electric blue of the water surrounding Es Vedrà, the magnetic magic, vivid colours and raw beauty of Ibiza is all here. At its root, Balearic music is always experiential. So even if you can’t get to the terrace at La Torre for the ‘vista spectacular’, feel free to open up the gatefold, pour a chilled glass of Belondrade and journey back within.

A1. Francis Bebey - Forest Nativity