Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy presents Balearic Breakfast Volume 4

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.

‘Balearic Breakfast’ Volume 4 tracklisting:

1. Paz - Kandeen Love Song
2. Santino Surfers - Freedom Surfers
3. Saint Etienne - Alone Together (Cosmodelica Remix)
4. Paqua - Akaliko
5. Tar Blanche - Iguana
6. Bryony Jarman-Pinto - Moving Forward (Cosmodelica Mix)
7. Troy Kingi - Chronophobic Disco
8. Ilya Santana - Cosmovision (Disco Version)
9. Gloria Ann Taylor - Love Is A Hurtin' Thing (12" version)

Some words from Abigail Ward's liner notes here regarding the 4 tracks in this promo sampler:

A chorus-heavy conscious soul bomb from New Zealand’s Troy Kingi, which evolved from a half-remembered tune on a mysterious lost cassette (great story - look it up).

Trip out to Paqua’s acclaimed psychedelic throbber ‘Akaliko’, a rolling guitar jam, which price-wise has long been one to keep your third eye on.

The Cosmodelica remix takes Bryony Jarman-Pinto’s string-laden ‘Moving Forward’ by the hand and pulls it firmly onto the dancefloor.

Ilya Santana’s aptly-titled space disco masterpiece ‘Cosmovision (Disco Version)’ represents the peak of our musical ascent.

As with each of the previous Balearic Breakfast albums, many of the tracks featured have never been available on vinyl before and the ones that have been usually go for eye watering sums of money on Discogs. Please be aware that these albums sell out quickly.

With that in mind, a double CD edition of Balearic Breakfast will also be available featuring volumes 3 & 4. Volume 3 has not been available on CD before and has long since sold out on vinyl. Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy presents Balearic Breakfast Vol.4. is released on August the 29th via Heavenly Recordings. Pre-order double vinyl & digital here - https://heavenlyrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/colleen-cosmo-murphy-presents-balearic-breakfast-vol-4

Colleen Murphy DJ dates :

16th Aug Love Dancin' at We Out Here Festival, Dorset
23rd Aug If You Know Festival, Ireland
27th Aug Jazz Refound Festival, Italy
13th Sep Balearic Breakfast launch party, NT's Loft, London
21st Sep The London Loft party, London Irish Centre (All Night Long)
28th Sep Balearic Breakfast launch party takeover, Pike's Ibiza (All Night Long)