Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Williams Love On A Real Train
2. Aeroplane Caramellas
3. In Fragranti Additional Alpha Blocker
4. Kaoru Inoue The Secret Field Todd Terje Remix
5. Hatchback White Diamond Prins Thomas Miks Del 1 & 2
6. Bogdan Irkuk a.k.a Bulgari Space Reflecting On The Bosporos
7. Antena On The Boat Rubber Room's Disco Devil Remix
8. Sasse Mount Juneau
9. Professor Genius Across The Spree
10. Blackbelt Andersen Sirup
11. Wallis Bird Counting To Sleep Reverse 68 Remix
12. Studio Life's A Beach! Prins Thomas Remix
13. Lullabies In The Dark Code 7429
14. Mock & Toof Big Hands For A Lady
15. DJ Disse Spanish Raggae

Disc 2:

1. Al Usher Here Today
2. Cro-Magnon Eclipse
3. Dutch Rhythm Combo Bonaire Al Usher 12" Remix
4. Reverso 68 Piece Together Part 1
5. Felix Dickinson & Toby Tobias Pres. The Mythical Beasts Magical Creatures
6. Tracey Thorn Raise The Roof Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve Re-Animation
7. Mugwump Boutade Miseridub
8. Lexx Axis Shift
9. Kuniyuki Flying Music
10. Mudd Speilplatz Quiet Village Deep Space Remix
11. Hot Coins Norway Man
12. Real Ones Outlaw A Beyond the Wizard's Sleeve Re-Animation
13. Badly Drawn Boy Promises A Mountain Of One Version
14. The Yellow Moon Band Entangled
15. Lindstrom The Contemporary Fix Bjorn Torske Remix
16. Diskjokke Some Signs Are Good

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6709 in Music
• Released on: 2008-06-09
• Number of discs: 2

Customer Reviews

Authentic Balearic Spirit
If you are going to Ibiza for the first time this year or even if you are a seasoned veteran, I cannot recommend this CD highly enough to get you right into the authentic balearic mood. Lemon Jelly's Fred Deakin has compiled a mix that truly represents the spirit of Ibiza better than any generic Ibiza Chillout compilation ever could. In fact, I haven't heard a mix that reminds me so much of the island since Jose Padilla's legendary Cafe Del Mar series.

CD1 is house but you'll find no funky/electro commercial nonsense here. If you have had the pleasure to hear Jon Sa Trinxa play at his famous namesake bar on Ses Salinas beach you'll have a good idea of what kind of house is on offer here. Down tempo, low slung grooves and cosmic disco similar to that which you'd hear on the Eskimo record label really sets the perfect mood for home listening and dreaming about Ibiza. Todd Terje's funky remix of Kaoru Inoue's 'Secret Field' is a standout track, as is Blackbelt Anderson's 'Sirup', a peculiar mix of live bongoes, an acid line and dreamy synths. Also worth a mention is the Reverso 68 remix of Wallis Bird's 'Counting to Sleep' which features a very sexy vocal.

CD2 is more downtempo still but this is no chillout mix either. Never sacrificing the funk, Deakin takes the mix up and down, weaving in and out of house and typical sunset balearic tunes. His track selection is spot on and it never gets boring or samey for a minute.

In short, Fred Deakin is a true eclectic DJ (check out his Triptych triple mix CD) but here he just sticks to great straight up Ibiza cool. The mixing is spot on and every tune is a gem. Perfect for that summer holiday.

Like this? Try: Tom Middleton - The Sound of the Cosmos

Aural ecstacy
Despite the proud (or guilty) owner of over 8000 CD's (yes I know I should convert to MP3 downloads one day), this album is simply stunning. It strikes many a unique chord, stimulating thoughts of the back room at Amnesia when it all began - this is a very special, a very different, but a very recommended CD. If you want something to break the house monotony, to drive to, to have in the background at a dinner party, or to simply float away with as the sun goes hazy by the villa pool - then buy this. After a few 'run-ins' to get rid of the cobwebs, the CD will just keep on giving!

Gentle forgettable grooves
I love the manic eclecticism of Fred Deakin's previous compilation offering "The Triptych" where he managed to cram everything from Fox to Bernard Cribbins, 90 songs, onto 3 CDs.

"Nu Balearica" is a less ambitious project- sticking to the relatively laidback balearic house/chillout sound, there's still a fairly open-minded selection of music but the sense of humour seems to have disappeared. This is a pretty earnest compilation. It's gentle, summer grooving, a little bit forgettable in parts and overall just quite 'nice'.

I'll be playing this album on some lazy summer afternoons but unfortunately I don't think it'll come off the shelf too often.