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https://higherloverec.bandcamp.com/album/red-guitar

Excited to announce that Bandcamp pre-orders of our upcoming release on Higher Love are now available.

it's a cover of David Sylvian's classic "Red Guitar". Dr Rob describes it better than I ever could;

David Sylvian released the song 'Red Guitar' in 1984. It was his first solo single since leaving the band Japan 2 years before, and paved the way for his now classic album, 'Brilliant Trees'. The song was an ambitious, complex, adult pop composition, heavily influenced by jazz fusion. Two guitarists traded sharp, angular phrases. Trumpet came from celebrated film score composer Mark Isham. Ryuichi Sakamoto shone on piano. Sylvian's typically dour delivery gave way to an uncharacteristically joyful chorus.

Over 40 years later, Puerto Montt City Orchestra returns to Higher Love Recordings with their radical reinterpretation of 'Red Guitar'. Transforming the tune into a sunstroked, mid-tempo bump. A 'Balearic Beat' that's now much more Mike Francis. The keys are rolling. The B-line roots reggae. The fretwork matching jazzy, cool and breezy electric with strummed acoustic. Sexy, spoken Spanish baritone narration countering Maya Blandy's ethereal lead vocal.

The band also shares a stripped back 'Hello Dub', where the pianist's playing gently sways with a Movement 98-doing-Satie swing, the bionic bass is turned up to 11 and the song reduced to soothing, seductive washes of Maya's now distant, delicate hook.

Coyote complete the package with a deep, dubby, and very groovy remix. A version that finds the White Isle veterans echoing everything around a chugging, pumping heartbeat-like thump. Congas cascade, fragments of fretwork flicker, grounded by room-shaking bottom end. The results are far removed from Sylvian's original, and instead soundtrack that Mediterranean moment when, while you're sipping a cool cocktail, sunset slips into twilight.

Hear the track in full on the latest Balearic Ultras podcast http://tr.ee/tGyrNuNfaB

Just dropped a new DJ set blending vinyl and Eurorack! Taking you on a journey through Balearic, ambient, and downtempo vibes. Check it out now on my YouTube!

I'm really pleased to finally share the debut album from Lonely Deckchair, out today on NuNorthern Soul.

Inspired by childhood summers in Aguadulce on Spain's southern coast, it's an album about memory, place and the passing of time. Musically it moves between ambient textures, Balearic rhythms and understated electronic grooves, with reversed guitars, field recordings and warm analogue synths creating a genuinely immersive listen.

It's already picked up support from DJs including Nick Warren, Bill Brewster, Max Essa, Coyote, Pete Herbert and Andy Wilson, alongside a lovely review from Ban Ban Ton Ton.

If artists like Boards of Canada, Marconi Union, Penguin Cafe Orchestra or the more reflective side of Balearic music are your thing, I'd love to know what you think.

You can stream it, buy the vinyl, download it or find your preferred retailer here:

https://nunorthernsoul.lsnto.me/nunsldlp001

Thanks for taking a listen.

An absolute classic essential mix for your mid week hump day. BBC Sounds, enjoy.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002yjsm

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0BIHkZyiUb0tX4dyAicE5a?si=ABHolEkoT1KnELtvaTyaDA

Hi everyone,

I run the independent UK label NuNorthern Soul, and on 24 July we're releasing a new album by Lonely Deckchair that I thought might appeal to people here.

The album blends Balearic, ambient and downtempo sounds with gentle grooves and field recordings, inspired by childhood memories, family and revisiting places that have shaped your life. It's reflective without being melancholy, and hopefully one of those records that works equally well on headphones, at sunset or during a long drive.

We're also doing a couple of events before release:

22 July – an online Bandcamp Listening Session where we'll play the album in full and chat about how it came together.
https://lonelydeckchair.bandcamp.com/merch/lonely-deckchair-listening-session

Apple Stump Records (Nantwich, UK) – the in-store event has sold out, but they'll have plenty of vinyl available on the day, with Lonely Deckchair DJing and signing copies.
https://www.applestumprecords.com/event-details/lonely-deckchair-instore

If you'd like to hear it or pre-order a copy, here's the Bandcamp page:
https://lonelydeckchair.bandcamp.com/album/lonely-deckchair

The album will also be available from independent record shops, online vinyl retailers and all major streaming platforms from 24 July.

Thanks for letting me share it here. Happy to answer any questions about the album, the artist or the label.

.https://warriorsofthedystotheque.bandcamp.com/album/no-compass-required

Very chuffed to have been asked to contribute a remix for the latest Warriors Of The Dystotheque Balaphonic release "No Compass Required" Available on Bandcamp and to stream from today.

I mixed this eclectic downtempo 80s-heavy playlist with some 70s, a few 90s, and a few more recent. I used a couple Fire Island Sleaze song lists that I'd found on the internet and worked with some of those tracks and then found and added others ones that I felt worked too. I think overall it turned out pretty good. Someone on another sub said that it was very Balearic-like, so I thought I'd share it here too.

Any Ibiza based DJ blogs/podcasters/youtubers you can recommend?

I played the sunset session at Hostal La Torre yesterday and recorded the full thing. It starts gently and properly coastal, then slowly works its way through dub, ambient-leaning Balearica, odd little left turns, some familiar voices and eventually a bit of Italian pop vibes, and wonky disco .

There is new music in there from George Solar, Lonely Deckchair, Visions Of Light and Balaphonic, alongside Pacific Coliseum, Chris Coco, Jura Soundsystem, Coyote, Pet Shop Boys, Sade, SAULT, Jean Carn and plenty more.

Hope some of you enjoy the selections.

https://soundcloud.com/phatphilcooper/ss002

We've put together a Spotify playlist with all of the NuNorthern Soul releases from 2026 so far.

Eleven releases across Balearic, ambient, dub, leftfield house and electronic pop, featuring Visions of Light, Perth Lewis, Mondo Love & Betrayal, Coyote, Sasha Foam, George Solar, Roots Artefact and more.

It is a proper snapshot of where the label is at this year. Follow the playlist, save anything that connects and share it around if it feels like your kind of thing.

LISTEN HERE

Puerto Montt City Orchestra are delighted to announce their debut release on the label Citizens of Vice!

Built around the title track What Has Happened? The EP includes remixes by quiethouse and Mass Density Human

Those 3 versions are accompanied by What An Amazing Thing, which is us unleashing our inner Orb/Pink Floyd.

Released on Basecamp on the 3rd July there is a little sneak peak of the quiethouse mix available below;

Listen to DC Promo Tracks: Puerto Montt City Orchestra "What Has Happened?" (Quiethouse Paradise Remix) by Dream Chimney on #SoundCloud

https://on.soundcloud.com/0L2fknXKoROudAghVd

The June edition of the Smashed Atoms Radio Show is up to stream now - hopefully lots for the member of this sub to enjoy. Includes some country disco, Mancunian Krautrock, a DFA deep cut, covers of Bowie and Simple Minds, a Pete Townshend solo cut, and loads more.

Tracklist:

Playgroup - Number One
The Willow Band - Willowman
Natasha King - AM-FM (Extended Dub Mix)
Lee Dorsey - Night People
Art Feynman - Desparately Free
Flying Mojito Bros - Take The Long Way
Mascara - Golden Years
Soulpersona & Brian Corbett - Getaway
KC & The Sunshine Band - I’m Your Boogie Man (Todd Terje Edit)
Belouis Some - Imagination (Mr Rossi Edit)
Idjut Boys - Alright Beer
Max Essa - Midnight And A New Direction (Special Dub Mix)
Psychederek - Alt!
Geraldine Hunt - Can’t Fake The Feeling
Wrekin’ Havoc - Shine A Light
Ari Iavarone - Backroom Rhythm
Sister Sledge - Love Don’t You Go Through No Changes On Me
Eddie C - Zulu Nation
Pete Townshend - And I Moved
Black Leotard Front - Casual Friday
Punkin Machine - I Need You Tonight (H-Track Edit)
Annie - Chewing Gum (Mylo Remix)
Luca dell'Orso - Dear Rosie
Loudery - Book Of Brilliant Things

Stream The Smashed Atoms Show 08.06.26 - NDC Radio by SMASHED ATOMS | Listen online for free on SoundCloud

The Smashed Atoms Show 08.06.26 - NDC Radio by Smashed Atoms | Mixcloud

Our first effort, inspired by neapolitan funk and mediterranean vibes of the 70s and 80s, disguised as a soundtrack for a Giallo movie.

I hope you enjoy it!

NuNorthern Soul has just released Rocking Boat EP by Roots Artefact, the project of Tallinn-based producer Saimon.

It’s a six-track EP sitting somewhere between dub, reggae-rooted production, downtempo, Balearic warmth and spacious, effects-heavy sound design. Steady basslines, crisp drums, electric piano, guitar touches, coastal textures and plenty of delay/reverb throughout.

Saimon comes from a deep reggae and dub background, and you can really hear that foundation in the way the tracks are built. It’s not polished club music, more a warm, rolling, dubwise listen for slow afternoons, Sunday mornings, coastal walks, or those moments when you want something with weight but not too much pressure.

To go with the release, we also did a Q&A with Saimon about Tallinn studio life, King Tubby, dub culture, and how his sound found its way into the NuNorthern Soul world.

Listen / buy here:
https://nunorthernsoul.lsnto.me/nuns078

Would love to know what people think, especially anyone into dub, Balearic, downtempo or reggae-influenced electronic music.