True Balearic: Will Sumsuch remembers Alex Kentucky
One of the unsung heroes of underground music on the island of Ibiza and far beyond, DJ, producer and label owner Alex Kentucky tragically left us on August 18th 2025. Will Sumsuch remembers the Balearic DJ, producer, artist and friend to many.
Cosmic disco is alive & well on Manuel Costela’s remix of “Amalfi Drive”
A quality mid-tempo room-lifter on Rare Wiri finds Manolo's sophisto-cosmic-disco workout "Amalfi Drive" remixed by Manuel Costela.
Music For Dreams from downtempo power couple Kelvin Andrews & Balearic Mike
The third installment of "Down To The Sea and Back" collects a set of obscure tunes that are united only by their rarity and by whatever indescribable, indefinable quality qualifies them as "Balearic."
Sunshine Breakdown: JIM’s “Love Makes Magic: The Remixes”
Last summer's debut album from JIM, aka Jim Baron of Crazy P aka Ron Basejam was album of the year for many, a superb, accomplished mix of Balearic singer-song writing, acoustic ballads, soft-yacht and sub-disco.
Without You: Sparkling Athenian house from Lex on Delusions of Grandeur
More house excellentness on Delusions of Grandeur, this time featuring four cuts from Athenian DJ / producer Lex.
Sailing Away: Yacht Soul – The Cover Versions 2
The concept on Too Slow To Disco's Yacht Soul compilation is collecting soul and R&B cover versions that fit that nebulous, slick, smooth, West-coast soft rock "yacht" aesthetic.
Hold On: Citizens of Vice returns with Dutch duo Offshore & Coen
If "Deep Inside" was an imagined time and place it could be 3am, summer 1985, on some silk-draped, fern-adorned Ibizan terrace dance floor coming up on some expensive narcotics. A light, classy Balearic-infused floor filler.
“In The Garden of Mindfulness” is stately 70 bpm Balearica from Mudd
This two track EP from Claremont 56 and Mudd has a general breezy aesthetic somewhere between dub disco, soft rock and jazz fusion. Short version: right time, right place, this could work wonders on your dance floor.
Sundown: Eddie Chacon’s blissed out Balearic soul surprise of the year
One half of '90s R&B duo Charles & Eddie, Eddie Chacon's Sundown album is a superb affair, released earlier this year on Stones Throw.
The Girl With A Hole In Her Heart: Wonderful, windswept English Balearica from A Man Called...
An accomplished and varied collection of house, synth-pop and Balearic, thematically based around the country and city landscapes of Teeside UK where Sally Rogers grew up and spent lockdown.
Love Makes Magic is a classic-album-in-waiting from JIM
The first album from UK producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jim Baron (aka Ron Basejam, aka Crazy P co-founder) under his JIM persona sounds to this writer like a triumph.
Claremont Editions Vol 3: A warming winter Balearic treat from Claremont 56
The third edition of Claremont 56's compilation series gathers low-tempo high-temperature grooves via label rarities, unreleased versions and brand new music too.
Exclusive: Dive Into Bruno Belissimo’s ITALA Mixtape
Take a glorious tour from space disco to the great beyond with Bruno Belissimo on a new mixtape in support of his new LP Ghetto Falsetto.
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Twan mix / 5 Mag RISE vol 39
Cueing up a proper Chicago deep house mix from the city's own DJ and producer TWAN for this week's 5 Mag RISE set.
![Premiere: Richard Earnshaw & Sabrina Chyld - Better For Me (Original Mix) [Artworx]](https://5mag.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/richard-earnshaw-better-for-me-100x70.jpg "Premiere: Richard Earnshaw launches a new label with the irresistible “Better For Me” ft Sabrina Chyld")
