Calearic = Balearic with a California Twist

pacific.coliseum · May 22, 2025, 6:36pm

Honoured to be name-checked not only in this thread, but in same parentheses as Mood Hut).

I think because of the rainy, grey summers, as soon as Spring hits, people all become sun-worshippers. It’s also a very coastal type of atmosphere here, very breezy, not too humid! Our relationship with summer music feels like it shares those qualities.

The first tune that came to mind for me was this Carly Simon classic. I feel like I hear this one at every open-air party in Vancouver, and it just never gets old.

Also, the aforementioned Mood Hut crew have really dialled in the feeling of sunny weather here.

del · May 22, 2025, 7:14pm

Vancouver is so magical. The ferry to the Island with the view back to the mountains on the mainland.

pacific.coliseum · May 23, 2025, 12:05am

It’s such a special zone! I’m heading to Salt Spring Island next week and I can’t wait!

dreambeam · May 23, 2025, 1:17pm

Love to see Salt Spring mentioned - our family had a summer place for years on nearby Thetis Island. The Gulf really is a kind of paradise.

Hierbas · May 23, 2025, 3:14pm

I saw Sunshine Jones did Wonderment Festival on Vancouver Island a few years back. Looked really cool.

Mananas · May 25, 2025, 5:01am

This one! Sunset or sunrise?

The LP was on repeat during one of the best afterparties with Tom & Danny from Psychemagik - back in 2010.

howler · May 25, 2025, 12:17pm

Deeperwaters · May 25, 2025, 6:08pm

I have one of these I never play if you still want it ?

Not quite sure how i ended up with it !

pacific.coliseum · May 26, 2025, 5:28pm

I just realized that I’ll be playing with Wolfgang Matthes (aka Liquid Canoe) (A Day In The Life Wolfgang Matthes of Liquid Canoe) on Salt Spring this weekend, and it reminded me of this incredible tune, which is a nice example of “Pacific Northwest Balearic”:

mikebee · May 26, 2025, 6:22pm

hey thanks for the mention - Hugh Herrera is kinda ground zero for this, along with Sentrall, Tony Watson & Adult Contemporary, lots of folks who come from the underground disco scene / harv worshippers, a handful of folks who came from the old chillout & downtempo scene on the west coast (loose at best). When I was buying for Amoeba SF I had all the first wave nu-balearic stuff like c56/IIB etc, but there’s no scene really.

oh and Eddie Ruscha - Secret Circuit, Scotty Coats, Dirty Dave…

SeanieR · May 28, 2025, 4:30pm

So much truth written in this post…& so strange that for ages i have been thinking of putting a selection of so such tunes together which i actually did last weekend at long last…& now reading this post gor the first time, totally unaware you posted on the same subject!

Listen to Balearica Folky Mellowness 1969 - 1981 by Seanie R on #SoundCloud