The Phil-Harmonic Podcast Episode 41 - Spotlight On Ibiza Part 2

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Ok, doing what I should've done first time around and giving this it's own thread.

As promised - it's back. Your suggestions in the Tracks For 2012 thread feeding into another 2 hour mix. Really hope this one does the first any kind of justice.

A few words from the blog....

"At the start of the year I never envisaged doing 5 Ibiza Specials. If anything, a disproportionate amount of time and effort has gone into these episodes this year, carried on by the euphoria of another trip to clubbing paradise and by a flurry of creative DJing ideas.

But such was the unanticipated buzz created by Spotlight On Ibiza earlier in the summer, my hand has been forced. For once, I'm back by popular demand. When the idea of doing a follow up was suggested to me, at least attempting to repeat the feat seemed like a fitting way to bring down the curtain on another hectic Ibiza season on behalf of my fellow Spotlighters. We are now in October and that curtain falls.

For those that don't remember Spotlight On Ibiza, the basic premise was to pull together the best track suggestions from a music thread on the Ibiza-Spotlight forum - the 'Tracks For 2012' thread. Since posting the original set, the suggestions have continued to roll in and I had plenty of excellent deep house and techno ideas to mold into a new set. And, given that I was pulling from this thread in August and September rather than May, the selections in this week's set are probably marginally more representative of people's holidays - even my own.

I knew starting out with this follow up that I had a real challenge on my hands. I said numerous times after doing Part 1 that this kind of slower house and techno - this traditional Ibizan music - had dragged me right out of my comfort zone. Moreover, by mixing the last one so well I'd set the bar uncomfortably and unnervingly high for myself.

But part of the battle with this fresh attempt was convincing myself that even if it were half as good, earning half the plaudits, it was absolutely worth doing. After all, this episode forms one half of the 2 most difficult DJing challenges I've ever set myself and is as much a marker of how far I've come as how far I've got to go. The road still stretches into the distance, but with a sunrise behind it.

Even with my limited knowledge of this music, there are a number of tunes that stand out in terms of the damage they've done on the White Isle this summer. They are HNQO's Point Of View on Hot Creations, a label generating a lot of hype and fronting big things at DC10 this season courtesy of Jamie Jones, Flashmob - Need In Me on Defected, which quite frankly has been inescapable this summer and, a tune that contains a lot of Ibiza memories from Pacha for me personally, Federico Scavo's I Do. ‘Tune Of The Episode' is the incredible By Your Side by Adriatique.

There's no doubt this effort isn't quite as well mixed as the last, but it's a reasonably solid set with a tracklist that subtly blends some highly contrasting styles of Ibiza music - some stripped down beats, some uplifting 80's synths and some dark, progressive moods. There are some very interesting percussive combinations along the way.

Undoubtedly, it's a set completely untouched by the noisy, big room sounds that are rampaging around clubs worldwide at the moment. Normally, I'm a big pusher of these big room sounds - in fact, as a trance DJ they're exactly what I'm about. But I'm hugely appreciative of this more soulful side now too. Firstly because it shows the world that club music has more than one face, more than one vision, more than one cultural soul. But, more importantly, because this music hasn't lost touch with where dance music began all those years ago. Not to mention, it's Ibiza's very essence as well."
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Only other thing to add was that in doing this tracklist, I really wanted to put PBR Streetgang - You Ready in there. But alas, only released on very limited vinyl. Such a tune, that.

Apologies if I've attributed these suggestions to the wrong person or, worse, missed anybody out.

THE PHIL-HARMONIC PODCAST EPISODE 41 - THE IBIZA SPECIALS PART 5
SPOTLIGHT ON IBIZA - THE SEASON CLOSER

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1. Finnebassen - Touching Me [Noir Music] (heros / leeds79 / StroyBerries)
2. Steve Bug - Those Grooves [Poker Flat Recordings] (ibizarre / nostrum)
3. Ben Pearce – What I Might Do [MTA Records] (Phil_Dicko)
4. Guy Gerber - One Day In May [Visionquest] (OllieNotts / kimajy)
5. Flashmob - Need In Me [Defected] (white_isle_calling / Electronic_Liberalism / 1878blues)
6. Hot Since 82 - Knee Deep In Louise [Moda Black] (Phil_Dicko)
7. Martin Roth - Beautiful Life [Anjunadeep] (robsta899 / leeds79)
8. Lee Curtiss - Body Twitch [Visionquest] (Smith,)
9. Adriatique - By Your Side [Diynamic Music] (ibizarre)
10. HNQO - Point Of View [Hot Creations] (ibizarre)
11. &ME - Matters [Saved Records] (Phil_Dicko)
12. DJ W!LD - Voyage [Rekids] (kimajy)
13. Monte - True [Jeudi Records] (craig72 / ibizarre / Jam Man)
14. Tom Budden - Patball Elite [Alive Recordings] (macdonsj)
15. Samu.l - Innocent [One Records] (ibizarre / ibzbeat)
16. Bushwacka! - West Side (Christian Smith & Wehbba Remix) [Tronic] (kimajy / 1878blues)
17. Federico Scavo - I Do (Original Club Mix) [Toolroom Records] (Phil_Dicko)
18. Alex Kenji & NDKj feat. Marga Sol - Not That Kind Of Girl (Mike Vale Remix) [Hotfingers] (Phil_Dicko)
19. Mario Ochoa - Mr. Boom [Avenue Recordings] (Phil_Dicko)
20. Jay Lumen - Chicago Milkshake [Big Love Music] (Phil_Dicko)
21. ENCORE: Todd Terje - Inspector Norse [Smalltown Supersound] (Tom_Buck / kimajy / ibizarre)

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http://www.mixcloud.com/Phil_Dickin...odcast-episode-041-spotlight-on-ibiza-part-2/

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Thanks everyone!
 
Doddy said:
gave it a listen lastnight ..... top bombing again mate, well done 8)
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Cheers, Doddy. Glad you like.

Most pleasing thing about this one is that it is quite different from the first. A decent contrast, I think. And probably has more tunes that 'made' people's holidays. True, Need In Me, Point Of View, What I Might Do, West Side etc.
 
Tracklist looks great but gutted you didn't find space for julio basmore :(
Will no doubt have this playing alongside part one in the car all winter while I day dream tio sunnier climates and a world away from this mundane life on the way to/from work :evil::D8)
 
OllieNotts said:
Tracklist looks great but gutted you didn't find space for julio basmore :(
Will no doubt have this playing alongside part one in the car all winter while I day dream tio sunnier climates and a world away from this mundane life on the way to/from work :evil::D8)
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That is always the problem with these tracklists i suppose. The sum is always more important than the individual parts so there's always something big that misses out. For me the big ommission was You Ready by PBR Streetgang - for once that was just because i couldn't get a copy.

Anyway - as you say , mate - hopefully this provides a nice little soundtrack to the season just gone and kills some of those Ibiza winter pinnings.
 
OllieNotts said:
Well after two such sterling efforts it is only fair you do a yearly one now :p:lol:8)
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Well Ibiza 2013 is by no means certain for me next year but, one way or the other, I think I'll do at least a couple of Ibiza Specials. This and Poolside Progressive provide a nice contrast to what I normally do. The podcast needs it more than anything.

And in theory I should get better at it. Here's hoping. Thanks for the support as always, Ollie.
 
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