[Defected (UK), Illegal Beats (UK), Stereo (Spain)]
Nominees "Best Remix 2006" Deejay Mag Awards for:
Fish Go Deep..s "The Cure & The Cause" (Balearic Soul Remix)
Friends since childhood, Ramon Lopez and Gonzalo Luis (a.k.a. Balearic Soul) have consistently grown together, both personally and musically, each one complementing the other. This at first may seem trivial, but is truely essential to understanding their synergy as much in the dj booth as in the studio.
Working professionally as djs in Spain since 1995 (the year Gonzalo won the D.M.C. Spanish National DJ Championship), they have developed their sessions, and sound as year-round residents in the best clubs on the Costa Blanca and Valencia: Pacha, Penelope, Desafinado, Byblos, Vissazzi, Apache and Space amongst others. They have been invited to play across Europe, Australia and the Middle East in clubs such as Trilogy (Dubai), Fruit (Russia), Platinium (Poland), Matrix (Ukraine), Holland… or festivals like Agucadoura Beach Party (Portugal) and Magnetic Island (Australia).
In summer, Balearic Soul move to the white island...Ibiza.! Having played in some of its best venues: Pacha Main Room & Funky Room, Privilege, Amnesia and Space Ibiza..s Terrace.
Balearic Soul..s style is basically house; from soulful, funk, disco and latin, to tribal, deep and electronic. Their technical, energetic sets ooze musical quality and are typically laced with their own reworkings, edits, and live bootlegs. This incorporation of their studio work into club sets keeps their sound fresh and original, while their mutual understanding creates a rarely seen symbiosis and dynamism in their creative, back-to-back sessions. Add this to their heavy focus on building a relationship with the crowd, and a picture of a Balearic Soul session begins to come to life.
As producers, the music they make represents a fusion of original funk, latin, jazz and disco; always geared to obtain maximum effectiveness on the dance floor - without losing its essential roots and musicality. Well known djs on the international scene are supporting the Balearic Soul sound: Sandy Rivera, Dj Chus, David Penn, Andy Ward (Soul Central), Grant Nelson, Roger Sanchez, Martin Solveig, Pete Tong, Jamie Lewis, Brian Tappert, Louie Vega, Simon Dunmore, Copyright, Hardsoul, Carl Cox, Kid Crème, Matt Caselli and Sarah Main amongst others.
The massive support has come, in greater part, thanks to their much hyped remix of Moloko’s ‘Forever More’. After being one of the most listened to tracks at the WMC 2006, the Balearic Soul remix was finally signed up to the prestigous English label Defected to be included in two of its most important compilations, Eivissa In The House & Soul Heaven.
Their continued working relationship with Defected is indicative of the exciting period Balearic Soul are going through. The label again enlisted their services for the remix of one of its star tracks - Fish Go Deep’s ‘The Cure & The Cause’, Balearic Soul..s mixes were also released in U.S.A by the legendary label Strictly Rhythm and included in the last Jamie Lewis compilation for Defected.
But the success of Balearic Soul’s productions outside Spain has also been due to their previous work for the London based label Jalapeno - Illegal Beats. Their two mixes for this label, ‘Pass the Funk’ and ‘One Of These Days’, were both tune of the week on the British BBC/Radio1 and were charted in both Dj Mag..s ‘Hype Chart top 20’ and DMC..s ‘Cool Cuts’ - Their ‘One Of These Days’ remix was played by Pete Tong on his Essential Selection Radio Show weeks before the official release date. ‘Pass The Funk’, released in May 2005, was included in both the ‘Privilege Ibiza Summer 05’ and ‘Ministry Of Sound Big Tunes’ compilations. The track also reached number 1 in WDM..s Top 20, Spain’s most listened-to dance radio show. In 2005, in their native Spain, Balearic Soul joined the team at Stereo Productions releasing their own vocal remix of Dj Chus’s classic ‘That Feeling’. The remix again reached 1 in WDM..s Top 20 and garnered them nominations from the Spanish Deejay Mag in the categories of ‘Best Remix’ and ‘Breakthrough Producer’. Stereo Productions has since released Balearic Soul’s own project ‘Da Revolution’ which was included in the ‘Privilege Ibiza Summer 05’ and ‘Balearica’ compilations.
They were once again nominated in the prestigous ‘Best Remix’ category of the Deejay Mag Awards for their outstanding remix of Fish Go Deep’s ‘The Cure & The Cause’, which also reached 1 in WDM..s Spanish Top 20.
gos desde la niñez, Ramón López y Gonzalo Luís a.k.a. Balearic Soul, han crecido tanto personal como musicalmente de forma paralela y complementaria. Éste dato que en principio puede parecer trivial, es en realidad esencial para entender el funcionamiento tanto en cabina como en el estudio del binomio Balearic Soul.
Como djs, desde el 95, (año en que Gonzalo ganó el campeonato nacional de djs D.M.C.), han desarrollado sus sesiones como residentes en los mejores clubes de la Costa Blanca y Valencia: Pachá, Penélope, Desafinado, Z Klub, Vissazzi, Apache o Space entre otros. Actualmente en Byblos (Alc) y Mandala (Alc). Fuera de nuestras fronteras han actuado en festivales en lugares tan dispares como Portugal o Australia, y en clubs de Holanda, Rusia, Polonia, Ucrania, o el prestigioso Trilogy en Dubai.
En verano Balearic Soul se trasladan a la isla blanca, habiendo actuado en las mejores cabinas ibicencas: Pachá (Main Room y Funky Room), Privilege, Amnesia, Bora-Bora, y la terraza de Space Ibiza.
Sus sets “back to back”, son un reflejo de la compenetración entre ambos, lo que les permite desarrollar sesiones más creativas y dinámicas. El estilo que practican en ellas es básicamente House, desde el soulful, funk, disco y latin, hasta el tribal, toques deep y electrónicos. Calidad musical, depurada técnica, elegancia, conexión con el público y mucho "feeling" son algunas de las características que podrían definir sus sesiones, en las que no faltan sus propios re-edits, bootlegs y tools. Esta incorporación del trabajo de estudio da un toque inconfundible a sus sets.
En cuanto a sus producciones, en ellas encontramos una fusión de sonidos funk, latin, jazz y disco, enfocados a conseguir la máxima efectividad en la pista de baile, sin descuidar la esencia de sus raíces.
Reconocidos djs del panorama internacional están apoyando el sonido de Balearic Soul: Sandy Rivera, Chus, David Penn, Andy Ward (Soul Central), Grant Nelson, Roger Sánchez, Martin Solveig, Pete Tong, Jamie Lewis, Brian Tappert, Louie Vega, Simon Dunmore, Copyright, Hardsoul, Kid Crème, Sebastián Gamboa, Matt Caselli o Sarah Main entre otros.
Éste apoyo masivo de djs internacionales ha venido en gran parte gracias a su remezcla de “Moloko – Forever More (Balearic Soul Mix)”, que tras ser uno de los temas más escuchados en la conferencia de Miami WMC2006, fué finalmente firmado por el prestigioso sello inglés Defected para hacer su release oficial. El buen momento de forma de Balearic Soul se refleja en la continuidad con el sello Defected, que conto con sus servicios para remezclar uno de los temas estrella del sello: “Fish Go Deep - The Cure & The Cause (Balearic Soul Mix)” que tambien ha sido editado en Estados Unidos por el legendario sello Strictly Rythm, remezcla por la que fueron nominados por la revista Deejay como “Mejor Remix del año”.
Pero la confirmación del éxito de las producciones de Balearic Soul fuera de España, también ha sido gracias a sus anteriores trabajos para el sello inglés Illegal Beats. Sus dos remezclas para éste sello: "Pass The Funk" y "One Of These Days", llegaron a ser tema de la semana en la BBC/Radio1 inglesa, y ambos charteados entre los 20 primeros en la Dj Mag..s Hype Chart.
En lo que se refiere al panorama nacional, Balearic Soul se unió en el 2005 al equipo de Stereo Productions con el que editaron su trabajo "Balearic Soul - Da Revolution", y su remezcla vocal para el 2005 del legendario "That Feeling" de Dj Chus, que también ha alcanzó el nº 1 en el WDM de Luís López. Gracias a esta remezcla, fueron nominados a los awards de la revista Deejay Magazine como mejor remix del año y mejor artista revelación ..05. |
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