The prolific DJ and producer has just dropped his third studio album, The Interior Journey on celebrated British dance music imprint Renaissance. Having previously released on many other leading ...

Above: the view from Cafe del Mar at sunset by Mark Barrott. With his new solo album Sketches From an Island adhering to the ideals of Balearic, we put in a call to Spain and asked International ...

When the country's best club Electric Chair closed in January this year, there was much rumour and debate about what the founders, The Unabombers, would do next. Few could have anticipated that after ...

The first face that welcomes me to the island of Ibiza is that of Dutch mega DJ Armin van Buuren, his teeth as white as the midday sun. As my eyes adjust to the intense light on this strip of land, ...

Ever since his 1993 debut at Ibiza's Cafe Del Mar, Phil Mison has been one of the key forces behind Balearic music, and one of the main reasons it's enjoying such a resurgence at the moment. A true ...

"I had grown up on a lot of Balearic-inspired dance music and I noticed that my early influences were coming through in my latest tracks. When it dawned on me that a lot of what I was writing was ...

In 1983, Chris Rea released an album called Water Sign. The record was, in effect, little more than a demo, but its drum-machine rhythms and songs infused with the music he'd heard on his endless ...

Note: NPR's First Listen audio comes down after the album is released. However, you can still listen with the Spotify playlist at the bottom of the page. To place British expat producer Mark Barrott's ...

Infinite joy There’s plenty of Balearic music around, but Jane in Palma’s sublime and rather trippy productions are the ...

Ibiza season is looming. The White Isle remains the destination of choice for many a hedonist or electronic music enthusiast, but the island's magic and beauty lies in much more than that, having been ...

SUMMER is well and truly here and while holidays to Ibiza might still not be on the cards for a while yet, Greek artist Argy brings some Balearic light for us with a fantastic playlist as we wait just ...