Mark Barrott & Pete Gooding curate fifth La Torre Ibiza compilation

Out June 27th, the LP includes music by µ-Ziq, Auntie Flo and Nina Simone.

To mark a decade as one of Ibiza’s most iconic musical sanctuaries, Hostal La Torre announces La Torre Ibiza Volumen Cinco, a new compilation curated by long-standing residents Pete Gooding and Mark Barrott.

Since opening in 2015, La Torre has established itself as a bastion of Balearic culture-set high on the cliffs overlooking the sea, where music flows with the sun rather than the clock. The fifth volume in the celebrated La Torre series is a journey through Brazilian soul, ambient electronica, classic deep house, orchestral minimalism, and dusk-lit Detroit techno-an emotional arc designed to mirror the progression of an evening at the venue.

From timeless icons like Nina Simone, Mazzy Star, Talk Talk (with their Spirit of Eden closer Wealth), and Boards of Canada, to boundary-pushers like Auntie Flo, Eden Burns, and µ-Ziq (aka Mike Paradinas), Volumen Cinco weaves together deep-rooted classics and leftfield discoveries. Mark Barrott contributes a brand-new exclusive, When Devils Become Gods, while the compilation closes on a rare gem from Yellow Magic Orchestra’s Yukihiro Takahashi. Also includedis Software‘s Present Voice, a quietly powerful tribute to the late José Padilla, the spiritual architect of Ibiza’s sunset sound.

Volumen Cinco is more than just a listening experience-it’s a tribute to La Torre’s ethos: open-hearted, genre-fluid, rooted in place and time. Each track is carefully sequenced to evoke a feeling, a shift in light, or a shared memory beneath the fading sun.

Over the years, La Torre has welcomed some of the most influential names in Balearic and electronic music, from José Padilla, Alfredo, and Jon Sa Trinxa to DJ Harvey, David Holmes, Lovefingers, Heidi Lawden, Wolf Müller, Don Carlos, and Phil Mison. With each summer season and each release, the venue continues to build a musical legacy that has earned critical acclaim from Resident Advisor, Phonica Records, Juno, and Piccadilly Records, regularly featuring in their year-end lists.

As Test Pressing once wrote, “La Torre is not a party, it’s a place of pilgrimage. It feels almost sacred.” That spirit resonates deeply in this anniversary compilation-a celebration of music, community, and connection that spans a decade.

La Torre Ibiza Volumen Cinco is dedicated to the artists, friends, collaborators, and guests who’ve shaped its story so far-and to everyone who continues to gather, listen, and lose track of time as the sun slips beneath the horizon.

Tracklist

A1. Burns & Tubbs – Where Were U In 92?
A2. µ-Ziq – 4am
A3. Arthur Verocai – Caboclo
A4. Auntie Flo – Green City
B1. Software – Present Voice
B2. Point Zero – Coastal
B3. Nina Simone – Come Ye
B4. N.Y. House’n Authority – APT. 3B
C1. Mark Barrott – When Devils Become Gods
C2. Eric Serra – Protect Life
C3. Mazzy Star – Fade Into You
D1. Boards of Canada – Open The Light
D2. Aqua Bassino – When The Bird Flies
D3. Talk Talk – Wealth
D4. Yukihiro Takahashi – Present

Hostel La Torre Recordings will release La Torre Ibiza Volumen Cinco on June 27, 2025

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Mr Norris Changes Brains, a globetrotting psychedelic journey in 42 tracks!

Richard Norris, of The Grid and Beyond the Wizard’s Sleeve, has announced details of a new, 42-track compilation, Mr Norris Changes Brains, which blends groove-heavy psychedelia with global oddities.

Tracks include Boston-based Banchee’s Evolmia, Turkish psych-funk from Köy Kardeşler, a Hammond-driven stomper from Rare Bird, and Iron Butterfly’s Iron Butterfly Theme.

“A lot of these tracks are fairly recent discoveries, things that I’ve discovered from around the time I started working with Erol [Alkan] and going right up to today,” Norris explains. “Whether that’s from going out to play and finding new records in places like Istanbul or just connecting with people online from all around the world.

“Psych can sometimes be a sort of narrow-minded field, with everything having to sit in its specific niche, but more and more people are open to new sounds and that’s allowed for a much broader selection.”

As a press release put it, the compilation will showcase ‘mind-expanding sounds that have emerged everywhere from the valleys of Wales to sweaty Parisian basements, from underground Turkish clubs to Italian film scores and beyond’.

Tracklist

Chapter 1

A1. Banchee – Evolmia
A2. The Dirty Filthy Mud – Forest Of Black
A3. Wool – Love, Love, Love, Love, Love
A4. Spencer Mac – Ka-Ka Baya Mow-Mow (Sing A Little Love Song)
B1. Trifle – One Way Glass
B2. Brainticket – Black Sand
B3. Emma De Angelis – Trip
B4. Blonde On Blonde – Castles In The Sky
C1. The Braen’s Machine – Fall Out
C2. Eddie Warner & Roger Roger – Shut Up
C3. Köy Karde?ler – Shürük
C4. The Children – Beautiful
D1. Moebius & Beerbohm – Doppelschnitt (Richard Norris Edit)
D2. Demon Fuzz – Past, Present & Future

Chapter 2

A1. Iron Butterfly – Iron Butterfly Theme
A2. Rare Bird – Devil’s High Concern
A3. Paul St. John – Flying Saucers Have Landed
A4. Chris Hodge – We’re On Our Way (2010 Remaster)
B1. Juantrip – Shadows
B2. 62 Miles From Space – Time Shifts
B3. White Trash – Road To Nowhere
C1. Blue Phantom – Diodo
C2. The Mannheim Rock Ensemble – Hungarian Dances
C3. Limousine – Barriers
D1. Ugo Busoni – Rullio
D2. Bernard Estardy – Cha Tatch Ka
D3. Kate – Shout It
D4. Dyna-Might – Need You
D5. La Metamorfosi – Scusa, Eh!

Chapter 3

A1. André Brasseur – Saturnus
A2. Contessa Vittoria – Can We Stay Together
A3. Klaus Weiss – Time Signals
A4. Brainstorm – You Are Whats Gonna Make It Last
B1. Paladin – The Fakir
B2. A To Austr – Thumbquake & Earthscrew
B3. DAVE – In My Mind
C1. Relatively Clean Rivers – Journey Through The Valley Of O
C2. The Advancement – Stone Folk
C3. The Pretty Things – The Sun
C4. Poll – Psachno Na Vro To Filo Mou
D1. Higamos Hogamos – Moto Neurono
D2. The Invisible Girls – Huddersfield Wastes

Mr Norris Changes Brains will be released on 3x2LP, 3CD, and digital formats on 23 May, through Eskimo Recordings. The artwork for the album is designed by Benoit Vangeel.

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João Donato’s 1973 Brazilian classic “Quem é Quem” pressed on coloured vinyl

When João released “Quem é Quem” in 1973, he had already been in the music industry for over 20 years, gaining national and international recognition. Nevertheless, the album marked the beginning of a new phase in his career: the surprising multi-instrumentalist included lyrics in his songs for the first time. It is one of his most important albums, which now returns to shelves pressed on 180gr matte green coloured vinyl.

Tracklist

A1. Chorou, Chorou
A2. Terremoto
A3. Amazonas (Keep Talking)
A4. Fim De Sonho
A5. A Rã
A6. Ahiê
B1. Cala Boca Menino
B2. Nãna Das Águas
B3. Me Deixa
B4. Até Quem Sabe?
B5. Mentiras
B6. Cadê Jodel?

releases May 2, 2025

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Norwegian electronic pioneer Lindstrøm returns with Sirius Syntoms

Lindstrøm is back. The Norwegian producer’s last album was 2023’s Everyone Else Is A Stranger, and today he’s announcing its follow-up, Sirius Syntoms. The lead single “Cirkl” is sort of out now.

About the track, he said: The title of the single, “Cirkl,” feels like the perfect fit for this moment. It symbolizes the sense of coming full circle for me as I relaunch Feedelity, the label I established in 2003, where I released all my early Lindstrøm material. The track taps into the same energy I explored with those early releases, while also pushing into new sounds and ideas. It’s minimal in structure, with a warm and uplifting energy.

Tracklist

A1 – Cirkl (5:11)
A2 – Thousand Island Man (4:33)
A3 – Moo)n (4:52)
A4 – Sharing an Orange (With Omar S on the Train From Minehead to London) (2:51)
B1 – These Are a Few of My Favorite Strings (7:10)
B2 – Solveggen! Nå! (5:10)
B3 – Sirius Syntoms (5:21)

Feedelity will release Sirius Syntoms on May 23, 2025

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Japanese Jazz “keep swingin'” Three Blind Mice

Tokyo’s infamous jazz label Three Blind Mice set up by producer Takeshi Fuji in 1970, also known as the Japanese Blue Note. It has held an eminent position in modern music history for both its superior audiophile productions and the important role it has played on emerging japanese jazz.

Three Blind Mice “Premium Re-issue Collection”
Remastered and Cutting (LP) by “The master of sounds” Mixers’s Lab (Warner Music Mastering).

Visit our B2B webshop: Three Blind Mice

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Belgian club Boccaccio’s trailblazing ’80s and ’90s programming highlighted on new compilation

The 38-track Boccaccio Life – 1987-1993 features Kevin Saunderson, Frankie Knuckles, Larry Heard and more.

A new compilation album is celebrating the prime of pioneering Belgian club Boccaccio, which hosted a slew of key dance music innovators in the late ’80s and early ’90s.

Due out April 25th on Music Man Records, Boccaccio Life – 1987-1993 compiles 38 tracks played at the Destelbergen club during the titular period. The compilation will be available in three formats: as a 10×12″ vinyl boxset, a four-CD collection, and a digital album.

Curated by former Boccaccio resident Olivier Pieters and club regular Stefaan Vandenberghe, the compilation features the likes of Frankie Knuckles, Larry Heard (as Mr. Fingers), A Guy Called Gerald, The Orb, Blake Baxter, LFO and Kevin Saunderson (under his recently-revived e-Dancer alias).

Although Boccaccio is closely tied to the New Beat movement, the venue—which closed in 1993—regularly platformed house, techno and acid trailblazers through its Sunday programming. In addition to bigger hits, the new compilation includes key tracks from the venue’s history, including Roger Sanchez‘s releases under his Egotrip moniker and “Circus Bells” by basement house luminary and Dance Mania affiliate Robert Armani.

Tracklist

Vinyl 1
A1. Blake Baxter – Sexuality
A2. Suburban Knight – The Worlds
B1. E-Dancer – Feel The Mood (N.Y. Groove Mix)
B2. Yvette – Pump Me (Mayday Mix)

Vinyl 2
A1. QX-1 – I Won’t Hurt You (I Swear)
A2. Fred Brown – Roman Days
B1. Mr. Fingers – I’m Strong (Instrumental)
B2. Laurent X – Machines (Apocalypse Mix)

Vinyl 3
A1. Revelation – First Power (Original Mix)
A2. Egotrip – Dreamworld (World Of Dreams Mix)
B1. 33 1/3 Queen – Searchin’
B2. Bobby Konders – Let There Be House

Vinyl 4
A1. Steve Poindexter – Computer Madness
A2. Age Of Chance – Time’s Up (Timeless)
B1. LFO – LFO (Leeds Warehouse Mix)
B2. Alice D In Wonderland – Time Problem (Techno Speed Work)

Vinyl 5
A1. Joeski – My English Lover (Acid Mix)
A2. Pleasure Zone – Fantasy
B1. Mellow Man Ace – Rhyme Fighter (House Dub)
B2. The Gherkin Jerks – Strange Creatures

Vinyl 6
A1. The D.O.C. – Portrait Of A Masterpiece (CJ’s Ed-Did-It-Mix)
A2. Robert Armani – Circus Bells (Full Length Original Mix)
B1. Todd Terry presents CLS – Can You Feel It (In House Dub)
B2. Virgo – Free Yourself

Vinyl 7
A1. Tronikhouse – The Savage & Beyond (Savage Reese Mix)
A2. The Orb – A Huge Evergrowing Pulsating Brain That Rules From The Centre Of The Ultraworld (Orbital Dance Mix)
B1. Mental Mayhem – Where Are They Hiding
B2. Edwards & Armani – Acid Drill

Vinyl 8
A1. NJOI – Jupiter Re-Dawn
A2. Basex – U-R-SELF-GO (All Night Mix)
B1. A Homeboy, A Hippie & A Funki Dredd – Total Confusion (Heavenly Mix)
B2. 2 Men From Jersey – Track Werk (After Dark Mix)

Vinyl 9
A1. Human Resource – Dominator (Frank De Wulf Remix)
A2. Frankie Knuckles – Your Love
B1. Simon Sed – Criminal
B2. Tyree – Hardcore Hip House (Joe Smooths Too Deep Mix)

Vinyl 10
A1. Frankie Bones – Call It Techno (House Mix)
A2. Frank De Wulf – The Tape (Remix)
B1. A Guy Called Gerald – Automanikk (Derrick May The Force Be With You Mix)
B2. Sheer Taft – Cascades (Hypnotone Mix)

Music Man Records will release Boccaccio Life – 1987-1993 on April 25th.

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