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Balearic beat, also known as Balearic house, Balearic, Ibiza house or Ibizan chillout, is an eclectic blend of DJ-led dance music that emerged in the mid-1980s. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It later became the name of a more specific style [ 3 ] of electronic dance / house music that was popular into the mid-1990s.
British DJs like Paul Oakenfold made the vacationing island of Ibiza a capital of house music, leading to the creation of Balearic beat. Francesc Guerau and Antoni Literes are among the best known classical composers of the islands.
Musicians from the Balearic Islands (1 C, 17 P) Pages in category "Music of the Balearic Islands" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
Maria Hein Puig was born on 2 October 2003 in Felanitx, Balearic Islands, Spain, to a German father and Spanish mother. [1] She began playing piano at the age of four. [2] She continued her training as a pianist at the Liceu and later at the Taller de Músics in Barcelona.
Simplicity is an album by electronic music producer Steven Miller aka Afterlife, released in 1999. It is more commonly known under the title of its 2000 two-disc reissue Simplicity Two Thousand, which added remixes and bonus tracks.
The original scene is characterized as house music fused with disco elements (sometimes incorrectly referred to as disco house), [3] [4] and disco-influenced balearic music, also known as balearic beat revival [5] or balearica. [6] Nu-disco is often confused with the other disco-influenced house music genres, such as French house or disco house.
Balearic trance keeps the same "Balearic" timbre as Balearic beat, while Balearic trance is characterized by a higher tempo of around 125 bpm to 145 bpm, typically around 130 bpm. Being based in Spain, it is often derived from Latin music. It has a primary focus on atmosphere, making it similar in many regards to dream trance.
Balearic beat was named for its popularity among European nightclub and beach rave patrons on the Balearic island of Ibiza, a popular tourist destination. Some dance music compilations referred to it as "the sound of Ibiza", even though many other, more aggressive and upbeat forms of dance music could be heard on the island. Ballroom