Balearic Sunday August 2026

• Courtney Bailey (Second Circle / Music from Memory)
• Hilde Pank (Mitropa Collective)
• Philipp Demankowski (Balearic Sunday | Uncanny Valley)

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Like a wet towel on the back of your neck in the sweltering summer heat, this year’s (almost) final Balearic Sunday is here to straighten out the world’s warped perspective just a little bit. With the right vibes and tracks, the odds are always best for a positive impact on your mindset. Maybe even beyond that. And if need be, just think about Balearic again while dancing. That’s never hurt anyone anyway. So here are the season’s five defining tracks once more. A poll is coming soon.

Thesis 1: The musical equivalent of glistening sunlight on the surface of water.
Thesis 2: An eternal Ibiza, early ’80s.
Thesis 3: The most eclectic genre of dance music.
Thesis 4: Everything between acid, Afro, cosmic, disco, Italo, post-punk, reggae, wave, zouk, and all kinds of proto-dance music genres from Chicago to Lake Garda.
Thesis 5: Not a genre at all, but a conviction to get people dancing with upbeat music that isn’t overly formulaic.

This time, the instructor of joy is Courtney Bailey, who repeatedly picks up Balearic influences while traveling to DJ gigs between her bases in Tokyo and Berlin. This provides a solid foundation for her tracks, which most recently culminated in the outstanding album *In Dream* on Second Circle, a sublabel of Music From Memory’s tastemakers. In the lead-up, Hilde Pank—Halle’s secret, which fortunately is no longer such a well-kept one—and host Philipp Demankowski will set the right tone.

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Like a cold, wet towel draped across your neck in the middle of a brutal summer heatwave, the (almost) last Balearic Sunday of the year arrives to straighten out the world’s slightly crooked perspective—at least a little. The right vibes and the right tracks have always been the best recipe for a positive shift in consciousness. Maybe even beyond that. And if all else fails, just spend a little more time thinking about what “Balearic” actually means while you’re dancing. Nobody’s ever been worse off for doing that. So, one more time, here are this season’s five working definitions. Poll coming soon.

Theory #1: The musical equivalent of sunlight sparkling on the surface of the sea.
Theory #2: Ibiza, forever, in the early ’80s.
Theory #3: The most eclectic genre in dance music.
Theory #4: Everything between acid, Afro, cosmic, disco, Italo, post-punk, reggae, wave, zouk, and every imaginable proto-dance sound from Chicago to Lake Garda.
Theory #5: Not a genre at all, but a belief that people should dance to music that makes them feel good without sounding formulaic.

This time, our professor of joy is Courtney Bailey, who continues to draw inspiration from the Balearic scene while traveling between DJ gigs from her home bases in Tokyo and Berlin. A perfect foundation for the tracks that most recently culminated in her outstanding album *In Dream*, released on Second Circle, the sublabel of the tastemakers at Music From Memory.
Kicking things off beforehand are Halle’s no-longer-quite-so-well-kept secret, Hilde Pank, alongside host Philipp Demankowski, making sure the dance floor hits its stride right from the start.