Balearic Sunday 2026

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 keeps picking up Balearic inspirations while travelling between DJ gigs from her home bases in Tokyo and Berlin. A perfect foundation for the tunes that most recently culminated in her outstanding album »In Dream«, released on Second Circle, the sublabel of the tastemakers at Music From Memory.
Getting things rolling beforehand are Halle's no-longer-quite-so-best-kept secret Hilde Pank, alongside host Philipp Demankowski, making sure the dancefloor hits its stride from the very beginning.