Graham Gold has made public the playlist for his Show 'Esta La Musica' dedicated to late Ibiza legend Jose Padilla, the godfather of the Balearic sound broadcast on Saturday the 24th of October 2020. Feel free to listen to the show through the Mixcloud player embedded below. Scientific Sound Asia is a platform committed to electronic music, functioning as an electronic music station, DJ agency, and promoter in Asia with a global audience.
Graham's show took its name from the tattoo on his right arm, acquired in Los Angeles, United States, during the late nineties. He rose to prominence in the electronic music scene with his weekly broadcasts on London's Kiss 100.
Moreover, he is renowned for his London club brand 'Peach'. Following his departure from Kiss 100 and relocation to Southeast Asia, he introduced Esta La Musica. This new Techno show was named after the tattoo on his arm bearing the title 'Esta La Musica'.
During his early DJ years, Graham made a name for himself in London, UK, with a decade-long residency at Gullivers Club in Mayfair, where he performed six nights a week. His standing within the clubbing scene elevated, establishing him as a prominent figure.
At the age of seventeen, his journey to success commenced when his love for Afrocentric music inspired the launch of a popular mobile disco alongside a friend in the early seventies. Together, he and Duncan Uren transformed The Funky Road Show into a renowned brand in London's West End.
By eighteen, Graham was playing black music five nights a week in the UK capital. This led to regular slots on various pirate radio stations in the 1980s across London, exposing him to diverse music genres like Reggae, Soul, Disco, and Jazz Funk.
Subsequently, he joined the Radio London Soul Night Out team and hosted a weekly soul show on Capital FM in London, earning the Broadcaster of the Year accolade in 1985. Graham has been affiliated with Kiss FM since its inception in London, garnering global recognition along the way.
His weekly sets were pivotal in Kiss's triumph, catapulting him to international stardom with a consistent presence in DJ Magazine's prestigious Top 100 list for 8 years, followed by inclusion in Dash's ranking of the Most Popular DJs in the World of All Time. Graham continues to amass a substantial global fan base and channels his music passion through his show and regular appearances at events worldwide, particularly in Asia.
Graham's weekly show features top-tier House and Techno tracks, showcasing exclusive promos from record labels and producers. He frequently shines a spotlight on sub-genres such as Deep House, Progressive House, Melodic House and Techno, Tech House, Deep Tech, Organic House, and Techno.
This week's show is dedicated to Jose Padilla and in asking Graham about his first encounter with Jose, Graham has this to say "I met him at Cafe del Mar, I went about 6 times before I had the courage to say hello! But to be honest initially, they were brief encounters, it was just that someone introduced us".
Graham selflessly admits that in these days; referring to the early 90s; he was a bit of a coke head at the time, so often high he was scared he might inadvertently say something untoward and as a Disc Jockey himself felt that in his own words "Jose was so focused on his sets there was not much time for chit chat, and my memories are from his music and the atmosphere he created rather than him personally".
Jose was the epitome of Ambience and his sets delved into every genre, and that was his calling card, feeling that no genre escaped the Balearic sound rather it was just a feeling that emulated from the presence and crowd and the location. In the last months before his death Jose set up a crowdfunding campaign to fund his treatment for advanced colon cancer, sadly with the death of tourism surrounding the recent pandemic the tourism industry and his finances were under severe strain.
According to Graham, his eulogy should be that "His legacy will be how he created what sunset and chill out sets should always sound like, let's hope his legacy lives on and we continue to party after all this is over"
In the first part, Graham Gold shares his memories and plays a selection of tracks that capture the essence of Jose’s ambient and chillout style, including a track by Jose Padilla himself. The second part of the show continues with a mix of deep house and tech house tracks from artists like Hoj & Newman, Betoko, and Audioglider. Rest in peace, Jose Padilla, and may your legacy live on through the music and the atmosphere you created.
Rest in Peace, José María Padilla Requena (4 December 1955 – 18 October 2020). Legendary Ibiza, Cafe Del Mar DJ and pioneer in the ambient, chillout and Balearic sound.
'Esta La Musica' 372 Jose Padilla Special.
Jose Padilla - Something [Café Del Mar]
Hoj & Newman (I Love) - Symptom of Sound
Betoko - Zounzpaze [Jannowitz]
Audioglider - Navel Gazer Star Chaser [Pro B Tech]
Whomadewho, Adana Twins - The Aftermath [Kompakt]
Sebastian Busto - December (Dmitry Molosh) [Odst]
Q.U.A.K.E., Aaron Suiss Ft. Haptic - Breathe (Dizharmonia) [Movement]
Noel Sanger - Part Of You [Dissident]
Nick Hook - A Night Filled With Stars (Martin Sharp) [Jeepers]
Classmatic - Faux Français [Solid Grooves Raw]
Noissier - Dutch Kiss [Jannowitz]
Goldred - Flashmaster [Barbershop]
Dan Dan - Devil In The Detail [Frequenza]
Listen on Mixcloud here.
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