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Having stopped to smell the roses for a few cycles, Roger Shah’s hallmark music compilation series returns to streams, stores and shelves in 2026. Onboard, naturally, is its usual, impeccable prog/trance/house blend of melodic-tropics, harmonic sonics, castaway chords, beachfront character and seaside atmosphere.
Ready to do it to the summer, before the summer does it to us, here comes ‘Magic Island – Music For Balearic People 13’ !!
As is his way, Roger Shah’s again pursued a one-hundred-percent exclusive material mandate for his latest ‘M.I.’ excursion. To that end, he’s reunited his singing, songwriting and composing family of ‘Balearic People’ for lucky no.13. Those returning from the last edition alone include Pierre Pienaar, Rafael Osmo, Yelow, Ditoma, Clarks, Aytaro, Spy and, naturally enough, Roger’s Sunlounger alias – all contributing to its compound hybrid makeup.Adding to that family are actual blood-tied Shahs. Three years further on, Roger’s son Noah Shah has taken on an expanded role in this generational affair, contributing not only a clutch of his own tracks, but also stepping into a curatorial A&R role.Roger goes on to explain. “While I was spending a lot of time working on the uplifting trance material for mix 2, Noah did a fantastic job on the A&R side, uncovering some amazing tracks and exciting new talent for the opening half. The mix also shines a spotlight on many releases from our Magic Island Deep label, and it’s been incredibly rewarding to bring all these elements together and craft another summer-inspired compilation.”‘13’ opens in ‘Magic Island’s time-honoured daybreak light—fresh and expansive and melodic, though thoroughly unhurried in its telling. Early cuts such as ‘Vanuatu’ from Dutch producer Clarks, Rafael Osmo’s spellbinding ‘Over Time You Have Become’, and ‘Your Heart Knows’ from Amir Telem establish a heat-hazed outline to its lower-tempo progressivism. That vibe of earlier-morning introspection is further shaped by SidekoDJ’s ‘I’m Lost in Love’ and ‘Lose Your Mind’ from Ben Beckman. Those in turn open the door for Noah’s more pronounced stance on ‘Your Call’ and ‘Feel Alright’ (alongside NØSH), both of which transmit a clearer, clubbier, more front-footed direction for the mix.
Led by a quad threat of Sunlounger, MOKX, SaedYm & 88Birds, with ‘Less Hate More Love’, the compilation enters more heart-on-sleeve territory, before progressing further into the shadowlands of Ditoma’s ‘Darkest Desires’ and ‘Destino’ from Icotenai Project. As its journey develops, it opens up to later-stage highlights such as Katoff’s ‘Burning Shadows’, ‘Beyond Your Smile’ from Andy Woldman, Roger-M’s emphatic ‘Meant To Be’, and TRIP RGAZZI’s ‘Leave It All Behind’.If its first half charts dawn-through-daytime, Disc 2 burns with the full blaze of a Magic Island night. Higher in intensity, broader in stylistic scope, and with its gaze firmly locked on the heavens, it opens with Roger Shah, Kristina Sky and Evan Henzi’s ‘Memories Of Space’. That immediately brings a commanding vocal presence to the mix, which is added to by the crystalline drive of Spy’s ‘Eikon’. The pulse climbs further through Ambedoverse’s ‘Chasing Grays’ (in Roger Shah Uplifting Mix form), while Roger duels (and duals!) with Edwin ‘Yelow’ Tsui on the back-to-back ‘A Better Place’ and ‘Serendipity’.
At Mix 2’s midpoint, Roger broadens the palette further with selections including Yodis’s ‘Le Vanda’ and Eric de la Vega & Alaera’s ‘Cuando El Amor Acaba’. Together they provide the perfect launch point for ‘Enchanted Dreams’, which sees Roger joining forces with FSOE luminaries Omar Sherif and Philippe El Sisi. Mix 2 closes in the same formation as it began, as ‘Hear Me Calling’ sees Roger reunite with Kristina Sky and Evan Henzi for the album’s event-horizon finale.Summer ain’t been quite the same without a trip to the ‘Magic Island’! Boarding recommences here from today! [https://blackhole.lnk.to/mi13]
Roger Shah – Magic Island – Music For Balearic People Vol. 13 Tracklist:
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Disc 1.
01. Clarks – Vanuatu
02. Rafael Osmo – Over Time You Have Become
03. Amir Telem – Your Heart Knows
04. SidekoDJ – I’m Lost in Love
05. Ben Beckman – Lose Your Mind
06. Noah Shah – By My Side
07. kkeltii – Eternity
08. Andy Woldman – Save Me
09. MainDain & Mark Lennon – High
10. Sunlounger, MOKX & SaedYm, 88Birds – Less Hate More Love
11. Ditoma – Darkest Desires
12. Icotenai Project – Destino
13. Nord Horizon pres. Zion87 – Horizon Bound
14. Noah Shah pres. NØSH – Feel Alright
15. Noah Shah – Your Call (Ditoma Remix)
16. AÏA – In A Rush
17. Katoff – Burning Shadows
18. Andy Woldman – Beyond Your Smile
19. Roger-M – Meant To Be
20. Mario OP – Sky Fall
21. TRIP RGAZZI – Leave It All Behind
Disc 2.
01. Roger Shah, Kristina Sky & Evan Henzi – Memories Of Space
02. Spy – Eikon
03. Ambedoverse – Chasing Grays (Roger Shah Uplifting Mix)
04. Roger Shah & Yelow – A Better Place
05. Roger Shah & Yelow – Serendipity
06. Yodis – Le Vanda
07. Eric de la Vega & Alaera – Cuando El Amor Acaba
08. Roger Shah, Omar Sherif and Philippe El Sisi – Enchanted Dreams
09. Yelow & Aytaro – Stargazing
10. Roger Shah & Dark Fusion – Ethereal Mystery
11. Gabrielle AG, Eric de la Vega & Alaera – Obstacles
12. Roger Shah & Aytaro – Majestic Invitation
13. Gabrielle AG & Eric de la Vega – Hypnos
14. Nicki D – Soulmate
15. Pierre Pienaar – Polaris
16. Roger Shah & Inoblivion – Midnight Chase
17. Bigtopo – The Way We Shine
18. Roger Shah, Kristina Sky and Evan Henzi – Hear Me Calling
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