Featuring collaborations with Albert Pla and Ibizan musicians Joan Barbé, Joan Carles Marí Tur and Frederic Torres, the 14-track album reimagines the island’s musical heritage.
The duo L’arannà, made up of Ibizan-born Lara Magrinyà and Barcelona-born Anna Sala, have released their new album, ‘Turmarí’ (Bankrobber, 2026), this Friday. The record features 14 tracks, including several previously released songs such as ‘Una cançó em demanau’, ‘Tanta mar per tan poca illa’ and ‘Manisses 1979’, featuring Albert Pla. According to music magazine Enderrock, the album will be officially presented on 7 November at Barcelona Auditorium.
The title ‘Turmarí’ combines two of the island’s most traditional surnames, and the album offers a fresh take on Ibiza’s musical heritage through a blend of electronic music, folk and experimentation.
The project sets out to capture the many different realities of Ibiza today: an island shaped by mass tourism, luxury, nightlife, the housing crisis and environmental pressures, but also by its language, traditional caramelles singing, cant redoblat vocal traditions and popular culture.
The artists revisit lyrics from Ibiza’s traditional songbooks, bringing them together with contemporary themes including inequality, housing difficulties, overtourism and the disappearance of the native Pitiusan lizard. They also embrace electronic music, which they regard as an integral part of the island’s contemporary identity.
The album features an impressive line-up of guest artists, including Albert Pla, Catalan band Remei de Ca la Fresca, and Ibizan musicians Joan Barbé, Joan Carles Marí Tur and Frederic Torres.
‘Tanta mar per tan poca illa’: Ibiza’s housing crisis through music
Earlier in October, the duo released ‘Tanta mar per tan poca illa’, a song that uses irony to address the growing difficulties of finding affordable housing in Ibiza.
Its release coincided with the Spanish Congress of Deputies rejecting housing-related decrees, amid mounting concern over the country’s housing emergency and demonstrations taking place across Spain.
The song’s title draws on a well-known verse by Ibizan poet Jean Serra, capturing one of the central contradictions L’arannà seek to highlight: living on an island of extraordinary international appeal, where finding even a small place to call home is becoming increasingly difficult.
A musical tribute to Ibiza’s endangered native lizards
The remaining tracks have now been unveiled, including a particularly notable tribute to the Pitiusan wall lizard, entitled ‘Podarcis pityusensis’, after the species’ scientific name.
Native to the Pityusic Islands, the species is under threat from the spread of invasive snakes, which have had a devastating impact on its population. Conservation efforts have even led to the lizards being bred at a zoo in Barcelona in an attempt to prevent their disappearance.
