space closing - we had a nice two hour nap between amnesia closing and space closing, and also had a proper meal. got into space at 10pm. while I thought both richie and coxy (on the car park) weren't anything special (especially richie played a very accessible set I thought), I still always love those last few hours outside - simply because it's open air, everyone's there and the vibe is always really friendly. the period from 2am to 6am was spent between the terraza and el salon. then of course we were on the terraza again before 7am when coxy and fanciulli started their b2b sesh. and while this year the magic at amnesia closing simply wasn't there, the last hours of space closing were a definite season highlight for me. such a good vibe everywhere, coxy and nic in brilliant form, the terraza in daylight - this was GRRRREAT! them playing age of love short before 12 noon was a climax of course. space closed at 12:30 but as we were chatting to the staff, we were literally thrown out of space only at 1pm. again, space closing was perfectly busy. not one moment I thought it was too busy and a pain.
back home then for a much needed shower, food and a 3 hour nap. up again late afternoon and made our way to...
dc10 closing - got in at around 7:30pm. spent all evening (until about 1:45am) in the garden which bit by bit got busier until it then was really really busy. tania vulcano played a decent set for once (yay, she can do it if she wants) and I was especially plesantly surprised by jamie jones I must say. of course also got seth and the martinez bros. we then left for the terrace to see dixon. musically, speaking about the whole closing weekend, the hours between 2am and 6:30am on the terrace at dc10 were a standout. dixon was class as ever, maceo was much better than in dc10 and tale of us were the icing on the cake. missed mano le tough though who played in the main room the same time as dixon, but you can't have it all in the end... also must say dc10 got it right this time in terms of letting people in (or not). because only when the outside (garden) music stopped (it was around 5am I think - I was on the terrace) it really really really got busy elsewhere. until that time, it was OK. when apollonia started, we stayed for another hour and then by 7:30am we needed fresh air (the air inside had gotten awful by then I must say) so we went outside. we then realised it couldn't get any better again after those hours on the terrace so called it a night.
got into bed at 9am I think, slept like a baby for 5 hours and then got up again for the last one. headed to sa caleta on early tuesday afternoon for a much needed paella with my friends. paella sadly wasn't the best, but it did the trick and gave us energy for what was left. off we went to blue marlin...
dc10 afters - nice to go to blue marlin and finally finding the place full with like-minded people instead of cnuts showing off their cash. was already nicely busy when we got there (5:30pm-ish). found a nice spot and stayed there for the whole night. musically it was a bit of everything really, nothing outstanding I thought, but it was a nice open air party with 10000000 friends all joining in. it stopped at 00:30. hopped into a cab to pdb, stopped for a pizza at ciao ciao and then headed to sankeys.
next wave closing - I think we got in at about 2:30am. spent a good few hours in the lab, where villalobos was playing together with the romanians (RPR). good music mostly, but if there ever was a f***up in mixing (and there were a few) it ALWAYS was ricardo. god yeah, maybe you are a genius for weird sounds and you've produced some outstanding tunes in the past, but get a fcuking grip you twat. even sven had realised a few years ago that there are limits and in the last two years he's been playing like clockwork no matter how many hours he'd been playing. if I was a paying punter and I went to see ricardo I'd be fuming most times tbh. anyway, in general it was a cool party music wise - only downside was it was far too hot in the lab. at around 5am I was done so we called it a night.
and that were my closings. didn't have the energy or the guts for destino and/or sankeys closing last night. enough of clubbing for me now for a while, next proper party will be halloween which is always super fun here.
last but not least people had been commenting about 'closings nothing special', 'not as good as it used to be' etc. I guess that for us people living on the island it will never be the same as for hoildaymakers. the main issue for us during the summer is that a) even though we're clubbing during the summer, there's always a few good friends that can't make it to this or that party because of work. and b) even though you're clubbing, with a very few exceptions, you're always clubbing with the handbrakes on because you know that the next day, work is waiting for you again. in stark contrast to this, on the closing party weekend EVERYONE is out and NO ONE cares if the party ends at 6am or 6pm. it's the only time over the whole summer where we get to behave like the tourists when they're on holiday. that's why closings for us will always be the number one period in terms of parties.