Books about Ibiza?

Tourist said:
Received my copy yesterday. Skimming through it's loosely chronological. A series of interviews (structured by quotes) with all the major players, including a one-time leading forum member! They conducted nearly 80 interviews across about 600 pages with some great pictures. Looks like a few people including Tong, Solomun and the Manumission lot declined to be interviewed though for various reasons. Sven too, although Johannes spoke on behalf of Cocoon. The authors said on instag that they're hoping to get an English lang edition out so keep an eye out for that.
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NakedAge or @JEddieEcstasy?
 
Tourist said:
'Balearic'
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Interesting interview with the authors, especially the bit about the Ushuaïa/Hï peeps refusing to appear in it...

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"El clubbing en Ibiza post pandemia será un escenario de cambio alucinante"

Laura Ferrer Arambarri / Acérquense a este libro sin prejuicios y se llevarán una grata sorpresa. Balearic. Historia oral de la cultura de club en Ibiza (Editorial Contra) es un trabajo jugosísimo e imprescindible para quien quiera conocer el auge, el colapso, las luces y las sombras del...
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Tourist said:
^ really good interview, thanks for that. I got to know Luis a bit over the last year. Nice guy. His DJ sets are very inspired by the darker side of the 80s, early Depeche Mode, Human League etc.
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Got a soundcloud link?
 
"I detected a residue of lingering bitterness (particularly from de Melero) about the way the music of the time was pilfered, copied or repackaged for an ‘anglo’ audience"

César de Melero is great. I always love reading interviews with him, straight and to the point. The whole "Brits invented Ibiza" is bullshit. One of those lies that after repeating so many times some people ended up believing, like when they talk about Gala Night being an old abandoned Zoo, etc. You shouldn't read DJ Mag, kids!
 
Tourist said:
this was the guetta clip they showed. space late 90s. pre-fmif. feels like a world away from what he later became.

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I'd said it previously, he was still a decent DJ in the early 2000s. we love used to book him once per season and he rocked space. of course it wasn't 'underground', but it was very credible - and the man can mix.
 
stivi said:
I'd said it previously, he was still a decent DJ in the early 2000s. we love used to book him once per season and he rocked space. of course it wasn't 'underground', but it was very credible - and the man can mix.
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Very true. I had a chance to be at one of his Space set and I conquer that. I think he’s (was) trying to regain some of tha reputation with his Jack Back moniker in recent years but I haven’t really heard much of it so I can’t really say if he’s recapturing those glory days.
 
G.W. said:
Very true. I had a chance to be at one of his Space set and I conquer that. I think he’s (was) trying to regain some of tha reputation with his Jack Back moniker in recent years but I haven’t really heard much of it so I can’t really say if he’s recapturing those glory days.
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I was hoping for that last year when it was announced that on his FMIF nights he'd do a set in the Club Room as "Jack Back" and a "normal" set with his hits in the Theatre.

Think it only lasted a couple of weeks before he'd only do his main sets.

Don't know if it actually didn't work (i.e. crowd didn't like it) or if he just couldn't be bothered with it after a couple of weeks seeing as the night was rammed either way...
 
Hi all, apologies if this is covered elsewhere. But I am looking to locate an english hardback version of the Ibiza Blakstad Houses books. Any ideas would be appreciated as can't see it available online. Thanks so much.
 
Tourist said:
I went a bit crazy and ordered a load of books last night including the Robert Fear one! :)
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I read it on Kindle a while ago, (suggested read after I finished another Kindle book - Chilling Out in Ibiza - by staying the winter, Don C Andrews) , when I started reading i was a bit snobby like, oh, don't think this book is for me, but actually found it quite enjoyable, just a nice snapshot of some dude's halcyon years, as opposed to being an amazing book about ibiza, although its easy to picture the places he is talking about even if he has changed the names of bars etc.

The other one by Don C Andrews, is a bit more interesting in terms of the history of the island, some of its real people and the origins of the Morna Valley school.
 
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