Well, well well... where do I even start with Cocoon? What an incredible 24 hours that was!
Arrived at Pacha around 00:30 where the queue outside was already pretty big. Grabbed a drink and walked my girlfriend and a few of our friends down to a good spot on the dancefloor and dashed up to the upstairs terrace to meet a few other forumers, albeit briefly as I didn't want to leave them downstairs for too long. Very nice to meet a few members new and old to me.
I headed back downstairs shortly after and it was already VERY busy. Were talking Solomun busy to give you a gauge, if not busier (with the exception maybe of the Dixon date which in August was always going to be another level again).
I really enjoyed the first half of Seth's warm-up, he really started to set the mood with some interesting track selections. However during the second half he began to trail off and began to bore me; he plays a really broken style and there seems to be zero flow. He even dropped a remix of Missy Elliott - Lose Control at some point (the less said about that the better). I will say one thing for him - it was a very different set from what he would play at Circoloco and he did have some great moments, but overall I wasn't that impressed and found myself a bit bored, looking at my watch in anticipation for Sven at 3am.
However, when Sven stepped into the booth things stepped up another notch. A set which included many of the already discussed and regularly played peak season classics that he has been banging out, but mixed in with some new ones. For me, it was probably the best Sven set I had heard this season and I thought it was superb start to finish. Somewhere during the course of the night (my recollection not being its best by this point) we bumped into
@lee111s and
@Bucko08 and their group and spent the night with them which was brilliant!
The atmosphere in Pacha for the entire event was superb - a properly mixed crowd of all ages and backgrounds, everyone was properly twisted and dancing... and I mean
DANCING! It felt like a proper party, with zero phones in the air just people enjoying the music. We stayed until the end and then headed back to our apartment for a reload of supplies and then headed out for a drink.
Arrived at the afters around 5/6PM in the end as we grabbed a bite to eat. We met up with
@lee111s and
@Bucko08 again and spent most of the night with their group, amongst also seeing some other fellow spotlighters. It really was just a magic day into night; to echo the sentiments of above it was just a great atmosphere, great crowd and even better music. Sven at the closing afters really does play the set of the season and digs deep and plays the records you simply won't hear him play inside the club (Lil Louis - French Kiss always goes down a treat). We stayed until the end of the afters and went inside after as we were not ready to leave at this stage. It was VERY busy in the small inside room and we ended up leaving around 01:30 and headed back to the hotel. Still haven't stopped talking about it days later and already planning our return for next year.
I know I am guilty of rattling on about Cocoon and Sven a lot, but I simply can't help it! For me, they are the final bastion of the Ibiza that I know and love and year after year the parties, music, crowd and after hours are far and beyond anything else on the island. Simply perfection!