carl cox interview @ clubtickets.com:
www.clubtickets.com: How do you think the summer looks so far – with the political changes and closure of
DC10?
Carl: I think people are a little bit concerned. Basically for may years they’ve been able to do what they like on the island, so people think great, we can be free, and we can be naked and we can run around and do drugs, stay up late all night long. But somewhere along the line they has to be some respect for the island. One of the reasons these clubs have closed down is because they didn’t comply with the laws that were set last year.
DC10 unfortunately, thought they could do what they liked, and there’s a new government now who want to clean up the place a little bit more, just so that people can feel safe when they get to the island. The last thing anyone needs is for someone to come out of a club at whatever time of the morning, decide to drive home, on the wrong side of the road and kill someone. So for me, if it cleans up the act of that kind of behaviour, which I think is warranted, then I’m behind it. Safety first then we can party afterwards. I’ve been involved in an accident like that, and I’ve lost friends, who have died, because of someone driving off their head on drugs or drunk. And for me, it’s just a shot across the bow to all the clubs as well, to comply. Six o’clock finish means that you can get taxis home, there’s time to get rested to see the next day. Everything was out of hand, people staying out for two or three days, it’s impossible unless you’re taking drugs or drinking heavily, So what kind of state are you in after two or three days, pretty scary, so you’ve got school kids going to school with all these monsters coming back from these sorts of parties. I’ve always enjoyed the daytime in
Ibiza, outside of the club scene.
