jimmiz
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You just have to go to the North.
ibiza 2019 observations
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You just have to go to the North.
Nobbie Q
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Realistically when I say second week I mean Tuesday, Wed, Sat only lol. This is still better than my usual. Would like to get up early like a "normal" tourist and do Formentera and yeah the north
Thomas Cliche
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You should not my captain
FallenangelGparsons
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Why ?because Clapton at pacha is not full? I really dont care if not a lot of people but more for the tracks played, I'm there to see Danny T n other House DJ on bottom of lineup..
Could be a day off too but I'm in mainly for parties I ve never experienced with few exceptions (Cox b day Sandy Rivera Soulheaven obeach n no techno melodica boring stuff) n No octane too.
So not many left .
For elrow ushuaia,same day u got Eso es tulum and that sound is more my kind ..
Could be a day off too but I'm in mainly for parties I ve never experienced with few exceptions (Cox b day Sandy Rivera Soulheaven obeach n no techno melodica boring stuff) n No octane too.
So not many left .
For elrow ushuaia,same day u got Eso es tulum and that sound is more my kind ..
The Fog
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Thomas Cliche
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Claptone was also musicaly average at best last week.
Browny
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You said you weren’t doing any parties this year....
FallenangelGparsons
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until some mate text me
"I got a spare bed ,want to come?"
Hard to say No when people spend 100-200€ a day in summer for location ?
Looks like my last summer in ibz unless other deal like this
I m ready for Resistance Carl Cox bday
my bro just brought me some ginger candy (I'll buy some dried one at the fruits stall in westend that 1rst day as open til late) and dry beef meat from Asian store ?
Sugar is my DRUG , what's yours? ?
UK people if u have fudge to bring , be my guest ?
Browny
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Ahh bringing the old dried ginger back to the party ey? You’re lying to yourself saying it will be last time in Ibiza blah blah just like you lied about saying no parties this year....
Hi last night was great music. Didn’t like black madonnas first 30-45 min but she was able to turn it around and black coffee smashed it. Hi is too bright for me tho. Give me a small dark room with one color light all night over a mega club that feels like daytime anyday. Vibe wasn’t bad though.
Okay, so a brief rundown on how things went down on Friday:
13:00 - customary chupito in the office. God, I love my job.
14:00 - lunch at Savannah. Because you can't do a clubbing marathon on an empty stomach! I opted for the fried calamari with chive mash and kale. I really rated mine - and I think everybody else was happy with their choices. Price wise, a lot more reasonable than other venues along that strip.
15:30 - Cuckoo Land, Ibiza Rocks. Griff playing vocal house. Wasn't particular busy at this point, but we were early.
16:30 - Pool Party, O Beach. Very busy - busier than IR. Soundtrack stuck to the O Beach script and there were some lovely dancers doing a parade and a drag act on compere duties. And christ, it was hot. Back to the office to cool down under the aircon and squeeze in another cheeky chupito.
18:00 - Love Amplified takeover, Benimussa Park - a victim of simply picking the wrong date (Swedes at Ushuaia, Solomun at Shadows) which I'm sure they wouldn't have known when this went in the diary. Although we were there quite early, things didn't look too rosy. Melé handing over a dance floor to Josh Butler with a dozen people scattered around, most of them talking and drinking and a few others at the bars. I hope it picked up for them later on.
19:30 - Joseph Capriati Invites @ Destino - Destino the right level of busy for me. Unfortunately it became quite overcast whilst the mugginess remained, so we didn't see Destino in full bloom. Denis Sulta wasn't quite so reckless with his mixing than the last time I saw him. There was still a few odd choices, but overall he was a lot better. Still a weird booking for me. Capriati came on at 20:00 and the birthday celebrations began.
20:45 - Tantra. Wasn't on our initial list. Round of cocktails & chupitos.
21:15 - Children of the 80s @ Hard Rock Hotel - couldn't believe how popular this was! A thorough entry check. Strong local turnout. Unknown DJ bludgeoning mixes and then some girl got on the mic and said something like "I love you Ibiza" and the crowd roared. All a bit surreal. I'm glad the party is a hit for them. It doesn't pretend to be anything it isn't.
21:45 - The Swedes @ Ushuaia - watched from the comfort of the Tower. A full Ushuaia looks pretty spectacular from up there. They came on at 22:00 to a spectacular light show. Old man me thought "I'm glad we're up here, and not down there in that crowd."
23:00 - Magadalena presents Shadows w/ Solomun & Tale Of Us - as I mentioned in a few other threads, Cova Santa was rammo. Too busy for me. We retreated to the top bar, though muscling through the crowd to and from wasn't fun. A few good moments: TOU playing the unofficial remix of Billie Eilish they've been supporting recently. It's by Erly Tepshi and EarthLife apparently. For me, though, it was this curveball:
Any other forumers notice Dixon turning up in the booth? I don't think he actually played any records.
00:15 - Scheduled to be Defected then Es Paradis, but we had to reroute. After deliberation, it was decided we were to head to San Rafael.
01:00 - SuperMartXé @ Privilege - bearing in mind how early we got there, I thought it was pretty busy! Not sure who was playing, but he mixed in with some current and classic house music. All pretty accessible stuff. The stage show hadn't started yet, but you could see giant neon crucifixes through the drape. Lord only knows...
01:30 - VGBDOS @ Amnesia - Luciano again playing the middle shift on the terrace from 01:30-04:30 with tINI on after, so this actually worked out well for us timing wise. The DJ booths in both rooms have been moved. Terrace position was in the middle to the right hand side as you walk in - next to those small toilets. In the club, it was positioned on the dance floor to the left-hand side with the right side of the room partitioned off, thus massively reducing the size of room.
Got to say, the terrace was busy enough - although plenty of space at either side (or end!) Luciano was in loopy mood, but I actually quite liked some of what he played. And the dance floor was enjoying themselves. Some cool lasers deployed and a puppet walking through the crowd.
The club room told a different story. Much like Josh Wink and Kerry Larkin before him, Omar-S playing to two dozen people. I think this party should go down to a single room. The terrace worked just fine, even if it could've done with a few more numbers. But the whole venue? Not seeing it.
By this point, we received word that Eden & Es Paradis were back in business.
02:45 - Defected. Absolutely rockin'. Whole venue full. Armand van Helden in control of proceedings playing mostly his own tracks and remixes.
03:15 - Es Paradis. Urban music policy at, erm, Urban Policy. Quite a departure from Clockwork here the Friday before. Predictable urban music even the most casual of observers would recognise:
03:45 - B!Crazy @ HEART. I'd not been to this party before, but JCA's podcasts are always super tight, plus he books some good guests to join him. Numbers wise, this wasn't packed out. But the dance floor was decent. HEART is always a funny one to judge crowd-wise, with the VIP diners in before midnight. Musically, it was sound:
For me, this is a typical HEART track, reminiscent of the kind of music you'll hear at Satori presents Maktub, Do Not Sit, MUSE etc.
04:15 - Dixon presents Transmoderna @ Pacha - full report here. Nothing more to add, other than one more track:
What I love about this track, is that there's a part of it that reminds me of the Outlander - The Vamp record that Sven loves for the last 2 years.
05:45 - DC10 for Boiler Room - In the past I've made no secret that the DC10 hype is a bit lost of me. But on this morning, surrounded by the freaks and colourful character and with actual space to dance, it's like I finally got it. Seth also played the best I've seen him - I'm really not a fan otherwise. The highlight for me, was this:
Got me gassed for 13 September now!
Sometime between 07:00 - 08:00 - a reinvigorating jump in the pool and one final chupito before being taken back to the other side of the island. Job done!
*timings are approx.
13:00 - customary chupito in the office. God, I love my job.
14:00 - lunch at Savannah. Because you can't do a clubbing marathon on an empty stomach! I opted for the fried calamari with chive mash and kale. I really rated mine - and I think everybody else was happy with their choices. Price wise, a lot more reasonable than other venues along that strip.
15:30 - Cuckoo Land, Ibiza Rocks. Griff playing vocal house. Wasn't particular busy at this point, but we were early.
16:30 - Pool Party, O Beach. Very busy - busier than IR. Soundtrack stuck to the O Beach script and there were some lovely dancers doing a parade and a drag act on compere duties. And christ, it was hot. Back to the office to cool down under the aircon and squeeze in another cheeky chupito.
18:00 - Love Amplified takeover, Benimussa Park - a victim of simply picking the wrong date (Swedes at Ushuaia, Solomun at Shadows) which I'm sure they wouldn't have known when this went in the diary. Although we were there quite early, things didn't look too rosy. Melé handing over a dance floor to Josh Butler with a dozen people scattered around, most of them talking and drinking and a few others at the bars. I hope it picked up for them later on.
19:30 - Joseph Capriati Invites @ Destino - Destino the right level of busy for me. Unfortunately it became quite overcast whilst the mugginess remained, so we didn't see Destino in full bloom. Denis Sulta wasn't quite so reckless with his mixing than the last time I saw him. There was still a few odd choices, but overall he was a lot better. Still a weird booking for me. Capriati came on at 20:00 and the birthday celebrations began.
20:45 - Tantra. Wasn't on our initial list. Round of cocktails & chupitos.
21:15 - Children of the 80s @ Hard Rock Hotel - couldn't believe how popular this was! A thorough entry check. Strong local turnout. Unknown DJ bludgeoning mixes and then some girl got on the mic and said something like "I love you Ibiza" and the crowd roared. All a bit surreal. I'm glad the party is a hit for them. It doesn't pretend to be anything it isn't.
21:45 - The Swedes @ Ushuaia - watched from the comfort of the Tower. A full Ushuaia looks pretty spectacular from up there. They came on at 22:00 to a spectacular light show. Old man me thought "I'm glad we're up here, and not down there in that crowd."
23:00 - Magadalena presents Shadows w/ Solomun & Tale Of Us - as I mentioned in a few other threads, Cova Santa was rammo. Too busy for me. We retreated to the top bar, though muscling through the crowd to and from wasn't fun. A few good moments: TOU playing the unofficial remix of Billie Eilish they've been supporting recently. It's by Erly Tepshi and EarthLife apparently. For me, though, it was this curveball:
Any other forumers notice Dixon turning up in the booth? I don't think he actually played any records.
00:15 - Scheduled to be Defected then Es Paradis, but we had to reroute. After deliberation, it was decided we were to head to San Rafael.
01:00 - SuperMartXé @ Privilege - bearing in mind how early we got there, I thought it was pretty busy! Not sure who was playing, but he mixed in with some current and classic house music. All pretty accessible stuff. The stage show hadn't started yet, but you could see giant neon crucifixes through the drape. Lord only knows...
01:30 - VGBDOS @ Amnesia - Luciano again playing the middle shift on the terrace from 01:30-04:30 with tINI on after, so this actually worked out well for us timing wise. The DJ booths in both rooms have been moved. Terrace position was in the middle to the right hand side as you walk in - next to those small toilets. In the club, it was positioned on the dance floor to the left-hand side with the right side of the room partitioned off, thus massively reducing the size of room.
Got to say, the terrace was busy enough - although plenty of space at either side (or end!) Luciano was in loopy mood, but I actually quite liked some of what he played. And the dance floor was enjoying themselves. Some cool lasers deployed and a puppet walking through the crowd.
The club room told a different story. Much like Josh Wink and Kerry Larkin before him, Omar-S playing to two dozen people. I think this party should go down to a single room. The terrace worked just fine, even if it could've done with a few more numbers. But the whole venue? Not seeing it.
By this point, we received word that Eden & Es Paradis were back in business.
02:45 - Defected. Absolutely rockin'. Whole venue full. Armand van Helden in control of proceedings playing mostly his own tracks and remixes.
03:15 - Es Paradis. Urban music policy at, erm, Urban Policy. Quite a departure from Clockwork here the Friday before. Predictable urban music even the most casual of observers would recognise:
03:45 - B!Crazy @ HEART. I'd not been to this party before, but JCA's podcasts are always super tight, plus he books some good guests to join him. Numbers wise, this wasn't packed out. But the dance floor was decent. HEART is always a funny one to judge crowd-wise, with the VIP diners in before midnight. Musically, it was sound:
For me, this is a typical HEART track, reminiscent of the kind of music you'll hear at Satori presents Maktub, Do Not Sit, MUSE etc.
04:15 - Dixon presents Transmoderna @ Pacha - full report here. Nothing more to add, other than one more track:
What I love about this track, is that there's a part of it that reminds me of the Outlander - The Vamp record that Sven loves for the last 2 years.
05:45 - DC10 for Boiler Room - In the past I've made no secret that the DC10 hype is a bit lost of me. But on this morning, surrounded by the freaks and colourful character and with actual space to dance, it's like I finally got it. Seth also played the best I've seen him - I'm really not a fan otherwise. The highlight for me, was this:
Got me gassed for 13 September now!
Sometime between 07:00 - 08:00 - a reinvigorating jump in the pool and one final chupito before being taken back to the other side of the island. Job done!
*timings are approx.
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Johnny Vodka
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Nothing says party like a bag of Werther's original!
Nobbie Q
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Crazy review! Surprised both Supermarxe and children of the 80s were busy..shows what I know!
Re:VGBDS- who was playing before 130? Sept 6th has Micheal Mayer as the guest so I was thinking they might do this normally with him opening up since he's bigger than tINI but now I don't know.
About Omar S, sucks there were only 24 ppl there, but cool how they put him on early. I saw him in Toronto 2 weeks ago to a packed out party, and he played for 3 hours plus. He even played a song I requested!
Re:VGBDS- who was playing before 130? Sept 6th has Micheal Mayer as the guest so I was thinking they might do this normally with him opening up since he's bigger than tINI but now I don't know.
About Omar S, sucks there were only 24 ppl there, but cool how they put him on early. I saw him in Toronto 2 weeks ago to a packed out party, and he played for 3 hours plus. He even played a song I requested!
Clara
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That makes me very sad.
Sounds like it definitely needs to go down to one room. Depressing seeing good & interesting DJs playing to so few people.
JayDR8
Active Member
I'm flying out at the end of this week so i thought i'd ask a few questions about nights.
How is Abode doing this year? Haven't heard many reports at all.
How much are tickets for Circoloco and Paradise? I can't remember what they usually are
Is Toolroom managing to fill up at all? Saw a report the other week that it wasn't very busy
How is Abode doing this year? Haven't heard many reports at all.
How much are tickets for Circoloco and Paradise? I can't remember what they usually are
Is Toolroom managing to fill up at all? Saw a report the other week that it wasn't very busy
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JayDR8
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Thanks! I'm here from 1st - 16th, the friend here in the first week is younger than me so i'm looking at getting the right vibe for that. Defected is a must though this friday
No doubt it's gonna be super busy, if this last week was anything to go by.
diver
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A fck men