ibiza 2019 observations

white_isle_calling said:
@JayDR8
ABODE are doing well on the terrace on Thursdays. Toolroom are definitely feeling the heat of the Sunday competition, but I don't think it's dead - and I would expect it to be busier for R1 weekend if that's the weekend you're here?
Circoloco and Paradise both €50.
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Whats your take on Abode this year? Some weeks I've noticed they don't even have their residents - and they usually do a good job of bigging them up and having them at events.
 
Springal said:
Whats your take on Abode this year? Some weeks I've noticed they don't even have their residents - and they usually do a good job of bigging them up and having them at events.
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I think I'm going to pop my head in on Thursday to see a bit of Morillo, so will post an update afterwards. But it seems they're very happy with how things are going.
I'm not 100% sure, but I think it's one of their residents doing the pre-party at Mambo even when none of them are at Amnesia.
 
WooMooN very busy last night. Dancefloor probably as busy as Shadow's on Friday by the time I left at around 22:30.

I think it was @ElrowLovers who asked about the difference between WooMooN and Storytellers? This year WooMooN have used gold and black geometric decoration and stage design along with their hieroglyphic style murals.
Storytellers is a lot brighter - using books and stuffed cuddly toys - and they also have bunting overhead which WooMooN does not.
Storytellers is like a exaggerated nursery rhyme - quite theatrical and camp, while WooMooN takes itself a bit more seriously - more spiritual and with a political-environmental message.
Other than that, I guess it's fair to say the crowd and the soundtrack have a lot of overlap and of course they're produced by the same team, so I can understand why they might appear similar.

Monolink played his new track - a lot more uptempo than his standard. Definitely the kind of track I can imagine Solomun picking up.
 
This island rly is magical. Met a couple on the first night and they invited us to their table at pacha for solomun. Didn’t think they would come through but holy shit just as we were getting in line for pacha ticket entrance they text us to meet them at VIP entrance.

Surreal partying behind the DJ booth at one of the hottest parties of the year. Unexpected delightful night!

I will say this, pacha rly does maximize their space in the VIP. It felt as crowded as GA and their “tables” are more like nightstands lol
 

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white_isle_calling said:
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!

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Question based on your short ventures in to each what would you advise for after Cocoon @ Ushuaia on 13th September? Options are, Dixon @ Pacha, Shadows @ Cova Santa, Luciano @ Amnesia (in all honesty I think this can be ruled out though based on reviews so far) or any potential Cocoon afters if they happen somewhere.

Classic case of too much to choose from!!
 
aregandj said:
Question based on your short ventures in to each what would you advise for after Cocoon @ Ushuaia on 13th September? Options are, Dixon @ Pacha, Shadows @ Cova Santa, Luciano @ Amnesia (in all honesty I think this can be ruled out though based on reviews so far) or any potential Cocoon afters if they happen somewhere.

Classic case of too much to choose from!!
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Do Shadows first (early enough for free entry) and then Dixon later on bout 1.30/2am. That's my plan for August at the moment.
 
aregandj said:
Question based on your short ventures in to each what would you advise for after Cocoon @ Ushuaia on 13th September?
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Dixon all the way for me. Though Shadows closing, likely to have a big guest...
I'm gonna take the floor space at Pacha over the sardine nature of Cova Santa.
 
white_isle_calling said:
Dixon all the way for me. Though Shadows closing, likely to have a big guest...
I'm gonna take the floor space at Pacha over the sardine nature of Cova Santa.
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gotcha but I don't think the way we saw shadows on friday is the usual 'busy'.

maybe shadows closing will get very busy again, but rest of dates I'm sure will be comfier.
 
CraigyB said:
Do Shadows first (early enough for free entry) and then Dixon later on bout 1.30/2am. That's my plan for August at the moment.
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I will be at Ushuaia during the day, this is purely for when that finishes and I want to carry on! I think getting in to Cova Santa at this time could be very troublesome as well if the guest is a certain someone!
 
aregandj said:
I will be at Ushuaia during the day, this is purely for when that finishes and I want to carry on! I think getting in to Cova Santa at this time could be very troublesome as well if the guest is a certain someone!
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If the cost of the taxis isn't something that concerns you I would do all 3, buy the Dixon tickets on here so kinda forces your mind set to keep going. If trying to save bit of cash I would def do Dixon after Ushuaia.
 
CraigyB said:
If the cost of the taxis isn't something that concerns you I would do all 3, buy the Dixon tickets on here so kinda forces your mind set to keep going. If trying to save bit of cash I would def do Dixon after Ushuaia.
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I like your thinking and in all honesty taxi costs are not really a problem but I think doing all 3 will feel like I’m trying to cram too much in for the sake of it! Prefer to see 2 the whole way through!

Plus if I did start to feel abit tired at around 3am at Cova Santa I’d most likely end up not going pacha and would have spent money for nothing! It’s out first day/night on the island so we all know pacing myself will be very hard indeed!
 
white_isle_calling said:
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.
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So in a nutshell, Transmoderna and DC-10 won the day for you overall ?

I did show up outside Cova Santa but was pushing midnight and predictably they weren't letting anyone else in at the door by then. So I heard some of it from outside and sounded good enough musically but did look way too rammed to be really enjoyable. I'd just done a 3 hour hike from Es Cubells for an Es Vedra sunset from the hills coming back by torchlight and was a bit too whacked to be very sociable. Plus had blindly followed SatNav in my fatigue which took me to the other Cova Santa (housing complex) in Sant Josep :rolleyes: ? :spank: hence even later than planned arrival to find parking !! Decided the best place for me was probably back in Sta Eularia and tucked up in bed ready for an early start the next day. How times have changed :lol:
 
MIA2IBZ said:
Circoloco is a great vibe but it’s unenjoyable when the garden closes.
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Each to their own I suppose. The thing I don’t like about Circo last few years is the Terrace doesn’t get going until after midnight. But I appreciate I’m probably in a minority here.
 
mr_why said:
Each to their own I suppose. The thing I don’t like about Circo last few years is the Terrace doesn’t get going until after midnight. But I appreciate I’m probably in a minority here.
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Exactly this, back in the day getting in the terrace early was great. As much as I have enjoyed the garden, for me early doors in the terrace is circoloco.
 
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