OK - it's been a wee while coming as I have barely been able to keep up with my minimum commitments between a rather intense series of trips to the isle this Season.
Sorry to say that my 1st foray back to Amnesia for many years courtesy of Music On, three parties ago now on 17th August, was an unmitigated bore-fest
. So bad was the experience in fact that I have been holding out for something more positive to say about Amnesia before putting this up (see Cocoon to follow).
Carola, Capriati and Maetrik all managed to kill the enthusiasm of a first night out on the island kindled by an amazing 'Get No Sleep' party at La Plage
, which had me in super-high spirits and full of hope for great things within an hour of landing at Ibiza Airport.
It's a long time since I've walked into a big club after 3.00am and not managed to spot a
single smiling face
, felt a totally flat atmosphere :x against the backdrop of some of the most dance-killing techno I've heard since Capriati played Fabric
and had to elbow my way through so many strutting coke-aggro twats assembled in one place
.
I suppose being positioned underneath the sultry black leather-clad dancers with their minges fully out on the Terrace podiums might have offered some distraction from the appaling musical programming
, but for 20Euros a vodka-redbull I could have bought a real whore a drink in a brothel, and had a damned good shag for less than it cost to drown out my disappointment in sufficient alcohol to stick it out in that place for 2 and a half hours.
These guys managed to make Amnesia feel like a giant crack whore
, about as seedy as any tacky brothel but without the promise of a f*ck at the end of it, save for that afforded by an astronomic bar bill, a good 5Euros a drink more than Space.
I was also unable to keep my shirt on the heat was so intense even in the main room - something which only happens in extreme conditions these days
. Maybe the 40 degree celcius daytime temperatures were abnormal, but the effect on the club conditions at night was not for the feint-hearted. Though several people did feint from heat exhaustion and were carried out of the club that night
.
Thankfully Amnesia was more than redeemed last Monday ... but this rather unfortunate experience very nearly resulted in my 'binning' any prospect of returning for another few years. Absolutely awful
.
I'm coming out very strong on this one - when I feel atmospheres like that, cannot be silenced I'm afraid !! If you went, please do tell me .. if that is a 'scene' you really rate then where else do you really rate - so I can steer it a very very wide berth
