Phil's Review - Ibiza 2012
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Phil_Dicko
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Really enjoyed the read
Nice one, mate.
You surprised by Markus Schulz's trainwrecking antics? I remember you saying you were tempted to fly over for that solo set alone. Bet you're glad you didn't now.
I'm still a huge fan of the guy - the sound he's pushing at the moment is epic - but he's starting to turn into one of these 'rockstar' DJs who fly around the world getting completely f*cked. One of his recent live podcasts was dodgey to say the least.
i;ve definitely seen more trouble / bigger percentage of idiots at big house nights, such as afrojack, laidback luke (and 2manydjs i'd say as well...although that was more like a festival crowd than a club crowd)...one big song on the radio (probably on clyde 1 in glasgow, tay fm / nortsound in aberdeenshire)) and all the idiots of the day arrive...i also have to say, wheneevr i go to the arches and see buses outside i know its going to be an interesting evening, the folk that travel down on a coach (from aberdeen/dundee or wherever) will of course go well overboard before they even get into the arches and will be all over the shop come 1am..Costs me a bit to go to Glasgow, so prefer to keep it to nights I'll likely enjoy. Plus, if I know names on the bill, then I know it's going to be more 'age appropriate', which as a gent in his mid 30s, is starting to become important. If it's artists I've never heard of, I assume it's for the kids, and I'm not sure I can be arsed with a crowd of 18 year olds... Never seen a fight at the Arches nights I've been at, but, without wishing to sound snotty or prejudiced (lol), I expect house/techno crowds to a bit better behaved than those at trance/harder nights (maybe because trance is more 'mainstream' & hard has that mentalist boy racer association).
i also hear you travel situation from ayr (im originally from ayrshire myself), if i couldn't crash at a mates house, would leave early (2:30/2:40am and run up and get the airport bus and get off in kilmarnock, taxi home from there.
i'm being a bit more selective on my nights out this year as well, going more on certain djs rather than on the nights
i'm still podnering ALFOS next month mate, will give you a shout about that, me & my mate are up for it, but need to make sure my pal isn't having a dinner & drinks thing for his wedding the next day...even then i still fancy alfos
.... (todd terje on saturday at subbie is so tempting me...but i'd said i was staying in til ibiza...
Johnny Vodka
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i;ve definitely seen more trouble / bigger percentage of idiots at big house nights, such as afrojack, laidback luke
i also hear you travel situation from ayr (im originally from ayrshire myself), if i couldn't crash at a mates house, would leave early (2:30/2:40am and run up and get the airport bus and get off in kilmarnock, taxi home from there.
i'm being a bit more selective on my nights out this year as well, going more on certain djs rather than on the nights
i'm still podnering ALFOS next month mate, will give you a shout about that, me & my mate are up for it, but need to make sure my pal isn't having a dinner & drinks thing for his wedding the next day...even then i still fancy alfos
Afrojack and Laidback Luke don't appeal. Any Laidback Luke I've heard hasn't been house as I know it (even if others define it that way!) and has only earned a tut and an "Is that what kids listen to nowadays?" Afrojack... I know the name... have I heard him? My impression is he's another one for the kids. I guess the trouble is more to do with popularity and being more mainstream than the exact genre. The kind of names that have drawn me to The Arches in recent years are: Radio Slave, Miss Kittin, Pier Bucci, Felix Da Housecat, Sasha... also saw 2 Many DJ's. Not many neds will go along to see Radio Slave, I like to think!
If I'm out in Glasgow, I usually just get a cheap hotel near the station. Got a feel for which ones aren't too shocked when you wander by reception at 4a.m. looking like this ->
. Don't want to be on public transport like that. My friend did offer me a bed in Glasgow, but he stays with his mum so never wanted to go back there looking like that either. have you been to the substanz afters (the new unit after party place?)...if its on, you could go there, then get first train/bus back on the saturday or sunday morning.Afrojack and Laidback Luke don't appeal. Any Laidback Luke I've heard hasn't been house as I know it (even if others define it that way!) and has only earned a tut and an "Is that what kids listen to nowadays?" Afrojack... I know the name... have I heard him? My impression is he's another one for the kids. I guess the trouble is more to do with popularity and being more mainstream than the exact genre. The kind of names that have drawn me to The Arches in recent years are: Radio Slave, Miss Kittin, Pier Bucci, Felix Da Housecat, Sasha... also saw 2 Many DJ's. Not many neds will go along to see Radio Slave, I like to think!
If I'm out in Glasgow, I usually just get a cheap hotel near the station. Got a feel for which ones aren't too shocked when you wander by reception at 4a.m. looking like this ->
i've seen me come out Substanz at 7/8am and get the bus up the house
..well im not paying a taxi when the bus is going near my door
Im not a robot
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Mind bending that you can even function in a group that big.
Great review!
Great review!
Phil_Dicko
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Going into the holiday I was completely unnerved by the prospect of sharing with 15 people but on reflection, I definitely wouldn't take any old assortment of friends and acquaintances in such a large group to Ibiza. This only worked because of the types of people we had and a couple of key organizers in the group. As mentioned, we're very lucky in this regard.
We are proof though - it can be done. You just need open-minded and pro-active personalities.
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Ikoda
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Our group could be huge when we go in 11 days...
8)
the good thing about large groups, whether at a festival or on a holiday, i usually find that you personally dont need to compromise as much on what your doing/what you want to see, as good chance somone else (or a couple others) will want to do the same as you, so off you go, with the others free to do what they want and everyone is happy, plus you get to hear how their night went, and the conversation is always fluid...definitely keeps the excitement levels up, keeps it interesting.
Scottish-Helen
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Totally agree with this. Sometimes we'll all do things as a big group or othertimes split off then get back together at the end of the night.
I now am extremely fortunate to be part of a massive group of mates in Manchester which has come together through various club nights over the past 10 years or so. 22 of them are on safari in South Africa at the moment, 18 of us went to Slovenia in April, we had 19 of us at Secret Garden Party in July and I think it was nearly 50 of us in our camp at Glasto last year. Luckily everybody is 100% ace and I don't think I've ever known anybody to have a row or anything which is pretty good going. Defo need to be sure of the people you are going with on large groups though.
Ibiza this time is 8 of us staying together but there are a lot of other people that are on the island at the same time so it's going to be a very fun time.
Scottish-Helen
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Always wanted to fall in with a group like that. I know a few people dotted around, and am steadily getting to know the OTR lot better so hopefully I can have some form of a clubbing crew at some point
And you will. It's one of the things I love about the whole clubbing scene.
8) its cool you've got such a group..very handy for when that festival/club night comes up and your looking for partner's in crime to attend with8)
at rockness this year we had about 25/30 people in our wee crowd and it was good times from the moment the first people arrived8)
Jack87
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I love how groups like this come to form. We've got a big group of friends in Manchester by complete chance, suppose it'd have to be being this far South.
We met a nice group of Scouse girls at Creamfields in 2008, kept in touch, and 3 of us arranged to meet them at Exit Festival in 2009. Our flights were via Germany, and on arriving at Belgrade airport we found out our bags had been left in Frankfurt, and would not arrive for another 6 hours. There were a fair few in the same situation, and we got talking to 3 people from Manchester. Our options were wait the 6 hours, or head to the festival and take the risk on the airline delivering them as promised. I suggested we go to a local bar, drink, and wait. Got to know these guys and girl fairly well, all our age, and part of a group of about 30 who knew each other from various courses at the Manchester universities. We only bumped into the Scouse girls a couple of times, and had an absolutely top week partying hard with 'Team Manchester'. Brilliant times.
We met a few of this group at Creamfields later that year, as well as others who weren't at the festival. Since then we've been making regular trips to Manchester - had some top nights in Sankeys and at various Warehouse Project nights, and we had a fairly big group at Hideout Festival last year. Missed Sonar with them this year so there's some catching up to do in WHP season.
Meeting them was a complete fluke, but we've ended up with a top group of mates in the North West who are just like us (but with strange accents) and I'm sure we'll be partying and hitting festivals/Ibiza etc with them for years to come. You're never far away from new friends when it comes to the clubbing scene!
We met a nice group of Scouse girls at Creamfields in 2008, kept in touch, and 3 of us arranged to meet them at Exit Festival in 2009. Our flights were via Germany, and on arriving at Belgrade airport we found out our bags had been left in Frankfurt, and would not arrive for another 6 hours. There were a fair few in the same situation, and we got talking to 3 people from Manchester. Our options were wait the 6 hours, or head to the festival and take the risk on the airline delivering them as promised. I suggested we go to a local bar, drink, and wait. Got to know these guys and girl fairly well, all our age, and part of a group of about 30 who knew each other from various courses at the Manchester universities. We only bumped into the Scouse girls a couple of times, and had an absolutely top week partying hard with 'Team Manchester'. Brilliant times.
We met a few of this group at Creamfields later that year, as well as others who weren't at the festival. Since then we've been making regular trips to Manchester - had some top nights in Sankeys and at various Warehouse Project nights, and we had a fairly big group at Hideout Festival last year. Missed Sonar with them this year so there's some catching up to do in WHP season.
Meeting them was a complete fluke, but we've ended up with a top group of mates in the North West who are just like us (but with strange accents
) and I'm sure we'll be partying and hitting festivals/Ibiza etc with them for years to come. You're never far away from new friends when it comes to the clubbing scene!
Phil_Dicko
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Definitely agree with you there. There was a lot of scope for people to do their own thing and, as you say, it definitely helps the fluidity of conversation and general socialising.
As I say, the key is open-mindedness. Just because you're a big group doesn't mean you have to be protective and clannish. When most of you do head out in the same direction, getting everyone tickets, drugs, taxis etc. can be hard but those dynmanic, 'organizer' personalities make all the difference. Our food shops were a tour de force.
Having done this 'large group' thing twice now, I think I know pretty much straight off who of my friends I would and wouldn't include in this kind of thing. Not everyone I know would suit it.
Phil_Dicko
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Yeah, I think it's pretty cool as well. For us, it's been a very organic process. Starting with a core of clubbers from University, very much cemented by the music and the memories of countless nights at Syndicate in Bristol. And then once most of these Uni people moved to London I've just found myself in this huge web of amazing people. And I can only see the group growing as well. It's a beautiful thing!
wednesday23
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Working in Ibiza I totally get this, I have a few friends who just don't like the big group thing and want a very small personal clubbing experience. (they tend to be girls who don't like sharing their friends! Which is probably why I go out more with the lads!) I love looking around me at a club and being surrounded by people I love though.
Really good example of meeting people in strange places is our group out on a boat party at 7am today - I met one girl when she slept with my housemate, i worked with one guy, met one guy at a farm party of someone i'd met through a mutual friend in the pub. Met two guys 30 mins earlier in the pub and brought them along and took a friend of someone I used to work with (although weirdly he was based in an Irish office and just met him at a work event) Oh and one of the djs partying with us I met at We Love Closing last year.
Diverse group aged from 20-42 but we raved it up till 4pm this afternoon!
Ikoda
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Yeah, I think it's pretty cool as well. For us, it's been a very organic process. Starting with a core of clubbers from University, very much cemented by the music and the memories of countless nights at Syndicate in Bristol. And then once most of these Uni people moved to London I've just found myself in this huge web of amazing people. And I can only see the group growing as well. It's a beautiful thing!
May Syndicate rest in peace.
Phil_Dicko
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May Syndicate rest in peace.
Indeed, mate. Refurbed and reopened 2nd year of Uni. A corporate clubbing relic 6 years later. Who knows where I'd be and who I'd be socialising with without that place.