My thoughts on last night ... it was a good one:
After a bit of day drinking in Plaza del Parc and the Port we fixed a large amount of supplies for our group of 5. Did a mini-test and then managed to get a couple of hours kip before heading to Destino for about 10.15.
Blond:ish were playing a “desert-House” style and the highlight was the Bicep remix of Higher Level. The bad weather never quite materialised but knowing Solomun was playing from 12 we headed near to Pacha at around 11.30 and grabbed some beers in a nearby bar (5 Cana for €10!).
Entered Pacha at 12.15 and maybe due to the weather forecast and Solomun playing from the off the dance floor filled up nicely early and the first hour Solomun played a fairly laid back set upping the pace from 1am. At this point we had lost a mate who had over indulged and this set-us back a bit. Turns out he fell asleep in a toilet and only re-surfaced 45 minutes later after we had made numerous tours of the club looking for him and fearing the worst (had he been knicked, chucked out or worse etc.). So at this point me and the wife left the others and headed upstairs behind the Dj booth and bumped into a couple we had met on our first trip in July who said we had inspired them to come again due to our multiple trips and after the Diynamic Festival in London was cancelled.
Took a while for the “vibe” to hit us but half an ikea pencil was soon to be working a treat as Sven took over. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect from him but after we had been to Cocoon in July it was (literally) more of the same but in a good way rolling out the current favourites (Koze - Pick Up, Butch - Countach, Newtron Dance etc.) for my pals this was a great treat as don’t really get out to Ibiza as much as we do and they said they had a great time.
Handing back to Solomun at 5am and he upped to ante with a really nice set with very little I recognised from previous or online sets and a real return to form. We left at 6.15 and maybe a little gutted we didn’t hang on later to hear how and when the night finished.
Special note to
@Johnny Vodka who we randomly sat next to upstairs during a chill out ... we had a nice chat after I guessed that as his name was John and he was Scottish it must be him!
All in all a great night but maybe not as good as one or two other +1s I’ve been to (Michael Mayer and Mind Against are my two favs of all time).
Lucky for us we are back in October for closing with Adriatique and already trying to work out a strategy for how to last all the way to midday for that one.