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*unfortunately we do not have these type of clubs/settings here in my city - nor will we ever have them. Especially with the shootings at certain nightclubs, the lack of true interest in a well developed electronic music scene.
Furthermore the focus of what I will call here in my city , similar very repetitive hip hop/reggeaton music that gets played every single saturday night that which has driven me bored , tired , jaded and often isolated. The black urban cultural standards that are often incredibly sensible , territorial and often unwelcoming to outsiders to be honest. I wanted to take a break and get some sun from all. Not just from these above but other stress as well.
Dates you were there: 17th of sept - 23d of september 7 days. last minute booking and was totally worth it.
Where you stayed (resort/hotel): hostal rosalia.
Club nights visited:
Destino for rumours
Pacha - f*ck me I am famous
DC 10- Paradise
Ushuia - Nervo nation & Ants
(missed Sankey's rebel's cove) - due to being late for the bracelet discount. I really wanted to go actually.
I regretfully say that I missed my favorite night, my house (martin solveig) @ Pacha, where I usually have fared better luck.
The music focus seems to be mainly fun , holding a fashionable edge through commercial/non commercial music and still holding a very palpable level of urban sensibility.
Best night:
Sept 17/ 2017
Ushuaia completely , everything that I like. It resembles a mini international festival, a concert like hall (in the beach), it is spacious, you dont have to impose your world on another person through a vibe, the sound system is amazing, the visuals are brilliant for the most part and the it ends before twelve. It also leads to much higher energy intensity in the sets of the artist, especially if they are performing in the front stage. With so much room there is so much energy and the sets seem to to aim at basically blowing off the roof (sort of speak). As opposed to creating a peculiar and artistic sound, which you would find in most nights at darker clubs like dc10 or Amnesia etc.
Anyways, my perspective - amazing night for the nervo girls.
*** Special mention to Sunnery james and ryan marciano - incredible sets with lots of club hits and high energy bass lines plus some melody here and there. (which I thought was missing) ****
Nervo started off a bit too commercial and very staged and choreographed show , which was cute. However by the end they hit this very melodic and banging sort of sound that kept on going and hit a note of nostalgia and uplifting looking forwardness. Reassuring that the summer was coming to end but things would be better
Sincerely a brilliant show.
After the show ended - I really really wanted to go to the club in front, Hi and see Martin Garix , whom I have bought most of his productions and I really think he has matured into an amazing producer. Anyways, I had spent a lot of money that day so I just decided to call it a night.
Sept 23/2017
Ants (also at Ushuaia) : Timo mass , whom I had not seen in like such a long time and since my teens; I remember hearing his mixes for mixmag ( remember ? - Timo Maas – "Feedback Welcome " ) or those sort of songs that are synonymous to his sound. This was the type of sound that was played, some dub, good jacking house, a bit of techno very nice to hear at a party like ants.
There was a couple of djs that I would like to mention ANOTR - two dudes that played some very good tunes , noteworthy of a good beginning set.
Lastly - Groove armada whom I just heard for the first 45 minutes as I had to , literally , catch a taxi-cab to the airport whilst still very much in a state of a partying. Got to the airport just on time, checked in , only to wait 40 minutes for a departure and eat 2 burgers at burger king.
In conclusion - a brilliant night , wow. Everyone seemed to be very into the music and just so up for a good time. Kudos to ushuia for such a brilliant line up and great atmosphere.
Worst night: the flight back, ending without a phone (due to getting water damage), not getting the girl's that I liked and talked to phone's due to the fact that I had no working phone and no pen to write with.
Best bar: visited a lot
Cotton Beach club - amazing cocktails and good prices for their tintos and their reislings and rose wines are amazing! wow.
The view is killer in the upstairs "chill out lounge " area.
Best place to eat: Beso beach - formentera, a bit expensive but the view is killer. " no hay verano sin un beso" = (
other good mentions are pretty much anywhere in the port of san antonio, all those restaurants near the strip, went to ibiza rocks twice, Ithaca's breakfast is quite ok. Also the paellas served along the port in san antonio are nicely done and less pricey usually at around (11-15 euros) which is fine, in ibiza town they cost 20 euros.
I also would recommend this pintxo bar / restaurant where I had wellington beef served as a pintxo and it was so good, I had 4 servings and took off the bread and just ate the wellington beef portion, with amazing selection of spanish wines.
I can't remember the name , it is off avenida España going north, away from the castle near the benetton shop, which oddly only sells for women. (I used to like Benetton sweaters).
Es cavalet - el chiringuito - wow lovey view, amazing sunbeds and decently priced beer. A bit expensive but it must be done.
Everyone is really really chill here though. This is the only place where I would say I encountered a bit of anal european attitude, older monied folks and their way. I mean , the bar is a bit expensive. I can only afford two drinks and a bit of food while cheekily bringing my ow rose wine and then also tried to get a game of volleyball , but it was too late.
amazing honourable mention from a tourist - cafe mambo, an iconic place. I ate breakfast there twice. I found the bartender girl from latvia such a doll and so gorgeous and beautiful. The other two English waitress outside kept me coming back in the hopes that one day I would maybe hit it off. They were so nice and beautiful. I understand why people say mambo is a bit overated but I had an amazing time, I went to my house pre party with danny wade, who did a fantastic job.
And then to the labyrinth pre party which was equally amazing. Overall I really liked cafe mambo.
Money spent: let's not even go there
Biggest regret: not paying attention to girls that perhaps were giving positive clues due to being off my rocker and being in party mode. (it is such a catch 22). In one had you want to party and have a laugh and forget and in the other , I did not want to over do it so that I would be coherent enough and still standing to enjoy a nice chat. Unfortunately this did not happen in two nights, and I missed out . = (
Not being able to attend carl cox at amensia due to the ticket price and not having budgeted for it, I mean 70 euros!! wow.
And on top of that , meeting a lovely lovely polish girl and her mother or older friend going to amnesia while riding the bus , her inviting me and other english fellas getting off at the steps of amnesia and I had to basically continue forward due to not having enough budgeted euros for this night. Oh it was killer! - her mother was so chatty and nice and thus this sort of drew attention towards me from her daughter and she was lovely. Such a cringe worthy moment of not having enough money , if you are a straight guy, you will understand.
Going back?: of course next year. yes!!!!
Top tip: protect your cellphone. try to rent a car. be safe.
While I was going to bossa for sankey's , I stopped by at some italian bar (started speaking a bit of italian to the waitress , people were in a party mood , chatting and happy).
I sit down in the rail overlooking the street and then I think to myself, gee - I have to go to the bathroom. As I get up and walk to the ask the waiter "dove sta il bagno " (dont know if this was completely correct) anyways , a car hits the rail in front of where I was sitting just about 10 seconds ago and dents it enough. People that were partying look at the car for about 10 seconds and then continue partying. (crazy!) wow.
In all - this was a lovey trip - I rented a bicycle and biked 22 km. All the way to cotton beach club, hiked so much to see the great beaches near san antonio, I did scuba diving for the second year in a row and I am now into it. I got literally 3 hours of sleep or 4 every night. Went to bora bora twice, slept , drank and read while renting a sun bed there. Lovely view. Danced while there. Wicked sets.
But my kiss and those lovely smiles that I met with so much enthusiasm are missing in my phone in the form of phone numbers and possible pictures that I know i could garnish because I know I am a good chat. And all this is missing because my phone got mangled.
adieu
