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Just got back yesterday Afternoon so thought I would post a little review of my trip...as im sure most of you can understand I have a serious case of the blues tinged with a little relief at being able to get some undisturbed sleep at night time instead of from 10am!
Firstly thanks to everyone who has given bits n pieces of advice and responses to my questions over the last few months. It all proved really helpful!
I came to Ibiza when I was 18 with 10 mates and stayed in San Antonio. Those 2 weeks have been recounted with each other endless times since and so I was really looking forward to doing it again be it that little bit older and in pdb instead of San An.
There were 3 of us meant to be going but the night before we left (Sat) my mate, known as Shady called to say he wanted to come out. I had asked him loads of times to come as the 4 of us travelled around brazil last year and had an amzing time but he said no for one reason or another. Anyway he said he was coming but would be out on Weds which meant the 3 of us had a Mon and Tues together
We arrived on Sun night around 1230 and got a cab to the Fiesta Hotel Playa Den Bossa (which I recommend. Good food, nice clean A/C rooms, big balcony with sea views right on the beach and literally a 30 sec stumble home from Space. The best bit personally was breakfast time when when all the oddities staying in our hotel congregated which resulting much stupid giggling on my part and us becoming friends with an elderly and extremely hairstute russian couple who sat next to us)
Sunday night around 130 we popped out to get a pizza via a sorely tempting walk past the Space queue. We held out and instead had to make do with some banter with some understandably highly excited Italians.
Monday morning was a little lie in and a bit of dip before heading down to DC-10. I was really looking forward to this as last time I came here I remember hearing about it just taking off as an after hours space club. We arrived around 330 and it was fairly quiet. Still plenty of people but it really easy to pick a spot, chill and slowly ease ourselves into it. The sounds when we arrived were mindblowing. We didnt recognise a single tune (for most of the night to be honest) but the dirty squelchy baselines with some creative mixing was perfect and by about 5 ish we were truly all loving it. Around 6ish the place was really starting to pack out and we found ourselvestowards the front of the room really getting involved. We decided to leave around 10ish because the place was absolutely rammed. I think we all agreed from 8oclock onwards the music was amazing and so we really had to pull ourselves away.
In hindsight, because it was our 1st bit of clubbing, DC-10 was def our fav clubbing experience. The music, the friendliness of the crowd, the slightly underground vibe and the general feeling that we were sharing something in Ibiza that you actively have to seek out i.e. its not just on your doorstep,made it a great day.
We went back to the hotel, got some munch freshened up and had a little sleep before heading out to Cocoon for around 130ish. I was quite unsure about Cocoon given it clashed with R Sanchez but given our day at DC10 it felt more of a logical choice. I remeber amnesia as being my favourite club from when we came here five yrs ago. Remeber having an amzing night at GodsKitchen and Cream so was really excited.
I wasnt feeling to good for one reason or another when we arrived and it took me till about 44ish to get into it. Really wasnt impressed with the first couple of hours. Found it bleepy and monotonous. It was only when Sven Vath came on that I understood what all the fuss about Cocoon was about. The guys a real showman and his tune selection had me going until 7 and making up for lost time. One particualr tune at close to 7ish, Isbjorn I think its called sealed the smile on my face. At 7 we all made non-committed sounds about catching the after party and these girls we were chating to earlier did a good job at trying to convince us but we were all abit exhausted and coming down so decided to go home via getting the wrong bus which left us in Ibiza Town.
Overall personally I didnt think Cocoon was my best night the way other people feel it is theirs. Having said that it was definately up there and I really liked the cosmopolitan crowd again . Everyone was there for the music and seemed to be really up for it!
Tuesday was a planned chill day. Woke up around 3ish had a little dip and generally relaxed before heading down to Borra Borra for around 7ish. Now I remeber Borra Borra from 5yrs ago only v vaguely as we only popped down for a couple of hrs during space. But at the end of the trip I came to the conclusion that Borra Borra is def one of my favourite places in the world. Some people have said that the music can be poor but apart for the odd occasional and understandable lull I thought the music was spot on and perfect for dancing to outside into the evening.
I should actually qualify that. Borra Borra before 12 is one of my favourite places in the world. After 12 when it all went inside there was a noticable change in the crowd, especially after 1ish. We hung about till about 130ish because despite there being absolutely no need they continued to play some really good tunes. Around 130 we realised that the crowd was becoming dominated by some pretty horny men and given that we had been completely spoiled with the crowd on Mon and earlier that evening we had a little smoke on the beach and played some cards. We still ended up going to bed at 530 because we ended up playing tunes in our hotel room on the portable Ipod speaker I bought for the trip which was good fun.
Wednesday was pretty relaxed again and I ened up sleeping till around 5 oclock. We were pretty keen on catching the Sunset in SanAn but it was looking a little cloudy so we put that on the backburner for later in the Week. Shady arrived around 10 oclock and the 4 of us were reunited. So off we headed into Ibiza Town around 1oclock for some drinks. We went to Zoo Bar and were immediately taken by how lively and buzzing Ibiza Town is compared to PdB. Had a few drinks and generally had a good catch up now that the fprur of us were back together. Around 2 oclock we headed down to Pacha, for Subliminal Sessions. Pacha was the only club I didnt go to last time so was quire excited. Everyone was in good spirits when we jumped in a cab with a really really old cab driver. The moment we got in the driver cranks up his stereo and starts blasting out Calabria which we all love. So there were 4 of us and a 70 year old cabbie singing along as we reached Pacha all smiling
The first thing when we got inside we noticed was how many more british people there were compared to Dc-10, Cocoon and Borra Borra. Didnt mind but we all agreed we really liked the cosmopolitan atmosphere and energy of the first couple of nights. Actually felt away from home!
I was expecting big things from Morillo given Ive bought a couple of his albums in the past and whilst quite mainstream still get you up and dancing which is the name of the game at the end of the day. As my friend Patsy put it so concisely,Morillo was "average". I know a few spotlighters expressed their mixed feelings to this night and in Hindsight the Home of La Troya at space might have gone down better
Still had a good night and a few of the highlights were when he dropped This is Miami and Same Man and Calabria but apart from that he struggled to hold our attention. Admittedly I did go missing in action at around 6ish as a mixture of too much booze + others led to me burning up and having to rub ice cubes on myself which is not the greatest looking thing you'll see at Pacha. Did get chatting to this dippy welsh girl who was hilarious. My hours kip in the club gave a massively strong second wind whilst the others were flagging and came out of pacha no where near ready to call it a night. My newly found Welsh Friend and I decided carry on to the Home of La Troya After Party at Space till about 11am when my hinger pangs got the better of me and called it a night via a quick dip in the pool
The nxt thing I knew and it was Thursday night and I was being shaken awake at 9ish by Patsy. Got a little food and before heading down to Cream at Amnesia. This was the first night we were going to that I had been to 5years ago. That night only 4 of the 10 had made it out but we'd met some American chicks who were great fun and just remeber it being an amazing night. Also remeber it being a bit more progressive than this time round where I found it to be a bit more of a hard trance sound. Admittedly my music tastes have changed over the last few years and trance is really not
Just got back yesterday Afternoon so thought I would post a little review of my trip...as im sure most of you can understand I have a serious case of the blues tinged with a little relief at being able to get some undisturbed sleep at night time instead of from 10am!
Firstly thanks to everyone who has given bits n pieces of advice and responses to my questions over the last few months. It all proved really helpful!
I came to Ibiza when I was 18 with 10 mates and stayed in San Antonio. Those 2 weeks have been recounted with each other endless times since and so I was really looking forward to doing it again be it that little bit older and in pdb instead of San An.
There were 3 of us meant to be going but the night before we left (Sat) my mate, known as Shady called to say he wanted to come out. I had asked him loads of times to come as the 4 of us travelled around brazil last year and had an amzing time but he said no for one reason or another. Anyway he said he was coming but would be out on Weds which meant the 3 of us had a Mon and Tues together
We arrived on Sun night around 1230 and got a cab to the Fiesta Hotel Playa Den Bossa (which I recommend. Good food, nice clean A/C rooms, big balcony with sea views right on the beach and literally a 30 sec stumble home from Space. The best bit personally was breakfast time when when all the oddities staying in our hotel congregated which resulting much stupid giggling on my part and us becoming friends with an elderly and extremely hairstute russian couple who sat next to us)
Sunday night around 130 we popped out to get a pizza via a sorely tempting walk past the Space queue. We held out and instead had to make do with some banter with some understandably highly excited Italians.
Monday morning was a little lie in and a bit of dip before heading down to DC-10. I was really looking forward to this as last time I came here I remember hearing about it just taking off as an after hours space club. We arrived around 330 and it was fairly quiet. Still plenty of people but it really easy to pick a spot, chill and slowly ease ourselves into it. The sounds when we arrived were mindblowing. We didnt recognise a single tune (for most of the night to be honest) but the dirty squelchy baselines with some creative mixing was perfect and by about 5 ish we were truly all loving it. Around 6ish the place was really starting to pack out and we found ourselvestowards the front of the room really getting involved. We decided to leave around 10ish because the place was absolutely rammed. I think we all agreed from 8oclock onwards the music was amazing and so we really had to pull ourselves away.
In hindsight, because it was our 1st bit of clubbing, DC-10 was def our fav clubbing experience. The music, the friendliness of the crowd, the slightly underground vibe and the general feeling that we were sharing something in Ibiza that you actively have to seek out i.e. its not just on your doorstep,made it a great day.
We went back to the hotel, got some munch freshened up and had a little sleep before heading out to Cocoon for around 130ish. I was quite unsure about Cocoon given it clashed with R Sanchez but given our day at DC10 it felt more of a logical choice. I remeber amnesia as being my favourite club from when we came here five yrs ago. Remeber having an amzing night at GodsKitchen and Cream so was really excited.
I wasnt feeling to good for one reason or another when we arrived and it took me till about 44ish to get into it. Really wasnt impressed with the first couple of hours. Found it bleepy and monotonous. It was only when Sven Vath came on that I understood what all the fuss about Cocoon was about. The guys a real showman and his tune selection had me going until 7 and making up for lost time. One particualr tune at close to 7ish, Isbjorn I think its called sealed the smile on my face. At 7 we all made non-committed sounds about catching the after party and these girls we were chating to earlier did a good job at trying to convince us but we were all abit exhausted and coming down so decided to go home via getting the wrong bus which left us in Ibiza Town.
Overall personally I didnt think Cocoon was my best night the way other people feel it is theirs. Having said that it was definately up there and I really liked the cosmopolitan crowd again . Everyone was there for the music and seemed to be really up for it!
Tuesday was a planned chill day. Woke up around 3ish had a little dip and generally relaxed before heading down to Borra Borra for around 7ish. Now I remeber Borra Borra from 5yrs ago only v vaguely as we only popped down for a couple of hrs during space. But at the end of the trip I came to the conclusion that Borra Borra is def one of my favourite places in the world. Some people have said that the music can be poor but apart for the odd occasional and understandable lull I thought the music was spot on and perfect for dancing to outside into the evening.
I should actually qualify that. Borra Borra before 12 is one of my favourite places in the world. After 12 when it all went inside there was a noticable change in the crowd, especially after 1ish. We hung about till about 130ish because despite there being absolutely no need they continued to play some really good tunes. Around 130 we realised that the crowd was becoming dominated by some pretty horny men and given that we had been completely spoiled with the crowd on Mon and earlier that evening we had a little smoke on the beach and played some cards. We still ended up going to bed at 530 because we ended up playing tunes in our hotel room on the portable Ipod speaker I bought for the trip which was good fun.
Wednesday was pretty relaxed again and I ened up sleeping till around 5 oclock. We were pretty keen on catching the Sunset in SanAn but it was looking a little cloudy so we put that on the backburner for later in the Week. Shady arrived around 10 oclock and the 4 of us were reunited. So off we headed into Ibiza Town around 1oclock for some drinks. We went to Zoo Bar and were immediately taken by how lively and buzzing Ibiza Town is compared to PdB. Had a few drinks and generally had a good catch up now that the fprur of us were back together. Around 2 oclock we headed down to Pacha, for Subliminal Sessions. Pacha was the only club I didnt go to last time so was quire excited. Everyone was in good spirits when we jumped in a cab with a really really old cab driver. The moment we got in the driver cranks up his stereo and starts blasting out Calabria which we all love. So there were 4 of us and a 70 year old cabbie singing along as we reached Pacha all smiling
The first thing when we got inside we noticed was how many more british people there were compared to Dc-10, Cocoon and Borra Borra. Didnt mind but we all agreed we really liked the cosmopolitan atmosphere and energy of the first couple of nights. Actually felt away from home!
I was expecting big things from Morillo given Ive bought a couple of his albums in the past and whilst quite mainstream still get you up and dancing which is the name of the game at the end of the day. As my friend Patsy put it so concisely,Morillo was "average". I know a few spotlighters expressed their mixed feelings to this night and in Hindsight the Home of La Troya at space might have gone down better
Still had a good night and a few of the highlights were when he dropped This is Miami and Same Man and Calabria but apart from that he struggled to hold our attention. Admittedly I did go missing in action at around 6ish as a mixture of too much booze + others led to me burning up and having to rub ice cubes on myself which is not the greatest looking thing you'll see at Pacha. Did get chatting to this dippy welsh girl who was hilarious. My hours kip in the club gave a massively strong second wind whilst the others were flagging and came out of pacha no where near ready to call it a night. My newly found Welsh Friend and I decided carry on to the Home of La Troya After Party at Space till about 11am when my hinger pangs got the better of me and called it a night via a quick dip in the pool
The nxt thing I knew and it was Thursday night and I was being shaken awake at 9ish by Patsy. Got a little food and before heading down to Cream at Amnesia. This was the first night we were going to that I had been to 5years ago. That night only 4 of the 10 had made it out but we'd met some American chicks who were great fun and just remeber it being an amazing night. Also remeber it being a bit more progressive than this time round where I found it to be a bit more of a hard trance sound. Admittedly my music tastes have changed over the last few years and trance is really not
I know, come on man, finish what you've started!
Keep it coming, it's a good read........and we're all dying to know what happened when you got to Cream