08.07.2008 New Mix Online: Ibiza Special 2008

Please check out my latest mix - Ibiza Special'08, dedicated my trip on the White Isle.
The mix contains ten hot summer house tracks with uplifting vibes and smooth vocals.
Check the tracklist and download link on the Music page!

30.06.08 Ibiza Report



The island of Ibiza...After hearing so much things about it, both positive and negative, I've
finally made my way over here to check it out myself. As a matter of fact, all of the things, both
positive and negative, came out to be equally correct. There were great parties, legendary
venues, amazing seashores, marvelous girls, beautiful sunrises and even more beautiful
sunsets. On the other hand, the island was packed with tourists (like myself :) and especially
british ones, who sometimes have taken their "party animal" -attitude waaay too far and the
drug offering on the island clearly exceeded the demand - you could get practically anything
anywhere - which for some was, obviously, an extremely positive thing :)

During the course of two weeks and numerous parties at Amnesia, Pacha, Eden, Es Paradis
and El Divino, I was indulged to hear the sets of world's most famous DJs, that I could never
even imagine seeing alive. However, despite the fact of being famous, very few DJs have
actually impressed me musically - or let's just say that the offering did not really match the hype.
One of the few to actually leave a mark was Paul Van Dyk, who played an amazing DJ set with
his mac laptop at Amnesia's Cream - including many trance classics, familiar evergreen themes
and just simply good music in his set. Eric Prydz, who obviously made his way to the island by
some other means than flying, came in with the second place - playing a typical Pryda(tm) set
at Eden with a good progressive/tribal wibe, classic bootlegged themes like Sweet Dreams,
Show Me Love and Prodigy's Breathe and, of course, some of Eric's own old and brand new
tracks. And yes, he did play Pjanoo, which totally set the crowd on fire :). Amazingly, the third
place in my chart is occupied not by a DJ, but a saxophonist girl, who, together with a
percussionist, did a live set with a Hed Kandi DJ playing at El Divino. I just don't know how did
this quite thin girl could keep those notes playing for so long and deliver so much soul during
her set. My point to all this is that either the whole Ibiza party-thing was just very well
(over)marketed, or i just failed to find my way to the right parties :)

In spite of that, Ibiza was by no means a disappointment to me. The most amazing thing, that
totally blew me away, was the true Ibiza vibe, atmosphere, energy - call it whatever you like.
You can feel it everywhere - walking on the street, lying on the beach, just riding around the
island on a car, looking at the sunset, or shared with a couple of thousand clubbers in a fully
packed venue, where every the crowd literally lives with the music. It's this amazing atmosphere
that makes the people come again, and again, or some - even to stay for good. After spending
2 weeks on this island that never sleeps, I feel myself more alive than ever, relaxed, fresh and
energized. Also, I consider myself lucky of having a possibility to play 6 DJ sets at 3 different
venues - which is really not bad for an Ibiza first-timer. To brings things to some sort of a
conclusion, i must say that Ibiza totally won my heart. Now, typing these words on a Finnair
flight back, I feel like I'm still there mentally, and probably will be for the next days (or maybe
weeks :) to come. Or, who knows if I will spend the whole year to come thinking about the return
to the White Island...One thing is certain - Ibiza has acquired a brand new worshiper :)

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