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2011 was a great year for the Ibiza Rocks guys, they had a great lineup of talent on during the summer and they also went all Ska with their closing party when Madness took to the stage to finish of the year. Madness playing at Ibiza Rocks fit in well with a whole host of gigs from bands, groups that you would not expect to see on the Island and it all seems to have gone down well.

Ibiza Rocks are already however, busy planning next year. The Hotel opens from the 15th May with weekly gigs taking place from the 6th June for 17 weeks. You can expect the usual top class lineup every Wednesday throughout the summer and if your staying at the hotel the your gig ticket is already included in the price.

New for 2012 are Saturday nights, if bands are not completely your thing you can go to the hotel on a Saturday to see a top class range of Dj’s playing on the main stage next to the pool. Last year, people like Annie Mac and FatBoy Slim played in the hotel, other dates that stick in my mind in the past is Stave Angello with his Size Matters party.

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In 2011 Manchester really seems to be pushing its own thing on Ibiza. So far Sankeys has had nothing but good reviews from what ive read and moving forward another night will be hitting the white isle.

Between the 23rd and 28th July Electronique which is run by Si Heslin will be throwing a host of parties across different venues in Ibiza. Electronique is a night born in Manchester and has had plenty of very successful nights in Sankeys Manchester and around the UK. Electronique plays deep and soulful tech house music and in a couple of weeks will be taking over Ibiza.

They kick of their tour playing the Zoo Project boat party which is generally considered one of the best boat parties to go on, they will also take on Hush, a pool party at Kanya and what must be the pinnacle of this trip for them, they will be taking over the Red Room @ Space on the 27th July which is also a Northern Lights Night which would make this an amazing night to go to.

If you want to hear what Electronique is about, you should all remember Mr Pedros who is one of their residents, who kindly did this set for the blog, You will be able to catch Mr Pedros on the 26th July @ Kanya, 27th July @ Space and 28th July @ Bunker

If you want to check out more from Electronique then on the 20th July you will be able to buy their 10 track Ibiza sampler from Beatport, which you can trust me when i say, is really good!

Electronique Dates 2011:

23rd July Electronique @ Zoo Project Boatparty & TBC

24th July IamStereo @ Hush

26th July Electronique Pool Party @ Kanya

27th July Electronique @ SPACE

28th July Electronique @ Bunker

This is a quick blog pre next weeks diary entries. No doubt whatever we got up to over there next week will provide some insight into the island and of course our silly raver heads but I just wanted to outline what our battle plans were so if anyone has a special interest in a place they can tune in to see what the place is like from a true consumers point of view. No DJ favortism, music mag bias, snotty journalist write up, just pure 100% how it is gonna be for YOU or rather how it was for me and my merry band of trance warriors, techno kids and minimal yeads!!

We have made a commitment to each other to have it as large as humanly possible and I promise you all that I will bring describe it to you in as much delicious detail as I (legally) can!!

The definates are Circo Loco @ DC10, Be @ Space, Cream @ Amnesia, Zoo Project. I am of course allowing for a few nights of spontaneity to see where the island takes me. I will also try to check out Sankeys and feel that I have missed out on the Fiesta del Agua in the past so will try to write up what a night at that landmark party is like.

If your interested in any of these then check out my Ibiza diary next week…

Peace, Love and Techno

Spotted this video yesterday tweeted by the Mambo twitter account, Swedish House Mafia, Russell Brand, Morillo and others drinking shots!

Source: Youtube

Bora Bora is a funny place, once the coolest party on the island, then laws kicked in and a health and safety got a conscience, the guy who started it left .

The party still goes on but it’s never quite the same, I went down a couple of nights last year and it was rammed, Spiderman was doing his shift and the music was good, but it seemed so different!

This year, Bora Bora will be opening on Friday 20th May with Oliver Lang, I’m not sure if the closing date is accurate or that it means Oliver lang is there every week but the event page on Oliver Langs myspace  it has a closing of October 3rd.

Source: Myspace

It’s the first of March and Savannah have just tweeted with the excitement that they are opening next month! I don’t always keep track on when the bars open in Ibiza but it makes sense that they open before the season starts properly.

This means that Savannah will be opening in April for the summer season.

Source: Twitter

The one thing i love about the internet today is the access you get to media, news, audio etc… The thing i love more is when the clubs and bars of Ibiza get in on the action.

Today i came across a video on YouTube that Savannah has made. Its a look back to look forward video! confused? lets just call it 2010 highlights and start looking forward to this summer!!

Source: Youtube

Cafe Mambo have just given a rough date for the opening of Cafe Mambo for the 2011 season.

They have just tweeted

This will put the opening at around the 13th May, this puts the opening at around 1 week before the Ibiza Music Convention which all ties in very nicely

Source: Twitter