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

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All this is fair enough however one of the first things i noticed was Ibiza Rocks bar, as i said i wasn’t in San An last year and i didn’t really take in the news that Bar M had been re branded. Bar M was a great bar. In the daytime they played relaxing but great music, i feel the food they have got in that bar is spot on! I would almost go as far as to say you get to much food, i would always recommend the spicy wings!!

Ibiza Rocks bar was very different however, still got the same great staff, great food but the one thing that stuck out like a sore thumb was the new music policy in the bar, Not surprisingly considering the name change, the chilled out beats have gone and replaced with Indie all day long. For me, the heart of the bar has been ripped out and replaced with something extremely average and dull. Moving on from the day time too night and things got no better. Again, Bar M was a great bar for the evenings, I’ve never seen it quiet and it always has great music. Unfortunately, Ibiza Rocks Bar does not continue that, we went last Sunday just after Judge Jules had played for the JS pre party and again, bog standard Indie was being played and the bar was the quietest I’ve ever seen it in an evening. Do they really expect people going to Judgement Sundays (who had the tidy boys playing that week) wanting to listen to Indie before they head of to the club? I certainly didn’t want to so moved on very swiftly with great disappointment after bigging the place up to a puzzled friend.

The next experience of Ibiza Rocks for me was the gig at the hotel. After hearing the music being played in the bar, there was no chance i was putting myself on a boat for the Ibiza Rocks boat party.

My experience of the gig itself was as good as ever, The Vaccines were the head liners and when i looked at the line up for the whole summer i really thought i had pulled the short straw, they did however attribute to a really good gig. The dreaded dull Indie was playing when we first got their but it quickly livened up. Darwin Deez played great and was very entertaining musically and visually.

The Vaccines came on shortly after and considering how little i was looking forwards to it, i thought they were really good and really enjoyed it. To finish of the night off, Zane Lowe did a DJ set. I’ve seen Zane do a DJ set at the hotel before at an opening party so i knew what to expect. Extreme high energy music that gets everyone jumping up and down like idiots…. CHECK!!

Following the gig at the hotel we gave the Bar a miss and headed back to the hotel room for a short while before heading over to Es Paradis for the after party.

Last time i went to an Ibiza rocks after party was for Reclaim The Dance floor, My memories were of a rammed club, 3 rooms of music including an electro room, Zane played the after party and the seasons residents were 2 Many D’s, It was the night Jordan made an appearance, Again, lots of really good music, heard lots of Indie / Rock influenced dance music which was a change to anything else i had found, but really enjoyed it. I felt Ibiza Rocks had generated a new genre of dance music and they were packing out the club with people wanting to listen to it. Indie Rock Dance was born for me!

Unfortunately, Es Paradis could not have been and different, it was quiet to start off with but when people realised Zane would not be playing the after party it went very quiet very quick. The same old dull Indie music policy had made a return and if i was being very generous i would say it was slightly worse than the bad nights i had in the students union i went to listening to exactly the same music.

The only reason it was worse was because at my universities student union, we didn’t have shit falling out of the skirts of girls walking round the dance floor, seriously, that did happen, and it stank, credit to the staff of Es Paradis it was cleared very quickly but at that moment in time someone walked past with a ‘San An Trash’ T Shirt on, and it couldn’t be more fitting. This was the final straw for us and we left very disappointed.
My personal thoughts on this were, how can something that was so good now be so wrong?

Ibiza Rocks is in every nook and cranny this season in Ibiza. The gigs in the hotel are outstanding, speaking to one person i hear the house is something very special (something I’ll never be lucky enough to see), however, the rest of it all (i can’t comment on the boat party) seems to have no effort put into it, they are there to push the brand, but it’s doing the opposite, i want to go to Ibiza Rocks bar and it make me want to indulge more in the brand e.g. go on the boat, by my gig tickets, indulge in the after party, unfortunately it doesn’t.

I think this blog post is a first for me on this blog as it is very critical. Usually, if i don’t have something good to say then i just don’t say it, everyone has their own opinion and Ibiza is big enough to just avoid and go somewhere else.

On this occasion however i feel begrudged, Ibiza Rocks bar has removed a great bar and venue from the Ibiza nightlife and the number of people visiting the bar each time i went past should be a ringing alarm bell.

The gig itself was exactly what i expected and can’t be faulted but the after party was such a let down to what i expected based on past visits and not a night i expect from the people that brought us so many great nights with Manumission. Despite this blog post, i do love Ibiza rocks but i think they have taken their eye of the quality in an attempt to spread the Ibiza Rocks brand further.

This isn’t a slating because I’m a hater; it’s a slating because something that was great 100% of the time is starting to slip in terms of quality.

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Ibiza Rocks Overload!!!

Hed Kandi will be running this year for 17 weeks starting on June 4th.

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Hed Kandi @ Es Paradis 2011

Es Paradis hasn’t been at the forefront of people’s clubbing plans since the days of Clockwork Orange which is a great shame, Inside it’s an amazing place to party and it has a lot to offer, i try to make a visit whenever i can especially if i am with friends that have never been to Ibiza before, Its definitely a club everyone should see.

From what i have read so far Es Paradis looks set to have a good year and the opening party should be a cracking start. Good Music, Dancers, Acrobats and performers, all joined by a crowd of people who understand how cool Ibiza is in May

Lineup:

Dj Oliver
Stephanie Jay (hed kandi)
Jo Mills
Javi Barreda
Steeve Valverde

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Es Paradis Opening 2011

Ibiza Rocks is held every Wednesday in 2011 at the Ibiza Rocks hotel, after every gig, there is an after show party, in the past it was Reclaim The Dancefloor, for 2011 it seems to be the Ibiza Rocks after show party.

Everyone who goes to the Ibiza Rocks hotel for the gig will get free entry to Es Paradis for the after party if they go before 1:30am.

No word yet on the residents for 2011 but you can expect big names to be entertaining.

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Ibiza Rocks After Show Party 2011

All you have to do is go to the Facebook Page and tell them what you love the most about Es Paradis.

The winner will be announced on valentine’s day.

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Win a VIP Table for Es Pardis Water Party

However, i think this is different and it would be really good if you won it.

Hed Kandi and Last minute.com have teamed up to offer a prize they say ‘Money Can’t Buy’. The winner and three of their friends will be flown to Ibiza for three days in a private jet and will be put up in the 5 star Insotel Fenicia Prestige Thalasso Spa.

You will then be taken to the Hed Kandi closing party in Es Paradis were you will have a private booth next to the DJ booth, Then, as if that isn’t enough, the competition winner will choose the last track to be played for the Hed Kandi summer season and they will be the one to play it.

On top of the Hed Kandi action, you will also be taken VIP to Pete Tongs night Wonderland on the Friday and will be taken to an exclusive party on the sunday, though there is no detail for this, it would be cool to see the Cadenza closing party but if you fly back on the Sunday it wont be that.

Full Competition prize and details:

Friday:
• Private Jet from London airport
• Pick up from Ibiza International airport to hotel
• 2 rooms at the beautiful Insotel Fenicia Prestige Thalasso Spa – 5* – Santa Eulalia
• Guestlist for 4 people to Wonderland @ Eden

Saturday:
• VIP for 4 people for Ibiza Rocks pool party (2pm – 5pm) – includes free drinks and meeting the DJs and PA
• Dinner and drinks for 4 people at one of the sunset strip’s most iconic cafe’s – Savannah
• VIP for 4 people to one of San Antonio’s hottest nightspots – Plastik (VIP booth included)
• VIP table next to the DJ Booth for Hed Kandi at Es Paradis – where the winner of the comp will get to play the last record of the closing party. (VIP deal includes 3 bottles of drink)

Sunday:
• Guestlist for 4 people to exclusive party
• Drop off at Ibiza International airport

To Enter this competition is easy, all you have to do to enter this competition is go to the Hed Kandi or Lastminute.com Facebook page and follow their instructions.

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bit.ly/HedKandi_Facebook

All in all a really good competition to win, not many normal folk can boast flying to Ibiza in a private jet!

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The Biggest Ibiza Club Nights of 2010

Following on from a monumental 2009 and after costiently topping the UK
AND EUROPEAN charts, Clubland’s quest for world domination “knows no
bounds” and has taken it to destinations as far a field as the wide open
spaces of RUSSIA and beyond!

Clubland’s popularity in the UK goes from strength to strength with
another two number 1 selling compilation albums and yet another sell out
“Clubland Live” arena tour along with “clubland TV” being the biggest
music video channel on the airwaves.

Most notably, the UK’s biggest and best dance brand has found it’s
proper place amongst the giants of the dance world in established
nightlife resorts such as MALLORCA, TENERIFE, KAVOS and IBIZA!

As for 2010?
It promises to be bigger and better!
Clubland’s flagship night “Clubland Ibiza” returns this summer to take
the white isle by storm for the 3rd year in a row! With their addictive
blend of jaw dropping baselines and feel good anthems, with those “hands
in the air”
moments that live a life time in the memory, will take pride of place in
San Antonio’s hottest venue, ES PARADIS…

Having been one of the most distictive icons for Ibiza clubbers for over
TWO decades, the towering white pyramid that is Es Paradis, plays host
to San Antonios best clubbing experience! With it fish tank bar,
swimming pool, open air arena and elevated dancing podiums, Es Paradis
has been tranformed into a ivy-coated colliseum, where Clubland biggest
DJs, MC’s and Recording artists, battle it out infront of capacity
crowds each and every week!

Having smashed the two previous seasons in Ibiza, the award winning
“Clubland ibiza” has gained direct recognition as one of the Island’s
best known parties with the crowds flocking to Es Paradis in
unprecedented numbers, breaking club capacity records and proving just
why its an instant favourite with the island’s elite!

Known for it’s “hands in the air” attitude that holds no boundaries for
those who leave “their egos at the door”! (the sun newpaper) With the
unrivalled atmosphere from last year still fresh in our minds which saw
worldwide number one acts such as Scooter, Cascada and Darren Styles
rock Es Paradis, “Clubland ibiza” is out to break all the records once
again.

2010 already looks set to surpass 2009 with a list of talent that will
excite clubbers worldwide heading for the hedonistic isle of Ibiza.
N-DUBZ, CASCADA, DEE-LUX, STUNT, TINIE-TEMPAH & “british and hollywood
star”
DANNY DYER are all confirmed for summer 2010 to appear alongside
Clubland favourites FLIP N FILL, FRISCO, N-TRANCE, KELLY LLORRENA,
DARREN STYLES-INFEXIOUS, FRIDAY NIGHT POSSE, DEKOTA RAY, SKYLA  and
ULTRABEAT all hosted by “THE UNSTOPPABLE” MC DOMINO!

With many more acts still to be announced, it is not hard to see why
“Clubland ibiza” tops the ranks in the dance party capital of the world!

Every Wednesday night @ Es Paradis will see “Clubland ibiza” setting the
standard for all Ibiza parties and putting the fun back into clubbing
once again.
If you have never been to a “Clubland” party, or are thinking of
returning for another crazy night -just make sure you don’t miss out
this summer, its going to be HUGE!

N-Dubz
Cascada
Tinie Tempah
Darren Styles
Skyla
Danny Dyer
Dee-Lux
Manian (Cascada)
Stunt
N-Trance
Flip N Fill
Ultrabeat
Kelly Llorenna
Infextious
Frisco
Friday Night Posse
Dekota Ray
MC Domino

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Clubland 2010 – Press Release

This year it opens its doors on the 21st of May which is the Friday before the Ibiza Music Conference starts. Traditionally space is the first club to open but with the arrival of the Ibiza Music Conference the clubs all seem to be opening a little earlier every year.

The face book page has the opening lineup as:

DJ Oliver
The Face Of Ibiza
DJ Pippi
Jason Bye

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Es Paradis Opening 2010