In a recent keynote speech in Australia, Tiesto revealed that he probably wont be taking up a full-time residency in Ibiza for 2013, instead probably only doing a few one-off gigs through the summer.

“Next year I’m not sure if I can do it, because it takes a lot out of me to play there from the end of May till the end of September”

Tiesto is seen by a lot of people as one of the biggest Dj’s in the world. For my personal and ever-changing taste, Tiesto was amazing in times gone by but he hasn’t done it for me for a long time now. Hi had his own night in Privilege for a while and the place looked busy. Last year, which was a strange setup for me, he held a residency in Pacha. Love him or not, he has spent the last 10 seasons in Ibiza playing week in week out.

Will you miss Tiesto if he doesn’t play every week in 2013? My only concern, is where will all the Tiesto fans go!

check out his full keynote speech below, or check the link for Inthemix.com.au’s take on the situation.

Source: Inthemix.com.au

Trance isnt as popular as it used to be 10 + years ago, and there is no reason it should be, Music evolves with time and peoples tastes, however, Ive always loved my Trance and the first time i Saw Armin Van Burren in Ibiza was in his ‘new’ Armada night in Amnesia, we got given our tickets for free at his pre party in Coastline, which was stroke of luck, because we were going to this night anyway.

The Main room in Amnesia wasn’t full but there were a good amount of people in there, the special thing about the night, was it was full of Armin Van Burren fans, the name of the night wasn’t the attraction, it was Armin, If you want a taste of Armada that year, Listen to Universal Religion 2004 recorded from Amnesia, its still one of my most treasured CD’s.

Fast forward 8 years and Armin is still an amazing Dj. he has picked up a few more followers along the way and his sound has changed, but you will still hear some quality trance without any gimmicks.

Last Monday, Armin opened his biggest night in Ibiza to date, In privilege, going from giving his tickets away in 2004 (he was still big then) to filling the worlds biggest nightclub shows that 1, Armin is one of the biggest trance Dj’s in the world, and 2, there is still enough trance lovers in Ibiza on a Monday evening to fill privilege. The only other Trance Dj on any sort of level in my opinion, is Ferry Corsten, who is also a complete legend, but i wouldn’t expect to be able to fill privilege.

There is a great little review on Ibiza Spotlight from a non trance lover of the night which everyone should have a little read, there isnt much trance round any more, but its great to see people still appreciate the cream of the crop

Review: Ibiza Spotlight Review

In 8 days time Privilege will be opening its door for the season. This opening party isnt one ive been to yet but this year it look good. They have a great variety of Dj’s on show with some coming from the Armada night and some of the others being the residents and more. Prices are  €40 from what i can see so if you are on the island on the 1st June, head over and enjoy one of the less spoken about opening parties.

Lineup:

markus schulz
john dahlbäck
dj oliver
nalaya (live)
oriol calvo

Lineup Source: Ibiza Spotlight

Armin Van Burren is currently broadcasting his ASOT radio show episode 550 live from the Ministry Of Sound in London. He has just made an announcement that in 2012 he will be having his nights in privilege with some of his radio shows being broadcast live from there. The night will be branded as A State Of Trance which is a wise move in my eyes as the brand is truly global with thousands of people tuning in every week to listen, using this as the name of the night is surly going to attract more people who will go because they have heard the name before.

He will be putting on 13 shows through the summer which is a short season compared to others but never the less its sounds like a great night

I’ve been slow to blog so far this year, i feel like im still in hibernation mode, however this sounds like it will be a great night. I’ve always loved going to see Armin in Ibiza, his early Armada nights in Amnesia were nights not to be missed if you like is style of  trance. Universal Religion 4 recorded live from Amnesia is still one of my favourite trance cd’s ever. Lets hope in 2012 he can pull out the type of night people will be speaking about in years to come.

Source: ASOT 550 live from London | Youtube

I blogged a while ago about Godskitchen being in Ibiza this year, well that time has been and gone and Privilege have post a video of the night. Ive never actually seen the boombox myself however i know GodsKitchen are out of this world when it comes to visually pleasing people. Check it out.

Source: Youtube

This week, the Zoo project will be on it like a car bonnet! Having already thrown the opening party, the second full Zoo project day will be a mammoth one!

The Zoo project is the only weekly party that runs for 17 hours spreading over three venues. The day starts of at 1pm with the Boat party, it then carries on at Gala Nights from 4pm till midnight, from then, you can make the short trip over to Privilege to dance till the sun comes back up with the Saturday Night Project.

Noahs Ark Boat Party
Zoo Project Official Pre Party | Meeting point 1:30 pm @ Pussycat | San Antonio Harbour

Lineup:
Jonathan Tena
Tribal dance performance by The Minx FX

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Yesterday i was excited to be writing about Gatecrasher making an appearance back in Ibiza. Today, im excited to be telling you that GodsKitchen seem to be making an appearance back in Ibiza after a loooooong and very much missed absence!

Yesterday Sander Van Doorn tweeted an picture of his billboard in Ibiza, nothing special here, however an eagle eyed spotlighter noticed if you look closely it has two dates for Privilege on the 20th and 27th July and in the bottom corner it also has GodsKitchen Boombox as one of the nights he is playing at!

GodsKitchen Boombox is a visual show that looks stunning, ive never seen it for real but Space had something similar last year for the opening party, I expect these two nights to be amazing shows and if i was in town, i would definitely be going to this.

Ive checked out the privilege website and the night is still unannounced. I have noticed this year that a lot of the Dj’s are playing multiple nights and not just sticking to one club night which is think is great, this means GodsKitchen are not as limited with the Dj’s they could be putting on.

As ive banged on about many times before GodsKitchen in Amnesia is one of the best nights ive ever had in Ibiza, if these could be a snip of what they used to be like they will still be worth it.

Source: Spotlight (cant find the relevant post at the minute)
Images: Twitter Resident Advisor Blogspot

If there was ever a blog post i would never imagine writing, this would be it! It just goes to show you can never predict Ibiza!

For the month of August, Gatecrasher will be hosting parties in Privilege every Wednesday! Its been a long time since Gatecrasher was in Ibiza and if my mind serves me right, they held a season in Eden and Dave Pearce was the resident! It wasn’t a great successes and as a result Gatecrasher in Ibiza went very quiet. It’s no surprise though, the quality of Gatecrasher nights in the UK went from what made their name, to complete crap in a very short space of time for me.

The night in Ibiza however looks very promising and the line ups look more like Gatecrasher line-ups that gave them the name they have. Paul Oakenfold has not played much in Ibiza for many years and he will be playing 4 weeks in a row. Oakenfold currently has his residency in Vegas as well as his radio show which is quite good.

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Rumours have been circling for a few months about Godskitchen making a return to Ibiza in 2011 at Privilege.

Its been around 8 years since GodsKitchen threw a party in Ibiza and they went out with a bit of a whimper in my opinion, In the early 00′s  GodsKitchen was one of the strongest nights on the island. They threw their parties in Amnesia on Tuesdays and had residents such as Tiesto (before he was so well known), Picotto and Fergie in his hard trance days.

2001 is the year that sticks out for me as being the summer of GodsKitchen, They did everything right, they had the best laser system, the biggest names playing for them, they had everyone wanting to go, they even had the best designed artwork! Then i have no idea what happened, the year after they moved to Eden and booked people like Dave Pearce.

Now there are lots of conspiracy based stories that i heard about and they all involved clubbing politics (promoters making sure their top dog with help from club owners – naming no names ). The move to Eden signalled the end to a night that in the short time it was at Amnesia became Legendary to those who remember it.

Moving back into the now, there have been various tails that they are set to return in 2011 at Privilege, there is no way on earth Cream would allow GK to try to encroach on their turf again! The first story is Wednesdays which has since been dismissed and they are expected to do some one off nights through the summer, the source of this information supposedly coming from a Dj that has been told of the plans.

If GodsKitchen are in Ibiza in 2011 i wouldn’t know what to expect, im unsure who would headline and weather Privilege is the best venue for their events. Although i would love to see GK back in Ibiza i don’t think i could bring myself to go because last time i went in Ibiza was one of the best nights of my life and i know they wont be able to top that night for me.

Source: Ibiza Spotlight

For me, Privilege and Amnesia are the two clubs i see as being the original foundations of the clubbing scene in Ibiza, right or wrong that’s how i picture it. A couple of weeks ago a i published some video’s of Amnesia closing party in 1989. Recently Ibiza Spotlight have written an article about the history of Ku which later got renamed as Privilege.

If it interests you like it does me then take a read, there are some great photo’s with the article as well

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