Amnesia is located in San Rafael on the main road between Ibiza Town and San Antonio. Originally the house which is now part of Amnesia was built in the 18th century. The owners who lived there cultivated the land and gave bread to the poor who came begging.

In 1970 the owners of the country house sold up and moved into the town. A widow bought the property. By this time Spain was experiencing unheard of freedom Hippies used to go to what would later be known as Amnesia, they played live music, they experimented with LSD and they put on Art exhibitions.

In May 1976 a guy called Antonio made an offer to the owner of the cottage to rent it from her. His plan was to have parties there so all he needed was a name for the venue. He wanted to portray a place with the name that people could go to far from there regular routine and forget about everything, It was at this time that Amnesia was born.

In the 70′s the club was bought again and there were glorious times for the club as well as bad times which included closures (sound familiar?), A promoting war had broke out on the island between some of the clubs which included Amnesia and Ku which is now Privilege. The likes of Bob Marley came to the island to perform.

In the 80′s the music on the island changed the sound got more powerful, open top roof clubbing was introduced and the Dance Music scene was only around the corner. The guy at thr forefront of the 80′s was a name you might of herd of, it was Dj Alfredo.

The 90′s came and so did world domination for the clubs of Ibiza, They began to be known globally and they became a mecca for 1000′s of people, with the success however came complaints of noise and with unhappy neighbours the clubs were forced to cover up, The clubs before this time would be one place i would love to travel back in time and re visit.

In 1999 Ibiza became an island of cultural heritage, many of us know the story from this point on. They continue to produce some of the best parties year after year, they have in my opinion the best nightclub on the island and this is reflected in the names and nights that have been there, GodsKitchen is one of my most memorable nights in Amnesia but more up to date it has nights such as Cream, La Troya, Cocoon and Armada. The clubs Ice Cannon is talked about globally as is the foam parties and everything in between.

Moving on from the past to the present Amnesia gave its terrace a makeover for the 2008 summer, it consists of two rooms, The traditional main room is generally were the main promoters take stage and the Dj’s make their magic. It can gert very busy but a blast from the ledgendary Ice Cannon can easily cool you down.

Moving through to the Terrace and as mentioned they have recently had a makeover, In the summer of 2008 many good reports came from the terrace of Amnesia and some of them calling for the terrace to become the main room. If you compare the rooms, the main room is darker feels more closed in and with the lasers and smoke machine feels like it has a low ceiling. The terrace on the other hand is lighter and an generally feels a lot bigger.

For 2009 not much has been confirmed yet, However Cocoon have confirmed that they will be back. I would expect to see Cream, La Troya and Armada. Manumission have made Amnesia their new home but as is the show of Manumission anything could happen.

Source: Amnesia, Ibiza Spotlight