Is ibiza on its last legs ?

[simonr]

Re: Is ibiza on its last legs ?

Thinking about things, when I return Space and Amnesia will be rammed as usual, and getting a table for lunch at the Jockey Club will be a nightmare - what dates are you there Hypo (I assume you'll be at Cocoon) ? Sasha plays Amnesia for Radio 1 on 11th Aug (although then rest of the bill is crap) and Sander & Hernan play Renaissance on the 23rd. I try to check out a night I haven't previously each year - as Amnesia was closed, I checked out Morillo at Subliminal. He suprised me, the place was rammed, and it had a great vibe with some really good summer house (which makes a nice change occasionally).

[hypoluxxa]

Re: Is ibiza on its last legs ?

Thinking about things, when I return Space and Amnesia will be rammed as usual, and getting a table for lunch at the Jockey Club will be a nightmare - what dates are you there Hypo (I assume you'll be at Cocoon) ? Sasha plays Amnesia for Radio 1 on 11th Aug (although then rest of the bill is crap) and Sander & Hernan play Renaissance on the 23rd. I try to check out a night I haven't previously each year - as Amnesia was closed, I checked out Morillo at Subliminal. He suprised me, the place was rammed, and it had a great vibe with some really good summer house (which makes a nice change occasionally).

Will be there from the 19th of Aug. to the 28th Aug. Will go to Sasha in Bournemouth @ The Operahouse. The Friday before I arrive in Ibiza, Ireland after that and I end it with a week in London.

[kingpin7714]

Re: Is ibiza on its last legs ?

Will be there from the 19th of Aug. to the 28th Aug. Will go to Sasha in Bournemouth @ The Operahouse. The Friday before I arrive in Ibiza, Ireland after that and I end it with a week in London.

I'll be at that Sasha show as well! =)

My girl and I are in ibiza from Jun 29th - August 15th! leaving soon! =)

[diegoff]

Re: Is ibiza on its last legs ?

Time to go back underground. The way it should be anyway.....

I?m with you. By the way, I?m not going to any "big edm night", I hate big crowds with their sunglasses. I miss the best DJs, but I have dark basements with cool people

[Morgan]

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Will be there from the 19th of Aug. to the 28th Aug. Will go to Sasha in Bournemouth @ The Operahouse. The Friday before I arrive in Ibiza, Ireland after that and I end it with a week in London.

I'll be at the Operahouse for Sasha. See you there.

As for Ibeefa, don't worry storm in a teacup imo. All be forgotten like a bad shag and dodgy kebab!

[simonr]

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Ugggh ... don't mention shagging and kebabs in the same sentence - I always think of the Motley Crue story.

[hypoluxxa]

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Ugggh ... don't mention shagging and kebabs in the same sentence - I always think of the Motley Crue story.

Care to enlighten us with the Motley Crue story?

[tato2001us]

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The following article tries to paint a rather depressing view of the future of the the dance mecca of the world http://travel.timesonline.co.uk/tol/...cle2072859.ece : some of the best sets i've witnessed from the likes of Sasha, Digweed & Hernan have been on that island - it brings out the best in EDM and, at times, makes it truly magical. Worse still, this could be a look into the future of our clubbing lives - if the authorities can mess with somewhere that is known to embrace club culture, and (crucially) depends on it economically, what do the coming years hold for us ? Looks like I'll have to be spending my future summers in the eastern block.

Great post man
thats some bad bad news and sadly it has begun here in Miami as well with clubs as space that are simply running because everyone thinks its the hottest club around when in acctuallity its a shithole

[trick12]

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underground..no mainstream

[GregWhelan]

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I don't think I will be heading back there anytime soon, which is a shame as I've got some fantastic memories from the island. But it's just too damn expensive for me to justify. I went for 3 nights last year and did ?600 and only went to one club. And I don't do drugs; the money just went on beer - 12 euros on a beer is just scandalous. If it keeps going like that the island will die economically.

[KinKyJ]

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^^^ my thoughts exactly.

[fletcher]

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same journalism, different year.

ibiza always sticks its middle finger up at the critics. It was meant to be saturated and dying a death when i first went in 2000.

[GregWhelan]

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And from what I've heard it is gtetting worse price-wise - my friend is out there nowand it will be interesting to hear what he has to say on how things are this year.

[simonr]

Re: Is ibiza on its last legs ?

The expense can be relative and depends on how hammered you want to get.

Pacha was 35 euros entrance and 15 for a large measure of jack'n'coke. When I went to Renaissance the night cost me just over 100 euros (with 4 drinks) ... that's ?67 for a night out with Van M, Diggers, and Hernan and pretty competitive with English prices (especially a night out in London).

Space next week will be free (before 10.00) or 15euro entrance (getting in a bit later but still early) with Cox doing an early stint on the sunset terrace and Diggers playing between 3 and 6+ hours (rumour has it her will be playing the new terrace after his Discoteque slot). Even with 6 x large jack'n'cokes that still works out at ?67 !

Safely budgeting for ?100 will give you a cracking night in the worlds best clubs with the best sounds systems and DJ's, playing their arse off because the island inspires them.

Laying on a nice beach costs nothing, and you can still eat great food at decent prices too.

BTW - the Motley Crue story was that they used to rub their dicks with kebab meat after shagging groupies to put their wives and girlfriends off the scent !

[hypoluxxa]

Re: Is ibiza on its last legs ?

The expense can be relative and depends on how hammered you want to get.

Pacha was 35 euros entrance and 15 for a large measure of jack'n'coke. When I went to Renaissance the night cost me just over 100 euros (with 4 drinks) ... that's ?67 for a night out with Van M, Diggers, and Hernan and pretty competitive with English prices (especially a night out in London).

Space next week will be free (before 10.00) or 15euro entrance (getting in a bit later but still early) with Cox doing an early stint on the sunset terrace and Diggers playing between 3 and 6+ hours (rumour has it her will be playing the new terrace after his Discoteque slot). Even with 6 x large jack'n'cokes that still works out at ?67 !

Safely budgeting for ?100 will give you a cracking night in the worlds best clubs with the best sounds systems and DJ's, playing their arse off because the island inspires them.

Laying on a nice beach costs nothing, and you can still eat great food at decent prices too.

BTW - the Motley Crue story was that they used to rub their dicks with kebab meat after shagging groupies to put their wives and girlfriends off the scent !

The only bad thing about my 9 day stay is that the Dollar is at an all time low with the Euro and the pound, so everything is going to be super expensive for us... the Euro just hit $1.38 and the pound is 2.05. I'll still have a lovely time and will continue to go back year after year no matter how shitty the dollar gets.