Monday July 24th:


so after a great start @ space and a good sleep, i got up at 4, got ready, ate some sh*tty food and went to DC10. i couldn't wait to go and i've been getting into minimal over the past year so i just could not wait to see what it was going to be like. and holy sh*t i was not disappointed! It was absolute madness



I walked in at 6:20 and got a little mad when i saw that i missed Locodice and that Luciano was almost done, so i walk in to some very dark room with minimal lighting and a hidden DJ booth. didn't stay long at all cause there was nothing going on there so i just went out the the terrace. From the moment i walked in i was mesmorized, the atmosphere was phenomenal and the vibe was electric. As soon as i stepped foot on that terrace the music just takes over you and it never lets you go. As i finally made my way over to the DJ booth where there was a little bit of space left, Steve Bug came on and i had never seen any of these guys b4 so i didn't even know til i looked at the set times on the picture i took. But anyway, he stepped up to the decks and he didn't waste any time in making everybody loco within 5 minutes of me being there, the Cocoon dancers were all over the place promoting the party to come later, dressed in black and white bikinis and black stars painted over there eyes making it look like they were part of a kiss concert ... I just couldn't believe how sick this place was, why i had never been here and how could it get better. Then i turn around and Smokin Jo is just chillin there and much to my surprise, she didn't go up to the booth and chilled there, she was just part of the crowd and was dancing next to me the whole night. 2 minutes later somebody bumps me in the back so i turn around and it turns out to be Lee Burridge coming over to chill with Smokin Jo. So after snappin a quick pic with both of them i started talked to Burridge about when he's coming back to NYC, and he told me that he will be back september @ pacha and october @ Cielo and some other shows TBA. 5 minutes after that i turn around again and find Roni Size just chilling in the corner, i was like who else am i gonna see the next time i turn around?? So i went over to say what's up. He was a cool guy and very friendly, everybody was happy and having the time of their lives. You can't help not to. This place is mindblowing and there is nowhere better in Ibiza if u wanna go nutz and just lose yourself. Steve Bug played til about 8:30 which is the time Tania Vulcano was supposed to come on but she let Marco Carola play first. not a bad since he rocked it out and played a truly great set. It got a little slow at times but then picked it right back up with a driving bassline like u wouldn't believe. Tania Vulcano was just chilling at the edge of the DJ booth having a great time and getting the crowd more pumped up, which was hard to do considering they were always going mental. Now I can see why they chose to name the party Circoloco . Tania came on at about 10:30 and took the place by storm, her style is very different and plays harder then all the previous DJ's. I can only ID two of the tracks she played and they were Locodice - Seeing Through Shadows and Locodice - Orchidee. His tracks always stand out because they r so different and they just sounded so good coming through that system. I ended up staying til about 11:30 then headed off to Cocoon @ Amnesia for some more m-i-n-i-m-a-l.














Lee Burridge, Smokin Jo & Me


Roni Size & Me













*- CIRCOLOCO @ DC10 VIDEO -*


so after not being able to find a taxi and having to take an illegal taxi, which is always a scary experience, i got to amnesia at around 11:45. I wanted to get there a little early because i thought there would be a line considering it opened at 12. got there to find that we were the first people there and that it wasn't gonna open til 12:30, which actually turned out to be good because my legs needed some rest after 5 hours of straight dancing under the sun!



walked in and looked around for little bit since there was like 15 people in the whole place. The terrace was decorated with cocoons coming down from the ceiling, they were everywhere and it just looked awesome, it gave the terrace a great minimalistic vibe. Went in to the main room which i usually never leave and Roman Flugel was on the decks. He looked kinda funny with his big ol' glasses and his intellectual nerdy look. But that doesn't take away from the fact that he played a great warm up/peak time set. Im still surprised he didn't play Geht's Noch, considering it'd his biggest hit, but o well it didn't matter too much. The decoration in the main room was pretty cool, it had a huge cocoon in the middle of the room and little ones throughout. Roman started off a little slow because there was hardly anyone to play to until at 2, i was surprsed all week on how packed august is compared to july. Anyway, Roman played alot of very minimal tracks and his set was built up perfectly, the more the main room got packed, the harder he played and i was defenitely ready for mr. Sven Vath!! As 3:30 rolls around, i hear the crowd going nutz so i look around to see why and saw that it was because Sven had just walked in from the side. So he stops on the left of the DJ booth, the lights are on him and the everybody in the place went crazy when he saluted everybody. That really goes to show how big he is in Ibiza. I have been waiting a long time to see him and i just couldn't wait to see what he was gonna do. He came on at around 3:45 and picked up right where Roman left off, with some bass driven minimal techno that just fits in so well @ amnesia. Sven was loving every minute of it and was all over the place, he was jumping everywhere, waving his hands around, really going nutz just how the crowd was, which always makes the party so much better, he even put his shirt over his head at one point and was dancing around. Sorry if alot ofpics are blurry but it was really hard to catch a good picture since he was moving around so much . He played a great set with a couple stand out tracks including Depeche Mode - A Pain That i'm used to (Jacques Lu Cont Remix) but i was expecting to hear all the melodic tracks he has been playing throughout the year. so i was a little disappointed because i couldn't wait to hear those tracks on that sound system. But either way his set was on point and the music just kept getting better and better as the night went on. The ice cannon was constantly going off giving everybody chills (its not called the ICE cannon for nothing ) and turning everything around you completely white which makes you lose yourself in the music. Sven played til about 6:45 which is the time he got cut off I was hoping he was gonna play til at least 7:30, they never let anybody do an encore @ amnesia which sux but who are 2000 people to say anything right!?! So as the roof opened and the daylight poured into the main room, the music stops and sven takes a final bow. Such a great night and a great minimal initiation for me, i really don't know how i could have had a better introduction ?


*- SVEN VATH @ COCOON VIDEO -* Depeche Mode - A Pain that I'm Used TO (Jacques Lu Cont Remix)
























Sven with his shirt over his head














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Tuesday July 25th:

After some much needed rest, it was already late tuesday afternoon. Chilled on my terrace for a while then headed into San Antonio for some ticket shopping. I ask for two tickets to amnesia and i hand her 100 euros, expecting to get like 10-15 back. She hands me 70 back and i'm like umm i don't think u gave me the right change back, then she tells me that the tix were only 15 euros each and u get a free drink with them which never happens @ amnesia. I couldn't be happier so i left with a big smike on my face and headed out to Kanya Beach for the Armada Pre Party. I had never been to Kanya
before because there was nothing going on there usually, everything was next door @ Coastline Cafe, but its very propular now since they totally redesigned the place over the winter. So i grabbed a table and a liter of sangria to sip on while watching the gorgeous sunset... life really does not get better then that . There wasn't that many people there and i was surprised that the DJ that was going to spin at the pre party was not announced, the flyer just stated "Special Guest DJ" which usually means nothing else but that some bathroom DJ was gonna be spinning, so i wasn't expecting much. Like a half hour after sunset, i see something out of the corner of my eye, so i look to my right and see a couple fire dancers raving and dancing with fire. It was pretty cool and its always good entertainment. Once that was all done i went inside because i was hearing some bangin trance that armin plays and i wanted to see who was spinning. so i turn around to see who it was and it was just some young kid and this girl helping him out, the only thing i can think of is that they r with armada. Whoever they were they played a pretty nice set with lots of classics. Next thing i know i see Markus walking around checking the place out, he told me that he'd be spinning there at a little while. So i waited and waited and he finally came on at 11:20, so i stayed for like 10 minutes and when i was talking to him i told him that i'd see him in NYC and he was like " wow a fellow yankee" with a smile on his face. I guess he was happy to see some Americans representing in Ibiza. I even met up with a NYTA over there, can't remember his name right now but i'm sure he'll post in this thread. Anyway i left at 11:30 and headed out to Amnesia for Armada night.













Markus Schulz & Me


I found a taxi right away which was a nice thing, i hate waiting in that huge taxi line by the bay cause it takes soo freakin looonng. Got to amnesia at around 11:50 or so and it didn't open til like 12:15 or so.






Walked in to an empty room (like i always do) cause i'm the first one there and the last one out . The main room was not as decorated as i thought it would be, there was abunch of armada signs everywhere and that's about it. The visuals were great though on those huge screens. Anyway walked in and Matthew Dekay was on the decks for the opening set. It was my first time seeing him (lots of firsts for me) since i missed him @ spirit last month. He played a pretty good set with some great tracks that really got the crowd pumped up and moving. He was def. into the music and was having a really good time. Once again the room didn't really fill up til about 2:30 which im not used to but i guess everybody was @ Carl Cox. Dekay played til about 2:30 then Armin took over, i thought armin would play the closing set but it was nice to see that he lets other people close it out. Anyway, armin played a great set played a good set, not as good as he did in NY but still pretty damn good. Can't remember many tracks, but i do remember these

Amnesia Brothers - Louder
Armin van Buuren - Control Freak (Sander van Doorn Mix)
Sean Tyas - Lift
Racoon - Love you More (Armin van Buuren Remix)
Randy Katana - Plastic Fantastic
Ferry Corsten - Beautiful

Armin is always a great DJ to watch cause he always seems like he's having so much fun and really into it. At one point when he was playing this weird looking dude dressed in all white with a mask on and wakling on stilts was holding two little ice cannons and was letting it off all over the place. It was kinda cool but def. a little unexpected. Armin played til about 4:45 which is when Mr Markus Schulz took over and totally tore the roof off


















The Ice Cannon weird dude


















holy sh*t he played a phenomenal set, so much energy it was phenomenal! He def. played the set of the night and everybody was loving every minute of it. The ice cannon was going off every couple minutes because he played a real hard set with lots of fantastic tracks and great buildups. Once again i can't remember many tracks he played cause its just a little hard to remember every track from 5 days straight but im trying, i'll fill in as i remember them, too many good tracks and too many good moments . The one track that i do remember right now is Karen Overton - Your Loving Arms (Markus Schulz Into to Elevation Mix) or whatever it is. I kinda felt bad for Markus as it came to be 5:30am and later because there was seriously like 150 people in the main room MAYBE. Every other time i had been there it was packed til they kicked us all out. Since it seemed like i was the only one really 'havin it', markus saw that and kept giving me the thumbs up and saying thank you, which was a nice thing. Just like the night before amnesia close before 7 and Markus got cut off at around 6:50 or so. He ended Nalin & Kane - Beachball which is sucj a great track and it was the perfect way to end the night. I was really impressed with him and the whole night and cannot wait to see him again soon!


















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Wednesday July 26th:

Wednesdays are always good in Ibiza just because there is a little party called Subliminal @ Pacha, and it just happens to be one of the most well known and best parties in ibiza and around the world. So i was obviously excited and couldn't wait for Morillo to do what he does best, rock out pacha! But first things first, before the main event there's always a great pre party, and so i went to Mambo. I was expecting Morillo to be playing considering the sign in front of Mambo said so, but after asking around and nobody knowing i was getting the picture. But it was all good cause Mambo is always fun and its always a good time. Got there like 20 minutes before sunset and watching the sun go down @ mambo is always one of my favorite moments of the year. Its such a balaeric moment and it is just so beautiful. And as soon as it goes down the hundreds of people on the beach go nutz, all clapping and screamin. My gf asked me why they do that and i said that its because the day is coming to an end and the night is just beginning, and night time means the clubs are opening soon. I gotta say that their Mohitos are phenomenal and sooo freaking good. There is one thing that i am still stumped about, and that is: what da hell was the free shot u get if u hand the bartender the flyer??? i seriously think it was cough medicine , and i've had better cough medicine. Good thing i only handed them one of the 6 flyers i had! Another cool thing about mambo is that they usually have fire shows right on the beach and its always so cool. There was two people doing it and they were realy putting on a show! They ended with a nice touch, they lit up a big subliminal sign and were shooting off spark guns and whipping it around creating a huge spark circle all around it. Looked absolutely sick! Anyway the special guest DJ of the night was Morillo's guest Behrouz. I had only seen him once @ nikki beach last year and i didn't stay for much of his set so i was pretty curious as to the type of stuff he plays. I didn't really get to hear alot of his set because i guess he turned down the outside volume and turned up the monitors. And plus i got a table to eat, i gotta say that the drinks are better then the food (do not get the food). I stayed at Mambo til about 12 something then went back to the hotel to change and get ready.










Moon calendar if anyone is interested















Got ready and headed to Pacha at around 1:30 and got there 20 minutes later. As soon as i stepped out of the taxi all i saw was Pacha lit up in blue and green which looked awesome! The line always goes so quick there which is always a nice thing. As soon as i walked past the bouncer and was gonna up the stairs i noticed something on top of the terrace, it was some girl dancing in a huge cup filled with water (supposed to be champagne but that would be ridiculously expensive) Walked in to find a well decorated pacha, it looked kinda like a forest given the theme are fairies, so it really looked cool. There were dancers all over the place, even some hanging from eachother on hanging bars above the crowd. I also got in to find that Behrouz had just gotten on the decks and was playing some pretty good house music but nothing too hard. And he wasn't even the opener, i'm sure he could have played harder then he did but i guess he left that job to Morillo. The only track that i could remember him playing was "Put your Hands up for Detroit" a lovely city . Pretty funky track that really got people moving! Well that's the only track i could ID at least.


















He played from about 1:30 to about 3:45 which is when Morillo stepped up and rocked it out proper! He really is the best party DJ and he's always so much fun to watch and makes for such mindblowing parties I mean as soon as he came into the booth 20 minutes before he came on people were going crazy! Right before he started he grabbed the mic, introduced himself and goes: "I hope you're ready for me cause i'm gonna have sex with everybody in this club" and the crowd erupted Morillo seems like he has such a good time when he's playing and his facial expressions really show that. Pacha was pretty packed as it usually is and i couldn't really move so i didn't even go check out the Funky room, i have to go next year its been 3 years already and i've never gone. Anyway Morillo played so many sick tracks including

Bob Sinclar - World Hold On
Roger Sanchez - Turn on the Music (??? Mix)
Eddie Thoneick & Kurd Maverick - Love Sensation (Sensation Mix)
David Guetta vs. the Egg - Love Don't Walk Away
David Guetta - Love Don't Let Me Go (Accapella)
Supermongo - Tell me Why (Axwell & Angello Mix)
Erick Morillo - Say What You Want
Mr. Gee - Elektro (Electro Mix)
Richard F - 5 in the Morning (Original Mix)
what is the track that goes "time ain't nothing but time, time keeps its own time"???

+ so many more that i just can't think of at the moment

Morillo kept playing with the ice cannon and confetti gun and it seemed it like it was going off every 5 minutes just because there was so many great build ups and great tracks that just made the crowd go mental And plus with the way Erick mixes and teases the crowd with the way he plays a track just made the crowd so much more attentive and up for it. Morillo and Behrouz had to keep cleaning off the mixer because there was so much confetti on it Seb Fontaine even stopped in to hang out for a while. Morillo and Behrouz were playing back to back for about a half hour and it worked really well. The tracks kept getting harder and harder and i was wondering just how good this party could get Morillo played til somewhere around 7, which is really early for Pacha, normally he plays much later But it was such a crazy and mind blowing night, i could not have asked for anything better!


*- MORILLO @ PACHA VIDEO -* Supermongo - Tell me Why (Axwell & Angello Remix)








Seb Fontaine


























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Thursday July 27th:

My favorite day of the week here in Ibiza because of one little thing... Cream @ Amnesia!!! which is always my favorite party of the year. And this year was no different. The only thing that was missing was a good cream pre party. So after stopping @ Kanya for the pre party and finding nobody there and nobody special spinning that nite, i headed off to mambo for the Deep Dish pre party. And a good choice it was cause as soon as i got there they were having another fire show which was just as good as the night before. Sharam was spinning and he was def. laying it down. Great track selection including
Sharam - Party All the Time
Cedric Gervais - Spirit in my Life (Club Mix)

Sharam is a cool guy, i was talking to him for a little bit about nothing really but he's really nice. Ali was hanging around too and i got a picture with both of them which was a nice start to my last nite here in Ibiza. Sharam played til about 11 something and then the Pacha promoter told me they had to go to make it to Pacha on time since they were spinning an 8 hour set. Paul Taylor took over and was playing some nice vocal house, he was spinning vinyl which was nice to see and he was really enjoying himself which always makes things better. I left mambo at 11:30 and headed off to Amnesia for its legendary Cream party!











Ali & Me


Sharam & Me




I got to Amnesia a little before 12 and i didn't have to wait too long til it opened. There was a bunch of people online right after we got there which was nice to see because i was hoping there would be more people then the previous nights. One thing i love about Ibiza are all the billboards on the road, they r not about cars or movies, but about the nightlife and who is spinning where, its always so cool to see.





I knew this night was going to be amazing just because the line up was out of this world. Paul van Dyk, Ferry Corsten, Giuseppe Ottaviani, Adam Sheridan, Axwell, and Sebastian Ingrosso!! I really don't know how it could get better?! So Amnesia opened at around 12:15 or so and Adam Sheridan was on the decks. The first thing i noticed was the the amnesia equalizer wasn't working, it was flatlined as if it had died. I was hoping they would fix it all night because its such a cool thing and it really adds to the vibe and the energy of the music. But i guess nobody noticed . Anyway Adam was spinning from his laptop and i was expecting some big things from him considering everybody is talking about how good he is. He did not disappoint and played a great opening set that really got the crowd moving. I like his style, he spins trance with some hard house which really works well. The room was filling up rather quickly which was nice to see. Unfortunately i didn't get to go to the terrace because i always get the best spot in the main room and i never wanna leave because its always so good! Amnesia is always well decorated for Cream and the set up was just like last year. The lighting and the lasers were so good and it always makes the night better. Adam played til about 1:45 and then Ferry took over and he took over in a big way. Ferry always rips it up and this time was no different! His set was pure energy was from to finish and every track he played was phenomenal. He played alot of tracks from his new album L.E.F which were about the only ones i could ID. Ferry was wearing a shirt that said "mthrfckas" on the front and "f*ck you" on the back which i thought was pretty funny, i guess it fits in well with the L.E.F theme. At one point when ferry was playing, i hear the crowd go nutz for no reason so i turn to my left to see what was going on and Paris Hilton was in VIP so everybody (but me) was chanting her name and she started showing off in front of everybody. It was cool to see such a big name celebrity there but i don't like her so i didn't care too much for it. Neither did ferry when they told him what was going on . I love the energy ferry brings everytime he plays. He's so into his music and the energy jus grabs you and never lets you go, it always keeps you on edge and wondering how can he top himself with the next track. He ended with Punk which was such such a great track to end with, definitely a great moment. He played til about 3:40 and then Giuseppe Ottaviani took it from there. I had seen him with Nu Nrg the year before and it was such a great set that i was expecting him to be just as good. He was playing live from his 2 laptops and keyboard. Its always different when a song is played live and it gives it a different, more energetic feel. He started with Until Monday which is his new track and built it up from there. I couldn't recogniza any track after that because they weren't stand out tracks and were blending into eachother. Some great basslines tho but no melodies which was a big change from last year's performance. It really worked tho and got the ice cannons going which the crowd always loves! He only played for about 40 minutes cause Mr. Paul van Dyk was ready to take over and tear the roof off Amnesia, and i couldn't wait for it!
















Paris Hilton


























*- FERRY CORSTEN @ CREAM VIDEO -* Ferry Corsten - Fire


And now for the set i've been waiting for all year, PvD!!! He has never disappointed me and all i gotta say is that if he spins the way he spun that night at Central Park, we are all in for a treat to say the least. Holy sh*t did he play a great set, i've seen him at least a dozen times and this was definitely his best performance yet. Sebastian Ingrosso stopped in to chill in the DJ booth and you could tell he was having a great time. PvD's set up keeps getting more and more complicated it seems like, but he is not the #1 DJ for nothing. As soon as he stepped up to the decks every single person in the room were looking up at him and couldn't wait for him to play. He played a real hard and energetic set filled with great tracks. His set just kept getting better and beter, i just couldn't believe how good he was playing. The vibe was so amazing, the crowd was loving it, the dancers were going crazy along with the ice cannon which went off everytime the bass dropped because he was just tearing it up like u wouldn't believe. Every minute of his set was just so good, i never wanted it to end. He played so many classics including

Three Drives on a Vinyl - Greece 2000 (got it on video)
Ferry Corsten - Whatever
Alter Ego - Rocker
Armin van Buuren - Control Freak (Sander van Doorn Remix)
Aindain - Beautiful Things
Fable - Nightshift
Dogzilla - Without You (12 Inch Club Mix)
Paul van Dyk - Time of our Lives (UK Club Mix)
Paul van Dyk - For an Angel (Marc van Linden Reconstruction Mix)

+ a couple tracks from 2004 and a classic track from 99 that i can't think of right now

Like i said before, this was the best performance i have seen of him and i cannot wait to see him @ Central Park on friday. He ended with the best possible track which obviously was for angel, and as soon as he mixing it in i couldn't believe it, there is no better place for him to play that track, everytime i play that track or i hear him play it it reminds me of ibiza! So this was deninitely a moment to remember and the best moment of the week and of the year for me!
Paul played til about 6:50 and like usual, was not allowed to do an encore which was ok because i really don't know how the night could have have ended on a better note. I didn't wanna leave, i just wish the night could have gone on for hours, but like they say all good things must come to an end. But it wasn't quite over. As the crowd left and were hanging out outside waiting for a bus, i was watching the sun rise over the hills of ibiza which was beautiful and i was also waiting to see if i could grab PvD before he got in the car so i can get a pic with him. I always got him last year but people knew where he was going to come out. Since the bus took a half hour it was perfect because he came out and i got a picture with him! I had been waiting for that moment for years and it finally happened. Highlight of my week i gotta say!



































Paul van Dyk & Me!!!!!!



*- PAUL VAN DYK @ CREAM VIDEO -*


- ALL CREAM @ AMNESIA & MAMBO PICS HERE -

well what else can i say, a perfect way to end another perfect week in ibiza! Ibiza is such a magical place and as soon as you get off the plane you just never wanna leave. Such a legendary place, from the sunsets to the parties, you can't help yourself, the balaeric feeling just takes over you and you just get lost in it. 'Til next year




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hope you guys enjoy this as much as i did


www.ibiza-voice.com
www.ibiza-spotlight.com
www.space-ibiza.es
www.amnesia-ibiza.com
www.pacha.com
www.circolocoibiza.com
www.cocoon.net
www.cream.co.uk
www.welove-music.com
www.paulvandyk.com
www.ferrycorsten.com
www.erickmorillo.com
www.locodice.com
www.cafemamboibiza.com

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nice pics nils - looks like a blast...i need to break my ibiza cherry real soon..

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awesome review, pics look sweeeet...makes me wish i wasnt sittin in this stupid cubicle...def gonna have to start plannin for a trip next season

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Holy CRAP, so that's why we've been waiting for a while, you've been typing 24 hours a day for the past 5 days! are your fingers tired?

AWESOME review, BEAUTIFUL pics! Ibiza isn't on my list of high priorities (does that make me an EDM traitor...) but it does look amazing. A heaven we all dream of, surely.

wow looks like u had a blast

definitely well done review nils..man shit i gotta save up and go next year for my first time for sure

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Im so fucking jealous.

I want to go to ibiza so bad.

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