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Originally posted by English Rachel My best memory? Manumission closing party 1997.

since edm wasn't as defined back then.. what did they play.. eurotrance?!?!?!

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hello thar

dude they were probably hammering some form of "party" music, but dance music chronology goes back well before 1997...

(ibiza has been a party island since the Spanish Armada days, probably before then even)

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Are you kidding me? http://www.manumission.com/

House music! http://www.ibiza-spotlight.com/nigh...ory_music_i.htm

Stop making me feel ancient, f***ers!

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74 AD 'Ebusus' . The Roman occupation.

ahah It's safe to say this is when the partying began..

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jon jon [DED]

1996
Aside: 1996 was the year that put trance on the map, bringing it out of the underground and into the mainstream. The songs below could be heard everywhere from Pacha, to Privilege to Space. And who could ever forget songs like Insomnia and Children - songs which have probably had a bigger impact on the current day trance movement than any others. I still remember going completely wild upon hearing Insomnia in Privilege, and crying after hearing Children for the first time.

Faithless 'Insomnia'
Still one of the greatest trance songs ever made

Robert Miles 'Children'
Ditto

BBE 'Seven Days and 1 Week'
fantastic melody and very fat bass

Tori Amos 'Professional Widow'
Armand Van Helden mix which tore up discos everywhere. Great bass line!

Hysteric Ego 'Want Love'
Very big house hit playing to the popularity of speed garage at that time

1997 to follow shortly...

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Rachel, I was agreeing with you?

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You said 'kill me', so i did

I know you were agreeing with me, silly! Don't start with your 'that hand isn't funny, I'm not drunk' attitude

I know all the words to these...

1995
Aside: For us, 1995 was the year that coined the phrase Ibiza Anthems. I remember coming home after the summer of 1995 and the DJ mix album had simply taken off. The best Anthems here, the best anthems there...Brandon Block, Seb Fontaine, Judge Jules - the same names as we see on every album cover these days ;-)

More importantly it gave you something to listen to and dream about as those cold winter nights quickly dispelled any thought of summer, cocktails and dancing on an Ibiza beach. And I think Anthems is exactly the right word for these tunes below. Beautiful melodies, haunting trance - these are timeless classics you can hear again and again. Probably the biggest difference to the music heard now is the lack of bass. (Although do enjoy the fattest of basses on De'Lacy's Hideaway, from deep prog remixing specialists Deep Dish - 6 years ago!)

Everything but the Girl 'Missing'
This Todd Terry remix is a beautiful tune which graced every club in Ibiza!

Jamiroquai 'Space Cowboy'
Wonderful clubbed up remix, perfect for those blissful sunday mid-afternoons on the terrace

Josh Wink 'Higher State of Consciousness'
Absolutely wicked - this song brought on fullscale madness everywhere they played it

De'Lacy 'Hideaway'
Beautifully sexy house remix from an as then unknown American remixing duo - Deep Dish (eh?)

OT Quartet 'Hold that Sucker down'
Don't know about you lot, but this has sunrise at Privilege written all over it - what a tune.

Mori Kante 'Yeke Yeke'
Wonderfully haunting psychedelic trance tune played all over (often dusted off and brought out by discerning DJs today too).

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Be sure to catch Halliwell when you are there.

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Fave Tunes ATM:

Super8 & Tab feat. Julie Thompson - My Enemy (Club Mix)
Arty & Mat Zo - Rebound
Orjan Nilsen - Viking

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Originally posted by English Rachel and crying after hearing Children for the first time. Faithless 'Insomnia' Still one of the greatest trance songs ever made Robert Miles 'Children'

Children was the first trance track I ever heard, and it made me fall in love with edm.
Insomnia is definitely up there too. I haven't heard either of these tracks in the longest time.

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Originally posted by jon jon dude they were probably hammering some form of "party" music, but dance music chronology goes back well before 1997... (ibiza has been a party island since the Spanish Armada days, probably before then even)

even in the ancient Greek & Roman times it was known as a chillin' place for the aristocrats and philosphers. i wonder what tunes they had then.

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definatly jaleous ..... i hope you guys have a great time take lots of pics.... and thanx to spitty's post i have a reborn motivation to save up to go

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