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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

- ALL CIRCOLOCO @ DC10 PICS HERE -
- ALL COCOON @ AMNESIA PICS HERE -
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Last edited by PvDoBseSSioN on Aug-17-2006 at 21:57
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