{"id":20078,"date":"2015-06-20T21:46:11","date_gmt":"2015-06-20T19:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.deephouseamsterdam.com\/?p=20078"},"modified":"2015-06-23T13:28:17","modified_gmt":"2015-06-23T11:28:17","slug":"ibiza-report-music-on-amnesia-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deephouseamsterdam.com\/ibiza\/ibiza-report-music-on-amnesia-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Ibiza Report: Music On @ Amnesia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two years ago I went to Ibiza for the first time in my life. It was love at first sight and I vowed to go back every year. As the legend goes, the mystical rock Es Vedra, just off the coast, gives the island its force of attraction. More down to earth people like myself however, attribute this to the beautiful weather, numerous beaches, delicious food, laid back beach clubs and above all this, the amazing night life. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Nowhere in the world are this many electronic music fans and artists gathering every year for a summer of partying frenzy. The quantity and quality of the events is high and therefore Ibiza is to DJ’s and promoters what New York was to Sinatra; if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere.<\/p>\n

We arrived on the White Isle on a Friday and after a great lunch (tip: foccacia lamb at La Paloma) and a classic sunset in San Antonio it was time for our first night out. And what better way to start the weekend than with a party called ‘Music On’<\/strong>?! The party is in its fourth season, held at Amnesia<\/strong>, the club established in 1976 and is deemed one of the powerhouses of Ibiza’s night life. It serves a broad audience with all kinds of electronic music throughout the season, but tonight the main course was techno with an appetizer of tech house. We were welcomed by social media manager Emma, who showed us around, fixed a drink and immediately made us feel at home in the huge venue. We stayed in the Main Room for a while where Neverdogs<\/strong> were playing and enjoyed the beats as well as the diverse crowd coming in. Seeing all the different people and hearing the foreign languages, it seemed as if the whole world was represented and you could feel the excitement of everyone awaiting a big night.<\/p>\n

“The Terrace erupted. Carola saw it was good, and gave a thumbs up to the lighting deck behind him. Il capo di tutti capi indeed”<\/span><\/h2>\n

At 2am Paco Osuna<\/em><\/strong> started his set in the Main Room, but we decided to go the Terrace, once an open air area, now a room even bigger than the Main Room with an impressive sound and light system. Richy Ahmed<\/strong> was just spinning his first records, and after doing an interview<\/a> with him last year, this was actually the first time I got to see him play. As a member of Jamie Jones<\/em>‘ Paradise<\/em> family he tends to play house and tech house, but tonight he was booked at a techno party and it would be interesting to see how he would handle that. Well, the answer is quite simple: brilliantly. Playing the deeper side of his collection he made a perfect transition from a more UK sound to the Italian techno that would follow. Especially his second hour contained a couple of dance floor bangers that got the hands in the air.<\/p>\n

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Napolitan Dynamite<\/h4>\n

After two hours Ahmed received a well deserved applause from the crowd and then it was time for what most people had been waiting for. With all due respect to the other artists, they all have to accept to play second fiddle when Marco Carola<\/strong> is on the bill. Starting his career in 1994 he has left his mark in three decades of dance music.\u00a0 When I moved to Amsterdam in 2006 and started visiting festivals like Awakenings and Welcome to the Future, Carola was nearly always a fixed headliner. Playing minimal techno with contagious bass lines and tweaky sounds he earned a place on my list of favourite DJ’s. After the minimal days were over, he didn’t leave the stage. On the contrary, he kept developing his sound and until today he is a regular at virtually all big venues and festivals all over the world.<\/p>\n

From the first record on, Carola made his intentions very clear to the audience, which bursted out in euphoria. What followed was a firm techno set with little room for ‘distractions’ like melody or long breaks. With a relentless tempo, deep bass lines and subtle varieties he controlled the Terrace. And as if playing a set for over 2.000 people isn’t enough, he also made time to intervene in the visuals. One moment he turned around to the LJ’s and told them with big Italian gestures they had to take it up a notch. Not even a minute later he dropped a dance floor bomb and put his hands to the sky. The CO2 canons and blinding light effects did the rest: the Terrace erupted. Carola saw it was good, and gave a thumbs up to the lighting deck behind him. Il capo di tutti capi indeed.<\/p>\n

It was well after 6am when we left the club, with Carola still playing and the crowd still dancing. Already in the taxi we came to the conclusion this actually was the best way to kick off our party weekend in Ibiza, just like we’d expected.<\/p>\n

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Music On <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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