Back at my desk...
... in Central London and I'm still reeling after such an awesome weekend. In my opinion, the shows on Friday from Ibiza Rocks were the best ever start to Radio 1 in Ibiza in all it's 15 years of broadcasting from the island.
I got down to Ibiza Rocks at midday on Friday as we had to soundcheck some of the artists performing to ensure they sounded as good as possible live on the shows later that night. Then there was a few other bits to start while waiting for the show to begin. About an hour before we started my nerves were really jangling with anticipation and excitement but as soon as we pressed play on the opening track they disappeared and I just so enjoyed myself. As the producer of Annie & Pete's shows I'm in charge of smooth running of the whole show - that's the presenters, guests, running order and team. I was so proud of the eclectic line up we had in place that represented such a wide spectrum of music and really showed what a strong place dance music is in right now. On Annie's show Tinchy Stryder kicked things off brilliantly, Chase & Status ft Mali & MC Rage were amazing, Katy B was fantastic, Riva Starr brought the boompty house then Mark Ronson and band did an awesome 2 track performance including a medley of Groovejet's 'If This Ain't Love' & Stardust's 'Music Sounds Better With You'. Pete then started and the Swedish House Mafia were his first guests and as he said on air, I have never seen such a reaction for any guest at Radio 1 in Ibiza. During the last breakdown of 'ONE' they let off a confetti cannon and being on that stage looking out through the confetti to thousands of hands in the air is an image I wont forget for a very long time! Aeroplane had a tough job to follow on from that but he did amazingly well, as did Dirty South ft Rudy and finally Afrojack to finish.
Saturday night and I was producing Trevor Nelson's show at Mambo. We had slight CD issues before we went on air but thankfully managed to sort it out! After that the show went pretty smoothly before Judge Jules took over at 9pm and I went downstairs for a bit of food and a beer. Then via a very quick trip to Ibiza Town and Pacha I headed to Privilege for the Essential Mix. I wasn't working there so just spent some time in all the different rooms checking out the DJs. It's the biggest club in the world and so took some time getting around as the venue was full of around 9000 very happy people! I had never seen Underworld live and really enjoyed their set - Karl Hyde has got the moves!! Then a few of us including Annie, Jaymo & Andy ended up in the garden upstairs having a drink in the open air.
Sunday came and that was a day off so after a lovely long lie in the Radio 1 crew headed to Judge Jules' beautiful villa where he and his wife Amanda put on the yearly BBQ with the most gorgeous food and cocktails. We go each year and it's so kind of them as they tend not to get a lot of conversation from many of us (certainly not me!) as we're all shattered from the previous few days. Then I just went for a long walk and enjoyed the sunset before coming back home on Monday.
So what an amazing weekend - it went by in a flash but I so enjoyed it all. I cant wait to see all the videos and the full photos of Radio 1 in Ibiza 2010. Now I'm back sorting out my shows for this week and planning ahead for Annie Nightingale's big event in September.


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