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Jaymo and Andy GeorgeJaymo and Andy George|09:47 UK time, Thursday, 5 August 2010

Jaymo: I am writing to you triumphant. Triumphant in a battle! A battle which pitted me against several hundred tiny red ants, in a small dark room, in our house, just outside of San Antonio, Ibiza. Yup, it's safe to say we've aclimatised to life on the White Isle, even if this does entail frontline conflict with creatures that can carry 50 times their own body weight. We have a hose pipe, and dammit, we'll use it! 

Having been here five weeks we've seen the island get busier by the day, but never before has the influx of holiday makers and general party people been so evident as it has this past week. Things are poppin' off and all roads lead to the Radio 1 Ibiza Weekend. It's a staple part of the Ibiza clubbing calendar and everyone is gearing up for it! 

Ibiza Rocks has put on some amazing gigs already this year, The Prodigy, Calvin Harris and Dizzee Rascal have all seen the venue sell-out completely, so add the Radio 1 X-factor to the equation and it becomes abundantly clear we're in for a big one on Friday! 

We're DJ-ing just before Annie Mac goes live on air, so we're expecting it to be pretty nuts. 

Then it's the biggie on Saturday. Last year saw Radio 1 return to the world's biggest club, Privilege, and man was it good! Previously home to the legendary Manumission, this club literally oozes heritage. It has an amazing sound system, incredible lighting and loads of places to general mess about and have a lot of fun! We're playing in our favourite room in the club, Coco Loco. It's a proper party in there, so will be ace! 

Andy: It's been a long few days, throwing the best of what must be over 20 years of dance music into one pocket sized mixtape, but i think we've just about managed it! Ok ok... maybe we've missed one or two (i REALLY wanted to put in Southside Spinners "Luvstruck" circa Kevin & Perry "Go Large", but didn't quite manage it!) but that's not for the want of trying!

We were probably still learning to ride skateboards when the first chunk of these tracks we're going off to thousands of ravers on the White Isle, but that's not to say some of them don't have a place in our hearts! There's some absolute corkers in there that'll put whistles in your mouths, hands in the air and hopefully send a shiver down your spine - fear not though, Radio 1 in Ibiza is about to serve up a whole load more anthems this weekend, and maybe we'll do another mix in 15 years time! 

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