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Ibiza Party Goer: "Everyone's here for a purpose. They’ve all got the same thing in mind at night. We all form together as one and have a huge party."
Ibiza Party Goer: "Balearic's not really music, it’s a feeling. It’s the whole buzz of the island. It’s about going to the beach during the day, drinking enough San Miguel to sink your head in the sand, and then getting out and enjoying the night."
Danny Rampling: "Ibiza changed my life. 60 miles off the eastern coast of Spain, Ibiza has a magnetic energy that attracts 24 hour party people from all over the world. I first came here with a friend in 1980. We were young, out for a good time and drawn in by the twists and turns of Ibiza’s ancient, old town. That first visit had me hooked.
"For more than 2000 years, Ibiza’s been in a constant state of invasion. In the 50s, artists flocked to the island for inspiration. The mid 60s saw the arrival of the hippies and the Euro jet-set. By the early 80s, even general Franco had checked in, whole-heartedly encouraging the construction of monumental, concrete hotels. Yet the most successful invaders conquered the island without even drawing a sword - we just turned-up with a box of tunes in the Summer of 1988."
DJ Nicky Holloway: "1988 changed a lot of peoples lives for good. Certainly myself, Danny Rampling, Paul Oakenfold, Johnny Walker … and a whole host of other English DJs, who knew what we’d found would take over the world. We were really glad to be part of it from the start.
"My first experience of Ibiza was on a lads holiday. It was the first time I’d been away from England, I was about 19 and was drunk by the time we got to Gatwick. We didn't even leave Saint Antonio, we just wondered 'round all the bars thinking it was great.
"One of the things that really attracted us was the varied music policy. Most of it was House, Chicago and DJ International stuff, but it was mixed in with what's now loosely termed as Balearic - dub 12" mixes of rock records. They played stuff like The Cure. Stuff that we’d never dreamt of listening to normally. We went up to DJs and asked them where the records came from. Turned out they were made by people in Basildon. The whole club/Ibiza scene seemed to open up peoples' minds to all sorts of music."
Johnny Walker DJ: "My favourite memory of Ibiza is probably of a club called Amnesia, when it was open-air. I can remember being absolutely nutted, holding hands with Lisa Loud and Nancy Noise at 7:00 am in the morning. Alfredo the DJ was playing U2’s ‘With Or Without You’. It was just a really fabulous, loved-up experience.
"Ibiza wasn't full of British clubbers like it is now. The island was still having to entertain holiday makers from all over Europe. I think that’s the key reason why records by George Michael and U2 were being played."
Alex Gold DJ: "That was a rather depressing, down-tempo time. It was the start of the British recession and there wasn’t a lot to offer young people in England. I still firmly believe that British people made the island what it was. Ibiza certainly had the Latin influence and Latin party attitude but it was the British people, with the work hard, play hard ethic - living for the weekend that made Ibiza such a Mecca."
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