// IBIZA in REVIEW.. Friday's are for MUSIC ON @ amnesia //
Running every Friday until closing on September 25th, Music On continues the tradition of previous years by playing out in both rooms of Amnesia Ibiza.
With Italian techno Godfather Marco Carola curating the incredible roster for the season, the party explores the finest house and techno the world has to offer, with guest appearances by the greatest names in the game. It stands to reason then, that we should choose to attend one Friday mid season to indulge ourselves along with hoards of other die hard music connoisseurs...
We arrive in ernest around 1:30am, ease into what feels like home for us on the white isle, and begin exploring exquisite nature of the the 2 beautiful spaces amnesia has to offer this season. The main room is already alive with an understated energy, with French techno maestro Oxia commanding our attention as we enter the room. The main room of amnesia is a warm, welcoming, grand yet snug environment, with an incredibly rich, broad, all consuming sound sound system that fills every corner of the room.
There is something surreal about amnesia at this time of the night, a sense of anticipation... with a collective feeling among us that something epic is about to happen, the club is filling and the vibe is casual. There is a distinct feeling among us that we are in the presence of serious music heads as the european crowd gradually builds around us.
After some time, we venture through to the Terrace and find the dance floor is already comfortably full. NYC's Bill Patrick is dropping some edgy deep techno and warming up the crowd as the vast room slowly fills edge to edge and end to end. The sound system is crisp and the dancing space is comfortable, we decide to carve out a little corner for our selves and settle in. The terrace at amnesia, is an experience in itself, the decor is classy, yet understated, with some super cool animated lighting spreading across the walls and ceiling, which sets the tone perfectly for the pure simplicity of this space, which, lets be clear, is a no nonsense affair where you go deep, get down and dirty and don’t emerge until it’s time to exit.
Once the night is rolling, Mr Carola takes to the controls and begins his campaign on the crowd, the formula is simple, bomb after bomb after bomb . The sheer power and command Carola has over the crowd sees a recurring theme of pulsing techno grooves, with amazing builds, break downs and unequivicley infectious drops, which slay the crowd into a frenzy time and time again as Carola plays games with the sea of faces in front of him.
The terrace is vast, not only is it long but also a super wide open space which accommodates the ocean of people all beying towards one end of the room like they are preying to some kind of techno mecca, this place is amazing..
OK, so we hear various conversations around us that Paco Osunu is stepping things up in the main room, we need to be there… we move again… Back in the main room, the atmosphere and energy level is gaining, it is equally consuming when compared to the terrace, yet different, again the calibre is high, lets face it, this is arguably the best place in the world to listen to fine techno, with endless seemingly never heard before super cool hypnotic grooves suducing the dedicated dance floor into an unexplainably comfortable feeling of being home. As I have said before, this is a place where one can loose ones self all night, when nestled firmly in the bosom of the main room at amnesia.
Some time passes, it’s getting on for 6am and we decide head back to see if Carola is still wooing his disciples...
With some considerable effort, we hustle our way back into the packed swaying terrace where the atmosphere is literally on fire, just watching the crowd reactions to 'that last drop' is captivating. To be fair, it’s packed, 6am in the terrace it’s fair to say, is where only the hardcore dwell… We find some space towards the back of the cavernous room and settle in again. There seems to be no satisfying the unquenched thirst of the thousands of hungry party people in front of us as we continue from night into day, amazed at the site of the room...
Music On at amnesia is in our opinion, the pinnicle of techno events on the island and is one not to be missed, as such Fridays in Ibiza are for MUSIC ON.
