Twas my third summer in a row and despite caning it 24/7, the island was very quiet as a whole and appears to be on borrowed time...

Highlights were Ferry, Eddie and Shan at Judgment Sunday, Circo Loco (DC-10), Underwater (best night out there), Tiesto and PVD at Cream & Erick Morillo and Jon Carter at the Radio One party (alas was flying out when Luke Neville was playing).

Ultimate Balearic experience is still Bora Bora though, was dead chuffed when randoms in Cream came up to praise us for 'aving it on the tables and taking over the place at the Manumission carry on, carry on last Tuesday...

Yeah when i was workin out there it was dead... things messed up with original job so was lookin for another but because the island had sucha slow starting season there was no jobs about as it was mainly workers there anyway!!

Dunno why its so quiet this year tho

Clubs are just going to HAVE to cut their ridiculous prices or perhaps more clubs like Garlands from over here putting on more free parties for people.

Its crazy and needs to be sorted otherwise people will stop going.

As soon as we can put on a free event we bloody will !

I've heard that Cyprus is getting a fair share of the custom, instead of just Ibiza. It seems to be too little custom spread to thin.

i was reading somewhere that apparantly there gonna get rid of a few of the super clubs so that the island doesnt attract so many tourists.

my nanna was telling me that she went to ibiza about 30 years ago and there were hardly any clubs on the island and it was more of a family place to go. although familys go there at the moment i think they want to make it more of a holiday island for everyone rather then just people who want to go clubbing!

also i think they want to "restore it" in a way cos i think tourists have made it to comercial and have ruined parts..

also because there are other places to go now like aya napa and valeracki (however you spell it!) etc.. alot of people may want to go to other parts of the world and explore more

just my oppinion!

Thing is it's been going nearly 15 years. I worked for a holiday company and was over there. And in Majorca, a lot 12/13 years ago, and Ku (now Privilege), and Pacha and other clubs were already going strong.
Trips to these clubs were the highlight of most peeps holidays...Then the whole acid house / baleric beat stylee happened and the rest is history. So people have been out there, seen it done it, and bought the mug and the t-shirt...big time. So less people go.. so the promoters make less money, so they charge more for drinks...and entrance...
Loads of promters will go bust this year..
And next year will be a disaster, cos lot's of nights just won't happen, but i think 2005, will see a rebirth...not sure what form but i bet it'll be kicking...

My boyfriend and I arrived on Aug 8th which was the beginning of the Radio 1 Weekend, and the island was rammed. That is the peak peak time however, and according to the locals it was a bit quiet this year and the business was down - but then, don't people always say that? No one is going to say "actually we've had yet another amazing summer and made loads of £££", what they do say is "we've had a shit summer and made no money so please accept our extortionate prices". Does that make any sense...

Didn't go to Manumission this year, it's just moved away from being a club into something more like a weird theatre (judging by last year's experience, and this year is apparently even madder).

We Love Sundays @ Space was very busy, as was Cocoon at Amnesia, as was Radio 1 party at Eden, as were their daytime parties on the beach near the windmill just outside San An. Went to 2 Bora Bora parties which were incredible. No words to describe that experience.

As for Aya Napa and similar places, I don't understand how they can be even compared to Ibiza???? Isn't Aya Napa full of 18 year old pissheads and garage clubs? A completely different vibe to Eivissa. Also, Ibiza has a long tradition of not just clubbing and dance music but also the special seasonal "lifestyle", certain things you tend to do there like watch the sunset and applaud when sun disappears behind the water....Then the firedancers come out...Then it's finally completely dark and it feels like everyone just goes HUH, PARTYTIME!!!!!!!!!!! I guess some people will say that's cheesy but I love it, and it gives a real feeling of togetherness...

Anyway I'm rambling this is my post-Ibiza-blues kicking in again........

I totally agree with you about not being able to compare Elvissa with Ayia Napa or anywhere else for that matter. I think the real problem this summer is that there have been so many notable failures and some clubs have been embarassingly empty.

Ibiza is special as personified by the whole Bora Bora vibe and too many promoters have tried to cash in on this, sooner or later the bubble will burst. Maybe this isnt a bad thing though as maybe us proper clubbers can reclaim the isle for ourselves and introduce a true community spirit back into clubbing (sensible drinks prices in clubs would be a start).

Alexsandra, hope you're not feeling too down about being back here, I'm sure Mr Hawtin will make things better for you on Sunday!

I can live with the club entrance fees but it is the soft drinks, particularly water that is just plain ridiculous. €8 in Pacha and Privilage. What the f*ck???????????

Sparky - you got our pictures from Bora Bora developed yet mate?

Reason its quieter compared to Greece etc is coz trance/house etc isnt a big thing anymore amongst 18 - 25 year olds like it was 5 or so yrs ago - ok theres a few that age like it but the majority are mid 20s + and are past going on group holidays with their mates - their the ones (18 - 30s) who the clubs make their money out of and now those types mostly go to Greece for r n b garage etc, in a way its good as it means the clubs arn't full of arse holes n beer boys jsut on the pull, but at the same time its that that makes Ibiza so dead now.
Also since the Euro has come in Spain isnt as popular as its not sumwhere 'cheap' to go on holiday no more!
I agree with u Aleksrandra its def still a wikid place to go but for the types it use to attract who jsut went for the cheap beer n to pull then Greece has taken over!

The way you put it bunnykins it doesn;t sound all that bad really...

i would guess a lot of ppl who live in ibiza will be pretty happy to if the Club 18-30 types head off to different parts of the Med, even if it does mean that tourist numbers reduce

ps - Ibiza Town/ Bora Bora/ Salinas beach were still as good as ever when i was there a week ago

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I just got back from Ibiza playin sets at Tonic @ Eden and 3 times at Play 2 for Charlys Angelz and have to admit that the big clubs were mostly empty and the most enjoyable set i did was at Play 2 as its the only place apart from Lashed that played Hard House ,I think they should play more Hard House in the big clubs as thats what is mainly whats been heard over in England.

Just got back today - Ibiza was wikid tho funky house has def taken over from trance out the there, Cream was def the best nite 4 trance out there on thurs, PVD n Tiesto done most wikid trance sets I ever heard, n was prob the nite when most of ctw was out to, that n Lashed was my best nites 4 the meet ups n tunes, Lashed was amazin too n stomped all nite Did Manumission again, not that impressed as was all funky so spent most of the time gettin bolloxed in the Dome Space carry on afta had to b most mental time I had in ages, met soo many nice random peeps n saw most crazy stuff it kinda made up 4 the tunes not bein as good as they could've been! Was wikid meetin up with Beckie n Matt @ Manumission/Space n to bump into peeps I didnt realize was out there at Lashed - Tidy Girl, n the time on beach afta was fookin hilarious
Did it all really different to last yr as only did clubbin the 2nd wk, n took the 1st n 3rd week easy - was way too expensive there to do the main clubs too much bein we out there for more than a wk, the water pk was well good too, n got to see loads more of the rest of Ibiza, Ibiza Town, beach we found there was amazin n well secluded n awesome compared to the more commercialised ones! just relaxin n dossin on the beach most of the time!
Had few chats with some fo the workers out there, apparantly there were a lot of jobs out there from mid august n we was even told of ones we could go for if we wnated to stay on til the end of the season! They all said it was really dead out there tho but its def only the 18 - 30 types makin it like this, the main clubs outside san an - space, amnesia were still packed as last yr, its jsut the west end, eden etc dont make money outta these type of clubbers who're goin for the actual clubs rather than on the pull, beer etc. Seems like Ibizas prob gonna go back to being more exclusive I reckon with clubbers jsut goin to these places, Pacha etc with jsut funky rather than eden, es paradis n the west end, san An, bars, restaurants even Bar M was dead most nites compared to the other resorts there, what was aimed at family things, we noticed the only packed places in the Bay really was kareoke n crap family nites tho this is borin I reckon thats the only place where moneys gonna be made here from now on.
I had wikid time out there jsut chillin n the clubs we went to was wikid, tho overall for me it was way too funky n not enough trance/ HH nites at the pre-clubs (coastline etc) what advertised djs tho everytime we went seemed to be the same regular ones playing the same old funky sets every nite If their gonna play that y advertise other stufff!? Thats only moan I realy had, will prob go back next yr tho 4 me theres not enough trance/hh to cane it every nite in a row like there was last yr!

Musicwise I prefer hard house. But when it comes to Ibiza I think the place suits funky house and trance a whole lot more.