History is in the making.Īs we prepare to enter an era in Ibiza without the greatest nightclub in the world, I find myself lost for words (for once) to sum up how I feel, so I leave you with the words of the great W. The enormous Flight Club stage is currently under construction in the car park. Perhaps it should be Pepe himself who chooses the last track to float across those hallowed airwaves. Me, definitely *wipes another tear away*. I can’t imagine when Pepe Rossello transformed a humble convention centre into a nightclub in 1989 he would have envisioned having such a profound effect on so many people’s lives. As are thousands and thousands of other people from all corners of the globe, who just can’t bear the thought of this party taking place without them. She’s currently packing her suitcase and getting ready to jet into Ibiza especially for the occasion. Readers of my previous lament may remember I wrote about my first ever Space Opening experience with my very good friend Miss G. And they say there are more to be announced! At this rate, it seems like they’ll all get to play a 15-minute set.* But seriously – who will be dropping the final track? Carl Cox, of course… the pressure! What time will it actually carry on until? And will the general public just sit down and refuse to leave? #occupyspace could become a thing. Perhaps I should send a group email to the below list and see if there are any takers? Mine would be Layo & Bushwacka’s Love Story – you don’t get much more of a Space anthem than that. The concept this year was Club 27, as Space Ibiza’s end has come as it turns 27, just as many of the world’s famed musical heroes passed away before their time at the same age – think Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, Brian Jones and Amy Winehouse.Īnd speaking of musical heroes, there are well over 100 DJs listed on the line-up and surely as I type, each and every one of them is currently plotting and planning their own last Space Ibiza set, trying to find the perfect final track to sum it all up. Elrow knocked their closing out of the park last weekend and if you didn’t cry like a big bald baby as the final bars of The Doors’ ‘This is the end’ reverberated over the Discoteca at the hands of the king of Space, Carl Cox, well you just can’t be human. Afterlife is over, short and sweet (or dark) as it was. We’ve bid farewell to Sundays at Space (though we already technically said goodbye a few years ago when We Love Sundays called it a day). We’ve said goodbye to Glitterbox at Space. And more tears being shed as I write today’s blog. Lest we forget.And you know what that means – the last ever party at Space Ibiza, as we know it. Even more say Space will simply relocate, but as for now, let’s just all take stock and remember the good times. Who knows exactly what will happen to this iconic part of Ibiza? Some say a mall is on the way others say an extended version of the neighbouring club across the road. Pepe is now 80 and his long-term lease on the property is up. The likes of Carl Cox, John Digweed, Steve Lawler, Erick Morillo, Giles Peterson, Armin Van Buuren, Basement Jaxx, Danny Tenaglia and so many more have pumped out nights of memory making music, with the legendary We Love Sundays party being the star of the weekly show.Ī sad day is dawning in Ibiza as Space comes into its very last season. This iconic club has hosted some of the world’s best DJs and parties. Then in the 90s an English DJ set up on the terrace and was later joined by others and Space as we now know it came into being. In the early days Space was a mixture of variety shows (Miss Ibiza contest included) and boasted an eclectic mix of Flamenco and live music. It was a revelation and once it tasted the freedom to party, Ibiza never looked back. Spain was emerging from the constrictions of the Franco regime and young people were discovering music previously banned.
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Taking full advantage, Pepe closed up shop for just enough time to obey the law and clean up before the next party started. And it soon became the best nightclub in the world.īack then Spanish law required clubs to close for at least two hours a day. In 1963 he opened the first Playboy club in San Antonio, inspired by Hugh Hefner’s cotton tailed bunny club! So when a small conference center with a discotheque in Play d’en Bossa came up for sale in the late 80s, Pepe saw an opportunity.
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