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After just 12 months away from the top spot, the clubbing world has
spoken and has decided to right their collective wrong by voting the now
27 year old Space back into the number one position in its final year.
And you will hear no complaints from anyone at DJ Mag, because once
again the club that has weathered a thousand musical trends, millions of
fashion fads and ever stronger claims on its crown from clubs across
both North and South America has had a landmark year.
Explaining why is not a simple job, because there are many things that
make Space what it is: the breadth and depth of its musical programming,
the friendly feel of its always cosmopolitain dancefloor and its
refusal to bow to anything other than pure musical expression.
Back in 1989, Playa d’en Bossa was a place for families looking for a
quiet get away, but over the years, owner Pepe Roselle has reacted to
changing tides, to evolving laws and increased visitor numbers to make
it the epicentre of the White Isle’s activities.
As such, in 2016, Space leaves behind it a great legacy: it is
responsible for making daytime partying so popular, is— having first
shown a blueprint for it back in the 1990s — responsible for every club
in Ibiza throwing extra-large opening and closing parties, and is also
responsible for the ever-booming ‘Terrace Party’ scene that has infected
events all over the world, not just Ibiza.
Technically, too, the details about Space are astounding, even if no
major changes have been made in the last 12 months. The vast club boasts
more than 600,000 visitors per summer, more than 650 DJs and live acts
play each season, tens of dancers in haute couture costumes add colour
to each party, more than 500 staff work at the club, it has five
different arenas, five bathroom areas, three VIP spaces, ten dressing
rooms, its own infirmary, a custom-designed Funktion One soundsystem,
acoustics on the Terrace designed by the esteemed Dr.
Higini Arau and a vast sponsorship programme that finds the club invest
in local youth teams and collaborate with many NGOs, and the Red Cross,
each and every season.
“Summer in Ibiza has become synonymous with Space,” says Pepe, correctly
and matter of factly. Legendary events like the festival-sized
shenanigans of We Love… (which left in 2015 and will be replaced in 2016
by a totally different team of promoters who initially hoped to use the
same name but, after public outcry, are calling themselves Sundays At
Space) Carl Cox’s Revolution, Glitterbox, underground night Kehakuma and
crazy carnival crew Elrow all make it so, as does a dizzying list DJ
superstars both old and new who play the place each night of the season.
“This is the 27th year and it marks the end of an era, of a unique and
incredible story and the end of our amazing adventure,” says Pepe.
“Winning this award is the highest recognition of years of hard work by
all those responsible for the club, the music and our artistic
standards.
Artists such as Carl Cox found their natural home at Space, we gave them
room to express and build their new talents and that’s not to mention
the hundreds of thousands of young people who recognise Space as their
home, not just as somewhere to hear and enjoy new music.
This will be our 27th and defining year, it will be a collective
celebration of shared emotions with all of you to remember the beauty of
the past, and with music as our companion, we will walk into the
future.”
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