New York, NY. (Top 40 Charts/ Cocoon Club PR) - Ibiza 2006. Just arrived, switching on the air condition. It's hot, the sun is burning and Mediterranean scents are waving through the car window, a combination of sun lotion, excellent food and the sea. Your sunglasses become the most important fashion item for the next few days, and who has never been to Ibiza does not know that you only need a pair of flip-flops for a perfect holiday.
What makes this island so special, where is the magic of this place? A cosmic place, only a stone's throw away from the dull European cities, a summer meeting point for the international clubbing society. Since seven years ago, the island has finally arrived at the Techno and Tech House universe. Gone are the times when Balearic Beats alternated with British club sounds in calling the tune on the island. Sure, Acid House has made it from here out of the London underground, but that's it more or less.
Meanwhile, everybody is talking about the German Tech House miracle: Cocoon, the CocoonClubs in Frankfurt and Ibiza, Cocoon Recordings, but also DJs like Ricardo Villalobos, Richie Hawtin, Andre Galluzzi, Tobi Neumann and many more – all of them are now 'calling the tune', and similarly to the times of Acid House at the beginning of the Nineties, Ibiza is again the springboard. However, with the slight but important difference that here, something was built up over seven years, without external hypes and vast media coverage, not an overnight success, no S-Express but our continuously growing House and Techno party culture. The sound and the vibe of the early Love Parades, Love Parks, Green & Blues, the Omen and so on... we were there!
"Finally", you could almost say. The world is listening. What is happening in Germany? What kind of scene is this? Why is so much damn great music coming from here? Well, it is like it is, and for many of us, it has always been like that anyway. And one man was there from the very beginning: Sven Vath!
Of course, the past Cocoon Ibiza Season has continued this evolution consistently. For the seventh time in succession, we have beaten all records and the number of visitors has increased again. This success was made possible solely through own efforts, without major sponsor support and major advertising offensives or concentrated media power. It may be trite, but "Music was the key!" More and more clubs on the island follow this example, and everybody is already curious on what Cocoon is going to do in 2007. Meanwhile, we are looking back to Season 2006 the musical way. Besides the big hits ("This is Sick", "Dump Truck', "Nam Nam"), many brand new listening pearls as well as two treasures from the Cocoon Recordings chest ("Hummel" by Adam Kroll and "Bionik" by Dominik Eulberg) can be found on the double CD, which is again split in a 'Night' and a 'Day' mix by Cocoon head Sven Vath. Let the music speak for itself, watch the best pictures of the summer under the provided link, open a bottle of Rioja, enjoy some bread and Aioli and watch out for the next summer... fast forward 2007!
COCOONCLUB IBIZA 2007 DATES & LINE UP:
18. Jun -Sven Vath, Chris Tietjen,Ricardo Villalobos, Zip
25. Jun -Miss Kittin, Frank Lorber,Luciano, Raresh
02. Jul -Sven Vath, Pascal FEOS,Loco Dice, Dorian Paic
09. Jul -Sven Vath, Richie Hawtin,Ricardo Villalobos, Roman Flugel
16. Jul -Richie Hawtin, Andre Galluzzi,Ricardo Villalobos, Tobi Neumann
23. Jul -Sven Vath, Pig&Dan,Steve Bug, Karotte, Arian
30. Jul -Sven Vath, Guy Gerber live,Loco Dice, Martin Buttrich live, MarT
06. Aug -Sven Vath, Richie Hawtin,Ricardo Villalobos, Raresh, Melchior Productions live
13. Aug -Sven Vath, James Holden,Loco Dice, Magda
20. Aug -Sven Vath, Gabriel Ananda & Dominik Eulberg live,Tobi Neumann, C-Rock
27. Aug -Sven Vath, Andre Galluzzi,Raresh, Chris Tietjen, Jacek Sienkiewicz live
03. Sep -Sven Vath, Tiefschwarz,Loco Dice, Marco Carola
10. Sep -Sven Vath, Onur Ozer,Ricardo Villalobos, Lawrence
17. Sep -Richie Hawtin, False aka Mathew Dear live, Gaiser live,Magda, Troy Pierce
24. Sep -Sven Vath, Richie Hawtin,Ricardo Villalobos, Luciano
SVEN VATH @ ROBOTS
Thursday, May 3rd
Cielo -18 Little West 12th Street
New York City
Tracklisting CD 1:
01. Heartthrob – Baby Kate
02. Audion – Mouth to Mouth
03. Deetron – The After Life
04. Raudive – Here
05. Trentemoller – Nam Nam
06. Misc – Movie 6:00 a.m.
07. Agoria – Code 1260
08. Planet Jazz – Monster
09. Adam Proll – Hummel
10. Tom Pooks – Pablos Assans
11. Dominik Eulberg – Bionik
12. Joris Voorn – Many Reasons
Tracklisting CD 2:
01. Jesse Somfay vs. Pheek – Galapagos Excursion
02. Andomat 3000 & Jan – Entr'acte Music
03. The Mole – In My Song
04. Guy Gerber – Belly Dancing
05. Cobblestone Jazz – Dump Truck
06. Solid Groove – This Is Sick
07. Tiefschwarz – Hey
08. Jamie Jones – Amazon
09. Tolga Vidan – Abstract Prologues
10. Roman Flugel – Mutter
11. Cobblestone Jazz – India In Me
