26/7 Paul van Dyk, Gareth Emery, Laidback Luke, Benny Benassi, 2/8 Cream Ibiza 18th Birthday: Paul van Dyk, Eddie Halliwell, Calvin Harris, Laidback Lukewww.cream.co.uk/brands/cream-ibiza

27/7 W.A.R! with DJ Fresh10/8 W.A.R! with Skream & Benga feat Sgt Pokes and Youngmanwww.ibizarocks.com/wearerockstars

22/09 with Geddes, Heidi and Burnski. 29/09 with Geddes, Move D and Waifs & Strays.www.sankeysibiza.info

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WheRe Amnesia, San Rafael, IbizaWhen every thursdaymuSIc house, trance and electro from the business’s biggest names

WheRe Ibiza Rocks hotel, San Antonio, IbizaWhen Bi-weekly until SeptembermuSIc Anything goes party bangers

WheRe Sankeys Ibiza, carrer de les Alzines 5, Playa d’en Bossa, IbizaWhen Across the summermuSIc house, tech-house

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Sankeys Ibiza: high five

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It’S tHE oPEnInG party of Cream Ibiza tonight and the excitement surrounding the return of the island’s longest running UK club night is everywhere. From the thousands of line-up posters plastered across the bars and backstreets of San Antonio’s sunset strip to the faces of everyone currently stepping from the disco bus and a continuous convoy of minicabs.

the destination, of course, is Amnesia, a cavernous double-room extravaganza of a club devoted to glittering production, with glamorous dancers halfway to the ceiling, strobes,

pulsating beams of coloured light and enormous video screens. these are currently swirling with the word ‘Gareth’ as Mr Wyn fires a salvo of up-front bangers onto the main dancefloor, bouncing from wall to wall between Darude’s ‘Sandstorm’ and a tranced-up remix of ‘Block Rockin’ Beats’.

With Paul van Dyk cancelling all his dates at the last minute for medical reasons, up stepped Eddie Halliwell to fill the big man’s shoes, while donning a bizarre orange and black harlequin t-shirt. nevertheless, as he embarked on a storming three-hour set, something was stirring next door on the equally enormous Mixmag terrace.

Hyped by resident stalwart Sean Hughes’ deep, space-bass electronica,

the crowd has about-faced, their murmuring excitement suddenly bellowing into a full-blown roar as beams of white-blue light power through a giant black curtain at the far end and into the darkness. Moments later the curtain falls, revealing Deadmau5’s unmistakable grin. Encased in an insane light-up, LED covered helmet, the Canadian begins a electro-tech onslaught, splattered with dubstep riffs and soaring keys, all the while accompanied by his awesome half-cube 3D visual booth that snaps through Rubik’s Cube colour formations and trance-inducing swirls. truth be told, after two and a quarter

hours of mega Mau5, John o’Callaghan’s closing main-room set and the progressive electro finale of An21 & Max Vangeli is a bit of a blur. But losing yourself in the Cream of Ibizan club nights is exactly what we’re here for, and when it comes to Amnesia, this place does exactly what it says on the tin. Phil DuDMan

FoR tHE PASt seven years, the Ibiza Rocks Hotel has been bringing some of the biggest names in indie music right into the belly of the Balearic beast, pushing aside the sun loungers and serial sunbathers to make way for the likes of Arctic Monkeys and Kaiser Chiefs. But now it looks as though the Ibizan pendulum is swinging both ways as the hotel turns to music of more electronic substance. tonight is the first of new bi-weekly party We Are Rockstars!, helmed by the double- header of Mark Ronson and Zane Lowe alongside cutting edge dance talent throughout the season.

Despite an unseasonably early kick-off people begin to stream in for Disclosure’s set where their sweet and sultry garage influenced productions provide the perfect early evening soundtrack. ‘tenderly’ and their remix of Jessie Ware’s ‘Running’ feel like instant classics, while Ria Richie adding live vocals to ‘Control’ steps things up a gear.

the aluminium-rimmed stage, flanked on all sides by five storeys of hotel rooms and the signature, plectrum- emblazoned swimming pool then

IF YoU PREFER sweating it out on a dark dancefloor to posing in the VIP with spoilt Russian playboys then Sankeys Ibiza is your perfect holiday destination. Back for a second year, the club comes refreshed with residencies from Bugged out! and Diynamic, alongside its flag- ship night, Carnival. tonight London party crew Mulletover are in the mix, with head honchos Stuart Geddes and Rob Star on a mission to bring the freshest, finest underground house to the White Isle.

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showcases a boisterous warm-up set from Ibiza Rocks resident Doorly before Ronson and Lowe appear for the main event. Long-time pals, their collaborative effort was born out of messy Ibiza Rocks sessions and their affection for the place certainly shows. A packed-to-the-rafters crowd expresses its appreciation with stadium levels of noise as the pair power through almost every dancefloor classic imaginable. Avicii, the Prodigy and Fatboy Slim are all thrown down in what can only be described as a joyously shameless, anything-goes set. they juxtapose nicely as a double act, the introverted Ronson toiling away while Lowe riles the crowd, taking to the mic between frantic hand-in-the-air motions and CDJ drumming. Coaxing

Ronson out from behind the decks, the duo take to the front of the stage and perform a triumphant pomp-rock fist-in-the-air salute. Are DJs the new rock stars? Well, the lines are certainly blurred. Sean GriffithS

mammoth openings for Guetta, tong and Luciano, this is the first of four parties and a far more intimate affair.

Sankeys Ibiza boasts two slick side rooms, but it’s the neon-bathed Basement where all the proper action happens.

During flashes of brilliant technicolour, Huxley selects muscular, two-step bass-heavy house with the light of his iPhone. on next is Julio Bashmore and his Bristol bass sound, which is great as his uplifting, feel-good 4/4 comes slathered with sunny Balearic chords. But it’s Joy orbison who gets Sankeys rocking, epitomising what the club and Mulletover are all about. When Joy slides deep, dark tech-house into the mix, it feels like Sankeys – and the season at large – has finally kicked off. Seb Wheeler

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