CRACK DOES IBIZA: PT.2
WE LOVE… AT SPACE, IBIZA | 25th August
“I’m A House Gangster” reads a sticker plastered on a wall near the beach in Ibiza’s Playa den Bossa area. It’s a statement made famous by the legendary DJ Sneak. As it happens, we’ll be greeting the man in person at sunrise as he leaves Space following a triumphant set at one of the club’s We Love… Sunday parties.
But let’s rewind. Following the incredible night we had last month, Crack is back in Ibiza to host Space’s El Salon room once again, thanks to an invite from the team behind We Love…’s long running weekly festival series. We’re sat at an open beach side bar, idly sipping wine while Pardon My French and our Futureboogie affiliated, Bristol based friend Lukas spin a set Balearic and down tempo grooves, with the tender Frank Wiedemann edit of Howling’s Shortline feeling like a highlight as the air cools while the sky darkens.
Then it’s time for Space. With Lukas and the PMF boys seizing control over the El Salon’s DJ booth, we fraction off to check out Jimmy Edgar and Machinedrum fully utilize the power of the Discoteca’s world famous, 360 degree Funktion One soundsystem with their collaborative live project Jets.
After meandering between the El Salon, the Caja Roja room, the Discoteca and the partially open air Premier Etage, the terrace becomes our next fixed destination, partly due to the fact that Robert Hood is positioned behind decks. Tonight, the Underground Resistance legend is playing as Floorplan, the alias he released the excellent full length Paradise this year under, and he delivers just what we were hoping for – a relentless and hyperactive set of pumping house – before our whole crew is reunited for Sneak’s finale.
And once Monday morning’s sun is risen, it’s time to peel ourselves away. As we stumble towards the cab station, we’re satisfied in the knowledge that we’ve just completed another stint at one of the White Isle’s most renowned clubs, at a series so successful it still appears to be going from strength to strength after 15 years in the game.
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Words: Darren Pearson
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