On Ibiza we welcome the July heat and juicy events led by some of the best DJs on the planet. Long beach days and non-stop partying are synonymous with Ibiza summers. So to keep that heat going on the dancefloor we selected a few of the best places to be for the upcoming week.



Carl Cox Invites | DC10 | Tuesday, July 5

For eight dates this season, the king Carl Cox is inviting some of his DJ friends to DC10. The legendary techno artist that will take over Tuesdays in July and August at Ibiza’s paradise for ravers located at the end of the airport runway.



Cox has been a regular in Ibiza for more than 20 years and the main man at Space Ibiza (closed in 2016) but this is the first time he lands on the island with his Carl Cox invites concept after touring it worldwide last year. If you want to experience a pure night of clubbing by one of the most in demand DJs on the planet, make your way to DC10 this Tuesday July 5.



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Martin Garrix Opening Party | Ushuaïa | Thursday, July 7

Dutch producer and EDM star Martin Garrix returns to Ushuaïa this summer, taking over the open-air venue for ten events on Thursday afternoons untill September 8. In 2015, young 19-year-old Garrix - who has recently released his first album Sentio – held court on the island with his first residency. Now, the youngest number one DJ for three years in a row (2016-2019), label owner, and producer of many hits celebrates his third residency on Ushuaïa’s main stage kicking off Thursday, July 7.



Get your ticket to enjoy Martin Garrix at Ushuaïa.

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Afterlife Opening Party | Hï | Thursday, July 7

“An odyssey through the realm of consciousness,” is how Italian techno duo Carmine Conte and Matteo Milleri, better known as Tale Of Us, define their concept. The multifaceted artists are inviting innovators including Ben Klock, Rødhåd, Nina Kraviz, Carl Craig, Mind Against, and Modeselektor in electronic music to help lead the journey. Afterlife has become one of the most successful summer encounters at Hï Ibiza. Thursday night’s feature hypnotic and minimal production to keep the focus on the music. A highly recommended night for real techno lovers. 



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El Baile Opening Party | Pacha | Thursday, July 7

The team behind Storytellers brings a new immersive party concept to the Ibiza scene to celebrate dancing as a symbol of freedom, equality, and diversity and pay homage to the dance music culture of the island through 14 different ‘chapter’ events. It takes its name El Baile (The Dance) from the book that celebrates Pacha’s 25th anniversary. The team is bringing the Queen of neo-soul Erykah Badu to the opening party alongside a roster of powerful female performers. El Baile honors the past in the present with a powerful feminine spirit recognizing the roots of clubbing culture born in gay communities. Visit Pacha on Thursday if you are looking for a friendly and distinctive celebration!



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Skreamizm | Amnesia | Friday, July 8

DJ and producer Oliver Jones, better known as Skream, makes two appearances on the island as part of his Pan-European Skreamizm tour. The London-based DJ —considered the ambassador of dubstep in the 2000s—will be touring five countries and stopping at Amnesia for two Fridays this summer. Skream is one of the most versatile DJs on the scene, weaving a path from house and disco to techno, drum'n'bass, and more. His Skreamizm events are a representation of that diversity with a host of DJ guests including legendary duo Octave One to perform live, Aussie boy Partiboi69, Scottish selector Eclair Fifi, and Sally C.



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Ibiza isn’t just the greatest clubbing destination in the world, it’s also a foodies paradise. Check out some of our recommendations below.



Dinner and a show at 528 Ibiza

For a multi-sensory experience, 528 Ibiza, located in the rural hills of Benimussa, is the perfect blend of Mediterranean cuisine, music, art, and live entertainment. Its name is a nod to both club culture and the spirit of love that transformed the island into an international hub of unity. 528 Hz is known as the frequency of health, connection, inner peace, and love. A theatrical open-air dining experience converted into an interactive Phoenician marketplace, full of diverse and colorful characters and some of the most skilled artists in the world. A brilliant link to Ibiza’s heritage and culture, 528 honors the past and the island’s famous mystical energy. All topped with an Ibizan-inspired menu made by internationally renowned chefs paired with craft avant-garde cocktails. Doors open at 7:55 pm so you can enjoy the sunset.

More info at: www.528ibiza.com









El Silencio

Tentacles, giant lips and swings are some of the elements you can find at the infamous Parisian venue Silencio. The playful club was designed by Miranda Makaroff and and features Brazilian artist Samuel de Saboia’s Dreamland paintings. French owner and founder of NESO Paris Guillaume Sanchez fuses the menu with high-quality local products and you can also order street food powered by Pharrell Williams’s ToGo street-food group(you can take away and eat at the beach). There is also a tapas and beach restaurant by Mauro Colagreco, chill-out area, and club nights courtesy of CHA CHÁ The Club Madrid, LunArts, Jaime Fiorito, Cuts & Wines, and Pascal Moscheni. El Silencio is located at Cala Molí, on the east side of the island and opens at noon.

More info at: www.elsilencioibiza.com











ASAL Ibiza

Opposite Pacha, located inside the Ibiza Gran Hotel, a new venue has been born, Asal Restaurant and Bar. It consists of three minimal spaces Inspired by organic and natural Gaudí shapes and a Pitiusan style. The Garden Terrace and the Chef’s Saloon are guided by Mario Sandoval, who holds two Michelin stars and has been recently awarded the Michelin green star (an award for sustainable cuisine). This new luxury venue is a combination of the beauty of the island with light, modern, and timeless style that evokes Ibiza's famous caves.

More info at: www.asalibiza.com













Ibiza Selects (July 4 – July 10)

One of the UK’s most prominent producers, Skream, has been at the helm of boundary-breaking sounds for the better part of two decades. As a young up-and-comer, a 15-year-old Ollie Jones was pivotal in the progress of dubstep in the early 2000s. He pioneered the depths of the low end for ten years before transitioning to the soulful side of dance music. Navigating the new sounds like a fish to water, Skream found his way behind the decks at dance music institutions like Spain’s elrow, Manchester’s Parklife, and many more around the globe.





We’ve seen Jones touch back to his Dubstep roots recently, notching a dubstep set at Coachella and a whopping seven-hour B2B with Mama at an all-night party in London club, KOKO. Clearly, in tune with both sides of the spectrum, we weren’t sure what to expect from the July 15th arrival of his new EP, The Attention Deficit, but we now know this much: the inaugural single, “The Attention Deficit Track,” is a straight-up tech house fire starter.



The kick wastes no time setting a heart-pounding pace while the percussion builds the primal beat of this relentless stomper. Chopped Italian vocals begin to furiously fly through space in vigorous hypnotic symmetry, and any inhibition towards movement dissipates. It’s spine-tingling. It’s stimulating. It’s absolutely mad, and we absolutely love it.



This newest offering comes in collaboration with Glasgow’s famous genre-blender, Jackmaster. Skream and Jack came up together in the UK Dance Music scene, their careers running separately but parallel, working to push and defy boundaries. Seeing two top-tier talents in sync on a seismic single is a thing of beauty, and it seems there's more. Jack tweeted on release day, “Good things come to those who wait. Just wait till you hear what we have up our sleeves next.”







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Skream Holds Nothing Back with 'The Attention Deficit Track'

One of the UK’s most notable and long-admired DJs and producers, Oliver Dene Jones, aka Skream, enjoyed the type of pandemic productivity many could only dream of.



Over the course of lockdowns throughout 2020 and 2021, the multi-genre dubstep-turned-disco DJ and producer created a whopping 220 tracks, on top of establishing his own, inaugural label, IFEEL, which became the creative launchpad for self-produced tracks such as “Trees” and “Chester’s Groove” (remixed by Berghain resident Norman Nodge).



Though quarantine served as a catalyst for the latest era of Skream’s prolific career, the South London native has a unique origin story more than two decades in the making. So, who is this artist whose sonic influence has reverberated throughout vast world of dance music?







Skream, now 36, began as a bedroom DJ at the age of 11. He would break into his brother, DJ Hijak’s, room to fiddle with his turntables before eventually experimenting with music production equipment at his stomping grounds, Big Apple Records, in Croydon. It was “all fun and games,” at the start, but by the age of 13, he knew he was destined to be producer. By 14 or 15, his tracks had begun making their way through the sound systems of local London clubs.



“There was a really famous party that had just started called Forward. It was also the first time that I heard one of my songs in a club,” Skream told Billboard in a 2021 interview. “It was the icing on the cake for me that was like, ‘This is what is what I want to do.’”







Skream’s career can be characterized as one that’s always been on the vanguard of musical movements, encompassing the entire arc of the electronic dance music industry. He was on the leading edge of the dubstep movement in the mid-aughts, paved the way for the transition to a more underground (yet still commercially appealing) house and techno sound in the early-2010s, and more recently, has even leaned into the nu-disco revival.





Early in his career, Skream’s ability to flex cross-genre led to a slew of opportunities. Following the launch of one of his biggest releases, Midnight Request Line, in 2005, Skream found success across multiple musical categories, collaborating with notable grime artists, Wiley and Skepta, and adding his dark, dubsteppy DJing flare to remixes for songs like La Roux’s “In for the Kill.” In 2006, he began a stint on London–based Rinse FM. The community-based station has long remained ahead of the curve in urban and underground music and Skream’s weekly show quickly gained notoriety around Britain and beyond, cementing his place in the burgeoning dubstep spotlight.









In 2007, a new project emerged. Skream combined forces with producers and DJs Benga and Artwork (previously known as Menta), two artists he met during his Big Apple Record days. The trio embarked on a sold-out global tour in 2010 and released their eponymous album, which peaked at number 5 on the UK Album Charts in 2010 with the lead single, “spot.”








The project further skyrocketed Skream into electronic music prominence, and over the course of following years, the artist worked his way onto some of the most high-profile stages (including Berghain’s Panorama Bar and Printworks London) and into some of the most prominent electronic music institutions in the world, including contributing to Pete Tong’s 2013 Defected Records house mix.







But in the 2010s, yet again on the frontier of a new era for dance music, Skream verbalized the marked shift he was witnessing in EDM. In a 2013 interview with Fact, he left nothing to the imagination on his position of the evolution (read: dilution) of dance music.



“I can’t fucking stand EDM anymore,” he said, going on to laude artists like Seth Troxler and the newly-debuted Kaytranada for their roles in injecting real, deep, underground house more into the mainstream. “There’s a lot more interest in it, people are interested in good music again, and that’s good.”







And in the decade since, Skream’s career has evolved yet again, appealing to widening the fanbase eager to reconnect (or connect for the first time) with the soulful, powerful, and authentic roots of dance music. From a Saturday residency at Shoreditch Club’s XOYO to his consistent sets at some of Manchester’s mega-clubs, Skrea’s sound has shifted into a funkier, disco-laden style that’s caught fire throughout the UK and beyond.

“Manchester was the biggest fanbase in the country for a while,” he said in a video interview with The Warehouse Project, surrounded by shelves of sneakers (Skream is a self-described sneakerhead, who jokingly admits has tried to curb his obsession in recent years). In both a production and DJ capacity, Skream has continued to adopt the flare of disco and funk. Since the pandemic, he’s played prolific parties like Spain-based elrow, Manchester’s Parklife, and Glastonbury’s Lost Horizon.







With the world on the precipice of some semi-return to normalcy, what’s next for Skream?



For one, a continued focus on his label. "I wanted to create a label solely for my own productions, in any genre I feel like," he told EDM.com. "I also wanted to bring in artists that I really admire."



And that he did. Set to reunite with Benga in 2022, Skream is causing a lot of buzz about the potential for a fishhook back into his dubstep origins. But don’t expect this artist defined by mutability to be pinned down for long.



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From Dubstep to Disco and Back: Skream Stays on the Forefront of Dance Music

There’s obviously a great deal of talent in dance music, but Skream stands out in his prodigy. Not only does the UK-born and based DJ/producer (real name Oliver Jones) boast a prolific discography spanning genres and generations, Skream was one of the early and most influential hands in the development and popularity of the dubstep genre.

Jones’s love for music started early, through an introduction by his older brother, Hijak. It was a natural fit, and by the time he was 11 he decided to try his hand behind the decks for the first time. By 15, he was making music.

Listening to his 2006 debut album, ‘Skream!,’ the early sounds of modern dubstep and bass music clearly rise to the surface: eerie melodies, dark low-end frequencies, and unexpected samples. It’s clear that many of today’s bass music heavyweights are still plodding the same trails that Skream blazed in the early 2000’s.

After making his mark on the bass music world, Skream pivoted his focus to house, techno and disco, releasing influential tracks like “Rollercoaster” feat. Sam Frank and his remix of Duke Dumont’s “Need You.” Around this same time, in 2013, Jones closed his label, Disfigured Dubz, and minted a new imprint, Of Unsound Mind, soon after. With this imprint, Jones focused on shining light on industry newcomers and members of Skream’s own community.

Still a young man in all considerations, Skream is a wild card, still shaking the industry up and releasing tracks that are somewhat undefinable. He still recognizes his past—through throwback sets like his 2019 B2B with RUSKO at EDC Las Vegas—but it’s fair to say with some certainty that the dance music world just doesn’t know quite what future holds for Skream. As for the future of dance music, he might just be helping to make it.

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