In article <9407062244.aa03105@blkbox.COM>, djkc <djkc@blkbox.com> wrote:
quoted 1 line First, where is Ibiza?>First, where is Ibiza?
Ibiza is one of the Balearic islands in the Mediterranean off Spain and
one of the most popular overseas holiday destinations for people in
Britain. The clubs there were a major influence on the development of
the British rave scene circa '88-'89, with people like Boys Own, Shoom,
Flying, etc. attempting to recreate over here what they'd seen on their
summer holidays. A lot of the DJs there at the time (Alfredo is
generally cited as the most influential) had a style of playing happy
tracks from across a range of genres that just happened to feel right
in the mix, earning it the 'Balearic' tag. These days most of the clubs
are more straight housey with a never-ending succession of British DJs
guesting through the summer.
Cafe Del Mar is a beachside cafe and one of the few redeeming features
in the 'town' of San Antonio, which is otherwise a touristy dump. To
help you relax they play nice restful ambient stuff, more in the sort
of ambient house style than the darker North European or neo-hippy
bollocks that seems to have taken hold of late. It's attracted lots of
musicians and DJs when they've been out there, hence it being
immortalised on a couple of tracks and main DJ Jose Padilla getting to
put together a compilation of Cafe Del Mar type tracks.
quoted 2 lines There's a label called this (or maybe Ibeza)...>There's a label called this (or maybe Ibeza)...
>breakbeat stuff...
Yup, from London, no idea why they chose the name.
quoted 2 lines second, doesn't the name and club Cafe del Mar have something to do with>second, doesn't the name and club Cafe del Mar have something to do with
>Jam el Mar (sp?) of Jam & Spoon..??
No.