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THE MUSIC MAESTRO<br />
Zane Lowe, Radio 1 DJ and<br />
music director of Ibiza Rocks<br />
“I’m really excited this year<br />
about the new night, W.A.R.<br />
(We Are Rockstars, starts<br />
8 June), taking place at the<br />
Ibiza Rocks Hotel on Fridays<br />
(ibizarocks.com). It’s going<br />
to be the fi rst time Mark<br />
Ronson and I will debut our<br />
new show – it’ll be the most<br />
fun you can have this side of<br />
your own imagination. And I<br />
<strong>may</strong> be biased, but you can’t<br />
go wrong with the events BBC<br />
Radio 1 put on each summer.”<br />
THE CLUB PROGRAMMER<br />
Mark Broadbent, musical<br />
director of We Love Music<br />
and booker for We Love<br />
Space, now in its 14th year<br />
(starts 10 June)<br />
“I look forward to the<br />
‘happenings’ that spring up<br />
almost unannounced around<br />
the island on the beaches<br />
near Talamanca Bay. The<br />
best way of fi nding out about<br />
these is to buy the local paper<br />
and see what the council is<br />
saying or ask a local. The guys<br />
from Ibiza Rocks have taken<br />
control of the old Pikes Hotel<br />
(ibizarocks.com/house) near<br />
San Antonio and this is the<br />
place to be seen. Hang out<br />
with popstars and drink from<br />
a silver slipper, while Jade<br />
Jagger and Philippe Starck<br />
froth around in the pool.”<br />
THE CLUBBING CHANNEL<br />
BROADCASTER<br />
Ray Smith, CEO of B@ TV,<br />
purveyor of online DJ sets<br />
“With Luciano headlining a<br />
Ushuaïa opening party<br />
(26 May; ushuaiabeachhotel.<br />
com), it looks like it’s going to<br />
be another massive season<br />
for the club, following on from<br />
its phenomenal success last<br />
year. And Tiesto will pick up<br />
where Swedish House Mafi a<br />
left off at Pacha (starts 28<br />
May), making Monday the<br />
biggest night of the week.”<br />
THE BUZZ | IBIZA<br />
THE MUSIC INDUSTRY<br />
INSIDER<br />
Ben Turner, founder of<br />
Graphite music management<br />
and co-founder of the<br />
International Music Summit<br />
“Ibiza <strong>2012</strong> is the year of<br />
change. There has never<br />
been a summer with so many<br />
artists moving venues, new<br />
residencies launching and<br />
the addition of a festival and<br />
music conference. IMS has<br />
teamed up with Live Nation<br />
to present the Ibiza 123<br />
Festival in San Antonio (1-3<br />
July; ibiza123festival.com),<br />
seeing iconic pop and rock<br />
artists collaborating with<br />
electronic acts. Lenny Kravitz<br />
with Luciano? Who could<br />
have imagined it? Add Richie<br />
Hawtin’s Thursday residency<br />
at Space (spaceibiza.com)<br />
with his Enter concept, uniting<br />
technology, electronica and<br />
the Ibiza party spirit. What<br />
won’t change is the island’s<br />
insane tempo, its durability or<br />
the sheer life-affi rming quality<br />
of a visit.”<br />
TRAVELLER | 37<br />
WORDS LAURA MARTIN | PHOTO GETTY
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