IMS announces his 2012's Grand Finale festival Line-Up / May 25th, Dalt Vila, Ibiza

Celebrating their fifth year in operation, team IMS are very proud to be able to unveil the full details for this year’s IMS Grand Finale Festival – an event that’s now considered the opening party for the whole season.

Set in the heart of Ibiza Town and looking over the Balearic Sea, the very special UNESCO world heritage site in Dalt Vila is a place of true beauty, made even more special when you consider that this is the only time of the year the area is used for a contemporary music event.

And what an event it promises to be… Having previously showcased acts and DJ’s such as 2manydjs, Mark Ronson, Buraka Som Sistema and Hercules & Love Affair – as well as the annual host and IMS co-founder Pete Tong – this year’s line-up once again delivers on every level.

With the aim to offer something for everyone, as well as bringing the highest caliber of artists to appeal to true dance music lovers, IMS: 2012 combines the perfect balance of heavyweight legendary names with some of the most exciting acts of today. In the “legends” corner we have two of the very best, with Pete Tong inviting his very good friend Carl Cox to the party – a man who’s done everything possible in his field. From becoming a headline act in the late 80’s for the most exciting rave’s at the time and being the first 'star' DJ of Ibiza from his early shows in San Antonio, Carl Cox has maintained his status for the past 25 years, delivering the most exhilarating techno and house music wherever he goes. An icon. A legend. And his Tuesdays at Space event is now one of the strongest on the island. He is 50 years old in 2012, and deserves the headline billing for such a special event.

“It is a great honour that the IMS have invited me to celebrate my many years in the music industry, I have worked very hard in my life to strive to do the right thing and push my industry forward so to be acknowledged for this by such a great platform is truly wonderful. That said I am not over yet! There is plenty more to come!”

Carl Cox

Joining Pete and Carl are two of the leading lights in modern dance music, heralded for pushing the genre forward and bringing back some much-needed soul and charisma to clubs in recent years. They also both hold mythical status on the island, with Loco Dice the former Circoloco hotshot turned Cocoon hero and Seth Troxler the new king of DC-10, alongside his good friend and sometime DJ-partner Jamie Jones. With both Dice and Seth being voted in the top 10 of Resident Advisor’s annual DJ pole for the past three years running (Seth was voted #2 and Loco Dice #4 in 2011), you are guaranteed to hear the newest and finest in cutting edge club music.

Not stopping there, IMS always strives to bring forward the best live dance acts and this year is no different with the special Live Performance of Azari & III.

"IMS is proud to unveil this line-up – our finest to date and very reflective of Ibiza innovation. The IMS events at Dalt Vila really are the most prestigious outdoor events of the Ibiza season and its our little way of saying thanks to the Ibiza Consell / government and the island for all the inspiration it gives us every year.

The event now attracts partygoers from every corner of the world as the week around IMS becomes one of the busiest of the entire summer."

Ben Turner, IMS Partner

Having launched in 2008 to much anticipation from the electronic music community, the IMS has gone above and beyond over the past 3 years delivering on providing Ibiza with both an annual conference that attracts industry leaders from across the globe, but also an event to truly kick start the summer season – The IMS Grand Finale Festival. 2012 promises to be the best yet.

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Ben Turner will be one of the special guest of the first Ibiza Music Network organized by Ibiza Music Cluster & Ibiza Sonica which will take place in Ibiza at the Ocean Drive Hotel on March 2nd...

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Loco DICE announces the second UNDER 300 TOUR for 2012

It’s been a while since the first UNDER 300 Tour in 2009, which led Loco Dice to 14 cities playing exclusive extended sets for ecstatic crowds...

In 2012, Loco Dice is coming back with a second european UNDER 300 Tour . The concept is simple – Loco Dice playing vinyl only in a small, intimate club with a capacity of 300 or less.

If you’ve seen Loco Dice perform at his ten-year-long Tribehouse residency in his hometown Düsseldorf, or at DC-10 Ibiza (from ’02-’06), you will have clicked to this. Loco Dice is someone, who can puzzle together intangible moods with a direct approach.
Via his DJ sets or his productions on labels like M_nus, Cadenza, Ovum, Four Twenty and Cocoon, he merges perspectives in his delicate sense for sounds and reflective atmospheres, underpinned with solid, physical grooves inspired by the hip hop that was his early sonic stomping ground in the mid- to late ‘90s. There’s something there for the dreamers, as well as for the 9-to-5ers who just want to lose everything in a moment of abandon on the dancefloor...

The tour will be visiting 12 cities throughout January and February, with the focus this time being on those who educate and shape the taste of dance-floors around the world – the resident DJ’s in each city.

Each night of the tour the event will be hosted by a different resident DJ, Loco Dice with his bag full of vinyl is a guest – a curious one, who will not only play in a traditional way – two turntables and a mic – showing musical facets that are out of place on big stages, but who’ll also use his microphone to interview and introduce each local host, giving the world far beyond the intimacy of a club an insight into UNDER 300.

Discover the dates (and Resident Djs for each) of the UNDER 300 european tour :

20.01. Giesserei – Zurich, CH w/ Manon


21.01. Toffler – Rotterdam, NL w/ Michel De Hey & Jeff Moore


22.01. Trouw – Amsterdam, NL w/ Boris Werner


26.01. Secret location – Turin, IT w/ Lorenzo LSP


27.01. Animal Social Club – Rome, IT w/ Giancarlino


02.02. Mondo – Madrid, ES w/ Eduardo de la Calle


04.02. Suite 191, pres. by RAUM – Barcelona, ES w/ Pablo Bolivar


10.02. Culture Box – Copenhagen, DK w/ Martinez


11.02. Petit Bain – Paris, FR w/ Alex & Laetitia


12.02. Salon des Amateurs – Duesseldorf, GER

w/ Patrick Specke, Pulshar -live- & Vladimir Ivkovic


16.02. Woodstrasse – Brussels, BE w/ Ramon Tapia


18.02. Secret location – London, UK w/ Enzo Siragusa

Tomorrow, december 21th, Desolat records, label founded in 2007 by Loco Dice and Martin Buttrich will release his yearly christmas present : the third X-Sampler "Purple" compilation with among other presence of Guti, Alexkid, David Squillace and Reboot…

Asked, about the idea of a Sampler compilation, Loco Dice quotes his Hip-Hop influences…

« It comes from hip-hop. Growing up, I was a huge Death Row fan. Listening to Snoop Dogg and Suge Knight. I really like the idea that they had of bringing their artists all together on one album. They did this Death Row Christmas edition, and that is where I got my idea because we have so many great tracks that we should be able to do something like this. Martin and I, we are not typically fans of various samplers. But when we decided to do this, we were like, lets do it this way and have our artists on it, and not just foreigners. We wanted to make it a present to the people at Christmas. The cover has all our faces on, we wanted to show people what the Desolat looked like, that we are not so underground, that only a name or a sound is important. It is important for the people to see who they are listening too. »

Read more of this Interview of Loco Dice realized on november, 29th for URB digital magazine.

Desolat X-Sampler "Purple" by Desolat Music Group

« When I started, I was all about hip-hop. Ice-T was my man. I loved his beats, his raps, his voice. I also listened to a lot of NWA, A Tribe Called Quest, and Jay-Z. Then I started moving on into house music and I found myself listening to a whole new group of artists like Lil Louie Vega, Kenny “Dope” Gonzalez, and Armand Van Helden. Then I moved on to DJ Sneak, Danny Tanaglia and Maurizio, Basic Channel. Then over to Richie Hawtin and Plastikman. Now I am all about Loco Dice and Martin Buttrich. »

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AMNESIA / EL CIERRE 2011 Closing Party / Saturday October 1st

« El Cierre, the Biggest Closing Party Ever" is the "closing" that far surpasses any others, the most important of Ibiza, definitely not one to miss. A night which brings together the finest clubbers worldwide to commemorate the end of a season full of success. Over 12 hours of non-stop music at the best club in the world, Amnesia. »

Two rooms, two differents ambients.

Everybody’ll find what is coming for...

In the Mainroom, the MATINEE All Stars Djs get the power.

They made you dance all summer, they will be all present this Saturday to offer you the best MATINEE sound, all night long.

In the Terrace, very big line up !

Richie Hawtin, The founder of the famous minimal label MINUS, is one of the pioneers of the second detroit techno wave, and knew impose himself like flag-waver for the underground Detroit scene. Resident of the COCOON parties, he already stormed many times the Amnesia this Summer.

We also remember his impressive live 1.5 under his pseudonym Plastikman in Amnesia on August 5th and its very special last track. Not for everyone…

"A set is created to make dance the crowd not for listening at home. A electronic set should only be heard in the party and when this party finishes the set shouldn't be heard for nobody, it should only be keeped on the mind of clubbers who were in the event."

Richie Hawtin

Loco Dice is someone, who can puzzle together intangible moods with a direct approach. Via his DJ sets or his productions on labels like M_nus, Cadenza, Ovum, Four Twenty and Cocoon, he merges perspectives in his delicate sense for sounds and reflective atmospheres, underpinned with solid, physical grooves inspired by the hip hop that was his early sonic stomping ground in the mid- to late ‘90s. There’s something there for the dreamers, as well as for the 9-to-5ers who just want to lose everything in a moment of abandon on the dancefloor.

« Every so often, a Dj or producer comes along who inspires the collective imagination »

Cocoon Records about Loco Dice.

Like Richie Hawtin, Loco Dice too will be just came back of the Time Warp festival where they will just have played the same day in the afternoon. What a life !

Marco Carola is the recognized global ambassador of Italian techno. It's a position he treats with the utmost care and respect—and one that stands him among the hallowed company of contemporary techno's leading practitioners. He became the first Neopolitan artist to commit techno to vinyl, paving the way for an entire generation of producers.

These days Marco is a mainstay of Richie Hawtin's Minus and Plus 8 labels, who, much like Marco himself, are one of the driving forces behind techno's permeation of the worldwide dance scene.

On february 7th, he released his last album on Minus, Play it Loud !

« I've been playing at Amnesia Closing for about 5 years and year-by-year - at the start it was just residents and now - they've decided to push some guests. And the last 2 years has been crazy, the number of people coming has tripled or quadrupled and I've seen it growing. It's a mix between really good club and choice of the DJs. »

« I always love playing at Amnesia in Ibiza, it's one of the only places where I get excited about playing a long time in advance. »

Marco Carola

The Zombie Kids, an energetic duo of Djs who have revolutionised the Spanish clubbing scene with explosive sessions and productions like their recent maxi “Face”, released onSubterfuge.

Edgar and Jay are the two pioneers behind The Zombie Kids. These two revolutionary Dj’s from Madrid, have totally changed Spain´s club scene. They have been called music terrorists because of their punk attitude while they are mixing electro, punk, hip hop, metal and every thing in between. Their style is not a music genre… it’s just pure attitude.

They will inflame the Amnesia Terrace for their first show on the Island sharing the desks with also Mar T and Paco Osuna…

Don’t miss the Special Radio Show live from the club listenning Radio Amnesia onwww.amnesia.es and also on Ibiza Sonica wich became Radio Amnesia every night :

95.2 fm (Ibiza and Formetera) and www.ibizasonica.com from 23H00 to 03H00.

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