Pacha are having a fund raising night on Friday 5th February to help the Red Cross effort in Haiti. Graham Sahara and Tuccillo will be dj’ing:

 
 
The first Pacha Tronica of 2010 with new faces and fresh sounds to kick off the decade from midnight tomorrow (Friday 1th January 2010).

Andy Baxter will be spinning alongside new Ibiza resident “Damian Wilson”.

Expect deep electronic techy grooves with Ibiza’s finest party people.

It will be in the funky room for a more intimate winter vibe. (let’s hope that Graham “yee haa” Sahara comes out to play.)

Christmas details for Pacha, Ibiza:

Christmas Eve:
SEBASTIAN GAMBOA
TUCCILLO

Christmas Day:
TUCCILLO
GRAHAM SAHARA

Boxing Day:
JP CANDELA
ANDY BAXTER

Also just next to Pacha, the Bombay Lounge are having a christmas day bash “Supa Frsh” - “a fresh new blend of 60’s Soul, 70’s Funk, 80’s RnB, 90’s Hiphop and everything inbetween..”

Contrary to popular opinion Ibiza doesn’t shut in the winter - to quote Danny Whittle from Pacha (via our friend Andy at Sonica Radio) - “Winter in Ibiza is the prize for making it through the summer” - too true.

Details of this weekend at Pacha:

Defected In The House, now in its 7th season in Ibiza, has been awarded a serious clubbing upgrade. Because of the popularity of last summer’s parties the label has been ceremoniously promoted to every Saturday at Pacha, the ultimate night to party in Ibiza.

Not only has the day been upgraded but the line up too, with some seriously heavyweight appearances from the world’s best house music DJs. Throughout the season Defected will be joined for special events by former Saturday night residents David Morales and Frankie Knuckles (Def Mix) as well as the addition of another of New York’s legendary and seminal house labels - Strictly Rhythm.

This season the opening and closing parties will be official 10th anniversary celebrations. Defected In The House Ibiza 09 mixed by Copyright will be available June 1st to coincide with the opening event.

Every Saturday from May 30th - 26th Sept 09. Opening Times 12am - 7am.

Yestarday afternoon we met up with Andy Taylor, who is recording his new album, to talk about his new project, the music business, politics and life after Duran Duran. We met at the studio but first off we decamped to the nearest bar for an hour or so chat and then back to the studio where he played us 5 early versions of the tracks he’s recorded so far - even at this early stage you can tell its going to be a large and loud sounding album - very good stuff. We’ll be meeting again and will do a full article for probably June edition of the magazine. You can follow his twitter feed during the recording.

Tonight though is a busy one - first off is the bi-weekly pool competition and tonight the newly opened Queen Vic is hosting The Tall Ships team, then Nassau Beach Club on Playa d’en Bossa beach is having their opening party and then finishing off with Vaughan’s party in the funky room at Pacha.

We have also just added the new Pacha release - “Pacha Classics” - a 3 Cd collection of classic Pacha Tunes mixed by Paul Taylor. You can buy Pacha Classics from our ishopibiza online store

Disc One kicks things off with two killer number ones including Spiller ‘Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love)’ and Room 5 ft. Oliver Cheatham ‘Make Luv’. Alongside classic tracks from Blaze, Shakedown, Kings Of Tomorrow, Gat Decor & The Source ft. Candi Staton.

Disc two follows up with another excellent selection of Pacha mega anthems such as New Order ‘Blue Monday’, Three Drives ‘Greece 2000′ and Fragma ‘Toca Me’.

As if that wasn’t enough, disc three brings us bang up-to-date with a fine helping of future classics from David Guetta vs The Egg ‘Love Don’t Let Me Go’, Eric Prydz vs Floyd ‘Proper Education’ and Bodyrox ‘Yeah Yeah’.

Ibiza icon Vaughan, the man behind Pacha’s funky room, is having a monster party weekend for his 50th Birthday. It’s pretty safe to say that the great and not so good of Ibiza will attend at least one of the days - Not for the faint-hearted and don’t expect to contact anyone on Monday:

FRIDAY 10TH APRIL
8pm - 11pm Dinner at Ocho (reservations only), 11pm- 1am Rock Bar, Ibiza, 1am onwards PRIVATE PARTY (invitation only) @ Funky Room Pacha.

SATURDAY 11TH APRIL
8pm onwards - Las Dalias. Set menu and party all night. Live music and entertainment, Kids welcome early.

SUNDAY 12TH APRIL
8pm onwards, Bambuddha Grove dinner, then Aura with Antz and funky room crew

Our friend John Moon is re-opening Bambuddha Grove on Saturday 4th April.

Also on Thursday 9th April Subliminal Sessions and Pacha are hosting a “thank you Ibiza” night with Erick Morillo. It’s free entry until 2.30am but residents have free entry all night.

That weekend also sees ibiza legend Vaughan’s marathon birthday session. Not sure we can say yet where the parties will take place but its going to be 3 days of messy fun.

Every Saturday between May 30th - Sept 26th

Pacha has long been regarded as the most glamorous club’s in the world and Saturday nights at Pacha have been legendary for over 10 years. Now it is the turn of Defected Records to step up to the mark and stamp its identity on this iconic clubs history with a new appointment to Saturday nights from its former Tuesday spot.

Defected In the House is the international, independent dance music brand that is passionate about House, Soul and Disco. It delivers the finest quality dance music and events to clubbers across the globe. Defected will be joined for special events throughout the season by former Saturday night residents David Morales and Frankie Knuckles (Def Mix) as well as the addition of another of New York’s legendary and seminal house labels - Strictly Rhythm. Defected label head Simon Dunmore tells us what his initial reaction was to the invitation: “Our 10th anniversary, the biggest night of the week….at the worlds chicest club……hell yeah!” This season the opening and closing parties will be the official 10th anniversary celebrations.

Full details including line-ups and confirmed residents to follow shortly.

Tomorrow night at El Hotel: