Space is billed as the club with the most awards won in Ibiza and it is indeed a great club. In comparison to Pacha, Space does not use as much pyro, crazy lightning, confettis etc, but that never stopped them to be a major player for 20 years in the Island (and at least the speakers don’t kill you). It also happened to be the club on the other side of my hotel’s street, which made things even easier for me. Now, I am not a Cox or Tenaglia fan, but I have always wondered what the fuss was about these 2 and this was the perfect chance to kill 2 birds with 1 stone – we are talking about 2 big veterans of the dance scene.

I arrived at 11PM and, again, in a couple of minutes I was inside the club. Club was already rather full (doors opened at 9PM), at least the Terrace, which was the one I visited first. Some DJ was just taking over when I showed up, I did not get his name and that’s a shame because he really delivered for 1 hour. Then the MC showed up and said “everybody, Carl Cox will start in 5 minutes in the Main Room” and the crowd IMMEDIATELY left the Terrace. In a couple of minutes about 75% of the people left… wow, that DJ must have felt heartbroken. So I joined the trend and stayed in the Main Room for 2 hours. Carl Cox’s set had its moments but overall wasn’t that good. Obviously, we are talking about a scheduled 7 hour set, but I am keeping that in mind and still found the set rather dull. I went back to the Terrace and to my surprise Giles Petterson was playing. He was not scheduled to be in this night by the time I got my ticket, but I was aware he would be there. I just thought it was still early for him. Guys in Ibiza are too busy promoting their parties and selling their tickets and club security just knows how to say “keep moving”, so basically you have to pray to be lucky enough to listen to your favorite DJs from the start.

Petterson’s set was amazing and very eclectic, but I only caught 50 minutes of it. Too bad, as it was by far my favorite of the night. I have heard him before in Portugal and found him impressive and again he didn’t disappoint. Tenaglia took over at 2h30 and 1 hour and 30 minutes later, I was not impressed. He creates a great connection with the crowd and has a lot of fun while playing but his style of house is just not my cup of tea, I guess. So I went back to the Main Room.

Or should I say… tried to go? The place was PACKED and I couldn’t even see the booth from where I was. I stayed for a little bit more but since Cox’s set wasn’t changing much, I decided to leave. I usually stay until the end of the parties, but this time I didn’t think it was worth it. Not to say it wasn’t a good party, it just wasn’t my style and already knew that beforehand but wanted to go for the reasons mentioned above.

Here are some pics:

Space – Carl Cox closing 22sept09

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