Reviewed: Pacha Ibiza “All Night Long” – Dixon
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We landed once more in Pacha Ibiza to see another show from the opening “All night long” sets. This time it was Dixon’s turn to impress us. For this one, I am not going to be the only one to do the review as I asked my dear friend Mik Santoro to assist the party, enjoy it and let us know what he thinks. Mik is not just any friend, he is also a label owner, music producer and DJ, he lives here in Ibiza and would love to share his impressions with our readers.
After a normal queue, we got in and started to admire once more the new look of Pacha after its recent refurbishment. The club started to get busy around 1 a.m. and the atmosphere was relaxed. Dixon started with a slow warm-up followed by afro voice and percussion. A slow beginning but once the beat kicked in you knew the party started.
‘The sound system is amazing in each part of the club and not ignorantly loud as I heard at other clubs’ was Mik’s first impression.
The sound that Dixon chose from 2 a.m. to 4 a.m. was this peculiar transition from afro to techno beats impregnated with trance synths. It seemed like he was searching for the right sound to fit Pacha. The metallic and industrial soundscape was coming from tracks like ‘2001’ by V, the Truncate remix of Miss Kittin’s ‘EACID’ or Tiga’s remix of ‘I can change’ by LCD Soundsystem. Towards the end, Dixon also played a very recent track, pulled straight from the oven called ‘Pink Matter’ by Frank Ocean feat Andre3000 & Big Boi and remixed on this occasion by Butch, I could easily say this last one was my favourite track of the night.
The club’s lights have also changed with the new refurbishment. From downstairs, you can see them move and we noticed that the people controlling the lights from a small booth were doing a very cool live show. From upstairs you could see the complex light structure that looked like thick lasers penetrating the crowd. The dancers were great, with impressive costumes.
Mik actually said at some point: ‘I think the first thirty minutes were to test the crowd, the rest was Dixon magic especially the last hour. Dancers were great but there was a moment when Dixon was playing some sort of minimal deep break electro that was impossible to move to.’
In my opinion, Dixon is one of those particular talents, a very specific selector that makes you like his choice of music no matter where you are or what you like. Even though I see Dixon more as a warehouse industrial DJ, he knew how to pull it off in the glamorous Pacha.
For sure it was a fun night with my friend Mik and the rest of the crowd at Pacha last Saturday, the next in line are Fat Boy Slim on Friday 18th and Solomun the next day, a very diverse weekend that promises to satisfy all types of clubbers and party people.
