Martina, Ibiza

The Garbi Disco was a legend of the landscape on the Ibiza club scene; unparalleled cheese, europop eurosleaze and 14 year old girls having their first shandy with their dad by their side (well, at least that’s what they told their old man). Then the Garbi had a big refit in 2008 and the Garbi Disco turned into Martina, a 1000 capacity club right in the heart of Playa d’en Bossa.

The problem with any club trying to break the Disco Mafia is that you either need to do something totally different (Zoo Project with Gala Night, Garlands during their free party days) or you need to throw some cash at the thing, well, that's exactly what they've done, with one of the surprises of 2009 with their star studded line up for Wednesday event, called 5ive.

FIVE - Wednesdays at Martina in 2009

So far they had, and get this!!, Radio Slave, Hernan Cattaneo, Dave Clarke, DJ Hell, Funkagenda, Troy Pierce and X-press 2, names fit to grace any club in the world, let alone a new venture in Ibiza. Radio Slave especially is a huge booking.

After small scale events with local DJs and two-bit promoters, Martina have done what anyone in the dance music business should. That is, live or die, you have to at least try and give it a shot. Look out for some updates throughout the season on how it’s all progressing.

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