As the
centre of the World's clubbing scene for 4 months of the year, it is hardly surprising that Ibiza has played a major role in the success of some dance music's largest tunes. Who could forget 'Café
del Mar' by Energy52, 'Higher State of Consciousness by Josh Wink, 'The Sun is Shining' (Funkstar Deluxe), Underworld's Two Months off, Shapeshifter's Lola's Theme and many, many more.
It's not all about House and Trance though... The world famous Café del Mar compilations are amongst the very best chill out CDs available, pioneering the genre when the first was released in 1994.
History of Dance Music on Ibiza 1995 - to the present day
Samples of the most influential summer anthems of the last years. Relive, remember and be happy:
1995
For us, 1995 was the year that coined the phrase Ibiza Anthems. I remember coming home after the summer of 1995 and the DJ mix album had simply...
1996
1996 was the year that put trance on the map, bringing it out of the underground and into the mainstream. The songs below could be heard everywhere...
1997
None of us were on the island on 1997, anyone care to share some memories with us?
1998
Trance anthems and beach parties are our fondest memories of 1998. I still get goosepimples thinking about those beach parties at La Escollera (Es...
1999
This was the year of ATB, the 'Sun is Shining', and the year that Bora Bora moved out of the underground. Home@Space became the party everyone had...
2000
Can it get any larger? 2000 proved that it could. Renaissance gave us the surprise of the summer by moving to Privilege and inviting top live acts...
2001
Wow! What a summer - a summer of superlatives, a summer of extremes. I don't know where people get the energy from (as I am wacked after a whole...
2002
There were many good tunes out in 2002, including our favourite - Underworld's 'Two Months Off' - which was hammered by everyone from Sven Väth to...
2003
2003 was a summer when club music took to the dancefloors and really gave it some.
Hed Kandi landed at El Divino and took the island by storm -...
2004
2004 was a quieter year in Ibiza, with fewer Brits and a party season that only really got going in the middle of July. With changes to music and...
2005
2005 was a political year in Ibiza and making the news first was the controversial move of Defected, from El Divino to Pacha.
And to make the...
2006
It was the year of the World Cup and Italy took away the sought after title of World Champions ... adding some more to the party vibe in the Ibiza...
2007
2007 was the most controversial year we´ve seen in Ibiza for a few years, as the local authorities started the season off with the enforced closure...
