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PACHA IBIZA IBIZA, SPAIN CAPACITY: 3000
PACHA.COM
NON-MOVER
H.O.S.H TOP 3 CLUBS
1. Warung Beach Club Camboriu, Brazil “The temple is the most magic place on earth for me and also, considering the size, you feel so close to this amazing crowd!”
DESPITE its birth in a beach town near Barcelona in 1973 (Sitges), most would be forgiven for assuming the Pacha brand was born and bred on the White Isle. Ibiza is Pacha’s spiritual home. Pure and simple. Mention the double cherries to anyone with an ounce of interest in after-dark culture, and the island is the ultimate touch point, the suffix used automatically by anyone with a clue. London, Sao Paulo, Sharm El Sheikh, even Gran Canaria for pity’s sake, have all tried to emulate Pacha’s class, but none come close to its flag-beating Balearic incarnation, the club voted the world’s third most popular once again. The most impressive bookings — not to mention residents suited to all and sundry in recent years, like Pete Tong, Guetta, Morillo, The Swedes, Luciano — meet the highest
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possible standards in sound, production and style. “If electronic music was a religion, Pacha would have been the church,” says Chuckie. “It’s a brand that has been there since the early days of electronic music and will always stay there.” A combination of Balearic magic and dance music heritage makes Pacha Ibiza an undisputed champion of the world, not only a favourite to you the people, but of the most popular in the game. “Pacha Ibiza is my favourite club in the world,” says David Guetta. “It’s at the same time sexy and musically credible. It just feels like home.” Looking forward to its 40th anniversary this year, Pacha Ibiza is the full bag of poker chips, an all-inclusive package still getting plaudits, and winning hordes of new followers in the process.
2. Watergate Berlin, Germany “Take all your wishes for a great club and shake ‘em together, and you most likely call the cocktail Watergate!”
3. Grünanlage Open Air Hamburg, Germany “There is no place like home and no place on earth that gave me so many amazing memories and goosebumps!”
SPACE IBIZA IBIZA, SPAIN CAPACITY: 3500
SPACEIBIZA.COM
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IT wasn’t to prove third time lucky for Space Ibiza, which had topped this poll for the last two years, but there’s no doubting that the Ibizan titan is still a world-class champion. Opening its doors in 1989, when the Balearic spirit was infecting the UK, its development has mirrored that of the island, growing in stature each year, reinventing itself in the face of adversity and stacking up the strongest line-ups possible for generation after generation of rave pilgrims to experience. Its Sunday daytime carry-ons might now be the stuff of legend thanks to Ibiza’s change in licensing laws, and the planes flying over it hidden from view by the addition of a roof, but Space has adapted with the times, ensuring that its after-dark thrills still set the standard for others to try and beat. Custom built Funktion One sound is de rigueur, as are circus performers, ice
cannons, lasers and lysergic LED screen projections. But what money can’t buy is the atmosphere generated in its rooms. With the likes of Carl Cox and Richie Hawtin residents at the club, the Terrace funnels clubbers from its balconied sides into the seething dancefloor in the middle, a whirling mass from which it’s impossible to escape until the lights are turned up and the nearby beach beckons. The Discoteca, meanwhile, is on an even grander scale, the entire wall beneath the DJ booth a body pumping wall of sound. And that’s not even mentioning the Sunset Terrace, Premier Etage and El Salon, intimate counterpoints to hear deeper, more experimental talent. It may not be number one this year, but for many Space Ibiza is no doubt still the final frontier...
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