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Come to Ibiza with Mixmag and Don’t Stay In
Mixmag and Don’t Stay In have joined forces to create the ultimate trip to Ibiza.
We’ve sorted out an incredible Ibiza package for four nights on the island starting on Monday August 30 to Friday September 3.
Between those dates we’ve arranged the ideal clubbers package including: four nights accommodation at Ibiza Rocks Hotel, parties and guestlists sorted for every night, 25% discount on drinks at the hotel and a bunch of money can’t buy VIP upgrades in the clubs.
The Mixmag/ Don’t Stay In Ibiza session will run like this:
• Monday: Arrive at Ibiza Rocks Hotel, exclusive Don’t Stay In Party that night in Electric Lounge (not open to public) with secret guest DJs
• Tuesday: Free admission to Ibiza Rocks gig + after party
• Wednesday: Don’t Stay In pre-party @ Bar M followed by guestlist for Reclaim the Dancefloor @ Eden
• Thursday: Free VIP guestlist and VIP balcony access for Cream Ibiza and the Mixmag Terrace. DJs on the night include Deadmau5, Eric Prydz and Laidback Luke. We'll also sort a pre-party and bus to the club - free. (VIP balcony is only for the first 150 people to book this package)
• Friday: Farewell pool party with special guests
• Throughout your stay you can use a 25% discount on drinks at Ibiza Rocks Hotel meaning your pre-club round just got a lot cheaper.
This adds up to an incredible Ibiza escape all for the insanely cheap price of £189!
Spaces are limited, however, if you want to reserve a space there's no need to pay for the whole holiday now – you can reserve your space with a £50 deposit and pay the rest later.
To book go to this booking page where you can place a deposit to hold your place or book the full package now.
Alternatively call 0208 780 5551 (Mon-Fri 9.30-530). If you have any questions about this amazing holiday package just call this number.
The £189 price is based on three sharing a self catering studio. If you require just two sharing a studio add an extra £35 per person. Extra nights, pool and stage view studios are available on request. Each booking is subject to a £4 booking fee.
We’ve purposely not included flights in the package allowing you to shop round for the best deal for you.
Mixmag and Don’t Stay In Ibiza Session is only accessible by booking the package above. Places are limited. No ‘wristband only’ sales are possible. 25% drinks discount does not work during the Ibiza Rocks gig on the Tuesday night.
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Deadmau5, Eric Prydz and more as exclusive Mixmag Terrace resis
The Mixmag Terrace returns to Ibiza this summer when we take over Amnesia every Thursday with Cream Ibiza.
This season we have signed Deadmau5, Eric Prydz and Laidback Luke all to play as exclusive residents on the Mixmag Terrace.
Next door in Cream's Main Room there are more exclusive residents in the shape of Paul Van Dyk, Eddie Halliwell, Ferry Corsten and Above & Beyond. Cream Ibiza is the only place on the island you'll get to see all these DJs.
If you're heading to Ibiza this summer remember you can buy tickets for Cream Ibiza and the Mixmag Terrace while you're still in the UK to save on commissions and exchange rates here.
Meanwhile - if you're thinking about booking an Ibiza holiday why not come over with Mixmag and Dont Stay In on Monday Aug 30 - we've organised an awesome four night trip including accommodation and all your guestlists (including Deadmau5, Eric Prydz and Laidback Luke at Cream Ibiza) for just £189. For more on that trip see here.
Sosho in Shoreditch gutted in fire
One of Shoreditch's most infamous bars, Sosho, has been destroyed in a fire that started 24 hours ago.
Tabernacle Street in East London is still closed off and firefighters are still damping down hot patches this morning.
The bar/club, that claims to once be voted Time Out's best bar, has been completely destroyed in the blaze. It was best know for its infamous Sunday night afterparty, Retox.
Owner Jonathan Downey said "The fire's caused millions of pounds of damage, both to the building and to business. The bar's just been kitted out with some great antique furniture which is all irreplaceable and about £50,000 worth of artwork has been destroyed."
"Both places are open seven days a week and have 24 hour licences. They've both been really busy, even in the current economic climate, so this is going to cost us massively," he said.
Optimo in Glasgow to hold last event in April
One of Glasgow's longest running and best respected club nights is to hold its last event next month.
Optimo at The Sub Club has put on around 650 nights.
They told us yesterday "We have loved doing Optimo with all our hearts, but our hearts are also telling us it is time to call a halt to it. Playing at, organising and promoting a weekly night takes up an enormous amount of energy and there are so many other things we want to do that some of that energy is needed for our other projects."
Sunday April 25 will be the last ever Optimo.
Bunk the queue at Ministry with a condom on Saturday
If you're going to Ministry of Sound this weekend for Laidback Luke we advise you to take a condom with you.
We're not implying Luke's got a STI, heavens no, but if you flash a condom at the door you don't have to queue to get in.
It's all part of a sexual health campaign that's taken place at 100 clubs over the last two years.
The Queue Jump with a Condom promotion comes as a new campaign – Contraception. Worth Talking About – is launched to increase young people’s awareness of the different types of contraception and remind them that they won’t be protected against STIs without a condom.
For straightforward information on sexual health visit: www.nhs.uk/worthtalkingabout
DJ Hero soundtrack to expand with new downloadable mixes
Downloadable mix packs are being released this month for DJ Hero.
These include a Jay-Z and Eminem Mix Pack, a avid Guetta Mix Pack and a DJ Hero Extended Mix Pack. Each contain three new mash-ups to play along to.
Dunno how to download new content? Visit djhero.com The packs are out from March 18 on Xbox, and March 25 on Wii and PS3.
Festivals update - Bestival / BLOC / Movement / Field Day / Summer Break
Bestival have added The Prodigy, Magda, Audio Bullys, Gilles Peterson and Serge Santiago to their line-up. Keith and co. will play on the Sunday night. bestival.net
BLOC 2010 is now officially sold out. The weekender takes place this weekend.
Detroit's Movement Electronic Music Festival is set to take place from May 29 - 31. Weekend tickets are only $40. The 70 acts performing include A-Trak, Chris Liebing, Claude VonStroke, Derrick Carter, DJ Hype, DJ Koze, DJ Pierre, DJ Sneak, Hudson Mohawke, ItaloBoyz, Jamie Jones, Josh Wink, Magda, Mark Ernestus (Rhythm & Sound), Martin Buttrich – Live, Martinez Bros, Mr. Scruff, Onur Ozer, Radio Slave, Simian Mobile Disco, Theo Parish and many more. paxahau.com
Field Day on July 31 at Victoria Park, London has just confirmed Carte Blanche (DJ Mehdi & Riton), Chapel Club, Hudson Mohawke, Lightspeed Champion, No Age, Simian Mobile Disco, Tamikrest, The Fall, These New Puritans and Yuck. Tickets, at £33 can be found at fielddayfestivals.com
Summer Break has added a bunch of acts to its three four day festivals including Chipmunk, Tinie Tempah, Sub Focus, Example, Caspa, Zinc, Jack Beats, Jaymo and Andy George and Mistajam. summerbreak.co.uk
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Festival update: Melt / 1-2-3-4 Festival / Eden Project
Melt Festival in Germany is back for it's 13th year from July 16 -18. Headliners this year include Massive Attack, Booka Shade, The xx, A-Trak, Chromeo, DJ Shadow, Riton, Four Tet, Fred Falke, Sinden, Ellen Allien, Fake Blood, Lindstrom & Christablle, Two Door Cinema Club, Carl Craig feat. Mike Banks, Ricardo Villalobos, Crookers, and an entire stage curated by Modeselektor. 3 day tickets are €94. More info is at meltfestival.de
The 1-2-3-4 Festival will return to Shoreditch Park on July 24 with bands and DJs including A1 Bassline, Action Beat, A Grave With No Name, Autokratz, Blood Music, Bo Ningen, Breton, DDD, Dark Horses, Deep Sht, Dollop, Drum Eyes, Dum Dum Girls, Egyptian Hip Hop, Invasion, Is Tropical, Kool Kids Klub, Lele (Speaks), Le Shark, Maria & The Mirrors, Matthew Wowow, Mazes, Necro Deathmort, No Bra, Not Cool, Random Impulse, S.C.U.M, Sharks, Smash & Grab, Sunderbans, The Lovely Jonjo, The Knock Out Drops, The Ruling Class, These New Puritans, The Toes, Toddla T & MC Serocee, Trailer Trash Tracys, Tronik Youth, Veronica Falls, Victor Talking Machine, Vivian Girls, Von Haze, Wavves, We Have Band, Wild Palms, Zombie Zombie. There will be five stages, nine after party venues plus early bird tickets are only £15. See the1234shoreditch.com for more.
Calvin Harris and Audio Bullys are the latest top names announced for this summer’s Eden Sessions at The Eden Project in Cornwall. The show will take place at the home of the iconic Biomes on Saturday July 3. Tickets are £35 plus BF from edensessions.com
Mini documentary looks at Leeds' Back to Basics
It features interviews with founder Dave Beer and DJ Pete Tong.
It's a great little watch and coincides with the promo of Back To Basics Recordings 001 from
Buckley & Woodall 'Kitch N Sync' which features mixes from Jamie Jones and Chris Duckenfield.
Pioneer launch the DJM-2000 Mixer
Check out this little beauty. Well, maybe less of the little.
This is Pioneer's DJM-2000 mixer which launches today.
It has an innovative touch screen and arsenal of remixing FX, with six individual effects processors. It has effectively built in the technology of the EFX-1000, removing the need for an external effects unit along with touch screen technology from the SVM-1000.
The mixer has been developed with the help of a number of DJs. James Zabiela, Roger Sanchez, Eddie Halliwell, Tom Middleton, The Swedish House Mafia, Paul Woolford, John '00' Fleming and Kutski have all tested out the DJM-2000 at various stages of development.
You can buy the mixer in June - its price: €1,999 (£1822). For more see pioneerprodj.eu
Win a trip to Trance Energy, Amsterdam!!
Don't Stay In has teamed up with Trance Energy and is giving you the chance to win an exclusive Trance Energy Travel Package for April 3rd!
The Trance Energy Travel Package contains return flights from Birmingham International Airport to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.
Upon arrival in Utrecht, you will stay in 4-star hotel Mitland, only a ten-minute drive from the Trance Energy venue. But not to worry… You won't have to drive yourself since you and your friend will be brought to and picked up from Trance Energy!
The morning after you can chill out in the swimming pool or Turkish steambath before you make your way back to Schiphol Airport and go back to the UK!
Paul Van Dyk's label to celebrate 10 years with Brixton blow-out
Vandit’s 10th Anniversary World Tour rolls into the UK on Bank Holiday Sunday May 30 at The Brixton Academy.
As one of dance music’s seminal labels, Vandit has been responsible for furthering founding father Paul van Dyk’s legendary status, as well as bringing to the world’s attention artists such as Alex M.O.R.P.H., Giuseppe Ottaviani, Jon O’Bir and Filo and Peri.
PVD is already confirmed for the event. More names are to be added. The party kicks off at 10pm and advance tickets are £20.
Underage, V Festival and Beach Break Live - Festival Update
Underage have confirmed their initial line-up with MIA, Annie Mac, Tinchy Stryder, Caspa, Chase and Status, Ellie Goulding, Egyptian Hip Hop, Daisy Dares You, Gold Panda, Hadouken! Lightspeed Champion, Sub Focus, Tinie Tempah and more. The festival takes place on Sunday August 1 at London's Victoria Park.
V Festival sold out in record time. It took just 1.5 hours for both sites to sell out last week.
Beach Break Live takes place from June 14 - 18 and Pembrey Country Park, South Wales with Calvin Harris, Chase And Status, Ellie Goulding, Plan B, Annie Mac, High Contrast, Subfocus, Fake Blood, Scratch Perverts, Zinc, Jack Beats, Jaymo & Andy George, Toddla T Feat. Mc Serocee, Nero, Dub Pistols Soundsystem, Burns, Zero T, Marc Roberts, Decibel, The Futureheads, Example, New Young Pony Club, Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip, I Blame Coco, Daisy Dares You, Beardy Man, Fenech Soler and more.
Sébastien Tellier and Mr. Oizo work on Record Makers app
Parisian label Record Makers have made a free iPhone application along with a special digital compilation to commemorate a decade in existence.
The idea behind the application is to provide the user with a surrealistic visual game. The introduction theme comes courtesy of label figurehead, Sébastien Tellier, with Mr. Oizo on hand to provide the noises for this eccentric game of mix and match.
Prizes are on offer through the game. The entire discography is up for grabs, whilst every entry will be entered into a prize draw to win a trip for two to Paris in October including a week’s stay at Hotel L’Amour and an invite to Record Makers’ anniversary celebrations on 10/10/10.
Hard Dance Awards 2010 results in full
It was a big weekend for lavish awards and we're not talking Oscars!
This weekend at Atomik Weekender 3 the gongs were dished out for this year's Hard Dance Awards.
Showtek scooped 4 awards. As a thank you they're giving away a free track 'Expansion' now at trackitdown.net
You'll be asked for a voucher code, which is SHOWTEK-22RKDUBZX2.
All the major artists who won now also appear on the Hard Dance Awards Euphoria album which is out today. The results in full are as follows:
Best track: Showtek 'World Is Mine'
Best Label: Scantraxx
Best Resident: Brian M & McBunn
Best New Face: Swankie & Kashi
Best one-off event: Def Qon One
Best artist album: Showtek 'Analogue Players in a Digital World'
Regional hero: DJ Tone
Outstanding contribution: Kutski
Best UK hard DJ: Kutski
Best European hard DJ: Showtek
Best UK hard producer: Technikal
Best European hard producer: Showtek
Best compilation album: Goodgreef Xtra Hard
Best club: Bionic
Tiësto shares his tour blog on Mixmag.net
Tiësto is in the UK and we've asked him to blog his UK tour dates exclusively for Mixmag.
The first of his diaries are on Mixmag.net now including what happened in Sheffield and Scotland this weekend. He's also told us what the biggest three tracks were from the Friday and Saturday.
There will be three blogs in total from Tijs in the coming weeks so we'll let you know each time he updates us.
Hotpants uncovered!!
Steve Aoki talks to Mixmag.net
After discovering Steve Aoki about to jump off a bridge in London, Mixmag.net talked him down then asked him about his festival plans and who he's been working with.
Have a watch yourself.
Escape Into The Park / Summer Break 2010 / Rumble in the Jungle updates
Escape Into The Park returns to Swansea on Saturday June 12. Above & Beyond will join Steve Angello, Judge Jules, Andy C, Darren Styles, Scratch Perverts and Lisa Lashes. Over 20,000 will be attending.
The Eden Project will host Rumble in the Jungle on May 7 as part of Smirnoff's Be There granted parties. The indoor event will see Chase & Status and Sub Focus play. For more on Smirnoff's events check here.
Summer Break 2010 is back in Newquay in June. Three lots of four day events will take place for over 9,000 students. Example, Caspa, Sub Focus and Mistajam are confirmed. Find more info here.






