Get a slice of Ibiza with Sven Vath's 2-disc "The Sound of the 14th Season" compilation

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The legendary techno ambassador Sven Vath is set to release an epic 2-disc compilation featuring the best sounds that Ibiza has to offer on November 22nd that features artists such as Len Faki, Ricardo Villalobos, The Third Man, and so much more. Check out the short but excellent video teaser:

Here's a 24 minute preview of the upcoming release on Soundcloud:

Full tracklisting:  

CD 1

1. Isolée - Allowance
2. Lusine – Lucky (Jeremy Greenspan Remix)
3.  The Mole - Lockdown Party (Sprinkles' Crossfaderama)
4. Ricardo Villalobos - Arild
5. Markus Fix - Wanna Let You Go
6. Renato Figoli - Underpool (Losoul Remix)
7. Victor Shan - How You Want It
8. The Superior Inferior - Echelon XIII (John Heckle's Interpretation 1)
9. Daniel Stefanik - Confidence (Adam Port Remix)
10. Soy Mustafa - Bug In The Bassbin
11. Gebrüder Teichmann feat. Foremost Poets - Time's Almost Up (Losoul's Altered Poetry Version)
12. The Third Man - Double Dawn

CD 2

1.  Henrik Schwarz - Take Words In Return (Return Version)
2.  Ten Walls – Gotham
3. DJ Yellow & Flowers And Sea Creatures - No One Gets Left Behind (Konstantin Sibold Remix)
4. Matt John - The Keys
5. Butch - Desert Storm
6.  Roman Flügel - More Is Not Enough (Heaven or Hell?)
7. Makam - Lion King
8. wAFF - BeatMakerZ
9. Nihad Tule  - Shatter
10. Psyk - Arcade
11. Developer - Drive Themes
12. Len Faki & Johannes Heil  - The Octopuss

The Sound of the 14th Season will be available for purchase on Amazon.ca:  

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Pacha Ibiza's new direction

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The Urgell's, the family behind the Pacha empire spanning from Ibiza to South America, have announced a new direction for their iconic Ibiza club via the New York Times​. According to José Urgell, the ballooning DJ fees were the main issue:

​“The D.J.’s wanted more money to play less,” said José Urgell, known as Piti, who is Mr. Urgell’s 65-year-old brother. “It was an abuse. We had to come up with a new plan because the old one was going to explode.” ...The budgets behind the dance business are ballooning, with superstar D.J.’s now commanding hundreds of thousands of dollars a night in the megaclubs of Ibiza and Las Vegas, where they once spun anonymously in the dark.”

​While names such as Tiesto, Eric Morillo, Luciano, and Pete Tong will no longer be with Pacha this season, David Guetta still retains his night while Guy Gerber was signed for a weekly residency that will "feature indie bands, magicians, fortunetelling machines, maybe a puppeteer." Piti Urgell will also be spinning classic rock 'n' roll in a weekly event they call 'Flower Power'.

With the launch of two new mega clubs in Las Vegas, Hakkasan and Light, it will be interesting to watch how ​Pacha's new direction will fare versus the big name DJ events in Las Vegas this summer.

(Source: New York Times)​

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Markus Schulz Interview: Trance is doing just fine in Ibiza

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Solid interview of Marks Schulz from the Summer Festival Guide.

SFG: Your almost at the end of your residency at Privilege, how has that gone this summer?

Markus: Fantastic, I am part of the residency for A State of Trance night on Monday nights.  To be honest with you, I think it’s fantastic for both Ibiza and the trance scene.  Nobody really expected us to do what we have been doing, selling out the club week after week, 7000 strong.  The whole island is kind of like looking at us going ‘what’s going on, how are they able to do this’.  It’s really just put the spotlight on trance music again.

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Trance is far from dead. ​

​It was also revealed that Markus Schulz will go on a 'Scream' album tour with full production in the first quarter of 2013. Hopefully Markus will include a few Canadian dates.

(Source: Summer Festival Guide)​