Ebook335 pages5 hours
Shadows Across The Moon: Outlaws, Freaks, Shamans And The Making Of Ibiza Clubland
By Helen Donlon
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
()
About this ebook
Once a fabled pirate garrison, the Balearic island of Ibiza has been colonised and continually fought over since the era of the Phoenicians. During the 20th century it gained its reputation as a countercultural hotbed after it became a melting pot for bohemians and dropouts who had come there in search of adventure. Pretty soon Ibiza became a crossroads for experimental musicians, writers and artists, 'Hippie Trail' travellers, enthusiastic trepanation pioneers, infamous art world conmen, and Osho sannyasins with pockets full of MDMA, and eventually it became the epicentre for electronic music that it is today. After the establishment of the famous hippie markets, and the trance parties that took place in forests or on deserted beaches, several now legendary nightclubs including Ku, Pacha and Amnesia started to emerge, although they had started out as simple, rural locations for islanders, fringe figures and jet-setters to congregate together on open air terraces to listen to blues, rock 'n' roll and jazz.
These days pioneering electronic music DJs from around the world make the island their home from home over the summer season, attracting an equally international party community. Eco tourists and nature lovers seeking the particular pleasures of Ibiza also flock in annually, as do a crucial contingent of island faithfuls who return year after year to this tiny but charismatic and insubordinate Mediterranean hub to live the Ibiza 'experience' that goes way beyond the parties.
With a foreword by Richie Hawtin, the world's leading electronic artist and DJ, Shadows Across the Moon explores the social and cultural history of Ibiza and its nocturnal playgrounds, from the advent of the earliest settlers, through the huge influence of the Moors on Ibiza's music and traditions, the early days of the Ibiza Town jazz bar scene, the Goa-influenced outdoor trance party culture, the early hippie clubs, the golden years of the 1980s and the second Summer of Love, to the huge and exciting impact the techno scene made on the island's nightlife with the advent of Sven Väth's audacious Cocoon. Along the way the book draws back the curtain to reveal clubland's sometimes shadowy mafia connections, crooked politics, backstabbing, outmanoeuvring skulduggery, specious drug busts, assassinations and suicides…as well as tales of quixotic originality and futuristic vision, outrageous pansexual parties, widely talented impresarios, and the open air gatherings that make the island so special, including the famous sunset bars and chill-out culture.
Shadows Across the Moon is the first and only book to cover the whole fascinating and unique history of dance and counterculture in Ibiza, and vividly describes the artists, sunset drummers, shamans, DJs, outlaws, psychedelic evangelists, politicians and hippie organisers who gradually shaped the island's party landscape into the hugely influential nexus it is today.
Helen Donlon, a former resident of the island who worked as an arts and clubland correspondent there has conducted numerous interviews over time with key Ibiza players including Richie Hawtin, Carl Cox, Rose the Snakewoman, Dubfire, Luciano, Pete Gooding, Alfredo, Jenny Fabian, Lenny Ibizarre, Pete Tong, Tina Cutler and Mike Pickering; musicians such as George Clinton, Youth and Jean-Michel Jarre; filmmakers Terry Gilliam and Bill Forsyth, Pink Floyd cover designer Aubrey Powell, island historian Martin Davies, Manumission cult figure Johnny Golden and many others.
These days pioneering electronic music DJs from around the world make the island their home from home over the summer season, attracting an equally international party community. Eco tourists and nature lovers seeking the particular pleasures of Ibiza also flock in annually, as do a crucial contingent of island faithfuls who return year after year to this tiny but charismatic and insubordinate Mediterranean hub to live the Ibiza 'experience' that goes way beyond the parties.
With a foreword by Richie Hawtin, the world's leading electronic artist and DJ, Shadows Across the Moon explores the social and cultural history of Ibiza and its nocturnal playgrounds, from the advent of the earliest settlers, through the huge influence of the Moors on Ibiza's music and traditions, the early days of the Ibiza Town jazz bar scene, the Goa-influenced outdoor trance party culture, the early hippie clubs, the golden years of the 1980s and the second Summer of Love, to the huge and exciting impact the techno scene made on the island's nightlife with the advent of Sven Väth's audacious Cocoon. Along the way the book draws back the curtain to reveal clubland's sometimes shadowy mafia connections, crooked politics, backstabbing, outmanoeuvring skulduggery, specious drug busts, assassinations and suicides…as well as tales of quixotic originality and futuristic vision, outrageous pansexual parties, widely talented impresarios, and the open air gatherings that make the island so special, including the famous sunset bars and chill-out culture.
Shadows Across the Moon is the first and only book to cover the whole fascinating and unique history of dance and counterculture in Ibiza, and vividly describes the artists, sunset drummers, shamans, DJs, outlaws, psychedelic evangelists, politicians and hippie organisers who gradually shaped the island's party landscape into the hugely influential nexus it is today.
Helen Donlon, a former resident of the island who worked as an arts and clubland correspondent there has conducted numerous interviews over time with key Ibiza players including Richie Hawtin, Carl Cox, Rose the Snakewoman, Dubfire, Luciano, Pete Gooding, Alfredo, Jenny Fabian, Lenny Ibizarre, Pete Tong, Tina Cutler and Mike Pickering; musicians such as George Clinton, Youth and Jean-Michel Jarre; filmmakers Terry Gilliam and Bill Forsyth, Pink Floyd cover designer Aubrey Powell, island historian Martin Davies, Manumission cult figure Johnny Golden and many others.
Related to Shadows Across The Moon
Related ebooks
Perfect Youth: The Birth of Canadian Punk Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fresh at Twenty: The Oral History of Mint Records Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Monkees, Head, and the 60s Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsJumping Sundays: The Rise and Fall of the Counterculture in Aotearoa New Zealand Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBongwater Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Boy Who Cried Freebird: Rock & Roll Fables and Sonic Storytelling Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Infinite Crab Meats Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsClarkesworld Magazine Issue 109: Clarkesworld Magazine, #109 Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Fact, Fictions, and the Forbidden Predictions of the Amazing Criswell Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Glory Guitars: Memoir of a ’90s Teenage Punk Rock Grrrl Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Year of the Monster Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCool Town: How Athens, Georgia, Launched Alternative Music and Changed American Culture Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Swing State: A Novel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsArtificial Light Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Song of Synth Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe (Original) Adventures of Ford Fairlane: The Long Lost Rock n’ Roll Detective Stories Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Acrobaddict Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Big Sur Tales Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThis Bell Still Rings: My Life of Defiance and Song Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAmor Cringe Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAmerican Subversive: A Novel Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Death in Venice, California Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Hip: The History Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5John Moriarty: Not The Whole Story: Not the Whole Story Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Armchair Birder Goes Coastal: The Secret Lives of Birds of the Southeastern Shore Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings100 Cassettes Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsI Am Jack's Ax: Breaking Down the Barriers of Stanley Kubrick's Film The Shining Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Music For You
88 Piano Classics for Beginners Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Meaning of Mariah Carey Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5IT'S ALL IN YOUR HEAD Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Piano For Dummies Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Learn Jazz Piano: book 1 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Step By Step Mixing: How to Create Great Mixes Using Only 5 Plug-ins Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Easyway to Play Piano: A Beginner's Best Piano Primer Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Music Theory For Beginners Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Guitar Theory For Dummies: Book + Online Video & Audio Instruction Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Learn Guitar A Beginner's Course Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sing! Learn How To Sing Like An Idol:Vocal Techniques For Modern Singers Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Music Theory For Dummies Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How to Read Music Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Circle of Fifths: Visual Tools for Musicians, #1 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Songwriting: Essential Guide to Lyric Form and Structure: Tools and Techniques for Writing Better Lyrics Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Open Book Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hal Leonard Pocket Music Theory (Music Instruction): A Comprehensive and Convenient Source for All Musicians Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5No Bull Music Theory for Guitarists: Music Theory for Guitarists, #1 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Dear Evan Hansen (TCG Edition) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Becoming a Great Sight-Reader–or Not! Learn From My Quest for Piano Sight-Reading Nirvana Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Singing Coach Secrets Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Learn Your Fretboard: The Essential Memorization Guide for Guitar (Book + Online Bonus) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Songwriting : Apply Proven Methods, Ideas and Exercises to Kickstart or Upgrade Your Songwriting Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Singing For Dummies Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Zen Guitar Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How to Play Ukulele: A Complete Guide for Beginners Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Reviews for Shadows Across The Moon
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
0 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
Shadows Across The Moon - Helen Donlon
` book_preview_excerpt.html }rIݯvm 2@ $QEYzFxf:YmF;-d3L2VIιG$@Ҵ"23s{}c?t]?qpo\ۆn}Wq?[>tgeW/]o>]sE>uѸ/
V
_t2nMu]zQ-wÃ˫{ŃϿ^Om^/Ev*~E;uC-.|,.oyU]~ o;軯o>{_w
FZ$wӈú-bo](.ǖz߽[EaYwoel>(Ǝ{xS_cb[d6Hns}ﻡVWD}Іab"+U-=yoo;|q{yâ8b/a'-pR?zxwy,1C]s@=MP^|v(eKhh(;w-L2e=V]/*_C]opǡBC|AU4ߕ~+JwX&4ގqoYa}W
PίWOϋ珟>~z.Njn|Wg^SWMϵ>ᩪ+"ΪMݸe4MUMX܀^aG떮W W;ĿE3Ф\nx4.EͶ{`6Z<-w~Nm_]g;Q*mA`yZ0Ces~+3anc֍#4[WU0G7iT[
E\ DA˾:(,]M
NX~
lѴָƛ=eq7xy/:*⢻//={6zNnBD3Ö.miQ$m]UPk6|b0.L3aqbl!uGp.SՈ,N|ok8$=6?XT=CUazx_FU*
Ar$Y9sdX-c{C;>@(s%D/7/mFחD%Z&:[Ltpu^W@CwGuqWU0♑SIe??\O\$ps5z8cWL!UU
r/;AZW;u!4
/CkCY:!>,ǝ*weO:DEyBEhĥkDŽ ќ6]BdP{_Iﻔ_ң(T&hVj$Fwn9a/(BıOD=LD8 +9_qEP`Q^]!";K9tjk⼚c$xJ_,Z!"PrA!/ax_8v`./ݪeQ t /G4 4W/ayQ
sw2 ) ]E!e6;Evi'Ō˚@x/MfGJALZF۲)@zЧ*?}TO.K̀¤c]uc7o8/lIWX7-ƴdl6u
0?kg[d/u Cr?EGj嘯UOqX"W\Z(#LT)+$n]^Rf/HT
[8!n!#2n'Swbhg?|*`1bU_co{_W)S@qŭjqGC},+@Yr5L
7!LI]m#&SȆ]e?^u뤆VACMV{_n8m.Unw5ua\Pԇ$;iϠar0lX`ĝaw*S14kIQ2%UܭKɒ~Z_