I know how important Ibiza was for electronic music back in the days of DJ Alfredo, Amnesia, and the Brits that went there on holiday and came back (Oaky, Rampling, et al). But, all due respect to THAT scene, in my lifetime Ibiza has been something quite different (fake plastic trees, if you know what I mean).

Electronic music really doesn’t need Ibiza, Ibiza needs good music.

“The music industry may be a crawling hive of hucksters, hipsters and whores. But it has one central glory. One crowning fact. The song. It is about the song and in the end only the song. And great songs cannot be stopped. Cannot be denied … The song. The fucking song. A great song will rise up just because it’s a great fucking song. In a world of hype there is, in the end, only honesty.” — Tony Wilson

• New Order – Blue Monday
• Carl Cox Ibiza Remix