As you'll see in the videos below, there are those who are intimate with Ibiza, its history and the direction the island is taking today; Ibiza is filled with people who have deep rooted desires to support, protect and nurture Ibiza to ensure the island is properly represented. Every year thousands up thousands of people descend on the island for business or pleasure, yet many of those have undiscovered talents that could be released if they had the right opportunity.
Enter Emerging Ibiza, a new community both online and on the island, which aims to provide a platform for new electronic artists to be heard, using carefully selected Emerging Ibiza Experts to handpick the best talent and broadcast it to the world. The island component of Emerging Ibiza comes in the form of Break-Thru Music Festival, which will be held over five music-filled days from the 27th until the 31st of May, with the best artists discovered through both the festival and online programme asked to return for residencies at iconic Ibiza venues throughout the season.
To help discover and develop the emerging artists, there is a panel of Experts who all have mountains of experience in the dance music business and with electronic music as a whole. These are DJs Steve Lawler, Audiofly, Yousef, Chris Bones and Renato Ratier and industry figureheads Ben Turner and Danny Whittle.
These experts will act as curators of this new online music community, guiding you through the overload of internet content by hand selecting the best of the new generation and presenting it in a palatable format. EI experts will select their favourite up and coming artists, then choose three tracks or remixes from each. The selected tracks will then form a playlist which will be streamed on the website and all other Emerging Ibiza media channels. And the best bit - all artists selected by our experts will be invited to play the Emerging Ibiza Break Thru festival, with the eight most popular entrants (as decided by us, the discerning public) going on to play a month of residencies during June, July, August and September!
VIDEO | Circus party and label head, Carl Cox resident, former Cream Resident and island lover Yousef runs you through his credentials for why he has been chosen as an Emerging Ibiza Expert.
The full programme of parties included with the Emerging Ibiza Break-Thru Festival Passes is now out, with only line-up details to be added. The festival kicks off at Sands on Tuesday the 27th of May (which has moved to the venue formerly known as Sirocco), then moves on to a special party at Space with Kaluki. This has just been announced and will see Emerging Ibiza host El Salon with Patrick Topping, Mark Jenkyns, Remi Mazet and Flux Groove play.
Then on Wednesday the 28th of May the annual Boat Party Festival takes place, with Emerging Ibiza punters enjoying an Ibicenco boat party, meeting up with the other boats in front of the beautiful island of Es Vedra off the mainland coast near Atlantis. Some of the best snorkelling on the island can be found here, if you can pull yourself away from the music on the boat. Later that night it is on to the Zoo Project at Gala Night where the Emerging team will host their own platform for their artists.
Thursday the 29th of May starts off with a pool party at one of Playa d'en Bossa's coolest outdoor party spots - Santos. The hotel and poolside venue was refurbished for 2013, hosting some suave parties along the way. In the night it is off to Sankeys for Mental Genius for a proper underground party.
Friday 30th May will host two parties, helping to close off the festival. The main closing party will take place on Ushuaïa Tower's rooftop bar, with views over Playa d'en Bossa to Ibiza Town, Salinas and Formentera - stunning. This party finishes at midnight, but there will be a carry on, we'll let you know details of this soon. On Saturday the 31st of May the festival finishes with a trip to Ushuaïa's underground focused party - Ants. Get down early from 3pm if you can as the party starts at the back of the venue under the netting before moving to the main stage later on, allowing you to experience the essence of what Ushuaïa used to be a few years ago.
VIDEO | As one of the Emerging Ibiza Experts, Steve Lawler has mountains of experience through his many productions, his many residencies and the knowledge he has gained through all of it. Here, he introduces one of his Emerging Ibiza Artists - Detlef.
Tuesday 27th May - Emerging Ibiza Opening Party at Sands, 4pm - midnight
Tuesday 27h May - Emerging Ibiza with Kaluki at Space, 10pm - late
Wednesday 28th May - Emerging Ibiza at the Ibiza Boat Party Festival, 3pm-6pm
Wednesday 28th May - Emerging Ibiza at Gala Night Opening (Zoo Project), 4:30pm - midnight
Thursday 29th May - Emerging Ibiza Pool Party at Santos Suites, 4pm - midnight
Thursday 29th May - Emerging Ibiza with Mental Genius at Sankeys, 11:59pm - late
Friday 30th May - Emerging Ibiza Closing Party at the Ushuaïa Tower, 2pm - 2am
Friday 30th May - Emerging Ibiza Closing Afterparty - venue TBA, nighttime
Saturday 31st May - Emerging Ibiza at Ants Opening Party, Ushuaïa, 3pm - midnight
Tickets for the Emerging Ibiza Festival are on sale now and priced at 99€. This is a ridiculously low price considering all of the parties included in the ticket... deal of the season in fact! 9 parties for 99€!
VIDEO | The average clubber might not know who Ben Turner is, but if you've been to Ibiza you will no doubt have been involved in something that is the creation of this man. ENTER. promoter, Hawtin's manager, Pacha Magazine editor or International Music Summit founder - the man is everywhere.
