Emerging Ibiza is a festival which aims to support, mentor and guide rising talent through the knowledge of experts from the world of dance music, whether they be artists, from labels, from the media and a variety of other backgrounds. The festival is rolling into its second year and takes place at a few venues around the island, including Ibiza Rocks, Ushuaïa Tower and Ocean Beach Ibiza. The festival will take place from Tuesday 26th May until Saturday 30th May.
This year's experts are BBC Radio 1 Xtra's Coco Cole, Mixmag's Tillie Wood and Callum Reece, DJs Bill Patrick, Visionquest, Darius Syrossian, Shlomi Aber, Uner and Chris Bones, then folks from the world of label, artist and club management such as Danny Whittle, Dave Vincent, Rafa De Siria, Eton Messy and Alex Montoya. A breakdown of which experts are mentoring which emerging talent is presented below.
The experts aim to showcase this new talent in the hope it advances their burgeoning careers, helping them learn the industry ropes on the way. Through a series of gigs and media campaigns the talent will gain a chance to hone their skills on the world's biggest dance music stage - Ibiza.
Events to look out for include the opening on the 26th May at Ibiza Rocks with Eton Messy, Blonde, 99 Souls and Harley Maxwell, the 27th May sees the Boat Party and Zoo Project venue (Benimussa Park) opening party, on the 28th the place to be is the Ocean Beach Club with Capital XTRA, an event headlined by Coco Cole, Brodanse, Second Sun and Wayward plus the Emerging Ibiza XTRA Wild Card's Ibiza debut.
The winners are in with a chance of winning the following; Tier 1: Win a Pioneer DJ flagship set-up including 2 x CDJ-2000 Nexus and 1 x DJM-900 Nexus, Tier 2: Play A Show At The E.I. Season of Events June – Sept 2015, Tier 3: Play The E.I. Closing Party September 2015, Tier 4: A Management Contract With EI Music.
COCO COLE - BRODANCE, SECOND SUN, WAYWARD.
MIXMAG (TILLIE WOOD/CALLUM REECE) - THEO KOTTIS, GREG BROCKMAN.
BILL PATRICK - ROBIN ORDELL, HAMID.
VISIONQUEST - JACK WICKHAM, ANTONIO THAGMA, DORUK GURLAP.
DARIUS SYROSSIAN - CERA ALBA, MARQUIS HAWKES, MANU GONZALEZ.
SHLOMI ABER - GEL ABRIL - MARKUS SUCKUT, EDUARDO DE LA CALLE.
UNER - BAUM, MARIA ARIAS.
CHRIS BONES - JASPER JAMES, DENNEY, FRANZ COSTA.
DANNY WHITTLE - JAMIE ROY, HARLEY MAXWELL, 2 VILLAS.
DAVE VINCENT - JOSEF K, LOW STEPPA, MATT JAM LAMONT.
RAFA DE SIRIA - D.S.E.M, XAVIER ARAK, LANOIRE.
ETON MESSY - BLONDE, 99 SOULS.
ALEX MONTOYA - VICTOR SANTANA, ED IS DEAD, YVAN GENKINS.