The character of the hero first came up in the
ancient world. The word 'heros' originally comes
from classical Greek and was often used to describe
the mythical founders of cities and nations. Many of
the ancient hero figures were at the same time
demigods or at least the objects of a strong
religious worship. What was that again? God is a DJ?
All jokes aside. The Cocoon team around Sven Vath
has chosen the motto "Cocoon Heroes" for the
twelfth Cocoon Ibiza season. Not as a self-adulation,
as in the end all participants - whether they are
behind the decks, the bar or, above all, on the
dancefloor - are the true heroes of the night. And
as the official warm-up for this mega event series,
Cocoon Recordings is providing us with the now fifth
edition of the Ibiza Summer Mix.
One of the true highlights in this season is the
performance of Adam Beyer on July, 25th. The
Drumcode label head who lives in Stockholm is,
together with Richie Hawtin, Jeff Mills and Sven
Vath, one of the most influential figures in electronic
dance music for more than fifteen years now. Often
being a guarantor for stringent and hard Techno as
a producer, Beyer proves his musical complexity as
a DJ with an energetic tour de force between
hypnotic-percussive Tech House, Dub and Acid, and
finally surprises the listener with a distinct affinity to
meaningful vocal samples. With some brilliant
tracks from Function, Radio Slave, Joel Mull, Paul
Ritch, Jesper Dahlback and, first and foremost, with
Beyer's collaboration with Alan Fitzpatrick ("Human
Reason"), the sweat is most certainly going to be
pouring over the dancefloor.
Dorian Paic, Frankfurt resident and co-owner of the
record store authority Freebase as well as label
head of Raum...Musik, has been an essential part of
the Rhein Main scene for many years now and is
part of the line up at the Grand Opening party at
Amnesia. Those who have already experienced Paic
as a DJ know about his matchless talent to make
tastefully reduced but nevertheless unmistakeable
Tech House jewels tell their own very unique story.
With his hypnotic and relaxed mix, Dorian oscillates
within an artistic synthesis that distinctively bows to
the roots of Minimal Techno, and the selection of
tracks from artists like Baby Ford & Zip, Daniel Bell,
DJ Sneak or Daniel Stefanik reveals the true
connoisseur. Especially in the consonance of those
two very different types of elaboration of modern
electronic dance music, the listeners will already be
enchanted at home, by this utopia of this
collectively created power between the sun, the sea
and the sound.
