Arty to Party - Ibiza and The Meteoric Rise of Club Culture

Sunshine and Love, Beats and Drugs How did a sleepy island off the coast of Spain, metamorphose from an arty countercultural haven into the commercial mass-market party hub that, for a while at least, became the global epicentre of electronic dance music? Alexis Petridis, chief music writer for The Guardian, and Dean Chalkley, one of the UK’s leading photographers of British subculture (both seasoned clubbers), documented its extraordinary life and times in their time together at Mixmag, the clubbers’ bible, and in the years since. Alexis takes us on a trip through the island’s bohemian past and tells how its unique combination of natural beauty, 60s underground culture and 70s glamour set the scene for the extraordinary pop cultural explosion of the 80s and 90s that resonated through the Western world. The photographs in Dean’s new book ‘Back in Ibiza 1998 - 2003’ evoke the golden age of happy, all-in-it-together, 24 hour party people, bacchanalian excess and sunkissed beach life the island offered before the corporate monster of superstar DJs, brands and VIP lounges swallowed it whole. For more on Dean Alexis on music Alexis on Club Culture

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