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Café Del Mar Beach Club Dubai

Dubai Marina, JBR, The Walk, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Attracted by the nightlife of San Antonio, Café del Mar was the brainchild of Ramón Guiral, Carlos Andrea and José Les who arrived in Ibiza in 1978. They chose a location with the best sunset view on the island, overlooking the island of Conejera and complimented this spectacle with perfect background music. They then went overboard designing and decorating the location in outrageous baroque splendour. The emblematic architect they chose for their vision was the internationally renowned Catalan Luis Güell, who subsequently became famous for his unique creations of ‘space dedicated to leisure’. Much of his success stemmed from the design of the ‘Café del Mar’ with its clouds, eroticism and sensuality that combine so neatly with the sunset, the sea and the music.

Luis took barely a fortnight to come up with the inspirational design that is world renowned nearly 30 years later. From day one the bar was a huge success attracting people from all over the world as the ultimate meeting place.

The perfect sunset, accompanied by what proved to be the foundation stones of ‘ambient’ music - a fusion of classical music, blues and jazz - attracted world famous musicians intrigued by this totally di!erent style of Ibiza sound. Many later paid tribute to the ‘Café del Mar’ in their own music. Frank Zappa and Jon Andersson of ‘Yes’ and ‘Vangelis’ were often found at the bar, as was Mike Oldfield.

Ibiza, before it was the island with the liveliest nightlife on the planet, the world capital of dance sound, was the quintessential hippie universe, the lost paradise.

Ibiza invented peace before revelry, meditation before merrymaking, harmony before chaos and to being in sync with nature. The liberating Ibiza now permits the co-existence of one and the other. From the culture of noise and exhibition to that of tranquillity and relaxation, the eccentric and the concentric are all compatible.

The CdM is perhaps most known around the world for its chill-out music compilations. Demand for this ‘speciality’ sunset music pushed ‘Café del Mar’ into producing their own cassettes for eager punters, a chance for loyal customers to take a slice of CdM away with them, reminding them of the good times enjoying beautiful sunsets to the soundtrack of harmony.The creation of the Café del Mar music label was inspired – and spontaneously demanded – by the visiting public.

This was the starting point of the music label in reality in 1984. The first disc became internationally renowned and it encouraged people to enquire after this new age sanctuary. Following the great success of the first CD release in 1984, a total of 16 volumes of the main compilation series have since been published selling a total of about 9 million albums worldwide.

Bookings: matt@thepool-london.com 
Promos: promo@gregwilson.co.uk 
DJ Dates: https://blog.gregwilson.co.uk/upcoming-dj-dates/
Greg began DJing in 1975 and is regarded as one of the most important figures on the UK dance scene. He enjoyed hugely popular residencies in the early eighties at Wigan Pier and Manchester’s majorly influential Legend, having originally started out in his hometown, New Brighton. A pioneer of mixing in the UK, he became the first ‘dance music’ specialist hired for a regular weekly session at Manchester’s now legendary Haçienda club in 1983. Greg was instrumental in breaking the new electronic, post-disco records coming out of New York, a sound he has dubbed ‘Electro-Funk’.

In 2003 he set up electrofunkroots, a website documenting this crucial era in the evolution of dance culture. After a two decade hiatus from the booth, he returned to DJing and soon welcomed bookings throughout Europe and, subsequently, worldwide.

Greg was the first DJ to mix live on British TV, putting together the first UK radio mixes of their type for Piccadilly 261 in Manchester and showing a certain Norman Cook (later Fatboy Slim) how to scratch.

Nominated by DJ Magazine for outstanding contribution, and also named amongst their top twenty remixers of all-time, Greg’s remix credits include Grace Jones, The XX, Groove Armada, Bryan Ferry, Confidence Man, Gilberto Gil and Simian Mobile Disco, whilst he’s edited tracks by A Guy Called Gerald, Talking Heads, O.M.D., Electronic, Imagination and Missy Elliot.

In January 2009 Greg’s reputation was further enhanced when his Essential Mix on BBC Radio 1 received almost universal acclaim and was selected as one of 10 classics that spanned the show’s near 17 year history.

Greg’s Blog, ‘Being A DJ’, was launched in June 2010 for observations on various aspects of club culture now an online touchstone for an ever-increasing amount of dance enthusiasts and aficionados.

In August 2010 he co-curated areas at the inaugural Vintage Festival at Goodwood, which was named ‘Best New Festival’ at the UK Festival Awards.

He has produced a series of documentary podcasts, Time Capsule, Random Influences and Early 80’s Floorfillers, as well as the long-running blog series, Living To Music.

Greg has given talks on music and DJ culture at a number events at venues The Tate Gallery in Liverpool and London's Southbank and Institute Of Contemporary Arts, whilst in 2013 he was invited onto a panel alongside legendary figures Nile Rodgers and Giorgio Moroder @ ADE in Amsterdam. 

In 2014 he unveiled the multi-media label Super Weird Substance, focusing on recording and live events. In 2015, the label released 8 vinyl singles, brought together in the 2 CD comp, 'Greg Wilson Presents Super Weird Substance'. September 2015 saw a memorable Festival No.6 Happening in Portmeirion and Greg rounded off the year with the Liverpool-based celebration of the 40th anniversary of his first club date in 1975 as well as being presented with DJ Magazine's Industry Icon award.

Greg launched his Credit To The Edit club collective at 2016's Festival No.6 and since then has taken it to Liverpool, Berlin, Brixton, Bethnal Green and finally back to Portmeirion for Festival No.6 2017.

2017 saw his label host the epic 14 Hour Super Weird Happening at Liverpool's Florrie, following a mixtape collaboration with Alan Moore, who also appeared at the Happening, whilst it also saw the digital release of The Super Weird Society's 'Gone With The Vibe', released the following year on the first Substance Select 12" vinyl alongside 'The Ghosts Of Watling Street', 'The Best Is Yet To Come' and 'Summer Came My Way'. 2018 also saw the release of Vol.3 in Greg's long-running Credit To The Edit compilation series.

After a handful of further releases, the label was put into hibernation with the onset of covid. Diversifying, ‘Greg Wilson’s Discotheque Archives’ was issued during 2020 lockdown as a limited run paperback, with more books, both Wilson’s own projects and by other authors, now planned.

The Home of Chill | https://cafedelmar.com

BREAKING BEATS SINCE 1988. I refuse to compromise or follow trends when it comes to my sound. My music is purely for entertainment.
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In nine albums and over fifty releases that span a 30-year career, A Guy Called Gerald has built a genre busting body of work that stands out for consistent innovation, excellence and refusal to compromise.

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