Pacha in Ibiza cutting top tier djs from their line up

This, basic economics. The new ease of access into the DJ hobby has uncovered some truly talented people who before would never have had a chance. It's not as easy to be Bigbollocks McSpinnydecks now that some kid in his bedroom can do it better.

Well, maybe for Outlook.

Supply and demand theory seems relevant here. It's funny that they would want more money to play less, when the supply of skilled and known DJs / EDM artists in the world has never been greater.

It's arguable whether or not the demand has risen for them though. If a club needs a few resident DJs and needs to bring in events X times a month (constant demand), it would seem risky to demand more money when there are plenty of skilled and well known alternatives who will happily play for less.

Yeah, i couldn't agree more. I should of said ''Big DJ's within the EDM/Commercial scene'' not that that would bother me. They can sling their hook to the states. The big names within 'proper' music will be staying as you said. And the UK only statement was pretty general. Im sure you could run Ibiza just from the amount of Brits that go there every year is what i was getting at.

+1 ...has been for a good few years now. Electric Elephant is a festival we have been wanting to go to for some time now.

I've been to Ibiza and I can safely say I would never go again unless it was 100% free.

Croatia is the new Ibiza anyways.

Croatia is the new Ibiza anyways.

Supply and demand theory seems relevant here. It's funny that they would want more money to play less, when the supply of skilled and known DJs / EDM artists in the world has never been greater.

It's arguable whether or not the demand has risen for them though. If a club needs a few resident DJs and needs to bring in events X times a month (constant demand), it would seem risky to demand more money when there are plenty of skilled and well known alternatives who will happily play for less.

Yeah, i couldn't agree more. I should of said ''Big DJ's within the EDM/Commercial scene'' not that that would bother me. They can sling their hook to the states. The big names within 'proper' music will be staying as you said. And the UK only statement was pretty general. Im sure you could run Ibiza just from the amount of Brits that go there every year is what i was getting at.

Electronic music, Piti Urgell said last month, “hasn’t evolved in 20 years and is for idiots.”

nothing interesting is happening in Ibiza

Bigger DJs will migrate there? Like Lance says below, it's mainly the edm crap that goes there properly. Yeah, the real big DJs go there too but they certainly aren't migrating from Ibiza. Space, Ushuaia, DC10 and now Sankeys are where the big boys come out to play regularly, and are fully appreciated. It's also not 'only for the UK'. The island is full of Germans/Italians/Spanish etc. Solomun's new evening at Pacha looks like it'll have some good lineups though, as well the the badly named 'Insane Ibiza' and Guy Gerber's evening . Tiesto and the like can take their crowd elsewhere. He attracted every chav going.

Vegas is not attracting anyone away from Ibiza either, that's ridiculous.

This is a better direction for Pacha though. Just ditch Guetta now.

I dont believe Ibiza's ship is sunk just yet!

I can see where pacha's owners are coming from. The money is in the states, as Dance/EDM/House-whichever genre you want to label it as, has grown more accessible over the past few years. Naturally, Bigger DJ's will migrate there, or demand more.

I believe Ibiza will always be the flagship party island, if only for the UK! Hopefully lesser known people will be brought up, which is the bit i enjoyed most about ibiza, which is finding new DJ's and parties, which hopefully be springing up to keep people coming back.

And if it knocks 10 euro off the tickets prices, i say bring it on!

Money is only in the states if you are some big commercial clown (aoki, deadmess, guetta, etc.) or like a straight up household name artist (hawtin, dubfire, etc.)... Underground artists, such as techno artists like myself are not demanding six figures to play, not even the higher tier techno artists... There is more money overseas for underground artists.

Money is only in the states if you are some big commercial clown (aoki, deadmess, guetta, etc.) or like a straight up household name artist (hawtin, dubfire, etc.)... Underground artists, such as techno artists like myself are not demanding six figures to play, not even the higher tier techno artists... There is more money overseas for underground artists.