{"id":12860,"date":"2016-08-09T07:37:10","date_gmt":"2016-08-09T05:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bsrumybg.myraidbox.de\/en\/?p=12860"},"modified":"2022-06-26T09:59:47","modified_gmt":"2022-06-26T07:59:47","slug":"carl-cox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ibiza-style.com\/en\/carl-cox\/","title":{"rendered":"Carl Cox \u2013 His true friendship with Space owner Pepe Rosello"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carl Cox first met Pepe Rosello in 1994 at a React Records launch party at Space. \u201cThe album was called Fact,\u201d Carl recalls. \u201cI was one of those artists who had a release on the compilation series and they asked me to come along to Ibiza and play for a couple of hours. That\u2019s where Pepe first heard my music and basically he liked what he heard.\u201d<\/p>\n

Over the course of the next 12 months, Pepe followed Carl\u2019s career with interest, following him to London, mainland Spain and Germany to listen to his sets. \u201cEventually Pepe felt it was time for us to meet,\u201d Carl explains. \u201cWe talked about playing at Space a little bit more. Back then, it was all about the Opening and Closing parties and he asked me to come and do that first.\u201d<\/p>\n

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From the outset, Pepe gave Carl a free reign to play the type of music he wanted to play, a rarity within the scene. \u201cThat\u2019s why it was never really a business relationship to start off with,\u201d Carl continues. \u201cPepe and I became good friends because of the business, but we always had the friendship first. We respect each others way of life, which is fantastic. It\u2019s one of the reasons why we\u2019ve been able to sustain our relationship over all these years. Normally relationships with club management are front loaded. You tell the club owner how much money you want and they say, well, if you underperform you\u2019re out. If that was how things worked at Space I wouldn\u2019t be talking to you about it today. I know that once I\u2019ve finished at Space, I won\u2019t have that kind relationship with any other club owner in the world. It\u2019s just not possible. Our relationship is much deeper than Pepe paying me and me playing at Space.\u201d<\/p>\n

With Space set to close later this summer, the island is currently rife with rumours concerning the future of the Space brand. \u201cEven though Pepe is 80-years old, he\u2019s not going to start growing tomatoes,\u201d Carl smiles. \u201cHe still wants to work within the industry for the sake of the island. If you threw up a handful of confetti, that\u2019s where we are right now in terms of what happens next with the Space brand. If he wants to bring some positive attention to San Antonio, of course it would be a dream for me to go along with him and do that. His vision is to create the same Discoteca within the grounds of a hotel. But you won\u2019t see anything for at least two years.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the meantime, Carl will still be a regular visitor to the island. He\u2019ll have the luxury of picking and choosing where to perform, but it\u2019s highly doubtful he\u2019ll take a residency at another club. \u201cWhatever I do will be very special,\u201d Carl concludes. \u201cWhether it\u2019s DC10 or Amnesia \u2013 I might even do something at Privilege, who knows \u2013 but at the end of the day I\u2019m not looking to create another residency like my Revolution residency at Space. It would be hard to replicate that at any other club on the island\u2026 and I don\u2019t think I even want to.\u201d<\/p>\n

Catch Carl Cox at Music Is Revolution at Space, every Tuesday until September 20th.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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