Irvine Welsh, author of that gigantically successful 1990’s classic, Trainspotting, is co-writing a new TV drama exploring the emergence and later explosion of acid house and rave culture in the UK. Ibiza87 is the name of the new series and our beloved island, of course, is involved in the story. The Ibiza villas 2000 team wanted to know more.
Musical and cultural revolution
Together with award-winning screenwriter, acclaimed musician, journalist and club promoter, Dean Cavanagh, Welsh sets out to loosely dramatise the story of influential DJs Paul Oakenfold, Danny Rampling and Nicky Holloway. The three friends visited Ibiza together back in 1987 before their subsequent rise to stardom. The world was just on the verge of a musical and cultural revolution – exciting times.
Godfathers of the rave scene
Together, those three godfathers of rave, Paul Oakenfold, Danny Rampling and Nicky Holloway, will write the soundtrack for the Ibiza 87 screenplay. That fact alone is enough to make us more mature ravers spontaneously crack out big boxes, little boxes, whistles, glowsticks and chewing gum, yeh!
Oakenfold ‘very excited’
“I’m very excited about this project,” Said Oakenfold in a press release. “As you know, it ties in with the 30-year anniversary of our trip to Ibiza and what followed thereafter; the birth of the dance music club and festival scene as we know it today. It’s great to celebrate with this project as well as my world tour this year which is about just that, three generations of dance music.”
Ibiza87: memories of raves gone by
We at Ibiza Villas 2000 are excited too, aciiiiiiiid! Sounds like for many, Ibiza87 will bring back some beautiful memories of raves gone by, both in Ibiza and back home in the UK motherland. In those heady days when Privilege was Ku Club and Space Ibiza had just been born, the club’s huge subsequent global success at that point a mere twinkle in Pepe Rosello’s eye…
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