DC10 (nightclub)
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| Location(s) | Ibiza, Spain | |
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| Type | nightclub | |
| Years active | 2000 — present | |
| Genre(s) | techno, house, minimal, tech-house | |
DC10 (pronounced DeeSee Diez) is a world-renowned nightclub on the island of Ibiza in the Mediterranean. Located in a converted finca off the end of the airport runway on the South-East side of the island, DC10 is one of the island's and Europe's most infamous clubs. The club opened in 2000 and its small and spartan interior is comprised of a formerly uncovered terrace and a small inside room, a world away from the glamour and glitz of many of its Ibizan counterparts. But this is a club that is known above all for its music and its hedonistic clientele, and its legendary monday morning session, Circo Loco. Over the last seven years, its residents have gone from unknowns to global superstars, forging techno, house and minimal (a term coined back in 2004 from the music played in, amongst others, the club itself) and it's now a global brand and phenomenon that symbolises the unique attitude of the island, distilled into one day every week.
Originally opened at the start of the decade, it opened at 6am, as Space's 24-hour Sunday session ended, and formed a carry on for those not satisfied with a simple weekend's clubbing on the island. In 2002, the club's reputation began to take off. Promoted by Brit Charlie Chester along with its Italian owners, its roster included both European and British DJs as well as a host names that would beg (sometimes successfully, some not) to play on its terrace (Danny Tenaglia, Sasha, Steve Lawler and Pete Tong to name a few). As its popularity grew, so did the reputation of its residents, as the bigger names were shed and their own stable of Djs and their sound took over.
Nowadays, with the club firmly in the control of the Europeans following the exit of Chester in 2005, the likes of Richie Hawtin, Tania Vulcano, Cirillo, Jose De Divina, South Americans Luciano, Loco Dice, Pier Bucci and Ricardo Villalobos, Frenchman Dan Ghenacia, (lone Briton) Clive Henry, System of Survival, and many more are known across the globe and, though the terrace is now covered and the club's secret is well known, it may still arguably be one of the most untainted and undiluted clubbing experiences on the planet.
Despite periodical run-ins with the law (the club was closed at the start of the 2007 season along with Amnesia and Bora Bora) it remains to many the highlight of summer trips to the island and the antithesis of many of the overblown big-club experiences that the UK and the rest of the island offers.
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