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A last look at Space, Ibiza\u2019s ground zero for 20 years.<\/i><\/p>\n
In the early summer of 1986, around the time that house song Farley “Jackmaster” Funk’s “Love Can’t Turn Around” hit the UK charts, a small electronic dance venue called Space opened up next to a water park on the island of Ibiza. Outrageous and flamboyant, the hazy opening night isn\u2019t much talked about. An addition to the revolutionary \u201csuper clubs\u201d that were drawing thousands to post-rock, pre-rave Ibiza, Space was just another chance to party. The crowds moved to 4\/4 and ran gleefully to the water slides at night.<\/p>\n
Three years later, Space in its current form was launched by a socialite both political and party-ready: Pepe Rosell\u00f3<\/span>,\u00a0 a man with a rich history owning and managing venues on the island since the early \u201860\u2019s. The veteran worked Space like a horse, uniquely bypassing Spanish licensing laws which called for all clubs to be shut for two hours a day. Rosell\u00f3<\/span> promised his guests two parties, one in the day, one in the evening, running in with bar staff and organisers to clean up the cameras, lights, mess and drinks ready for the next session. An open air terrace was set up so helicopters and planes could soar over the dancefloor, earning the now-signature roars from those below.<\/p>\n Rossell\u00f3<\/span>, a music fanatic as much as a tycoon was devoted to playlisting and monitoring what sound he wanted his guests to hear. After working around the stern restrictions of previous Spanish dictator Francisco Franco in the \u201870s, who forbade the music of non-Spanish being imported and played, Rossell\u00f3<\/span> had the opportunity to set a precedent for the most acclaimed club in Ibiza.<\/p>\n Jon Rundell, a face very familiar among regulars and in the words of Carl Cox, \u201ca jewel in the crown\u201d, looks back on his finest moments in the main room. \u201cI played on the inside terrace, I was very nervous. I mean I was in the really popular club on the island and I was opening up one of the biggest nights they held in it,\u201d Rundell remembers. Rundell is a DJ and producer that helped develop Space\u2019s reputation in its latter history. \u201cCarl and me swapped set times as he was not very well at the time\u2026. I still can\u2019t believe I did that.\u201d Rundell explained, recalling his four hour debut set in the main room. \u201cI\u2019d been as a clubber often before that and had always hoped I would get the chance one day.\u201d<\/p>\n It was Space\u2019s DJs and performers that impacted and shaped the venue the most itself. Self-labelled \u201celder statesman\u201d of house music Alex P recalled the idea putting decks behind Space\u2019s chill-out bar, penning the name \u201cFull Moon Terrace\u201d in a conversation with club-founding friend James Mitchell. Space was only a couple of years old, Alex approached Pepe with the idea and thus a cornerstone feature of the venue was born.<\/p>\n![\"carl](\"https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/29122503\/img138_zps1iirlwmw.jpg\")
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