Alfredo @ Amnesia Ibiza (1989)

AMNESIA IBIZA – The birthplace of the Balearic beat. The history begins with a young philosopher Antonio Eschotado who signed a lease for the venue in the mid 1970’s. Originally named ‘The Workshop of Forgetfulness’ Escohotado’s theory is that people would be able to come to his disco and leave their worries behind, escaping from normal life. Very soon after he discovered the Greek word ‘Amnesia’ and he decided this word captured everything he wanted and more from his idea – and so the club was born. It was not until the early 1980s that house music started emerging from Chicago, soon making it’s way to Ibizan shores when at this time only very few DJs were experimenting with this new genre of music. In 1983 the club introduced a new resident DJ, known on the island as DJ Alfredo (Alfred Fiorito). Now credited with the title as the father of the sound known as the Balearic beat, freestyle mixing became permitted and DJ Alfredo’s unique ability to mix genres such as disco, pop and house created magical soundtracks to his dancefloor. This became one of the most talked about party destinations putting Amnesia at the forefront of this special movement in Ibiza. Throughout the 1980’s Amnesia continued to be one of the most influential clubs on the island, attracting huge numbers of people all eager to experience the all night hedonism for which the venue was so famous for. Back then, the club, like many others on the island had an open-roofed dancefloor that would light up with the morning sunrise creating unforgettable Ibiza moments. In the early 1990’s Amnesia passed over into the hands of its current owner and began to experience huge growth. 4 bars increased to the current 16, 16 employees to more than 200 and the Amnesia brand gained even further recognition and International acclaim . Tracklist: 1. Park Avenue - Dont Turn Your Love 2. Rhythim Is Rhythim - Strings Of Life 3. Izit - Stories 4. Carly Simon - Why 5. Soul II Soul - Back To Life 6. Miles Jaye - Heaven 7. Stetsasonic - Talking All That Jazz 8. Les Negresses Vertes - Zobi La Mouche 9. Original Concept - Can You Feel It (intro) 10. Richie Havens - Going Back To My Roots (Intro) 11. A Guy Called Gerald - Voodoo Ray (Fast Eddie Remix) 12. ID 13. Lil Louis - French Kiss / Maurice - This Is Acid (briefly) 14. Monie Love - Grandpa's Party (Love II Love Remix) 15. Tyree - Turn Up The Bass 16. Raven Maize - Forever Together 17. Rhythim Is Rhythim - The Dance 18. 2 In A Room - Somebody In The House Say Yeah! 19. Casanova's Revenge - I Cant Take It 20. Corporation Of One - The Real Life 21. Blaze - Cant Win For Losin' 22. Adeva - In & Out Of My Life Mix courtesy of Testpressing https://testpressing.wordpress.com