15/06/2026
Some of my best ever holiday memories began in the summer of 1994, stepping off a plane onto an island I knew only through stories and mixtapes. A dirt-cheap Club 18-30 package holiday, a pocket full of saved-up cash, and absolutely no idea what was waiting for me.
Sunrise pouring through the roof and glass at Amnesia and Ku. The supersonic roar of planes heard overhead on the Terrace at Space on a Sunday daytime. Incredible long nights at Pacha. Long afternoons recovering by the pool before going to watch the sunset at Cafe Del Mar and then doing it all over again. An island that still felt beautifully unpolished, where the dance floors were the only destinations.
No VIP culture. No phones held aloft. Just records, people and moments that seemed to stretch on forever. I was bitten with the bug and returned many times after that.
The next ‘Surface Noise’ radio show is a journey back to that feeling. A collection of sounds, memories and half-forgotten postcards from an Ibiza that exists now mostly in photographs, stories and the grooves of old records.
A love letter to Ibiza….
This Friday at 1pm on .fm
Original animation by the brilliant
