“Guests might want a precursor before a night out at Pacha, or they might stay with their feet in the sand, eating grilled fish,” says McCabe. The music curation and entertainment programming is where Tong comes in with his subtle selection. Patricia Galdón Studio and the in-house design team collaborated with local artisans to create a “home from home” with a bar, restaurant area and beach club that looks out over Migjorn beach. Reflecting that low-key mood, Casa Pacha Formentera offers just 14 rooms, each fitted with vast beds, polished-concrete floors, top-notch AV systems, natural wood and soothing sage, terracotta and pale-grey hues. It attracts a mature, wealthy, footloose crowd who might now be more inclined to rise early for qigong sessions than to salute daybreak on the dancefloor of DC10. The “dune” beaches, crystalline waters, cycling and hiking make it a haven. The quiet shores of Formentera (the 82sq km island is a 35-minute ferry ride from Ibiza) are protected by nature and marine reserves. In 1991 I played at Space and have been back every year, with the exception of 2020.įlowerhead (Spencer Parker Gun For Hire Remix) “All the big UK clubs had residencies within the clubs. In those days you played for free, and some nights worked, others did not – I got kicked off Amnesia in 15 minutes,” he laughs. “Every summer is like the Olympics or World Cup final of music. He first visited in the ’80s with a group of DJ mates who were on a mission to make a name for themselves. Tong, who began his career running a mobile-disco van in Kent, has seen the sweaty underbelly of the White Isle as well as its sublime side. I have a long relationship with Pacha, going back to the late 1980s and 1990s, and there was no one looking at the brand with first-hand experience from the DJ perspective.” Tong is unifying its sonic vision with, among other things, a soon-to-be-relaunched record label. Of course, what with him being a Geordie in Las Vegas and me being in LA via Kent,” smiles Tong. Their mutual connections and networks intertwine back over the years. Tong, who was based in Los Angeles for seven years before moving back to the UK in 2020, and McCabe, who lives between Los Angeles and Ibiza, have been plotting the venture remotely during the pandemic. “The wealth of insight he could offer was massive,” says McCabe. Now 60 and a multimillionaire, Tong was invited to this bricks-and-mortar party by Pacha Group CEO Nick McCabe, a well-seasoned fortysomething hospitality entrepreneur who oversaw the international expansion of the Hakkasan Group of dining, nightlife and hotel brands as its CEO from 2017 to 2019.
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