Music - Eivissa, Illes Balears, Spain
Monza Club Ibiza is a descendent of the legendary Monza Club in Frankfurt, founded in 1999 by Patrik Dechent and Thomas Koch (aka Get Physical's DJ T., and the former editor of Groove magazine). Monza first arrived in Ibiza in 2002 when the club hosted two nights at Cocoon's celebrated party at Amnesia; in 2003, Cocoon gave Monza four nights to work their magic.2005 marked the beginning of the real Monza Ibiza story, as Dechent and his new partner Ariel Giordano Dotti - a veteran of El Divino, Cocoon, and Roger Sanchez' Release Yourself party - launched a new weekly on Thursday at the storied Penelope, routinely drawing 1500 partygoers.In 2006, Monza moved to Space, where they increased their public and earned a top slot in Ibiza's contentious pecking order thanks to a buoyant, celebratory vibe and lineups presenting the kind of advanced musical fare that remained a rarity elsewhere on the island. In its first two years of operations, Monza counts Heidi - well known for her respected Monza Club Ibiza compilation for Get Physical - Troy Pierce and Trentemøller among the artists it introduced to an island still stuck in a diva-house loop.Quite simply, the new Ibiza - more sophisiticated, more educated, more over-the-top, more outré-couldn't have happened without Monza.