ABODE has not been a neglected subject on this platform by any means and as many reporters from Data Transmission enjoyed their ‘ABODE’ adventure, my colleague Frank, and myself had our own. He knows well what the ABODE family stands for, I, on the other hand, faced my first encounter with them. So I am going to review this from the eyes of a foreigner entering the humble ABODE.
After 2016 summer season in Ibiza, where ABODE had more of a warm up residency at Sankeys every Wednesday, Sundays were now given to them to replace Viva Warriors in 2017. The replacement was a success and as an active worker on the island, I kept hearing about the crazy Sunday nights at Sankeys.
The Ibiza summer, for a worker, can easily seem just a few intense months and as crazy August vanished from the calendar I noticed that the closings were just around the corner. I couldn’t miss out another ABODE event, especially with Frank constantly telling me how much I was missing out.
The expectations were high so we sorted out our guest list for the 10th of September’s ABODE usual encounter with their fans at Sankeys. After that, I went the next week, the 17th and had even more fun because it only took one encounter with them to feel like I was part of the family, so I wanted more. It’s not usual at Data Transmission to review two events in one but first of all, I don’t want to tell you what you already know and second of all, I think that the combination of both was my full experience and only in this way I can explain how I comprehended the ABODE concept.
My first observation was that, despite the separation of two main rooms in Sankeys, The Basement and The Lab, ABODE is not about segregating different musical styles during the event. Therefore it is not about separating people with different tastes, no, it’s not about that. At ABODE I learned it’s about the DJ itself, it’s about style and musical personality. Their resident DJs move along the line up sharing warm-ups and closings with no difficulties, it’s beautiful how the programming permits you to actually know the event’s DJs in every circumstance of the party. ABODE juggles with its DJs permitting them to prove themselves in every way. Throughout the two nights, I have seen the same DJs open and close the night, I have seen them B2B with other DJs, or clearing the path for other artists, you never know what to expect.
Ana Raisa (https://datatransmission.co/club-review/reviewed-abode-10th-17th-september/)
