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Cocoon is a record label from Frankfurt run by German DJ Sven Vath, specialising in techno. Every Monday Cocoon host a club night at Amnesia in Ibiza and as official media sponsor of Cocoon Ibiza Beatportal will be uploading content throughout the summer of 2008 including interviews, videos, DJ charts and Cocoon news.

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Video: Sven Vath on Cocoon’s 9th Ibiza season

20 November, 2008 | 9.27AM

Written by: Terry Church
Filed under: Videos: cocoon recordings, sven vath

Ibiza was once again ruled by Cocoon’s spectacular parties at Amnesia club this summer, and as official media partner the Beatportal team produced some great content to support the night which you can view here.

In this final wrap up video interview, the big boss of Cocoon Recordingshttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_l.gif, Sven Vathhttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gif himself, reveals all his thoughts and feelings on what must have been an exhausting 2008.

The video coincides with the release of Cocoon’s ‘The Sound of the Ninth Season’ mix compilation, mixed by Sven, which you can preview after the jump.

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Richie Hawtin on Cocoon Ibiza

24 July, 2008 | 1.34AM

Written by: Industry Boy
Filed under: Music News: cocoon recordings

Along with Ricardo Villalobos and Sven Väth, Richie Hawtinhttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gif is resident DJ of Cocoon in Ibiza.

Here’s what Richie had to say about his residency at Ibiza’s biggest techno night.

Video interview with Sven Väth

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16 July, 2008 | 4.50PM

Written by: Sarah O
Filed under: Music News: cocoon recordings sven vath

Frankfurt-based Cocoon Recordings’ label boss Sven Väth discusses his 2008 tour and release of ‘The Sound of the 8th Season’ in this video interview.

In German with English subtitles, this short interview touches on his inspiration for this album, which includes personal highlights of the summer Ibiza season and the fresh impulses and new talents that are so prominent during the summer months.

Download the podcast and find out for yourself what Sven’s got to say.

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Richie Hawtin: how to organize a digital music collection

16 July, 2008 | 9.34AM

Written by: Industry Boy
Filed under: Music News:

How does Richie Hawtinhttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gif, one of the biggest techno DJs in the world, organize his expansive digital music collection?

Beatportal caught up with Richie Hawtin in Ibiza before his set at Cocoon in Amnesia to find out.

Sven Väth DJ skills

10 July, 2008 | 1.35PM

Written by: The Last Real DJ Alive
Filed under: Videos: amnesia, skills, sven vath

Sven Vathhttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gif is the Godfather of German techno, and he’s learnt a thing or two about mixing vinyl in his past.

Check out his record flipping skills in this video – can you do it faster or smoother?

Top Track: Len Faki ‘Death By House’

10 July, 2008 | 9.02AM

Written by: Zack Rico
Filed under: Music News: len faki

Once or twice a year in dance music, a nasty techno throbber gets dropped on the fiery dancefloors of Ibiza and later becomes an anthem around the world.

Audion’s 2006 smash ‘Mouth To Mouth’ is a prime example of how Ibiza’s club scene is used as a testing ground for future hits—the track was played at Space and DC10, before later blowing up around the world.

Now Len Faki’s ‘Death By House’ comes, a track that has been huge at Cocoon at Amnesia every Monday since the beginning of the season, and is destined to be a future global hit.

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Sebastien Ingrosso and Steve Angello love Cocoon

27 June, 2008 | 12.38AM

Written by: Zack Rico
Filed under: Music News: cocoon recordings sebastien ingrosso steve angello

On Monday night Beatportal spotted Swedish house duo Sebastien Ingrosso and Steve Angellohttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gif milling about the VIP area.

I asked them why they were at Cocoon, which is on the whole, a straight up techno night.

Magda’s thoughts on Ibiza

26 June, 2008 | 12.53PM

Written by: Zack Rico
Filed under: Music News: magda

At Ibiza’s Amnesia club on Monday we bumped into Polish-born minimal/techno DJ Magdahttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gif at Cocoon.

As part of the Minushttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gif http://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_l.gif crew, Magda is considered one of the top techno DJs in the world, so I asked her what she thinks of Ibiza.

“I love Ibiza,” she says.

“It is a little cheesy on some parts of the island but every time I play here people seem so happy and excited to be here which, for a DJ, makes it very fun to play.

“Plus at Cocoon, I can play what I want which is important.”

After the break there’s a video filmed from the DJ booth in Amnesia’s terrace of Magda dropping a super-hot new Marc Houle track!

Richie Hawtin rocks Cocoon @ Amnesia, Ibiza

26 June, 2008 | 5.40AM

Written by: Zack Rico
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On Monday night Richie Hawtinhttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gif and his Minushttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_l.gif techno family rocked Amnesia club in Ibiza.

Here’s a video I filmed from the DJ booth of Richie dropping a bomb of a track, before the club’s famous ice cannon explodes onto the dancefloor.

Ibiza 2008: Meet Amnesia’s dancers

24 June, 2008 | 6.11AM

Written by: Christen Reutens
Filed under: Music News: dancers

I think she said her name was Francesca but I couldn’t hear properly over the booming techno of Amnesia’s main room.

As one of Amnesia’s many dancers, this Chilean girl will spend her summer nights in Ibiza dancing until the early hours seven days a week.

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Cocoon announces summer line-up for Amnesia Ibiza

5 June, 2008 | 9.41AM

Written by: Zack Rico
Filed under: Music News: amnesia cocoon recordings

Last year Cocoon smashed away all expectations with a superb series of weekly parties at Ibiza’s Amnesia club.

Many clubbers and DJs on the island proclaimed Cocoon to be one of the best club nights in Ibiza, and with a killer line-up of top techno talent, Cocoon looks set to rule Ibiza once again this summer.

This year Sven Vathhttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gif and his resident DJ friends Richie Hawtinhttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gif and Ricardo Villaloboshttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gif are playing under the banner ‘Disco Invaders’ with a suitably weird Star Wars style theme [check out the artwork above!].

Beatport is proud to be an official sponsor of Cocoon Ibiza and as official media partner Beatportal will be uploading Cocoon content throughout the summer live and direct from the island, including exclusive videos, interviews, DJ charts, news and upfront track IDs straight from Amnesia’s dancefloor.

You’ll be able to tune into the wacky world of Cocoon Ibiza at: beatportal.com/cocoon

For now, here’s the full DJ line-up for Cocoon Ibiza. It’s nothing but quality techno, tech house, minimal and deep house.

There’s also an amazing eight minute video after the break of Sven Väth destroying Amnesia’s main dancefloor [with the help of Amnesia’s ice cannon].

Sven Vath looking superbly 1980s

29 May, 2008 | 8.57AM

Written by: Zack Rico
Filed under: Videos: sven vath

Sven Vathhttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gif is one of our heroes and after watching this fabulous video from 1987 of Sven performing the pop song ‘Step By Step’ live on Italian national TV we love him even more.

This live perfomance is taken from the TV show Festival Bar ‘87 and shows the boss of Cocoon prancing about on stage, singing and dancing like a proper pop star (in superb 1980s attire).

Sven owned that stage, and even back then you can tell that the trendy techno DJ was destined to be a star.

Sven Vath brings the Freakshow down under

4 March, 2008 | 9.09AM

Written by: ross_annabel
Filed under: Music News: sven vath

It was the perfect venue for a night of unadulterated madness.

Melbourne’s newly renovated Queen’s Bridge Hotel is a dark haven for late night hedonists, and what better djs to fit the bill than the triumphant triumvirate that was Sven Vathhttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gif, Steve Bughttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gif and Gui Borattohttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gif.