Tuesday 10 July 2007

Jon Sa Trinxa Hits the Beach

Despite the island’s wild reputation, one of the essential Ibiza experiences will always be simply chilling to a selection of laidback, altogether more quirky tunes while horizontal on the beach.

Celebrated beach bar DJ Jon Sa Trinxa is a master of the genre, and his latest Space Tranquil compilation should probably secure him a role working for the Ibiza tourist board as the music just makes you want to be there!




“I’m always a bit nervous at the start of the season,” the Salinas Beach veteran tells us. “The main problem is meeting so many people again and I can’t remember anybodies names!”
When he hasn’t been playing to some of those global fans in Russia, Italy or Switzerland this winter, he’s been holed up in Ibiza, putting together a sublime selection of tunes for the latest in Azuli's range of chilled Space CDs.

“I hate the term ‘chillout DJ’ though”, he says. “I suppose people who only listen to barking mad techno must think anything below 130bpm is ‘chillout’, but I always like to throw all kinds of tracks together.”

It’s certainly much more eclectic than chilled, and with a high proportion of unusual cover versions to keep things strangely familiar and totally blissed out.
“Oh yes, there are always versions,” say Jon. “It defines part of the Balearic sound. Cover versions can be one of two things, they’re either diabolically appalling or they add to the original and bring a different perspective.”

The Tranquil mix is also not afraid to be political, opening with a DJ Day Intro that sets the tone and also featuring one of Jon’s all time favourite tunes in Ollo’s The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum) with “a message that’s over 20 years old but still relevant,” Jon nods.
Passionate message seem to work well with emotional melodies, even if the listeners are happily dozing off on the beach. But Jon thinks it’s another key ingredient behind the sound. “I like to put some kind of message in there, a bit of attitude,” he says, “otherwise it’s just flippy floppy music.”

The devotees of Sa Trinxa Bar would hate their music to be considered lightweight, and with Jon at the helm again throughout the summer, it should be the spot for those idyllic, totally Balearic if not explicitly chilled musical moments.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Great work.

Anonymous said...

last few days our group held a similar talk on this subject and you show something we haven't covered yet, thanks.

- Laura