Each year, several tracks dominate the sound systems here on Ibiza. Now we've reached the end of summer 2024, we have a clear picture of what those tracks were. But, still, at the end of the day, music is subjective and everybody's tastes are different...
Therefore, we put it to our clubbing team to pick their favourites, with a heavy emphasis on what has been played out on the dancefloor over the last five months.
Here are their picks. Do you agree?
PAWSA | Too Cool To Be Careless | PAWZ
picked by Lissy Lübeck
Whether you're a lover of his music or not, it’s got to be said that this track has lived rent free in everyone's heads all summer long.
Sampling Dennis Edwards' Don't Look Any Further from 1984, PAWSA's modern flip on this old classic really is a masterclass in how to produce a quality and highly successful House music anthem.
Released on his own label PAWZ in July, shortly after his other 2024 summer belter Pick Up The Phone, this undeniably catchy beat has been heard on just about every dancefloor on Ibiza this summer and will remain a track that will be played for years to come.
Hold tight whilst we wait patiently for the next PAWSA release…
Jamie Jones feat Miluhska | La Musa | Helix Records
picked by Jo Dargie
When he's not sending it on Amnesia’s Terraza every Wednesday for his Paradise residency, Jamie Jones is in the studio working on absolute bomb drops and this summer's main hitter is La Musa.
JJ bosses the grooving bassline and indelible melody on this sexy House number which sirens the dancefloor. Linking up with Miami songstress Miluhska, La Musa's swagger turns up another notch as she cuts between Spanish and English vocals for that extra pinch of spice.
Bonus points if you can name the San Antonio Bay hotel where the music video for La Musa was shot!
ANOTR feat Levan Kali | How You Feel | No Art
picked by Stephen Hunt
ANOTR can already lay claim to having a past anthem of summer for 2022's Relax My Eyes, which even had enough mileage to be pretty prevalent last summer too. Having such an accolade can often be a poison chalice, but not, seemingly, for ANOTR.
The boys from Amsterdam have gone and done it again, this time with How You Feel, which sticks to their streak of releases with original song-writing combining tight production and catchy chorus.
First heard at their early-season Pacha takeover, the ID eluded me until several weeks into the season. By that point, it was everywhere and everybody lapped it up. Of course, ANOTR ended summer with another sold-out show at 528 Ibiza.
In an age when a lot producers seem intent on stripping everything soulful out of their music at the expense of groove, groove, groove, ANOTR prove you can make widely popular music without the sacrifice - and consistently so.
Disclosure | She's Gone, Dance On | DisOrder Records
picked by Hayley Morgan
Despite only two early season dates this season on Ibiza (Defected at Ushuaïa, Circoloco at DC10), the Disclosure brothers have created what feels like the House track of the summer. Its light and breezy beginning soon breaks into vocals that feel like they hit a special spot.
It's a sing-along song with with a beat that you can help but dance along to.
The boys have certainly been busy this year, with dates including Tomorrowland in Tulum, Glastonbury and HARD AND STRANGER THAN in Los Angeles. We live in hope they make more time for their Ibiza fans in 2025.
You can catch ANOTR guest alongside Marco Carola at Music On closing party part two at Pacha on 11 October, while Jamie Jones goes back-to-back with Joseph Capriati during the extended sunrise set at Amnesia Closing Festival on 12 October.
Missed out something you feel should've got mentioned? We're not done quite yet. We'll be adding a second round of picks before the end of the week.
WORDS | by Lissy Lübeck, Jo Dargie, Stephen Hunt and Hayley Morgan
HEADER IMAGE | by Facundo Badini
