Half a century of Amnesia, the Ibiza nightclub created by a philosopher to forget everything and change the history of electronic music
50 years ago, the Workshop of Forgetting was founded on this Mediterranean island, a social experiment by Antonio Escohotado that would end up becoming, already in this century, one of the best clubs in the world.
Recalling half a century is not easy, but it's even harder to forget, especially if it's filled with epic nights in an unusual place like Ibiza, where every day, for half a year, the best DJs in the world spin records. This is the case of the Amnesia nightclub, which in 2026 is turning 50 and is celebrating in style, bringing to light part of its incredible history, inevitably linked to the hedonistic legend of the Pitiusas.
And this particular island is like the Spanish Woodstock, a kind of dream loaded with nostalgia, a piece of land famous worldwide that legends like Freddie Mercury chose to celebrate parties that are still remembered today. "Anyone who's been on the island for many years will tell you that any past time was better, but from an economic and international impact perspective, since the pandemic, it hasn't stopped growing.
The clubs are making more money than ever, the DJs are more famous than ever, and the island is immersed in a growth that can be excessive," explains a public relations expert who has worked on the ground for a long time.
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