Alfredo @ Amnesia Ibiza (1989)

AMNESIA IBIZA – The birthplace of the Balearic beat. The history begins with a young philosopher Antonio Eschotado who signed a lease for the venue in the mid 1970’s. Originally named ‘The Workshop of Forgetfulness’ Escohotado’s theory is that people would be able to come to his disco and leave their worries behind, escaping from normal life. Very soon after he discovered the Greek word ‘Amnesia’ and he decided this word captured everything he wanted and more from his idea – and so the club was born. It was not until the early 1980s that house music started emerging from Chicago, soon making it’s way to Ibizan shores when at this time only very few DJs were experimenting with this new genre of music. In 1983 the club introduced a new resident DJ, known on the island as DJ Alfredo (Alfred Fiorito). Now credited with the title as the father of the sound known as the Balearic beat, freestyle mixing became permitted and DJ Alfredo’s unique ability to mix genres such as disco, pop and house created m