Biography
1956, Spain. Padilla’s name is synonymous with Ibiza’s famous beach-side bar, the Café Del Mar, where he was the resident DJ for more than 15 years. Although no longer there, he remains an Ibizan institution playing at various venues on the island every summer and all over Europe during the rest of the year. Not an archetypal superstar DJ (he was voted number 100 in DJ magazine’s Top 100 of the world’s DJs), he is an unsung hero to many and certainly the original chill out DJ. His sets at the Café Del Mar, which, like the bar itself, used the sunset as their focal point, have become part of clubbers’ folklore. Padilla crafted the quintessential sunrise soundtrack, providing the perfect antidote to the ferocious ‘four-to-the-floor’ (slang for the traditional time signature of house) energy of the island’s other clubs. His style ranges freely through classic funk, ethereal house, contemporary ambient music,...
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