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In this raw, emotional, and deeply honest episode of The Dexter Jones Podcast, I sit down with my longtime friend Emmalena for what is, without doubt, one of the most important conversations I have ever recorded.

Once a familiar face within Ibiza’s community during the 2000s, Emmalina is now a senior nurse prescriber working in addiction recovery within the UK prison system. She has been sober for 15 years. We have both walked similar paths, and this conversation comes from a place of shared experience, trust, and deep respect.

We talk openly about the madness and magic of Ibiza between 2000 and 2010, the drinking culture that blurred invisible lines, and the moments when control quietly slipped away. Emmalena shares the turning points that led to rock bottom, including the morning she woke up with sick in her hair and a tongue swollen “like a tennis ball”, and the events that eventually led her to sobriety in Sweden.

This episode also focuses on what came after. Life beyond addiction. Parenting, purpose, rebuilding identity, and dedicating a career to helping others recover. Emmalina speaks candidly about recovery, the role of Alcoholics Anonymous, and why the 12 steps are not a cult, but a framework that can genuinely change lives.

This is not an episode about shame.

If you have ever struggled with alcohol, questioned your relationship with drinking, or loved someone who has, this conversation is for you.

🎧 Take your time with this one.

🌴 Ibiza life between 2000 and 2010

🍺 Drinking culture, blackouts, and crossing invisible lines

🤒 Losing control and hitting rock bottom

🇸🇪 Finding sobriety and recovery in Sweden

🩺 Life after addiction: parenting and professional purpose

🙏 Why AA isn’t a cult and how the 12 steps work

❤️ Healing, forgiveness, and long-term recovery

⚠️ Trigger warning:

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True Stories From the White Isle 🤣 Welcome to the side of Ibiza you won’t find in the travel brochures...

In this episode of the One More Tune podcast, Dexter Jones dives into the downright bizarre moments that clubbers, DJs, and island workers have experienced over the years.

All stories were shared inside the legendary Ibiza Workers 2000–2010 Facebook group, and trust us, you couldn’t make this stuff up.

From pet humans to Space shenanigans, this is Ibiza uncensored, told by the people who lived it.

💬 Got a weird Ibiza memory?

Drop it in the comments, and you might make it into Vol. 2!

In this episode of The Dexter Jones Podcast, I sit down with Judge Jules, one of the most influential and enduring figures in dance music culture, to unpack a career defined by reinvention.

Before becoming a household name, Jules was promoting unlicensed warehouse raves during the raw, formative years of the UK rave scene. What followed was a decades-long journey through global DJ residencies, BBC Radio 1, and the creation of Judgement Sundays, Ibiza’s longest-running weekly party.

We talk candidly about rising through the ranks with Gatecrasher and Cream, shaping the sound and identity of San Antonio, and what it really takes to stay relevant as scenes, audiences, and technology change. Jules also opens up about retraining as a music lawyer while still DJing at the highest level, and why adaptability has been the key to his longevity.

This is not a nostalgia interview.

If you care about UK rave history, Ibiza club culture, or how artists adapt and endure, this episode delivers real insight.

🎧 Take your time with this one.

🏭 Promoting unlicensed warehouse raves in early UK dance culture

🎧 Rising through Gatecrasher, Cream, and global DJ residencies

🏝️ Building Judgement Sundays into Ibiza’s longest-running weekly night

📻 Life behind the scenes at BBC Radio 1

⚖️ Retraining as a music lawyer alongside a DJ career

🔄 Staying relevant across decades in electronic music

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In this episode of The Dexter Jones Podcast, I sit down with my Ibiza mentor Dean (Shminky DJ), one of the key figures behind Shipwrecked, the Dirty Rotten DJs, and the infamous Slut Party that defined San Antonio’s underground worker-led scene in the 2000s.

This is a raw, hilarious, and often outrageous conversation that captures a side of Ibiza that simply could not exist today. From pirate radio roots and early garage scenes to DJ booths in Manumission’s ladies’ toilets, Dean shares the unfiltered truth behind the parties that shaped a generation.

We relive the rise of Shipwrecked boat parties, the moment “we need a bigger boat” became a movement, and the worker culture that kept Ibiza alive long after the clubs closed. There are stories of lock-ins, winter Ibiza survival, and nights that blurred into mornings, all before social media and corporate control changed the island forever.

This episode is not revisionist nostalgia.

If you lived it, missed it, or want to understand the madness that was pre-social media Ibiza, this one delivers.

🎧 Take your time with this one.

🥾 Getting kicked out of Space Ibiza with mum in tow

🎧 Pirate radio, garage roots, and going digital

🏴‍☠️ The birth of Shipwrecked and the rise of Ibiza boat parties

👯 Worker-led parties that could never happen today

🚺 DJ booths inside Manumission’s ladies’ toilets

🎉 The Dirty Rotten Slut Party and inclusive club culture

🏝️ Winter Ibiza, lock-ins, and community survival

🔮 Why some parties and eras cannot come back

00:00 Intro

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If all the world’s a stage, then why were all the clowns in Ibiza?"

One legendary pub might hold the answer... Welcome to my insight into The Ship Inn, the infamous workers’ pub at the top of San Antonio's West End. Before it became "The Champion-Ship" this year, this place was pure chaos, community, and culture. I lived above it. I managed it. It was our second home. We created insane parties in it.

And honestly, this Ibiza pub changed the direction of my life. From the iconic sign on the wall, the job board that launched a thousand Ibiza summers, Shipwrecked, to the wild post-shift madness from 4–6 AM, this video is a deep dive into the history, heart, and soul of one of Ibiza’s most important Ibiza-worker landmarks.

Whether you remember snakebite & black, poker nights, or microwaved Pukka pies at 3AM, this one’s for you.

And if you don’t, you’re about to discover why The Ship Inn meant so much to so many.

#Ibiza #ShipInnIbiza #SanAntonioIbiza

Visit "The Championship" at the very top of the West End.

📍 Placa S' Era d'En Manya 3, 07820, Sant Antoni de Portmany, Ibiza Spain

In this Ibiza Worker Special of The Dexter Jones Podcast, we sit down with Ed Lynam to talk about Ibiza, trance music, and the wild, formative days of San Antonio’s West End.

From his first season working on the island in 2004 to becoming a regular name on the European trance circuit, Ed shares a candid, funny, and deeply nostalgic account of Ibiza life before it changed forever. From Curry Club shifts to early DJ sets, this is a story many Ibiza workers will instantly recognise.

We talk about worker culture pre-Brexit, Shipwrecked boat parties, Es Paradis nights, and the friendships that defined entire summers. The conversation also moves forward into the evolution of trance, the realities of building a DJ career in the digital era, and what the future holds for the scene.

Ed also reflects on working alongside and being influenced by artists such as Lange, Armin van Buuren, and Scot Project, as well as the enduring legacy of Robert Miles and why Children still hits decades later.

This is not a polished highlight reel.

If you’ve ever worked a season, loved trance, or still feel the pull of the island, this episode will resonate.

🎧 Take your time with this one.

🌴 Working in Ibiza before Brexit

🍛 Curry Club days and worker life

🏴‍☠️ Shipwrecked boat parties

🎧 First Ibiza DJ sets and building confidence

🪩 Es Paradis and San Antonio memories

🔊 The evolution of trance music

📱 Social media and DJ growth today

🎶 Collaborating with Lange

🌌 Trance legends and lasting influences

❤️ Robert Miles’ legacy and Children

00:00 Intro, birthday chat, and Aquarius link

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What was it really like living in Ibiza during its golden years? In this emotional and brutally honest episode of the One More Tune podcast, we look back at a time that shaped not only a lifestyle but a generation.

Dexter Jones reflects on living in Ibiza, from arriving with nothing but a suitcase and a gut feeling, to finding purpose, community, and a new family.

From working in San Antonio's West End to partying at legendary worker parties, Space, DC-10, Manumission, and Bora Bora, this is a story of love, madness, music, and the Ibiza worker culture that defined the 2000s.

You’ll hear stories about 6AM boat parties like Shipwrecked, wild club nights, and the deep friendships formed during endless seasons in San Antonio, Ibiza.

We talk about what made that era of Ibiza nightlife so raw and magical -before Instagram, before Brexit, before smartphones.

Whether you lived it, dreamt of it, or want to know what living and working in Ibiza was truly like, this episode will take you there.

💔 Dedicated to the friends we’ve lost along the way.

#livinginibiza #ibiza #ibizasummer

In this episode of The Dexter Jones Podcast, I sit down with Mark Doyle, the creator and founder of Hed Kandi, to tell the full story of one of dance music’s most influential global brands.

Hed Kandi was more than a record label. It became a cultural movement that soundtracked a generation, from instantly recognisable artwork to packed dancefloors across the world. For the first time, Mark shares a first-hand, unfiltered account of how the brand was built, the ambition behind its expansion, the realities of corporate pressure, and the legal battles that ultimately changed everything.

We go right back to Mark’s early career at Jazz FM, the creation of New Cool, and the moment Jason Brooks’ artwork helped define a visual identity that became iconic. From there, we follow Hed Kandi’s rapid rise, international success, and its move to Ibiza, including the defining years at El Divino.

This is not a highlight reel.

If you lived through the era, danced to the compilations, or want to understand how a music brand really scales and fractures, this episode matters.

🎧 Take your time with this one.

🎙️ Early career at Jazz FM

🎨 New Cool and the first Jason Brooks artwork

🎶 The birth of Hed Kandi

🌍 Global expansion and international success

📻 Radio promotion and early Hed Kandi parties

🏝️ Moving the brand to Ibiza

🪩 El Divino and the Hed Kandi Ibiza era

🏢 Corporate acquisition and internal conflict

⚖️ Legal battles and their aftermath

🔮 The future of Hed Kandi

00:00 Introduction and early career at Jazz FM

Mark Doyle and Hed Kandi now present a weekly two-hour radio show across Mixcloud, DAB, and podcast platforms.

▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/hedkandi

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🇭🇷  Is Croatia The New Ibiza 

🎙 It’s completely impartial, honest and comes from my own personal experience, and NOT the BS copy-and-pasted clickbait garbage articles that get published year in, year out by mainstream media.

💭 My thoughts will, hopefully,  bring you up to speed with both popular dance music locations. 📍

Both these destinations are world-class, but they are NOT the same, and that’s a good thing.

In this video, I break down the real differences between Croatia and Ibiza: energy, culture, venues, prices, music styles, travel logistics, and why Croatia isn’t trying to be Ibiza... because it doesn’t need to be.

This one’s for the ravers, the festival lovers, Ibiza lovers, Croatia lovers and the curious souls - and anyone tired of clickbait headlines and mainstream media hype. 

If you want a more educated opinion on this story, you’re in the right place.

#Ibiza #CroatiaFestivals #DanceMusicCulture

In this episode of The Dexter Jones Podcast, I sit down with Rob Tissera, one of the most important and authentic voices to emerge from UK rave and club culture.

Rob sits right at the heart of the story. From the first wave of acid house to illegal warehouse parties, early club residencies, and moments that would change his life forever, this is one of the rawest, funniest, and most original accounts of the UK underground you’ll hear.

We go deep into the illegal rave era. Rob shares uncensored stories from playing at The Haçienda, raving at Sunrise, DJing Blackburn warehouse parties that ended in riots, and the night that ultimately landed him in prison. We talk sound systems built inside abandoned spaces, dodging the police, and the thin line between freedom and consequences during the wild west years of rave culture.

This is not nostalgia dressed up for clicks.

If you care about acid house, rave history, warehouse culture, or the roots of UK club music, this episode is essential.

🎧 Take your time with this one.

🔊 Discovering acid house and UK rave culture

🏭 The life-changing first trip to The Haçienda

🎧 Playing alongside DJs before they became household names

🚓 Illegal warehouse parties and dodging the police

🔧 Building sound systems inside abandoned spaces

🔒 The night that led to prison

🚗 Surviving a serious car crash

⚡ How the underground shaped modern dance music

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