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Australian expat Sarah Main lives in Ibiza where she’s a Pacha resident DJ all year round.

Spinning in the club’s main room two or three times a week in summer, she spents the off season months touring the world and jams in a weekly radio show on Radio FG (Sarah Main presents Pacha) every Thursday night between 9 and 10pm CET.

http://www.myspace.com/sarahmain

Skrufff: What musical styles and club trends do you expect to struggle this year? (And to die out altogether as the decade progresses?)

Sarah Main: “This industry is undeniably cyclical. New genres will come and go and the same with trends. It is like a big Ferris wheel. One style jumps off; another one jumps on. Things just get re-invented.  Obviously minimal will go back to where it belongs; to the underground. I feel that style was in a way ‘raped’ by people who did not understand it who played it solely for its ‘cool factor’. It is obvious from where I’m sitting that the current musical trend is heading towards house. Yes, yes, yes!”

Skrufff: Which countries do you expect dance music to prosper in (why?)

Sarah Main: “It will prosper in countries where dance music remains relatively new. America is the biggest. China as well. I think in America people like David Guetta in particular are bridging the gap between hip hop and dance music thus making it accessible and understood by people who normally would snub such music.”

Skrufff: And in which will it struggle? (What do you anticipate for Ibiza: for the UK, in 5 years time?)

Sarah Main: “Ibiza will be fine - it rolls with the punches, always has and always will. Ibiza is still the trend setter when it comes to electronic music, well for the masses anyway.  As for the UK, people there have done the rave scene, they have done the club scene, I am sure they are just craving something new; something fresh. The english were at the forefront of the electronic music movement so their relationship with music dance has been like a long marriage. Maybe they are just a touch bored. However, dance music is in their blood, this generation were born into it. It will never die but maybe the marriage needs a little spice. Overall, the UK is definitely in a lull and needs a good kick up the ass by some innovative promoters.”

Skrufff: How concerned are you about global warming? (Do you feel any twinges of guilt about your carbon imprint from flying so much: how prepared are you to cut back on international travel?)

Sarah Main: “Ahhhh yeah, but I planted a tree yesterday. The real question is; ‘do I stop my life for the greater good? If we all did that and lived in self sufficient mud huts would the world be saved? I do my part that fits with my life style but this is a greedy world and I believe although it starts with the individual it is the world leaders who need to set an example and make the longevity of our world their number one priority. Not likely.”

Skrufff: How comfortable are you about the longer term future for the worldwide economy? (do you take any precautions against chaos: eg storing bottle water and food? Having anywhere to escape to?)

Sarah Main: “Ibiza is my refuge - my nuclear bunker. I feel safe here even if that is a totally naïve comment. To be honest U have thought about buying a bunker in Australia and stocking up with food and supplies . . . but then I thought why the hell would you want to live in a bunker anyway? Lets try and sort out the chaos of now and see how we go.”

Skrufff: Anything else to add?

Sarah Main: “POWER TO THE PEOPLE!”

Sarah Main, Pacha Ibiza. Sarah Main presents Pacha on Radio FG: Every Thursday night 9-10pm CET.


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