032 Now we are talking about the present. What is your assessment of your residency - NOW HERE - last year at Hï Ibiza? Did it meet your expectations? Normally I don’t like to have expectations, my father raised me telling me this: if you don’t have expectations you don’t have disappointments, what you have to do is to work hard constantly to achieve your goals in life. That is precisely what I did last season at Hï!! Since we announced the residency everyone told me - it was about time, you’re going to make it big! - to which I responded: the only thing I know is that I’m going to give everything to make the night work, so you have to work, and work, and I will not relax and just think that it will go well. At the end of the season, the satisfaction I had was incredible! I couldn’t believe what we had achieved on Tuesdays in the Club Room, not only in terms of capacity, but also in terms of atmosphere and the family we had created. Then I saw what Yann wrote about me at the end of the season on social media and the truth is that he moved me a lot. I would not like to say that the season met my expectations, rather I would say that at the end of the season I was very happy and very satisfied with what we had achieved. How did this first residency and Paco’s own party in Ibiza come about? What are the main fears that an artist faces when faced with the challenge of developing his own concept? Well, to be honest, we had the project prepared for 2020 in another room, but Covid appeared and everything changed. When we were able to plan the season again, we got the option to do it at Hï! And honestly it was the best decision I’ve ever made in my life. The team and how they made me feel - so loved from the beginning - for me it was the real success of the season, without feeling that love from all of them I could not have had the same results. I have always said that when you feel loved is when you give your best, it is the greatest motivation. And yes, you obviously have fears, fear of failure, fear of not being able to connect with the public. But as I’ve been DJing in Ibiza since 1999, even though I was afraid, I was also very sure of what I had to do and how I had to do it. What can we expect from NOW HERE in 2023? What things would you improve from last year? What’s new? I think lately the clubbing scene has neglected the importance of music and the passion for mixing. Today there are other factors that the public likes, the DJ’s interaction with them, the visual show, etc. It’s like the music isn’t the main thing. And we want to give priority to that again, to innovation in music and DJing. I could never understand going to a club just to see the show of the visuals or the show of the DJ interacting with the audience. I grew up visiting clubs to learn from the DJ, both the technique and the music and that is what we at NOW HERE want to promote. I’m not interested in big names that sell tickets, I’m interested in artists that contribute something to music and the world of DJing. Therefore, in terms of what is new, we have new artists that I think will bring more musical richness to the Club Room. What have you based on when choosing the artists to accompany you? What can you tell us about them? As I mentioned before, everything is based on the music and the DJ as an artist. All the DJs, both from last season and this one, have been part of NOW HERE because I have personally seen them play live and I know their work. Not a single one of them is in the line-up due to status or because they sell tickets, I am 95% sure that they will all do very well from minute one, so that the people have fun and enjoy the music. As our motto says: WE CARE ABOUT MUSIC. PACO OSUNA PACO OSUNA PA How many people work for NOW HERE? It’s crucial to have a great team behind it for a party like this to work, right? The truth is that we have a great team. It is not so much the quantity but rather that everyone involved in the project believes in it and feels it is their own. When, whatever the job, you feel that it is yours and that you are part of the project, that is when you get more involved and give more of yourself. Going to play at a club as a guest is not the same as going to play at a party where you feel part of the team and identified, that’s why I want the guests to feel NOW HERE as part of them. This isn’t just Paco Osuna’s party, it’s the party of a group of DJs who have - more or less - the same vision and idea of what a club night is. What you can expect from NOW HERE this year is the same as last year: work, dedication, effort and above all respect for music.
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