Ain't no stopping: 9 DJs reveal their favourite Ibiza afterparties

We've all been there: the main party's over but there's still plenty of fuel left in the tank. So, where next? The afterparty. And there's not many better places for a carry-on than Ibiza, so we spoke to some of the island's finest DJs to find out their favourite afterparties.

"I played the ENTER. afterparty at No Name after the opening this season. It's got a really, really cool vibe and there's no bullshit. I played with my best friend Randy [Randall M] who also played at ENTER. with me. We had about three or four hours at the beginning playing really deep, groovy house tunes, which is the total opposite to ENTER. It was like two extremes. Tale Of Us and Richie [Hawtin] were playing as well.

"Randy and I left ENTER. at about 9am and stayed up until 4pm, when the afterparty started, partying on a little bit. That's usually my shift, even if it's not directly after the main party. There were some dudes at the beginning, obviously partying on from wherever they'd been as well. They were a group of Italians shouting 'harder, harder, harder', but this was 4pm in the afternoon when people are swimming and kids are there! They kept asking us to take photos of them and passing us cigarettes but at least they were enjoying themselves. Unfortunately they've stopped the parties at No Name, including tINI's, so we were lucky to get that one in."

Bella Sarris plays ENTER. at Space on September 3 and 17

"It was the first-year Paradise opening and we had this massive villa on the edge of a cliff looking over Es Vedra. There was no balcony at all: it just went off the edge of the cliff! Me, Jamie [Jones] and Richy [Ahmed] played from 11am until midnight and it was mainly all the Paradise lot, but I think Seth [Troxler] was there. I was meant to leave the villa at 11pm to catch a flight to play Hideout Festival [in Croatia] the next day. But because this party was so far away and I didn't have a clue where it was, my mate who was supposed to drive me got lost and couldn't find me. I found him in the end and rushed to the airport but missed the flight by about a second. I ended up missing Hideout completely!"

wAFF plays Paradise at DC-10 on September 16 and 23

"As far as afterparties this year, because I'm really busy, the only one I've done was at the villa I'm staying at above Destino in Talamanca. It was after my first Circoloco gig this summer at DC-10. We ended up bringing 200 people back. Andrea Oliva, Solomun, Lauren Lane and Guy Gerber were a few DJs that came and it was mostly people you know and friends of friends. We have a group chat on our phones and if you're not in that, you can't come in. It was a 30-hour affair from 1am to 7pm the next day. We just selected the people we wanted to bring back and it was quite tight and secure with wristbands. It's kind of the vibe that's going on in Ibiza now. It's just word of mouth because you don't want to risk the police shutting you down.

"Music-wise it was really deep and downtempo and really nice and groovy daytime music. There wasn't any really funny moments, just memorable moments with people you meet and and connecting with. From that point of view it was amazing. The way you meet people and you connect instantly is a great experience. This is why we do what we do. It brings people together and it's all about being open and yourself. That's basically it for me in terms of afterparties. I've got New Year's Eve and one more party where I can let go."

Nicole Moudaber plays Music Is Revolution at Space on August 25

"I did an afterparty with Loco Dice about two years ago in a villa overlooking Es Vedra. This was looking to be the official afterparty but eventually it got shut down. It went from about 5am until 7am with around four or five hundred people. That was probably one of the nicest afterparties I've done because it had nothing to do with what I play at Space, DC-10 or Music On at Amnesia. You can play some really epic stuff you don't really get to play.

"As cool as afterparties are, some people can get over excited. There was a guy who poured half a pint of lager over the CD player without even realising. Once he noticed the music had gone off, he realised he was ruining the party! It was funny at one stage but if we only had one CD player, there would have been no mixing!"

Carl Cox plays his Music Is Revolution party at Space on August 25, September 8, 15 and 22

"My favourite afterparty was last summer at a Project London rave in a secret cove near Cala Vadella. We were driving around in the middle of nowhere for what felt like hours trying to find it, when all of a sudden we rounded a corner and nearly drove straight into a convoy of cars all parked up at the edge of a cliff. You had to walk down some ridiculously steep steps before you reached the beach and a few of us nearly stacked it on the way down. The party was already kicking off with a huge soundsystem and a bar set up. The surroundings were breathtaking and the music from the Project London crew was ace. There's a real workers' community in Ibiza so it was so good to see all the workers raving together after a long nights graft. As the sun came up a beautiful rainbow appeared before melting into the middle of the sea. Everyone just stopped dancing to watch it: a proper Ibiza moment! The worst part was climbing back up those steps after raving in a cove for 10 hours. Not cool but definitely worth it!"

Sam Divine plays Together at Amnesia on September 1 and 22

"My best afterparty was after Paradise about two years ago. It was on a warship just outside Es Vedrà and went on for about 18 hours. It had a pool, a wicked soundsystem and its own bedrooms. We were going to have to close it down at one time because the fuel cost was so high. But then Naomi Campbell came on so, in the end, there were about six or seven of us that paid for more fuel. It was pretty surreal.

"Me, Jamie [Jones], wAFF and Luca C all played. Cara Delevingne was another celebrity who was there, too. It was a mission to get to so it separated the wheat from the chaff. One surreal moment was when I was playing and Jamie was coming over to the ship on a speedboat when the sun was setting! It was pretty bizarre."

Richy Ahmed plays Paradise at DC-10 on August 26, September 2 and 23

"I can remember one at Ushuaïa with Luciano and Mirko Loko playing back-to-back and it was amazing. It wasn't full but the vibe was perfect for the time of day and afterparty atmosphere. The music was completely trippy. It was about two or three years ago when Luciano was in a super high moment and was playing a lot of different music to what he'd play at night. There was another where I was playing a private afterparty and I remember girls walking around without any tops on. You find a lot of different, strange and special people at afterparties. My top three afterparty DJs would probably be Sven Väth in first place, Luciano or Ricardo [Villalobos] in second and Jamie Jones in third."

Uner plays ANTS at Ushuaïa on August 29, September 19 and 26

"The best one was four years ago in the second year I played for The Zoo Project at Privilege. They had an amazing villa not far from Amnesia, hidden on the hill because they don't want everyone going there. It was just for people close to them and the DJs that play. I met Anthea [Nzekwu] and Julietta [Zoo Project resident] and from this we became really good friends. At one point we started to cook sausages and stuff and it was a bit too much! We started around 6am and it lasted until the afternoon. At some point people were just laying around but someone was always keeping it going. Everyone was taking it in turns. Of course there were plenty of funny moments but I probably shouldn't say. Things happen in afterparties that maybe you don't want to tell! It was just really good having deep conversations with people I'd just met and that was really important with my relationship with Anthea and Julietta who I play with quite a bit."

Dana Ruh plays The Zoo Project at Benimussa Park on August 22 and Cocoon at Amnesia on September 14
[Photo: Marie Staggat]

"It was the Kave last year on a Tuesday morning, after DC-10 on the Monday. Damian Lazaurus, Ricardo [Villalobos] and Livio [from Livio & Roby] were playing and that's who I went down with. I was asked to play but I didn't have any USBs or CDs with me. All I had was my Traktor setup and I didn't want to do the whole Traktor thing at a party like that. I just hung out, mainly with Damian, and a few friends. I really loved it there, it's insane. It's kind of like a modern, new era hippy sort of vibe. It reminds me of a sleazy jazz bar in New York in the way it's so hazy and steamy. They were giving out cigarettes and drinks and walking around making sure everyone was comfortable and had everything they needed. Where on earth gives out cigarettes!? Not many people know about it so it's best not to say where it is. I knew half the people there so it was a very comfortable environment. There's a big, smoking caterpillar outside like you see in Alice In Wonderland. Afterparties don't always go with the word 'comfortable'. Sometimes they can be abit edgy, a bit sketchy or a bit dry, but this place is super cool."

Steve Lawler plays VIVa Warriors at Sankeys Ibiza on August 30, September 6, 13 and 19