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| Company type | Sociedad Anónima |
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| Industry | Entertainment |
| Founded | 1973 Spain |
| Founder | Ricardo Urgell |
| Headquarters | , Spain |
| Owner | FIVE Holdings |
| Website | www |
The Pacha Group is a Spanish holding company specializing in the leisure, entertainment and hospitality businesses. It was founded in 1973 by Ricardo Urgell. [1]
The Pacha Group is a lifestyle brand involved in sectors including music, leisure, entertainment, hospitality, and fashion. The company operates the nightclub Pacha Ibiza, the hotels Destino Pacha Hotel and El Hotel Pacha, as well as the beach club Playa Pacha. It was founded in 1967 by Ricardo Urgell, and has been owned by FIVE Holdings since 2023.
In Ibiza, Pacha opened a club in 1973, and then expanded into the hotel business with El Hotel Pacha. By 1990, Pacha discotheques had opened in Madrid, Tarragona and Rio de Janeiro. The first franchisee of the Pacha brand was a nightclub in Fão, Portugal, in 1992. [2]
The first Pacha club in Argentina opened in 1993 in Buenos Aires.[ citation needed ]
The first Pacha club in Germany opened in Munich in the year 2000. [3] [4]
Pacha London opened in 2001 and closed in 2014.
Additionally, Pacha publishes annual music compilations with the Pacha branding on various Music Platforms (incl. Spotify, iTunes, Google Play Music, etc.), starting in 2008. [5] They also release tracks under their Record label 'Pacha Recordings', [6] and 'Pacha Multimedia S.L.'. [7]
Pacha's first logo was inspired by Carmen Sevilla's eye make-up. Later, in the seventies, various anagrams (of fruits) were created to distinguish various bureaucratic activities in the company internally. Finally, the image of the cherries was printed on a large number of posters to announce events and parties.
Ricardo Urgell, born in Barcelona in 1937, is the founder of Grupo Pacha. He is the grandson of Modesto Urgell. When Urgell was twenty years old, he started a water-ski school in Sitges. He then opened his first bar 'Tito's' in the same town. The name "Pachá" came from a remark made by Marisa Cobos, Urgell's first wife, who told him that with the money he was going to earn, he would be living like a Pachá (a Turkish/Ottoman Prince). The first Pacha club was Pacha Sitges, which Urgell founded together with his brother Piti Urgell.
In 2002, the Spanish Government decided to award the Gold Medal of Merit for Tourism to Ricardo Urgell.
Pacha Ibiza opened in 1973 and is the earliest superclub in Ibiza.[ citation needed ] Built in Ses Feixes and facing Ibiza Town, Pacha was designed to resemble a farmhouse. The club was featured in the 2004 film It's All Gone Pete Tong and has capacity of 3,000. [8] From 1998 to 2017, Pacha Ibiza was the venue for the DJ Awards. [9]
Artists who have performed at the club include Calvin Harris, David Guetta, Swedish House Mafia, Tiësto, Usher, Martin Garrix, Erick Morillo, Masters At Work, Roger Sanchez, Craig David, Afrojack, Alesso, will.i.am, apl.de.ap, Taio Cruz, Ludacris, Joel Corry, Jax Jones, Jonas Blue, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Steve Aoki, DJ Snake, Fatboy Slim, Oliver Heldens, Pete Tong, Frankie Knuckles, David Morales, CamelPhat, Don Diablo, Diplo, Robin Schulz, MK, Lost Frequencies, Martin Solveig, Danny Howard, Solomun, Armand van Helden, Faithless, J Balvin, Duke Dumont, Ofenbach and Melanie C.
Ibiza or Iviza is a Spanish island in the Mediterranean Sea off the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula. It is 150 kilometres from the city of Valencia. It is the third largest of the Balearic Islands in area, but the second-largest by population. Its largest settlements are Ibiza Town, Santa Eulària des Riu, and Sant Antoni de Portmany. Its highest point, called Sa Talaiassa, is 475 metres above sea level.
Peter Michael Tong is an English DJ who works for BBC Radio 1. He is the host of programmes such as Essential Mix and Essential Selection on the radio service, which can be heard through Internet radio streams, for his record label FFRR Records and for his own performances at nightclubs and music festivals. Tong has also worked as a record producer and is regarded as the "global ambassador for electronic music."
The Essential Mix is a weekly radio show on BBC Radio 1 currently broadcast between 0:00 and 2:00 a.m. UK time on Saturday morning. Originally broadcast on 30 October 1993, the Essential Mix features contemporary DJs and music producers of electronic dance music.
It's All Gone Pete Tong is a 2004 British-Canadian mockumentary-drama film about a DJ who goes completely deaf. The title uses a rhyming slang phrase used in Britain from the 1980s, referring to the BBC Radio 1 DJ Pete Tong who cameos in the film.
A superclub is a very large or superior nightclub, often with several rooms with different themes. The term was first coined in Mixmag, the British electronic dance and clubbing magazine, in 1995, referring to the new wave of clubs such as Ministry of Sound and Cream, which were dominating the English club scene.
Danny Rampling is an English house music DJ and is widely credited as one of the original founders of the UK's rave/club scene.
Steve Lawler is a British house music producer and DJ born in Birmingham, England. He is a five time DJ Awards winner and has held residences at many popular dance clubs such as Space, The End and Twilo. Because of his successful performances at Space in Ibiza, he was nicknamed "King of Space". Lawler has released several mix albums and is especially well known for his Lights Out series featured on Boxed. He currently runs the record label VIVa Music. He also founded the now defunct Harlem Records leaving a list of creditors in its wake.
Amnesia is a nightclub on the Spanish island of Ibiza. It opened in 1976 and won the title of Best Global Club in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2011 at the IDMA Awards in Miami. The club is located close to the village of San Rafael on the highway between Sant Antoni de Portmany and Ibiza Town.
DJ Awards is a celebration of electronic music, and aims to recognise and honour DJs and individuals who have influenced electronic dance music worldwide.
Daniel Desnoyers, also known by his stage name Dan D-Noy, is a Canadian DJ and owner of D-Noy Muzik. Desnoyers is the official Canada DJ for the Pacha clubs. He is best known for his song "Good World", which was a hit in Europe. Among his other original compositions, "I Said" made it to the top 10 of the Canadian Dance Chart, "Moon Sharm" in the top 40 and "4 Ladies" obtained success in the clubs of Canada.
The Annual is a series of compilation albums currently published annually by London-based electronic dance music brand Ministry of Sound. Described as Ministry of Sound's "flagship" series, the popular albums feature house, big beat and trance tracks popular in nightclubs, especially those in the United Kingdom.
And The Beat Goes On is an English-language documentary film directed by Steve Jaggi. It was shown at various film and music festivals between 2009 and 2011. And The Beat Goes On is set on the Mediterranean Island of Ibiza.
Wonderland is a club night concept created and developed by UK-based DJ Pete Tong. In 2007, Wonderland debuted at London's Ministry of Sound; it remained a resident party at the super club. In 2008, Wonderland was launched at Eden in Ibiza, where it spent three seasons.
Café Mambo is a bar located in Sant Antoni de Portmany, Ibiza. It is known for being the official pre party point for Pacha Ibiza, and hosting internationally known DJs such as John Digweed, Carl Cox, Erick Morillo, Benny Benassi, Paul van Dyk, Armin van Buuren, David Guetta, Martin Garrix and Swedish House Mafia who have a weekly residency there during the summer.
Sonny Wharton is a British house and techno DJ and record producer. In addition to his artist career, Wharton now manages a range of electronic DJs and producers alongside running his newly founded record label, Strength In Numbers.
Olivier "Oliver" J. L. Heldens is a Dutch DJ and electronic music producer from Rotterdam. He is regarded as a pioneer of the future house genre, propelling it to international attention and scoring numerous chart successes, including "Gecko (Overdrive)", "Last All Night (Koala)", "The Right Song", "Fire in My Soul", and "Turn Me On". He also produces techno songs under the alias HI-LO, which comes from "Oli H" in reversed form, runs the label Heldeep Records and later runs the label HILOMATIK. Through February 2021, he is the 460th-most-streamed artist on Spotify, with over a billion cumulative streams.
Ushuaïa Ibiza Beach Hotel is a brand belonging to the Spanish Palladium Hotel Group. The brand was founded in 2011 after the meeting of Abel Matutes and Yann Pissenem. The brand includes 2 hotels: The Ushuaïa Club and The Ushuaïa Tower. Both hotels are located in Platja d'en Bossa, Ibiza.
BBC Radio 1 Dance is a British online-only radio stream, owned and operated by the BBC and run as a spin-off from BBC Radio 1. The station plays a mix of back-to-back current, future and classic electronic dance music, and broadcasts exclusively on BBC Sounds.
Babalu Club was one of the most well-known nightclubs of the early German techno scene and was located in Munich's Schwabing district from 1990 to 1994.
Yann Pissenem is a French nightlife entrepreneur and entertainment industry investor. He is best known for his contributions to the European nightlife scene, predominately in Ibiza. He is the owner, founder and CEO of The Night League and Ushuaïa Entertainment, the companies behind the Ushuaïa brand, the world's number 1 ranked club Hï Ibiza, and [UNVRS], a new club that is due to open in Ibiza in 2025.
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