24/7Valencia Magazine September 09 by Tim Birch

ISSUE104 SEPTEMBER09

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GROOVELIVES It’s fall and that means back to school, work and the city! Whether Valencia is your home town or the place is new to you, don’t worry, with the Groovelives Team you have the brand to find it all! Groovelives means quality leisure: indie music of all sorts (rock, pop, electro pop, techno, freestyle), performances, live acts, promotions, events, presentations and of course, excellent dinner spots! Each venue with its unique style ranging from Chill Out to thumping dance floors; Silent Disco to fusion tapas. Always look

for the Groovelives™ stamp and you will be finding friendly staff, great drink deals and an awesome atmosphere. To start off, while in the Carmen neighbourhood, don’t hesitate in having dinner at Pepita Pulgarcita, Espita Gorgorita o María Mandiles, with their great ‘Tapas & Copas’, passing by for your first drink to 47 Social Club and start off the night dancing and finishing until morning at Piccadilly Disco, located right behind the Plaza del Ayuntamiento and open every single night of the week! If you’ve already visited all these Groovelives spots, perhaps we can get you interested in the Mercado de Fuencarral, the independent mall

located by the riverbed park. One of its kind, you can find movie theatres with original language films, young designers shops, alternative stores and La Pepita, by Groovelives, with dinners & a different show every night: karaoke, cabaret, concerts, rumba, flamenco, theatre. Everything goes! So welcome to Valencia once again… and welcome to Groovelives!

LENGUAS VIVAS

How long are you planning to stay?

How are your Spanish studies going?

Rob is a 24-year-old teacher who has been living here for a year. He likes going running in the riverbed and sampling Spanish culture. He’s studying in Valencia next year so he can work in a British school.

What do you do when you’re not teaching?

What’s the reason you’re in Valencia?

I came here to live with my girlfriend and gain some teaching experience. I had been living in Cambridge after finishing University and moving to Spain was a fantastic option, personally and professionally. I had been to Valencia numerous times before to visit friends and loved the city, so I jumped at the opportunity to live here. Valencia is a beautiful, historic city with many great places to visit and enjoy.

Originally, I was only going to stay for a year and then move back to England but that quickly changed. After being here for only a few weeks, I began to love the relaxed lifestyle, culture, people and the weather of course! From September, I’m continuing my studies in education so that I can stay and teach in Spain for the foreseeable future. I’m very happy here and have a fabulous life.

This year I enjoyed going out to dinner with my girlfriend and friends, trying different restaurants and bars around the city. Spanish cuisine is a lot different from British cooking and I’m very keen to try as many different foods as possible. In the summer months, I particularly like going to the beach. There are so many beautiful white sand beaches in the Valencia region that it’s difficult to choose which one to go to. I’m also a fitness addict, so I spend a lot of time running in the riverbed or walking my overactive dog. In addition to that, I’ve spent a lot of time trying to improve my Spanish as I knew nothing before I came to live here, which was not helpful!

Fantastic! As I knew nothing when I arrived, I have learnt so much and understand much more now than I thought I ever would. I didn’t want to be an Englishman getting by with just the basics, so having a good knowledge of the native language is vitally important to me. I’ve been having classes at Lenguas Vivas with other teachers who have moved to this country and they have given me a great knowledge of the language in a short space of time. The mix of students is vast and as we are all in the class for the same purpose, it really helps to create a relaxed, enjoyable learning environment. I’m really looking forward to starting my classes again in the new school year as they’re exactly what I need to progress.

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Editorial September 09

‘24 Hour Party People’ CONTENTS GROOVELIVES / LENGUAS VIVAS EDITORIAL VIDAS DE VALENCIA ART IN VALENCIA LA TOMATINA DRINKING IN VALENCIA FOOD RESTAURANT OF THE MONTH CHILL-OUT / TRADITIONAL PUBS

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SEPTEMBER 09 LISTINGS ARTS, THEATRE, OPERA, FILM 17 LIVE MUSIC - CLUBS 18 CHILL OUT 19 GAY - LESBIAN 22 TRAD PUBS / RESTAURANTS 23 SHOPPING 29 CLASSIFIEDS 29/32 (Airlines, Hostels, Markets…) GIG GUIDE SEPTEMBER 33 MIRADAS DEL MERCADO CENTRAL 34 THE MI AND L’AU INTERVIEW 35 VALENCIA FOOTBALL 36 24/7 VALENCIA PARTY PEOPLE 38 CLUBLAND 39 FIB 09 40 OBLIVIUM - RELAXING VALENCIA 42 WOMAN 43 FROM VALENCIA TO CALPE - Part 2 44 MAP 45 SEPTEMBER 09 AGENDA 46 CLUBS AND LIVE MUSIC LA SALVAORA / BANYAN 48

Yes. If you’re lookin’ for a good time then Valencia has plenty to enjoy. It’s a village within a town within a city! That means easy access to clubs, restaurants, café-bars, pubs, galleries and sporting events. Indeed, the 24/7 Valencia team has chosen to stay here for life… If you’re new to Valencia, you’ve chosen the right ‘guia’ to this very special city. 24/7 Valencia is the only guide to Valencia that is recommended by all of the respected travel bibles, newspapers and renowned websites including: The Times, Rough Guide, Time Out, Let’s Go, Lonely Planet, Guardian Unlimited, El Pais and many more. Why? Because it is written by a team who live here and love Valencia and know what they’re talking about. Check out our food article written by professional chef Erica and our restaurant of the month review by international caterer Rebekah. You’ll find extensive listings on the Valencia restaurant scene from traditional Spanish to nouvelle cuisine and from Asian fusion to Italian pizzerias. Clubbers are in for a treat this month with Clubland by renowned Dj Jordan and photos of ‘24/7 Valencia Party people’ by

professional photographer and DJ Manu Fernandez. Images of ‘Drinking in Valencia are captured by Angelica. Kaiko has a feast of exclusive photos of bands and revellers at the FIB 09. Based in Valencia and with a new record just out, the talented musical duo of Mi and L’au take their time to chat to 24/7 Valencia about their music, influences, experiences and plans. La Tomatina has become an internationally famous annual event. We have a double-page report from two writers who ‘experienced’ it first-hand in 2009! It’s getting bigger every year and you’ll find information inside on how to enjoy it next year with the help of shakermaker Tim Birch. If you’re planning to chill out then we have a report on Oblivium, the relaxation centre with a host of therapies including flotation, acupuncture and more. In Chill Out, Anita Darling relaxes in style at The Guinness House, on a terraza with a great mojito! We dedicate this September edition to all the newcomers to Valencia. That includes Erasmus and Spanish students, teachers, families from around the globe and the unsung heroes that make up this special city. Keep on keepin’ on.

‘24 hour party people’ See you next month!

24/7 Valencia team

ISSUE 104 SEPTEMBER 09

editor: Will McCarthy. contributors: Altogringo, Anita Darling, Heino, John Murphy, Gooru, Manu Fernández, Mark Hulton, Owl, Orange Bikes, Tim Birch, David Rhead, José Marín, Erica Choate, María Angélica Sao Pedro, Amparo Oliver, Lenguas Vivas, Aaron Corey, Rebekah Gordon-Duffy, DJ Jordan, Kaiko. layout & design: www.dsignes.net printed by: signografíco. distributed by: groovy cat Ltd. email: ed@24-7valencia.com móvil: 650 639 177 online: our friends at www.thisisvalencia.com Views expressed by the contributors are not necessarily those of the editor. 24/7Valencia does not accept responsibility for date/time/venue changes. According to copyright law any reproduction, either total or partial, is completely forbidden without written permission of the editor. All articles, past and present, printed in 24/7Valencia magazine are copyright of Orange Skies, S.L. ©2009 Legal deposit: D4562606

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VIDAS DE VALENCIA

Experience

Tapas

Framed

Poise

Fan

Fusion

Amparo Oliver Movil: 609783223 www.eventi-actingcom/2008 www.myspace.com/amparoliver

All photos Amparo Oliver ÂŠ2009 24/7Valencia

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ART IN VALENCIA

Abanicos Chinos de la colección del Museo de Arte de Guangzhou

17 septiembre - 18 octubre IVAM C/ Guillem de Castro, 118 Tel: 96 386 30 00 www.ivam.es

Trenor. La Exposición de una gran familia burguesa

Hasta 25 octubre

LA NAU-UNIVERSIDAD DE VALENCIA C/ Universidad, 2 Tel: 96 386 41 00 www.uv.es

“Creo” Fernando Cordón

Desde 10 septiembre

GALERIA KESSLER-BATTAGLIA Pasaje Giner, 2 Tel: 96 392 02 85 www.galeriakessler.com

Mora Carbonell: el encanto discreto

Hasta 1 de noviembre

MUSEO VALENCIANO DE ETNOLOGÍA C/ Corona, 36 Tel: 96 388 36 14 www.museuvalenciaetnologia.es

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Background

La Tomatina is one of those annual world events that attracts enormous and ever increasing amounts of travellers to Valencia. La Tomatina takes place in the normally sleepy village of Buñol about an hour from the city and is a magnet, not just for backpackers and young people taking their year out, but for people of all ages who just want to experience the world’s biggest food fight. This is no ancient festival celebrated for hundreds of years by the villagers, it is actually only celebrating its 64th birthday

this year. With that in mind, you would think it would be easy enough to find out how it started but, no, it is the stuff of legends already with several competing stories of its origins. Theories over the origins of La Tomatina include a lorry accidentally spilling tomatoes, a food fight between friends, local councillors being pelted by disgruntled locals, a tuneless busker being splatted and an ‘improvisation’ during a carnival parade. Revolutionaries will be interested to hear that a youthful and delinquent ‘class war’ has also been cited.

Due to it having no religious meaning, the humourless dictator General Franco chose to ban La Tomatina for a time. It is here now and getting so big and so popular that it is hard to see how the village can sustain (and contain) it! This year it has been estimated that 45,000 people threw a total of 125 tons of tomatoes at each other, an increase on the over 40,000 people last year. Buñol is a small village and really it is hard to see how this part of their week-long fiesta can expand much more, but every year the numbers attending are larger and break the previous record.

TINA

twentyfoursevenvalencia 9 over them from the balconies above. The La Tomatina battle rages for exactly one hour of mayhem with goggled and fancydressed ‘crazies’ from the four corners of the world throwing tomatoes, bits of clothing and other sundry items at each other, it is a frenzied hour and all good dirty fun. Within minutes of the start of battle the fiesta lights strung across the streets begin to look more like bunting, garlanded as they are with soggy, dripping T-shirts. At the sound of the second cannon, fighting stops and there is a momentary hush as people struggle to stay standing in the shin-deep tomato puree and wipe pulp, skins and seeds from eyes and crevices. Then the noise begins anew as people laugh at the state of each other and others lay in the mess laughing. I have heard the experience described over and over again as a drug rush, a mad bit of crazy, eccentric fun, and that really is what it is. I have yet to meet anyone who hated it. Buñol puts on a miraculously goodnatured show each year, no price-hiking for food, drink or merchandise. The villagers genuinely seem to have great fun cheerfully helping revellers to clean up with hoses and buckets of water all over the place as you leave. I have heard so many times from visitors from the U.S., Australia, New Zealand and the UK that were it to happen in their towns/countries, there would be sponsorship and entry would be charged, and there would be aggression and danger. Not so here in Buñol. It is just a good excuse to have fun.

Many people travel to the hour-long food fight expecting it to last all day but it begins after someone has managed to get a leg of Jamón Serrano by shinnying up the soaped pole. The minute someone is lucky or plucky enough to grab the ham, a cannon shot heralds the arrival of the lorries carrying not just the tomatoes but revellers from the village, who pelt the hot and wet crowds with the tomatoes and battle commences. Whilst the soapy pole is being attempted, more and more people arrive in the streets and in the intense heat people actually welcome the water being sloshed

A little known fact about La Tomatina is that not only do they take great pride in breaking the attendance records each year, but they also try to break the record for the clean-up after the battle. This year they took just one hour to clean the village (and we are talking spotless), 36 volunteers were helped by the residents of the village to get Buñol clean for the rest of the fiestas and to look like there had never been 6 trucks carrying 125 tons of tomatoes to throw at 45,000 people! The website thisisvalencia.com have been running a tour to La Tomatina for four years and this year we took our biggest group ever (another record broken!), 150 brilliant people from all corners of the globe. Our tour takes in the battle and then we move on to a country location

close to Buñol for showers, a swim, a chill in the sun and an excellent lunch. It is one of an extensive list of tours thisisvalencia. com offer throughout the year. Tim Birch

Being there

We’d just got to Valencia on our summer tour around Europe and really wanted to go to the Tomatina, but weren’t sure how to get there or anything, so we asked at our Hotel and they told us about the Thisisvalencia.com tour. It sounded like a really good deal, especially the facts that we could get all cleaned up and have a nice boozy lunch afterwards by a pool. The posters looked really fun so we signed up. We all met at the Ayuntamiento early in the morning, and there were three buses waiting to take us away. The tour guides were so nice and friendly, and really made us feel welcome; we could leave all our stuff on the bus which was cool, and we really got to know everyone in the group we were on the same bus with all day which was great! The Tomatina was amazing, the Spanish are mad! We’ve never seen anything like it and it was lucky we had (free) goggles because we got bits of tomatoes absolutely everywhere - in nooks and crannies we never even knew existed! It lasted for an hour, and the smell was a bit gross, but when you come out after it’s all over, all the Buñol locals are hanging over their balconies and out of windows with buckets of water and hosepipes, they seemed to love it! One little girl especially was so cute, she was so intent on getting us clean and we’d learnt a bit of Spanish on the bus so said Gracias! By the time we got back to the bus and changed, we were as good as new. Lunch was yummy - we were starving by then and filled up on paella and beer and sangría, then lounged on the grass in the sun and mucked around in the pool before it was time to go home. Well worth the money, we’re definitely coming back next year!

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DRINKING IN VALENCIA MarĂa AngĂŠlica Sao Pedro is a professional photographer born and raised in Brazil. She has studied journalism there, specialising in photography, and did post-graduate studies in Anthropology in Lisbon. She has also worked as a waitress in Valencia, where she is now based. mariasaopedro@hotmail.com tel 654 074 875

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FOOD

PANCAKES MIS AMIGOS! I’m not quite sure what it is about pancakes that does it for me, but something about them really makes me happy. When I go out for breakfast I always struggle with the eternal dilemma of “sweet or savoury” - I can never choose. In fact, I usually opt for the savoury and then wish I’d chosen sweet, I digress.

My gorgeous hunk of a man (just attempting to embarrass him) and I have pancakes every weekend; I’m not sure how this ritual began, perhaps because the Spanish, albeit great at every other course, don’t do breakfast particularly well, not a substantial one, anyway. Or, perhaps it was borne out of our busy schedules with no time to stop and smell the roses, let alone the lemon and sugar. So on any day of each weekend, I make pancakes for one and all, and I’ll tell you a secret... they make the world go round!

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BUZZING IRISH PUB

Buttermilk pancakes are my favourite, made with a little cinnamon and topped with lemon and sugar, or maple syrup and ice cream - the maple or lemon option is usually an eternal debate with friends at table. Personally, I’m a bigger fan of the British Lyle’s Golden Syrup and lemon and sugar... but I’m not gonna open up that can o’ worms. Occasionally, I really push the boat out and fry off bacon and bananas as well, which I have to say is Phenomenal. That’s a telltale sign I’m supersonically hung over, though, and results in guilting me into a big run, which I rarely want to do when trying to relax on the weekend and certainly not with a gut bomb such as that. It’s pretty good, though, and definitely worth the splurge once in a while. So, let’s get down to the business of what you need and how to do it... mind on the job, I’m talking about the recipe!

Beautiful Buttermilk Pancakes Makes 10-15

• 2 1/2 cups self-raising flour - harina con levadura (or plain with 1/2 tsp baking powder, 1/4 tsp bi-carb soda) • 1/3 cup sugar • 2 tsp ground cinnamon - canela • 2 eggs - huevos • 600 mls (1 pint) Buttermilk* - suero de leche/suero de manteca • Lemon wedges, sugar, maple syrup, golden syrup, ice cream, bacon, bananas etc., for serving. You don’t need to use buttermilk, a good alternative would be natural yoghurt, and you could always use milk if you prefer, of course. 1. In a stand mixer or with hand-held beaters, or a whisk if you’re big and strong and don’t have tennis elbow, put all the dry ingredients together in a bowl, whisk them around to combine. 2. Next add the eggs and buttermilk all in one go and start stirring, gradually it will all come together in a nice thick batter. It shouldn’t go lumpy if you add the wet to the dry all at once and keep stirring - press it through a sieve if it does, or if you’ve got a stand mixer, just keep mixing it.

3. Use a fairly large frying pan on medium low heat, allow it to heat up for a few minutes while you get the plates in the oven and organise the condiments such as lemon wedges and sugar. 4. Meanwhile, set your oven on low, like 80ºC, put a stack of plates for the people you’re feeding into it, and dampen a CLEAN tea towel/dish towel - leave this folded on top of the plates in the oven so you can put each pancake inside it to keep warm and prevent them drying out while you cook the rest of them. NB: Be very careful doing this, I don’t want you to set your kitchen on fire! Make sure the cloth is thoroughly damp and well wrung out and sitting nowhere near the element! 5. Now that your frying pan is nice and warm you can begin making the pancakes, remember it’s a gentle to medium heat, not sizzling. Wipe the pan with a bit of butter, it should bubble and foam gently but not brown and burn. Once you’ve coated the pan, take a cup and pour about 1/3 - 1/2 cup of batter into the pan, depending on how big you want them. Pour the batter in and swirl the pan ever so slightly to spread it out just a little. Cook the pancake until you can see little bubbles forming at the edge or in the centre, this will take a minute or two. 6. If you’re brave, you can try and flip them using the pan, or you can take a spatula and scoop it underneath and quickly flip it over. Cook it on the second side for another minute and then pop it between the folds of the tea towel in the oven to keep warm whilst you make the rest. 7. At this point it’s a good idea to get bacon going in another pan if you so choose, or just continue flipping pancakes until you’ve enough to feed the hungry, hung-over hordes! Frying halved bananas in the bacon fat is pretty much the tastiest thing you can do with your clothes on, that and eating them with the pancakes if you’re pushing the boat out, like I said. And that’s it! That’s my total luxury of a way to spend one of my weekend mornings. Pancakes do something that makes people happy, they soothe sore heads (well, probably not as much a Bloody Mary, but we can’t have it all), turn frowns upside down and take people back to a place where all is well and right with the world - even if only for a few minutes. But that’s exactly the point with food for me, its ability to transport an eater to somewhere carefree and delicious. So what if it’s only for a while, it’s still worth it!

Besos y buen provecho! Erica Choate xox

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RESTAURANT OF THE MONTH

KOKURA Automatic Sushi

Having just returned from a brief stay in Japan, I was surprised to find myself suffering from withdrawal symptoms. In a state of heightened appreciation of all things Japanese (my Toshiba laptop, the Muji Cube lamp in my living room), I was in serious danger of downloading the one and only chart hit by The Vapours (“…I think I’m turning Japanese, I really think so…”) – yeah, I got it bad. So wandering around the Carmen in Valencia recently, of course I noticed someone wearing an ‘Okinawa’ T-shirt, because, *smug alert*, I have been there. (Okinawa island, fact fiends, enjoys the highest life expectancy rates in the world.)

But I had to resist the urge to quiz the wearer of their connection with Okinawa because from experience, I knew it would end in disappointment. I was once the victim of T-shirt related cross-questioning. An American lady from Michigan approached me when I was wearing my Michigan T-shirt a few years back and I had to shamefacedly admit that I had never been there. When she looked confused at why I would be wearing it, I had to explain that the T-shirts were being sold in M&S and that I only bought it for going to the gym. It was an awkward moment for both of us. My fashion moral is: Make sure you can credibly back up whatever your T-shirt says. I am telling my companion this tale as we head to Kokura, a fairly new sushi place in the Carmen. Kokura, like Okinawa, is a place name in Japan so what is the Kokura connection? One of the co-owners is actually from there. So far, so credible. Kokura Automatic Sushi has arrived not a moment too late. Sushi has been

around in Europe a while, being readily available in English supermarkets, but it has taken longer to establish itself in Valencia. My companion and I find this weird considering the predisposition towards rice as an ingredient and the accessibility to fresh fish here. We consider the approach to eating and sharing different types of sushi similar to that of tapas, and

wonder how sushi was not even invented in Valencia. And as we had just endured a 40-plus degree day, we find that Sushi is a food match made in heaven for a country as hot as Spain is in high summer. It was tasty and light and prepared as freshly as can be in Kokura, and that was a winner for us on one of the hottest summer nights this year. The proprietors of the establishment are a young and travelled Japanese/Mexican partnership. They speak Spanish, English and Japanese so they can explain the menu inside out and they have a stack of forks for the chopstick challenged. Kokura has a couple of set menu selections that are reasonably priced and an extensive selection like we had would set you back as little as 12 euros per person with drinks.

We enjoyed the chef’s recommended tasting the night we went and tried a bit of everything. Especially impressive was the pan-fried tuna and pepper sushi that we sampled - really great with a crunchy texture. As was the California 1 – a regular Maki roll coated in cream cheese which was really tasty and we were told is the American West Coast influence in action. We drank a bottle of Oroya from the list – a crisp white wine with a Japanese label! We were seated at low tables in an open plan space that was surprisingly minimalist and yet with certain touches that made it cosy; the mismatched chintzy chairs and brilliant TV fish tank – on the whole trendy, clean, serene and with considered and polite service. It was fun, laid back, and people were enjoying the whole ceremony of eating sushi; the presentation of the sushi platters, the freshest fish, pickled ginger, wasabi and soy sauce. And food just tastes better when you have mastered eating it with chopsticks. The Kokura sushi selection offers some twists of presentation and flavours – be prepared to be surprised if you think you knew your Nigiri roll from your Nori roll. Go on, give the sweet banana Temaki a go – we wish we had. Expect to pay between 12 – 15 euros without wine included. Walking home under the influence of the Japanese bottle of wine, we hatched a plan to go to the Fuji Rock festival in Japan next year wearing ‘FIB’ T-shirts… ironically of course. Rebekah Gordon-Duffy Kokura Automatic Sushi C/ Pere i Borrego, 10 (corner C/ Alta con C/ Na Jordana) Tel: 96 391 11 02 www.kokura.es Open Tuesday - Saturday 20.00h - 23.00h Saturday-Sunday 13.00h - 16.00h 20.00h - 23.00h Article ©2009 24/7Valencia

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CHILL OUT / TRADITIONAL PUBS

The Guinness House One of my favourite spots in Valencia is a large square just behind the ‘Golden Mile’ (C/ Poeta Querol, where Loewe, Louis Vuitton, Montblanc, Cavalli and more sit side by side. Retail paradise!) called Plaza del Patriarca. A beautifully cared for, clean, sunny open space with trees dotted about, benches, and a fountain right in the centre of the city, it’s the perfect meeting point between the bustling commercial C/ Colón and where the old town starts on C/ de la Paz.

Presiding over the square is the Biblioteca Universidad, known as La Nau, and on the opposite corner is the Guinness House, an Irish bar with a British feel, which is very stylish yet subtly traditional. It has a lovely terrace set out in the square, a gorgeous place to have a quiet drink during the afternoon. Whether it is with work colleagues, clients, friends or family, the Guinness House has become a staple for many a Valencia resident to stop by after work for drinks or spend the evenings watching sports on their many plasma screens. I popped in with Lolita for a delicious Mojito, one of their specialities, though the rest of their extensive cocktail list was more than enticing - the next table’s Caipirinhas and Tequila Sunrises looked scrumptious. Article & photo ©2009 24/7Valencia

We’re not huge fans of the black stuff, and Antonio, one of the owners who showed us around, talked us into the Mojitos (we must look like cocktail drinkers!). We should have probably tried one of their 200 international brands of beer - from the obvious Guinness to Murphy’s to John Smith and Foster’s to the Italian Birra Morreti and the tequila-laced Desperados, the selection is impressive to say the least! From 20.00h to 22.00h is their busiest time, and we were lucky to get a table when we did as it packed out with suits, gaggles of girlfriends, mates having a pint and couples on dates. Antonio showed us how the terrace will work this winter - one push of a button by the bartender and a huge screen filled the front window. The matches will be projected back to front so that those sitting outside, under the new awnings for the colder months, will be able to watch from the terrace as soon as it starts getting dark. The bar inside is very tastefully and sophisticatedly decorated, though it still feels very Irish/English Pub - the mahogany bar tops, proper pub chairs and beaten leather Chesterfield coaches inside all have a view of a screen for the sports, and not a detail has been spared with the lighting and decor.

The Guinness House has been open two years this summer and is still as popular as the day it opened thanks to their international staff, their friendly approach to customers and clients from all walks of life and their excellent choice of drinks. Many people who work in the area come in the morning expressly for their breakfast - their coffee is said to be exquisite - one of the best in Valencia!

Plans for the future involve serving food in the evenings, though they do already offer a light lunch menu - sandwiches, salads, bocadillos and such - and it is also a popular choice for birthdays, events and private parties. On Thursday nights they even hold a language exchange! Check out their sports screenings all year round, from the Six Nations to the Champions League to golf. Anita Darling The Guinness House Plaza del Patriarca, 6 Tel.: 96 394 49 09 www.theguinnesshousevalencia.com Open Sunday to Wednesday 9.00h – 24.00h Thursday 9.00h – 2.00h Friday and Saturday 9.00h – 3.00h

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‘MIRADAS DEL MERCADO CENTRAL’

We continue with our exclusive collection of Valencia’s ‘Mercado Central’, said to be one of Europe’s largest covered markets. It’s a feast of sights, smells, sounds and faces. All photos ©2009 Amparo Oliver 24/7Valencia

The Mi and L’auwith interview 24/7 Valencia Magazine

twentyfoursevenvalencia 35 It is all the perspectives that become one. It is faith in the hand of your enemy. That could easily happen in a big city when you think about it. On Mars. Everywhere. You don’t even know what it teaches you, but one thing is for certain, wherever you find a cross, build a fountain.

Why did you move to Valencia and what do you think about it?

Where did you meet and what are your backgrounds? Paris. Mia was into art therapy and modelling, and I was working for a cinema production company. We then flew around, betting on the map, drinking one million bottles of wine, and finally woke up, half dead, half ecstatic, by a lake, butt naked, in the forest of Finland. Frontiers were replaced by horizon, walls by birds, cars by clouds, smoke by stars, some scary shit! Everything was upside down, like an old planet that some monster left behind. Anyway, that’s where we learned how to play the guitar. We sent about fifty songs to Michael Gira in New York who came to visit us, Stetson, boots, whisky and all, and signed us. After the recording sessions, off we went, fifteen thousand miles everywhere in the States, three European tours, three UK tours, kind of old-time American school of music. It’s still possible to find pieces of our brain somewhere on the road.

What are your influences (music, films, books, and people)? The Adagio style in classical music, Nick Drake, Thelonious Monk, Arvo Pärt, Chet Baker, Django Reinhardt, Serge Gainsbourg, Mark Hollis, Leonard Cohen, Ligeti, Satie, Nico. Writers like Arthur Rimbaud, Edith Södergran, Bukowski, Céline, Burroughs, Arno Schmidt, Nietzsche, B.E.Ellis, Gilles Deleuze, Plato, Hafiz, Dante, H. Selby, Jr., Li Po, Henri Charrière, Giordano Bruno, Artaud, Kerouac, Huysmans, Dostoyevsky, Mayakovsky, Chuck Palahniuk. The movies of Tarkovsky, Kubrick, David Lynch, John Cassavetes, Harmony Korine, Kim Ki-Duk, Leone, Coppola, Antonioni, Cronenberg, Bergman, Bresson, P.T Anderson, Jarmusch, Abel Ferrara, Kurosawa, Milos Forman, Kazan, Fuller, Chan-wook Park, Melville, Gus Van Sant, Scorsese, Andrew Dominik. Architecture and History in general,

the dance of Pina Bausch, the photos of Man Ray, J. P. Witkin, Helmut Newton, the glass of Gynel Nyman, the spider of Louise Bourgeois, the puppets of Annette Messager, the mysterious Talleyrand, the lithographs of Goya, Picabia, the character of Dorian Gray, Schiele, the drawings of Beardsley, impossible to stop the list, but we wouldn’t refuse a late lunch with the boss of them all.

How would you describe your music? A never-ending discussion between a man and a woman.

It is said that you lived together in isolation for three years in a log cabin by a lake in the middle of nowhere in Finland. What did you learn from it?

“In the middle of nowhere”, that’s a funny one! It’s almost as poetic as Baudelaire, “anywhere out of the world”, except that Baudelaire knew exactly what he was talking about. These people apparently don’t. They have just never been there, that’s all. Also - and this is a sweet paradox - by writing about the lake and the cabin, they actually put this lake and this cabin ‘in the centre of everything’. That’s usually what happens when we talk about something we don’t know anything about. We lived in the middle of ‘Nature’, in the wilderness, something exciting or mysterious or ludicrous when you watch it from a distance, but in reality a wild energy that you have to listen carefully to, and sometimes obey, if you don’t want to end up like a little rabbit under the wheel of a car. It is all the ghosts in your head, those you can’t escape from, ‘cause if you try they will put you out of your mind. It is your body that can’t work properly unless your madness fights it until it becomes creativity.

We came to record the new album. Just before that time, we were on the road for a three- year touring period. We felt like two astronauts coming back on earth, kind of a cosmic conquest that leads to personal exile. We were ready for new experiences. Right now, it’s time to visit, enjoy, rebuild the body, and sweat like two beasts in front of our dictionary. One of the coolest moments of all time! The city of Valencia is better than a spa.

Can you tell us a bit about the new album?

It’s called Good Morning Jokers. We recorded it in Castellón with Enrique Ara and eleven musicians. The skeleton is the acoustic guitar, the flesh is made of different instruments, such as piano, strings, brass, woodwinds, and an invisible source of electronical sounds for the nerves. Muscles being incorporated in the title. The first album was the result of our isolation, this one is a study of our roots, trying to put the Adagio classical format into songs, trying to understand the French school of piano, integrating free jazz into classical music and folk, dreaming of Dixieland, digging the non-circular way of playing acoustic guitar, lyrics turning around like haiku. We had three days to make it shine. Faster than a deadline, faster than a signature on a cheque... Lovely process.

Will readers be able to see you live in Valencia soon? What are your future plans? A European tour is scheduled for the fall. We might play a concert in Valencia at the end of this year with all the musicians that participated to this project. Also, CHANEL will release two “after making movies” (short films on the making of adverts) this month directed by Anne Rohart, with two of our songs ‘Philosopher’ and ‘Dance on my Skin’. Exclusive interview by Owl For more info: www.bornerecordings.org www.myspace.com/miandlauspace. © 24/7 Valencia 2009

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VALENCIA FOOTBALL

YOU COULDN’T INVENT IT!

This summer has witnessed one of the most bizarre, embarrassing episodes in Valencia Club de Fútbol’s history. We have always been accustomed to social unrest and behind-the-scenes shenanigans here by the Turia. However, on the 4th of July when Vicente Soriano announced at a hastily convened press conference that the club had been saved from financial ruin, no one could have expected what would happen in the following six weeks. Two days later Soriano announced that Valencia’s new owner was a Uruguayan company that no one had ever heard of, Dalport, S.A. The Valencia media machine went into overdrive trying to find out any information they could about the Chés’ new owner. Unfortunately, there was very little to discover. The company’s head office was a residential house on

an estate in Madrid, hardly the norm for a supposedly dynamic company that was going to invest 500 million euros in the club. It was discovered that Dalport, S.A., didn’t even have a website and were unGoogleable. To counteract these oversights, a fax was then sent to the media with a letterhead purporting to be from Dalport using as its logo a figure of an eagle that they had downloaded, no doubt using Google. Soriano proclaimed himself spokesperson for the new owner and revealed that the ex-major shareholders had sold their shares to Soriano and he in turn had sold them to Dalport. Many questions remained unclear to say the least. In the bill of sale Soler had sold nearly four times more shares to Dalport for less money than Soriano got for his 10%. Deadlines to meet payments were not met, and Soriano changed his story ‘cada dos por tres’. After announcing that he was going to save the club, he called for an immediate resignation of the actual Valencia board,

headed by Manuel Llorente, and the cancellation of the proposed share increase which would see both his and Soler’s influence on the club greatly reduced. Between 2004 and 2008, Soler bought 37% of the shares in the club at a cost of around 70 million euros. In the same period Soriano had bought 10% costing 18 million euros. If the share option went ahead both men would have to shell out much more money in order to maintain their percentage of the shares. Needless to say they were a little reticent to invest more money. Hence the ‘phantom’ operation of Dalport, S.A., as the Uruguayans tried to display their apparent wealth by releasing a picture of a junk bond which they claimed was proof of their wealth. Unfortunately said junk bond was signed by a gentleman who had been sentenced previously for issuing fake junk bonds. The picture of the bond was quickly withdrawn and Valencian fans eagerly awaited the 21st of August when the first phase of the share issue would close. Dalport had to put 46 million euros on © 24/7 Valencia 2008

twentyfoursevenvalencia 37 the table before that time if they wished to maintain their 50.3% interest in the club and, seeing that they hadn’t even put one euro on the table so far, this eventuality seemed a world away. Sure enough, Dalport, S.A. did not bring any money to the club. On the contrary, on the 17th of August someone representing Dalport tried to sell 50% of the Uruguayan company to Valencia!!! As the deadline passed, Bancaja stepped in with a loan to the Valencia Foundation (a sort of non-profit making organisation that seeks to bring together sponsors, fans and local businesses, etc., to help and support the club) so that they could buy up the rest of the shares and lay to bed the ghost of Dalport for once and for all. In essence the Foundation will hold 30-40% of the club shares, in theory guaranteeing that control of the club lies in the hands of the Valencia fans via various persons who represent them within the Foundation. In reality the club is now in the hand of a committee rather that one person, a prerequisite if the club is to stabilise its perilous financial position. As we speak, VCF has a debt of 547 million euros and work on the new stadium has been paralysed since February. The 92 million euros raised from the share option will serve only to pay off short-term financial obligations whilst the club look for outside investment in order to proceed with the building of the ‘Nuevo Mestalla’.

season the club will be forced to sell players to bring money in, even though this summer saw Llorente and his team doggedly refuse to sell the club’s stars for what they believed to be insufficient sums.

(which will give the club time to re-lay the pathetic surface at Mestalla) and the league games against Valladolid, Sporting Gijón and Getafe should hopefully get the team into the swing of things before they come up against the ‘big boys’.

On the pitch, the team got off to a flyer with a brilliant 2-0 victory over Champions League place rivals, Sevilla. Goals from Mata and Pablo and a virtuoso display from young Éver Banega meant that the club could look forward to the two week international break with three points on the board and a contented ‘masa social’.

So the club will not fall in to the hands of one person, we have a president that knows what he’s doing, the banks are supporting us once again and the team have got off to a flyer. Could it be that a new era has begun? If so, I believe it’s about time.

After beating Stabaek in the UEFA Europa League preliminary round, Valencia have been drawn in a league against Lille (where ex-Valencian Ludovic Butelle keeps goal, Genoa (where one Emiliano Moretti now plies his trade) and Slavia Prague. A seemingly accessible group that should see the Chés get through if anybody is really bothered about the Europa League.

Mark Hulton - For Football calendar see listings.

September will see the first game in the revamped UEFA against Lille away ¡Gol!

Valencia’s president Manuel Llorente makes no bones about the fact that next

El mister Miku

Poor pitch!

Bloody Sunday

Amunt Valencia!

Valencia v Sevilla

You Rock My World

Beat It Black Or White

You are not alone.

Break Of Dawn

Blame It On The Boogie. Say Say Say

Billie Jean

Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’

Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough

Off the Wall

State Of Shock

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CLUBLAND So we’re all back to school then, and ready to party again. For professional reasons, this year in Valencia the sensation was that we were back to the pre-America’s Cup era when the city died out in the month of August. To sum up, very few people stayed around and there were hardly any events to catch up with, musically speaking. Perhaps those who stayed the weekend during the celebration of the second Formula 1 event experienced a bit more vibe than usual with plenty of summer outdoor terraces and specially designed leisure spaces. Every month, this magazine brings you a whole page dedicated to what is recommended as far as clubbing, DJs and live music worth dancing to, a guide to the best events and venues. If you’re a party addict, don’t miss out on this section. For those who are obsessed with a brilliant sound but don’t want to abandon the real atmosphere of a small club, Miniclub is definitely where to go. With two rooms, the main room is more dedicated to anything from deep house to tech-ier and more minimalist rhythms, occasional international invites but mainly hosted by the younger and better upcoming Valencia DJs. The smaller room has a broader variety of genres ranging from soul, funk and hip-hop to pop and indie. From the month of August, Sundays are hosted by the Valencia DJ and production collective Hypnotica, fans of the true sound of Detroit techno. The party kicks off at 22.00h and runs till early hours Monday morning. Catch up with my own session on 27 September, alongside resident David Verdeguer and four other DJs. The club opens Thursday to Sunday from 24.00h to 7.00h at Av. Blasco Ibáñez, 111. Check the full line-up at www.myspace.com/miniclubvlc. I read somewhere on a blog dedicated to the new wave of cosmic disco scene the quote, “Slow is the new fast”. I really thought that was one of the greatest statements about dance music for a while. Even though producers from all round the world have been bringing us this sound for years, more and more clubs around the world are now dedicating nights to psychedelic-influenced dance music. Anywhere from cities like New York, London, Paris to countries like Croatia or Romania.

For fans of spacier sounds, cosmic grooves, low motion house, Balearic beats and Italo disco, the place for you is Excuse Me?, C/ dels Tomasos, 14. This club has been going for a few months and has managed to attract the underground crowd of Valencia. Along with the resident DJs Sais, Bloody Mir Dinamek and H4L 9000, don’t miss Baby G from Belgiumbased Eskimo Records on Friday 18 September on the main floor. Upstairs in Excuse Me? have weekly invites that play everything from rock ’n’ roll and classic R&B to heavy soul and funk. Open Fridays and Saturdays at the Sala Sider, right next to the Ruzafa Market. More info here: www.myspace.com/excusemeclub If you feel like going late night clubbing all week long, or to randomly pick a day during the week, there are just a few options in Valencia and I’d recommend the Music Box or Piccadilly. These two clubs have a lot in common musically and are situated within walking distance from each other. So let’s go over what they have to offer.

the DJs play, pop, electronic & funk. Visit Swan on C/ Juan Giner, 15 in Benimaclet, near the university area for soul, mod sounds and rock ’n’ roll, www.swanclub. info. Flow on Plaza de Honduras, 35 with the best drum & bass night on Thursdays, www.myspace.com/ﬂowvalencia. If you hit Mercado Fuencarral, Av. Tirso de Molina, 16 this year, plenty of things are going on in this new reference for shopping in Valencia. The Sofa Club, Laydown and La Pepita all stay open until late and you can enjoy plenty of entertainment on the same ﬂoor. See www.mdf.es for more information. By the Río Turia, it’s only a few minutes by taxi from the centre. Jordan [3mv]

Jordan is one of Valencia’s most well known DJs and co-runs the record store, distributor and music production company 3mv disc-unit. You can check his shop at C/ Dr. Gil y Morte 16

The Music Box is located in the middle of El Carmen, on C/ Pintor Zariñena, 16, near the Torres de Quart with a capacity of 200-300 people and features local DJs. The resident DJ is Paco Plaza and the sound of the day can be checked at their MySpace www.myspace.com/ themusicboxclub. So, mainly danceable indie music and electro-pop get mashed up with modern and classic club hits except for Tuesdays with DJ Xino, who plays more Latin-ﬂavoured beats and breaks. On Saturday 26, former ‘90s pop idol and now of TV fame, Miqui Puig will occupy the DJ booth. Pretty much the same vibe goes down at the Piccadilly club, a smaller venue down by Hotel Astoria, on C/ Embajador Vich, 7. Open from Monday till Saturday from 00.30h till 7.30h and Sundays from 21.00h pm till 5.00h. The nights you should perhaps visit are Mondays with funkier grooves by the Funk You! collective and the ‘Puti Club’ on Wednesdays when hit after hit from all times get played by DJ Benji. Fridays and Saturdays are hosted by Slash PD with special local and national invites from the indie and electro pop scene. Full programme at website www.groovelives.com/picadilly.htm Here’s a quick guide for earlier hours and the best pre-club experience in Valencia. 47 Club Social is on C / Quart, 47, where

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FIB 09

A fair number of the 24/7 Valencia team joined revellers, rockers & clubbers for a long weekend of music from around the world. The FIB 09 festival of Bénicassim drew its biggest ever crowd. This exclusive collection is by Kaiko, one of Spain’s most renowned music photographers.

POLLY MACKEY

OASIS

THE PARIS RIOTS

MAXIMO PARK

KLAUS & KINSKI

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NUDO ZURDO

LOS PLANETAS

TV ON THE RADIO

GIANT SAND

THE WALKMEN

THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS

PAUL WELLER

PETE DOHERTY ALASKA

FRANZ FERDINAND

FLOW

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FOUR YEARS RELAXING VALENCIA Four years ago Oblivium opened its doors in Valencia, becoming the first floatation centre in Spain using Ocean Floatrooms, one of the biggest float tanks in the world. Since then, Oblivium has registered more than 8,000 floating sessions which shows how effective this anti-stress therapy is. Floating consists of spending an hour lying quietly in a warm solution of salt water so dense that you float effortlessly, obtaining the deepest relaxation one can experience. During these four years as Spain’s number one floatation centre, Oblivium has become known both locally and internationally. Local TV station Canal 9 did a news report showing a floatation session at Oblivium live via satellite and it has been featured in the prestigious British Airways in-flight magazine, among many other publications.

What are the benefits of floating? • Intense relaxation. • Relief of persistent injuries (back pain, neck pain, etc.). • Ease arthritis.

New to Oblivium this year, straight from India, are such Ayurvedic treatments as Abhyanga detoxifying massage, Rasayana facial massage and Shirodhara anti-stress therapy.

• Improve skin condition. • Detoxify the system. • Useful in pregnancy (for the full 9 months). • Increase creativity and imagination. • Increase circulation and energy levels. • Balance the left and right brain. • An aid for addictions, phobias and depression. • Regulate sleeping patterns. • Relieve stress. At Oblivium, you’ll also find a whole host of relaxing therapies available such as therapeutic or relaxing massage, osteopathy, Shiatsu, Reiki, lymphatic drainage, acupuncture, aromatherapy, stone massage, 4 hands massage, reflexology, Chinese Tuina massage and Bach Flower therapy.

The Ayurvedic therapist Ravi, born in India and an Ayurvedic practitioner for many years in Kerala, is bringing India to Oblivium. Oblivium C/ Hospital 6 Tel. 963 926 159

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WOMAN

I do not know what caused the cosmic shift and my sudden and rather extreme change of heart, but this Summer I have revelled in the sun, sea and sand this year like a true native. You only need to read my archives to know I love to bundle up in a million layers and usually cannot stand the heat, baulking at the sight of the mercury creeping up the thermometer, but now I don’t want it all to end! All I need now is a surfboard and a bleached blonde boyfriend and I’m set. What a busy bee I have been this season, and Canal Nou seem to have been following me around the whole time to document it all. Starting with a TV report on ‘24/7 Valencia’ with writers Noddy, Owl and I taking the cameras for a little shimmy around El Carmen on a tour of our favourite spots to chill, eat and boogie. We got quite the looks of amusement as we were made to walk around the same corner again and again and again as they strove to get just the right angle. By the time we got to the last bar we only had time for a quick shot of us clinking cocktail glasses - thank goodness, as I was supposed to say a few words to the camera and by this point, with the heat and all the free booze on the way there, I was rather tipsy and would probably have made it on to Youtube, slurring my way through three sentences before I dropped my glass or slipped over, as is my wont. Canal Nou struck me again in Fuencarral when I was caught up in the midst of a girl collecting her €2000 prize gift voucher to spend in all the shops. Hello, jealous much?! I was only in there to chat to a

friend in her store, when suddenly another mic was thrust in our faces and the stylist (completely clueless, mind) began pulling things off the shelves as I greedily eyed the huge cardboard cheque wondering just how far I would get if I grabbed it and ran, and then debating how I would actually get away with paying for things with said huge cardboard cheque when it was the only one of its kind. Plus there was a camera to catch all the evidence on tape, which was a pity. €2000 on clothes, though, yes please!! So after that, things in generally were then gradually building up to FIB Benicàssim. I managed to get no time off work at all, just my shift pushed to the afternoon on the Monday, so you can imagine how exhausted I was pre- and post-festival. Lolita and I have spent all summer together, and travelled to Beni hand-inhand for our BFFs traditional dance and drink-fest. We were super excited, yet the weekend itself swung from nightmare to amazing to odd and back - the nightmare being the absolutely hellish weather on Friday night and the fact that the two main bands I had marked in huge red pen on the line-up, Kings Of Leon and Lily Allen, never got to play. Gale force winds like you’ve never seen rocked the site so hard that all the concerts were cancelled and the attendees evacuated like it was the end of the world, all directed back into the village where the poor Benicàssim residents were trying to have a rockin’ normal Friday night out, with not a clue what madness was heading their way! It was as we stood in front of the green stage, bewildered, utterly windswept, glad

that everyone else thought it was okay to put on their sunglasses at night too, what with the sand and dust flying around, that we noticed the Canal Nou reporter struggling to address the camera with her hair flying all over the place. At which point we all decided to do silly dances behind her. Well, there was nothing else to do! She turned right round and, “All right then, you silly whatsits, who wants to talk to me about what’s going on?” Or at least she may have, but it was in Valenciano and the wind (and beer) didn’t help us hear her very well. Everybody else scattered, leaving me to face the music, or lack of, as it were. They couldn’t have got my name more wrong, and cut all the bits out about how well everybody was behaving despite the mayhem, what a brilliant time we were having and how diverse the line-up looked for the weekend, leaving my only line to be some rubbish about how we were really, really scared and cold. What a wally. Between FIB and the Tomatina, I went to visit my parents at the beach for a deliciously relaxing few days on my ever-so-rare week off work at The Bank, to see C. in her village for the most random bullfight/obstacle course/ drinking competition I have ever had the bad luck to experience, to hang with Miss R. in Cullera for some Chiringuito fun and a quick snog under the stars with an old flame, and in the City did a lot of partying, mainly at Las Animas, where we have vowed never to go back again, ever, every weekend! So weak. I also worked really really hard at The Bank, really really hard during Formula 1, and really really hard at lots of other little silly jobs of no significance whatsoever but very useful to my bank account as it creeps out of the red. The Tomatina was the best laugh I had in a very long time. Lolita and I joined a completely international group, though Australian in its vast majority, of 150 on Thisisvalencia. com’s Tomatina Tour. It has to be said that Lolita was being a little bit of a wuss and wouldn’t go all the way in (she said she didn’t like the smell of tomatoes- pah!) but I left her and now want to be right in the middle next year when they grab the ham off the pole and that tomato tossing begins. We stopped for a lovely lunch and a swim at Cheste on the way home, and got back to VLC clean and shiny and not smelly in the least - and with skin as smooth as a baby’s bottom! Anita Darling

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From Valencia to Calpe, Part 2 Cullera and its surroundings are full of interesting places to visit. To get there, you can take the lighthouse road, which cuts through the prettiest area of the town, around the lighthouse, with amazing houses and beautiful landscape. You can also reach the area from inland, on a road that runs alongside rice fields, which are always pretty spectacular and especially at dusk. Once you’re in Cullera, it is worth going up to the castle for its views across a section of the Valencia coast. A hard climb, but incredible views. Once you’ve got your breath back, go to the port built around the mouth of the Júcar River. At the opening of the river, in the inlet opposite the town, there is a road that heads towards the sea, and then turns right towards the south. It’s a reasonably quiet road, through orange groves and crossing the occasional sluice, the traditional irrigation channels common to ‘la huerta’. When this road comes to an end, you come to a T-junction with a road that runs to Tavernes de la Valldigna in one direction and to the beach if you go the other way. Head for the beach, to your left and then look for a road to your right, heading south. You pass a bar and a road with a sluice running alongside. It’s the next road that you want to take, but before you do, it’s worth stopping off at the Tavernes de la Valldigna and its long beaches with fine white sand.

pleasure, but it’s worth remembering that it’s around April/May when the ‘azahar’, orange blossom, is in the air, making cyc lin g thes e roads a heady deli ght). The road takes you to the beginning of the Xeraco beach. Someway down this route you cross a ‘gola’, a wide sluice that connects the sea to the ‘marjal’, the shallow lake which is the source of the surrounding irrigation. This marshland has its own indigenous flora and fauna. The marsh is to the right of the route which takes you to Gandia. There are various tracks that run between the marjal and the road to Gandia, so you can dip between them whenever you fancy. Gandia beach is popular with the tourists. Despite its popularity, it is good quality, with decent showers, toilets and beautiful fine sand. Now is the best time to go, to avoid the crush. The port is small but interesting and, of course, a good spot to eat fideuá (a seafood paella cooked with noodles) or a fish-based rice dish. You ought to see Gandía while you’re there - the old part that surrounds the church and the seaside are worth the visit. In fact, it’s a good place to stop, relax, and enjoy the food and the people. And this is the starting point for all sorts of trips inland, El Racó del Duc for example, an amazing route described in our website, www.orangebikes.net.

When you take the Cami del Mig you return to travelling through orange groves. (Orange groves are always a

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02. LA EDAD DE ORO 04. THE LOUNGE/ LA’ANTIGA BODEGUETA 1833 ORANGE BIKES /RAÍCES LA FLAMA / ORIENT XPRESS SINPY JO’S LA SALVAORA

KOKURA LENGUAS VIVAS

CARPE DIEM SAHARA

LABORATORIO FINNEGANS/VINTARA LA ROOM BABALU / GILDA

SHERLOCK HOLMES PINBALL EL BOTIJO

VITA VELLA / THE BODEGUETA

PAPARAZZI

THE MUSIC BOX

GUINNESS HOUSE CARMEN TOWN/REFUGIO CONFETTIS CULTOURALIA JUANITA PRÊT-Á-PORTER BACCO DOC / DON SALVATORE 42. LA PEPITA (M. FUENCARRAL) 43. LA MAGAROTA / AFTERWORK

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24/7 VALENCIA LIVE MUSIC & CLUBS AGENDA BOX: Dwomo DJs 24.00h / Paco Plaza 03.30h. PICCADILLY: Silent Disco con Catalina Isis + Slash PD. PLAZA JAIME I (Sedavi): Sedajazz Almost Big Band (jazz) 23.30h. POLÍGONO ELS MOLLONS ( Alaquàs): Spanish Clash ‘09 Festival (reggae) 23.00h Gratis. WAH-WAH: Los Galván + Salazones (pop rock) 22.30h 7€ / 10€. MONDAY / LUNES 14 BLACK NOTE: Tonky Jam (Open Jam Session) 23.30h 4€. MUSIC BOX: Paco DJ 2.00h. TUESDAY / MARTES 15

SEPTEMBER/ SEPTIEMBRE MONDAY / LUNES 7 MUSIC BOX: Paco DJ 2.00h. TUESDAY / MARTES 8 47 CLUB: DJ Encantador 23.30h. MUSIC BOX: Xino DJ 2.00h. RADIO CITY: Rafael Vargas ‘El Chino’, Miguel Pérez, Pepe Pérez, Abdel, Dani de Francisco y Sara (flamenco) 23.00h 7€ con consumición. WEDNESDAY / MIÉRCOLES 9 47 CLUB: Slash PD 23.30h. MUSIC BOX: Cookin Soul 2.00h. THURSDAY / JUEVES 10 BLACK NOTE: Sex & Rock ‘n’ Roll by Juke Box Covers + DJ Quique Lledó 20.00h Gratis. CAFÉ DEL DUENDE: Francisco Calderón, Manuel Heredia y Yolanda López (flamenco) 23.30h. DUB CLUB: DJ Citric + DJ Chich 23.30h Gratis. 47 CLUB: Bjorn Borj 23.30h. JUANITA: DJ session 23.30h Gratis. LA EDAD DE ORO: Lukas shersey (Mod)

12€ MUSIC BOX: Sesiones Maravillas 2.00h. PICCADILLY: Rock Stars Party con Chaqueta + Slash PD. FRIDAY / VIERNES 11 BLACK NOTE: Enric Peidro Quartet (jazz) 23.30h Gratis. CAFÉ DEL DUENDE: Juanma Maya, Tonetti, J. Antonio de Torres y Esther Garc és. (flamenco) 23.30h. DUB CLUB: DJ Suco 23.30h Gratis. 47 CLUB: Sergio Máñez 23.30h. LA EDAD DE ORO: Los Pajaros 5€ LA PEPITA: Cuba Night 23.30h. MUSIC BOX: Alababarada 24.00h / Paco Plaza 03.30h. PICCADILLY: Twin Party con Chals Chals Chals + Slash PD. POLÍGONO ELS MOLLONS (Alaquàs): Alaquàs Reggae Festival ‘09 23.00h Gratis. TERRAZA (Pinedo): Dskonnect Dream Team + Dr Larusso + Maetrik (EEUU) + Sergio Máñez + Fabel 24.00h. UBIK BAR CAFÉ: Will McCarthy with Nuno Alves (alternative folk desde UK) 20.15h 2.5€. WAH-WAH: Mortimer + Pantano (rock) 22.30h 5€. SATURDAY / SÁBADO 12 BLACK NOTE: La Banda En Alquiler (fusion) 23.30h Gratis. DUB CLUB: DJ Don Dub 23.30h Gratis. 47 CLUB: Miss Yuls 23.30h. JUANITA: RocksteadyBeatz 23.30h Gratis. LA PEPITA: Belltranskabaret Music Hall en directo + DJ Nacho 23.30h. MUSIC

BLACK NOTE: Elvis Perkins In Dearland (folk /pop/rock desde Netherlands) 23.30h 16€ (anticipada) / 20€ (taquilla). 47 CLUB: DJ Encantador 23.30h. MUSIC BOX: Xino DJ 2.00h. RADIO CITY: Tomás González, Juan del Pilar, Victor Rodríguez y María Linzana (flamenco) 23.00h 7€ con consumición. WEDNESDAY / MIÉRCOLES 16 47 CLUB: Slash PD 23.30h. MUSIC BOX: Cookin Soul 2.00h. THURSDAY / JUEVES 17 BLACK NOTE: Sex & Rock ‘n’ Roll by Juke Box Covers + DJ Quique Lledó 20.00h Gratis. CAFÉ DEL DUENDE: María Lizana, Pilar Pacheco y Quique Naval (flamenco) 23.30h. DUB CLUB: DJ Citric + DJ Chich 23.30h Gratis. 47 CLUB: Despechadas PD 23.30h. JUANITA: DJ session 23.30h Gratis. LA PEPITA: Inauguración Cena Jam session (jazz) 23.30h. MUSIC BOX: Sesiones Maravillas 2.00h. PICCADILLY: Mad Piñuel + Slash PD. WAH-WAH: Kutxi Romero & Jataja (flamenco) 22.00h 12€ / 15€. FRIDAY / VIERNES 18 BLACK NOTE: Jack y Los Daniels (rockabilly) 23.30h Gratis. CAFÉ DEL

twentyfoursevenvalencia 47 DUENDE: Manuel Reyes, Amaro Carmona, Manuel Serena y Manuel Quintero (flamenco) 23.30h. DUB CLUB: RocksteadyBeatz 23.30h Gratis. 47 CLUB: Falomir Freak Show 23.30h. JUANITA: Pon Top Sound 23.30h Gratis. LA EDAD DE ORO: La doble alfons band 5€ LA PEPITA: The Threesomes 23.30h. LUIS PUIG VELODROME: Leonard Cohen (cantautor) 21.30h 50€ / 60€ / 75€ / 85€. MUSIC BOX: TodoTemazos 24.00h / Paco Plaza 03.30h. OCTUBRE CENTRE: Dwomo (pop) 20.00h 5€. PICCADILLY: 1 DJ / 1 Hora con Alternand + Play4you + Gomez Kemp +Lord Byron. PINBALL DJ Balto (Soul & Northern Soul) TERRAZA (Pinedo): Closing Party con Dominick Aguilera + Nikon + Lupo + Fabian Dressens 24.00h. WAH-WAH: Pecker + Automatic Sushi (indie) 22.30h 6€. SATURDAY / SÁBADO 19 BLACK NOTE: Mama Soul (soul) 23.30h Gratis. DUB CLUB: Bredda + Valencia Ska 23.30h Gratis. 47 CLUB: Groovekey + Catalina Isis + Miss Yuls 23.30h. JUANITA: DJ Quick-e 23.30h Gratis. LA PEPITA: Barón Dandy y sus Rumberos en concierto 23.30h. MATISSE: Limbotheque + Ratolines (rock) 22.30h 8€. MUSIC BOX: Ligres DJs 24.00h / Paco Plaza 03.30h. PICCADILLY: Dirty Pretty Night con Oscar Barila + Rockfish DJ + Slash PD. WAH-WAH: Nudozurdo + Velocista (indie) 22.30h 10€. SUNDAY / DOMINGO 20 BLACK NOTE: Roots Africa (African) 20.30h 6€. OCTUBRE CENTRE: Latino Blanco Quartet (jazz) 19.00h 5€. MONDAY / LUNES 21 BLACK NOTE: Tonky Jam (Open Jam Session) 23.30h 4€. MUSIC BOX: Paco DJ 2.00h. TUESDAY / MARTES 22 BLACK NOTE: Cristina Blasco (jazz) 23.30h Gratis. 47 CLUB: DJ Encantador 23.30h. JIMMY GLASS: María Neckam Quartet (jazz) 21.30h 8€ Aforo Limitado.

MUSIC BOX: Xino DJ 2.00h. RADIO CITY: Emilio, Juanma Maya, Antonio Moreno, Angel Moreno, Chicho, Jony Amador y El Bareta (flamenco) 23.00h 7€ con consumición. WEDNESDAY / MIÉRCOLES 23 47 CLUB: Slash PD 23.30h. MUSIC BOX: Cookin Soul 2.00h. WAH-WAH: James Hunter (soul / R&B) 22.00h 18€ / 22€. THURSDAY / JUEVES 24 BLACK NOTE: Sex & Rock ‘n’ Roll by Juke Box Covers + DJ Quique Lledó 23.30h Gratis. CAFÉ DEL DUENDE: Isabel Julve, Manuel Reyes y Manuel Quintero (flamenco) 23.30h. 47 CLUB: Chip Cambiado 23.30h. DUB CLUB: DJ Citric + DJ Chich 23.30h Gratis. JUANITA: DJ Don Dub 23.30h Gratis. LA MAGAROTA: Will McCarthy with Nuno Alves (alternative folk desde UK) 20.15h Gratis.LA PEPITA: Cena Jam sesión (jazz) 23.30h. MUSIC BOX: Sesiones Maravillas 2.00h. PICCADILLY: Rockandrolla con Nasty Kids + Fab-d + Slash PD. WAH-WAH: Dex 6272 + Desayuno (electro pop) 22.00h Gratis. FRIDAY / VIERNES 25 BLACK NOTE: Lidya Wellington (bossa desde Uruguay) 23.30h Gratis. CAFÉ DEL DUENDE: Aroa Maya, El Chino, Juan de Pilar y Celia Romero (flamenco) 23.30h. CAFE MERCEDES JAZZ: Pepa Blasco Quartet (jazz) 23.00h / 00.30h 8€ DUB CLUB: Rafa Baeza (rock / acoustic) en concierto 21.30h + DJ Elvis Gratis. 47 CLUB: Groovelives Team DJs 23.30h. JUANITA: DJ Soul B 23.30h Gratis. LA EDAD DE ORO: The beer bellys 5€ LA PEPITA: Singles Party con DJ Ernesto Dee 23.30h. MUSIC BOX: Obtuso 24.00h / Paco Plaza 03.30h. OCTUBRE CENTRE: Serpentina (pop) 20.00h 5€. PICCADILLY: Charles Boina + Slash PD. PINBALL Maronda 22,30 (acoustic folk/pychedelia) WAH-WAH: Señor Mostaza (pop) 22.30h 10€.

SATURDAY / SÁBADO 26 BLACK NOTE: Black Cat Big Band (swing) 23.30h Gratis. CAFE MERCEDES JAZZ: Pepa Blasco Quartet (jazz) 23.00h / 00.30h 8€ DUB CLUB: DJ Furry 23.30h Gratis. 47 CLUB: Groovelives Team DJs 23.30h. LA PEPITA: Belltranskabaret Music Hall + DJ Nacho 23.30h. MUSIC BOX: Paco Plaza 24.00h / Miqui Pug 03.00h. PICCADILLY: Equisdé + Slash PD. WAH-WAH: Miss X (glam rock) 22.30h 8€ SUNDAY / DOMINGO 27 BLACK NOTE: Los Escarabajos (beat) 20.00h 8€. DUB CLUB: Gaia Dub Sindicat (reggae / ska) en concierto 20.00h. OCTUBRE CENTRE: Vicente Macián Quartet (jazz) 19.00h 5€. TINGLADO 2 (Port America’s Cup): The Cult (rock) 19.30h 36€ (general) y 100€ (premium). MONDAY / LUNES 28 BLACK NOTE: Tonky Jam (Open Jam Session) 23.30h 4€. MUSIC BOX: Paco DJ 2.00h. TUESDAY / MARTES 29 JIMMY GLASS: Alberto Sanz Duo (jazz) 22.15h / 24.00h 3€ Aforo Limitado. MUSIC BOX: Xino DJ 2.00h. RADIO CITY: “Kallardó con Rafael Vargas ‘El Chino’, Miguel Pérez, Pepe Pérez y Yolanda López (flamenco) 23.00h 7€ con consumición. WEDNESDAY / MIÉRCOLES 30 47 CLUB: Slash PD 23.30h. MUSIC BOX: Cookin Soul 2.00h. THURSDAY / JUEVES 1 OCTOBER OCTUBRE CENTRE: Bustamente & Ciudadano (pop) 20.00h 5€.