All-Time Ibiza Classics

At one time, the former Phoenician island colony of Ibiza was known for mainly its pine trees, fish sauce and wool. More recently the "Gomorrah of the Med" was transformed the spiritual home of splendiferous European dance music, a status it's likely to hold for the remainder of the 21st century and beyond. Here we pay homage to the land of Privilege, Eden, Pacha, Space and Manumission with an Essential collection of sonic belters. Start your journey to the Balearic side with Faithless anthem "Insomnia" then sink into the sonic waves of Robert Miles's "Children (Dream Version)," before pepping it up with Underworld's 1995 landmark "Born Slippy."

Sail with Groove Armada to the island's wobbled shores, in Next Steps.

The classic Ibiza sound experience is a journey through three zones: first, you need a few sonic aperitifs to warm you up, and none glide down quite as smoothly as Groove Armada's fabulously woozy "At the River," with its doctored "Old Cape Cod" sample and a trumpet that sounds like its been slipped a Spanish fly; then you can steam into the night's meat and potatoes (something substantial, like Zombie Nation's "Kernkraft 400" or Paul Van Dyk's "We Are Alive"); finally, you'll want to ease down with an untouchable soother: how about Massive Attack's "Unfinished Sympathy (Perfecto Mix)" or Armand's Dark Garage Mix of "Spin Spin Sugar" by Sneaker Pimps?

In Deep Cuts, we add Stone Bridge and Lost Tribe to our classic Ibiza track roster.

Everyone who's ever partied, raved and found nirvana in Ibiza has a particular track that will live forever in the (slightly addled) memory as a Proustian trigger, sparking visions of sunset at Café del Mar whenever it's played. Perhaps you'll find your own personal Ibiza classic among these Deep Cuts . . . but even if you've never been there, you'll be instantly transported to the Mediterranean island on the wings of Stone Bridge's groove-cruisin' "Put 'Em High," Lost Tribe's sweet cascade of electronica, "Gamemaster," the Heller & Farley Project's tribally mesmerizing "Ultra Flava" and that propulsive fizz-bomb from Alice Deejay, "Better Off Alone."

Few locations have shaped dance music like the party Shangri-la we know and love as Ibiza. The island doesn't simply host great clubs and DJs: it's geography and climate actually determines the sound, an instantly recognizable distillation of sonic euphoria that sustains the pleasure of an ocean sunrise or captures the spiritual overhaul of a warm night spent grooving under the stars. Here, we give a selection of the tracks and artists — from A Man Called Adam to Zombie Nation — who will forever bear the mark of Ibiza: the Future Sound of London's ever-spacey "Papua New Guinea"; Tiesto's supercharged take on Samuel Barber's haunting "Adagio for Strings"; Fatboy Slim's "The Rockafeller Skank" . . . take the plunge and experience the bliss.