Six of the eighteen cuts on 'Ibiza Vibes 2026' carry the name Jamie Lewis, either as producer or remixer. No accident: Lewis — Cem Berter, a former record shop owner — founded Purple Music in Zurich in 1997 and turned it into one of the most influential house labels of the 2000s, so this compilation works as a self-portrait of the imprint rather than a seasonal postcard. Purple was born with a specific mission, fusing gospel with house, and that DNA is still on display: titles like 'Be Thankful' and 'He Reigns' (here in Fnx Omar's remix) speak the language of the church without leaving the dancefloor.
Michelle Weeks and the old vocal guard
Purple's other historic trademark is the voice. Jocelyn Brown, Inaya Day and Michael Watford have all passed through the label's catalogue, and here the tradition rests on Michelle Weeks in 'Love Rain' (Organic Dub), alongside Darryl D'Bonneau and Peter Macaluso: nine and a half minutes at 96 BPM, the longest and slowest cut of the set, an almost liturgical breather on a record that otherwise moves between 120 and 127. D'Bonneau returns on 'Do You Remember?', in Lewis's own Zanzibar Mix.
Nor is the title pure opportunism: 'So Sexy' features DJ Pippi, Pacha Ibiza's resident since 1984 and a pioneer of the Balearic sound, remixed into afro house territory by Serhan Sabanlar. That afro-Latin corner — 'Rumba Y Ron', Anthony Romeno's 'Corazon' in its Afro Latino Mix, Christos Fourkis's afro mix of 'Shimmy Shake' — is the side of the tracklist facing the island's present, while the rest defends the classic vocal house the label has been polishing since 1997 at its monthly residency at Zurich's Kaufleuten club. The closer says it without metaphor: 'House Music', Lewis with Nicola Fasano. A label that no longer needs an introduction; the signature is enough.
Sources: Wikipedia · Purple Music · Red Bull Music Academy
