The character of the hero first came up in the ancient world. The word ‘heros’ originally comes from classical Greek and was often used to describe the mythical founders of cities and nations. Many of the ancient hero figures were at the same time demigods or at least the objects of a strong religious worship. What was that again? God is a DJ? All jokes aside. The Cocoon team around Sven Väth has chosen the motto “Cocoon Heroes” for the twelfth Cocoon Ibiza season. Not as a self-adulation, as in the end all participants - whether they are behind the decks, the bar or, above all, on the dancefloor - are the true heroes of the night. And as the official warm-up for this mega event series, Cocoon Recordings is providing us with the now fifth edition of the Ibiza Summer Mix. One of the true highlights in this season is the performance of Adam Beyer on July, 25th. The Drumcode label head who lives in Stockholm is, together with Richie Hawtin, Jeff Mills and Sven Väth, one of the most influential figures in electronic dance music for more than fifteen years now. Often being a guarantor for stringent and hard Techno as a producer, Beyer proves his musical complexity as a DJ with an energetic tour de force between hypnotic-percussive Tech House, Dub and Acid, and finally surprises the listener with a distinct affinity to meaningful vocal samples. With some brilliant tracks from Function, Radio Slave, Joel Mull, Paul Ritch, Jesper Dahlbäck and, first and foremost, with Beyer’s collaboration with Alan Fitzpatrick ("Human Reason"), the sweat is most certainly going to be pouring over the dancefloor. Dorian Paic, Frankfurt resident and co-owner of the record store authority Freebase as well as label head of Raum…Musik, has been an essential part of the Rhein Main scene for many years now and is part of the line up at the Grand Opening party at Amnesia.