Special projects — 2026
creative direction · club season

Solid Grooves — Music Made Visible

Solid Grooves · DC-10 Ibiza · 2026

Solid Grooves — Music Made Visible — Solid Grooves · DC-10 Ibiza
The 'Music Made Visible' light sculpture: backlit triangular panels with the chromatic scale running diagonally, over the floor. © Mario Pinta

Creative direction for Solid Grooves' 2026 season at DC-10 (Ibiza): eighteen consecutive Thursdays, June 4 through October 1, under a slogan that sums up the brief — 'Music made visible'.

The optical language takes over the whole club: the neon mural on the facade beneath DC-10's original sign; the spectral pixel frieze above the Terrace booth; the light sculptures hanging over the dancefloor; and the season's entire graphic identity.

Michael Bibi, PAWSA, Marco Carola, Chris Stussy, Seth Troxler and Solomun all pass through the booth. The sound is rolling, low-slung tech-house; the image, the studio's colour system taken to club scale.

Gallery

22 images · local prototype — per-image clearance before publishing

Solid Grooves — Music Made Visible — The dancefloor under a ceiling clad in the studio's spectral optical panels. © Cris Ann
The dancefloor under a ceiling clad in the studio's spectral optical panels. © Cris Ann
Solid Grooves — Music Made Visible — The Terrace on opening night (June 4): the 'Solid Grooves' neon and the spectral pixel frieze above the booth. © Mario Pinta
The Terrace on opening night (June 4): the 'Solid Grooves' neon and the spectral pixel frieze above the booth. © Mario Pinta
Solid Grooves — Music Made Visible — Flags carrying Felipe's optical patterns — checkerboard, stripes, gradient — beside the 'Solid Grooves' neon.
Flags carrying Felipe's optical patterns — checkerboard, stripes, gradient — beside the 'Solid Grooves' neon.
Solid Grooves — Music Made Visible — Optical flags and the illuminated star-fans above the crowd. © Mario Pinta
Optical flags and the illuminated star-fans above the crowd. © Mario Pinta
Solid Grooves — Music Made Visible — The optical flags at dusk, above the DC-10 sign. © Mario Pinta
The optical flags at dusk, above the DC-10 sign. © Mario Pinta
Solid Grooves — Music Made Visible — The spectral-triangle sculpture, another angle. © Mario Pinta
The spectral-triangle sculpture, another angle. © Mario Pinta
Solid Grooves — Music Made Visible — The triangle sculpture suspended over the booth — August, week 5.
The triangle sculpture suspended over the booth — August, week 5.
Solid Grooves — Music Made Visible — The room with the triangle sculpture lit overhead, before the rush. © Mario Pinta
The room with the triangle sculpture lit overhead, before the rush. © Mario Pinta
Solid Grooves — Music Made Visible — A shaft of light over the booth, between the triangular panels. © Mario Pinta
A shaft of light over the booth, between the triangular panels. © Mario Pinta
Solid Grooves — Music Made Visible — The floor rig with the spectral patterns running along the truss, seen from below.
The floor rig with the spectral patterns running along the truss, seen from below.
Solid Grooves — Music Made Visible — The lighting rig over the Terrace floor, lit amber. © Mario Pinta
The lighting rig over the Terrace floor, lit amber. © Mario Pinta
Solid Grooves — Music Made Visible — A vertical truss dressed in the studio's spectral panels.
A vertical truss dressed in the studio's spectral panels.
Solid Grooves — Music Made Visible — The floor truss lit blue — August, week 5.
The floor truss lit blue — August, week 5.
Solid Grooves — Music Made Visible — The 'Music Made Visible' banners backlit over the floor — the studio's atom as a vertical strip.
The 'Music Made Visible' banners backlit over the floor — the studio's atom as a vertical strip.
Solid Grooves — Music Made Visible — A row of backlit light-boxes along the club wall.
A row of backlit light-boxes along the club wall.
Solid Grooves — Music Made Visible — The season graphic: 'Music made visible', the atom and the signature, in a spectral gradient.
The season graphic: 'Music made visible', the atom and the signature, in a spectral gradient.
Solid Grooves — Music Made Visible — Detail: '…visible' cut into perforated metal.
Detail: '…visible' cut into perforated metal.
Solid Grooves — Music Made Visible — Production: one of the spectral LED panels, mounted inside the shipping container.
Production: one of the spectral LED panels, mounted inside the shipping container.
Solid Grooves — Music Made Visible — The 'DC-10 Ibiza' totem topped with the spectral triangles, by day.
The 'DC-10 Ibiza' totem topped with the spectral triangles, by day.
Solid Grooves — Music Made Visible — The season billboard — 'Solid Grooves Thursdays' — on the way to the club.
The season billboard — 'Solid Grooves Thursdays' — on the way to the club.
Solid Grooves — Music Made Visible — The DC-10 facade with the neon mural: 'Music made visible', signed Felipe Pantone.
The DC-10 facade with the neon mural: 'Music made visible', signed Felipe Pantone.
Solid Grooves — Music Made Visible — The season poster: all eighteen Thursdays and the full line-up. Courtesy Solid Grooves / DC-10.
The season poster: all eighteen Thursdays and the full line-up. Courtesy Solid Grooves / DC-10.
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