Let’s continue with Tarantino and his obsession with these calorific temples. The first location he used for a film was, precisely, a diner, Pat & Lorraine’s Coffee Shop in Los Angeles. The scene in “Reservoir Dogs” has Mr Pink (Steve Buscemi) explaining his reluctance to leave money for waiters with the immortal line “I don’t tip,” a comment that leads to a heated debate between the characters, including Mr Brown (Quentin himself).

A list about the cinema’s essential diners couldn’t be complete without mentioning “Mullholland Drive” by David Lynch.” Winkie’s Diner – now called Caesar’s – is the place where one character describes his dream about a terrifying troll who runs the diner. If you wanna recreate this scene for yourself, you’ll have to travel to Gardena, south of L.A.

In 1968, Kubrick’s classic movie “2001: A Space Odyssey” was released and it was no coincidence that in the same year the Futuro Corporation began production. A year later, Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon. The Futuro Houses represented science fiction iconography brought to life. The future was already here. The houses quickly became popular and participated in the Lüdenscheid exhibition (Germany) in 1971, together with other “Houses of the Future” such as the Rondo House (1960) by Casoni + Casoni or the Six-Shell Bubble House (1964) by Jean-Benjamin Maneval.

Futuro Houses have appeared on all kinds of merchandising: album covers (“Fine Line” by Harry Styles emulates the inside of a Futuro) comic strips such as Bill Griffith’s “Zippy The Pinhead” or brand advertisements for clothing brands such as Diesel’s 2010 ad that read: “We’re with stupid” while an Indian stalked the “Futuro” from the outside with a bow.

3. Sueños de Libertad was born in 2015, and has brought the best artists on the Spanish music scene: Leiva, Amaral, Juanito Makande, M Clan… What artist or band couldn’t come but you’d love to have performed?

Well, to be honest, Sueños de Libertad has featured artists that ten years ago were impossible to bring, but if there is one thing that hurt (a lot) it was not being able to
bring Chris Cornell for the 2018 edition. The idea was for an acoustic concert, on the Baluarte de Santa Lucia in Ibiza, for the first day of the festival, but this particular dream didn’t come true, unfortunately. I got the idea for the concert from seeing Temple of the Dog (with Chris on vocals) and Fantastic Negrito as support play live at Madison Square Garden in New York for the 25th anniversary of their self-titled album.”

4. Sueños de libertad seems almost premonitory… What’s the story behind the name?

In 2014, when I closed El Sitio after two wonderful years with artists likeCoque Malla, Juan Perro, Depedro, Xoel López, Burning and Zahara… I was very stressed and anxious (you can probably say the same for me now). I was living in Madrid at the time and while I was reading a book in a bar, in one of the paragraphs, the main character talked about dreaming of freedom (sueños de libertad). At that moment I felt the same need for freedom and to feel the magic of music again, hence the name. Right now, Sueños de Libertad fits perfectly… unfortunately, we are still dreaming about it.

5. Looking at Sueños de Libertad posters from previous years, it is noticeable that it caters for a variety of tastes. Is this a tactic to reach a wider audience or is it born of necessity?

I’ll never tire of repeating that Ibiza is the most complicated place in Spain to organise concerts or cultural events. There is still a lot to learn and understand, and that’s where we are. You only have to look back to see which world-class artists have failed on the island. You have to go little by little, with patience, studying every corner of the island and its people. Ibiza is special, for better or worse. We´ll keep going and continue to fight. Sueños de Libertad still has a lot to say, and I trust that time is on our
side.