Balearic Beats Retreats & Connect Ibiza present
Music Production Retreat
Mallorca
Featuring
Liam Wilson
Debut edition · Opening the 2027 season at Island Vibes Studios
Most production courses hand you a blank project and a lot of theory. NEXUS does the opposite. Everyone works the same brief — a remix of one classic track — from first idea to finished master, with a working producer in the room the whole way.
Pull the original apart before you touch a fader. Why it works, what the arrangement is really doing, where the energy actually comes from — and which parts are worth keeping.
Build in the same room, at the same time. Your work goes up on the monitors, gets listened to properly, and gets honest feedback — from Liam and from the other producers in the group.
Sound design, arrangement, harmony, mix balance — taught against the track in front of you rather than in the abstract. Theory sticks when you use it the same afternoon.
The hardest part of production is not starting — it's finishing. You leave with a completed remix, not a folder of eight-bar loops.
Why a remix? A blank canvas is where most producers stall. Starting from a track that already works removes the paralysis and puts the focus squarely on craft — arrangement, sound selection, and the decisions that actually separate a finished record from an unfinished one. Everyone tackling the same source material is what makes the workshops sharp: you hear eighteen different answers to a problem you've personally wrestled with.
Four days of instruction with Liam, then a final day to enjoy the island. The work gets finished first — the last day is yours to spend on the coast rather than in the studio.
Settle into the villa, meet the group, and hear the track you'll all be remixing. First listen together on the studio monitors, followed by dinner and an opening session on what the week is going to ask of you.
A full guided session pulling the original apart, then choosing your own angle. By the end of the day everyone has a direction, a tempo, and the bones of an idea in the DAW.
Heads-down production with Liam moving between setups, plus a theory block on sound design and arrangement. Evening playback session — every work-in-progress on the big speakers, feedback from the room.
The last day of tuition. Mix balance, final arrangement calls, and getting tracks over the line with Liam. The programme closes with a proper listening session of all eighteen remixes on the studio monitors.
No tuition — the work is done. The cove, the coast path, Pollença old town, the hot tub, or the studio if you're still on a roll. A last night together to finish the week properly.
Breakfast, goodbyes, and onward travel. You go home with a finished remix, a set of notes, and eighteen new people who make the same music you do.
Day-by-day structure is indicative — the schedule flexes around the group's level and how the work is going.
In association with Connect Ibiza
Liam Wilson is one of trance music’s most respected DJs and producers — a Manchester original who built his name through residencies at Goodgreef, Rong and Pure Trance before taking his old-school, crowd-first DJing worldwide, from Ibiza to Argentina to Australia.
Self-taught as a producer, he’s since released on Armada, Black Hole, Subculture and FSOE, landed multiple Beatport Top 10s, and had tracks like ‘Family’ and ‘Aspiration’ become genuine scene highlights. Seven-plus years deep in the trance circuit, with radio support from BBC Radio 1 and A State Of Trance.
Self-taught means he remembers what it's like not to know. NEXUS is direct access to how a working producer actually builds, decides and finishes — not a lecture series.
A private villa on Mallorca's northern coast with a professional Pioneer DJ studio built into it. Eight bedrooms, a pool, a gym and a hot tub — and a cove ten minutes down the hill.
Per person · 5 nights · 4 days tuition
£1999
17–22 March 2027 · 18 beds only
Not included: flights, airport transfers from Palma, travel insurance, personal spending.
Secure your place with a £250 deposit
Balance due by 15 February 2027, one month before the retreat. You can pay it in instalments at your own pace between now and then.
Pricing is per person. Book solo and you'll share a twin with another producer, or book as a pair and take a room between you. We'll sort the details with you when booking opens.
Producers who can already get around a DAW and want to get properly good — not absolute beginners. If you've made loops but never finished a record, this is squarely aimed at you.
This is the debut NEXUS and the room is capped at eighteen. Signing up costs nothing and puts you first in line when booking opens.
Eighteen beds, one edition, March 2027. Leave your details and we'll come to you first when booking opens — with the full programme, the track reveal, and payment details.
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