Brandon Block: From Ibiza Chaos to Recovery

He was the wildest man in 90s club culture - and by his own admission, probably would’ve “won the World Cup of caning. "I realised I was more scared of living without drugs than I was of dying with them.” In this raw, funny and unexpectedly moving conversation, Martin Deeson sits down with legendary DJ Brandon Block - the man synonymous with Ibiza, excess, and one of the most extreme lifestyles of the 1990s. But this isn’t just a chance to tell war stories. It’s a deep dive into addiction, recovery, dopamine, modern anxiety - and what happens when the party stops. How Brandon went from Ibiza icon to 28 grams of cocaine a day The moment he realised: “I can’t live like this anymore” Why addiction isn’t about substances — it’s about behaviour and dopamine The truth about anxiety: “It won’t kill you — but it will test you” The power of empathy — and how it shaped both his DJ career and his recovery work Why Gen X might be uniquely struggling in the modern world Ibiza, spirituality, and the strange magic of that era Follow Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/martin-deeson-unloaded/id1885169674 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@MartinDeesonUnloaded X: https://x.com/martindeeson Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/martindeeson/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@martindeeson Website: https://www.unloadedpodcast.com/