Pierre David Guetta aka David Guetta, is a French house music producer and DJ. His father was a restaurateur of Moroccan Jewish descent, and his mother is of Belgian descent. He is married to socialite and night club manager Cathy Guetta and they have two children, Tim Elvis Eric and Angie.
Originally a DJ at nightclubs during the 1980s and 1990s, he co-founded Gum Productions and released his first album, Just a Little More Love, in 2002. Later, he released Guetta Blaster (2004) and Pop Life (2007). His 2009 album One Love included the hit singles "When Love Takes Over" (featuring Kelly Rowland), "Gettin' Over You" (featuring Chris Willis, Fergie & LMFAO) and "Sexy Bitch" (featuring Akon), the last becoming a top five hit in the United States and all three reaching #1 in the United Kingdom, as well as another internationally known single called "Memories" featuring Kid Cudi which became a top five hit in many countries.
There are few DJs in the world that create the reaction that David Guetta sparks. Whether it's 50,000 fans singing along to his hit records at the recent massive Stade De France stadium Unighted über-party, or dark rooms of clubbers locked in the groove nine hours into his set, Guetta gets passions flowing. That's because he uniquely and boldly treads a tightrope most DJs wouldn't dare to traverse: the line between being an underground DJ and having huge crossover success. That might not sound like two worlds that go together, but David flits between French prime-time TV appearances, deep sets at Space Miami and producing music that appeals to clubbers and also way beyond with apparent ease. That he won a World Music Award and was voted the best house DJ in the DJmag Top 100 in the same year is a credit to his ability to work in both of these seemingly disparate worlds.
With DJ sets at hundreds of the coolest clubs each year and record sales clocking in at more than three million singles and almost 2 million albums – half a million of which are for his latest artist long player ‘Pop Life' – it's clear that his own path is a fruitful one. A huge star in France for over a decade, David is following that success worldwide. In America for example all of ‘Pop Life's singles smashed into the Billboard Dance airplay top ten and Love Is Gone refused to leave the No.1 spot on iTunes Dance USA for three months - while the album went gold in multiple territories across Europe. Guetta is also the most requested artist for summer compilations on the whole of EMI. With around 50 million hits on YouTube (and climbing fast), David is as popular outside of nightclubs as he is in them. In fact, David's video's hold the Number 1 and No 3 spots in the most watched Electronica clips on Youtube – worldwide and of all time!
This summer has seen Guetta play to an incredible array of people, calling in at Love Parade, Bahia Carnival, Queensday, Techno Parade and Global Gathering. That adds up to around 4,500,000 dancers before you even count the club gigs or the Pacha Ibiza residency! It's such a buzz playing to big crowds, but he's never out of a club for too long. He wants to entertain as many people as possible – show everyone a great time – but never at the expense of being a DJ. Of all the parts of his renaissance life it's this that is key – he's a DJ first, everything else follows. One of his favourite gigs was during his phenomenal US tour. After playing three hours of his biggest and best at Crobar Miami he dived over to Space to go deep for another six hours.
David is one of the most impressive DJs in the house scene. Almost remixing records live, he makes loops, slams tracks together that you'd never think would go and uses vocals over other instrumentals. I bet we have a lot more to see from David in the future. His sets are so dynamic that at times it is difficult to see how he can keep the energy up. To put it simply, Guetta creates moments…
Grammy nominated artist, globally acclaimed DJ and audio architect Paul van Dyk continues to dominate the electronic music charts and appears at the pinnacle of every Top DJ list around the globe. Matthias Paulor PvD, as his fans have nicknamed him, has been ranked the World’s No. 1 DJ by DJ Magazine’s "Top 100 DJs poll" two times something less than a handful of DJs have ever achieved.
Born in Eisenhuettenstadt, East Germany, Paul van Dyk grew up in communist East Berlin. Because his community did not have a true club culture, Paul van Dyk listened to the radio where he discovered his passion for music that extended beyond Techno music as he wanted to create a different, more unique sound. In the early 1990’s Paul van Dyk was spinning regularly at various clubs in Berlin before releasing his first album 45 RPM in 1994. But it wasn’t until the release of his second album Seven Ways which catapulted him into the Top 100, followed by the release of his hit single "For An Angel," which began to earn him praise across the globe. By the time Paul van Dyk released Out There & Back in 2000, it became clear that the Berlin-based musician had far more to offer than his signature club sets and remixes that had already defined him as one of the most influential DJs and producers of all time. His first compilation mix CD Politics of Dancing was released in 2001, followed by Global in 2003, a DVD which illustrates his own experiences travelling the world.
Paul van Dyk’s touring diary remains incredibly hectic with regular globetrotting stops at major venues across the globe from New York, London, Ibiza to India, China and Singapore. At the present, he has the second largest Miles & More account, a Lufthansa program for the most frequent passengers.
Paul van Dyk is credited as one of the hardest working artists in electronic music, with sold-out tours that cross each continent, headline spots at every major festival, and a hugely successful recording career. With over 3 million albums sold worldwide, van Dyk travels around the world over 16 times each year to sold out performances internationally. On New Years Eve 2008/2009 Paul played Barra Beach to over 1 million people in Rio de Janero giving testament to his incredible popularity the world over. In 2008 Paul expanded into creating music for video games and movie soundtracks. His work with EA Games has resulted in mulitple releases featuring his music on Mirror's Edge and Grand Slam Tennis out in 2009. Paul has also lent his talents to remixing Batman's "Dark Knight Theme" written by Hanz Zimmer. But Paul is no stranger to high profile remixes, he has put his unique twist on Depeche Mode’s "Martyr", Justin Timberlake’s "What Goes Around" and Britney Spears "Gimme More" just to name a few. His original album In Between released in 2007 and featured collaborations with David Byrne and Jessica Sutta of the Pussycat Dolls as well as Rea Garvey of Reamon and Johnny McDaid of Vega 4.
Paul van Dyk received a Grammy nomination in 2005 for Best Dance/Electronic Album for his original album Reflections. Previously, PvD won four IDMAs in 2006: Best Global DJ, Best NuNRG/Euro Track, Best Producer and Best Mix Compilation for The Politics of Dancing 2. In addition, PvD was voted "America’s Favorite DJ" for 2004 and 2005 by BPM Magazine and was the big winner at the 2004 Dancestar Awards, taking home 3 awards: Best International DJ, Best Event and Best Music in a Commercial (Motorola). He also won the Mexican Oscar for his soundtrack in the film Zurdo in March 2004. Paul van Dyk was voted "Best Music Maker" by DJ Magazine, received the "Best International DJ Award" at the 1999 Music Awards in London, was named "Best International DJ" by Ministry of Sound Magazine, and Mixmag elected him as "Man of the Year".
Aside from his musical activity, Paul van Dyk has always dedicated a significant part of his life to politics and social justice. In 2004, PvD was the only electronic artist involved in a nationwide tour with the Rock The Vote campaign, where he joined the likes of Bono, P Diddy, the Black Eyed Peas and George Clinton. He most recently received Berlin’s Medal of Honor (Landesverdienstorden) in recognition of his work with Ruckenwind, a charity organization he founded dedicated to helping poor children in Berlin. He joins a distinguished list of arts and political establishment figures with this honor.
The next studio album by Paul van Dyk, entitled 'Evolution' is scheduled for release on 20 March 2012. The track 'Eternity' was made in collaboration with Adam Young, known for Owl City. Have a look of his great work and admire the man…
Darren Emerson is one of the most influential figures in dance music, with a 17 year career that has seen him work with everyone from Depeche Mode to Jamie Cullum. Emerson began mixing Hip-Hop records at the age of 14, and by 16 was DJing regularly at local venues. He began to explore house music and quickly acquired a reputation as one of the top British DJs, and demand for his services saw him playing at top clubs such as The Milk Bar, Limelights, and Venus. Darren has garnered several accolades such as "DJ of the Month" in The Face magazine, and i-D magazine.
In 1990, Martin Prudence, brother-in-law of Rick Smith, introduced him and Karl Hyde invited him to become the third member of techno band Underworld. While working on their second album, 1996's Second Toughest in the Infants, they released the single "Born Slippy NUXX", which was an instant hit following its inclusion on the soundtrack to the movie, Trainspotting.
Darren parted ways with Underworld in 2000 and then concentrated more on his solo career as a DJ and remixer, and also as a label owner. "Global Underground: Uruguay" and "Global Underground: Singapore" soon followed on the Global Underground label, with "Episode 1" on his new Underwater label following in 2002. He continued to release tracks by himself and new artists on the Underwater records label and eventually gained its own night at super club Pacha, Ibiza alongside fellow DJ Erick Morillo, to hold a joint Underwater/Subliminal Records night. During its second summer at Pacha, his Underwater Records night won 'House Event' of the summer at the DJ Magazine awards. After its success, Darren Emerson decided to host its own full night at Pacha, Ibiza which became an extremely popular night on the island.
Over the past few years, Emerson has been busy touring the world whilst preparing for his own solo debut album. He rarely plays in the UK apart from his previous bi-monthly resident slot at London club The End which closed down in January 2009. In 2007 he performed at Sensation White in the Amsterdam Arena.
In 2009 he released a third compilation for Global Underground - 'Bogota' and in 2010 he launched a new label, DETONE, on which he has so far released the club tracks Gracelands, Decisions, Hard For Slow and Au Go Go, featuring the vocals of the lead singer from Empire Of The Sun. Meanwhile, he continues his relentless globe trotting DJ schedule and has also begun hosting DETONE club nights at East Village in London.
Darren Emerson is one of the true pioneers of the music industry today. From rocking Glastonbury with Underworld and the perennial classic "Born Slippy" to topping the UK charts with his own label – Underwater, he has never let down his followers and has always tried to bring the whole house music industry one step forward. Open your laptop and enjoy him doing what he does best…
The tale of Danny Tenaglia’s love affair with music, and the world’s subsequent romance with him, is one of the critical veins in the body of dance music. He is every dancer’s secret discovery; a random purchase at the record store, a reluctant night out that unexpectedly turned magic. Explosive success came not behind a major label release, or a world tour, or a radio hit remix. It happened when enough people had the private Tenaglia experience for themselves.
The momentum started building in early ‘70s New York, when a barely 10-year-old Danny first got the feel of vinyl in his hands. It was 1979 when he discovered legendary nightclub Paradise Garage, where DJ Larry Levan’s rich, genre-less blend of music seemed to mirror his own “no boundaries” policy. It was here where Danny found the club model he would one day emulate.
Danny left New York in 1985 and launched a successful DJing career in Miami as a resident at Cheers nightclub. There he schooled the locals in classic New York and Chicago house, but five years later he returned home, tired of only playing other people’s music. He started to assemble an impressive roster of remixes, including Right Said Fred’s “I’m Too Sexy”, Jamiroquai’s “Emergency on Planet Earth”, and Madonna’s “Human Nature”. But his first epic was The Daou’s “Surrender Yourself”. With the kick in the bass and the underlying rhythm as the foundation, Tenaglia blanketed Vanessa Daou’s wispy vocal with grand, thick chords, a combination of classic groove and modern club-ready depth that was, at the time, entirely new. The title of his 1995 debut artist album on New York’s Tribal Records described it perfectly, Hard & Soul.
In 1996, after a brief stint at New York superclub Roxy, Danny landed a Saturday night residency at Twilo, a position that upped his profile but didn’t satisfy his expanding artistry as a DJ and producer. This period produced solid remixes like Grace’s “Not Over Yet” and Janet Jackson’s “The Pleasure Principle”, but by the time he moved to Tunnel in 1998, Danny had already created “Elements,” an instant classic that caused the dance scene’s collective jaw to drop. A trio of label compilations, Mix This Pussy and Can Your Pussy Do The Dog? for Tribal, and Gag Me With A Tune for Maxi, were the first Tenaglia sets clued-in clubbers could take home to dissect.
Although, the release of his first installment in the UK-based Global Underground series of DJ mixes ion 2000, titled Athens, lit the international fire. Athens (meant to reflect the set he played at the Greek capital’s club King Size) remains one of the darkest, strangest, sexiest sets ever released, and its tame cover photo of a gentle-looking man in a Yankee cap just didn’t seem to fit. DJ dates across Europe dispelled the mystery and started the spread of the infectious Tenaglia fever.
The world caught up to Tenaglia in 2000. His annual party during Miami’s Winter Music Conference outgrew its home at the cramped Groovejet and moved to just-opened superclub Space. DJ giants like Carl Cox danced on top of the speakers with the Deep Dish boys, Fatboy Slim mingled on the patio, and for a day the ego inherent to DJ culture evaporated Tenaglia was hailed as the undisputed king, the “DJ’s DJ.” His roof-raising revamp of Green Velvet’s “Flash” won “Best Remix” at the UK’s Muzik Awards, where he was also awarded the “Best International DJ” prize.
In the two years that followed, Tenaglia released another Global Underground installment (London), toured the world, took the party island of Ibiza by storm, got nominated for a Grammy for his remix of Depeche Mode’s “I Feel Loved,” also nominated for Best Dance Song), returned to Twilo for two special gigs – a President’s Day marathon with Carl Cox that shattered all its attendance records, and the club’s sixth anniversary party with John Digweed, which turned out to be even more meaningful than it seemed at the time as Twilo was shut down permanently a week later. Also graced the cover of every major dance music magazine and won a Dancestar Lifetime Achievement award.
In 2003, Danny came full circle with the release of Choice: A Collection Of Classics, a two-CD mixed compilation that let him pay direct tribute to many of the artists who had influenced his sound and style. He also opened another Space during Winter Music Conference (the new location down the block), and took another Dancestar award, this time ‘Best Party’ for “Be Yourself.”
Since then Danny has remained prolific in the clubs and has graced the decks in all the big rooms in NYC including Avalon, Crobar, Pacha NYC, Roxy and Webster Hall. Now after a long studio silence, Danny re-emerges in 2008 with his newest single on Tommy Boy Records, “The Space Dance”, named in honor of his first weekly residency at renowned global clubbing institution Space Ibiza to begin in July 2008.
And as in every year since his DJ odyssey began, all across the globe, from his hometown of New York City to Acapulco to Tokyo, more people experienced their first night with Danny Tenaglia, that clubber rite-of-passage which all bet that forever changes how you listen to music, go out to nightclubs, and think about DJs.
You can tell when Nick Warren is playing his Dj set. The music is arousing and the crowd goes crazy. That’s the perfect combination for a perfect party, isn’t it? Nick Warren is well-known for his eight albums released in the Global Underground series and as a member of the duo Way Out West. He is head of A&R for the progressive house and breaks record label Hope Recordings.
In 1988, Nick Warren began DJing in Bristol, playing mainly reggae and indie music until house music became more popular in the UK. By the early 1990s, Warren had become one of the more popular DJs in Bristol, performing regularly at the superclub Vision and DJing for Massive Attack.
While working at a record store in 1994, Nick Warren met producer Jody Wisternoff and the two decided to work together. Their first collaboration was on the track "Paradise is the Sound" which they released under the artist name Sub-Version 3. Their next two releases were issued under the name Echo, with Way Out West being the name of their remix project. The duo soon adopted the name for their act and signed a deal with Deconstruction Records.
In the mid 1990s, Nick Warren began a residency at Liverpool dance club Cream. In 1997, Warren was given the opportunity to mix the second entry in the still young Global Underground series. The album, “Global Underground 003: Prague”, is a live set of Warren's from Prague. Although labeled as 003, this was actually only the second release on the Global Underground label. This began a relationship with Global Underground which led to Warren creating seven additional mix albums for the series, including “Global Underground 008: Brazil”, “Global Underground 011: Budapest”, “Global Underground 018: Amsterdam”, “Global Underground 024: Reykjavík”, “Global Underground 028: Shanghai”, “Global Underground 030: Paris”, and “Global Underground 035: Lima”. Warren stated that he feels comfortable working with Global Underground due to an underlying trust between himself and the label.
In December 2000, Way Out West was dropped by Deconstruction, which had since been bought by BMG, as the label felt that Way Out West's album would not do well commercially. Way Out West then signed a three-album contract with Distinctive Records, turning down offers from other labels such as Bedrock. Their first album on Distinctive was Intensify, which featured the singles "The Fall", "Intensify", and "Mindcircus". "The Fall" used lyrics taken from the Cole Porter song "Autumn Leaves" and "Mindcircus" features vocals written by Imogen Heap. For the next Way Out West album, Don't Look Now (2004), Warren and Wisternoff brought in vocalist Omi and drummer Damon Reece. As of early 2007, Way Out West had begun work on new material. Warren made this possible because he is now head A&R of Hope Recordings, the label in which their last single "Spaceman" was released in 2008. In 2008, Global Underground released Warren's next compilation, “Global Underground 035: Lima”. Before this album, Warren had sold over 110,000 compilations in the Global Underground series in the UK alone.
Way Out West's fourth album, titled "We Love Machine," was released on October 6, 2009. The song "Only Love" featuring Jonathan Mendelsohn on vocals was the first single off the album, released August 31, 2009. Also in 2010, Nick released on Bedrock Recordings, with the track In Search Of Silver and he began his Soundgarden show on Frisky Radio, a bi-monthly venture in which Nick plays a wide range of different sets on this popular station.
2011 marked Hope Recordings' 100th release, taken on by none other than Nick Warren himself. The track was titled “Buenos Aires” as Nick feels a special connection with the city, having played there on several occasions. “Travelling to Buenos Aires for a gig has always been revitalizing as I love the place and its people”, often states. Hope Recordings' next release was by Tom Glass, titled 'Naive' for which Nick did his own 'Psycehdelic Wheel' Remix. In November 2011, Nick released another solo single, Rumbletump, on Hernan Cattaneo's Sudbeat label.
There aren’t many artists who’ve sound tracked the birth of dance music and are still leading its development more than two decades later. There are even less who have gifted both the club and pop scenes with unforgettable musical moments that get talked about in hushed tones years after their creation. Dave Seaman is one of the few.
Whether it’s one of his spine-tingling Global Underground or Renaissance CDs that’s still burning a hole in your stereo years after its purchase, or the perfect pop of Kylie’s ‘Confide In Me’ that he co wrote, produced and remixed, there’s very few with their heart in electronic music who haven’t had a Dave Seaman ‘moment’.
It’s a commonality that everyone from clubbers at Creamfields, to the biggest recording artists on the planet share. Having devoted almost every weekend over the last 15 years to moving dancefloors from Ibiza to Iceland, Seaman has played the world’s most recognised festivals and clubs in more than 70 countries throughout his career, while still lending his production nous to the music industry’s A List. Along with crafting beats for Ms Minogue, Take That and Pet Shop Boys have enlisted his studio expertise, with everyone from U2, to Michael Jackson, Alanis Morissette, David Bowie and New Order having received a Seaman re-rub.With massive discography of more than 60 releases and 30 remixes, his productions have gone on to feature on more than 80 other titles, released all over the globe.
Turning back to when Seaman was eight years old and it’s difficult to imagine anyone wanting to devote their life to music quite as much as the Leeds-born lad. While others indulged in pipe dreams of becoming an English Premier League star or following Neil Armstrong into space, Seaman knew he was destined for a life full of beats and rhythm.
By the early ‘80s, the music obsessive was spinning records at his high school disco and earning his pocket money playing weddings and birthday parties. He knew how to talk-the-talk, too. In 1987 the amateur DJ and DMC member won a trip to New York to attend the New Music Seminar. The trip ultimately led him to land the editor’s role at Mixmag, a position he’d hold for the next three years as he shaped the magazine into being the undisputed clubber’s bible it is today.
Seaman played his first bona-fide professional DJ gig at the legendary Shellys in Stoke in 1990, stroking vinyl alongside a couple of emerging talents by the name of Sasha and Laurent Garnier. Acid house was blooming and Seaman’s boundless enthusiasm and creative spirit was petrol in its tank. Teaming up with producer and friend Steve Anderson, the duo recorded as Brothers In Rhythm, birthing the seminal rave anthem ‘Such A Good Feeling’ which became a UK Top 20 hit, while also issuing the landmark ‘Mixmag Live Volume’ 1 with Carl Cox in 1991.
Seaman’s unrelenting desire to propel music at all levels saw him kickstart the Stress Records imprint through DMC, showcasing tunes by some of the finest talent in dance music for more than a decade. Artists including Sasha, Danny Tenaglia, John Digweed and Groove Armada’s Andy Cato all released smoking club cuts on the label, with many crediting it as acting as a global digital advertising promotion for their careers.
Today, Seaman’s passion to exhibit boundary-breaking talent is as strong as ever. Via his independent label Audio Therapy, his inspired A&R has helped nurture some of the finest groove-merchants in dance music. The label’s roster speaks for itself, with Popof, Timo Mass, Pig & Dan, Wally Lopez, Mihalis Safras, Pirupa & Pigi and Robert Babicz all contributing tracks and remixes recently.
Without a doubt, his relationship with Renaissance is one of the most renowned in dance music, with Seaman having contributed 10 mixes to the revered series. 30 years away from that initial boyhood dream, the places and people may have changed, but Seaman’s passion hasn’t. As busy as ever, he still continues to create. Whether it’s through his own productions or his growing list of revered compilations, you know Seaman’s always on the frontline of electronic house music!
Cosmic Gate is a German trance duo made up of Claus Terhoeven (aka Nic Chagall) and Stefan Bossems (aka DJ Bossi), from Krefeld in Germany.Nic and Bossi's Cosmic Gate's partnership has proved to be one of electronic dance music's most successful, and one of its most enduring.
Formed in 1999, Cosmic Gate's first single was "Exploration of Space", followed by "The Drums" ,"Mental Atmosphere" and their "Somewhere over the Rainbow" remix using samples from the film, "The Wizard of Oz". However, Cosmic Gate did not become well known until their single "Fire Wire" was released in the UK in 2001.
At the start of 2011, with the release of 'Back 2 The Future', Cosmic Gate blurred the line between the compilation and artist album. With producers like Markus Schulz, Arty, Robbie Rivera, Wippenberg, Jochen Miller, Arnej and Rank 1 remixing tracks including 'The Drums', Fire Wire', 'Exploration of Space' and 'Back 2 Earth', it produced a single release run that saw Cosmic Gate take up residence on Beatport's Top 10 chart for an unbroken, unprecedented 3 months.
Over their production lifetime, the Cosmic Gate remix has become almost as illustrious as their productions. In essence, a blow-by-blow of trance music's A-list, Nic and Bossi have lent their studio know-how to productions from Armin van Buuren, Tiësto, Paul van Dyk, Above & Beyond's OceanLab project, Markus Schulz, Deadmau5, Robbie Rivera & Rank 1. They rewired John O'Callaghan's mega-seller 'Find Yourself' to devastating effect and produced remixes of veteran trance producer Vincent De Moor's 'Fly Away' and 'Carte Blanche' (Veracocha). In early 2010 Atlantic Records US approached them to remix James Horner's 'I See You' - the main theme from the film Avatar. This run culminated in them being nominated for Best Remixer at the 2010 IDMAs. Most recently they have reworked Ferry Corsten's classic 'Punk'
Over the past few years, Cosmic Gate's sound has developed and moved away from the harder edge trance through to their current, more subtle yet still driving energetic music style. Just open your laptop and enjoy this…
Who does not know The Prodigy ? The English electronic dance music group that made such an impact in dance music arounf the world was formed in 1990 by Liam Howlet. Along with Fatboy Slim, The Chemical Brothers, and other acts, The Prodigy have been credited as pioneers of the big beat genre, having sold over 25 million records worldwide.
Their music uses various styles from rave, hardcore techno, industrial, and breakbeat in the early 1990s to big beat and electronic rock with punk vocal elements in later times. The current members include Liam Howlett, Keith Flint, and Maxim. Leeroy Thornhill was a member of the band from 1990 to 2000, as was a female dancer and vocalist called Sharky who left the group during their early period. The Prodigy first emerged on the underground rave scene in the early 1990s, and have since then achieved immense and worldwide popularity. Liam Howlett named the group after his first analogue synthesiser, the Moog Prodigy.
After the release of the successful single "Charly", the charts included various "hardcore" rave tracks, to which speed and ecstasy-fuelled clubbers would dance to, but which did not appeal to reviewers from publications at the time. The band's first full length album, the critically acclaimed Experience, followed "Charly" as a landmark release in the history of British rave music with singles like "Everybody in the Place", "Fire/Jericho", "Out of Space", and "Wind It Up. In 1994, Howlett released, The Prodigy's second album, “Music for the Jilted Generation”. Following the international success of Music for the Jilted Generation, the release of "Firestarter" in 1996, helped the band break into the U.S. and other overseas markets, and reached number one on the UK Singles Chart.
The long-awaited third Prodigy album, The Fat of the Land, was released in 1997, just as the band headlined the Glastonbury Festival on its opening night. The album cemented the band's position as one of the most internationally successful acts in the dance genre, entering the UK and US charts at number one. Q magazine named The Prodigy one of the "50 Bands to See Before You Die". The Prodigy's fourth studio album, Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned, was released on 23 August 2004. In 2005, they released a compilation, Their Law: The Singles 1990-2005,
In 2008, it was announced that the band's fifth studio album would be called Invaders Must Die and would be released on the band's new label, Take Me to the Hospital. It was released on 3 March 2009, and was the first Prodigy album since 1997's The Fat of the Land to feature all three members of the band.
The power and the energy that Prodigy have on stage is something worth seeing, even if it means travelling from far away. For those who don’t have the time or money to pursue this dream, I am here for you. Lets start travelling with Prodigy……..
It is time to talk about the man that brought trance and house music in our lives and showed us what good music and good DJ-ing is all about. His majesty Paul Oakenfold...When it comes to a name like Paul Oakenfold it is quite hard to give to the readers the true magnitude of his career into just a few words. For over 3 decades he has elevated and shaped an entire genre and still remains one of the leading forces in the global music scene. Paul Oakenfold's musical career began in the late 1970s, when he started playing soul in a Covent Garden wine bar.
In 1987, Oakenfold travelled to the island of Ibiza for a week to celebrate his birthday, along with Trevor Fung, Nicky Holloway, Ian Saint Paul, Danny Rampling and Johnny Walker. Oakenfold convinced the owner of a venue in England, to host an "Ibiza Reunion" party after-hours. He had previously made an attempt, but it failed as the crowd was not prepared for the acid house style until 1987 when the party was successful. Since then, the night became a classic and became one of the UK's major acid house nights, known as "Spectrum at Heaven in Charing Cross". Spectrum became popular in The Sanctuary. As a bigger space was required, it turned into the Heaven club, which was run by Oakenfold and Paul. The party was best known for the "Theatre of Madness", as more than 1,500 people were present on Monday nights. Also in 1988 he decided to create a place where new artists could develop their careers. At that moment, Perfecto Records was born.
In 1992, when U2 released their song "Even Better Than the Real Thing", the Perfecto remix reached a higher charted position than the original song. In 1993 with the success of his last remix as Perfecto, he was hired by U2 to provide the warm-up sonics to their Zoo TV world tour, and replaced BP Fallon on the 1993 legs in Europe and Australia, New Zealand, and Japan, with more than fifty shows in Zooropa '93 and Zoomerang from 7 May to 10 December of the same year.
He began producing his own tracks as well, continuing to remix songs from popular artists. He began using Goa music, something he discovered on the beaches of Goa in India, fusing it with similar sounding European tracks to create his own distinct sound. He took this to the mainstream in 1994 and created a pair of two-hour sets for BBC Radio 1's Essential Mix. In 1995, he became the first DJ to play on the main stage at the Glastonbury Festival for 90,000 people.
In 1997 Oakenfold created the first work for Global Underground, Paul Oakenfold, Live in Oslo. Oakenfold became Cream's resident DJ from 1997 - 1999. During this time, he began to concentrate on the release of Tranceport in 1998. In 1998 and 1999, Oakenfold took the first place in "DJmag's Top 100 DJs". In 1999, he left the UK and Europe and moved to the USA where he went on tour. In September 2000 he opened the new Digital Radio station Ministry of Sound Radio with a live mix from the famous London club. In 2007 he was nominated to 2 International Dance Music Awards (IDMA) at the Winter Music Conference (WMC), Best Underground Dance Track for "Faster Kill Pussycat" and Best Full Length DJ Mix CD for "A Lively Mind".
Astonishingly, despite all his success in the worlds of chart music and film, Oakenfold has found time to keep in touch with his roots as a club DJ. Over the past 3 years he has held a weekly residency at the legendary Rain nightclub in The Palms, Las Vegas. Planet Perfecto is a fully produced show with 75 circus performers, cutting edge visuals and special effects - giving the 3,000-strong crowd a truly unique experience. I bet all of you that have never been in such a party, will go crazy on the following video....
The Garbi Disco was a legend of the landscape on the Ibiza club scene; unparalleled cheese, europop eurosleaze and 14 year old girls having their first shandy with their dad by their side. Then the Garbi had a big refit in 2008 to overcome the power consumption problems and the Garbi Disco turned into Martina, a 1000 capacity club right in the heart of Playa d’en Bossa.
As a relatively new entrant to the Ibiza clubbing scene, Martina has had to pull out all the stops to get a slice of the attention so focused on stalwarts of the scene like, Pacha and Privilege. Cleary bankrolled by some kind of Russian oligarch type, the club announced itself in 2009 with the introduction of a Wednesday night called Five which left some people open mouthed when line ups including the likes of Audio Slave, Dave Clarke and DJ Hell were announced. Since then the club has gone from strength to strength and even the smaller nights with local DJs have being doing unpredictably well.
Martina is a very sexy club and as with many of the best Ibiza institutions, there’s always plenty of naked flesh on display – on the podiums and the dance floor. The main room of the club is as neon lit as the entrance with large screens, projects and several stages for getting up and showing off on. There’s also a VIP area behind the DJ booth with couches for getting down and dirty on or falling asleep in once you’ve overdone the champers.
Martina has an eclectic mix of nights, from the weekly Tuesday ‘erotic party’ of Hardcore De Luxe, to the Salsa sessions on a Saturday night. The music follows the Ibiza staples of a mix of house and techno. After small scale events last summer with local DJs and two-bit promoters, Martina have done what anyone in the dance music business should. That is, live or die, you have to at least try and give it a shot
The problem with any club trying to break the Disco Mafia is that you either need to do something totally different (Zoo Project with Gala Night, Garlands during their free party days) or you need to throw some cash at the thing, well, that's exactly what they've done, with one of the surprises of 2009 with their star studded line up for Wednesday event, called “Five”.
Eden Ibiza was born in 1999, rising from the ashes of former San Antonio “Club Kaos”, and before that “Star club”.Under new management, and after the entire building got re-built, the club quickly began to get noticed as a serious Ibiza player. At some point Eden pinched the apple logo of neighbour club Es Paradis and a healthy competition was born.
Eden has one of the most jam-packed party calendars of the Ibiza club scene, transforming each night to suit the various promoters who base their nights at the club. Regular fixtures throughout the summer include Clubland, Pornographic / In House, Twice as Nice, Garlands, Mondo Loco and Judgement Sundays.
The location really makes Eden - it is just (one almighty) stones throw from San Antonio's main strip of cheap and nasty bars, the ideal place to get tanked up before hitting the more expensive bar at Eden. It’s also situated right next to competitor club Es Paradis, which makes for some healthy competition between the two venues, resulting in better nights for the punters.
The club was updated in 2008, with a powerful sound system, some decent lighting effects and the capacity to accommodate around 5000 sweaty clubbers. The main dance floor has two sunken areas and a stage at the back and there’s a VIP area upstairs overlooking the rest of the club. Eden regularly fills up to pretty close capacity, especially on Sundays, although it rarely feels as jammed as some of the bigger nights.
Many purists might say Eden is not a true Ibiza club and British clubbers have been known to say they feel more like they're in a more lavish London or Manchester club at times. But don't let that discourage you, Eden is an excellent night out, especially if you hit the right night (Sunday) or during the week you're likely to get cheaper or even free entry which you won't find heading out of town. Just open your laptop and search in the internet for Eden Parties to find out what Eden is all about... If you can’t , here is a tip....
Es Paradis first opened its doors in 1975 and by the efforts of owner Pepe Aguirre it quickly became one of the forerunners of the Ibiza nightlife. With its original & spectacular décor, mainly white with its vast natural plantation, thanks to the work of designer Lluis Güell, the man also responsible for the design of Cafe Del Mar, Es Paradis is unique and considered as one of the most beautiful clubs in the world. The stunning decor was typical of the glory days of old Ibiza and the early days of the electronic music invasion in the late 80s and early 90s. By the mid-90s, Es Paradis was one of the main attractions for people coming to Ibiza for music and partying. DJs like Sasha, Danny Rampling and David Morales represented the best of those who played the club during the 90s.
Es Paradis has 10 bars , 2 dancefloors and boasts one of the best sound systems currently in existence. It is supported with 14.000 watts of sound and 300.000 watts of lighting in the two rooms. The Gallery (upstairs) and the exclusive VIPs area, transform the nights at Es Paradis into a unique spectacle of light, water, music and color. Its unique fountains, flood the central dance floor and turn it into a refreshing pool during the Water Parties. Es Paradis' Water Party is one of the most iconic in Ibiza and has to be witnessed to be believed. It is a ritual amongst young clubbers to the island, a true baptism.
The exceptional landscape is covered by an enormous pyramid roof. It weighs over 120.000 kilos and each side can be opened during the day to provide vital sunlight for the living plants and trees inside. All of the world’s biggest DJs have played here. Todd Terry, Danny Rampling, Tall Paul, and Sonique to name a few, as well as celebrities such as Puff Daddy, Geri Halliwell, Jordan, and Jade Jagger graced the marble dance floors.
Travelling to Ibiza without a visit to the legendary Fiesta Es Paradis' Water Parties, is just not complete. Every Tuesday & Saturday throughout the summer you can dance away before witnessing the dance floor turning into one crazy swimming pool…
Tunnel was a nightclub in New York City, located at 220 Twelfth Avenue, in Manhattan, New York. It was situated in the Terminal Warehouse Company Central Stores Building, which is now part of the West Chelsea Historic District. Tunnel was opened in early 1987 by Peter Gatien, in a space which was formerly a railroad freight terminal. The club was named for the tunnel-like shape of the main room, in which train tracks from the early 1900s ran through a sunken area of the dance floor. These were a relic of an era in which railroad sidings from the Eleventh Avenue freight line of the New York Central Railroad ran directly into warehouse buildings in that area, so that goods could transferred to and from freight cars which were floated across the Hudson on barges from Hoboken.
Tunnel was architecturally distinctive with a long, narrow space with multiple rooms on several levels. The dance floor featured several dance cages and the decor of the club changed frequently. One room, decorated by artist Kenny Scharf, was called the Kenny Scharf Lava Lounge. Others were decorated as Victorian libraries, S/M dungeons, and lounges. The club featured unisex bathrooms, which were the converted locker rooms formerly used by the freight terminal's workers. They had modern stalls with partitions and doors for privacy, with extant rows of old lockers attached to the wall, as well as marks where the former shower stalls had been removed.
Tunnel frequently hosted Junior Vasquez, Danny Tenaglia, Merritt, Little Louie Vega, Eddie Baez, DJ Corbett, Bobby Rios and Hex Hector after the close of the original Sound Factory in the mid-1990s. It later presented Kurfew, a trance-techno oriented Saturday night party hosted by promoters such as DJ Urbanox, Amanda Lepore and DJ Steve Sidewalk. While the club attracted primarily gay audiences, it also attracted members of the hip-hop community. One advantage of the multiple rooms of the club was the ability to host different types of parties, with as many as five or more DJs spinning different styles of music to varying crowds.
Famous actor Vin Diesel was once a bouncer for the club. Tunnel closed its doors late in 2001 due to non-payment of rentand New York mayor Rudy Giuliani's quality-of-life campaign. Gatien had been accused of drug trafficking, charges he was acquitted of, although he and his wife pled guilty to tax evasion, and were deported to Canada in 2003. Since then, there have been some efforts to rejuvenate the place and find new owners through digital advertising campaigns but with no result…
Among the many celebrities present during opening night, were Michael Jackson, Mick & Bianca Jagger, Rick James, Liza Minnelli, Jerry Hall, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Salvador Dali, Brooke Shields, Cher, Joan Collins, Martha Graham, Deborah Harry, Robin Leach, Donald & Ivana Trump, Rick Hilton, Kathy Richards. Some celebrities, including Warren Beatty, Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Henry Winkler, and Frank Sinatra were unable to get in, in part due to Studio 54's doorman. The nightclub held around 700 patrons who paid an $8 cover charge to get in each night.
Studio 54 was operated by the flamboyant, publicly visible Rubell and his retiring silent partner Schrager. Rubell became widely known for his door policy, mixing beautiful "nobodies" with glamorous celebrities. Alongside Rubell, doorman Marc Benecke became a fixture on the scene selecting and admitting people to the club. Rubell instructed Benecke to "cast a play" when selecting the perfect mixture of people to enter the club each night.
"Studio", as it came to be called, was notorious for the hedonism that occurred within it. The balconies were known for sexual encounters, and drug use was rampant. The wall behind the dance floor was decorated with a wall sculpture of a Man in the Moon that included an animated cocaine spoon. Above the balcony, there was a room known as “The Rubber Room.” All of its surfaces were lined with rubber, including the walls, so that everything could easily be wiped off. Event planner Robert Isabel had four tons of glitter dumped in a four-inch layer on the floor of Studio 54 for a New Year's Eve party, which owner Ian Schrager described as like "standing on stardust" and left glitter that could be found months later in their clothing and homes.
In December of 1978 Rubell was quoted in the New York newspapers as saying the Studio 54 had made $7 million in its first year and that "only the Mafia made more money." Shortly thereafter the nightclub was raided and Rubell and Schrager were arrested for skimming $2.5 million. After the arrests Rubell accused Jimmy Carter's White House Chief of Staff Hamilton Jordan of snorting cocaine in the basement. A grand jury met 19 times and interviewed 33 witnesses before concluding that Rubell's testimony was hearsay and not reliable enough to file charges.
Studio 54 closed with a final party called "The End of Modern-day Gomorrah", on 4 February 1980. Diana Ross, Ryan O'Neal, Mariel Hemingway, Jocelyn Wildenstein, Richard Gere, Jack Nicholson, Reggie Jackson, and Sylvester Stallone were among the guests that night. New York lawyer Gary Naftalis represented Schrager in the ensuing tax-evasion prosecution. After the nightclub's closing, cocaine and money were found in its walls. Schrager and Rubell were found guilty of tax evasion and spent 13 months in prison.
During 1985, heavy metal groups Slayer, Venom and Exodus filmed a video at Studio 54 called “Ultimate Revenge for Disco”. From 1981 until early 1993, the nightclub's lease was owned by CAT Entertainment Corp and known as The Ritz. During that period, the nightclub hosted occasional rock concerts and was used by CAT Entertainment as a public venue available for rent. In 1993, CAT Entertainment was acquired by Cabaret Royale Corporation, a nightclub operator based in Dallas. During late 1994, Allied Partners acquired the Studio 54 properties and, after protracted litigation, CAT Entertainment lost its lease on the nightclub and ceased operations. The building, which is still frequently referred to as the Studio 54 building, houses a variety of tenants, among them a theater venue, offices, and an educational facility.
On August 15, 2011, Sirius XM Radio launched a 24/7 Disco channel based around the Studio 54 theme. On October 18, 2011, Sirius XM Radio held a special "One Night Only" party at the club's original location to promote the new channel. In order to win tickets, contestants had to call in to the station and share their memorable Studio 54 experiences. The club was decorated with both original and replica props to fully recreate the appearance of the club in its heyday. For the night, it featured the signature sun and "man on the moon" props as well as young, shirtless waiters, a "trademark" of Studio 54. Many celebrities such as Martha Stewart, Kevin Bacon, Cameron Diaz, Keith Richards, Donald Trump and Andy Cohen were spotted in the crowd, travelling through music...
Studio 54 was a highly popular discotheque, located at 254 West 54th Street in Manhattan, New York. In 1977 it became the legendary nightclub, Studio 54, and since November of 1998 it has been a venue for the Roundabout Theatre Company.
The building was originally the Gallo Opera House, built by Fortune Gallo in 1927 for his renowned San Carlo Opera Company. In 1943 CBS purchased the theatre, renaming it Studio 52. CBS named its studios in order of purchase. The number 52 was unrelated to the street it was located on, and during these years, CBS used the theater for radio broadcasts. In 1976 CBS moved most of its broadcast functions to the Ed Sullivan Theater and the CBS Broadcast Center, and sold Studio 52. The Ed Sullivan Theater once had access to Studio 52 through an access door, which was cinder-blocked during the theater's 1993 renovation for Late Show with David Letterman. When CBS began marketing the building in 1976, various interests in the art and fashion world expressed interest in seeing it converted into a nightclub.
Carmen D'Alessio, a public relations agent for Valentino, encouraged Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager, who were operating the Enchanted Garden in Queens, to buy the theatre. She introduced Rubell and Schrager to many of the socially prominent figures who later became regulars at Studio 54. D'Alessio helped arrange a pre-opening dinner with Andy Warhol, Halston, and Calvin Klein.In 1977 the building was purchased and renamed Studio 54, for its street address, 254 West 54th Street, between Broadway and Eighth Avenue.
The nightclub was founded by four equal partners. Steven Rubell, Ian Schrager, Tim Savage, and Jack Dushey. They operated the company as Broadway Catering Corp. Another partner, Richard DeCourcey, was present until September 1977. It took almost a year to transform the space into a nightclub, and costs totaled between $600.000 and $700.000 when the renovations were complete. Rubell and Schrager considered it as one bet, they had to win, and hired some of the best designers around to undertake the project. They converted what was formerly the theater’s stage into a dance floor. They recreated the feeling of being on stage by placing spot lights around the dance floor and of course, a sparkling disco ball hung over center stage. Studio 54 became known for having the best lights and sound system in the entire city.
Within a month of opening, the New York State Liquor Authority raided Studio 54 for selling liquor without a license, and closed it. The owners of the nightclub said the incident was a "misunderstanding". The next night the club reopened, serving fruit juice and soda instead of liquor. Prior to the raid, the nightclub had been using daily "caterers' permits", which enabled the nightclub to serve alcohol but were intended for weddings or political events. The State had denied the daily permit for the night and raided the nightclub. The nightclub had been using these permits while waiting for its liquor license to be processed...
The Arches is a bar, arts venue, theatre, live music venue and nightclub in Glasgow, Scotland, which first opened in 1991. It is situated in the City Centre under Glasgow Central station and the West Coast Main Line. The venue has 6.000 m2 of floor space, which is spread over two floors and seven arches.
In early 2007, The Arches was voted 12th best club in the world by readers of DJ Magazine, and a favorite club for many of the finest DJ's in the world. In 2009, it was ranked 27th best club in the world by DJ Magazine.
As Scotland’s original superclub, the Arches is the stuff of clubbing legend. There really is no other venue like it in the world. The Arches is the home of Pressure, Inside Out, Octopussy and Colours alongside the Arches’ own club night Death Disco. With the Funktion 1, a sound system of vast power consumption, alternately playing host to minimal techno, big bassline electro, hardstyle and 80s italo disco, the faces behind the decks range from platinum selling Ibiza trendsetters such as David Guetta and Laidback Luke to legendary acts such as Carl Cox, Jeff Mills and Laurent Garnier, the hottest current names, from A-Trak to Uffie, to the new names causing ripples of excitement in their respective fields – from Dinky to Villa and Acid Washed – making ours one of the most diverse club programmes in the city.
Inkeeping with the Arches ethos, the club has a reputation for discovering and promoting cutting-edge new talent. Death Disco continues to represent one of the city’s most dedicated sounding boards for the electro-disco scene, presenting the most promising, forward-thinking new DJs and live acts alongside established favourites as the likes of Burns, Aeroplane, Renaissance Man and Den Haan share the bill with Erol Alkan, Justice, Annie Mac and the Bloody Beetroots.
The End was a nightclub in the West End of London and it started in December 1995 by DJs Layo Paskin and Mr C. The End was world-renowned and also responsible for the label End Recordings.
Musical genres played there included techno and house on Saturday nights, drum and bass and breakbeat on Friday nights, and indie music on Monday nights. The End also hosted other nights throughout the week and weekend, including a dubstep night on Wednesdays.
DJs who have appeared at The End include Steve Lawler, Layo & Bushwacka!, Erol Alkan, Andy C, Ben Watt, Laurent Garnier, Stewart Essence, DJ Marky, Mr C, Fabio, Groove Armada, Sancho Panza, James Holden, Derek May, Fatboy Slim, Carl Craig, Carl Cox, Erick Morillo, Sven Vath, Don Mac, Raymundo Rodriguez, Richie Hawtin, Adam Freeland, Andrew Weatherall, Clive Henry, Darren Emerson and Matt Early.
Since its opening in 1995, many DJs played at significant points in their careers. Roni Size won the Mercury Music Prize whilst hosting a residency at The End club in 1997. Fatboy Slim was resident at the club when he went to Number One in the UK charts in 1998. Layo & Bushwacka! released album Lowlife in 1999 and Zero 7 were residents at the club for two years in the run-up to the 2001 release of Simple Things. Scissor Sisters played their first UK gig at the club, and Erol Alkan went from being chosen as Best Breakthrough DJ at the 2002 Muzik Awards through to winning Mixmag’s DJ of the year in 2006.
The End sadly had a disappointing for everyone closure, as it closed for good on January 24, 2009. Although there were high hopes and expectations for the club to re-open in May 2009, due to slump in the property market, the property developers decided to turn The End into a block of flats, instead joining forces with some club promoters to re-open the venue up again as The Den.
All its left now is reminiscing those magical moments through looking at some photos in mylaptop and coming to the big conclusion. The old days have gone...Long live the old days...
Privilege Ibiza is the "world's largest nightclub" according to the Guinness Book of Records, with a capacity of 10.000 people. It is located not far from San Rafael, Ibiza, and is a true experience and a unique place on earth.For fourteen years, Privilege hosted Manumission, one of the island's most famous events. After a dispute between the club owner and Manumission's organizers, the event moved to Amnesia.
Privilege was first called Club Rafael and started life in the early '70s as a community swimming pool with a small bar that served mainly the San Rafael locals. The club was later known as Ku club and during the '80s, it was Europe's greatest disco. Outrageous and hedonistic, it was Ibiza’s open-air version of New York's Studio 54. In 1978, it was sold to three Basques, one of whom was the famous Spanish footballer Jose Antonio Santamaria. They changed its name from Club Rafael to Ku after the nightclub they already ran in the Spanish town San Sebastian.
Privilege holds the Guinness world record for 'Biggest club in the world'. It is huge - you need more than one night to see everything the club has to offer. When you enter the main room you are surrounded by colorful lights and an extraordinary sound system. You don't believe your eyes when you see the huge swimming pool and one-of-a-kind stage with erotic and artistic shows. Our garden is the right place to chill, the dome gives you spectacular views of Ibiza in the fresh air and our restaurant offers top-quality Mediterranean cuisine. But Privilege is also a bit like a chameleon - expendable decorations change the face-off the club every night.
Privilege attracts clubbers from all over the planet that keep travelling from place to place in search of the real spirit of House Music. In many occasions, tourists and locals mingle with celebrities such as Puff Daddy, Jean-Paul Gautier, Jade Jagger and Madonna to celebrate the wild nights in the club.
DC10 is a nightclub in Ibiza, located in a converted former airplane hangar and is well known for its underground spirit and the warehouse party vibe. The club’s terrace has a capacity of 1.500 people. DC-10 opened in 2000 by two Italian guys, Antonio and Andrea Pelino, and in its original format, party sessions began at 6 am. In 2002, the club's reputation began to take off, with its roster including both European and British DJs such as Danny Tenaglia, Sasha, Steve Lawler and Pete Tong.
The club's reputation grew rapidly along with the resurgence of the popularity of the minimal techno genre with many of the club's residents at the forefront of this, including Tania Vulcano, Luciano, Ricardo Villalobos, Cirillo, Loco Dice, Jose De Divina and later, the Romanian trio Arpiar, Zip, Matthias Tanzmann, Jamie Jones , Clive Henry, Cirillo, Dyed Soundorom, Dan Ghenacia, Sossa, Damian Lazarus. The club also attracted high profile regular guests such as Richie Hawtin, Josh Wink, Magda and Dinky.
The club's popularity also rested on its perceived existence outside the established group of Ibiza superclubs. Run by two Italians, it did not conform to the huge, polished, purpose-built corporate identities of the larger clubs, and in terms of music and atmosphere was far closer to the warehouse and open-air raves of the acid house era. Originally, with a completely uncovered terrace, until it was covered completed in 2006, and spartan appearance, it was the antithesis of many of the rest of the island's clubs. With planes flying low over the club and clubbers of a more European make-up than bigger venues, it had a hedonistic outlook and attitude. After all it is the only club that once had a plane on its roof.
The history of the club is indelibly intertwined with that of its flagship Monday parties, CircoLoco and Pandemonium, which began in 1999. CircoLoco is a techno party with all kind of genres and has become the driving force behind keeping the club going. Dedicated clubbers from all around the world are still travelling to Ibiza just to be there for the famous CircoLoco in DC-10.
Sankeys first opened its doors in Manchester as Sankeys Soap in June 1994.It was so-called Sankeys Soap due to its residence inside Beehive Mill, Ancoats that was once used to manufacture soap.
After nearly going bankrupt just 6 months after opening, things started to take shape, BuggedOut! was born, and became the regular Friday night. Golden was every Saturday, but one particular weekend stood out as the real turning point. Carl Cox came and spent the weekend at Sankeys Soap.The club was sold-out the whole weekend, and everyone started talking. During this first golden period at the club, it not only saw debut performances from the likes of Daft Punk and The Chemical Brothers, but also live shows from luminaries such as Bjork, Gill Scott Heron, Jurassic 5 and Moby.
Due to dance music’s much publicized problems, in 1998 Sankeys Soap closed and customers assumed that it was the way it was going to stay. Between 1998 and 2000, several people tried to re-open Sankeys Soap, but to no avail. David Vincent came along in 2000 to try to re-kindle the Sankeys magic and managed to reopen Sankeys Soap. Tribal Sessions, the new Friday night slowly created a completely new scene in the city. The dance scene was rather neglected since the big clubs had closed, and there was a whole generation of music lovers gagging to get involved.
Slowly through the weekly Tribal Sessions, the community at the club was growing strong and the Sankeys Soap crowd was the most passionate anywhere. In 2001, David Vincent decided to bring back Tribal Gathering, another name that many thought had been in the history books. Tribal Gathering was a massive warehouse party for 11.000 people in two colossal adjoining warehouses situated just 100 yards from Sankeys Soap. This was seen by many, as the best UK event in over a decade, it won countless awards and won Event of the Year 2003, and the next year was heralded by Mixmag as the second best dance event of all time.
In 2004 Sankeys Soap celebrated its 10th Anniversary with 10 weeks of parties plus the release of their one and only ever Sankeys Soap compilation to celebrate the occasion. At the same time, Sankeys Soap wins best UK Mixmag club. A rift between management in 2005 causes David Vincent to leave Sankeys Soap. With dwindling numbers and a dying club, David Vincent is asked by management to come back to help the club out, but it is too late. A deal is struck for David to take full control of Sankeys Soap. In May 2006, David announces Sankeys Soap will close once and for all.
Later that summer David Vincent decides to open a new space in the Beehive Mill on Radium Street. David drops the word soap and re-opens the space as Sankeys as they use the Soap to clean up the club. The space gets a completely stripped out and starts from scratch again.
The new Sankeys takes a whole new look taking inspiration from some of the best clubs around the world. Brand new LED lighting techniques, the Basement, a white inspired Boutique and a Peruvian inspired Terrace.
The club celebrates its 15th Anniversary in 2009 with 15 weeks of parties and 15 new changes to the club and they even build a beach with 50 tones of Bahamas Sand. In 2010 a dream comes true with Sankeys winning the first position in DJ Mag Top 100 Club Awards and continues with this year’s seventh position.
Following the success of 2010, David Vincent announced the “Seven Sankeys of the World” project. He is planning to create one Sankeys in each one of the 7 cities that inspired the original Sankeys. Along with major digital advertising promotions and campaigns, David has managed to make this plan take life. The first step is already been made with Sankeys Ibiza and the second step is ready to be announced officially with Sankeys Ney York. What more could anyone expect…?
Fabric is a nightclub in London. The club was founded by Keith Reilly and Cameron Leslie and opened its doors on 29 October 1999. It was voted number 2 in DJ Magazine's "Top 100 Clubs in the World" poll in 2011, 2010 and 2009 and number 1 in 2008. It is located in the renovated space of the Metropolitan Cold Stores on Charterhouse Street on the southern boundary of the London Borough of Islington.
Fabric has three separate rooms with independent sound systems. Two of the rooms feature stages for live acts. A feature of the club is its vibrating floor in Room One, known as a "Bodysonic" dancefloor. This is because sections of the floor are attached to 400 bass transducers emitting bass frequencies of the music being played.
The musical genres played there vary. FabricLive is a Friday-night with hip hop, breakbeat, dubstep, drum and bass and electro music. Fabric's Saturday nights include house and techno music. Craig Richards and Terry Francis are the club's resident DJs and Richards is also one of the Directors of Music Programming, selecting the lineups for Saturday nights. There have been great appearances on the club by DJs such as Ricardo Villalobos, Carl Craig, Ellen Allien, and many others.Sundays at Fabric are promoted by Wetyourself, a Polysexual event that has been running since February 2009. The music policy is underground house and techno.
In 2010, Fabric briefly went into administration after its sister club Matter, with whom it had a cross-guaranteed loan, announced it would close for the summer due to financial difficulties. Fabric was put on the market on 1 June 2010 and, defying those whobet on its closure, on 24 of June it was announced that the club had been bought by Fabric Life Limited.
Matter is a 2.600-capacity venue built under the dome of the O2 Arena by the team which runs Fabric. When Leslie and Fabric’s founder Keith Reilly subsequently visited the site in 2006, what really enticed them was the chance to design and purpose build a venue which would have none of the problems associated with converting an existing location. Leslie emphasizes that Matter is not the “Son of Fabric”. Whereas Fabric is a 1.500-capacity nightclub which occasionally hosts different events, Matter is designed to operate as a live venue, a club, a performing arts space or a VIP club, with its own separate entrance, possibly fulfilling all of those functions within the same night.
Fabric’ s success has come due to its people love and loyalty in music and their desire to push it further not only to new kinds but also evolve the whole music scene. You can realize that just by their motto. “No Formulas, No Branding and No Bullshit”…
Ministry of Sound, commonly referred as MoS, is a club based in London and an associated record label. It was ranked fourth in the 2010 DJ Magazine top 100 clubs poll 2010 and eighth in 2011. As well as the club in London, there is another in Egypt and Malaysia. The Ministry of Sound brand also includes various other products such as dance music compilations and clothing. Ministry of Sound is owned by MSHK Group Limited, whose Chairman is James Palumbo. The company also owns the Hed Kandi, Euphoria, and Hard2Beat brands.
The club opened on 21 September 1991. Berkmann partnered with James Palumbo and Humphrey Waterhouse to bring the concept to life on a bus garage, located in Elephant and Castle in London. Opening sets from American house DJs such asDavid Morales, C+C Music Factory, Roger Sanchez and Tony Humphries, the UK’s first 24-hour dance license, and a greatly power consumptionneedy sound-system of 150db, led Ministry of Sound to grow in popularity, despite the lack of an alcohol license for the first three years and the notoriously strict door policies.
It has five main areas. The Bar, the Baby Box, the VIP and the Loft. Today, the club remains at the forefront of the global dance music scene, with DJs playing mix sets every Friday and Saturday night. Since 2008, Fridays have been hosted by The Gallery, with sets from leading hard house and trance DJs.
Southwark Council has a policy for the regeneration of the Elephant and Castle area. Ministry of Sound has run a campaign to prevent the residential development of sites near to it. In October 2011 Southwark council refused permission for a 41 floors tower, but the following month the council approved a nearby proposal for a 22 floors tower ,which the club had also opposed.
Ministry of Sound record label was established in 1995 along with the release of The Annual, a compilation album of various dance music tracks mixed by UK DJs Boy George and Pete Tong. Ministry of Sound also delivers albums and singles via its compilation brands including The Annual, Clubber's Guide and Anthems. In 2006, the company purchased record label Hed Kandi.
In 2005, Ministry of Sound expanded its network of own-brand venues with nightclub franchises starting with the Ministry of Sound Egypt. Aside from this, Ministry of Sound runs 600 international events per year across The UK, Asia, Africa, North America, South America and Europe.
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Zouk is one of the oldest and most popular nightclubs in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur.The club is named after the French Creole word for 'party'. It has won the Singapore Tourism Board's "Best Nightspot Experience" award 6 times, between 1996 to 2007. Zouk is also ranked number 10 on DJ Magazine's list of Top 100 clubs in the world in 2006, 2007, 2010 and number 9 in 2011.
The three old warehouses that make up the original Zouk were built in 1919 on the Singapore River. Thoroughly renovated, the houses now feature four interconnected clubs. Zouk, with a large dance floor and state-of-the-art sound and lighting, catering to a variety of artists - Velvet Underground, a quieter, more relaxed lounge that plays house and soul music - Phuture, a more avant-garde bar specializing in broken beats and hip-hop/RnB – Wine Bar, where people enjoy their drinks before entering to the main stage.
In 2004, Zouk opened a sister club in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Zouk KL features four rooms: Zouk and Velvet Underground styled on the original, plus the Loft and Terrace bars.The clubs have proven popular with Singapore's party-going crowd and regularly attract performers, travelling from all over the world.
Its famous Mambo Jambo theme nights are considered a must-go for a beginning clubber. Mambo Jambo, is a theme clubbing night held every Wednesday at Zouk in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. It is highly popular among the younger segment of the clubbing crowd in Singapore, and a Mambo experience is often regarded as an initiation ritual for many beginners into the local clubbing scene.
ZoukOut is an annual music dance festival held in Singapore since 2000.One of Asia's biggest music dance festivals, it is organized by Zouk Singapore. DJs that have performed at ZoukOut include Paul Van Dyk, 2ManyDJS, Masters at Work, Gilles Peterson, Richie Hawtin, Sven Vath, Peter Kruder, James Lavelle, Armin Van Buuren and Stereo MCs.
After great efforts from Zouk’s people, the club has established a great name in the dance scene and many consider it as one of the best clubs around the world. Its success comes after not only the great terrace and sound system but after the real party times people experience in Zouk. What more to say but “well done and keep up the spirit Zouk”…
Enjoy the God of Progressive House, John Digweed in one of his sets in Zouk...
1989 was a year to remember as the date that Space Ibiza opened its doors. It was the only club in the world where one could dance in daylight, everybody wanted to get in, and even the best DJs of the time wished to be a part of it. It was the place to be!
Afterwards in 1999 Pepe Rosello, the founder and owner of Space, created together with Darren Hughes and Danny Whittle, the famous marathon 22 hour Sunday parties, starting at 8am on Sunday until 6 am of next Monday. There was a lot of different DJs that played diverse musical styles so people could go from one arena to the other and choose the place they liked best. Although it was a difficult bet to attract all these visitors for so much time in one club, these parties became the meeting point for Ibiza residents and a must attend for everybody else on the island.
In 2001, it was awarded Best Club in the World by the Dance Music Awards and in 2005 it was once more awarded as Best Club in the World, in Winter Music Conference and House Music Awards .Also in 2007, DJ MAG England did a vote among one thousand of the finest DJs of the moment and they select Space Ibiza as Globe’s Finest Club.
While the nitrogen blasts, confetti explosions and theatrical face-painted performers on stilts make Space one of the most carefully engineered, pyrotechnically advanced clubs ever to exist, it is the rare affability of its crowd that makes the club so exceptional. Shiny faces in every room, unrivalled warmth and a lack of pretension borne out of a sense of privilege, a mutual cognition that the experience is one to be savoured.
A hedonistic escape from everything negative, ugly or unpleasant in this world. Complete immersion in booming sound, nebulous apparitions and explosions of light to be treasured, remembered and anticipated until next time. Space Ibiza does exactly what every club should do - and more.
One of the best clubs on the world is located in Ibiza and it’s no other than the famous Amnesia. Having won the “World’s Best Club” award from this year’s DJMag contest, it is commonly considered as “the place to be” by clubbers from around the world. Amnesia has also been awarded for 3 consecutive years the prestigious Best Global Club award in the Winter Music Conference in Miami.
Being one of the oldest clubs on the island of Ibiza, Amnesia opened in the 1970s, and survived closures and memorable summers alike before it finally cemented its position as one of the island's premier clubs in the early 90s.
The club is located close to Ibiza Town and very close to Privilege, with which they are the island's most popular nightclubs. The club can easily have 5.000 people on the dance floors and was the first major outdoor club on the island. Like Privilege, it is famous for its sunrise dance floor.
Amnesia is home to the successful Manumission night since 2007. This unexpected mid-season change of venue from Amnesia's biggest rival, Privilege, took place over a dispute between Manumission's organizers and the club's owner.The most successful club night ever in Ibiza is Cream, created and founded by Joseph Murphy in 1996. It was the most talked about club in Europe, and the hardest club to get into, with thousands of people travelling to Ibiza for this specific club and very often being turned away. Although it is still one of the longest-running UK nights on the island, Joseph Murphy sold the brand in 1998 to Cream UK. Cocoon is another popular night held in Amnesia, that attracts many clubbers.
One of the secrets to its success lies in the quality of its sound. Today the club has one of the most advanced sound systems and many DJs love to perform their gigs in Amnesia. It is a place where the true feeling of clubbing has never lost its place. Its all about music, dancing and having fun , after all…..
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