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MIDLAND TOP 3 CLUBS
1.Sub Club Glasgow, UK “Whether it’s the low ceilings, the Glaswegian mindset or the soundsystem, I’m not quite sure, but pretty certain there’s something in the water in that club.”
2.Under Bron Stockholm, Sweden “There is an understated attention to detail at the club which I really admire, they do their thing really well, and make it as easy as possible for the DJs to do their thing.”
3.Panorama Bar Berlin, Germany “What hasn’t been said about this club? Its infamy is matched only by the atmosphere. One of the best I have had the pleasure to play in.”
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ITALY’S highest placed club originally set up shop in Rimini’s tourist region Riccione all the way back in 1989. A wave of club formations followed, that now see the area stand as one of the busiest clubbing spots countrywide — the Ibiza of Italy, some call it — so the influence of “the Ricò” should not be underestimated. Today, it’s mightier than ever, bearing four rooms, including one dubbed “the Pyramid”, an epic Egyptian-styled mainroom, making it the monumental dance mecca on the Italian mainland. The calibre of DJs are big enough to boot (Armin, Cox, Guetta), not forgetting the most blinding stars of the underground (Hawtin, Luciano, Väth). Cocoricò also has a 12-hour techno festival planned for 31st October featuring Chris Liebing, Adam Beyer and Ben Klock.
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VENUE ATHENS, GREECE CAPACITY: 2500
VENUE-CLUB.COM
NEW ENTRY
GOOD things come to those who wait. Especially in Athens. Re-opening its doors only last December after three years of closure, Venue, Athens’ largest club, has already made its mark on our Top 100 poll this year. Now a renovated cast-iron colosseum centred around a DJ booth situated on a podium elevated above the dancefloor, Venue’s hi-tech details — made up of plasma screens, revolving floodlights and exploding confetti cannons — are of the sort fit for the likes of Armin, Thomas Gold, Nicky Romero and Hardwell. A metallic cauldron of olympic proportions, this “Venue” is way more than just that.
USHUAIA IBIZA, SPAIN CAPACITY: 5000
USHUAIAIBIZA.COM
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MOTION BRISTOL, ENGLAND CAPACITY: 1450
MOTIONBRISTOL.COM
BRISTOL’S flagship venue continues highlighting the city’s ever-growing scene, as well as the best the rest of the country can muster, ensuring that Motion keeps on moving up the Top 100 Clubs poll. In 2012 their series of In:Motion parties once more pulled out all the stops, recruiting the likes of Moodymann, Sub Focus, Disclosure and Rusko to warm the hearts and minds of West Country ravers of all persuasions. But it’s their all year round quality and adventurousness that’s ensured their stake as one of the country’s finest venues. Having recently hosted Jackmaster, Dense & Pika, Loefah and Waze & Odyssey at Troupe, Motion’s new in-house night launches on 29th March with Maceo Plex, while in weeks that follow they have the Craig Charles Funk & Soul Club and the Totally ‘Ardcore ‘Mad Hatter’s Tea Party’.
DUEL:BEAT NAPLES, ITALY CAPACITY: 1500
DUELBEAT.IT
NEW ENTRY
TAKING on new partnership in 2007, Naples’ live venue started to change its spots. Nowadays, it’s beat by name and very much by nature, while the only “duel” taking place here is likely to be a dance off. Presenting the elite in electronic music within its Neapolitan walls, the likes of Frankie Knuckles, Delano Smith and Marco Carola among others engage in rave battle every season (October to May) at what was once ironically a sanctuary for NATO soldiers. These days, it’s a foothold for 1500 soldiers of a very different breed. Offering an angular facade complete with a bright Rubik’s Cube bar, sloping floors left behind from its time as a cinema and a space often allotted to theatre, art installations and exhibitions, it’s easy to see why Dual:Beat has catapulted into this poll as the highest new entry.
THE product of a fusion between a beachfront club and a nearby property, Yan Pissenem’s Ushuaia became the hottest hotel on the White Isle when it opened its doors summer 2011. Even those not lucky enough to check-in did their damnedest to make sure they checked it out, flocking in their droves to catch residencies from The Swedes, Luciano and Guetta so far during its first two seasons on the island. Stylishly decked with ashen cabanas and dotted with palm trees, what it lacks in heritage it makes up for with sheer size, its towering wooden stage and open-air auditorium the most spectacular poolside setting we’ve ever laid eyes on. Inside, luxury is the word, every first-class facility imaginable to cater for Ibiza’s most indulgent — health spa, Jacuzzi, gym, yoga — while outside, only A-list DJs deliver the beats. Ushuaia has set the standards for others to follow...
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COCORICÒ RIMINI, ITALY CAPACITY: 6000
COCORICO.IT
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