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ORIGINALLY using it to house Glasgow’s most ambitious theatre productions, it wasn’t long before artistic director Andy Arnold realized the immense potential waiting within the vaults of the Victorian viaducts he secured the keys for from British Rail in 1991. Today, 22 years later, The Arches still stands as one of Britain’s best-loved clubs, and arguably Glasgow’s No.1. Favoured by clued-up clubbers looking for a wild, sprawling tunnel experience, its five Funktion One stacked archways continue to host the city’s beefiest promotions — Slam’s Pressure, Colours, Death Disco — while its flexibility allows for smaller, intimate gigs, with James Blake, Sebastien Tellier and Crystal Fighters just a few making up the schedule for 2013. Meanwhile, the chicly-designed cafe and restaurant offer classy spaces for pre-club drinks or mid-rave chill-outs, making The Arches one of Glasgow’s most sought-out culture spots.
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DIGITAL BRIGHTON BRIGHTON, ENGLAND CAPACITY: 650
YOURFUTUREISDIGITAL.COM/BRIGHTON
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A little slice of London by the sea is what Brighton’s branded by inter-city retreaters, right? Creative cuisine and music of the Big Smoke with beach attractions to boot. Digital Brighton, then, is a gourmet destination where bass is on the menu, fortified with a Funktion One soundsystem, of course. Promoters in-house are pretty spot-on, booking Disclosure months before their chart position at No.12 on the very night they hit Brighton. On that night, it was an electric atmosphere, with 650 punters literally ‘avin it from start to finish — a typical occasion for a venue that emerged out the shadow of its equally dignified elder brother in Newcastle, regularly supporting the likes of Hospitality, Shogun, Supercharged and Blah Blah Blah.
CORSICA STUDIOS LONDON, ENGLAND CAPACITY: 600
CORSICASTUDIOS.COM
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NO longer London’s best kept secret and fast becoming a national treasure is this little hidden haven, a stone’s throw away from Elephant and Castle tube; Corsica Studios. Catering, rather, for the ravenous party animals than the coy or shy, Corsica has cemented its reputation delivering fresh hard-hitting 4/4s, revolutionary new sounds and dub plates by the dozen on a week to week basis. Home to emerging new blood on the scene, housing the crème de la crème of backstreet underground vibes and hosting an array of house, techno, electro and disco, it’s no stranger to dubstep, drum & bass, bass music and beyond. Multiple Funktion One rigs push the decibels to dangerous levels at soirées such as the legendary Trouble Vision and its sibling Tief. Also thanks to forward- thinking UK bass night Them and on-point house promotion Revive Her, among many others, 600 sweaty, oft arty types rub shoulders most days of the week.
THE ARCHES GLASGOW, SCOTLAND CAPACITY: 2500
THEARCHES.CO.UK
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SET in a 16th century monastery, there is nothing prudish or restrained about Cafè D’Anvers, Belgium’s leading light for house and techno, set in the heart of Antwerp’s red light district. Besides its celestial digs, there’s little old-fashioned about it either; its first-class music policy seeing Jamie Jones, Gui Boratto, Henrik Schwarz and Joris Voorn commandeer the venue’s high-powered soundsystem, soon to be part re-vamped, with Funktion One reinforcement later this year. It’s also Belgium’s most heritable. First opening as a dance music venue in 1989, it celebrated 25 years as a club this year, its stonewalls serving as a cinema, a gay disco and a storage facility since the late ‘30s. Today, however, there is no mistaking its identity. Locking down Circoloco and Cocoon exclusively for Belgium, plus a branded stage at Tomorrowland, punters know exactly what they’re gonna get at Cafe D’Anvers.
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REPUBLIQ MANILA, PHILIPPINES CAPACITY: 1500
REPUBLIQCLUB.COM
IF a venue can be defined by its clientele, the sight of Louis Vuitton and Kevin Spacey speaks volumes. Yep, Skybar is flippin’ classy. Perched on the rooftop of BIEL (Beirut International Exhibition & Leisure Centre), it’s also, as the name infers, a bar in — you guessed it — the sky. A very long one too — 50-metres long to be precise — overlooking the Mediterranean Sea and rustic views of the Lebanese mountains. Holding 2,500, it ain’t small either, hence its conversion to correspondingly massive names — not forgetting acrobats, flamethrowers, even breakdancers — to fill its lofty environs each night. And by big, we mean astronomical. Like, actual stars. Busta Rhymes, Tinie Tempah, Flo Rida, 50 Cent,Taio Cruz and other R&B/ hip-hop bigwigs fill the venue regularly.
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CAFÈ D’ANVERS ANTWERP, BELGIUM CAPACITY: 800
CAFEDANVERS.COM
SKYBAR BEIRUT, LEBANON CAPACITY: 2,500
SKY-BAR.COM
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WHERE there are wealthy Westerners on holiday, there’ll no doubt be a blue chip nightclub. The dawn of “EDM” has exacerbated this, resorts catering ever more for holidaying hedonists seeking out a mainroom clubbing experience while on vacation. The entrance of Republiq into this poll shouldn’t be a surprise, then. Located inside Resorts World Manila, a plush entertainments complex in the heart of The Philippines for well-off travellers, its opulent baroque-themed confines have existed as the natural next stop for high-rollers following a night at the roulette table since it opened in June 2010. In January, Swedish House Mafia stirred the VIP area into a frenzy amid a hail of CO2 and confetti, with their One Last Tour, while its skimpily-clad dancers gyrated to the likes of Avicii, Afrojack, Calvin Harris, Kaskade and Porter Robinson at various points over the past 12 months.
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