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THE WAREHOUSE LEEDS, UK CAPACITY: 800 LEEDSWAREHOUSE.CO.UK


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LIKENED to The Hacienda due to its exposed girder interior and large back bar with high-rise DJ booth, the look and feel of Jim Albenstosa’s The Warehouse is not the only comparison to the Manchester venue that pretty much started it all. Originally opened in 1979, it’s the UK’s oldest (still) standing club. Having been through a full refurbishment, it reopened as a fully-fledged club venue in 2011 fully stacked with a hench Funktion One system. Home to Back To Basics’ larger parties, Danny Krivit, Kenny Larkin, Todd Terry, Toddla T and Caspa have catered for lovers in Leeds of things bass-y over the past 12 months. 2manyDJs and Paul Woolford helped celebrate its 34th birthday in March, and Lawler’s ViVa Warriors and Moda Black both made recent debuts.


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LIV MIAMI, FL, US CAPACITY: 1200 LIVNIGHTCLUB.COM


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DWELLING inside South Beach’s prestigious Fontainebleau Hotel on Collins Ave is possibly one of the most opulent party dens DJ Mag has ever laid eyes on. Not the sort of joint you’d rock up to in your flip-flops, your hair a crusty barnet from the beach, LIV is one for Miami’s many high-rollers. Decked to the rafters with fluorescent lightboxes, glitter balls and luminous floodlighting all within a glittering “super-dome”, it’s obvious by the lavish white couches lining the dancefloor — did we mention Skyboxes? — this club is geared towards its VIPs. Calvin Harris, Laidback Luke and Guetta — which Paris Hilton attended — all played in the past year, so you get the picture.


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CIRCUS AFTERHOURS MONTREAL, CANADA CAPACITY: 1600 CIRCUSHD.COM


AGEHA TOKYO, JAPAN CAPACITY: 2400 AGEHA.COM


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LOCATED in Tokyo’s Bay Area Shin Kiba, Ageha opened in 2002 and has remained an undisputed heavyweight of the international scene ever since. Armed with a 36-strong stack of speakers, part of a system designed by Timbre Tech, it has an outdoor poolside stage (Water), a bespoke warehouse space (Box) and in summer a man-made beach is laid, allowing clubbers to catch rays in the sunshine. Doubling up as a live venue (Studio Coast) during the week, the minds behind Ageha have thought of everything, but most impressive is the world-beating underground talent welcomed through the door each week. Nicolas Jaar, Space Dimension Controller, Actress and John Talabot all appear at the club as part of SonarSound Tokyo this month, proving Ageha is not just about throwing shapes — it’s about shaping minds.


STEALTH NOTTINGHAM, UK CAPACITY: 660 STEALTHATTACK.CO.UK


TOdescribe Montreal’s Circus Afterhours as a den of iniquity is an understatement. Located off the dingy backstreets of Montreal’s own gay village, these three rooms are designed with only the most hardened night owls in mind. Kicking off at 2am and running until 10am, this club doesn’t skimp on production either (once resident and co-instigator Alain Vinet was once musical director of Cirque du Soleil), decking the halls from top to bottom with themed décor depending on the occasion, while regularly inviting fire-breathers, burlesque dancers and acrobats to take energy levels through the roof. Sound quality is second-to-none too, the force of its gigantic Funktion One rig in the main room is considered one of the finest in the land. No surprise Circus Afterhours has made yet another appearance in this poll.


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CLUB VERTIGO SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA CAPACITY: 1500 VERTIGOCR.COM


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DO you know the way to San Jose? Our way is the high way at DJ Mag, so head straight to Club Vertigo, Costa Rica’s No.1 spot for decent dance music. Boasting a Gary Stewart Audio system in both rooms and a regular host of DJ talent crossing gargantuan names like Fatboy Slim and Danny Tenaglia with local talent, we now know what Burt Bacharach was on about.


OPENEDin 2004, Stealth is the undisputed backbone of Nottingham’s club scene. Responsible for rolling out a slew of genre-defining promotions over the years — Dollop, Wigflex, Zleep — it’s the lick of the spoon for any discerning dance head dwelling in the city. Filling the gap left by the demise of The Bomb during the mid-’00s, Stealth have gone the extra mile to revive a club scene crawling with students, defined by its penchant for eye-socket-rattling bass music. Located in Masonic Place and top-loaded with a Funktion One soundsystem, Stealth is one noisy under-the-radar club spot very much deserving of your attention.


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