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SUB CLUB GLASGOW, SCOTLAND CAPACITY: 410
SUBCLUB.CO.UK
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ASKany clued-up Glaswegian about the pride of their club scene, and they’ll invariably utter two words: “Sub Club”. Originally a cinema that became an afterhours jazz venue during the ‘50s/’60s, Jamaica St’s classic low ceiling basement club with steel panels, exposed brickwork and a big ‘ol soundsystem became what it is today in 1987. Today run by Mike Grieve (who took over in ‘94) alongside Barry Price and Ricky Scoular, it remains a sturdy pillar of Glasgow’s heritable scene. Strictly a pioneer of decent house and techno — with a splash of bass mutation — it’s home to the longest-running weekly house residency in the world, Harri & Domenic’s Subculture, while Jackmaster used it as a springboard for his no longer regular Numbers parties. Are I Am (Tuesday) and Sub Rosa (Wednesday) keep the city’s switched-on students interested, but the weekends are all about Europe’s most wanted. Ricardo Villalobos, Seth Troxler, Lil Louis, Andrew Weatherall, Prins Thomas, Âme and Dixon packed the place out during the past 12 months.
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SPACE SHARM SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT CAPACITY: 5000
SPACESHARM.COM
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SITUATEDon the coast of the Red Sea overlooking the Sinai Mountains, Space’s Egyptian wing — located at the heart of North Africa’s most frequented clubbing district — harbours all the first-class traits of its Ibizan forefather. From the massive Discoteca main arena to its space-age terrace, slapped head-to-toe with Funktion Ones, LED screens and state-of-the-art laser and lighting systems, Space Sharm el Shiekh is the place where Egypt’s most flamboyant literally like to shake. Notably more overground than the undergrowth rummaging motherlode on the White Isle, it caters for a local taste for the high octane — regularly name checked by the likes of Aly & Fila, Andy Moor and Lange — while the VIP glitterati get happy to the sound of Cedric Gervais, Sander Kleinenberg and Sean Tyas at the helm of the club’s high-powered DJ booth.
STRUCTURALLY sound enough to withstand the high-speed gusts of the Windy City, the only gale force inside The Mid is its sound, via the bassbins of its Funktion One. Given a touch of the disco glamour that helped kickstart its city’s club scene, the industrial zones of this compact 800-capacity club sparkle thanks to an extravagant collection of disco balls suspended overhead. Situated in Chicago’s West Loop meatpacking district, however, it’s no stickler for old-fashioned purism, drawing the diverse sounds of modern bass titans such as Baauer, SBTRKT and Skream & Benga alongside monoliths such as Carl Cox and Deadmau5 within the last calendar year.
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THE MID CHICAGO, IL, US CAPACITY: 800
THEMIDCHICAGO.COM
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ELLUI SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA CAPACITY: 4000
FACEBOOK.COM/ELLUI.GO
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YOU only need to look at the performance of Gangnam’s two biggest clubs in this poll to see the progress of South Korea’s club scene over the past 12 months. Both new entries last year, Octagon and Ellui are two of the highest climbers, each after (at most) two years of operation — it’s fair to say clubbing in South Korea is bootin’ off. Lazy ‘Gangnam Style’ comparisons aside, the eponymous district — a walking ground for the city’s glammed up, well-off club cats — has truly caught the “EDM” bug. Ellui has been at the heart of it. Opting for a colossal Funktion One-powered surround soundsystem, hi-tech production — retina-scorching lasers, gigantic plasma screens, foam cannons — and the hardest-hitting players of the international scene (Mark Knight, Mat Zo, Mauro Picotto) before ‘Gangnam Style’ was even a twinkle in PSY’s eye, it’s hard to ignore the defining influence it’s had on South Korea’s music scene.
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ECHOSTAGE WASHINGTON DC, US CAPACITY: 4000
ECHOSTAGE.COM
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DURING the long search to find a venue in Washington DC to house his Glow events, Panorama Productions owner Antonis Karagounis sought to avoid his one “pet peeve”. “Giant columns in the centre of the dancefloor,” he tells DJ Mag. The fruit of his labours is Echostage, the warehouse venue (“with unobstructed sight lines from everywhere” he proudly admits) he took over in late 2011. Containing one gargantuan space and three mezzanines suspended around the sides, it wears its multi-layered LED wall with pride and has a d&b Audio V Series soundsystem personally recommended by Tiësto. Less than two years on the go, its billing line-up reads pretty much like the DJ Mag Top 100, with everyone from Richie Hawtin to Nero representing alongside the likes of Ferry Corsten and Avicii. Echostage is one of the biggest of them all.
SOLOMUN TOP 3 CLUBS
1. Warung Camboriu, Brazil “There is a reason why everybody wants to play there. Over the years, it became one of my favourite places. Just the temple!”
2. Sankeys Ibiza Ibiza, Spain “It was the summer of the first kiss in Ibiza, and it was love at first sight for Sankeys Ibiza. More than happy to come back 2013!”
3. Showcase Paris, France “My residency in Paris. Always great nights.”
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Pic: Gemma Parker
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