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STUDIO 80 AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND CAPACITY: 350
STUDIO-80.NL
FOOTWORK TORONTO, CANADA CAPACITY: 300
FOOTWORKBAR.COM
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DESPITE only holding 300, Toronto’s Footwork’s reputation is bigger than most and — judging by its performance in this poll — still growing. Capacity might be tight, but its booking stature rivals any cavernous superclub, with serious clubbing values at its core. Despite the implications of its name, ghetto tech b-boys will have little joy here — only the classiest 120bpm house/techno is Footwork’s blaring soundtrack. Dubfire, Sasha, Marco Carola, Richie Hawtin and Green Velvet are just a few of the industry monoliths to have entertained its snug congregation in its hour-glass shaped confines over the past few years. CO2 cannons, a customised soundsystem and a stripped-back feel created by a cement bar and concrete pillars: a winning combination.
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BEACH CLUB LAS VEGAS, NV, US CAPACITY: 3000
ENCOREBEACHCLUB.COM
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ONCE upon a not-too-distant time, Tom Jones back-to-back with Shirley Bassey was about as good as it got in the clubs of Las Vegas. Today, however, it’s the choice destination for EDM’s biggest stars as well as trance legends reviving their careers, a discovery as coveted as Ibiza in the eyes of Paul Oakenfold, who enjoyed a residency at Rain until recently. At the heart of it all is Surrender and its connecting outside pool party area, Encore Beach Club. Part of the same complex that houses incomprehensibly large basement venue XS (ranked at 45), it’s the place EDM titans return for an encore again and again. Surrender/ Encore Beach Club are an instant shoe-in to this poll, budging only a place since last year.
PARADISE CLUB MYKONOS, GREECE CAPACITY: 5000 PARADISECLUB
MYKONOS.COM
THE decline of traditional print media has a plus side in Amsterdam, with Trouw occupying a former printing warehouse for national newspapers Parool, Volkskrant and Trouw, a resistance publication during World War 2. Located on the east side of the city in an area currently booming with new bars, shops and restaurants, the list of acts to have frequented the club’s two rooms is suitably hip; Ben Klock, Seth Troxler, DJ Harvey, James Murphy, Henrik Schwarz, Ben UFO, Daphni and Loco Dice just a fraction of those to succumb to its rough charm. It’s not all unbridled hedonism though, with the space holding an art gallery and a ‘vegetable restaurant’ (where you can still get meat or fish on the side). Trouw also boasts Amsterdam’s first 24-hour licence, a fact celebrated by Mayor Eberhard van der Laan playing the first record afterwards to celebrate the occasion. Catch his new residency coming soon... possibly.
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THE definition of arcadia — the promised land — no doubt varies from person to person. Saying that, it's fair to assume those with a penchant for sand, sea and sick-ass drops might have Paradise Club, Mykonos, in mind as theirs. Named after the same stretch of coastline it shares with Cavo Paradiso, this beach bar/terrace hybrid is a hair's breadth bigger than its local rival, but shares most of its qualities. Positioned lower on the rugged rock peninsula, Paradise Club's vantage point isn't as high as Cavo's yet the glistening Aegean Sea is in full view. There's also a luminous, aqua blue pool beside which the island's oil-tanned EDM-loving Adonises rub shoulders to the likes of Avicii, Carl Cox, Bob Sinclar and Afrojack, while white-washed, terracotta terraces and orange sunsets conjure a scene from Wish You Were Here, just with a thumping soundtrack.
SAO PAULO'S only underground superclub is as respected worldwide as the DJs who testify they love it. Väth, Solomun, even Classic Music boss Luke Solomon, protest there is nowhere in the world quite like it. Now in its 10th year, D-Edge has developed a debonair supporting label, which graced us with owner Renato Ratier's first EP release last month, and has just come off the back of an excellent Innervisions showcase at the club during Carnival and a massive M_nus takeover in Rio for the Music Conference. Unveiling a brand-spanking-new VIP area fitted with enough laser strips to make Daft Punk projectile weep into their helmets last summer, D-Edge is as sharp as they come.
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D-EDGE SAO PAULO, BRAZIL CAPACITY: 900
D-EDGE.COM.BR
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HAVINGmissed two flights after lingering too long in the morning madness of Studio 80 at ADE, DJ Mag can attest to its intimate (and persuasive) charm. One of Amsterdam's clubs in a recycled building — here, an old national radio studio — there's still an internet radio station in the space between the club's two rooms. A supporter of domestic talent such as Joris Voorn, Steve Rachmad, 2000 and One and Boris Werner, who recently played a mammoth 15-and-a-half-hour set, its central Rembrandt Square location is also a regular stop-off for labels such as Diynamic, CLR, Desolat, Secretsundaze, Hot Creations, Visionquest and Crosstown Rebels, all testing its Martin Audio system. In the words of Steve Rachmad: “Studio 80 is a temple of techno and house, a platform for the young and upcoming, and a favourite for many established artists. For me, this is the most warm and personal spot in Amsterdam, I love returning to it over and over again”. Us too, flight time permitting...
TROUW AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND CAPACITY: 1100
TROUWAMSTERDAM.NL
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