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Ministry of Sound London
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103 Gaunt Street
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Ministry of Sound London
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Ministry of Sound Facts
CJ Mackintosh played the longest ever set at Ministry of Sound which lasted 12.5 hours.
It was once took MoS staff 5 hours to get rid of a dancing straggler. The club closed at 10am, and they finally got him to leave at 3pm. He kept jumping over the fence and dancing in the courtyard.
Before becoming the club the Ministry of Sound building used to be a bus shelter, a banana warehouse and a shoe factory
Metallica once played in the main room, as did Pulp & The Prodigy
Ministry of Sound is mentioned three times in Irvine Welsh’s novel ‘Trainspotting’
Irvine Welsh helped design the original VIP lounge
The current VIP lounge began life as a corridor containing drinks machines.
Goldie is responsible for all the club’s graffiti art in the early 90’s
Various items have appeared in the courtyard including a yellow army tank, two armoured cars, a helter skelter, carousel, Ferris wheel and helicopter
Staff have to check all the bass bins in the box at the end of the night, as this is the most popular place for people to sleep during a club night. Yes sleep!
Since they appeared in the club’s main room, the club has had to replace the ‘Caution: Excessive Sound Levels’ sign 62 times and the ‘Do Not Dance on this Surface’ sign 43 times due to clubbers stealing them.
The Excessive sign measures over 1m²
Some of the strangest décor in the venue has included a 30ft Stingray from the original TV series as well as 10foot heads of Maggie Thatcher, Tony Blair, Neil Kinnock and various other members of Parliament.
As well as being a dancefloor the club’s main room has hosted keep fit classes, video shoots, award ceremonies, dinner and dance, live concerts, film premières and has even been turned into an American Football Pitch.
MoS can suspend 1.5tonnes from roof of the bar the equivalent weight of an average family car
The lighting control system is the only one of its kind in a nightclub in Europe at an installment cost of £30k
All the original amps installed in the box in 1991 are still used today
The main room (box) has 84 speakers on the dancefloor
Strangest items found in lost property have included homemade cheese & onion sandwiches, a wooden leg and a plane ticket to Mozambique
Most popular drink is vodka & Red Bull.
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Club, sexy, Glam
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HAPPY HOURS
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Hottest DJ's in the world
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OPEN HOURS
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10pm- 5am
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get public transport so you can enjoy yourself
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Ministry of Sound – the club – opened in London in September 1991 and has since established a cult following among clubbers worldwide.
Celebrating its 15th Birthday this year, the venue remains at heart of the brand as it’s where the story began and has also been the catalyst for the company’s many brand ventures and extensions.
Inspired by the US house music movement James Palumbo, Ministry of Sound’s founder and visionary, established Elephant & Castle in London as the venue’s location and opted for an unused bus depot for its infrastructure due to its raw and unkempt warehouse character that was the dominant clubbing environment of the early 90’s.
The vision was to import many of the world’s most famous DJs to the UK enabling dance music fans access to the music they adored and the DJs that played and produced it. And of course supply this on a soundsystem like nothing ever experienced before in clubland, an acheivement the venue can still boast today. A vision that has become ingrained into the Ministry of Sound philosophy, as the brand now enables dance music fans worldwide access to their favourite form of music via a number of channels including internet, radio, mobi e, albums, singles, global tours and venues in London, Egypt and Singapore .
For many years Ministry of Sound, London has been hailed as the ‘House of House’ as DJ input and musical output has always concentrated on the many genres of house music. As dance music has evolved, the club output has consistently been at the forefront of the scene with its DJ line up and musical policy delivering over and above the clubbing call of duty. Ministry of Sound is the only club in London to currently hold EXCLUSIVE RESIDENCIES with Pete Tong, Deep Dish, Sander Kleinenberg, DJ Sneak, Smokin Jo, Nic Fanciulli, Yousef, Mark Knight & Steve Angello.
Saturday nights at Ministry of Sound have consistently remained loyal to the house music circuit with the current ‘Saturday Sessions’ inviting clubbers from far and wide to indulge in the many genres’ that house music employs - all played by the world’s most revered and talented DJs and producers.
Friday nights have been slightly more varied in style. With the launch of Smoove back in 2000, an urban night that continued for five successful years and also the launch of Switch in 2005 which established itself as the freshest and most upfront of all the capital’s club nights presenting an eclectic mix of Drum&Bass and Hip Hop.
Ministry of Sound, London is a venue that not only started a worldwide music and lifestyle brand but also created the UK’s clubbing movement as we know it today. It introduced the DJ to the dancer, the promoter to the party and the establishment to the movement.
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