Ministry of Sound

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"Bar" in the Ministry of Sound
"Box" in the Ministry of Sound
"Box" in the Ministry of Sound
Ministry of Sound Beach Club in Hurghada , Egypt

The Ministry of Sound (MoS) is one of the most famous and largest nightclubs in the world. It is located in South London (Underground Bakerloo Line or Northern Line to Elephant & Castle Station ) and was one of the key factors in the development of house music in Great Britain in the early 1990s . It was founded by Jamie Palumbo , and most of it is still in his possession today. Ministry of Sound Clubs are now also in other countries such as B. in Egypt .

Meanwhile Ministry of Sound is best known for various samplers and club sound releases (The Annual, La Nuit, Clubbers Guide, Love Parade) .

Ministry of Sound London

The club has four dance floors, these rooms are named as follows: "103", the "Baby Box", the "Loft" and the "Box". In the “box” the focus is on the sound. Justin Berkmann, DJ and co-founder: “My concept for Ministry of Sound was as follows: 100% sound system first, lightshow second, design third; the reversal of the relevance of other clubs. ”The peak value of the sound system is 150 dB (A). A roof specially constructed for this purpose was built in to absorb the sound. In addition, a so-called spring floor was used, which enables dancing for longer periods of time without tiring the legs. The club also received the UK's first 24-hour dance permit.

The Gallery has been hosting the Fridays since April 2008 , with world-famous trance DJs such as W&W , Richard Durand, Markus Schulz , Ferry Corsten , Aly & Fila and Cosmic Gate performing .

World-famous DJs play on Saturdays, mainly from the house , electro and techno sectors . Examples are Richie Hawtin , Roger Sanchez and Benny Benassi .

Label

The Ministry Of Sound label has been around for more than 15 years. Ministry of Sound Germany GmbH is a Berlin record company that was founded in the late summer of 2001. It is closely linked to the London parent label, which in turn belongs to the MSHK Group, but can still be seen as an independent company. In 2006 Ministry of Sound took over the Hed Kandi label . The Ministry of Sound Germany GmbH has been operating under the name Embassy of Music GmbH since the beginning of September 2010 . The renaming is intended to illustrate the stylistic opening of the independent label, which originally specialized in dance, to artists such as Carla Bruni , Moby , Oceana or Nena and a signal for independence from the former British parent company Ministry of Sound London, which was involved in the German branch until 2007 can be achieved.

Apart from the compilation projects , Ministry of Sound Germany also has artists directly under contract, e.g. B. Shaggy , Carla Bruni, Simply Red , Robyn or Calvin Harris . There are also releases by DJs such as Eric Prydz , Fedde Le Grand , Laurent Wolf , Plastik Funk and Bob Sinclar . The label's better-known hits include Love Generation by Bob Sinclar, Feel The Rush by Shaggy, Call On Me by Eric Prydz and Let Me Think About It by Ida Corr vs. Fedde Le Grand. In 2009 newcomers such as Oceana , The Dø and Mikroboy joined the label's repertoire.

Ministry of Sound Germany also acts as a media agency for Xavier Naidoo and Sons Mannheims , advised FIFA on the 2006 World Cup, UEFA on the 2008 European Football Championship, and handled the music consulting for the 50-part anthology Süddeutsche Zeitung Diskothek .

Current artists

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ billboard.com, December 14, 2017, Ministry of Sound's Justin Berkmann on ... , accessed October 28, 2019.
  2. ^ B. Brewster, F. Broughton: The Manual. The who, the where, the why of clubland. Headline Book Publishing, 1998, pp. 95 ff.
  3. ↑ a b Club / DJs. In: MinistryOfSound.com. Archived from the original on February 10, 2011 ; accessed on September 18, 2018 (list of DJs).
  4. ^ Warning letter Embassy of Music GmbH - Rechtsanwälte Kornmeier & Partner change of name. In: Copyright.justlaw.de. Retrieved September 18, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Sam La More. In: MinistryOfSound.com.au. Archived from the original on October 29, 2009 ; accessed in June 2012 .
  6. ^ Tonite Only. In: discogs.com. Retrieved September 18, 2018 .

Coordinates: 51 ° 29 '52 "  N , 0 ° 5' 57"  W.