Ministry of Sound Group is a multimedia entertainment business based in London with a nightclub, shared workspace and private members club, worldwide events operation, music publishing business and fitness studio.

James Palumbo is the co-founder and former Chairman and CEO of the Group. He handed over the day-to-day running of the business to Lohan Presencer in 2008. In 2018, Presencer became chairman.
Ministry of Sound began as the idea of Justin Berkmann. Inspired by New York’s Paradise Garage - which he described as "an amazing club. It had lights, darkness, music, quiet – everything you wanted" - Berkmann set out to create London's first club devoted to the American house music scenes of 1980s New York City, Newark (which centred around Club Zanzibar), Chicago and Detroit. As opposed to striking a balance between the typical hallmarks of a live music venue, Ministry of Sound was conceived as an arena purely dedicated to sound. Berkmann stated: "My concept for Ministry was purely this: 100% sound system first, lights second, design third (in that order); the reverse of everyone else’s idea." According to him, they spent £500,000 on the club's sound system, and the same amount again on soundproofing the club using magnesite: they wanted to be able to turn the sound system up as loud as possible without disturbing the neighbours, and tested it to a volume of 156 decibels without the sound leaking outside. In addition to drawing inspiration from the Paradise Garage, the club borrowed the idea of using changing set designs from another New York City club, Area, with the first being based around Blade Runner, Berkmann's favourite film.

Berkmann was introduced to James Palumbo, who was working in property finance at the time, by Humphrey Waterhouse to realise the concept. The site, a disused bus garage, is located in Elephant & Castle in Southwark, London. The club opened on 21 September 1991 and has remained in this location since. Having considered "a load of daft names" for the club, including Get Off My Foot and The Ghost and Mrs Chicken, Berkmann came up with Ministry of Sound after walking past the Ministry of Defence Main Building.

With opening sets from American house and garage DJ's Larry Levan, David Morales, Roger Sanchez and Tony Humphries, as well as Paul Oakenfold, Ministry of Sound grew as a clubbing venue. According to Berkmann, it managed to empty rival nightclub Tramp for its first six months by drawing its celebrity clientele, before "they stopped coming and it was more about the dance music community". It now attracts around 300,000 clubbers per year[1] and has hosted sets from popular DJ's including: Adam Beyer, DJ Harvey, Dixon, Marshmello, Jozeff and Pete Tong. It has won the IDMA ‘World’s Best Sound System’ award four years in a row - every year they ran the category.

The capacity of The Box (the main room) is 600 people, and there are other smaller rooms within the club. There are three weekly club nights: Fridays feature Lock n Load brand The Gallery which are primarily trance music, whilst Saturdays host a number of club nights which are primarily house music. In 2016, these included Defected, Glitterbox, Rinse FM, Hospitality and Together. On Tuesday the club hosts a student session called Milkshake, established in 2002.

Felix Da Housecat Live @ Loveparade, Ministry of Sound, Berlin Germany 14-07-2002

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Toolroom Radio is now live! Jenn Getz & Alfie are taking over the show with new music from CASSIMM, Santé, Kideko, Papa Marlin and the first play of their brand new single ‘Vibration’. There’s all the usual features with Hot Right Now, Nicole Moudaber is In The Mix, there's another Toolroom Academy Track of the Week and of course this week’s hottest record with the Killer Cut. 

Stay locked for Hour 2 as Tough Love is in the Guest Mix, and Jenn Getz & Alfie go live in the Hot Mix. This is Where Music Matters. 

Tracklist
Hotswing - Feel It [Toolroom] - 00.00
Re-Tide, Lukas Setto - Me & You (Dr. Packer Remix) [Fool's Paradise]
Junior Sanchez - Dreams [Wh0 Plays]
 
Hot Right Now
Kideko, Hako - Get Down [Make Em Move]
Santé - Klub Organica [Moon Harbour]
Papa Marlin, Bondar - 69 [Strangelove Recordings]

Killer Cut
Jenn Getz & Alfie - Vibration [Toolroom]

In The Mix with Nicole Moudaber
Nicole Moudaber (feat. London Community Gospel Choir) - Rise Up [Nothing Else Matters]
Sharam Jey - Shake Your (Nicole Moudaber Remix) [Toolroom Trax]
Junior Jack - Thrill Me (LO'99 Remix) [Adesso Music]

Toolroom Academy Track Of The Week
Altere - Lot To Live For [Toolroom Trax]

The Shakedown 
Davide Squillace, Ron Jabbit (feat. Selassie) - More Money In The Tank [Kaluki Musik]
Fuzzy Hair - Keep On [Milk & Sugar Recordings]
CASSIMM - Feel So Good [There Was Jack]

HOUR TWO 

Tough Love Guest Mix
Tough Love, Aaron Pfeiffer - Questions [Love & Other] - 01.00.00
ManyFew x Tough Love - Dance (With That Groove) [Spinnin’]
ID - ID
Tough Love - Trippin [Undisputed Music]
ID - ID
Tough Love - No Drama [White Label]
Enzo Is Burning - Give It Up [ID]
ESSEL - The Edge [Toolroom]

The Hot Mix
Jenn Getz & Alfie - Vibration [Toolroom]
Soulfreq - Bass 4 Love [Dobar House Gruv]
Tom Enzy, Siwell, Vadi - Levanta [Toolroom Trax]
Ellis Moss - The Shake [Toolroom Trax] 
Kevin Knapp - Sick With It [Repopulate Mars]
Gas Kin - Booty [PIV]
George Privatti - Dolly Dancer [Elrow Music] 
Jenn Getz & Alfie - Junglist [Toolroom Trax]

Stream Toolroom

Toolroom Radio EP712 - Presented by Jenn Getz & Alfie

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SIMONS & Laminar ft.VinDon  - Samurai (Zykopat Remix)

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Reasons

Suddenly You (Acid Mix)

Deadmau5, Steve Angelo, Pete Tong - Live Radio1- Essential Mix Live from the Warehouse Project

DJ Dick - The Iron Raver (Part I) [Low Spirit]
Dance Overdose - Overdose Stomp (Bass X Remix) [Shoop]
Ramos & Supreme - Crowd Control [Hectic]
Force Mass Motion - Panic [Rabbit City]
DJ-Anthems Volume II - DJ-Anthems Volume II [Formation]
SMD - #2 (A) [SMD]
EQ - Total Xstacy 93 (Remixed By DJ-SS) [Formation]
Conquer - War Path [MMR Productions]
SMD - #2 (AA) [SMD]
Bass X - Hardcore Disco [Shoop]
Ramirez - Terapia (Hocus Terapiocus) [ZYX]
20 Hurts EP - Untitled (AA) [Sound Entity]
The Reanimator - Bigger And Bolder (The Original Rave-Attack) [K.N.O.R.]
Jones & Stephenson - The First Rebirth [Bonzai]
Conquer - Self Destruction (Carl's Kinetic Mix) [MMR Productions]
English Muffin - Ride (Conquer Remix) [MMR Productions]
S. McCarthy & D. Charlesworth - Untitled (A) [Universe - UNV001]
Mad Dog - D:Tox [Underdog]
Tango & Fallout - Further Intrigue... (Mix 2) [Not On Label - TF002]
Dance Overdose - Chemically Insane [Shoop]
D-Force - Ruff!!! [Slammin Vinyl]
DJ Distroi & Boykz - Come With It Bad Boy (remix) [Flyte]
SMD - #1 (A) [SMD]
Stu J - Gadjet Part Deux - The Secret Mission (AA2) [Adrenalin]
Exit "EEE" - Atrax [No Respect]
Visa - Let Me See Ya Move (Carl Cox Militant March Mix) [MMR Productions]
Edge - The Remix [Not On Label - REMIX 93]
Active Force - Italia [K.O.R.E.]
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Technohead - The Passion (#3) [Mokum]

Deadmau5, Steve Angelo, Pete Tong - Live Radio1- Essential Mix Live from the Warehouse Project

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