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.

Fatboy Slim & Armand Van Helden Live @ Ministry of Sound

HARDMONK3Y @HARBOUR 04.23.2022 LIVE SET - OPENING FOR MISS K8

Set Nhạc G - House -- DJ Trung Anhz Hot Tiktok "Make It Rain"

set nhạc G-House -- DJ Trung Anhz Hot Tiktok "Make It Rain"

Dirty South Ultra 2008 Set

This week Andrew Rayel selects his Up All Night tracks and our Guest Mix is from Malaa.

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Night Owl Radio 247 ft. Andrew Rayel and Malaa


Sidney Samson ft. Eva Simons - Magic Shield EXCLUSIVE
Trinidad James - All Gold Everything (MAKJ Remix) 
Deorro feat. Tess Marie - Come And Get Me 
Daft Punk - Harder Better Faster Stronger (Acappella) 
w/				
Sidney Samson - Move [ROCKTHEHOUZE]
Sidney Samson - chase the trap EXCLUSIVE 	
Lil Jon feat. Lmfao - Outta Your Mind (Sidney Samson Let's F'n Loose It Remix) 	
Sidney Samson feat. Gwise - Go 
 w/  Benny Benassi - Satisfaction acapella
SIdney Samson ft Gwise - unknown EXCLUSIVE
Will.I.Am feat. Eva Simons - This Is Love (Acappella) 
Sidney Samson & Martin Garrix - Torrent [MUSICAL FREEDOM]
Sidney Samson - The World Is Yours 
Sidney Samson - Dutchland [ROCKTHEHOUZE]
Jaspers Theme pt2	
W&W & Ummet Ozcan - The Code (Psychic Type Remix) [REVEALED]
Sidney Samson & Leroy Styles - Y.L.B. EXCLUSIVE
Fatboy Slim - Funk Soul Brother (Acappella) 
Baauer - Harlem Shake (Sizzurp Remix)
Ravers On Dope - Hardcore Vibes (ID Remix) 
A$AP Rocky feat. Drake & Kendrick Lamar & 2 Chainz - Problems 
Sidney Samson - Riverside 
Hard Rock Sofa & Swanky Tunes - The Edge [WALL (SPINNIN')]
w/			
Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way (Waiting For) (Acappella) 
thomas gold bootleg
Sidney Samson ft Martin Garrix - Trojan 	EXCLUSIVE
Sidney Samson ft KillFake - revenge of the acid EXCLUSIVE
 	
Sidney Samson - Get Low [ROCKTHEHOUZE]
w/				
Gotye feat. Kimbra - Somebody That I Used To Know (Acappella) 

Sidney samson live at Ultra Miami 2013

HARDMONK3Y is a hard dance DJ/producer from Vancouver, Canada. Known for high-energy club edits, hard bounce flips, and the DIRTY-DIARY series.

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