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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.

MOS Ibiza Sessions 2002

Felix Da Housecat Live @ Ministry of Sound, Pacha, Ibiza Spain 16-08-2002

This is the set from Nouveau York @ Le Bain when I play in March 2013

Satoshi Tomiie @ Le Bain March'13 New York

HARD Day of the Dead Mixtape #5: The Stalker Mixtape by Soul Clap feat. Nick Monaco


In honor of Nick Monaco's upcoming Stalker EP on Soul Clap Records and Hard Day Of The Dead we've put together this creepy mixtape to get your skin crawling.

Soul Clap & Tanner Ross - The Shady Shades
Seth Troxler & Patrick Russell - Dr. Of Romance
Sax - Don't Turn Your Back On Me (Halloween Mix)
Nick Monaco - The Stalker (Soul Clap's American Tribal Remix)
Sextravaganza - (I Want To) Take You Home
Green Velvet - The Stalker (Losin My Mind)
Eddy Grant - Time Warp (Instrumental)
Lil Louis & The World - I Called U
George Clinton - R&B Skeletons (In The Closet)
Ministry - Primental
Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence (Bass Line Mix)
Soul Clap - Twist
Bam Bam - Animal Atraction (Dynamic Guvnors Remix)
The Beat Club - Security
Model 500 - Night Drive (Through Babylon)
The Quick - Zulu (Instrumental Version)
PillowTalk - Meet Me In The Dark
Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me

HARD Day of the Dead Mixtape #5: The Stalker Mixtape by Soul Clap feat. Nick Monaco

6 hours of wicked tunes! This was one crazy birthday and one amazing party!!! Incredible music from all the DJs - I haven't chopped it up, or said who was playing when - this is not about one person - this is about one night of special music and celebration - all 6 DJs are part of one long night - Enjoy, Dance, Share, and Love! <3 

Just Be Birthday at Underground Ibiza 2014

Spirit Of 95' (Original Mix)

Room 69

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Mix of the Day: Sydney Blu

Recorded live at Halcyon San Francisco on Friday 3 March 2017.

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Two hours of DJ Seinfeld recorded live at our sold out Queens Birthday Eve Sundae party in June 2017.

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DJ Seinfeld - Live @ UNO DanceClub

Next up in our Recorded Live series is none other than Chicago house pioneer and Dance Mania staple Paul Johnson - the man behind anthems like “Feel My MF Bass” and worldwide mega hit “Get Get Down”.

Having delivered a jacking remix of Daniel Steinberg's 'Bones' for our label last year we hugely honoured to finally have him play for us in Berlin at Watergate on 1.11.2017 - with no further ado here's the recording from that stellar evening! Thank you Paul Johnson and to everyone who came down x

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Paul Johnson @ Watergate Berlin 1.11.2017

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Felix Da Housecat Live @ Ministry of Sound, Pacha, Ibiza Spain 16-08-2002

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