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 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.

Masters At Work Live @ Ministry of Sound 01-01-2016

Little Routine #260
JR From Dallas | GMR / LRS
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JR From Dallas | Little Routine #260(2021)

Big Pack presents Grooves Radioshow
Episode 183

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Tracklist:
01 Teddy Esposito - It's Just Your Love (Made In NY Mix) [Deeper Shades Recordings]
02 Homero Espinosa - Step Into a Groove (Fizzikx Deep Jazz Dub) 
03 Nick Holder - Missing You (Main mix)
04 Mark Grant - Spirit of the Black Ghost (Blacker Mix) [Soulstar Records]
05 Scott Diaz - Mistreated
06 Mr.Jools - Back 4 More  
07 SanXero, Katarina G - Walk By Me (Scott Diaz Grand Plans Dub) [Reel People Music]
08 DuBeats - That Was The Key
09 Prunk - Through The Walls (JT Donaldson Remix) [PIV]
10 Cris Herrera, Miguel Rios - Changing Times (DuBeats Remix)
11 Reelsoul - Found A Way 
12 Mark Farina, Homero Espinosa - Good Vibrations (Main Mix) [Moulton Music]
13 Loleatta Holloway - Can't Let You Go (Louie Vega & Josh Milan Truth Dub 1) [Vega Records]
14 JT Donaldson - Sphere
15 Demarkus Lewis - It Never Gets Old (Homero Espinosa Remix) [Guesthouse]
16 Joss Moog - Blooming
17 Shazz - El Camino (DJ Spen Mix)

Grooves Radioshow 183

Big Pack presents Grooves Radioshow 183

Every now and then, it feels like the music REALLY gets inside of me and tonight was one of those nights.  From start to finish, featuring not one, but two amazing EPs from Sound Vessel Records… down-tempo grooves, in the shape of ‘Green’ from Becanoe Da Voe and the classy, party vibes of ‘Langevin’ from Rance & Maff, I felt the heat in every track I played ... and so I do hope you enjoy the selection as much as I did ... ♥️

Becanoe Da Voe - Look For The Surface - Sound Vessel Records - Green EP

Becanoe Da Voe - Tell It All - Sound Vessel Records - Green EP

Becanoe Da Voe - Gods And Powers - Sound Vessel Records - Green EP

Pando G - 4 Deep Time (Original Mix) - Selville Records - Goes Deep EP

Pando G - Something We Had (Original Mix) - Selville Records - Goes Deep EP

Beatsbyhand, Rona Ray, Jimpster - Say Yes (Jimpster Extended Mix) - Stay True Sounds

Audrey Powne, Atjazz - Feed the Fire (Atjazz Deeper Remix) - BBE

BraveSoul, Vencer Cafe, Reagan Ruler - Beaming Sunlight (Reagan Ruler Reversed) - Punk' D Music

Slctvtones - Liven Verb (Original Mix) - Deep Clicks - Keep On Keepin On EP

Always Friends - Significant Other (Soledrifter Remix) - No Way Back

Always Friends - Safe Passage (Demarkus Lewis Remix) - No Way Back

Col Lawton - Sandcastles - Personal Belongings

Rance & Maff - Coquillage (Original Mix) - Sound Vessel Records - Langevin EP

Rance & Maff - Big Rock Village (Original Mix) - Sound Vessel Records - Langevin EP

Rance & Maff - Dance in a cave (Original Mix) - Sound Vessel Records - Langevin EP

Vitorrio Brena, Beau Soleil - On The Dancefloor (Original Mix) - Groovebom Records

Carlos Castro & Beto Ruve - Day By Day (Original Mix) - Cromarti Records

Ross Couch - Give Me Love - Body Rhythm

Kevin Yost, Mo’Cream - Messing With My Soul (Mo’Cream Remix) - i! Records

Miguel Migs, Ursula Rucker - Connectivity (Migs Jazzy Touch Revision) - Salted Music

Processing Vessel - Come Into My Dreams (Forteba Remix) - Personal Belongings

The Funky Foot Sessions 210 - 07 - 06 - 24

A 2.5 hour musical journey with 20 mins or so on the end with some down tempo beats to bring you back into the room.
Tracks you'll love, some you'll not be sure about and some you may dislike but that's what I do......
eNjOy!!!!

Muzik Aug 24

Lars Bartkuhn - Walkin thru circles 
Conway Casey - Spiritual escape 
Cevin Fisher - The message (The Nick Jones Experience mix)
Glenn Underground - Emotional content 
Aleqs Notal - Save ya 
Tal Fussman - A subtle change 
Satoshi Tomiie - Bassline 
Glenn Underground - Man on fire 
Boo Williams - Artificial world 
Dele Sosimi, Lokkhi Terra, Peppe Citarella - Cubafro 
Trinidadian Deep - Yemaya 
Tyrone Francis - Vibe 
Tyrone Francis - Dance off 
Audrey Powne - Feed the fire (Musclecars dream dub instrumental) 
Tyrone Francis - Essential moves
D. Wynn, R-Tyme, Derrick May - Love in the music 
Josef Lupo - Lumiere 
Yuu Udagawa - Spectral (dub mix)
Agora Rhythm - New hope (cosmic excursion dub) 
Franck Roger - The love joint 
Franck Roger - Les emotions 
Boo Williams - Ride the wagon 
Ash Walker - There’s nothing like this
Ghetto Priest - Hercules 
Search - Action tape 1 
Dusty Springfield - Spooky

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MUZIK Aug24

2024.07.07 - NY SOUND RADIO CITY with MOPLEN

S - Pazz @ Djoon 05 07 2024

Ryuichi Sakamoto - Dharma (IKAAW Unofficial Mix)

Cette année, j’ai surtout consolidé ce que j’avais fait jusqu’ici.
J’ai repris tout ce que j’ai appris en traitement du son sur ordinateur pour revenir sur les morceaux créés quand j’étais exclusivement sur synthé.
Là, c’est le second set live que je publie.
L’exercice est un peu délicat : je pars d’un enregistrement en direct, mais la prise était de qualité suffisante pour me laisser une vraie marge de travail.
L’occasion de réécouter, de revivre des émotions anciennes, avec tous les souvenirs qui vont avec… et parfois un peu de doute et de douleur aussi.
Et de les partager.

Yves Ma

Into the Machine

Singularity

One of my first ever recorded vinyl mixes from 1992 straight to a Sony HF90 cassette tape using 1 x Yamaha P300 deck, 1 x Technics SLB1 deck and a Phonic MRT60 Mixer.

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