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

My recorded set on two decks. Find the playlist below:

Âme - Oldorado(Mano Le Tough Remix)
Adriatique - Studies In Dance Theory
BOg - Jahar(Mathias Schober Remix)
Niko Schwind, Oliver Koletzki - Subati(Andhim's Electrica Cucar Remix)
Sascha Funke - Surumu
Rebolledo Discotico - Plexico(Maceo Plex Remix)
Skatman - Psyche
Glowal - Serra
Echonomist - Different Versions Of Your Love 
Mendo,Yvan Genkins - What You Say
Butch - No Worries(Re-Cut)
Cajmere,Dajae - Satisfy
Leftwing & Kody - Sub Syndrome
Toni Alvarez - Pump Up The Swag(M. Fukuda Remix)
Traumer - Hoodlum
Skatman - Aromanticism
Mall Grab - Pool Party Music
Bushwacka! - West Side(Christian Smith & Wehbba Remix)
Madben - Blooming
Faithless - Insomnia (Maceo Plex Epic Mix)
Maceo Plex - Lonely Tribe
Maceo Plex - Mutant Romance
Maceo Plex - When The Lights Are Out (Extended Garage Mix)
Shiffer - Memento(Adriatique_Remix)

TraSo Sommerfest 2021

Boiler Room x Warehouse Project w/ Maceo Plex, Ejeca, Kink & Hot Since 82

[Broadcasted on 28th September 2013]

Tracklist & video at boilerroom.tv

Maceo Plex 45 min Boiler Room x Warehouse Project mix

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Free Download

The Cure - Lullaby (Bootleg by UCP Berlin)

Tiga – live from Igloofest in Montréal.

Tiga | Igloofest

Recording of a live performance of Kollektiv Turmstrasse
Kollektiv Turmstrasse live in Batumi, Georgia (July, 2023)

Kollektiv Turmstrasse // Live Set Recording 2023

Welcome to Ellum Radio by Maceo Plex. Each month, Ellum Radio delivers exclusive guest mixes, live recordings, new unreleased music, and the very best from the Ellum audio label boss and his special guests.

Please enjoy this mix from Maceo Plex Live at Timewarp!

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Tracklist
Maceo Plex & Swayzak - 5th Dimensional Groove - Ellum Audio
Maceo Plex feat. Giovanni - Revision - Ellum Audio
Toni Sauna & Daniel Englisch - Too Comfy (Kiki Toao’s Weaponised 808 Remix) - Groom Lake Universal
MPX - Trojan - Ape-X Records
Michael Bibi, KinAhau & Audio Bullys - Different Side - Solid Grooves
Maceo Plex feat. Oscar and the Wolf - All Night - Higher Ground
Sian - On The Edge - Octopus Recordings
Transonic - Maceo Plex Edit
Maceo Plex - ID
Adam F - Circles - Pola & Bryson Remix
Armand van Helden - Ghandi Khan - London Records
Maceo Plex vs Faithless - Insomnia 2021 - Ministry of Sound

ER042 - Ellum Radio - Maceo Plex Live at Timewarp (Hour 2)

@dixon steps up to the decks for the 400th instalment of the #GroovePodcast. Check out the track list for this mix as well as Kristoffer Cornils's in-depth interview with Dixon here: bit.ly/DixPodDE (German) or bit.ly/DixPodEN (English)

Groove Podcast 400

Tracklist

Groove Podcast 400 - Dixon

Just You And I

Enjoy my first BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix since 2015. Big thanks to Pete Tong and BBC R1 for the invite x

BBC Radio 1's Essential Mix at Drumsheds, London (2024-03-29)

An brief musical insight into that which is Ilgot'N'Gane. 

'Even Birds Pay Taxes' is a new collective of random artist formed by Ilgot'N'Gane.

Bio:

ill-got·ten (lgtn)

adj.
Obtained in an evil manner or by dishonest means: ill-gotten gains.

adj
obtained dishonestly or illegally (esp in the phrase ill-gotten gains)

Slaves to the system are all ill-gotten gains

slave  (slv)

TraSo Sommerfest 2021

Marvin Golze

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