Offering something a little different for the occasion, The Box sees Mark Knight & Martijn Ten Velden, Dave Spoon & D. Ramirez team up for an all singing, all dancing 5 hour back-2back show involving 4 CDJ’s, 3 mixers, 2 laptops, a whole world of FX and no doubt the odd house classic been thrown down. Funkagenda, launching his Toolroom Knights compilation, will close the room flying-solo with an array of Birthday bangers and exclusive personal edits. As friends, producers and DJ’s these are 5 of the most passionate talents working in the industry today, who between them have dominated the dance charts with a succession of big releases and tonight as the leading Toolroom Knights share a common goal…to tear a new dance floor in the main room for the Birthday.

Over in the Bar it’s all about a special DJ/live set from Grammy Award winning Dirty Vegas, fusing vocal elements of a live performance with the energy and beats of a DJ set. 2009 has been a hectic year for the DV trio, who’ve been back in the studio, had 3 major releases on Toolroom; Pressure, Changes and this summer’s IMS anthem Tonight, remixed big hitters Dizzie Rascal, Calvin Harris, Ladytron and announced plans for an artist album due early 2010. All eyes will be on the boys as they turn up their talents for this exciting Birthday appearance. In support, the Bar will be rocking to the sound of Toolroom’s future stars; Pete Griffiths, George Andrews, Mark Storie, Gina Star and the label’s latest ‘Leader of the New School’ Paul Thomas, looking to celebrate the release of his ‘LONS’ album. London party supremos Get Diverted host the Loft and Gifted bring the underground sounds to the Baby Box.

All in all, an almighty party to celebrate 3 years of Toolroom Knights and another guaranteed road-block.

And there’s MORE – Toolroom want to give a little something back as a thank-you for your continued support of their parties over the last 3 years, so all tickets purchased on the door will receive the latest Toolroom Knights CD mixed by Funkagenda FREE, and for advanced ticket holders the CD will be available on the night for £5. (this CD would normally retail in stores at £12.99!!)

Saturday Sessions presents…
Toolroom Knights – 3rd Birthday

Saturday 21st November
23:00-07:00

Box:
Mark Knight b2b Martijn Ten Velden
Funkagenda
Dave Spoon b2b D.Ramirez

Bar:
Dirty Vegas (DJ Set)
Paul Thomas
Pete Griffiths & George Andrews
Mark Storie
Gina Star

Loft: Get Diverted
Rob Aldritt
Lofty b2b Mike Mackeeg
Jordan Brown
Grant Nichols
Alex Acuna

Baby Box: Gifted
James Murray
Lewi Five 0
Twisted K
David Lee
Dave Lane

Door prices: £15* in advance, £20 on the door (which includes FREE Toolroom Knights CD mixed by Funkagenda), £6 after 4am.

*For all for advanced ticket holders, the CD will be available to purchase on the night for £5.

One of the biggest names on the dance music circuit, Chris Lake, will be enchanting a floor full of clubbers in the Box for this Wonderland event. Following on from Mr Pete Tong’s lead, Lake’s atmospheric style of blended house and techno endeavours to drive an epic set of pounding beats right through to a darker turn on the electronic genre, topped off with a few dance favourites. First brought to our attention with his summer hit ‘Changes’ Chris Lake, not only gained chart success but also captured the attention of the clubbing community which aided in his rise to instant popularity. Joining him, another artist that tops the DJ ranks, Style of Eye makes his debut performance at the club. Having only been on the scene for the last 2 years, Linus aka Style of Eye, has gained instant recognition and respect for his quirky and independent sound. Breaking the unwritten rules of house music with his play on merging genres and heavily influenced dubby samples, he continues to cross over using dub, house, jazz and percussion as guidelines. The Box rounds up overall as a futuristic realm of forward thinking dance music.

The Bar, gets wonky with electro offerings from Tim Green, Rob Marmot and We’re Not Cool! South London’s very own, Tim Green has caused a stir within the industry with his new track ‘Kitch In’ dominating sound-systems all over the globe. Spinning out a mix of electro, house and tech-house he leads the way for residents We’re Not Cool! and Rob Marmot, to raise the roof with their twisted synths.

Once again, the Pied Piper of house Pete Tong takes control for a night of top class talent.

Saturday 24th October 23:00-07:00
Saturday Sessions presents – Wonderland

Box:
Pete Tong
Style of Eye

Bar:
Tim Green
We’re Not Cool!
Rob Marmot

Loft: FHD Records
Chase Buch
Levan
Nick Olivetti
Erol Arda

Baby Box: Upper Playground
Sai
Simon Mercer
Hesseltime
Liquorice Pizza DJs
Jim Raygun
John Malcolm Moore

£20 Advance // £12 Early bird // £6 from 4am // £6 Students All night

Tickets available from…
www.ministryofsound.com/tickets
www.ticketweb.co.uk

or by calling 08700 600 100

It’s not any old album either! Trance Awards have teamed up with Ministry of Sound’s legendary and much respected Euphoria brand to deliver a three disk set of sounds mixed by three of the headline DJs who will be performing at the packed out ceremony held at The Gallery in London on Friday 9th October.

Heavyweight trance heroes Sean Tyas and Simon Patterson have been lined up to mix two disks while space is given to new breed rising star Claudia Cazacu to showcase her sound on the third. Covering the Trance Awards’ remit of presenting the best of current and future talent, the Euphoria compilation is set to spread the vibes wider amongst the dance community than ever before.
Tyas and Patterson need no introduction to trance fans; their discography reads like a who’s who of A-list labels and over the last month they’ve collected more air miles than Judith Chalmers with individual shows in USA, Canada, Argentina, Poland, Holland, Ireland, UK, Switzerland and Ibiza! Claudia Cazacu has one of the biggest vocal trance anthems of the year and has performed at three of the Trance Awards events. Her tracks on Armind, Reset, 2 Play and own Couture label have gained her nearly 1 million MySpace page views from her 40,000 friends giving her the perfect platform to launch into stardom within the scene.

Trance Awards Euphoria album will hit the shops and download stores on Monday 5th October as the start of a week of celebration of the scene that culminates on Friday 9th October at trance institution The Gallery for the 5th Annual awards ceremony and party. Tyas, Patterson and Cazacu will be joined by heavyweights Markus Schulz, Menno De Jong, Jerome Isma-ae in the main room while Trackitdown.net DJ competition winners will be representing the new wave in their own room for fresh talent.

CD 1 Mixed By Sean Tyas

CD 2 Mixed By Simon Patterson

CD 3 Mixed by Claudia Cazacu

All you have to do is watch the the video on http://apps.facebook.com/clubcomp/ very carefully and answer the question at the end! It’s that simple, so get clicking for your chance to win FREE VIP entry into Ministry of Sound for life and as a special treat we will even give you a Sasha ‘Invol2ver’ CD or Nick Warren ‘Global Underground’ CD!

Once you’ve entered why not chose to become a Saturday Sessions promoter to win a whole lorry load of goodies? All you have to do is log onto http://apps.facebook.com/clubcomp/ click promote and invite your friends to enter the competition. The person who gets the most people to join up will be the lucky person who gets to spend the birthday weekend larging it MoS-style.

Up for grabs is a godly stash of goodies worth over £1000! We are not only offering the chance to become a VIP member for LIFE but we will also throw in a member’s tag that entitles one chum free entry into the club too! Our friends at Pioneer have also given us a set of HDJ 2000 headphones, which will come in very handy when the first place winner spends the day at Ministry’s very own DJ Academy. It all sounds too good to be true but wait there’s more as on the night of the birthday not only will the winner be waited on hand and foot in our exclusive VIP area, but will also be treated to a night at London’s luxury 5* hotel, The Malmaison. Keep watching this space as we will be updating the prize with bags of bonus goodies.

Choose to become a Saturday Sessions Facebook Promoter and you can win ALL of this:

* Free VIP entry into Ministry of Sound FOR LIFE!
* Pioneer HDJ 2000 Headphones – worth £259 in the shops!
* A night at London’s beautiful Malmaison hotel.
* A VIP night out at Ministry of Sound’s 18th Birthday.
* Your own VIP table, waitress service and complimentary drinks throughout the night.
* A place at the Ministry of Sound DJ Academy.
* Global Underground Back Catalogue.
* Ministry of Sound Radio and ipod dock.
* And as many CDs and T-shirts we can get our hands on (which is a lot!!)

So what are you waiting for? Get involved today, start promoting and start winning!

Week after week Saturday Sessions brings you the best residencies from Mark Knight, Steve Lawler, Roger Sanchez, Erick Morillo and Defected. To celebrate the launch of our brand new Facebook Application were offering a Wild Weekend for one lucky winner and one of their friends!

Up for grabs is a godly prize of goodies worth over £1000! We are not only offering you the chance to become a VIP member for LIFE but we will also throw in a member’s tag that entitles one of your chum’s free entry into the club too! The prize is jam packed with a weekend of clubbing from the moment you wake up with exclusive festival tickets, full VIP treatment at Wonderland and a room at a London 5* hotel. You’re guaranteed to feel like royalty all at the expense of Ministry of Sound and not to mention our kind friends at Bench who have offered £350 worth of vouchers just for you.

As the festival season rapidly comes to an end what better way to say farewell then by getting your sticky hands on free VIP passes to SW4 and Get Loaded. The weekend event that kicks off Saturday 29th August sees an immense line-up of superstar acts take to Clapham Common for a full weekend bender of top notch music. You will be privileged to full exclusive backstage entry on both the Saturday and Sunday, psyching you up for what falls later on at Pete Tongs Wonderland.

All you have to do is log onto http://apps.facebook.com/clubcomp/ click enter and answer the question at the end of the video. Once you’ve entered become a promoter and invite your friends! The person who gets the most people to enter will be our lucky winner!

The album starts with the hottest new dance tunes (Dizzee Rascal – Bonkers, Lazee and Deadmau5 amongst others) alongside classic feelgood club anthems from Freemasons, Fedde Le Grand, Shakedown and The Streets.

It then brings you fresh and funky soul grooves with Estelle’s ‘American Boy’, Gnarls Barkley, Jamiroquai, Outkast, Brand New Heavies, Fatboy Slim and The Wiseguys.

And finally the mood moves to chill out with X Press 2, Royksopp, Lemon Jelly, Groove Armada (new track) plus an amazing cover of St Germain’s ‘Rose Rouge’.

Summer Sessions from Ministry Of Sound – just add the sunshine and turn up the music…

Promo/Minimix:

Summer Sessions is out now on 3CD and digital download!

Officially Britain’s most popular DJs, Above & Beyond were recently voted Best Group at the International Dance Music Awards, ahead of the likes of Daft Punk, Soulwax, Justice, and Pendulum. Now ranked No.4 in DJ Mag’s Top 100 DJs Poll, their largest gig to date was in front of 1 million people in Rio, Brazil.

Through the mix albums on their label Anjunabeats, Above & Beyond have been awarded numerous compilation of the month reviews in the dance press, while their latest release is currently sitting at No.1 in the US iTunes Dance Album chart.

The trio are so renowned for their own compilations, that they’ve politely steered clear of mixing them for anyone else. That is, until now. When they were asked to relaunch the classic Trance Nation album series for Ministry Of Sound, the opportunity to stamp their mark was too good to miss.

“Ministry of Sound was keen to take the Trance Nation series back to its roots and approached us with the idea,” said Tony of Above & Beyond. “The early editions of the series were amongst the most complete records of their time, so we were keen to get involved.”

“We’ve picked the latest tracks from our favourite producers, remixers and artists to create a 160 minute mix that captures the trance scene as we see it in the summer of 2009,” he added. “As ever, our focus is on quality tunes, so we hope this CD will stand the test of time: that’s the Trance Nation legacy as we see it.”

Widely regarded as the world’s premier trance .and progressive house label, Above & Beyond’s Anjunabeats imprint receives consistent acclaim from critics and dance music . fans alike. Under their Ocean Lab guise, which also features vocalist Justine Suissa, the trio of Tony, Jono, and Paavo, have established themselves as a leading force when it comes to intelligently written vocal dance music.

Label: Ministry of Sound
Catalog: MOSCD197
Released: 3rd August 2009

This double-disc collection covers the length and breadth of the house music spectrum, moving from shades of House right through to the current crop of Techno and Electro. It is a sound that Joachim has lovingly cultivated over many years of solid gigging and through releasing a staggeringly consistent collection of quality music.

CD1 is definitely on the techier spectrum of Joachim’s palette, kicking off with Sidekick’s ‘Deep Fear’. Joachim turns up the heat a little with Mark Knight & Funkagenda’s ‘Arena’, providing the mix with some pulsating rhythms and driving beats… Sebastian Gnewkow’s ‘Threshold’ reigns it back in with some noodly, bleepy tech-house and some nice melodic overlays. Lazy Jay’s ‘Hammer Down’ serves up some regimental pounding bass, which makes you wish you were in a dark and sweaty club. Joachim finishes off with the knob-twiddling Taurus & Vaggeli’s ‘Hello Paris’, which leads on perfectly to CD2.

CD2 starts off with a bit of old school flavour with Da Fresh’s rework of ‘Age of Love’ which leads on to some nice US house sounds, with a dash of hip-house thrown into the mix with DJ Bam Bam & Mixin Marc’s ‘The New Hip House’. Joachim’s own ‘Miami is BS’ (written specifically for this compilation) follows on nicely and mixes perfectly with Groovewatchers ‘High Level’. Olav Basoski’s ‘Roulette’ kicks in alongside Steve Aoki’s ‘Deadmeat’ and leads us to Joachim’s exclusive remix of the Paganini Traxx’ ‘Zoe’, which we are pleased to announce has been released here for the first time. Joachim’s new remix of the legendary BBE track ‘Seven Days and One Week’ follows and finishes off with another track that Joachim wrote specifically for this Toolroom mix ‘No Techno in this Room Please’.

With such a full musical career and undoubtedly one of the most influential names within electronic music, Joachim was an obvious choice to mix the next ‘Toolroom Knights’ compilation. We are sure you will think so too…

Sunday Sounds comes in two flavours to perfectly complement the time of day. The finest in deep and uplifting house music comes together for the “Sunrise Mix”, featuring an array of sunshine-fuelled beats and melodies. Salted Music head honcho Miguel Migs sets the scene perfectly with the sublime “So Far”, which leads into a blend of seminal tracks (Axwell, Milk & Sugar) blended with a host of upfront offerings.

The “Sunset Mix” takes the tempo down a notch, showcasing blissed-out sounds and soulful grooves to wind down your day. Kicking off with an exclusive jazz-tinged remix from master producer Rasmus Faber, the mix showcases a number of hidden gems – including an unreleased track from Deadmau5 collaborator Kaskade and a rare, poignant remix of Bent’s critically-acclaimed track “Swollen” by Dusted (featuring Faithless’ Rollo Armstrong). Another undoubted highlight also comes from Solu Music with a down-tempo rework of “Fade”, taking the sounds of the club and terraces into ultra-chilled territory.

So press play, kick back and let these sounds take over your Weekend.

* represents an unreleased track.

Sunday Sounds is available from iTunes and all other good download stores from 13th July – download bundle includes 24 unmixed tracks and two album-length DJ mixes.

Following on from their sell out residency at Privilege last year the dynamic duo once again join the world famous Tiesto for another season at the islands biggest and best club. Every Monday throughout the season Riley and Durrant along with their hugely successful Electrik playground will host Room 2 (LA VACA) at Privilege. The night will provide a session packed full of the best in eclectic futuristic House which will guarantee to keep you dancing till sunrise!

The residency will be kick starting on the 8th June and with 8000 people forecast weekly, this is the biggest night on the island and one not to be missed!

Riley and Durrant’s massive Leeds based creation The Electrik Playground will be taking centre stage with Riley and Durrant hosting the events supported by an array of talented and diverse DJ’s and producers such as Juan Kidd, Heavy Feet and Adam Sheridan.

The night has enjoyed huge success within the UK since launching in 2008, hosting huge names including Kate Lawler, Chris Lake, Hybrid, Paolo Mojo & Young Punkz. The Leeds based night has travelled around the country with residencies at infamous nights such as Back to Basics, Gatecrasher and Ministry of sound and now it returns to the Ibiza for its second summer in residency.

Throughout the season the hottest sets and interviews will be recorded and broadcast across Riley & Durrant’s Galaxy Network shows which reach over half a million people a week and are some of the most listened-to in the UK.

Weekly Electrik Sunset sessions at Savana; one of the hottest bars on the legendary sunset strip will provide the perfect place for a sunset session. Running throughout the 16 week residency, the party gives a fresh approach to the sound of the Ibiza pre party.

This will be the sixth season the boys have rocked the dance floor in Ibiza and promises to be equally as impressive, see you at Privilege!