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Dj Mag’s Top 100 Clubs: Top 97~95

Top 97 (House Of Yes), Top 96 (Ageha), Top 95 (Club Space Miami)

HOUSE OF YES

POSITION: 97

NEW ENTRY

Location: Brooklyn, NY, USA

Capacity: 550

Website: houseofyes.org

House Of Yes bills itself as “the best venue ever” and, though a bold claim, it’s also quite convincing. The venue identifies as a temple of expression, a safe space, a creative playground and a performance-fueled nightclub, so to label it just a club is to sell this imaginative heaven short. The venue creates unique nightlife experiences via interactive theatrics, aerial circus spectacles and experience design, all powered by performance, audience interaction and music. While past DJs and artists include Todd Terry, Greg Wilson and Sharam, the magic really lives in the venue’s internal programming, which includes theatre, performance art, variety shows, burlesque nights, drag competitions and vogue balls.

 

AGEHA

POSITION: 96

DOWN 17

Location: Tokyo, Japan

Capacity: 2,400

Website: ageha.com

Located in the Shin-Kiba bay area in Tokyo, AGEHA has become renowned for its impeccable sound. With a 2,400 capacity on the main dancefloor alone, it’s Tokyo’s biggest club with a cavernous interior where you can expect to hear techno and electro from Tokyo’s best residents. In the summer, a purpose-built beach and outdoor pool stage expand the club further, making the shuttle bus trip to get there a little more bearable. Musically, it’s mostly Japanese DJs with the odd international guest, including Lost Frequencies and Etnica.

 

CLUB SPACE MIAMI

POSITION: 95

DOWN 48

Location: Miami, Florida, USA

Capacity: 2,500

Website: clubspace.com

A longtime Miami staple — and fixture on our Top 100 Clubs list — Space Miami has been under new ownership for a little over a year, and the 24/7 club now feels like a fresh, inspired reboot of the iconic Ibiza outpost we all knew and loved. Space’s new parents are a trio of locals who have been passionately pushing Miami’s underground electronic music scene for years: Davide Danese, Coloma Kaboomsky and David Sinopoli know how to bring the world’s greatest underground and indie acts to town. A highlight of 2017 was the addition of a new live music venue on the club’s ground floor (aptly named The Ground), which has already hosted the likes of HVOB, Front 242, r&b starlet SZA, and an Anjunadeep label showcase.

 

Words: BECCA ANTOON