New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ DJ Mag) - While we may not agree with DJ Mag's Top 100 DJ Poll, their Top 50 Clubs poll looks pretty good to us. Maybe it's because it's the world's biggest DJs that are doing the voting, not some 18 year old trance addict dork.
Kudos to New York's own Pacha outpost and one of our all-time favorite, intimate venues Cielo for making the list. We'll sit tight until WMC to see if Pawn Shop still retains some of that underground magic with some of the best parties last year including Richie Hawtin's surprise DJ set at P.S. 101 Sunday School for Degenerates. Although we don't know if DJ Mag's description of "decadent" is quite accurate. When did taxidermy, yellow school buses and white trash trailers become decadent. Those Brits definitely have a different sense of style. Then there's Space Miami which is a downtown mainstay but is notorious for a severe no-tolerance policy. By that, we mean a quick indiscretion in the bathroom can lead to a swift security escort out of the club into a waiting police squad car. Consider yourself warned and party responsibly. Now on to the top 50...
From DJMag.com - The Top 50 Clubs in the World
It's the definitive top 50 clubs from around the globe. Last year's number five, the renowned Ibizan institution of Space jumped up four places to usurp Fabric as the globe's finest club. Something anyone who has spent an infamous Ibizan sunset on its picturesque terrace would certainly agree with.
Indeed, it was a fine year for the White Ilse throughout the top ten and beyond, further proof still that all the hogwash about the clubbing haven's diminishing influence is little more than hot air. The evidence speaks for itself. The colossal Amnesia held on to a top ten birth, Pacha climbed up a place to rise to number three whilst the home of Monday morning Ibizan wrongness DC10 also edged up a place into number seven.
Other top ten entries included Brazil's rainforest nestled Warung, the Pacha of The East - Singapore's Zouk - and Miami's decadent Pawn Shop Lounge, the highest of many new entries. Across the privileged fifty, no corner of the world was left untouched with everything from Athens' post card perfect mountain side club Venue to Tokyo's futuristic haven Ageha finding a home. Established institutions like Brussels' techno legend Fuse (a new entry), Parisian venue The Rex and Sven Vath's glistening Frankfurt superclub Cocoon were also in tow with Shoreditch's trendy 450 capacity T Bar a surprise entry at 49. Check out the full results below:
1 Space (Ibiza)
2 Fabric (London)
3 Pacha (Ibiza)
4 The End (London)
5 Warung (Itajai)
6 Panorama Bar (Berlin)
7 DC10 (Ibiza)
8 Amnesia (Ibiza)
9 Pawn Shop Lounge (Miami)
10 Zouk (Singapore)
11 Stereo (Montreal)
12 The Arches (Glasgow)
13 Turnmills (London)
14 Space (Miami)
15 Digital (Newcastle)
16 Ministry Of Sound (London)
17 Womb (Tokyo)
18 Guvernment (Toronto)
19 Cocoon (Frankfurt)
20 Pacha (New York) www.pachanyc.com
21 D-Edge (Sao Paolo, Brazil)
22 Cavo Paradisco (Mykonos, Greece)
23 Sirena (Maresias, Brazil)
24 Crobar (Chicago)
25 Fuse (Brussels, Belgium)
26 Pacha (Buenos Aires)
27 Basics (Leeds)
28 Club Kristal (Bucharest)
29 Coco Rico (Riccione, Italy)
30 Cielo (New York) www.cieloclub.com
31 Rex Club (Paris)
32 Robert Johnson (Frankfurt)
33 Yellow (Tokyo)
34 Tenax (Florence, Italy)
35 Weekend (Berlin)
36 Privilege (Ibiza)
37 The Cross (London)
38 Sankeys (Manchester)
39 Home (Sydney, Australia)
40 Pacha (Sao Paolo, Brazil)
41 The Key (London)
42 Babyface (Shanghai, China)
43 Honey Club (Brighton)
44 Se One (London)
45 Alter Ego (Verona, Italy)
46 Spundae (Los Angeles)
47 Trilogy (Dubai)
48 Venue (Athens, Greece)
49 T Bar (London)
50 Ageha (Tokyo)
