Very large nightclub
Space Ibiza
Laser lights illuminate the dance floor at a
Gatecrasher
dance music event in Sheffield, England
A superclub is a very large or superior
nightclub , often with several rooms with different themes.
[1]
[2] The term was first coined in
Mixmag , the British electronic dance and clubbing magazine, in 1995, referring to the new wave of clubs such as
Ministry of Sound and
Cream , which were dominating the English club scene.
[3]
Superclubs may include nightclubs that have high capacity, or are multi-story, high profile, and operate city and region wide or are well known.
[4] Some superclubs are owned and managed by a
dance music
record label or a club that was or is culturally important. The term may also be used to define its position within the club scene hierarchy.
[5]
[6]
[7]
Forerunners of contemporary superclubs already existed in the early 20th century.
The Guardian describes the Moka Efti in Berlin, a major dancing establishment of the
Golden Twenties , as a "1920s superclub".
[8]
Privilege Ibiza is the "world's largest nightclub" according to the
Guinness Book of Records , with a capacity of 10,000 people.
History
Notes: The list of clubs below indicate the dates they were first established.
1960s
Early examples of "superclubs" include
Annabel's (London, 1963),
Blow Up (
Munich , 1967) and
Pacha (Sitges, 1967).
1970s
Examples of "superclubs" from this period include
Pacha, Ibiza in (1973),
Studio One (nightclub) Los Angeles (1975),
BANG (club) London (1976),
Amnesia , Ibiza, (1976),
Studio 54 ,
New York City , (1977),
[9]
Paradise Garage , New York, (1977),
Ku Club
Ibiza , (1978),
Xenon , New York, (1978),
Roxy NYC , New York, (1978),
Dorian Gray ,
Frankfurt , (1978),
Heaven London, (1979),
Danceteria , New York, (1979)
1980s
Examples of "superclubs" from this period include
The Saint in New York in (1980),
The Fridge, London , (1981),
[10]
The Haçienda in Manchester opened in (1982),
The Limelight , New York, (1983),
Hippodrome, London , (1983),
[11]
Space, Ibiza , (1986),
[12]
Tunnel , New York, (1986),
Palladium, New York , (1985),
Quadrant Park ,
Liverpool , (1988),
[13] Excalibur Nightclub, Chicago, (1989),
[14]
The Sound Factory , New York, (1989), The Venue,
Tower Park Poole, (1989).
1990s
Examples of "superclubs" from this period include
Trade and
Turnmills , London, (1990),
[15]
Club 051 , Liverpool (1991),
Ministry of Sound in London (1991),
Juliana's Tokyo , (1991),
Zouk , Singapore, (1991),
[16]
Renaissance (1992), Avalon,
Boston (1992),
Bunker, Berlin , (1992),
E-Werk , Berlin, (1993),
G-A-Y, London , (1993),
[17]
Cream at Nation , Liverpool, (1993),
[18]
Miss Moneypenny's ,
Birmingham , (1993),
[19]
Ultraschall , Munich, (1994),
Twilo , New York, (1995),
The End , London, (1995),
Nation ,
Washington, D.C. , (1995),
The Emporium. Coalville , (1995),
Privilege, Ibiza , (1995),
Gatecrasher One , (1996),
[20]
Godskitchen , (1996),
KW – Das Heizkraftwerk , Munich, (1996), The Church, Denver (1996),
Fabric ,
[21] London (1999),
DC10 , Ibiza, (1999),
Home , London, (1999)
[22]
2000s
Examples of "superclubs" from this period include
Womb ,
Tokyo , (2000),
Bungalow 8 ,
New York City , (2001),
[23]
Hakkasan ,
Las Vegas , (2001), Vision Club, Chicago, (2002),
[24] Vanguard LA, Hollywood, (2002),
[25]
SeOne , London, (2002),
Berghain ,
Berlin , (2003), Cielo, New York, (2003),
[26] Opium Garden
Miami , (2003),
AIR ,
Birmingham , (2003), Crobar,
Chelsea, New York , (2003),
[27] Sound Bar, Chicago, (2004),
[28]
[29] Myth, Minneapolis, (2005),
[30] TAO, Las Vegas, (2005),
[31] 1015 Folsom Nightclub,
San Francisco , (2005),
[32] Belo, (
San Diego ), (2006),
[33]
XS Nightclub , Las Vegas, (2008),
Marquee Nightclub and Dayclub , Las Vegas, (2010),
Omnia , Las Vegas (2015) (formerly, Pure, (2004)),
Marquee Nightclub ,
Singapore , (2018),
KAOS Dayclub and Nightclub , Las Vegas, (2019).
2010s
Examples of "superclubs" from this period include:
Echostage , Washington D.C., (2012), Output, New York City, (2013), White Dubai @ Meydan, (2013),
[34]
MMA Club , Munich (2014),
Bassiani ,
Tbilisi , (2014), Laroc,
São Paulo , (2015),
[35]
Printworks , London (2017),
[36]
[37]
Kompass klub , Ghent.
Culturally important clubs
The clubs listed here do not necessarily meet the criteria for the spatial definition of a "superclub" but are included for their significant cultural importance:
Peppermint Lounge , (1958),
[38]
New York City ,
UFO Club , London (1960's),
The Loft, New York City , (1970),
[39]
The Warehouse , Chicago, (1977),
[40]
Mudd Club , New York, (1978), Billy's, London (1978),
[41]
Blitz Club , London, (1979),
[42]
Pyramid Club , New York, (1979),
Club 57 , New York, (1979),
Camden Palace, London , (1982),
The Batcave , London (1982),
[43]
Taboo , London, (1985),
[44]
The World , New York, (1986),
Kinky Gerlinky, London , (1989),
[45]
[46]
Tresor ,
Berlin , (1991),
Trade (1990-2008),
Vague Club ,
Leeds , (1993),
[47]
B 018, Beirut , (1994).
[48]
[49]
Superclub the album
Cream, Gatecrasher and Pacha teamed up in 2010 to produce the album Superclub . Released on 22 November in the UK, the 3 CD collection has one disc for each of the clubs and was the first release from Rhino UK's dance imprint One More Tune.
[50] A second album, called Superclub Ibiza , was released in July 2011 by
EMI .
See also
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