London is officially the trendiest place on the planet to be, and our club culture has played a huge part of being recognised by the rest of the world.
The club scene is always evolving and the best way to keep up with it is to buy speacialist mags such as DJ, Eeternity, Mixmag and The Guest List. All the following record shops supply the best and latest sounds ;
Ambient of Soho
4 Berwick Street, Soho, W1
Black Market Records
D`Arblay Street, Soho, W1
IQ
47 Lexington Street, Soho, W1
Plastic Fantastic
8 Shorts Gardens, Covent Garden, WC2
Sign of the Times
15 Shorts Gardens, Covent Garden, WC2
Unity
47 Beak Street, Soho, W1
Wyld Pytch
51 Lexington Street, Soho, W1
Check out the list of Clubs below and see which one takes your fancy ;
Astoria - 157 Charing Cross Road, W1. Tel : 0171 434 0403
Massive Dancefloor packed full on its Friday and Saturday Club nights
Nearest Tube - Tottenham Court Road
Bagley`s - Kings Cross Goods Yard, off York Way, N1. Tel : 0171 278 2777
Vast warehouse-style venue, ideal for enormous events which has a different DJ and vibe in each room
Nearest Tube - King`s Cross
Bar Rumba - 36 Shaftesbury Avenue, W1. Tel : 0171 287 2715
Small West End venue with a programme of Latin, jazz-based and funk dance music and an all day Sunday do
Nearest Tube - Piccadilly Circus
Blue Note - 1 Hoxton Square, N1. Tel : 0171 729 8440
Formerly the Bass Clef, it`s been tarted up and now puts out a mixture of tunes from ambient to house
Nearest Tube - Old Street
Café de Paris - 3 Coventry Street, W1. Tel : 0171 287 3602
Following several dark yearsthe elegant Café has been restored to its former glory and reopened for the city`s trendy set
Nearest Tube - Leicester Square
Camden Palace - 1 Camden High Street, NW1. Tel : 0171 387 0428
A key venue for the New Romantics back in the 80`s, now often home to thumping hard beats, the lights and sound and very good and the crowds are always heaving
Nearest Tube - Camden Town
The Colosseum - 1 Nine Elms Lane, SW8. Tel : 0171 720 9200
Progressive house through to garange at this weekend venue, Saturday`s "The Satellite Club" is always kicking
Nearest Tube - Vauxhall
The Complex - 1-5 Parkfield Street, N1. Tel : 0171 428 9797
Previously the Paradise club, the complete makeover on all four floors, connected by a bubbling light stairwell, is home to an always up for it crowd
Nearest Tube - Angel
EC1 - 29-35 Farringdon Road, EC1. Tel : 0171 242 1571
Friendly club with an eclectic music policy
Nearest Tube - Farringdon
Gardening Club - 4 Covent Garden Piazza, WC2. Tel : 0171 497 3154
Small, Trendy and nearly always reliable for a good nights clubbing till dawn
Nearest Tube - Covent Garden
Gossips - 69 Dean Street, W1. Tel : 0171 434 4480
Cave-like basement club that has a different sound every night of the week
Nearest Tube - Tottenham Court Road
Hanover Grand - 6 Hanover Street, W1. Tel : 0171 499 7977
A club in an old Masonic hall, this place is extravagant and cool with a good dance floor, lots of alcoves and a hundred grands worth of lights. Open Thurs-Sat.
Nearest Tube - Tottenham Court Road
Hippodrome - Charing Cross Road, WC2. Tel : 0171 437 4311
Huge venue, good lights and sound system, atmosphere free and a rep for being tacky
Nearest Tube - Leicester Square
Iceni - 11 White Horse Street, W1. Tel : 0171 495 5333
Three floor club with music ranging from funk and rap to house, a more older and style concious crowd occupy`s this club
Nearest Tube - Green Park
Legends - 29 Old Burlington Street, W1. Tel : 0171 437 9933
Weekend house nights are the main thing at this style concious club
Nearest Tube - Green Park or Oxford Circus
Maximus - 14 Leicester Square, W1. Tel : 0171 378 6528
Host to some trendy club nights after an image revamp
Nearest Tube - Leicester Square
Ministry of Sound - 103 Gaunt Street, SE1. Tel : 0171 378 6528
A vast, state of the art club with an exceptional sound system, this is a huge and trendy club and always attracts a lot of top talent. Fridays for "Frisks?" and Saturday for "Rulin"
Nearest Tube - Elephant and Castle
The Sound Shaft - Hungerford Lane, off Craven Street, WC2 (no phone)
Small underground dance club with a heavily populated dance floor
Nearest Tube - Charing Cross
Subterania - 12 Acklam Road, W10. Tel : 0171 960 4590
In the heart of trendy Notting Hill, worth a visit for its diverse (but dressy) club nights on Fridays and Saturdays despite its notoriously choosy door staff
Nearest Tube - Ladbroke Grove
SW1 - 191 Victoria Street, SW1. Tel : 0171 828 7455
Home to hard house at this Edwardian oak-panelled hall, serious sounds for serious people
Nearest Tube - Victoria
United Nations - 415-419 Tottenham High Road, N17. Tel : 0181 808 0808
Large venue in North London that`s renown for it`s drum and bass. A bit of a walk from the tube
Nearest Tube - Seven Sisters
Velvet Underground - 143 Charing Cross Road, WC2. Tel : 0171 439 4655
Velevet dripping interior design and happy housey tunes make this one of the places to be
Nearest Tube - Tottenham Court Road
The Wag Club - 35 Wardour Street, W1. Tel : 0171 437 5534
Two floors of pumping sounds and still going strong
Nearest Tube - Leicester Square or Piccadily Circus
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