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Dj Mag’s Top 100 Clubs: Top 100-98

Top 100(Coda), Top 99 (Club Picadelly), Top 98 (Sub Club)

CODA

POSITION: 100

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Location: Toronto, Canada

Capacity: 550

Website: codatoronto.com

The successor to Toronto’s long-running after-hours, Footwork, CODA took up residence on the corner of Bathurst & Bloor Street in 2014, converting an old rock venue called The Wreckroom into one of the city’s most popular underground spots. In just a few short years, the club has become a staple with a loyal following, featuring residents Nathan Barato, Carlo Lio and Jonathan Rosa alongside the biggest names in the techno and house business. The 550-capacity club is packed to the gills each week and a quick look at its drool-worthy line-ups explains why — in the past year, Coda has hosted everyone from Pan-Pot and Oliver Huntemann to Dennis Ferrer and Maya Jane Coles. Their 55,000 watt soundsystem ensures partiers hear every single snare too.

 

CLUB PICCADILLY

POSITION: 99

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Location: Osaka, Japan

Capacity: 800

Website: clubpiccadilly.com

It might be fresh to the Top 100 but Club Piccadilly has been pushing upfront club sounds in the heart of Osaka’s business district Umeda for five years. A striking and unique venue modelled on an old movie theatre, the club aspires to the classic Piccadilly Circus spirit, where all cultures and energies collide under a neon sky. Major league DJs collide there, too. Local turntablist hero B=Ball hosts LA beat-style events every Friday, while Saturday is all about the heavyweight EDM action with the likes of Will Sparks, Dash Berlin, Jillionaire, Oliver Heldens, Tujamo and many more all passing through its doors in the last 12 months.

 

SUB CLUB

POSITION: 98

DOWN 52

Location: Glasgow, Scotland

Capacity: 410

Website: subclub.co.uk

 

What can we say about Subbie that hasn’t been said before? Three decades in and still noisier than a toddler with a megaphone mid-tantrum, its reputation for incredible atmosphere and ridiculously good bookings is known the world over.

 

Home to sessions like Harri & Domenic’s era-spanning Subculture and Slam’s feted Return To Mono, while 2017’s 30th anniversary offered plenty to get excited about, business as usual takes some beating; Martin Audio sonics, low ceilings, rowdy floor, and guests ranging from Honey Dijon and The Black Madonna, to Mr. G, Carl Craig, and Ben UFO. The stuff of legend.

 

Words: BECCA ANTOON