Original Ministry of Sound Dancefloor Section
Ministry of Sound Mirror Ball from the Box (Large, approx. 1m)
Original Ministry of Sound Architectural Floor Plans, 103 Gaunt Street (3 Plans)
Classic Ministry of Sound Flyer Collection
Ministry of Sound Club Photography on Slide (approx. 70 Slides)
Eric Prydz ‘Call On Me’ Sales Award
Ministry of Sound Houses of Parliament Projection Negatives
Ministry of Sound Mirror Ball from the Box (Small)
Ministry of Sound ‘XX Twenty Years’ Platinum Sales Award (2011)
The Annual III Platinum Sales Award
The Stone Roses - Early Mixes and Alternate Running Order of Their Debut Album
Sonic Youth - ‘Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star’ Promo Cassette
The Breeders - ‘Breeders Demos’ Cassette
Placebo - Early Demo Cassette (‘Nancy Boy,’ ‘Teenage Angst,’ ‘36 Degrees’)
Inspiral Carpets - Two Cassettes: Early Demos + ‘Find Out Why’ Final Mixes
The Divine Comedy - Parlophone ’99 LP Demos Cassette
Badly Drawn Boy - Early Demo Cassette
Ned’s Atomic Dustbin - ‘Scrawl’ Hit Factory Original Master DAT + Release Bundle
The Flatmates - ‘Shimmer’ Finished-Mix Betamax + Four Demo Tapes + ‘Shimmer’ 12-Inch
Pale Saints - Master Rock ‘EP Mixes’ DAT + Two Cassettes
Shed Seven - Two Early Demo Cassettes (‘Dolphin,’ ‘Dirty Soul,’ ‘Casino Girl’)
S*M*A*S*H - Four Demo Tapes + ‘Self Abused’ Promo 12-Inch
The Real People - Demo Tapes x2
S*M*A*S*H - ‘Roughies’ & ‘Bits & Bobs’ Session DATs + Promo 12-Inch
The Real People - Live & Studio Mix DATs x3 (Moles, Roundhouse, AIR, 1991)
The Real People - Hit Factory Album Reference Cassette (‘Marshmellow Lane’, 16.7.92)
The Real People - ‘Live Ruffs’ Live Recording Cassette (Tape to Tape)
Aimee Mann - ‘Whatever’ Imago Advance Promo Cassette (IM ADV 21017-4)
Torch Song - ‘Wish Thing’ Pre-Release Cassette (Numbered 253/350)
The 5:30 - EMI Music Publishing Industry Cassette
The Wedding Present - George Best Plus Test-Pressing Set + Bonus 12-Inches
The Flatmates - ‘Heaven Knows’ 7-Inch Test Pressings x4 + Sealed ‘Shimmer’ 7-Inch
(Signed) La Funk Mob – Casse Les Frontières, Fou Les Têtes En L'Air Mo Wax
Features heavyweight remixes by Carl Craig, Richie Hawtin, and E.A.S.E. Classic Mo’ Wax release with iconic artwork by Swifty.
The record is signed by Nightmares on Wax himself.
Beastie Boys - ‘Hello Nasty’ Island Records Advance Cassette
RAL Spring ’94 Sampler - Promo Cassette (Def Jam / Columbia)
Rush Associated Labels (RAL) - Sampler Fall 1994 Promo Cassette
Kick It! The Def Jam Sampler Volume One - Cassette (CBS, 1987)
Gang Starr - ‘Words I Manifest’ 12-Inch Test Pressing, Inscribed by Guru to Marley Marl
Gang Starr - ‘Daily Operation’ Press Kit Photo and Cassette
(Signed) La Funk Mob – Casse Les Frontières, Fou Les Têtes En L'Air Mo Wax
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country acetates
Opens Thursday 5 November · Original acetates from Dolly Parton, K. D. Lang & more.
Nicky Siano - the Gallery
Opens Thursday 12 November · Original Footage from the Gallery, with the license.
Nicholas Gazin - rap reject art
opens thursday 12 november · Run the Jewels and Alchemist album artwork
Michael "Shok" Gomez - rap plaques
OPENS THURSDAY 19 NOVEMBER · Platinum and Gold plaques from DJ Shok productions
THE WAX POETICS DISCOVERY BUNDLE
WAX POETICS LIMITED PRINT: MAVIS
The Big Crown Story - Wax Poetics Special Edition and exclusive 7"
Very limited numbers - Includes 7-inch record with exclusive 'mag' pocket to keep the record nice and tucked up.
EDITORIAL
STORIES FROM ACROSS OUR WORLD
“This is a journey into sound”: The history of Ministry of Sound’s speaker stacks
As Wax Poetics gets ready to auction off The Box’s Martin Audio sound system stacks as part of The Ministry of Sound: The Gaunt Street Archive, we look back at the club’s sonic history.
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Remembering Juan Atkins: Electronic Enigma - The Myths and Messages of Detroit Techno
Juan Atkins, the originator of techno, has died aged 64. In tribute, we revisit Andy Thomas’s history of Detroit techno from Wax Poetics Issue 45.
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Gang Starr’s fourth album, the 1994 opus Hard to Earn, was built to maintain the respect of the streets, according to its architect, DJ Premier. Eschewing the melodic loops and jazz samples of their earlier recordings, Preemo explored dark and chaotic beats that meshed with Guru’s increasingly complex rhymes about street culture and inner-city politics. Although considered one of the last shots of true NYC underground before the oncoming wave of hip-hop commercialism, Hard to Earn was a critical and financial success—a revered masterpiece and an enduring classic that has held up artistically since its release nearly three decades ago.
ONCE AND FUTURE CURATOR: BILL ADLER
Def Jam’s publicist from 1984 to 1990, Bill Adler talks Russell Simmons, Rick Rubin, Public Enemy, the Beastie Boys and why hip-hop needs its own hall of fame.
After a decade-long hiatus, Thank You For Clapping (TYFC), the Copenhagen platform for music, sound, machines and other playful things, has returned with a physical studio
Chamber Music: Wu-Tang Clan’s Origin Story
