Ministry of Sound launches DJ competition to find new resident DJs
The 12-hour, audience-voted competition will be broadcast live on Twitch, with contestants competing for the residency and prizes worth £25,000
Ministry of Sound is hosting a live-streamed DJ competition to find the club’s next residents.
Boxed In will be broadcast live on Twitch from The Box, the club’s newly renovated main room, on 13th September. Over 12 hours, six emerging DJs will compete in challenges designed to test their mixing skills, crowd control, booth etiquette and musical knowledge, with live audience voting helping to determine the result.
The competition will be led by six mentor DJs, Fish56Octagon , Sam Divine , G33 ( Girls Don’t Sync ), Mak10, Jakkob and Sian Owen, who will each select and guide one contestant throughout the process. The winner will secure a Ministry of Sound residency, alongside £25,000 worth of equipment, studio time and artist development support.
Applicants must submit a 60-second video of them explaining why they should be involved, along with a 15-minute DJ mix uploaded to SoundCloud. 30 applicants will be shortlisted before the mentors select one contestant each to compete in the livestreamed competition.
“Ministry of Sound has always been about championing great new talent, and Boxed In is our way of doing that for a new generation of DJs,” Caitlin McAllister, Managing Director at Ministry of Sound, shared. “There are so many brilliant artists out there who just need the chance to be seen. We wanted to create something that gives them a real platform, puts them in front of a global audience and lets them show what they’re capable of.
“We’re excited to see who steps up, and hopefully play a part in launching the career of the next big name in dance music,” she added.
Find out more on ministryofsound.com , and apply for the competition here .
In January, ahead of the its 35th anniversary, Ministry of Sound closed The Box while it underwent extensive renovations , including a complete overhaul of the audio system, lowering the DJ booth to dancefloor level, and increasing the room’s capacity by 200.
In June, Ministry of Sound announced a new book, Ministry of Sound (Anthology) , charting the club’s early years through unseen archival material and contributions from Honey Dijon, Moby, David Morales, and more.
Last year, the venue announced the revival of a number of its classic club nights under the From The Archives banner, including the return of The Gallery after a 10-year hiatus.
