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The Villa is an underground club sanctuary that has quickly achieved a reputable status thanks to a consistent run of interesting, current, and cutting edge bookings. Located in the center of Oslo, The Villa provides a place where people are able to come, leave their inhibitions at the door, and dance the night away to the beats of both national and international respected DJs.
The Villa was voted the 54th best club in the world by DJ Mag in 2009 in a survey where 500 of the world’s best DJs cast their vote (this was up from the 94th place it was rewarded the year before).
In 2008 it was also voted by the readers of Resident Advisor to be one of the top 100 clubs in the world. And at the end of 2014 it was chosen as one of the top 25 clubs in Europe in an article featured in The Guardian written by dj’s, label managers and promoters.
The ethos The Villa lives by is to focus on quality sound, quality music and state of the art light design. The sound is pretty unbeatable. The Funktion One speakers are truly allowed to shine within the impeccable acoustics of The Villa. The light design is courtesy of Roomdivision, the same company that has designed lighting for clubs such as Panorama Bar, Watergate and Arena Club in Berlin and Spark Club Taipei 101 in Taiwan.
The list of highlights in The Villa’s history is lengthy.
A few unforgettable moments include when Kollektiv Turmstrasse caused a colossal traffic jam outside the club due to an epic line of people queuing for hours before opening, clubbers entering a dreamlike state of hypnosis on the dancefloor during Guy Gerber’s illustrious set, a 64-year-old Debbie Harry rocking the dance floor, Skream diving out of the DJ booth and surfing the crowd, and the sweat literally dripping from the walls as Bonobo worked his magic.
Still, it’s the pure drive and dedication from the local DJ’s and artists that makes The Villa the club it has grown to be. They know the crowd and the crowd knows them. THANK YOU!
Here is a selection of some of the previous international artists
that have graced us with their presence:
Abdulla Rashim
Acid Pauli
Actress
Adam Shelton
Adriatique
Alex Arnout
Alex Flitsch
Alex Niggemann
Alex Tepper
Altern 8
Âme
Ancient Methods
Andrew Weatherall
Anja Schneider
Anthony Collins
Archie Hamilton
Art Department
Audiofly
Audiojack
Azari & III
Barac
Basti Grub
Benga
Bill Patrick
Blawan
Bonobo
Boris Werner
Boys Noize
British Murder Boys
Burnski
Butch
Buttechno
Cassy
Commix
Courtesy
D’Julz
Damian Lazarus
Daniel Bortz
Danny Howells
Darren Emerson
Dave Seaman
David August
Davide Squillace
Detroit Swindle
DeWalta
Digitalism
Dinky
Diplo
Dj Koze
Dj Phono
Dj Serge
Dj Sneak
Dj Stingray
Dj Tennis
Dj W!ld
Djuma Soundsystem
dOP
Dyed Soundorom
Dubfire
DVS1
Eclair Fifi
Ed Davenport
Edu Imbernon
Einzelkind
Ellen Allien
Emanuel Satie
Enzo Siragusa
Ewan Pearson
Fiedel
Fit Siegel
Florian Kupfer
Francesca Lombardo
Function
Funk D’Void
Gaiser
Gavin Herlihy
Genius of Time
George Fitzgerald
Glimpse
Grünbox
Guti
Guillaume & the Coutu Dumonts
Guy Gerber
Head High
Headless Horseman
Hector
Helena Hauff
Henning Baer
Henrik Schwarz
Honey Dijon
Horse Meat Disco
H.O.S.H.
Huerco S
Huxley
Idjut Boys
Ion Ludwig
Italo Boys
Ivan Smagghe
James Zabiela
Jay Tripwire
John Dimas
Jon Rundell
Jordan Peak
Joy Orbison
Just B/Buschwacka
Karmon
Kate Simko
Kedr Livanskiy
Kenny Larkin
Kill Frenzy
Kollektiv Turmstrasse
Konrad Black
Krafty Cuts
Kruse & Nuernberg
Lake People
Laurent Garnier
Laura Jones
Lee Curtiss
Lee Jones
Leftfield
Legowelt
Lehar
Levon Vincent
Lindstrøm
Livio & Roby
Luca Bacchetti
Luigi Rocca
Luke Hess
Luke Solomon
Luke Vibert
Magda
Mama Snake
Manik
Mano Le Tough
Marc Houle
Marcus Meinhardt
Mareena
Mark Broom
Martin Buttrich
Maurice Fulton
Mathew Jonson
Matrixxman
Matt Tolfrey
Matthew Dekay
Matthias Tanzmann
Maya Jane Coles
Max Cooper
Maxxi Soundsystem
Michael Mayer
Michael Schumacher
Mike Shannon
Mind Against
Mira
Miss Kittin
Modeselector
Mor Elian
Motor City Drum Ensemble
Move D
My Favorite Robot
Nastia
Nhan Solo
Nic Fanciulli
Nico Stojan
Nicole Moudaber
Nobody Home
NTFO
NU:Tone
Olivier Giacomotto
Pablo Bolivar
Pachanga Boys
Pantha Du Prince
Park Hye Jin
Petre Inspirescu
Plump DJs
Prosumer
Psychemagik
Randomer
Rebekah
Recondite
Reboot
Redshape
Rhadoo
Ricardo Villalobos
Richy Ahmed
Ripperton
Robert Dietz
Robert Hood
Robert James
Robert Owens
Roman Flügel
Ron Morelli
Ryan Crosson
Ryan Elliot
Røyksopp
Rødhåd
Sam Russo
Schlepp Geist
Scratcha DVA
Serge
Session Victim
Seth Troxler
Shaun Reeves
Shed
Shifted
Shlømo
Shxcxchcxsh
Silent Servant
Skream
Skudge
Simon Baker
Solomun
Soul Clap
Steffi
Stimming
TeeBee
Tensnake
Todd Terje
The Bug
The Glitz
Thugfucker
tINI
Tornado Wallace
Trus’Me
TSHA
Uner
Uto Karem
Vaal
Varg
Vatican Shadow
Wildkats
Weiss
Wolf + Lamb
Xosar
Yaya
Yousef
and a lot more to come…
