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The owners behind London’s Fabric have revealed that their new superclub at The O2 arena (formerly known as the Millennium Dome) will be called ‘Matter’.

The three-floored giant is scheduled to open in September and at 32,737 square feet it will be capable of hosting up to 2,600 patrons.

And much like Fabric, Matter will encorporate state-of-the-art technology to create a futuristic dancing space.

When Fabric opened nine years ago the club touted its Body Sonic dancefloor, which sent shockwaves up clubbers’ bodies thanks to its sub woofers beneath the dancefloor.

Matter will use similar technology for its dancefloor which is being built by Djenerate “to create a Body Kinetic experience never before felt in any venue the world over.”

Around 80 super powerful ‘transducers on steroids’ will sit beneath the dancefloor, reacting to bass frequencies and pumping the sound through every dancer’s body.

It’s the next generation of Fabric’s Body Sonic technology apparently.

Visuals too, will play an important part in Matter.

World class VJs Inside-Us-All and software specialists Pixel Addicts have been roped in to create a bespoke projection system that will effectively map the architecture of the building.

The system they’re building will map every flat surface so that moving images can be projected in harmony with the building’s angles. Wow.

The next gen nightclub aims to create a totally ‘immersive sculptured visual environment”.

And, as predicted by Beatportal back in November 2007, Matter will be running river shuttles down the Thames to boat punters to and from the venue (Greenwich is pretty difficult to get to from central London) - they’ve teamed up with boating company Thames Clippers.

What about Matter’s line-ups?

Matter’s owners are keen to stress that Matter isn’t ‘Fabric 2’, so don’t expect Fabric’s cutting-edge underground electronic music DJs and artists to play at the venue.

Considering its gargantuan size Matter will only play host to big live acts from electronic music like Booka Shade, Simian Mobile Disco and The Chemical Brothers, although no line-ups have been revealed yet.

Inside Matter: Coming Soon

Beatportal feels that Matter has the potential (at least on paper) to change the face of London’s club scene.

With Turnmills, The Cross, Canvas, T Bar and The Key having recently closed, London is severely lacking in electronic music dancing spaces, and Matter might be the venue to give the city’s nightlife a boost.

Next week, we’ll be visiting the building site of Matter and meeting with some of the people behind it for the inside scoop so stay tuned on Beatportal for an exclusive sneak peak.



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Now that is a club I need to check out next time I'm in London!