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Regular weekly Edinbur h clubs plus one-off events are liste b day, then by title. Clubs will be Iiste provided up-to-date details reach our offices at least eight days before publication. Lack of nformation may result in clubs being omitted. Festival Club listings are compiled by Abigail Bremner.
EDINBURGH THURSDAYS
Pro-club I Bass Invaders at The Pond Bar.
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I Caliente, Calientel at El Barrio. 10pm-3am. Free. Weekly. This new hot spot for all thin Latin treats you to a Thu night helping o salsa and merengue, with dance classes at the beginning of the evening. More info from events@e1barrio.co.uk.
I Cuba Norte at Cuba Norte. lOpm—3am. Free. Weekly. Salsa and Latin DJs on rotation.
I First Contact at Pivo. 9pm-3am. Free. Weekl . Drum & bass featuring DJ Nova. I Gil ed Saloon at Gilded Saloon. 11pm—4am. Free. Weekly. Niall Young, Scott McKenzie, Scott Elliot and guests provide a selection of smooth dance grooves.
I Higher Ground at PopRokit. 9pm—3am. Free. Weekly. Mr Todd and Gav Sutherland take up residency at PopRokit for the duration of the Festival, with their usual selection of smooth and funky house and garage tunes.
I La Fromagerie at The Meadows Bar (downstairs). 9pm-3am. Free. 24 Aug. Fortni tly. The tastiest cheese selection from inburgh’s original E-Z sleazies Al and Kam the Mullet.
I Loose at Q Bar has finished.
I Made In Iguana at Iguana. 9pm—3am. Free. Weekly. Gary Mac (Sublime) brings down a few boxes of his favourite funky tunes, mellowed out with some soulful house.
I Oxygen at Oxygen. 8.30pm-3am. Free. Weekly. Scott Sommerville spins the tunes on 17 Aug, with Higher Ground’s Mr Todd getting funky on 24 Aug.
I Perception at Bliss. Monthly. Next date 31 Aug.
I Strange Beats at The Watershed. 8pm-3am. Free. Weekly. A funk and soul selection.
I Undercover Brothers at The City Cafe. 8pm—3am. Free. Weekly. A live take on the pre-club scenario with saxophone and percussion accompanying the decks selection from Adrian, vocal interludes from A.J.
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I Beat 106 at Teviot Row Union. 9pm-5am. £7 (£5 in advance from The Fringe box office). 17 & 24 Aug. Scotland’s newest radio station, Beat 106, will be broadcasting live from the Edinburgh International Club Festival every Thu in August. The treats include glam house-meister Craig Burger Queen, The Tunnel’s Colin Tevendale, trance-man Trevor Reilly and Stevie Kerr.
I C.C. Blooms at C.C. Blooms. 10.30pm-5am (bar from 6pm). Free. Weekly. Hi-NRG dance action downstairs at this always hoaching gay bar.
I Gadges At Work at The Cocteau Lounge. 11pm-5am. £2. 24 Aug. Fortnightly. The best name for a DJ duo that we’ve heard in a while - it’s deep house and garage all the way from the gadges in question, Harvey and Neil Ferris.
I Cool Runnings at The Attic. 10.30pm—3am. £3. 17 Aug. Fortnightly. DJ Dirtsman (of Bonafide Love in Glasgow) spins a hip hop, ragga and R&B selection. I Dust at Studio 24. llpm—Sam. £2. Weekly. A cross-section of alternative sounds from the infamous DJ Dave, taking in unk, hardcore, goth and their ilk.
I Bysfunction at The Venue (top floor). 10pm—5am. £3. 17 Aug. Fortnightly. A
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range of alternative sounds from heavy rock, indie rock, hardcore, skate punk, industrial . . . you get the picture. Check out www.dysfunction.co.uk.
I Electric Bogie at La Belle Angele. llpm-Sam. £ . 17 Aug only. A Festival trip east for The J engaheads, Glasgow’s renowned purveyors of breaks, beats and anything else which takes their fancy. They will be joined by special guest Adam Freeland, who’s musical eclecticism helped spawn the nu-breaks genre. What to expect then? Well, The Jengaheads tell guests that there’s no music policy so open your mind to anything from hip hop to electro to house to drum & bass, probably impressively delivered in a ‘three decks and effects’ manner.
I Ethos at Studio 24. 11pm—5am. £3. 24 Aug. Monthly. Steave and D.H.B. provide the full-on trance and techno tunes.
I Freestyle Transmissions at Studio 24. lOpm-Sam. £3 (watch out for free passes). The Freestyle Transmissions crew are back doing what they do (and, believe me, it’s not that easy to describe), generally for charity. Expect an eclectic mix of local DJs and live performers doing anything from techno, to hip hop, to drum & bass, and they’re open to suggestions if there’s anything else you fancy.
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I Future Primitive at The Venue (Cooler). Next date 7 Sep.
I Genetic at The Citrus Club. 11pm—5am. £2. Weekly. Goth, punk, alternative 80s and like-minded sounds from DJ Lucy‘fur (Vain). The Citrus Club now boasts a non-smoking policy in the bar area.
I Jazz Joint at The Jazz Joint. 9pm-5am. £4 (£3). Weekly. On 17 Aug, classic piano jazzters The Dave Milligan Trio take to the stage, followed by the innovative contemporary jazz sounds of the Martin Kershaw Quartet on 24 Aug. DJ Demus (Parallax) su ports both nights.
I Juve-Nat on at The Bongo Club. Next date 19 Oct.
I Love Breaks at P0 Na Na. 11pm-5am. £2. Weekly. DJs Simone and Dr Jon play new and old classics from the realms of Latin, soul, R&B and disco.
I The Moneyshot at The Bongo Club will return in Sep.
I Perception at La Belle Angele. Monthly. Next date 31 Aug.
I Rotary Funk at The Venue (top floor). Monthly. Next date 14 Sep.
I Snatch Club at The Liquid Room. 10.30pm-5am. £3.50 (£2.50). Weekly. From the crew behind Barry Cabanas comes the holiday camp from hell. Join Kemal Snatch (Garth Cruickshank), Uncle Harold (Michael Keats) and their team of deranged Redcoats at Boroughbails, home of sick jokes, sleazy tunes and vomit- inducing drink promotions.
I Supafly at Noa. 11pm-5am. Free. Weekly. DJ Jon Flowerz supplies slices of soul, 705 and cheese.
I 3 Piece Sweet at The Cocteau Lounge. 11pm-5am. £2. 17 Aug. Fortnightly. Party girls Sally F, Trendy Wendy and Nicci get together for a bit of a soiree, covering everything from cutting edge choons to kitsch classics.
I Thursday Night Heaven at Ego (formerly Eden). 10pm—5am. £2 all night with discount fiyer; £3 (£2) before midnight; £4 (£3) after. Weekly. 17 Aug sees the last heat for queer ‘Stars In Your Eyes’, with the grand final taking place at Queer Friday on 18 Aug. After that, things revert to normal (well, as normal as they ever were) with a camp selection of dance anthems past and present from the DJs.
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I Back To Basics at Why Not? llpm-Sam. £5. Weekly. Favourites from the chart crypt.
I Blasted at Gaia. lOpm-Sam. £3 (£2). Weekly. Student soiree featuring intergalactic dance from across the solar system and loofi/indie from Planet Earth.
I Funky Under round at Revolution. 10pm-5am. £4 ( 3). Weekly. The student night at this giant venue with Daddy Cool laying on the fromage.
I Ignition at Eros/Elite. 9.30pm-5am. £3 (£2I)fiWeekly. Big student night.
I e Subway at The Subway. 7pm-5am. Free for students with matriculation card; £1 otherwise. Weekly. A mix of party tunes from across the decades.
I The Subway West End at The Subway West End. 7pm—5am. Free for students with matriculation card; £1 otherwise. Weekly. DJs playing chart and party music for a drinking crowd.
EDINBURGH rmmws Pro-club I Cuba Norte at Cuba Norte. 10pm-3am. Free. Weekly. Flamenco Puro play live. DJs afterwards. I Dust at Q Bar has finished. I 4-Play at Club Mercado. 4—10pm. Free. Weekly. After six years of serving you hard working, hard partying types, T.F.I. Friday is changing to 4-Play. Trendy Wendy remains in charge of the music, and there is still a scary array of mind- melting drink promotions but the best new addition is the chance to win £150 in a cashback draw for parties of twenty or more who book through the guest list system. Never has there been a better excuse for dragging your workrnates out for a Fri night drink. I The Fri ay Feelgood at Baracoa. 10pm-3am. Free. Weekly. DJ Tlnku supplies a vinyl solution of jazz, funk, soul and hi ho . I Gilded galoon at Gilded Saloon. 11pm-4am. Free. Weekly. Niall Young, Scott McKenzie, Scott Elliot and guests provide a selection of smooth dance grooves. I Immersed In Music at Pivo. 9pm-3am. Free. Weekly. 18 Aug sees The Sub Club’s Harri adding a dose of the funk, with house and garage girls Gail Sellars and Simone Black doing their sexy stuff on 25
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I Made In Iguana at Iguana. 9pm-3am. Free. Weekly. Joseph Malik (Spectrum) takes in the full range of funky tunes, from hip hop to Latin and jazz. .
I Nu pirit at The City Cafe. 9pm—3am. Free. 18 Aug only. A special one-off from soul-jazz explorers Nu Spirit, which sees residents Scott Rapson, Bob Cairns and Mikey Stirton joined by Seiji (Reinforced Records/Bugz In The Attic).
I NYC at Bliss. 9pm-3am. Free. Weekly. ‘A clubbers’ guide to the underground sound of New York’ from resident Kevin Jones.
I Oxygen at Oxygen. 8.30pm-3am. Free. Weekly. A rotating selection of DJs at this new pre-club - 18 Aug features Atomic Baby’s Stuart Duncan, with funky house man George T. (Tribal Funktion) taking over on 25 Au .
I Rebel Waltz at City Cafe 2. 9pm—3am. Free. 25 Aug. Fortnightly. Murray Richardson (20:20 Vision) is the man behind the decks at this cosy little deep house night.
I Rhythmic at El Barrio. 9pm—3am. Free. Weekly. More salsa action, this time directed at hardcore fans, who are promised the most sensual rhythms of the week. More info from events@e1barrio.co.uk.
I Substantial at PopRokit. 9pm—3am. Free. 18 Aug only. The Substantial crew bring their soulful house grooves to this Brou hton Street basement.
I T. .I. Friday at The Ark. 4—10pm. Free. Weekly. The music policy’s chart and party, but we’ll wager it’s the alcohol you’re after.
I Ultragroove at PopRokit. 9pm-3am. Free. 25 Aug only. Ultragroove posse, renowned about town for their proper house tunes, take control of the turntables. I Underworld Vibes at Bannerman’s. 9pm—3am. Free. Weekly. Sean Pearson and
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Neil Fer son go all garage and house. I Why ot? at Why Not? 5—10pm. £1 (donated to charity). Weekly. Chart and dance tunes, with professional salsa dancers dotted around to get you shaking your stuff.
I Yush at Q Bar has finished.
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I Al's All Night Jokeshop at The Bongo Club. Monthly. Next date 1 Sep.
I Apex at Studio 24 will return on 22 Sep - in the meantime, check out the separate listing for Underground Overground.
I Arakatacal at The Bongo Club. 10.30pm-5am. £8 (£6). 25 Aug. Monthly. DJs Zuppe Inglese (Columbia) and Jaffar (Senegal) bring their expert knowledge to bear on the best African, Latin and Caribbean beats.
I Back To Basics at Teviot Row Union. 9pm-5am. £10 (£8 in advance from The Fringe box office). 18 Aug only. A double whammy of the stuff clubbing legends are made of as the renowned Leeds night, which has been providing a haven for party people since 1990, joins forces with original house innovator Marshall Jefferson, whose early exploits with dance music created the templates for much of what you’ll hear today. And, as if that wasn’t enough to get your attention, regular Back To Basics collaborator James Holroyd will be supplying some hard ‘n’ funky tunes. Elsewhere in the building, catch Edinburgh’s own DJ Kid and Calibre spinning the drum & bass.
I Ballistic at Studio 24. 11pm—5am. £5. 18 Aug. Monthly. The latest venture from The Mission crew concentrates on the contemporary end of the alternative spectrum, with cutting-edge industrial and chemical beats as well as live showcases for up-and-coming bands.
I Big Beat at La Belle Angele. Monthly. Next date 15 Sep.
I C.C. Blooms at C.C. Blooms. 10.30pm-5am (bar from 6pm). Free. Weekly. DJ Ally does the decks duty at this gay night with her inimitable selection of high camp and disco classics, moving on to pumped-up house and dance as the evening ro esses.
I Club ttno at The Bongo Club. 10.30pm-5am. £8 (£6). 18 Aug. Monthly. Sizzling salsa and lively Latin action from DJ Simon Hodge, with all sorts of extra attractions, including dance classes for those who get there sharp, Capoeira displays and tasty tropical food. Tonight’s event also features live percussion in the back room.
I Colours at Teviot Row Union. 9pm-5am.£10(£8 in advance from The Fringe box office). 25 Aug only. Scotland’s answer to a superclub drag themselves away from all that fun in the sun in Ibiza (not to mention getting rozzled in the rain (probably) at Glasgow Green - Festival In The City) to put in an appearance at the Edinburgh International Club Festival. Colours favourite Guy Omadel heads the roster with his trademark progressive house and trance sounds, with support from club stalwart Jon Mancini. Manga’s drum & bass experts G-Mac and Unify will also be on hand for those who fancy a change of tempo.
I Different Class DJs present Metalheadz at Teviot Row Union. 9pm—5am. 19 Aug only. £10(£8 in advance from The Fringe box office). Different Class DJs, which is run by Jungle Magic’s DJ Kid, brings the best drum & bass beats to Edinburgh with this Metalheadz showcase. Original Goldie collaborators DJ Storm and Doc Scott add their talents to the roster, alongside Edinburgh regulars DJ Kid, G-Mac, The General and MC Feelman. See preview. Alternatively, get your fix of soulful house tunes with Gareth Sommerville and Yogi Haughton downstairs.
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