Edinburgh Saturdays
Pre—club
I Beluga at Beluga Bar 8. Canteen Restaurant. 8pm—1am. Free. Weekly. House. garage and jazzy beats from Eric Da Viking and friends.
I DJ X at the Jekyll & Hyde. 8.30pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. Ascension's DJ X starts a new pre-club session of goth sounds at the spookiest of pubs.
I Fringe 0 Iguana at Iguana. 9pm—3am. Free. Weekly. Deep house. disco and block party jams for this Sat nighter this week (10 Aug) with special guest Simone.
I Guaranteed Pure at Madogs. Midnight—3am. Free. Weekly. See Fri.
I Immersed in Music at Pivo Caffe. 9pm—tam. Free. Weekly. The Czech ster bar launches a new DJ schedule to get the party started in a progressive house and tech-trance stylee. With rotating DJ duties filled by Derek Martin (Progression), Stuart Duncan (Atomic Baby), Nic Cavendish (Up!) and Kev Wright (Sublime).
I Joy 830 at the Outhouse. 3—8pm. £4.50 (inc food). 17 Aug only. Come and join Maggie and Alan Joy for a bite to eat and some top tunes from the likes of Trendy Wendy, Sally F and Brett King.
I Opal Lounge at Opal Leiinge. Noon—10pm. Weekly. All day session with Bertie's mix of soul and funk till 5pm then Raw Movement and Graeme McLean take over on a jazzy soul tip.
I Oxygen at Oxygen Bar 8. Grill. 9pm—1am. Free. Weekly. Life's a gas at this swanky style bar, with funky breaks and hip hop to house grooves from Headspin's Allan Dunbar and Higher Ground's Lindsey Todd on alternate weeks.
I Progression at City Cafe. 9pm—3am.
Free. 17 Aug. Fortnightly. Progressive house pre-club. with the Progression
reSIdents (Gav Grant. Derek Martin and Alan Dobson) on rotation. massive warm up session for Progressions massive festival.
I Quality at Madogs. 7pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. See Fri.
I Yo! Below at Yo! Below. 8pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. Chris Flexen flexes his funky house grooves at the sushi style bar.
I Yush at City Cafe. Spin—(3am. Tree. 10 Aug. Fortnightly. Yush Records' AJ lays down thre cool hip hop and urban R88 tracks With skill and class. Pre-club shindig for Scratch on 10 Aug.
Club
I Airborne at the Venue. Taking a break for a wee while but Will be back 7 Sep with techno legend Dave Clarke (tbc).
I Ascension Goth Club at TCVIOT Row Union. Next datelS) Oct.
I Atomic Baby at La Belle Angele. Twelfth birthday special 31 Aug.
I Audio Deluxe at the Honeycomb. 11.30pm—5am. $.10. 10 Aug. Fortnightly. Smooth, soulful house With JUST a suggestion of jazz at this shindig hosted by residents Craig Smith With special guest Paul 'Trouble' Anderson one of the true movers and shakers on the warehouse scene 'I)ack in the day'. one of the original Kiss DJs (back when it really was a pirate stationi and head honcho at London's The Loft.
I Blast at Club Mercado. I lpiii «1am. 210 (C8). 10 Aug. Fortnightly. Vocal house and garage grooves as Huggy Burger Queen is ]()Ill(3(l by Bacardi BBar DJ talent comp winner Craig Gee who'll no doubt want to prove his credentials. I Blue at Peppermint Lounge. 10pm—(3am. {It—$5. Weekly. Dance and house. soul and funk across two rooms. I CC Blooms at CC Blooms. 10.30pm—3am. Free. Weekly. DJ Ally is back again with more of her trademark
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I Colours at the Liquid Room. Montth next date (31 Aug.
I Diggity at the Establishment.
I ll)lll-:3£Illl. S‘b lS‘f off With flyeri. Weekly. DJ Fabqu/ and Harry LG get down ‘.‘Jllll their bad selves. playing i.‘.'ildstyle R88. hip hop and street soul. I Digital at the Venue. Monthly next date 2-1 Aug
I Disco Inferno at Fgo. lt).(5()pm--(3ain. F8 IFS in fancy (ITCSSI. 10 Aug. Monthly. A night of disco cream on two floors. Glained up and in your face disco action from DJ l ove. Nick Silyer. MC Otis. Funkmaster Fryer and DJ Casanova. Tenth birthday special so the tunes should be hotter than Hot Gossip naked ialso Disco Inferno would like to point out they are in no way associated With new night DISCO at the Venuei.
I DISCO at the Venue. 10.30pm—(3am. ifree before 1 1.30pm and to the suitany attired). Weekly. Hot disco action baby. Get on down at this funk fuelled party atmosphere Willi disco tunes old and new.
I Do This Do That at Honeycomb. I()pm—:’>am. 5‘10. 17' Aug. Fortnightly. Determined to make a mark on the Edinburgh club scene DIDT keep up the quality guests as Bugged Out master Justin Robertson deploys those funky house and tqu techno tunes.
I Essential at the Liquid Boom. Monthly next date 'r' Sep.
I The Flow at Medina. Monthly next date /' Sep.
I Get Together at the Beat Ja// Basement. Monthly next date 2:1 Aug. I Got the Bug at the Beat Ja// Basement. Elpni—oain. 3‘5). 1/ Aug. Monthly. Bug/ In The Attic. Iondon's nu~ ;a//. son? and afro beat imprint. goes once more unto the breach yvith a heady mix of DJs. live musicians and MCs.
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I Green Monkey presents Dreamcatcher at Nichol Edwards. Monthly next date 2-1 Aug.
I Headspin at Bongo Club. I tpnt—fia'i‘. it) Aug. Monthly. The best in hip hop ltillK. so... house and breakbeat from t"e resident DJ display team featuring Aliai‘. the Resonance Dana and Colin Millari a".::' Steve Spin and special guest Patil Mcgg of the terminally groovy Psyconauts iMc \‘Jaxi.
I inFLIGHT at the Beat Ja// Basemei‘t. Monthly next date Ill Aug.
I Jack Your Boots Up at the Beat Ja// Basen‘ei‘t. 8piii—i>;iiii. Sit-5.75. 1(‘, Aug. Monthly. Bob Ca1ri‘s iNuspirit.-. Christopher Docherty and Scott Hapsc" lay down the housey. Jax/y' ‘.Ii)(}S ‘.'.'il". :ive I)(}"(ILISSI()II and keys from the ever reliable Fraser Heeps and Gay. 'Fudge Fingas' Sutherland on keys.
I Jammin Session at Commplex iformerly Ciub Javai. E)pii‘--2aiii. 3‘6. 10 Aug. Monthly. A new night hosteu by Etian James and Marco Smith. aimed at gang up and coming DJs a shot. so expect five -1() mii‘ slots open to DJs who bring their demos along ()I‘ the night "id's: ask for Fuan or Marcoi. Keep it hoasey. out anything goes.
I Joy at Ego. tipm-(ia'ii. 5‘10 1.7 Aug. Fortnightly. Up-i'ront. dirty house grooves on the main floor from Maggie 3; Alan. Joy: Plus Trendy Wendy and Saiiy Finlays cheeky mix of soul. funk Ztl‘il c."a"t in the downstairs suite. the that Joy 's a club for gay peop'e and their friends.
I Luvely at tl‘e I iguid Roon‘. l(?-.I%()pii‘.--Ilan1. 5‘12 With. 70 Aug. Monthly. A saucy soiree. geared toy-raids a gay mixed crowd and featuring a music poiicy of full-on. driving house from residents Tommy K. GP and Jared. Beacl‘ Bail special so (l()l‘. those swimming togs as Gail Seliars and John Edwards JOII‘. the party.
I Majestica at the Venue. Monthly next date 7-1 Aug. Monthly.
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