I Roadblock at P0 Na Na. 9pm—3am. 24—25 (free before 11pm). Weekly. Nicci F stops the traffic in bad music when she digs up the best in funk. disco. house and block rockin' beats.
I 800 Delicious at Commplex (formerly Club Java). 9pm—4am. E9 (E7). 30 Aug. Monthly. Opening night for this new deep. dirty, sexy house shin dig. Residents Si, Pete Owen and ‘High Street‘ Mark are joined by co-hosts Luver and GP Patterson. Tommy Kay and speCial guests Bruno F-K and Deepgroove.
I Spectral at Wee Red Bar. Monthly. Next date 27 Sep.
I Splash at Maid of the Fonh. 10.30pm—3.30am. £15. 16 Aug only. Modern Lovers and the Egg man the rigging and hoist the main sail as they set out on this boat party for funky. nonhern goodness. Two floors and a private bar with coaches leaving Waterloo Place at 10.30pm. to return at 3.30am. Tickets available from Fopp and both club nights.
I The System at the Venue. 7—10pm. $25. 23 Aug. Fortnightly. Metal, rock and alternative tunes at this launch night for this new under 18s special.
I The Time Tunnel at Club Mercado. 10pm—3am. $25. Weekly. Trendy Wendy. Showbiz Jase and Betty Ford disrupt the space-time continuum with tunes from the 608. 70s and 805. Or maybe it's just the alcohol.
I Tokyoqu at Ego. Next date 18 Oct. I Trouble at the Blue Note at the Beat Jazz Basement. 8pm—5am. $32—25 (free before 10pm). Weekly. lmprovised jazz jam sponsored by the legendary Blue Note Rec0rds. This week (16 Aug) Trouble presents a freestyle funk v hip hop showdown as the five-piece SOUndbone take on the DJ skills of Glasgow's Freekmenovers crew (Dema and Nice). With Hobbes and Erik Da Viking on DJ duties and if that ain't enough there's performance poetry from Jem Rolls and his pals.
I The Vault at the Venue. 10.30pm—3am. Etbc. 23 Aug. Monthly. Launch night for this new metal. rock and alternative club.
Edinburgh Saturdays
Pre-club
I Beluga at Beluga Bar & Canteen Restaurant. 8pm—1am. Free. Weekly. House. garage and jazzy beats from Eric Da Viking and friends.
I FringeOlguana at Iguana. 9pm—3am. Free. Weekly. Deep house. disco and block party jams for this Sat nighter. this week (17 Aug) hosting the Ultragroove pre-club party with George T and Colin Cook.
I Guaranteed Pure at Madogs. Midnight—3am. Free. Weekly. See Fri.
I The Haunt at the Jekyll & Hyde. 8.30prn—midnight. Free. Weekly. AscenSion‘s DJ X starts a new pre-club seSSion of goth sounds at the spookiest of pubs.
I Immersed in Music at Pivo Caffe. 9pm—1am. Free. Weekly. The Czech style 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 BBQ 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. So fill up before hitting JOy later on tonight. I Opal Lounge at Opal Lounge. 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~tain Free. Weekly. Life's a gas at this swanky style bar. with funky breaks and hip hop to house grooves from
“DAVE SEAMAN
The prog prince
‘Progressive house is dead!‘ Apparently. But this seems to have had no effect on the continuing Success of the global house music
monolith that is Dave Seaman.
He is most recently and perhaps most Widely known for his mixes for the Global Underground series. Along With sets from Sasha. Nick Warren and Danny Tenaglia. Seaman has helped turn Global Underground into a heavyweight dance music brand. With recent dates including Buenos Airies and Ibiza. Seaman leaves the progressive strongholds of the south to wield an array et tough. progressive beats for the prog lovers of Edinburgh. (Dave Allen)
I Pregressiori. Lrguid Room. .
Headspin's Allan Dunbar and Higher Ground's Lindsey Todd on alternate weeks.
I Progression at City Cafe. 9pm—3am.
Free. 17 Aug. Fertnightly. Progressive house pre-club. with the Progression residents (Gav Grant. Derek Martin and Alan Dobson) on rotation. Massive warm
up session for Progression's festival date.
I Quality at Madogs. 7pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. See Fri.
I Tokyoqu at O-Bar. 8pm—1am. Free. Weekly. Pre-club sessions for this up- and-coming house double act.
I Vol Below at Yo! Below. 8pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. Chris Flexen flexes his funky house grooves at the sushi style bar.
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 Teviot Row Union. Next date 19 Oct.
I Atomic Baby at La Belle Angele. Monthly. Next date 31 Aug.
I Bio-Rhythm presents . . . Fabio s Grooverider at the Liquid Room.
1 1pm—5am. $312—$313. 24 Aug only. Two of the real stars of drum 8. bass drop in for this festival special.
I Bio-Rhythm presents . . . Paul Daley at La Belle Angele. 1 1pm-5am. $12—$13. 24 Aug only. One half of. the
._‘a 3:554. Sat I.“ Aug. ‘L ' ‘
now defunct. Leftfield Mr Paul Daley drops in to man the wheels of steel.
I Blast at Club Mercado. 1 1pm—4am. £10 (£8). 24 Aug. Fortnightly. Vocal house and garage grooves as Huggy Burger Queen is rejoined by resident Markell.
I Blue at Peppermint Lounge. 10pm—3am. £4 £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 high-camp-to-house decknical expertise at this always hoaching gay venue.
I Colours at the Liquid Room. Monthly. Next date 31 Aug.
I Diggity at the Establishment.
1 1pm—3am. 26 (531 off With flyer). Weekly. DJ Fabuloz and Harry LG get down With their bad selves. playing wildstyle R88. hip hop and street SOuI.
I Digital v UTI at the Venue. 10.30pm-5am. Free. 17 Aug only. Free party from the boys and girls from UTl and Digital: JC. Semaj. Dave Brown. Johnny Oh and their tWin turntable techno treats.
I Digital at the Venue. 10.30prit—5arn. $36 ($35). 24 Aug. Monthly. Jacking techno and electro funk goodness as Digital's first ever guest Stephen Brown returns for a live and DJ set. With res:dents JC and Dave Brown also in full effect.
I DISCO at the Venue. 10.30pm—3aiit. E5 (free before 1 1.30pm and to the
Suitably attired). Weekly. Hot disco action baby. Get on down at this funk fuelled party atmOSphere with disco tU'TBS old and new.
I Do This Do That at Honeycomb. 10pm—5am. 9310. 17 Aug. FOrtnightIy. Determined to make a mark on the Edinburgh club scene DTDT keep up the quality guests as Bugged Out! master Justin Robertson deploys those funky house and tuff techno tunes.
I Essential at the Liquid Room. Monthly. Next date 7 Sep.
I The Flow at Medina. Monthly. Next date 7 Sep.
I Get Together at the Beat Jazz Basement. 8pm—5am. £5 (£4 before 11pm). 24 Aug. Monthly. Jazz. soul and house as Get Together welcome the Magic Number (Mantis Recordings) for a semi-acoustic gig alongside the usual DJ mob.
I Got the Bug at the Beat Jazz Basement. 9pm—Sam. £5. 17 Aug. Monthly. Bugz In The Attic. London's nu jazz. soul and afro-beat imprint. goes once more unto the breach with a heady mix of DJs. live musicians and MCs.
I Oreen Monkey presents Dreamcatcher at Nichol Edwards. 9pm—3am. £5 (£3). 24 Aug. Monthly. Five rooms of madness ranging from film screenings. open mic spots and tribal beats in the Drum Club. While the two main rooms of clubbing action are hosted by DJ Demonear and the Doc. and their blend of big beat. hip hop. trance and progressive house. with DJ Baz and the Carmichael Brothers supplying the chlied beats in the final room. An ethical nignt stpOrting the best in local talent with a house party Vibe rather than an in-yOur-face club.
I Headspin at Bongo Club. Monthly. Next date 7 Sep.
I inFLlGHT at the Beat Jazz Basement. Monthly. Next date 31 Aug. I Jammin Session at Commplex (formerly Club Java). Monthly. Next date 14 Sep.
I Joy at Ego. 11pm—3am. $310028). 17 Aug. Fortnightly. Up-front. dirty house grooves on the main floor from Maggie & Alan JOy. Plus Trendy Wendy and Sally Finlay‘s cheeky l‘i‘IX of soul. funk and chart in the downstaer suite. Note that JOy is a club for gay peoole and their friends.
I Luvely at the Lido o Room. Monthly. Next date 14 Sep.
I Majestica at the Venue. 10pm—5am. E8. 24 Aug. Monthly. Down and dirty hOiise night featuring res dents David Amos. Martin Spence. Ed D. Trevor G and Bruno F-K across two floors. Gay friendly. straight friendly - generally just friendly. Festival special With Substereo providing a live set of loops. beats. drums. keys and dex.
I The Mambo Club at Mambo Club. 10pm—3am. 85 (f4). Weekly. See Fri.
I Mission at Studio 24. loom-3am. Weekly. Night of meta- mayhem. goth rock and more from the darkside.
I Mothergroove 2 at Berlin (formerly Noa). 11pm—5am. $5. 24 Aug only. Edinburgh institutions Motherfunk and Ultragroove team up fOr a night 0‘ deep fried funk and hciisey goodness. Can they match the heights of their Chrimbo collaboration as Gino. Fryer, Colin Cook and Gareth Sommerville take over Berlin's two rooms.
I Opal Lounge at Opai Lounge. loom—5am. 25. Weekly. Dave Shedden With his mix of disco and funky hOLise tracks.
I Opium at Opium. 13001—3am. Free. Weekly. Rock. nu-meta and alternative/indze.
I Oxygen at Commp'ex (formerly Club Java). 9pm—3am. E10 (538). 24 Aug. Monthly. Hard heuse ar‘d progressive trance night With Ross Jacxson and Dowzer. with speCial guest Sarah G. Also offering a free tax service. whereby fOur paying Customers can claim back up to 934 at the door w-th a va'id taxi receipt.
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