CLUBS
FESTIVAL
I Blue Oyster Club 10.30pm-4am. One of Edinburgh‘s foremost gay venues. specialising in high-camp hi-NRG and disco.
I Buster Browns 10.30pm—3.30am. £1.50 before 11.30pm/£3 after. Mainstream centre-of-town ‘disco‘.
I Cathouse at Shady Lady‘s. 10.30pm—3am. £2.50/£2 with flycr.
I Century 2000 10pm—4am. Over 21 s only. From 9 Aug: the opening night of this new state-of-the-art club, on which no lessthan £1 million has been spent. You‘d never guess that it was the old Amphitheatre. Featuring Radio Forth‘s ‘Steppin‘ Out‘ DJ Tom Wilson, with the Bacardi Dance Chart.
I Chapllns at Finsbury Park. 1 1pm—4am. £2. Another centre-of-town ‘disco’. You know the score.
I Dateless/Crumble at The Mission. 10.30pm—3am. £2.50. Some confusion exists as to what to call this, but basically it‘s another club of the same persuasion as Shag, ie lots of bad-taste good-time party music. 1 think you really have to be inthe mood. Or deaf.
I Fireball Club at the Complex Hotel, Penicuik. 9pm-1am. £1.50. Same crew as Edinburgh‘s Top Ten Club, same music policy too. Bit far away, but then I suppose ifyou live in Penicuik then it‘s not really . . .
I Fringe Club at Teviot Row. 9.30pm—2am. Free with Fringe Club Membership. From 9 Aug: a club within a club, featuring the turntable talents ofthe Shag lads; a duo who have built upa considerable reputation aided and abetted by juvenile sexual innuendo, a piayiist comprising of B-movie soundtracks, and a propensity for handing out free chocolate. Unpretentious dance music basically — chart pop from the past fifteen years or so. I Mambo Club at Network3. 10.30pm—4am. £2. Scotland‘s only regular world music club, which just gets busier and busier. Sir Ossie on the wheels of steel mixes the best in African dance with calypso and soca around the world stylee. Go and pretend you‘re in a warm sun-drenched paradise. It might be difficult in the Network, but there‘s no harm in trying. . .
I Marley’s Reggae Klub at Network 2. 10.30pm—4am. £2. A reggae night (asif you couldn’t guess), still running after an
incredible thirteen years. Can be a little retrospective at times. but nevertheless always busy.
I Madison's Bock Night 9pm—3am. £2. Pretty self-explanatory this one.
I Millionaires 10pm—6am. £2 before 2am, £3 after. Favourite late night hang out of clubbers. club runners and those who just won‘t go to bed. Dark, crowded and unbelievably tacky, but still fabulous. With the luvverrly Phillip, playing upfront rave tunes. house and a few old disco faves.
I Networkt 10.30pm—4am. £1 before midnight/£3 after. Yup, you guessed it. Mainstream chart disco.
I The Paradox Club at Calton Studios (downstairs). 10.30pm-4am. £4. ‘Set free your mind, body and soul. We will elevate, excite and enchant you‘. Oohh, promises. promises. But this new club, specialising in continental imports, ‘bouncy’ balearic beats and piano house played by DJs David Gillan, Ross Millan. Brian Dixon and Stuart Kelly might just do that. Featuring on 9 Aug a live set from Emmanuel. ‘ I Pure at The Venue. 11pm-4am. Members and guests only. With a bpm count higher than the US budget deficit, it‘s not hard to see why this has earned a reputation as a dance club of some Lreknown. Heavy techno played to several
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hundred regular ecstatic revellers.
I Bed Hot Pepper Club 10pm—4am. £2.50 before 11.30pm/£3.50 after. And again. mainstream chart . . .
I Tattoo at the Designer Frames Gallery.
‘ 11pm—4pm. £3. A new (and let me say,
much needed) twice-weekly club with resident DJ 5 Bootsy and Gareth. and warm-up DJ John, presenting dressed-up dance sounds (that‘s garage, piano house. ltalo house, funk and disco) to a discerning crowd. Currently the place to be seen — and with good reason. Well worth a visit if you haven‘t ventured down already — or even if you have . . .
I The UN Club at the Calton Studios. £4/£3.50. From 8 Aug: all the way from Brighton for the festival, the UN crew present a different club every night ofthe week except Saturday. On a Friday it‘s Sister Ray‘s — an alternative dance extravaganza.
SATURDAYS
I Blue Oyster Club 10.30pm—4am. Sec Fri. I Buster Browns 10.30pm—4am. £2 before ll.30pm/£4 after. See Fri.
I Century 2000 10pm—4am. Over 215 only. Featuring the Kensitas Model Competition.
I Chaplins at Finsbury Park. 11pm—4am. See Fri for details.
I Club Solution at Calton Studios (downstairs). llpm—4am. A regular Saturday dance club presenting upfront techno for the city‘s hip kids. Chevignon, Diesel. Armani clobber a must.
I Fireball Club at the Complex Hotel, Penicuik. 9pm—lam. £1.50. See Fri. Featuring regular live bands — check Rock listings for details.
I Fringe Club Disco 9pm—2.30am. Free with Fringe Club Membership. See Fri.
I Katch at Shady Lady‘s. 11pm—3am. £2 The only regular Saturday night indie club, attracting a motley assortment of moptop student types for its intelligent selection of current and crossover tracks. I Lacuna Head at Calton Studios (upstairs). £2.50/£2. At last my question has been answered! The name of this club means, wait for it . . . precisely nothingat all. Strange people. Anyway, ifyou venture along, expect hard left indie sounds. ranging from Fugazi toJonathan Richman, Bongwater to the Velvet Monkeys. Tuneful or what?
I Madison’s Roclt Night 10pm-4am. £2. Guess what this is then. . .7
I Mambo Club at Network 2 & 3. 10.30pm—3am. £2 members/£2.50 non-members. Scotland‘s only regular world music club, which just gets busier and busier. Sir Ossie on the wheels ofsteei mixes the best in African dance with calypso and soca around the world stylee. Go and pretend you‘re in a warm, sun-drenched paradise. it might be difficult in the Network, but there‘s no harm in trying. . .
I The Mambo Inn at the Playhouse Studio. llpm—4am. £4/£3 before midnight. From 10 Aug: live and direct from London, the glamorous and glittering ‘Mutha of all Clubs’ comes north to funk up the Festival fiesta style. Featuring Latin, African. jazz. ska ‘n‘ b; plusthe Kool Cafe Ole with mucho mouthwatering munchies. Resident DJ 5 are Los Trios Mambos. with spesh guests like Kiss FMS Patrick Forge and Straight No Chaser editor Paul Bradshaw. Oh. and look out for an Edinburgh edition of mamborama monthly. . .itdon‘t mean athing.
I Millionaires lOpm—6am. £2 before 2aml£3 after. See Fri.
I Network 1 10.30pm—4am. £1 before midnight/£3 after. See Fri.
I lied Hot Pepper Club 10pm—4am. £3 before 11.30am/ £4 after. See Fri.
I Tattoo at the Designer Frames Gallery.
i 11pm—4pm. £4. See Fri. 3 I Wave at the Venue. 11pm—4am.
1 Members and Guests only. Coming from the same stable as Pure, with DJs Twitch. Brainstorm and the much more sensibly
i named Carole. Playing slightly more
i retrospective house sounds to the usual
i clued-up crowd. As always. expect
i nothing but the best.
i I Wheels at The Mission. llpm-3am.
I £1.50 before midnight/£2.50 after. The
i hairy and leather-clad come out in force
! forthis rock night. l‘m told. Being neither 1 resist the temptation.
SUNDAYS
I Blue Oyster Club 10.30pm—4am. See Fri. I Buster Browns 10.30pm—3am. £1.50 before 11.30pm/£3 after. See Fri.
I Century 2000 10pm—4am. Over 215 only. Solid Soul Dance Night.
I Fringe Club Disco 9pm-2.30am. Free with Fringe Club Membership. See Friday for details.
I Madison: 11pm—4am. Sunday nights in Edinburgh are pretty poor nowadays, it has to be said. However. the dodgy disco that‘s played here might go a little way towards cheering them up. Then again, it might not. it‘s all a question of taste . . .
I Mambo Club at Network 2 & 3. 10.30pm—3am. £2. See Fri.
I The Mambo Inn at the Playhouse Studio. 11pm—4am. £4/£3 before midnight. See Sat.
I Networlti 10pm—2am. £1 before midnight/£2 after. See Fri.
I Tattoo at the Designer Frames Gallery. 11pm—4am. £2. See Fri.
I The UN Club at the Calton Studios. £4/£3.50. it’s those Brighton boys again, with Sacramental; that’s disco and electro house to you and me.
MONDAYS
I Fringe Club Disco 9pm—2.20am. Free with Fringe Club Membership. See Fri.
I Mambo Club at Network 2 & 3. 10.30pm—3am. £2. See Fri.
I The Mambo Inn at the Playhouse Studio. llpm—4am. £4/£3 before midnight. See Sat.
I Millionaires 1 1pm—4am. £1. See Fri.
I The Monday Club at Madisons. 9.30pm—3am. £2. An alternative nu-wave disco, playing goth, punk, rock and indie. Demo tapes are also welcomed — bring yours along and give the crowd a laugh.
I Tattoo at the Designer Frames Gallery. 11pm—4am. £2. See Fri.
I The UN Club at the Calton Studios. £3.50/£2.50. Collidescope: Jesus Jones meets Chaptcrhouse head on in an indie night that knows no boundaries.
TUESDAYS
I Fringe Club Disco 9pm-2.30am. Free with Fringe Club Membership. See Fri. I Mambo Club at Network 2 & 3. 10.30pm—3am. £2. See Fri.
I The hlantbo Inn at the Playhouse Studio. 11pm—4am. £4/£3 before midnight. See Sat.
I Milllonalres llpm—4am. £1. See Fri.
I Network 1 £1 before midnight/£2.50 after. See Fri.
I Tattoo at the Designer Frames Gallery. 1 1pm—4am. £2. See Fri.
I The UN Club at the Calton Studios. £3.50/£2.50. Tack!: Superfly street hustlers and glam gods rub shoulders on the dancefloor with disco divas and art students in kilts (it sez here). A shameless orgy of 605. 703 and 805 tastelessncss. That‘s what we like to see.
WEDNESDAYS
I Big Bird at Dandies. 10pm—3am. This will revive a few memories, I don‘tdoubt. Otis. he of City Cafe fame, resurrects what was once one of Edinburgh‘s most popular
clubs. A midweek groove featuring motown classics, soul, funk. jazz and afro Caribbean sounds.
I Fringe Club Disco 9pm—2.30am. Free with Fringe Club Membership. See Fri.
I The Jesse Bay Sound System at The Venue. Remember Odyssey‘s hit ‘lnside Out‘? Well, pop pickers. Jesse Ray was in fact the man who wrote this veritable work of genius. Catch him here in a Gary Clail-like extravaganza. His talent truly knows no bounds.
I Mambo Club at Network 2 & 3. 10.30pm—3am. £2. See Fri.
I The Mambo Inn at the Playhouse Studio. llpm—4am. £4/£3 before midnight. See Sat.
I Millionaires 11pm—4am.£1.See Fri.
I Tattoo at the Designer Frames Gallery. llpm—4am. £2. See Fri.
I The UN Club at the Calton Studios. £3.50/£2.50. Wash & Go: indie moves and house grooves together in one easy to use package. ‘No rinsing, no fuss‘.
THURSDAYS
I Blitz at Madisons. 9.30pm—3am. £2. The same idea as the Monday Club ~ goth, punk, and various demos. See Mon.
I Blitzkreig at Shady Lady‘s. llpm-3am.
I Blue Oyster Club 10.30pm—4am. See Fri. I Fringe Club Disco 9pm—2.30am. Free with Fringe Club Membership. See Fri.
I Mambo Club at Network 2 & 3. 10.30pm—3am. £2. See Fri.
I The Mambo Inn at the Playhouse Studio. 11pm—4am. £4/£3 before midnight. See Sat.
I Network 1 10pm-2am. £1 before midnight/£2 after. See Fri.
I Red Hot Pepper Club 10pm—3am. £2. See Fri.
I Shag at The Mission. 10.30pm-3am. £2. Wet walls and lack of oxygen notwithstanding, this remains the most perennially popular of all Edinburgh student clubs. Fun, frolics and free chocolate — not to mention some truly - awful records. Did someone say Village People?
I The Soul-Way Club at Network 2. 10.30pm—3am. Soul, blues and jazz.
I Sugartliil at Millionaires. 11pm—4am. £1 . Following the unexpected closure of9c Victoria Street, Bootsy brings his one-nighter back to good ol‘ Millies. Featuring the turntable talents of resident DJ Phillip with a hot mix of earlygarage. piano house, soul and funk. ‘Disco me to ecstasy‘ indeed.
I Tattoo at the Designer Frames Gallery. 11pm—4am. £3. See Fri.
I The UN Club at the Calton Studios. £3.50/£2.50. The Pyramid of Funk: Persons with visible trunks may be refused entry, they‘d like me to inform you. That and the fact that they play funk, of course.
VENUES
I Blue Oyster Club 96a Rose Street Lane North, 226 6458.
I Buster Browns 25—27 Market Street, 226 4224.
I Calton Studios Calton Road. 5567066. I Century 2000 31 Lothian Road, 229 7670.
I Dandles Kings Stables Road.
I Deslgner Frames Gallery Hasties Close. Cowgate.
I Finsbury Parlt 3—5 South St Andrew Street, 556 1020.
I Liberty’s Greenside Place, 557 3807.
I Madison's Greenside Place, 557 3807 . I The Mission Victoria Street, 225 3326. I Millionaires Niddrie Street, 556 6050. I The Network West Tollcross, 228 3252. I Red Hot Pepper Club 3 Semple Street, Tollcross, 229 7733.
I Shady Lady’s Cowgate, 225 3326.
I Teviot ROI SU Bristo Square, 650 4673. I The Venue Calton Road, 557 3073.
55The List9— 15 August i991