CLUBS LISTINGS
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Regular weekly clubs plus one-oil events are listed by city, than by day, then alphabetically by title. Clubs will be listed, provided that up-to-date details reach our offices at least seven days before publication. Clubs Listings compiled by James Raliburton.
GLASGOW Fridays
I The Alhambra 8pm—midnight. Free. Pub with live DJ. I The Ark at the Tunnel. 1 1pm—3.30am. £4. Rap, ltalo house, techno and upfront dance music in well-trendy atmosphere. 24 Apr: DLC Hair Show and 1 May: Sunscreem. I Asylum at the Network. 10.30pm—2.30am. £3. I Bennet's llpm—3.30am. £2.50. I Casablanca at Circa. 10.30pm—3am. £4/£3. African, reggae, soca. Latin,soul and ska from Tchico. I Cathouse at Hollywood Studios. 11pm—3.30am. £2.50/£1.50 with ticket. Rock club. I Cleopatra's 10.30pm—2.30am. £3. I Club Sanctuary at Reds. Strathclyde University. 9pm—2am. £1 .50/£1. House. garage and a bit of soul. I Crash at the Cotton Club. 1 1pm—3am. £4/£2 with matric card. Good time indie dance and chart pop. DJ Dave Ross recommends early arrival. I Dug at the Art School. 10pm-late. £2. ‘Funke, funke‘. Hip hop/jazeragga/dance — ‘do the right thing‘ as they say. I Feedback at the Network. 10.30pm—late. £2/£1 before 11.30pm. Long running indie/pop club - from Sub Pop to Kylie. I Follies 10.30pm—3.30am. £4/£l .50 before 11.30pm. I Fuel at Joe Paparazzi. 11pm-3.30am. £2. Student-orientated dance night. I JuJu at the Sub Club. 11pm—3.30am. £4. DJs Harri and Oscar (of Rain fame) playing funky rather than upfront dance. 1 May: Talkin Loud‘s Norman Jay is the guest DJ. Look out for the likes of Massive Attack and The Young Disciples taking control of the decks in the next few weeks. I Jungle at Rain. 1 1pm—3.30am. £4/£2 with matric card. Nick Peacock and Nigel Hayes going for an older. Sandino-type crowd with funk. soul. jazz and Latin music. I Loog at Rooftops (Secrets Lounge). 10.30pm—3am. £2. Groovy mix ()f605 garage. ska, psychedelia and soul with 90s indie and grunge sounds. I Phasers Dn Stun at Level 8. Strathclyde University. 9pm—2am. £1 .50/£1. Alternative, indie. with Star Trek fetish. I Radio City at the Mayfair (Cameo Suite). 10pm-2.30am. £2. Well known rock and pop classics that you‘ve probably got at home. I Shag at Fury Murry‘s. 11pm—late. £3. Enjoyable mish-mash of indie-dance. pop. classic chart hits and silly singalongs. I Slam at Club Loco at The Arches. 11pm—3.30am. £5. With around 1000 punters packing out the first night ofClub Loco, to suggest The Arches is about to become one of Glasgow‘s best club venues would be a fairly safe bet. Expect avenue as hot and sweaty as the music itself. I Time at Heaven. 10pm—3.30am. £5/£3.50 with matric card. Original rave sounds with Terry and Jason. ex of Breeze. I The Volcano lOpm—Zam. £3/£2 with matric card. Chart and techno; very busy and poseur-full. l I Xposed at Club Xchange. 11pm-late.
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The Mambo Inn, purveyors at all things Latin, Jazz and Alrican pick, with the help ol Rita Ray, who will be DJing on the opening night (25 Apr), ten tracks that will be heating up Edinburgh’s Liberty’s on the last Saturday ol every month. £1 oti entrance when you take along a copy of The List.
1. Sauce Bloquee: Sisika by Syran Mbenza. Lovely mover irom Dakar.
2. Maria: Groupe Kass Kass. Furious Soukous keeps comin’ at ya.
3. Slkyi: Hi Lite Storm by Nana Tuiiour. Ghana back in the house!
4. Jungle Jazz: Spirit DlThe Boogie by
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Kool And The Gang. Fonky jazz funk.
5. Spring Garden Di Fire: Soca Gold by Ras Iley. Hot! Hot! Hot!
6. Bad Breath: Bad Breath by Bobby Valentine. Boogaloo in yer lace.
7. The Way You Love Me: D-Fex leaturlng Ganja Ash 12in (PA mix). Rude ragga riddlms.
8. Chan Con Chan: Chan Con Chan by Grupo Kalamari. Tull Cumbia.
9. Francisco Guayabal: Super Allstar by Tito Puente, Daniel Ponce et al. Dlvine danclng Latin big band.
10.Let The Story End: El Duinto by Saoco. Luscious Salsa groova.
Saturdays
I The Alhambra 8pm—midnight. Free. Pub with live DJ.
I Atlantis at the Sub Club. 11pm—3.30am. £6. House and techno sounds, crowded and trendy.
I Bennet’s 1 lpm—3.30am. £3.
I Big Red Fun Bus at the Network. 9pm—2.30am. £3. Student night in Paisley. I Blackout at the Sub Club. 7 .3()—1().30pm. £3. Under 185.
I Blast Oil 3 2 May only. £18.50. Special event in a secret location (one hour from Glasgow and Edinburgh) which will be combining the best in dance music with participants in the Beltane Fire Festival from the previous night on Edinburgh‘s Calton Hill.
I Cate Loco at The Arches. 1 1pm—3.30am. £5. Where else can you go and get a necklace made of carrot and potato peel? Cafe Loco looks like living up tothe extravagant claims of its organisers. Live band on 25 Apr is Latino Bambinos.
I Casbah at Rain. 10pm—3.30am. £4/£3. Attitudinal funk, soul and jazz with DJs Oliver and Gordon.
I Cathouse at Hollywood Studios. 11pm—3.30am. £3.50/£3 with ticket. Rock club.
I Cleopatra's 10.30pm—2.30am. £3.50.
I Code 6 at Circa. 10pm—3.30am. £7/£5
members. Steven Sleepman, The Orb, Scott and Boydie hit Circa with a non-rave, upfront dance night.
I Detect at Fury Murry‘s. llpm—late. £3.50. Dance music and 805 pop forthe medium-hip student types.
I Divlne at the Art School. 11pm—2.30am. £2.50. Happening club playing the best in psychedelic/garage/soul/flls in the Vic Bar.
I Dream Sequence at Rooftops (Secrets lounge). 10.30pm—3am. £2.50. Agood selection of indie dance faves in congenial atmosphere with your host ‘Unclc‘ T-Coy. I Filth Dimension at Glasgow Polytechnic. 10pm—3am. Students and guests only. Indie/goth night.
I Follies10.30pm-3.30am.£5.
I Heaven 10pm—3.30am. £7. Two floors of rave and dance. Under-18 night from 7—10pm (£4/£3).
I Helter Skelter at the Mayfair. 10pm—2.30am. £2. Sad old bikers and youngsters who think that Jimbo Morrison is God.
I Joe Paparanl's 11pm—3.30am.£5.
I Libra at Hollywood Studios. 10pm—3am. £3.50. Over-25$ disco.
I Mardl Gras 10.30pm-3.30am. £5.
I The Network 6.30—10pm.£2/£1.50with leaflet. Paisley under-18s disco.
I Strathclyde University Union 9pm-2am. £2.50. Students and guests only. Studenty cattle market on Level 8, very popular dance and techno in Reds with Two Man Sound.
I The Tunnel 11pm~late.£6. Big upfront dance night for the well-dressed — more 605 grooves in Room 2. Extremely busy. 25 Apr: Degrees of Motion. Under-18 club from 7.30—11pm.
I The Volcano IOpm-Zam. £4/£3 with matric card. Student night with Rab and Alan, retro and progressive dance grooves.
I Wild at the Cotton Club. llpm—3am. £5/£2 with matric card. Commercial dance
and pop.
Sundays
I Bennet's l 1pm—3.30am. 75p.
I Bob's Full House at The Volcano. 10pm—2am. £2. Daft disco with Robert and chums — watch out for super postcards.
I Boy at Club Xchange. llpm—late. 75p. I The Cage at the Sub Club. IOpm-Zam. £2. Upfront dance. funk and soul with a cult following.
I Click at Circa. llpm—3am. £4. 3 May only. Lesbian and gay night ‘where anything goes’. Safe sex packs for both men and women will be distributed by SAM. Michelle from Manchester's Flesh will DJ and look out for an unconfirmed PA.
I The Double Deckers at Fury Murry‘s. 10pm—2am. £1 with matric card or leaflet/£2. Tam and Dave's groovy mix of indie, dance. pop and soul.
I Fuddrukkers at Cleopatra‘s. 10.30pm—2.30am. £1 .
I Limbo at Rain. 11pm—3.30am.£3/£2. Nigel and Harri play underground house through to James Brown funk for the trendies. Look out for free passes.
I Mardi Gras Rave 11pm-late.£8/£6.
I The Tunnel 10.30pm—late. £3. Dance music and PAs. Mel and Michael Kilkie DJ. 3 May: Mexican Fiesta night, open ‘til 6am.
Mondays
I Funkln' Mondays Rebirth at Club Xchange. 11.30pm-late. £1 before midnight. Mixed night at the gay venue with a good selection of dance sounds.
I Juicy at The Volcano. 10pm—2am. £2. House/club night with Mel Barr and guests, seriously upfront and trendy.
I Trinity Ragga at Rooftops. 10.30pm-3am. £2. Reggae night. also on Thursdays.
I The Tunnel 11pm—3.30am. £2. Gay Mondays, with a well-deserved reputation for a pleasant atmosphere and a good selection of current dance music.
I ZFD at Fury Murry‘s. 11pm—3am. £2. Sixties, 705, 805 and indie 905 with a bitof pop dance thrown in for good measure.
Tuesdays
I Rendezvous at Circa. 11.30pm—3am. Gay club with DJ Raymond Davren. Phone for membership details.
I Shimmy Club at Bennet‘s. 10.30pm-3am. £2. The longest running club in GlaSgow and still one of the most popular so expect a queue.
I The Tunnel 11pm—3.30am. £2.
Wednesdays
I Babylon at Rain. 11pm—late. £2.50/£2. 6 May only. Now moving to a fortnightly slot but still playing the best of ragamuffin and reggae - more dub, less ragga.
I Bennet’s 1 1pm-3am.
I Chopper at Club Xchange. 11pm—3am. £1 with leaflet/UB40/matric card. Busy, across-the-board mix of indie-dance, punk, soul and pop.
I Go West at Cleopatra‘s. 10.30pm—2.30am. £2/£1 with ticket.
I horizontal at the Volcano. 10pm—2am. £2. New jazz-based night with Nick Peacock, playing an intriguing mixture of contemporarv jazz dance tracks with older stuff from Miles Davis and the like.
I Libra at Hollywood Studios. 10pm—3am. £2.50. Over-25$ disco.
I Man-Date at Circa. 11.30pm—3am. £2J£1 .50 with flyer. Still gay, still Raymond Davren. still upfront dance music. Bud and spirits £1.
I The Storm at the Mardi Gras. llpm—late. Big talkers with a new dimension in dance.
I Wednesday Night Fever at the Cotton Club. 11pm—3am. £2J£1 with matriccard. 70$ night with drinks promotions.
I Wow at the Tunnel. 11pm—3.30am. £3. Nothing to do with Kate Bush, but commercial house and soul with Mel Barr.