CLUBS LISTINGS

lI If!) at Fury Murry"s. l lpm—3am. £2/£l.50 before I 1.30pm. Newcky

. Brown. Guiness and Diamond White all for £l to the accompaniment of ‘classic tunes. bouncy dance and 90’s indie'. The (iameboy-style fliers aren't bad either.

:Tuesdays

I Bingo at Reds. l lpm-3am. £2. What

lvor Cutler could possibly have to do with

a night of Deep Funk is any'body's guess. but those posters just might entice you in.

7 Let's face it. on a Tuesday night you're

hardly spoilt for choice!

I Jo Jo’s at Club Xchange.

l l.30pm—-3.30am. £2. (iay. busy. dance

and chart tunes.

I Fever at The lfith Note. 8pm «midnight.

Free. A pre-Shimmy warm-up with

suitably cheery dance and indie tunes.

And it's only about live yards’ stagger to

Bennet's?

I Shimmy Club at Bennet‘ s.

l0.30pm- 3am. £2.

é Wednesdays

: I Bennet‘s l lpmv 3am. £l. (10p vodka!

I Chopper at Club Xchange. l lpm 3am. £l .50 with leallet/t.‘B40/matric card.

, I Go West at Cleopatra's.

10.30pm-v2.30am.£2/£l with ticket.

I Horizontal at The Volcano.

l lpm-2.30am. £2. Mr. Peacock with the jazzy tunes.

I libra at The CathoUse. l lpm~3am. £2.50. ()vcr~25s disco.

I Love Train at Cafe Cini. Renfield Street. ‘lpin— midnight. Free. Selected beers for £1. Joe Deacon playing the best in classic soul. funk and piano house.

I Strictly Rhythm at Fury Murry 's. 10.30pm 3am. £3.50/£2.

I Under Ventura Xpin-‘inidnight. Free. Reggae ot the highest order with Joseph of Babylon.

I Wednesday Night Fever at The Cotton Club. I lpm 3.30am. £2/£l with matric card. 7(ls night with drinks promotions.

Thursdays

I Bloomers at Cleopatra's. l0.30pm--2.30am. £2/£l for students.

I Club Virunga at The Volcano.

l lpm 2.30am. £3/£2. DJ Tchico plays African. reggae and similar groovy sounds.

I Coco l'nder Ventura. Rpm—midnight. £1.50. ‘Funky fat jazz wit' mo‘ tazz' is how Nick and Johnnie of Funkollective describe this session. although we don‘t believe they normally talk like that either. I B.I.S.C.0. Inferno at Reds. l lpm—3am. Students £3. 70‘s disco. pop and glam plus Coors and wine for £l (all drinks £l before midnight).

I Essence at The Stib Club. I lpm-- 3am. £3/£2. "The essence of hip hop. rare groove. funk and hoUse‘ with Harri and Swan. lilixir Vitae Productions serve up the expected high-quality fare.

I Goodfoot at Bar 10. 9pm—midnight. Free. l8 Feb only. The quite fabulous

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Goodfoot experience can now be enjoyed

. on a regular fortnightly basis (bookings

' to satisfy you. then head on up to

Woodlands for the full-length-dancetioor- action-included version the following night.

I Hullabaloo at The Mayfair. 10.30pm—3am. £2.50. ‘Toe-tapping fun for tip-top people'. i.e. house. garage and disco for a mighty horde of students.

I Jam at The Cotton Club.

I lpm—3.30am. £2. New night of ‘garage. house. classics and rare grooves’ with DJs John arid Michael.

I JoJo at October Cafe (top floor. Princes Square). 7pm—midnight. Free. Not to be confused with Coco. Loco or Bingo. JoJo is a popular meeting place for the city's slightly trendier students: understandably. considering the venue. its handiness for

downtown clubs. those £l beers (of

course) and the cool and varied music

' from DJs Steve and Derek.

I The Men’s Boom at Club Xchange. 11.30pm 3am. £2.50/£2 with flier. ‘Raunchy' men-only night with infamous live act Caged Muscle and Rolling Rock

for £l. I Shaft at The Cathouse. l lpm—3am. £ l. No relation to the Edinburgh club of the

same name. but 70s disco nonetheless?

5 I The Slow Club at The l3th Note. f Spin—midnight. Another survivor from the i Apollo. the excellent Slow Club brings

you sortie of the best ‘ambient’ sounds

around in a suitably candle-lit atmosphere.

Full of unexpected delights and a refreshing change from your average club night.

I Strathclyde University Union 9pm—2am. Free.

I The Tunnel 1 lpm- 3.30am. £4/£2 with matric card. Well—mixed indie and dance tunes for the assembled student throng.

EDINBURGH Fridays

I Beatbox at Teviot Row linion.

8pm-~ 2am. Free for students. £l guests. 'I‘op—floor Beatbox. bringing back long— lost memories of big. badly lit school discos. Downstairs is Strangeways for the more indie orientated among you and inertia somewhere in between. playing a wide range of dance and techno.

I Bubblegum at Potterrow. Spin—lam. £2/£l. Popular student night playing a mix of indie. indie dance and dance sounds.

I Buster Browns l0.30pm 3.30am. (iirls free before midnight/£2 after. guys £2 before midnight/£3 after. Mainstream chart sounds with an emphasis on 70s and 80s grooves. Available Mon —Thurs for private parties.

I The Biz 10.30pm 4am. £3. Mainstream i .. _. _ . - , play mg a w ide selection of dance sounds.

chart sounds and dance.

I The Blunt upstairs at Wilkie House. 1 lpm-4am. ill/£3 with ticket. New weekly club. with full hip-hop flavour

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l confirmed!) at Bar 10. lfthat‘s not enough

guaranteed. DJs Al. Easi. Size and Joseph playing essential sounds from the underground. with undoubtedly the most original flyers in town.

I oathouse at The Mission. 1 lpm—4am. £2.50/£2 with liyer. Weekly rock night with a wide playlist covering the whole

spectrum of rock music. Happy hour from

I lpm—lam.

I Century 2000 l0pm-4am. £5. Fairly middle-of-the-road dance night in an extravagant setting. The biggest and one of the busiest of it's kind.

v I Cubllt at The Music Box. l0pm-3am.

£5. Members/guests. DJs The Vision and Adrian (Circat. playing a vast selection of underground house and techno.

I Eclipse at The Mtisic Box. (s 9.30pm. £3/£2. The best in upfront dance for trendy wee brothers and sisters. Moved from Sundays to its new Friday night slot. I Energetico at La Belle Angele.

9pm --late. £3. 5 Mar only. New dance night with an across the board playlist of

. dance sounds including the likes of'Tflil".

and Bizarre lnc. I The Edge ~1pm~-2.30am. Mainstream

chart sounds. happy hour 4— 10pm.

Available for private hire Mon -~ch.

I Eternal at Chambers Street L'nion. - 8pm 3am. £2/£ 1. Weekly night of student

dance sounds. Happy hour 8.30-9.30an I Evol at \‘v'ilkie House. l0.30pm-~~lam.

£3/£2.50. DJs Kieren. Paul and Amanda playing indie sounds from the ()0s. 70s

' and 80s through to the current releases on

the indie scene.

I Finshury Park l lpm-4am. £2. Chart

sounds.

I Firefly at The Pelican. l()pm< lam.

Free. DJ Jorelle spins some classy soulful

house. deep warming and underground. I Ital Club at Liberty’s. l()pm---lam. £3.

1 26 Feb. Monthly instalment of old and

new reggae with a hint ofcalypso. funk and soul.

I Katch at The Vaults. 10.30pm—«lam. £4/£3 or £2.50 with membership. DJs Stuart and Keith move venue. but Katch

also remains on at The Mission with 3 different DJs. The usual mixture of indie

and indie dance sounds. I Katch at Shady l.ady“s. l lpm-~4am.

l £2.50/£2 with llyer. Popular indie club

with a very wide playlist. playing 80s and 90s indie dance. Which will prevail?

l I Madison’s Rock Night l0pm 4am. £2. . Paint on those tight jeans and get out the

hairspray. for this weekly night of rather predictable rock music.

I Marley’s Reggae Klub at Cavendish. l0.30pm-~4am. £2.50. The city‘s longest-

running reggae night (fourteen years. ' believe it or not). with roots. ragga. lovers.

heavyweight dub and dancehall.

I M‘A'S'H at The Citrus Club.

I lpm-«lam. £5/£3. 26 Feb. DJs on the night Craig Ferguson and Scott Drysdale

. in this busy monthly club. ; I Meltdown at The Calton. 8pm late.

£10. 27 Feb. See ()ne ()ffs for full details.

I One World at La Belle Angele.

8pm—late. £4/£3. A busy evening with a wide playlist covering anything that falls into the category of world music. 26 Feb. ()ne People playing their live set on the night. I Opal at Heriot-Watt Union. Riccarton. 9pm—2am. £1. Almost passes as all out of town night. with a catch-all playlist of ‘serious studenty sounds’. which probably means anything at all. I Partyceilidhisco at Moray House Union. 9pm~~lam. £2/free. 26 Feb. Three- hour ceilidh. then a four-hour disco. Drinks £l.30 all night. i I Pure at The Venue. l 1.30pm 4am. . £5/£3 members. Upfront. hard-edged underground progressive dance music. Still one of lidinburgh‘s btisiest nights. occasional guest PAs and DJs. I Red Hot Pepper Club l0pm 4am. £4. Chart sounds and dance. 3 I Rhumba at The Citrus Club. l lpm 4am. Ticket only. 5 Mar only. The Rhumba returns with guest DJ Andy Weathoral playing some top tunes j alongside the usual excellent Rhumba ; DJs. lixpect a busy sweaty night. (I Soul Underground at Club Snipe. } 10pm late. £3/conc. A welcome return for iSnipe. playing a scorching selection of lupfront soul. funk and acid jazz. ll Spacehopper at Liberty's. l lpmv4am. i£~l/£3. 26 Feb. A change of venue for this ione. but still playing 70s pop. soul. glam. irock. ska and ftittk. in fact almost anything .that was released in the decade of tackiness. I The Tardls 1 1pm Jam. £2 before lpm/£4 after. With a restaurant. three cocktail bars. cabaret and live music. The Tardis provides the more mature clubbers (over 25s) with a relaxed venue for late- : night socialising. I Twiggy at Moray House l'nion. llpm-Jam. £3/£2.50. 5 Mar. Student orientated club. playing a varied 3 assortment of classic (i0s pop sounds.

Saturdays l Banana Love at The Pelican. l0pm-~lam. Free. DJ Philippo bringing

3 lbiza sun beaming down onto the lovely Cowgate.

' I Blue Oyster Club I lpm» 5am. £2 before

l2.30am/£4 after. .-\vailable for private hire Mon-Thurs.

' I Buster Browns 10.30pm 4am. £2 before 1 l.30pm/£—l after. Club dance.

i upfront chart sounds.

I The Biz l0.30pm-~1am. £3. See Fridays.

1 I Century 2000 l0pm «lam. £5/£3 before

l midnight. Mega Party Night with regular

Pr S.

I CUblk at the Music Box. l0pm 5am.

£5. Members/guests only. Solid dance

action with regular guest PAs and guest

DJs. Busy. bouncin' night guaranteed.

with The Mariner and Ross Keddie

- playing an upfront selection of sounds.

f I Disco Inferno at The Venue.

l lpm— 5am. £4. 27 Feb. Disco fun and

, tackiness. now running fortnightly.

E I The Edge 4pm~ 2.30am. See Fridays.

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