CLUBS LISTINGS
ska and funk. with a crowded dancefloor all night long.
I Squid at La Belle Angele. 9pm—late. A new night for La Belle Angele featuring ambient, underground. eclectic grooves. See News for more details.
I Truth at The Store. llpm—4am. £4. Dance club with DJs Gareth. Colin and Stuart (23rd Precinct) playing a mix of hot garage and underground house to a packed dance-floor in this recently revamped venue. Available for free hire Mon and Tue.
Saturdays
I Banana love at The Pelican. lOpm—lam. Free. DJ Philippo bringing lbiza sun beaming down onto the lovely Cowgate.
I Buster Browns 10.30pm—4am. £2 before ll.30pm/£4 after. Club dance. upfront chart sounds.
I Cerbollc Frolic at Ex-S. llpm—4am. £5. 15 May. A rollicking good night of dance sounds with regular DJs Andy Williams and Scott Ferguson. See news for details. I Century 2000 lOpm—4am. £5/£3 before midnight. Mega Party Night with regular PAs.
I Controversy at The Vaults. 6.30-10.30pm. £1.50. A night of rave. house and techno music. for the young ’uns.
I Cubllt at the Music Box. 10pm-3am. £5. Members/guests only. Solid dance action with regular guest PAs and guest DJs. Busy. bouncin‘ night guaranteed, with DJs The Mariner and Ross Keddie playing an upfront selection of dance sounds.
I ubco Inferno at The Venue. 11pm-5am.£4. 8 May. Busy night of tacky disco sounds in aptly tacky surroundings. running fortnightly and packing them in.
I The Edge 4pm—2.30am. See Fridays. I Euphoria at The Calton. llpm-3am. £7/£6/£4 before 11pm. Bass-heavy
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I FBI at Moray House Union. llpm—4am. £3. 8 May. Fortnightly. Still packing in the crowds. with a wide playlist of indie music in its mulitifarious guises.
I Fever at The Wee Red Bar. llpm—4am. £4/£3. 8 May. New fortnightly club with a playlist as wide as a very wide thing indeed. including Abba, Duran Duran. S- Express and Sub-Sub.
I Funky Worm at Wilkie House. llpm—4am. £3.50. Funking it up on a Saturday night. playing funk. house. 70s disco, soul, garage, hip hop and more funk. to a largely student crowd.
I Ketch at Shady Lady’s. 10.30pm—4am. £2.50/£2. A veritable cornucopia of indie music from the 80s and 90s. in this busy weekly club.
I Malan Club at Cavendish. llpm—4am. £3/£2.50. 'l\vo floors with African. Latin. salsa. reggae. zouk, soca and calypso downstairs and reggae. ragga and dancehall upstairs. Sir Ossie on the wheels of steel playing to an increasingly busy, hot. sweaty crowd.
I Minus One at The Carlton Highland Hotel. £5/free for members. See Fridays. I Misery at The Cooler. llpm-Sam. £2/£2.50 for members. 15 May. We’ve had the Vietnam Vet's night and the soft metal night. what next? Whatever it is it‘ll no doubt plumb the depths of musical depravity and be packed.
I Rude at The Cooler. lOpm—4am. £2.50. 8 May. Fortnightly. Rude changes home, but the playlist remains the same, with a mix of ska. dub. reggae. ragga. dancehall and On-U sounds.
I Bed llot Pepper Club l0pm—4am. £4. See Fridays.
I Rock Orgasm at The Mission. 10.30pm—4am. £2. Weekly rock night, with an all-encompassing playlist of rock and lots of leather-clad. happy, hairy people. Happy hour llpm—lam.
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I Sex Machine at The Vaults. l lpm—4am. £4/£3/£2 members. Busy club. playing a wide selection of current sounds. street soul. funk and hip-hop with regular DJs A-l and Joseph. 8 May guest DJ John Porter from Chocolate City. 15 May live band Little Twister.
I Shaft at Moray House Union. llpm—4am. £4. 15 May. The original. Experience pie-eyed grin-athon at this tacky 70s funfest of funky sounds. rare groove and disco. Still one of the busiest. Fortnightly.
I Super-Nova at The Store. llpm—4am. £4. Weekly club in this re-vamped venue. with DJ Fred playing a broad cross- section of excellent dance music and disco sounds to keep your feet movin’ and the dance floor full.
I Tattoo at the Citrus Club. 1 lpm—4am. Members £5. Highly recommended weekly dance club, with regular DJs Gareth and David playing upfront house and garage sounds. A busy night guaranteed with ajumping dance-floor.
I Try Your Finger at Ex-S. l lpm—4am. £5. 8 May. DJs Andy Williams and John Gianni, with their guest on the night DJ Lofty (Boys‘ Own). playing an uplifting mix of balearic tunes. See news for details.
I Wave at The Venue. llpm—Sam. £5. 8 May. Monthly sister club of Pure, with DJs Twitch and Brainstorm playing a mix of progressive house/techno sounds.
I Whimr and Chips at The Venue. llpm—5am. £5. 1 May. Fortnightly. A fun night of uplifting happy dance tunes. with some excellent one-offs and theme nights.
Sundays
I Buster Browns 10.30pm—3am. £2 before ll.30pm/£3 after. Buster‘s Sunday soul night.
I The Biz 10.30pm-4am. Free. See Fridays.
I Century 2M0 l0pm—4am. £3/£2 before midnight.
I The Edge 4pm—2.30am. With a live band every week.
I Frottage at The Venue. l lpm—3am. £2/£l .50. Thrash. techno. dub, disco, rock and more rock. With occasional live bands.
I Honey at The Citrus. 9pm—late. £2. 9 May only. DJ Paul playing a catch-all playlist of sounds with bands on the night being The Thanes. Flaming Gurus and Damion. All for a measly £2 - can‘t be bad.
I lassoo at The Pelican Bistro. 9pm-2am. Free. Get your stetson and cowboy boots on for Sunday’s silliest (only) country & western night.
I Red Hot Pepper Club lOpm—3am. £4. See Fn'days.
I The Sunday Club at Ex-S. l lpm—4am. £3 with ticket. Wonderful, wonderful gay night featuring male go-go dancers and some of the worst PAs we've ever seen. I Thelonlous at The Bare Story. 7pm—lam. Free. A new, relaxed evening of all that is best in the world of jazz. ranging from the 40s through to the present day, with DJs Simon (Bakery), Angus and guests.
Mondays
I Ex-S llpm-3am. £1. New weekly night in this recently renamed venue. 1n the best Sesame Street style today's number is the number ONE — entry is £1. all drinks are £1 all night and all music is old No 1 hits from the 60s through to the 90s.
I The Monday Club at The Calton. 10pm—3am. £2. Weekly night of this excellent alternative club. with a playlist covering the whole spectrum of alternative music.
Wednesdays
I Bliss at The Store. 1 lpm-4am. £2. A new gay night featuring a broad mixture of and dance club sounds.
I Kglirlurn at The Music Box. 10.30pm—3am. £2. Intriguineg diverse
club playing the likes of Bob Marley, Utah Saints. Ozn'c Tentacles and The Velvet Underground. Busy dancefloor all night with a crowd as diverse as the music played.
I Err-S 10pm—3am. £3. Over 23s only. Weekly singles night for all you lonely. mid-twenties. love-seeking people.
I Funky love at The Pelican. lOpm— I am. Free. DJ 2 Smoove starting the Pelican‘s week off with a scorching selection of soulful grooves.
I lite at The Subway. 10pm—4am. £2.50/£2, £1.50 with flyer. A new club playing industrial. torture tech. grunge. grind-core and hardcore dance. with DJs from Apocalypse and Twitch.
I love Shack at Century 2000. lOpm—3am. 50p with matriculation card. Century 2000's student night with drinks promos.
I Teaseage at The Citrus Club.
1 lpm—3.30am. £2/£ l .50 with matric card. Student-orientated indie club with cheap drinks and free lollies behind the bar.
Thursdays
I Apocalypse at Shady Lady's.
l lpm—4am. £2.50. Happy hour llpm—lam. A new night in a driven hardcore stylee. with an alternative slant. diverse playlist including alternative. industrial and hardcore sounds.
I Blg Maraccas at The Pelican. lOpm—lam. Free. DJ 2 Smoove spinning pure Latin. Latin jazz. jazz. funk and any other variant on those three styles you care to think up.
I The Biz 10.30pm-4am. Free. See Fridays.
I Century 2000 lOpm—late. £3/£2 before midnight. Dance and chart sounds.
I Chocolate City at The Venue. llpm-Sam. £4/£3 members. 20 May. Edinburgh's premier retro-funk club. with DJs Jamie and Whitney playing danceable grooves upstairs and chill-out reggae. dub and jazz downstairs.
I The Edge 4pm—2.30am. See Fridays. I Eternal at Moray House Union. 9pm-2am. £3. 13 May. A new night for Moray House playing a wide range of dance sounds.
I Minus One at The Carlton Highland Hotel. £2.50. See Fridays.
I Panic Care at The Citrus. 10.30pm-3am. £3/£2.50. A new busy weekly club featuring DJs from Shag and Katch. playing a wide range of dance. indie and 60s pop. to a busy student crowd.
I The Recession Session at Ex-S. llpm-4am. Girls £6. guys £8. All main spirits. draught beers, lagers and ciders. wines and soft drinks are free. With absolutely no limit all night you can drink yourself to death for roughly the same price as a new LP.
I Beverberation at The Wee Red. lOpm-3am. £2. A Sean Connery tribute night(?) playing a wide range of 60s. 70s and 80s punk. ska and psychedelia.
I Sauce at The Store. llpm—4am. £3/£2.50. New night for The Store playing a wide range of 60s pop. 70s groove. 80s indie. Motown and Stax. with DJs from Chelsea and Twiggy and drinks promos every week.
I Shag at The Mission. 1 lpm—3.30am. £2.50. Popular student club. noteworthy for its truly appalling playlist and free chocolate.
I Sound Factory at The Vaults. llpm—4am. £2. A new club with a student-orientated playlist including dance. rock and indie sounds.
I Tribal Funktlon at The Venue. llpm—5am. £4/£3. Fortnightly. l3 May. One of Edinburgh’s best. playing a mixture of sexy house beats upstairs and hip-hop/funk downstairs in the Cooler.
I Niggy at Moray House Union. 11pm—4am. £3/£2.50. 20 May. In its new Friday night slot, playing an assortment of 60s pop classics to a mainly student crowd.
74 The List 7-20 May 1993