CLUBS L TI S
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I Flre at The Plaza. lOpm—7am. Price TBC. 18 Jul. A simply spectacular all- night bank holiday bash with local luminaries Stuart McMillan. Stevie Donaldson. lan Patterson. Dominic and Harri plus southern stars Pete Heller and Dean Thatcher ‘Flying’ up to join them. all with the avowed intention of ‘heating things up a little‘ and ‘keeping Glasgow‘s clubland alive’. Amen to that!
I Foundries at Cleopatra’s. 10.30pm-2.30am. £1.
I Gold Coast Club at The 13th Note. 8pm-midnight. Free. Nice selection of ‘global grooves’. especially African and Latin.
I Club Month at The 13th Note (downstairs). 8pm—midnight. Free. lndie and alternative tunes plus ‘excellent international bubblegums for early Mouthers’!
I Rock Clty at The Cathouse. l 1pm—2am. £1.50. Rock from the 708 to the present. I H. 0.3 8pm—midnight. Free. Pre-club soul and rare groove with DJ Kevano.
I Student Surnrner Ball at The Tunnel. 10pm-2am. £5. 18 Jul only. Monstrous 70s-style disco bash featuring Gwen Dickey of Rose Royce performing such classics as ‘Car Wash' for a thousand drunken, lurching studes. You know the sort of thing.
I The ‘I‘onorrow People at Club Xchange. 11.30pm—2am. £2/free entry to tank-top wearers. An outrageous night featuring ‘jaunty‘ tunes from the 70s and 80s.
I hung! at Rooftops. 9pm—2am. £2.50/£1.50 before 10pm. 18 Jul only. If not quite able (as they are apparently aiming) to ‘tell the whole history of indie and dance music in five short hours‘. DJs from Dream Sequence. Sonic and Blurt will at least do their very best to keep you bopping. The obligatory cheap drinks will undoubtedly help them in their task!
Mondays
I Plggllly Vlggllly’s at the Volcano. 10pm—late. £2.50. Unfeasibly huge tunes from DJ Kev and a dedicated party crowd — well. the part-timersjust don’t make it out on a Monday. do they?
I The Tunnel llpm—2am. £2. Gay Mondays.
I If]! at Fury Murry’s. llpm—2am. £2/£l. Newcastle Brown, Guiness and Diamond White all for £1 to the accompaniment of ‘classic tunes. bouncy dance and 90's indie’.
Tuesdays
I Club Xchange l 1.30pm—2am. £2.50. Positively jumping for one so early in the week! Dance and chart sounds from DJ Gavin.
I Fever at The 13th Note. 8pm—midnight. Free. A pre-Shimmy warm-up with suitably cheery dance and indie tunes. And it’s only about five yards' stagger to Bennet's!
I Holst at The Cathouse. 11pm-2am. 99p entrance and all drinks. ln-house DJ Craig playing everthing from Christmas hymns to chart reggae. Indescribable really; you’ve got to be there . . .
I Shluy Club at Bennet’s. 10.30pm—2am. £2. Legendary. drunken. ‘mixed' (or should that be ‘mixed-up’?). longest-running club night in town.
Wednesdays
I Bennet’s llpm-Zam. £1. 60p vodka! I Chopper at Club Xchange. l 1pm—2am. £3/£2. Yes. it really still is the most ludicrously packed. bouncy and sweaty student night about. Usual promos. usual tunes, good times guaranteed.
I Go West at Cleopatra’s. 10.30pm-2am. £2l£l with ticket.
I Horizontal at The Volcano. 11pm—2.30am. £3/£2. ‘Top Jazz. Rare Groove Exponent‘ (it says here) Nick Peacock doing his level best to spice up a Wednesday night in Partick.
I l-ltatloe Sound System at The 13th Note (downstairs). 8pm—midnight. £1. From dub to hip hop with Jaf ’n' Alex.
I love Trel- at Cafe Cini. Renfield Street. 9pm-midnight. Free. Selected beers for £1. Joe Deacon playing the best in classic soul. funk and piano house.
I The Stump at The Cathouse. llpm-2am. £1. 1p more than Tuesdays here and probably proportionally more upmarket. A request night where anything can. and unfortunately will. be played.
I lloder Venture 8pm—midnight. Free. Reggae of the highest order with Joseph of Babylon.
I Wednesday light Fever at The Cotton Club. llpm—2am. £2/£1 with matric card. 70s night with drinks promotions.
Thursdays
I Bar 10 9pm—late. Free. DJ Jean Honeymoon every fortnight.
I Bloomers at Cleopatra‘s. 10.30pm—2am. £2l£l for students.
I Club Vlrunga at The Volcano. 11pm-2.30am. £3/£2. DJ Tchico plays African. reggae and similar groovy sounds.
I Contamination at The Cathouse. Studio 3. 11pm—2am. A Gothic club. Well. they need somewhere to go.
I 0.|.S.C.0. Inferno at Reds. llpm—2am. Students £3. 70‘s disco. pop and glam plus Coors and wine for £1 (all drinks £1 before midnight).
I Hullabaloo at The Mayfair. 10.30pm-2am. £2.50. ‘Toe-tapping fun for tip-top people'. ie house. garage and disco for a mighty horde of students.
I J” at The Cotton Club. 11pm—2am. £2. ‘Garage. house. classics and rare grooves’ with DJs John and Michael.
I JoJo at October Cafe (top floor. Princes Square). 7pm—midnight. Free. Still packing in the ‘clubbier’ studes on a Thursday evening. DJs Steve and Derek offer up a cool and current selection of dance tunes. Perfect as a pre-Tunnel warm-up and with £1 beers to ease you into the mood.
I loveeheek at Fury Murry’s. 11pm-3am. £1. ‘The Sexiest Liveliest Motherfunkin Student Clubnight ln Glasgow’ with £1 pints and vodkas to match.
I Malerltey at the Sub Club. lOpm—late. £4. 29 Jul only. Well. it‘s been coming round once a month for over a year now. so you should know what it‘s all about: drinking. smoking. sweating. excess. debauchery. Michael Kilkie falling off his seat . . . and a bit of house music too if you’re lucky!
I The Men's Room at Club Xchange. ll.30pm—2am. £2.50/£2 with flier. ‘Raunchy‘ night with infamous live act Caged Muscle and Rolling Rock for £1. I H. 6.3 8pm—midnight. Pre-club student orientated night with DJs Ko-Cain. Johnny Boy and Gel-Buzz-T playing a mixture of rare groove. garage and house sounds. with friendly bar prices.
I Shaft at The Cathouse. l 1pm—2am. £2. No relation to the Edinburgh club of the same name. but 70s disco nonetheless!
I Shoooslr at R. G.’s. 8pm—midnight. Free. DJ Christian urging you to ‘hear no evil‘ and offering up a rather good housey selection instead.
I The SIW Club at The 13th Note. 8pm—midnight. Bringing you some 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 Shamelyde University llnlon 9pnr—2am. Free.
I The Tunnel llpm—2am. £4/£2 with matric card. Well-mixed indie and dance tunes for the assembled student throng.
EDINBURGH Fridays
I AM. at The Subway. 11pm—3am. £2. Running every night of the week. with one of the most diverse playlists of any club and friendly DJs who are exceptionally susceptible to requests.
I Anthem at The Calton. 9.30pm—3am. £3. Regular DJs playing a mix of original underground tunes. to a busy. sweaty crowd.
I The Banshee downstairs at The Calton. 9.30pm-3am. £3. 23 Jul. Busy fortnightly club. playing a big mix of anything you could possibly describe as alternative. with a slant towards heavy industrial sounds.
I Buster Browns 10.30pm—3.30am. Girls 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 chart sounds and dance.
I Cathouse at The Mission. 1 lpm—4am. £2.50/£2 with flyer. Heaving with heavies. the busiest rock night with an all- encompassing playlist of anything that is rock music. from heavy metal to grunge to thrash. Happy Hour llpm-lam.
I Century 2000 10pm—4am. £5. Fairly middle-of-the-road dance night in an extravagant setting. Big and almost always busy.
I Clty 2 Downstairs at City Cafe. 8pm—1am. Free. DJs David Brown and guests playing a selection of underground house and progressive dance sounds in this pre-club club. in one of the city‘s best watering-holes.
I Clouds Revival Night at The Cavendish. 9pm—4am. 23 Jul. £4. Another monthly outing for the seven-hour revival splurge playing a mix of 60s and 70s Northern soul. Next date 13 Aug.
I The Edge 4pm—2.30am. Mainstream chart sounds. Happy Hour 4—10pm. Available for private hire Mon—Wed.
I Evol at Wilkie House. 10.30pm—4am. £3/£2.50. DJs Kieren and Amanda playing a wide mix of indie tunes. encompassing sounds from the 60s. 70s and 805 through to the current releases on the indie scene.
I Flnsbury Park 11pm—4am. £2. Chart sounds.
I Firefly at The Pelican. lOpm-lam. Free. DJ Jorelle spins some classy soulful house. Deep warming and underground pre-club pub thang.
I Genetic at Cafe St James (entry via Little King Street). 10pm—3am. £2.50. Alternative tunes. with a playlist covering gothic. hardcore and punk. Happy Hour 10—1 1pm.
I Harmony at The Music Box. 8pm—3am. £10. 16 Jul. Mega-night featuring DJs
Carl Cox. Vertigo. Scott (Rezerectron). Tom Wilson. plus PAs from QFX and Rhythm State.
I latch at Shady Lady‘s. 1 1pm—4am. £2.50/£2 with flyer. Popular indie club with a writhing dance-floor vibrating to the sounds of 80s and 90s indie dance.
I Marley’s Reggae [lab at Cavendish. llpm—4am. £3/£2.50. The city‘s longest- running reggae club. Busy night guaranteed with a wide playlist of roots. ragga. lovers. heavyweight dub and dancehall.
I Minus 0ne at The Carlton Highland Hotel. lOpm—3am. £5/free for members. A relaxed. very plush venue for the more mature seekers of night life.
I luv [lap at The Citrus. 11pm—4am. £5/£4. 16 Jul. Guest night from the famed Manchester club. also featuring international DJ Daniele Davoli — ‘the godfather of Italian House’ and apparently one of those Black Box chaps. Er. arrive on time.
I Mo’ Flavour at The Citrus. 1 lpm—4am. £4/£3. 23 Jul. Controllers Joseph and A- One playing the latest licks of street soul. ragga. swingbeat and hip-hop. Joined by guest DJ Femi of the Young Disciples. also recently spotted manning the decks on the Jarniroquai tour.
I 99 Club at The Music Box. 9pm-3am. £2.99. Following three successful sampler evenings. the 99 Club is weekly from 23 Jul. All pints and selected bottles and spirits are 99p. Music is funk. soul. house and rare groove.
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I Planet Groove at Ex-S. llpm—4am. £4. 16 Jul. Fortnightly. A night of sweet street soul. rare groove. funk and hip-hop. with a hint ofjazz. all from the regular DJ Steve Goodman (Arch).
I Pure at The Venue. 10.30pm—3am. £5/£3 members. Upfront. hard-edged. progressive. electronic sex music courtesy of the legendary DJing duo of Twitch and Brainstorm. 23 Jul only. guest DJ Dave Angel spinning de vinyl.
I Red Hot Pepper Club 10pm—4am. £4. Chart sounds and dance.
I Snipe at The Vaults. 1 lpm—late. £3. A mixture of essential dance sounds from this recently reopened club.
I Space Hopper at EX-S. 11pm-4am. £4/£3. 23 Jul. Fortnightly. Flares and platforms abound around a fun playlist of 70s sounds. with a strong emphasis on danceable discs from the decade of tackiness.
I Truth at The Store. 1 lpm—4am. £4. Recommended dance club with DJs Gareth. Colin and Stuart (23rd Precinct) playing a mix of hot garage and underground house to a packed dance- floor. Available for free hire on Mon and Tue.
I Niggy upstairs at The Calton.
50 The List 16—29 July 1993