LISTINGS CLUBS
I Go West at Cleopatra’s. 10.30pm-2am. £2 (£1 with ticket).
I Horizontal at The Volcano. llpm—2.30am. £3 (£2). Top jazz 'n' rare groove exponent 'Nick' Peacock doing his level best to spice up a Wednesday night in Partick.
I love Train at Cafe Cini. Renfteld Street. 9pm—midnight. Free. Selected beers for £1. Joe Deacon playing the best in classic soul, funk and piano house.
I Planet Earth at The Cathouse. 10pm- 2am. 80p. A new 80s club with all drinks 80p to ‘enhance’ the latest revival.
I Rampant Sound at Under Ventura. 8pm—midnight. Free. Dub of the highest order.
I Wednesday Night Fever at The Cotton Club. 10pm—2am. £2 (£1 with matric card). Seventies night with Becks at £1.
Thursdays
I Bloomers at Cleopatra’s. 10.30pm—2am. £2 (£1 for students). I Club Havana at the Baby Grand. Elmbank Gardens. 9.30pm—1am. Free. From 7 Oct. See Sundays. I Club latokah at Caledonian University Union, Cowcaddens Road. 9pm—2am. £2.50 (£1). Students and guests. New progressive house club. fortnightly from 4 Nov. with DJs Bizzy and Danny from Desert Storm. Guest DJ on the opening night is Mike Swann. I Club to Gangster at the 13th Note (downstairs). 8pm—midnight. Free. The ‘street sounds of the 70s' — that means the Two Tone sound. I Club Virunga at The Volcano. 11pm—2.30am. £3 (£2). DJ Tchico plays African. reggae and similar groovy sounds. I Contamination at The Power Station. Cheapside Street. lOpm—2am. £2. The popular industrial and goth club relocates and continues to plug a gaping hole in Clubland. I Holy Cow at Cafe Loco. 10pm—2am. £4 (£2). A new student night featuring A. N. Live Band. Music policy? Unclear. More importantly. until midnight all drinks are £l. I B.I.S.C.0. Inferno at Reds. llpm—2am. Students £3. Seventies disco. pop and glam plus Coors and wine for £1 (all drinks £1 before midnight). I Disney Fist at The Cathouse. Studio 3. lOpm—2am. £2. Alternative sounds to replace the departed Contamination. I Holy CW at the Arches. 10.30pm-2am. £2. New student night with live music every week. 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 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 lovesltaclt at Fury Murry’s. 10.30pm—2am. £2 (£1). From the people who bring you Sonic and The Beat Club (nee ZFD). a newish venture with the same kind of musical spread. I The Men’s Boom at Club Xchange. 11.30pm-2am. £2.50 (£2 with flier). ‘Raunchy' night with infamous live act Ca ed Muscle and Rolling Rock for £1. I Shaft at The Cathouse. lOpm-2am. £2. A shameless 70$ disco funfest, with the added attraction of regular drinks promos. I Shine at the Cotton Club. 10pm—2am. £2. DJ Scud plays happy house and funk. Schlitz at £1. I Shoooeh 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 Slow Club at The 13th Note (upstairs). 8pm—midnight. Smooth,
(£2 non-students). Students and guests
mellow and a bit off the wall, The Slow Club offers the ultimate in pre-club ‘ambient' relaxation.
I Strathclyde University onion 9pm—2am. Free.
I The Tunnel 10.30pm—2am. £4 (£2 with matric card). Well-mixed indie and dance tunes for the assembled student throng. I XLH-B at The Hive. lOpm—lam. Free. Studean and guests. Top gear dance sounds with DJ Paul McGilly. Plus drinks promos.
EDINBURGH
Fridays
I Alternator at the Subway. 8pm—l.30am. £1.50. Three — count ’em — happy hours. Playing hardcore. industrial and death metal. Ticket gets you 50p off a ticket for Genetic at the Citrus Club the same night. I Anthem downstairs at The Calton. 9.30pm-3am. £3. Regular DJs playing a mix of original underground sounds to a busy. sweaty crowd.
I Beathox at Teviot Row Union. 7pm—2am. £2 (£3 non-students). Students and guests only. Big beat chart disco. with Strangetvays offering more alternative sounds in the basement.
I Bubblegum at Potterrow. 9pm—2am. £1
only. Indie music. I Buster Browns 10.30pm—3am. Girls 3 free before midnight (£2 after). guys £2 before midnight (£3 after). Mainstream. chart and oldies. Available Mon—Thurs for private parties.
I Cathouse at The Mission. llpm—3am. £2.50 (£2 with flyer). The busiest rock night in town with an all-encompassing playlist of anything that is rock music — from heavy metal to grunge to thrash. Happy Hour llpm-lam.
I Century 2W0 10pm—4am. £5. Mainstream. chart and oldies.
I Cheeks at Moray House. llpm-3am. £4. Fri 29. New, poptastic club. Day-glo pop. everything from Utah Saints and Bizarre Inc to Erasure and Heaven 17. Featuring eight foot by four foot. smoke- dispensing buttocks. Hence the name. Fortnightly with Partyceilidhdisco.
I City 2 Downstairs at City Cafe. 8pm—1am. Free. Mixing it up on a Friday and Saturday night with DJs David Walsh. Gareth Somerville and Colin Cook (23rd Precinct prodigies) playing a selection of underground house and progressive dance sounds in this pre-club club.
I The Edge 4pm—2.30am. Mainstream, chart and oldies. Happy Hour 4—10pm. Available for private hire Mon-Wed.
I Evol at Wilkie House. 10.30pm—3am. £3 (£2.50). lndie sounds from the 60s. 70s and 80s through to current releases on the indie scene. courtesy of resident DJs Kieren and Amanda. Regularly busy night.
I The Forest 0i Funk at Edinburgh College Of Art Wee Red Bar. 10pm—4am. £3. Fri 22. Two floor club. featuring local funkateers Skunk Tree on one level. and globally-expansive ambient sounds on t’other.
I Genetic at Citrus Club. 1 1pm-4am. £3. Alternative, industrial and gothic sounds. I Junction 69 at Riccarton Union. 10pm-3am. Fri 22. Students and guests. Heriot-Watt University launch their refurbished on-campus union (65 grand’s worth of refurbishment to be exact) with a new fortnightly club, featuring 69p drinks promos.
I Ketch at Shady Lady's. 11pm—3am. £2.50 (£2 with flyer). Busy indie club with a playlist consisting mainly of 80s and 90s indie dance.
I life And Time: at Ex-S. lOpm—4am. £5 (£4 members). New club kicking off on Fri 22 with FREE party with DJ Steve Proctor (of Betterdays, er. fame) and memberships available at the door. Fri 29 features Most Excellent’s Greg Fenton on the decks.
I Made In Heaven at The Pelican. 10pm-3am. Free. Back to ye olde golden days of late night Pelican pranks. with DJ Simon playing a mix garage. house and a dose of funky stufl'. I Marley‘s Reggae Klult at The Cavendish. llpm—4am. £3 (£2.50). The city’s longest-running night, with a playlist consisting of roots. ragga. lovers. heavyweight dub and dancehall. Busy night guaranteed. I Minus One at The Carlton Highland Hotel. 10pm-3am. £5 (free for members). A relaxed. very plush venue for the more mature seekers of night life. I 99 Club at The Music Box. 9pm—3am. £2.99. Funked up dance. chart and 70s from the regular DJs with all pints/selected bottles and spirits at 99p. I Partyceilidhdisco at Moray House Student Union. 9pm—-3am. £2.50 (£1 for Heriot Watt. An College, Moray House and Galashiels students; free entry for all until 10pm). Fri 22. All drinks £1.40. Three hours of ceilidh. including live sounds from Bon Accord. and three hours ofclassic disco. I Pure at The Venue. 10.30pm-3am. £7 (£5 members). Excellent music and good vibes from DJing duo Twitch and Brainstorm. in one of the best clubs around. Presently gearing up for their one- off club bonanza extravaganza at Glasgow Barrowland on Sat 6 Nov. Guest DJs will include Derrick May. guest acts are Psychick Warriors Ov Gaia, State Of Flux and Ege Bam Yasi. Tickets are available l from Pure — £11 for members, with return
coach travel from Edinburgh to Glasgow
costing a fiver. For non-members. tickets are £12 — further details of coach and concert tickets from TOCT A outlets, or 'phone 031 557 6969.
I lied Hot Pepper Club lOpm—3am. £4. Mainstream and chart sounds.
I Sativa at Edinburgh College Of Art
? (Wee Red Bar. 10pm—4am. £4 (£3.50;
‘ Gareth. Colin and Stuart (23rd Precinct)
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members £2). Fri 29 and fortnightly. Ragga ragga ragga. dub dub dub. Heavy dance ahoy.
I Squid at La Belle Angele. lOpm—3am. £5 (£3). Multi-media. multi-mental aquatic theme club. offering surreality. tropicality. liquidality and cabaret in unequal measure. Patrick ‘Man From Atlantis' Duffy is rumoured to be the mystery benefactor behind Squid.
TRUTH
I Truth at The Store. 1 lpm—3am. £4. Recommended dance club with DJs
playing a tnix of hot garage and underground house.
I Twiggy upstairs at The Calton. 10pm—3am. £3 (£1.50 before 12). Fri 29. A selection from the swingin' 60s including pop classics and indie.
I Wiggle at The Pelican. Free. Dance. funk and soul in the crammed pub. Curfew is 1.30am.
Saturdays
I Club Alpha at The Subway. Spin—1.30am. £1.50. Busy night pulling in a big crowd and playing a wide scope of alternative sounds including punk. indie. rock. heavy metal. goth. hardcore and just a touch of industrial.
I The Big Beat at La Belle Angele. 9pm—3am. £4 (£3). Sat 30 and last Sat of every month. Sister club of Sunday's Thelonious. with the emphasis on jazz’s more upbeat. upfront forms.
I Blue at The Citrus. llpm—4am. £5. Weekly night with DJs Davy Brown and Alan Dundas playing a mix of lunderground house and garage grooves. 11 Sept. guest DJ Andy Carrol.
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The first buoyant mixed club night, gay and swimming against the tide.
TWO NIGHTS ONLY AT
THE FERRY, CLYDE PLACE, GLASGOW
TUES 2 NOV (GLASGAY!) & WED 1 DEC (WORLD AIDS DAY) . 10.30PM - LATE
TICKETS: 041-227 5511 (TICKET CENTRE) OR AT DOOR £5 / E4 CONCESSION (IN ADVANCE ONLY) + £1 OPTIONAL DONATION TO S.A.M.
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