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Fridays
I The Ark at The Tunnel. 10pm-3am. £4 (£2). Pumping house and garage grooves. copulating animals of every species. designer bar staff and thrilling lasers all combine to offer you a night of almost unimaginable pleasure. Michael Kilkie and Scott McKay in bar 1, Duncan Reid in bar 2.
I 3310 9pm—midnight. Free. A laid back soul-based set.
I Bennet’s llpm—3am. £4. Busy gay night with DJ Sara.
I The Outhouse 10pm—3am. £3 (£2.50 with ticket). Well respected rock- orientated night reaching capacity at the weekends. Industrial/rock downstairs and studenty stripey tights upstairs.
I Cleopatra’s 11pm—3am. £6.
I Club change llpm—3am. £4. Gay, brash. trashy and fun as ever with Ms Club X. Big Kam. Happy Hour
11 m-2am.
I Erasb at The Cotton Club. 10pm—3am. £4 (£2.50 with metric card). An eclectic mix of happy sounds packing the place week after week.
I liolly Mixture at Reds, Strathclyde University. 9pm-2am (doors close 1am). £1 (free before 10pm). Students and guests. Tam Coyle putting together a ‘credible’ assortment of sweet student sounds.
I I‘ll“ at R.G.’s. 8pm—midnight. Free. DJ Kev with a tasty selection of garage. house and club classics.
I Frantic at Floozy's. 10pm—3am. £5 (£3 before 11pm). Mth Dave Young 1993 BEDA DJ of the Year.
I Futuristic at Circa. lOpm—3am. £5. Trevor Reilly and MC MC from Hangar [3 bring their underground, ‘intelligent' techno to Glasgow every Friday night I Boodllie Under Venture. 8pm—midnight. Free. Literally underground house sounds to warm you up for the night.
I llacieua MOI at the Sound Factory. llpm—3am (no curfew). £5. Smart but casual. Series of weekly dance nights under the Glasgow Hacienda banner. Regular DJ line up includes Bassgenerator, Ten. MC TNT with
TRAIN 0F THOUGHT
Pioneering roots technicians Zion Train have shunted dub into the 90s with their digi-dub symphonies, rocked-up ambient versions and echo-
-plumblng house stomps. In their tour-
year history oi proliiic musical collision the north London collective have retained their original roots cred (in system clashes with .lah Shake and Abe ShantH) whilst having been remixed by llave Shaltra and The Drum Club. ‘Vle started oil as a reggae sound system,’ says Zion Train’s Colin. ‘That's the basis. The diiierence is that any other musical lonn is iair gane ior us.’
Zion Train’s pan-global vision extends way beyond the music itseli. “We’re spiritual, yes;’ continues Colin, “but that‘s not to say we go round chanting “llastalarl” all day. it’s sensible spiritualism, an acceptance oi all religions and races.” Beliei maniiests itseli ior Zion Train in provoking the consciousness of their listeners with an emphasis on exploding accepted channels oi communication. ‘We did a
Zion Train video ior one oi our tracks and had someone doing sign language in sync with the vocals. But they weren’t signing the actual lyrics, they were telling the story and mythologies behind the lyrics,’ explains Colin. Zion Train news-sheets ieature statements in a multitude oi languages comparable to the versioned global traces in their music, from the heavily looped pan pipes and percussion on ‘Brazil 70’ to the Himalayan altitude chill oi ‘Killmaniaro’ - both on the album ‘Great Sporting Moments in liub’. ilaliway between the Andes and Seven Sisters road stand Zion Train and it’s this indelinable position they cherish: ‘I suppose it’s strength through diversity,’ reilects Colin, ‘and lots oi bass!’ (Bethan Cole) Zion Train play Slam at The Arches, Glasgow on Fri 28 and Sonora at The
13th ilote, Glasgow on Sun 30. The
Aurora Bora Paradise E? with Zion Train and Diatribe is released in February.
appearances by Gary Robertson and MC Voyager.
I The Hip Joint at The Sub Club. 10pm-3am. £3. Slip on your Adidas Gazelles and get down to the ‘phat funk. chunkee jazz and solid rap‘ at the Sub with DJs Nick Peacock, Mike MacCrimmon, Gregor and Crawford.
I Ketch at The Cathouse. Studio 3. 10pm-3am. £3 (£2.50/£1.50 with a ticket). The Katch boys pedalling their blend of indie/studenty/good time vibes that has stood them in such good stead on the East coast over the last few years. Also appearing in Edinburgh on a Saturday night.
I Knucklehead at Glasgow School of Art. 9pm—late (doors close 1am). £2.50. A spanking new night from the dubfunking Blue Juice boys Johnny and Hamish. endeavouring to ‘shape an ongoing club in the true sense of the word'. Rolling dope beats, dub effects and deeper weightier
sounds building up through the night.
I lieds lO.30pm—3am. £4 (£3 for students before 11.30pm). ‘Chunky funk. deeliteful disco and groovy garage!‘ With DJ Paul N’Jie. Becks £1 all night or until they run out.
I The Reggae Clilli at the Tuxedo Princess. 9pm—3am. £5 (£1 before 10.30pm. £3 after with flyer). Reggae in the Princess Suite and club. garage and Euro sounds in the Cruise club.
I lietro at The Hive. lOpm-2am. £2. Studean and guests only. 70s and 80s sounds with DJ Trax.
I liub A Dub liecords light at Glasgow School of Art. 10.30pm—2.30am. £4 (£3). 28 Jan only. The boys have got Willie and Martin from Inside Out playing ‘big and bouncy tunes’ beside the live talent of Instant Life from London.
I Shag at Fury Murry's. lO.30pm—3am. £4 (£2 before llpm). The ultimate crap
student night. the one which lowers the
standards to which all others must stoop — and it's still unfeasibly popular!
I Slam at The Arches. 10pm-3ani. £6. The Slam boys kick off the new season of their impossibly busy dance night at the Arches on 28 Jan with a live set from Zion Train.
I Sonic The Indie Club at Rooftops (Secrets Lounge). 10pm—3am. £2.50 (£1.50 before 11.45pm). Indie club (as you might imagine) with £1 pints of lager on tap.
I Soundclash Republic at The 13th Note. 8pm—midnight. Free. The Republic has been flying its flag fora while now and attracting a good crowd every week. Dis Andy. Joe and Iain take you on a ‘pre-club trans dub ambient journey to the ultraworld’.
I The Volcano 10.30pm—3am. £4 (£3). Busy mix of dance and indie tunes with Alan Ronald.
I Who loves Ya Baby? at Sunset Boulevard. llpm-3.30am (no curfew). £5 (£4). A bald. lollipop sucking kind ofclub from Billy Kiltie. Chris Keegan and Steve McCreery in association with Limbo records and 23rd Precinct.
Saturdays
I Atlantis at the Sub Club. I lpm—3am. £6. Still attracting a good (and discerning) crowd. Atlantis is Slam‘s longest-running and most successful regular night. ‘Sub- aquatic excursions into the deepest nether regions ofcontemporary sounds, textures and ball-busting bass lines.‘ Billie Nasty from Zoom Records guesting on 29 Jan. and the Return of Lord Sabre on 5 Feb with Andy Wetherall.
I Bar 10 9pm—midnight. Free. Socialise
to the mellow sounds of DJ Nick Peacock.
I Beat Box at Circa. 10pm-3am. £7. Adrian (formerly of the Orb club night) and Peter and Matthew of Sublime. Live PA from Outer Rhythm on 5 Feb.
I Bennet's llpm—3am. £5. Gay. After eleven years Bennet‘s replaces Craig Davis with the multi-talented Roddy Stewart.
The List 28 January—10 February 1994 67