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I Could Morales and Pete Tong The biggie night this issue. The Tunnel, Sunday 13 only. I Blg Bell The only club to send me chocolate. so it’s bang in there at the top of the list. The Garage, Fridays. I Cate Loco No chocolate, but the 3. super prize bingo’ makes up for that. The Arches. Saturdays. I loungln’ Light jazz and soul all
lheavies. Munchies too. R. G.’s, Sundays.
: I Wednesday light Fever Pre- empting the disco revival by about a ; year and a half. Cotton Club.
': Wednesdays.
I Bob’s at The Volcano. 10.30pm-2.30am. £4. lt‘s Sunday night. lt‘s Partick town. It‘s the only place to be hot and sweaty. I Bomb at The Cathouse. S.udio 3. 10pm—3am. £1.50. Hip-hop evening. I Bubbleilcious at Reds. l 1pm—3am. £6. ‘Bombastic Boogie. Bubble Grooves' and all drinks £1. A fine finale to your weekend. I Club Mouth at The 13th Note (upstairs). 8pm—midnight. Free. lndie and alternative tunes plus ‘excellent international bubblegums for early Mouthers!’ Now featuring live bands most weeks. See Rock listings for details. I Fuddrultlters at Cleopatra‘s. 11pm—3am. £3 (£2 with ticket). I Graceland at the Tunnel. 10.30pm—3am. 20 Feb, and then possibly bi-monthly. See Club News. I Ital Reggae Club at Eruption. 10.30pm—late. £2. Recently moved to this new venue. I loungin’ at R.G.’s. 12.30pm—closing. Free. All day long in the bottom bar. A mix ofjazz and soul flowing all day. changing subtly as the different jocks take their turn on deck. I NBC at the Sound Factory. 1 1pm—3am (no curfew). £4. Smart but casual. Stevie Kerr and Joe the Bear with ‘pumping Euro dance’. I Pumpln’ at Sunset Boulevard. 11pm—3.20am (No curfew). £3. Trevor Reilly and Colin Tevendalc. I Rock City at The Cathouse. lOpm—Zam. £1.50. Rock from the 70s to the present. I Sex Machine at Fury Murry‘s. 10.30pm—3am. £2.50 (£2 non-waged, two women admitted for the price of one). Glad to see that Furys are diversifying away from the usual pint of beer and packet of crisps. 'A hot busy, funky Sunday.‘ I Sonora at the 13th Note. 8pm—midnight. Free. Excursions into ambience. A forum for many of the top DJs who happen to be town at the weekend. Look out for many big names alongside the resident DJs ‘Unknown‘. I Sinetnve at the Tunnel. 10pm—3.30am. £10. 13 Feb only. Be very early for the inimitable David Morales and Pete Tong. showing everyone how it really should be done.
Mondays
I The Beat Club at Fury Murry’s. 10.30pm—3am. £2 (£1). Loadsa bottled beers for £1 to the accompaniment of ‘classic tunes, bouncy dance and 90s indie‘.
I Beltybutton at the Volcano. 10.30pm—late. £3 (£2). Get your midriff round this newish. Euroish. garageish. funkyish club with Kevin McKay and other assorted top DJs getting it right on a Monday night.
I The Boat at the Tuxedo Princess. 9pm—3am. £1 with student card (free before 10.30pm with flyer). Pronounce ‘bow-att’. Immense student night. Battle the crowds on the revolving dance floor and dodge the DJ hurling T-shirts at you. The weekend starts here kids.
I Crash West at Cleopatra's. llpm—3am. £2 (£1 with ticket). The same as Crash on Friday but slightly further west. hence the wildly geographical name.
I Club Xchange 10.30pm-3am. Free. Gay. Big Karn fills the holes in her social calendar with this new dance-orientated night. Cheap drink.
I llorn at The 13th Note. Spin—midnight.
'Japanese techno and white trash noise.‘
Whatever next?
; I The Tunnel 1 1pm—2am. £2. The only f place to be out and proud on a Monday.
gTuesdays
I Boudoir at The 13th Note (downstairs). 8pm—midnight. Free. Easy music with a twist. Your hosts for the evening: E.J. (that’s ‘Easy Jock‘). lan and Dr. Paul.
; I JoJos at Club XChange l lpm—3am.
£2.50. Gay. ‘Suave’ Gav with his top choice of dance and chart sounds. £1.25 spirits and pints.
I Moist at The Cathouse. lOpm—3am. £1. A mish-mash of poppy and studenty-type sounds. Plus all drinks for £1.20!
f I Shimmy Club at Bennet's.
10.30pm—3am. £2. Legendary. drunken.
_ 'mixed’ (or should that be 'mixed-up’?).
longest-running club night in town with
Craig Davis. £1.10 promo beers. I Trading Post at C leopatra's. l 1pm-2.30am. £2 (£1 with ticket).
Wednesdays
I Bennet’s llpm—3am. £1. Gay. 70p vodka and gin! DJ Sara.
I Ceroc at Circa. 7.30—11.15pm. Modern jive based on french LeRoc. Beginners class for 45 minutes from 7.30pm then dancing till 10.30pm.
I Chopper at Club Xchange. 10pm—3.30am. £3 (£2). Long established. busy night combining garage, house. rap. funk. disco. and pop with awfy cheap booze.
I Fab at Red's. 10.30pm—3am. £3 (£2). The Fab Boys play a many and varied funky and bassy soundtrack to jump along to. Possibly the best posters with an ice cream theme on the streets of Glasgow today.
I Go West at Cleopatra’s. llpm—2.30am. £2 (£1 with ticket).
I Horizontal at The Volcano. 10.30pm—3am. £3 (£2). Jazz and rare groove from the highly respected Nick Peacock doing his level best to spice up a Wednesday night in Partick.
I love Train at Cafe Cini. 9pm—midnight. Free. Selected beers for £1. Joe Deacon playing the best in classic soul, funk and piano house.
I lied 0ctober at the October Cafe. 8pm-midnight. Free. Gavin Lawson and Paul Crainie mixing up a bit of house. disco and garage to keep you off the streets of a Wednesday night.
I Planet Earth at The Cathouse. lOpm—3am. 80p. An 80s club to pre-empt the latest revival.
I Positive Noise at the Sub Club. 10.30—1ate. £2.50 (£1). Pints and vodka £1 with regular bottled beers on promo. Sparkling new club, pitched at students bored of the same offerings night after night. Featuring a playlist of chart dance. funk. classic indie and new indie.
I Rampant Sound at Under Ventura. 8pm—midnight. Free. Dub of the highest order.
I Soul Train at Banus. 10.30pm—late. £3. Over 21s. Schlitz £1 all night. Piano music and soul.
I Tatnla Motown at The 13th Note. Free. Listen to Marvin all night long at this pre- club celebration of 60s and 70s classic soul from labels like Motown. Stax. Atlantic. Okeh and Ric-Tic.
I Wednesday Night Fever at The Cotton Club. 10.30pm—3am. £2 (£1 with matric card). Positively a towering inferno of rekindled kitsch. Busy? You betcha.
Thursdays
I Bloomers at Cleopatra’s. 11pm—2.30am. £2 (£1 with ticket).
I Brian lavelle’s Party light at Bennet’s. l 1pm—3am. £2. Upfront dance from DJ Grant Duff.
I Club latolralt at Caledonian University Union, Cowcaddens Road. 9pm—2am. £2.50 (£1). Students and guests. Progressive house club. fortnightly. With DJs Bizzy and Danny from Desert Storm. I Club Vlrunga at The Volcano. 10.30pm—2.30am. £3 (£2). Erupting on a Thursday night with DJ Tchico playing African. reggae and similar groovy sounds to a mighty appreciative audience.
I Club Xchange 1 lpm-3am. £2.50 (£2). Gay. DJ Stella and happy hour all night. I Contamination at The Power Station. 10pm—3am. £2. The popular industrial and goth club relocates and continues to plug a gaping hole in Clubland.
I o.t.s.c.o. hterno at Reds. 10.30pm-3am. £3. 70s disco, pop and glam plus Bud and vodka for £1 all night. I Disney Fist at The Cathouse. Studio 3. 10pm—3am. £2. Alternative sounds.
I llon Cow at the Arches. 10.30pm—3am. £2. Student night with live music every week, happy house sounds from DJ Malkie, free sweets and a pantomime cow. I loveshack at Fury Murry‘s. 10.30pm—3am. £2 (£1). From the people who bring you Sonic and The Beat Club. a venture with the same kind of musical spread.
I October Cate 7pm—midnight. Free. A packed October Cafe is aurally contented by DJs Steve and Derek offering up a cool and current selection of dance tunes. Perfect as a pre~Tunnel warm-up and with more promos than you can shake a short review at earning its ‘happy music for happy people’ tag.
I Shaft at The Cathouse. 10pm—2am. £2. A shameless 70$ disco funfest, with the added attraction of regular drinks promos. I Strathclyde University llnlon 9pm—2am. Free. A legendary night in the annals of studentdom. Tam Coyle doing his thang on Level 8 (now calling itself the Octopus club) and Retro Active in Reds.
I The Tunnel 10pm-3am. £4 (£2 with matric card). Ain't never been a student night quite as big as this one. Nine o’clock lecture. what nine o’clock lecture? I Thursday at the Cotton Club llpm—3am. Right across the board mix with DJ John Richardson.
I XtJt-B at The Hive. lOpm—lam. Free. Students and guests. Top gear dance sounds with DJ Paul Me. and guests. Drinks promos. Tickets available from the
'union bars.
EDINBURGH
Fridays
I Anthem downstairs at The Calton. lOpm—late. £4. Regular DJs playing a mix of original underground sounds to a busy, sweaty crowd.
I Blue at Legends. 11pm—3am. £5. 18 Feb only. Fortnightly. New blissful night of house and garage with Gareth Sommerville. David Brown and Gordon Mac.
I Bubblegum at PotterTow Student Union. 9pm-2am. £1 (£2 non-students). Studean and guests only. indie music.
I Buster Browns 10.30pm—3.30am. £3 (girls free before midnight. £2 after; guys £2 before midnight). Mainstream. chart and oldies. Available Mon—Thurs for private parties. Curfew is 2am.
I Cathouse at The Rocking Horse. llpm—3am. £2.50 (£2 with flyer). Crowded night running the gamut of rock. from heavy metal to grunge to thrash.
I Century 2000 lOpm—4am. £5. Mainstream, chart and oldies.
I City 2 Downstairs at City Cafe. 8pm—1am. Free. Underground house and progressive dance in the pre-club club.
I Delinquency at The Vaults. 10.30pm—3am. £5. 11 Feb only. The lovely Charlie Hall (Drum C1ub)joins Scott Gallacher and Simon Monaghan for a rebellious night of tranced-out house. I BIY at The Citrus. llpm-4am. £7. 18 Feb only. The highly rated underground house collective hits Edinburgh.
I The Edge 4pm—2.30am. Free. 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). Shiny. happy indie sounds, with a bit of a raw, grungey edge from resident DJs Kieren and Amanda.
I Giro at The Rocking Horse. llpm—3am. £2.50 (£2). 11 Feb only. A playlist with floor-shaking tendencies: techno/acid. funk/death metal and rap. ‘The most intense sounds in Edinburgh.‘ Promising to play your own records and CDs ifyou take them along.
I Impact at Legends. 9pm—3am. £2. 1 1 Feb only. Fortnightly. New grunge. hip- hop and indie club.
I Junction 59 at Riccarton Student Union. 10pm—3am. £1. 11 Feb only. Fortnightly. Students and guests. 69p drinks promos in the refurbished Heriot Watt union.
I Katclt at The Rocking Horse. llpm—3am. £2.50 (£2 with flyer). Lively club with a playlist consisting mainly of 805 and 90s indie dance.
I Kiss at Teviot Row Student Union. 7.30pm-2am. £2 (£3 non-students). Free before 9.30pm. Students and guests only. [Happy Hour 7.30pm—9.30pm. Featuring Beathox upstairs, playing mainstream chart disco and Juice downstairs. with hip-hop. funk and 70s disco.
I Marley’s Reggae Klub 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.
I Minus One 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 Neighbourhood at Moray House. lOpm—4am. £4. 11 Feb only. Fortnightly. Smokin' hip-hop and funk club with smashing creative decor and lighting. Kicking off to a very promising stan.
5B The List 11-24 February 1994