CLUBS LISTING
Catch the best Edinburgh Clubs this fortnight.
llI Jetsot Loadsa celeb DJs including Sasha, John Digweed. Jon Mancini, Gareth Sommerville and Craig Drysdale. PA from Sam Mollison. Tickets are £15 so you‘ll have to be fairly prosperous as the name suggests. The Vaults. Sat 5 Mar.
I Joy Out and proud. foot-stomping,
arms-aloft affair of a very uplifting nature. Music to snog to. know the words to and take your top off to. It's queer, it's here and it’s not going shopping. The Calton. Saturdays.
I Satire From Gabber to Ganja in one short step. Support your local sound-system collective against the govemment‘s attempts to clamp down. Their free parties are legendary. If you get the chance. go! The Vaults, Fridays.
I Yip-Yap Delicious, tuneful highs coupled with superlative mixing: one for the stylish. the beautiful and the truly passionate. Love it. La Belle Angele, Saturdays.
I Big Beat Gazelle-shod hipsters. mellowjau-funksters. tight. syncopated purism: eclectic, aimiablc, visually stimulating but only once a month. One to check. [a
Belle Angele. Sat 26 Feb.
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. llpm—2.30am. £2 (£1 with ticket).
I Brian lavelle’s Party Night at Betmet's. llpm—3am. £2. Upfront Dance from DJ Grant Duff.
I Club Virunga at The Volcano. l().30pm—2.30am. £3 (£2). lirupting on a Thursday night with DJ 'l‘ehico playing African. reggae and similar groovy sounds to a mighty appreciative audience.
I Club Xchange llpm—~3am. £2.50 (£2) Gay. DJ Stella and Happy Hour all night. I Contamination at The Power Station.
Cheapsiue Street. 10pm 3am. £2. The popular industrial and goth club relocates and continues to plug a gaping hole 111 Clubland.
I 0.1.S.c.o.lnierno at Reds. llpm - 3am. £2. 70s disco. pop and glam plus Bud and vodka for £1 all night. A night o1 classic disco peppered with the best of contemporary house and garage.
I Disney Fist at The (.‘atliouse. Studio 3. 10pm—3am. £2. Alternative sntllltls.
I Holy Cow at the Arches. 10.30pm 3am. £2. Student night with live music every week. happy house sounds from 1)] Malkie. free sweets and a pantomime cow I loveshack at Fury Murrys 10.30pm—3am. £2 (£1). From the people who bring you Sonic and The Beat Club. a v uture with the same kind of musical spread.
I October Cate 7pm midnight. Free. A packed ()ctober cafe is aurally contented by [Ms Steve and Derek offering up a cool and current selection of dance lures. Perfect as a pie-Tunnel warm-up and w ith more promos than you cart shake a short review at earning its ‘happy music for happy people‘ tag.
I Shaft at The ('athouse. 10pm 12am. £2. A shameless 70s disco funfest. with the added attraction of regular drinks promos.
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Cotton Club. llpm-3am. Right across the board dance mix with DJ 1011))
I Something Fishy at The Sub Club. 10.30pm—3am. New monthly club. See Club News.
I Strathclyde University Union 9pin—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 tnatric card). Ain't never been a student night quite as big as this one. Nine o'clock lecture. what nine o’clock lecture'.’ Mainstream dance and club classics.
I Thursday at the Cotton Club at the
Richardson. 1 I XLB-B at The Hive. l0pm--lam. Free. 1 Students and guests. Top gear dance sounds with Dl Paul Me and guests. Drinks promos. Tickets available from the Union bars.
I Anthem downstairs at The Calton.
10pm—late. £4. Regular DJs playing a mix
of original underground sounds to a busy.
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sweaty crowd.
I Blue at Legends. llpm—3am. £5. 4 Mar only. Fortnightly. Blissful night of house ' and garage with Gareth Sommerville. David Brown and Gordon Mac.
I Bubblegum at Potterrow Student Union. 9pm-—2am. £1 (£2 non-students). Students and guests only. Indie music.
I Buster Browns l0.30pm-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 (Tyer). Crowded night running the gamut of rock. ; from heavy metal to grunge to thrash. i I Century 2000 1 1pm—3am. £5. Mainstream and chart. Drinks promos.
I City 2 Downstairs at City Cafe.
Rpm~ 1am. Free. Underground house and progressive dance it) the pre-club club.
. I Cool Lemon at The Citrus. llpm—4am. ' U). 4 Mar only. Zesty house tunes from
'lrevor Price and Iain Paterson and a bit of
fruity tranny excess frotu Jon Pleased
\Vimmin.
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. l().30pm--3am. £3 (£2.50). Shiny. happy indie sounds. with a bit of a raw. grungey edge from resident l).ls Kieren and Amanda.
I Giro at The Rocking Horse. 11pm ~3am. £2.50 (£2). A playlist with floor-shaking tendencies: techno/acid. funk/death metal and rap. ‘The most intense sounds in lidinburgh.’ Promising to play your own records and (‘Ds if yoti take them along. I Impact at Legends. 9pm 3am. £2. 25 Feb. Fortnightly. Grunge. hip-hop and indie club.
I Junction 59 at Riccarton littlm).
l0pm 3am. £1. 25 Feb only. l-‘ortnigbtly students and guests. (Np drinks promos in the refurbished Heriot Watt union.
I Katch at The Rocking Horse.
1 1pm--3am. £2.50 (£2 with llyer). Lively club with a playlist consisting mainly of 540s and ‘)0s indie dance.
I Kiss at Teviot Row Student linion. 7.30pm 2am. £2 (£3 non-students). Free before 0.30pm. Students and guests only. Happy hour 7.30piit—J).3()pni. Featuring Beatbox upstairs. playing mainstream chart disco and Juice downstairs. with hip-hop. funk and 70s disco.
I Light Energy Records launch at The Citrus. llpm-4am. Price the. 25 Feb only. A new Scottish label springs forth into the world masterfully delivered by Steve Allen and Colin Cook.
I Marley’s Reggae Klub at The (’avendish. llptn 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. 10pm—3am. £5 (free for members). A relaxed. very plush venue for the more mature seekers of night life.
I Neighbourhood at Moray House. 10pm—4am. £4. 25 Feb only. Fortnightly. Smokin' hip-hop and funk club with smashing creative decor and lighting. Kicking off to a very promising start.
I 99 Club at The Music Box. 10pm—3am. £3. Funked-up dance. chart and 70s from the regular DJs with all pints. selected bottles and spirits at 99p.
I Opal at Riccarton Union. 10pm—3am. £1. 4 Mar only. Fortnightly. Indie to hip- hop. metal to mainstream.
I Partyceilidhdisco at Moray House. 9pm—3am. £2.50 (£1 for Heriot Watt. Art College. Moray House and Galashiels students; free entry for all until 10pm). 4 Mar only. Fortnightly. All drinks £1.40. Three hours ofceilidh. including live sounds from Bon Accord. and three hours of classic disco.
I Phat at La Belle Angele. 1 1pm—3am. £4 (£3). 4 Mar only. Fortnightly. Fresh jivin' flavas from George. A-()ne and Joseph. Freestyle format with live jams and lots of pro—release Mo‘ Wax.
I Pure at The Venue. 10.30pm-3am. £5 (£3 members). Guest nights: £7 (£5). ()rganic techno-meisters Twitch and Brainstorm forge the soundtrack in this club/institution. Dressed-less ambience and future-perfect rhythms its hallmarks. Still cuts it.
I Red Hot Pepper Club 10pm—3am. £4. Mainstream and chart sounds.
I Sanctuary Rock Club at The Calton. [llpm—3am. £3 (£2 before midnight). New night playing all types of rock music.
I Sativa at The Vaults. 10pm~3am. £4 (£3.50). 4 Mar only. Fortnightly. Birthday night for Saliva (back from the big London Spiral Tribe demo) bringing back a few special Spiral Tribe type guests. The usual bonkers soundclash of underground electronics. dub and ambient. Featuring three sound systems. some wonderful art installations. live MCs and percussion. Skankin'. spliffed-up and spaced out.
I Squid at La Belle Angele. 1 1pm -3am. £5 (£3). 25 Feb only. Fortnightly. Multi- media aquatic theme club. offering surreality. tropicality and liquidity in unequal measure. (.‘apacious music policy courtesy of A-()ne. George. Steve and Frosty taking in the finer points of ambient. hip-hop. bhangra and anything on Nation records. The nearest thing to Whirl-y-gig this side of the border.
I Viva at Fix-S. l0pm-3am. £5 (£4). Sunrise productions night.
I Wiggle at The Pelican. 10pm—3am. Free. Dance. funk and soul in the crammed pub. Curfew is 1.30am.
Saturdays
I Club Alpha at The Subway. 9pm—3am. £2. Popular fusion of a wide scope of alternative sounds including punk. indie. rock. heavy metal. goth. hardcore and indtistrial.
I Banshee at The Citrus. 11pm 4am. £3. 5 Mar only. Banshee returns with its fitter selection of alternative rock and new wave dance.
I Big Beat at La Belle Angele.
10.30pm —3am. £4 (£3. £2 before 11.30pm). 26 Feb only. Monthly. Tight jazz. syncopations from those ’l'helouious boys tinged with an essential infusion of
crowd.
cornucopia of indie music from the 80s
i I Make It Phunky at The Vaults.
L downstairs. and dub. lovers and dancehall
hip-hop and funk. Visuals and films from Edinburgh film and photography students. Live jams from 10—1 1.30pm. Well sophisticated.
I Burger 0ueen at The Vaults.
1 lpm—3am. £5. 5 Mar only. Fortnightly. lvledia-friendly fast food concept club with flame-grilled DJs and a 100 per cent happy house music policy. Punk-styled attire de rigeur and from a personal point of view it would be nice to see a few more men it) skirts in line with wonderful fabulous host Justin.
I Buster Browns 10.30pm—4am. £4 (£2.50 before 11.30pm). Club dance. upfront chart sounds. Note the 2am curfew.
I Century 2000 limit-3am. £5 (£3 before midnight). See Fridays.
I City 2 Downstairs at The City Cafe. Spin-lam. Free. See Fridays.
I Disco Inferno at The Venue. 11.30pm-3am. £4. 26 Feb only. Fortnightly. With 70s revivalism now a permanent fixture on the ciab scene this has to be one of its more polished exponents. So busy it’s now on two floors. I The £99 at the Wee Red Bar. 1 1pm~4am. £2.50. 26 Feb only. Fortnightly. Free-ranging (ho-ho) club playing indie. ()()s. new wave. soul. Motown. Stax and Acid Jazz. I The Edge 4pm—2.30am. Free. See Fridays. I Euphoria at The Calton. 10pm-3.30am. £6. l).ls of the Rex and Fantazia ilk , provide the banging rave sounds. I FBI at Moray House. llpm~4am. £3. 5 l
Mar only. Premier quality indie and 60s dance club. Fortnightly with Shaft.
I Fiesta Latina at Teviot Row Student Union. ‘).3()pm-l..‘)0am. (Midnight ~, curfew). £2.50 (£2 advance from Teviot). i 26 Feb only. Another wild night of Latin 1 for l‘xlinburgh. the music style which is seemingly breeding clubs like rabbits at
the moment (it must be those suggestive dance styles).
I Funky Worm at Wilkie House.
l0pm—late. £4. Planet funkety-funk satellited by the all-important chill-out I Frottage at The Venue. 10.30pm~3am. 1 £3 (£2 before 12.30am). 5 Mar only. Fortnightly. Diversity knows no bounds for the Frottage DJs. playing a very wide mix of sounds indeed. including thrash. techno. dub. disco. rock and much more. ; I Jet at lix-S. 10pm—3am. £5. Busy intelligent techno night.
I Joy upstairs at The Calton. 10pm—<late. £4 (£3 before midnight). l'plifting. packed otit gay night with a far healthier female turnout than many. Dls Maggie and Alan provide the arms-in-the-air house and disco for a seriously tip-for—it
I Katch at The Rocking Horse. 10.30pm —3am. £2.50 (£2). A veritable
and 90s. in this busy weekly club.
l0pm-3am. £5 (£4). 2o Feb only. Fortnightly. A-()ne and Joseph lay down the funk ‘n' jazz. inissives with a hip-hop perspective.
I Mambo Club at Cavendish. 10pm-4am. £3 (£2.50). Two lloors with African. Latin. salsa. reggae. zouk. soca. calypso