CLUBS LISTINGS
I Foreplay at CCA. 8.30pm—midnight. Free. With the people’s people DJ Kevin and guests. Slick soul and jazz grooves for all sorts of folk including ‘freaks. actors. nuns. crusties, parents. goths. heathens. models . . .’ you get the idea? I Fury at Fury Murry's. 10.30pm-3am. £4. Imaginatively named student- orientated night. Included in the price is one free tequila. Dutch beer or white wine. I The Garage 10.30pm—3am. £3 (£2) 10pm—11pm. £4 (£3) llpm—midnight. Dave Ross getting a wee bit more dancey than usual. Retro/indie in The Attic. upstairs. Insanely busy with queues half way down Sauchiehall Street. up Rose Street. and along the M8 as far as Airdrie — honest. I Harmony at Strathclyde University Union. 9pm—2am. £2. Paul Mulholland in Reds bar with funk. rap. dance and ambi sounds. ‘Rave and techno free zone’ is what it says here. I leavlng the 20th Century at The Tunnel. 10.30pm—3.30am. £7 (£4). Upfront house and garage with Colin Tevendale and Steven McCreery in Bar 1. and Bobby Bluebell and Duncan Reid in Bar 2 with their mellow. funky. soulful set. I love Boutique at The Arches. llpm—3am. £7. 4 June only. Mixed. The Boutiquers start to get all nice ‘n’ comfy as they settle into the big armchair that is Saturday night. Snuggling up this month is man of melody Jon Marsh of Beloved fame. I liberty City at The Arches. llpm—3am. £6. 11 June only. Ex-Cafe Loco DJ Nigel Hayes makes a quick return to the decks he knows so well. blasting out his blend of New York house and garage. Guests on the night will be Bomba chums Larz. Colin Gates and United States of Sound. I Matrix at The Hive. 10pm—2am. £3. Students and guests. With John Lyons. Dn'nks promos. I Mo' Jan With Attitude at The 13th Note. 8pm—midnight. ‘Dropping science like never before, the eclectic Watt brothers mix wicked jazz and funky soul in an atmosphere not unlike 60s Soho.‘ I Beds 10.30pm—3am. £5. A packed night specialising in mainstream dance. funk. rap and house. Stella Dry on promo. I Rhapsody llpm—3am. £7 (£5 before 11pm). Stuart Hobbs and Robin Burrows with an eclectic clubby mix. Live acts through the back. I Shooeh! at R.G.’s. 8pm—midnight. DJ Cristian with a house/garage pre-club warmer. I Sub Club 10.30pm—3am. £8. Despite the sudden departure of Slam. the Sub continues to offer the best in (lighter) underground dance music from DJ s Ham'. Oscar and Dominic. I Sling It at Floozy's. 10pm-3am. £6 (£4 before 1 1pm with Floozy‘s discount card). Dance. with Noble Whitelaw and Smokey Joe. I Tankln’ at Glasgow School of Art. IOpm—late. £2.50. Take the upstairs option on an Art School Saturday night and receive a generous helping of acid jazz. funk. dub. ska and hip-hop. With Lindsey. .Denny. Louie and Andy getting high up in the rafters. I The Volcano 10.30pm—2.30am. £5 (£4 with matn'c card). Mellow house, garage grooves and street soul with Graham Wilson and Scott McCay. I Wild at The Cotton Club. 10.30pm—3am. £5 (£4 before llpm. £3 students). Commercial dance and pop.
Sundays
I Bales 10.30pm-3am. £3 entry with leaflet. Top name house/garage guest DJ s _every week.
I B810 9pm—1ate. Free. DJs Gavin and Ziggy popping in from time to time.
I Bennett llpm-3am. £1. Gay. All beers and spirits £1. DJ John Frazer with commercial dance and pop.
I Big Kern 99p Special at Club Xchange. llpm-3am. 99p. Gay. All pints and spirits 99p. ‘Shite music‘.
I Bob’s at The Volcano. 10.30pm-2.30am. £4. It’s Sunday night. It's Partick town. It’s the only place to be hot and sweaty. Damn fine mix of jumping house. screaming divas and tasty tunes.
I Bomb at The Cathouse. Studio 3. 10pm—3am. £1.50. Hip-hop evening.
I Bubblellclous at Reds. 1 1pm—3am. £6. ‘Bombastic boogie. bubble grooves‘ and all drinks £1. Good music and cheap drink; surely that’s too much like giving the punters what they want.
I Club Havana at the Cotton Club. 10.30pm—3am. June 5 only. Invitation only. The big second birthday celebrations reach their height here after spawning numerous spin offs and special events. See preview.
I Club Havana at Nico‘s. 1pm-6pm. Free. June 5 only. The Sunday celebrations for Club Havana start with a flamenco street party based in Nico’s.
I Club Mouth at The 13th Note (upstairs). 8pm—midnight. Free. Indie and alternative tunes plus ‘excellent international bubblegums for early Mouthers‘! Now featuring live bands most weeks. See Rock listings for details.
I Fuddruklters at Cleopatra’s.
llpm-3am. £3 (£2 with ticket). Disco and
pop.
I Honey in Colour 8.30pm—closing. £1.50. Those Holy Cow folk getting up to more mischief. this time mixing up house with the likes of The Carpenters. Every week through June with a coloured theme. I Ital Reggae Club at Eruption. 10.30pm—late. £2. Recently moved to this new venue.
I loungln’ 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. Soul Sauce from 8pm onwards.
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. £4 (£3 non-waged). The poptastic DJ Mr Dave Ross gets even less sleep as he fills his social diary with this ‘hot busy. funky Sunday’. All double spirits (including mix) 99p! ‘Arrive early. leave pished.’ They said it. not me.
I Sonora at The 13th Note. 8pm—midnight. Donations on the door. Excursions into ambience. A forum for many of the t0p DJ s who happen to be town at the weekend.
I Summer Salsa 94 at The Tunnel. 10pm—3am. £8 (£5). 12 June only. Frankie Knuckles bringing his unique mix of American garage to The Tunnel. ably assisted by Michael Kilkie and Jon Mancini.
Mondays
I The Beat Club at Fury Murry‘s. 10.30pm—3am. £2 (£1.50). Loadsa bottled beers promos to the accompaniment of ‘sounds from the 60s. funky 70s and lots ofclassic dance and indie tracks’.
I The Boat at The Tuxedo Princess. 9pm—3am. £3 (£1 with student card; free before 10.30pm). Pronounce ‘bow-att'. Immense student night of mainstream indie. dance and pop. Battle the crowds on the revolving dance floor and dodge the DJ hurling T-shirts at you. The weekend starts here kids.
I Ceroc at Eruption. 7.30—10.30pm. Modern jive based on the French LeRoc. Includes 45 minute beginners class at 7.30pm followed by dance sounds from the 40s to the 90s. Also Wednesdays.
I Club Havana at Bar Miro. 8pm-midnight. Free. Weekly Latin jazz night. Special events planned for 6 June to link in with the birthday celebrations of big daddy Club Havana.
I Club X at Club Xchange.
' 10.30pm-3am. £1.25. Gay. Big Karn with
a dance-orientated night. Cheap drink.
I Crash t at Cleopatra’s. llpm-3am. £2 (£1 with ticket). The same kinda music spread as Crash on Friday but slightly further west. hence the wildly geographical name.
I Horn at The 13th Note. 8pm-midnight. ‘Japanese techno and white trash noise.‘ Whatever next?
I Soap on 8 Hope at The Attic (formerly the Cameo Suite). 10.30pm—3am. £1. Andy and Gerry bring you a squeaky clean mix of new and retro tunes. Stella Dry £ 1.
I Squash at The Tunnel. 1 1pm—3am. £2 (£1). New student night from Love Junkies. Sara and John (Harmony).
Tuesdays
I Amorphus at the Nice ‘n’ Sleazy. 8.30pm—midnight. New ambient. dub. trance. acid pub club with DJs Trezzar. Tab and S.R.I.
I Boudoir at The 13th Note (downstairs). 8pm—midnight. Free. Easy music with a twist. Your hosts for the evening: EJ. (that’s ‘Easy Jock’). Ian and Dr. Paul.
I JoJos at Club Xchange. llpm-3am. £2.50. Gay. ‘Suave‘ Gav with his choice of dance and chart sounds. £1.25 spirits and pints. Pitched as the only gay night in town tonight.
I Moist at The Cathouse. 10pm—3am. £1. A mish-mash of poppy and studenty-type sounds. plus all drinks for £1.20!
I Shimmy Club at Bennet‘s. 10.30pm—3am. £2. Legendary. drunken. ‘mixed’. longest-running club night in town with Craig Davis. Mainstream dance and chart. £1.10 promo beers. More girls in the boy‘s toilets than boys for some reason.
I Sweet FM 10.30pm—2.30am. £2.50 (£2). June 7 only. Sweet FM anticipating a July run of the station with a night featuring the Blue Juice DJs and Oli from Casbah.
I The Tardls at The Attic (formerly the Cameo Suite). 10.30—3am. £1. ‘Ajoumey through space and time.’ All drinks £1.
I Trading Post at Cle0patra’s. llpm-2.30am. £2 (£1 with ticket). Chart and mainstream.
Wednesdays
II saute 10.30pm—3am. £5. (Half price
with flyer). House and garage with DJ Gary Menzies.
I Bennet’s llpm-3am. £1. Gay. 70p
vodka and gin! DJ Sara.
I Ceroc at Eruption. 7.30—10.30pm. Modern jive based on the French LeRoc. Includes 45 minute beginners class at 7.30pm followed by dance sounds from the 40s to the 905. Also Mondays.
I Chopper at Club Xchange. 10.30pm—3.30am. £3 (£2). Garage. house and 90s disco. More hands in the air than
.a bank robbery. Double vodka £1.
I Fab at Red’s. llpm—3am. £3 (£2). The Fab Boys play a many and varied funky and bassy soundtrack to jump along to.
T.A.G. £1.50. vodka-mix £1.
I Go West at Cleopatra's. 1 1pm—2.30am. £2 (£1 with ticket).
I Horlmntal at The Volcano. 10.30pm—3am. £3 (£2). Jazz and rare groove from the eminently funky Nick Peacock.
I Love Traln at Cafe Cini. 9pm—midnight. Free. Selected beers for £1. Joe Deacon playing the best in classic soul. funk and piano house.
I Red October at 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 Rampant Sound at Under Ventura. 8pm—midnight. Free. Dub of the highest order.
I Sly at The Tunnel. 10.30pm—3am. £2.50 (£2). June 8 only. A post-exam shindig from the suppliers of student satisfaction who have a fine track record of similar events in Edinburgh. Becks £1. Stella and draught £1.50.
I Superrly at The Attic (formerly the Cameo Suite). 10.30pm-3am. £1. Marc Capriat with ska and soul. All drinks £1.50.
I Tarnla 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 lllght Fever at The Cotton Club. 10.30pm—3am. £3 (£2 with matric card). Positively a towering inferno of rekindled kitsch. Busy? You betcha. Drinks promos.
Thursdays
I Bar 10 9pm-late. Free. 16 June and then fortnightly. Hip hop and funk sounds from Rub-a-Dub Records’ Marc. I Bellybutton at The Volcano. 10.30pm—late. £3 (£2). Get your midriff round this Euroish. garageish. funkyish club with Kevin McKay and other assorted top DJs. Note that this has moved from the Monday night. I Bloomers at Cleopatra's. llpm—2.30am. £2 (£1 with ticket). Mainstream pop and dance. I Bluntstone Groove at The Rock Garden. 8pm—midnight. Free. DJs Chris and Raj going from hip-hop to house via three turntables. I Boondox at Sub Club. llpm—late. £4 (£3 concessions). 16 June only. Rap. funk. R & B and old skool. I Club It at The Underground. 10.30pm-—3am. £3 (£2 students). New student-orientated night. thus ‘student music'. with Dave C.L. Young. I Club Xchange llpm—3am. £2.50 (£2). Gay. DJ Stella and happy hour all night. I Club Havana at the Baby Grand. IOpm—lam. Free. DJ Jazz with Latin jazz and flamenco. I II.I.S.C.C. Inferno at Reds. l lpm—3am. £2. Seventies disco. pop and glam plus Bud and vodka for £1 all night. A night of classic disco peppered with the best of contemporary house and garage. I Disney Fist at The Cathouse. Studio 3. 10pm—3am. £2. Alternative sounds. I Freebase Under Ventura. 8pm-1am. £1. Robbie and Kian with a weekly jazzjfunk night featuring live bands. I Harmony Bennet‘s. llpm-3am. £2 (£1). New mixed night from DJs Sarah (Tunnel) and John (Glad). I Holy CO! at The Arches. 10.30pm—3am. £2.50. A light-hearted night of house music and other vibes designed to challenge the meaning of the term student club. I K-Tel Frenzy at The 13th Note. 9pm. Free. Early 80s hits from the makers of Kitten Frenzy fanzine. Weekly from 9 June. I loaded at Blackfriars Underground. 8pm—noon. Free. New studenty pre—club with DJs Mikey and Sanj. Cheap drinks. groovy garage and bouncy toons. I loveshaclt at Fury Murry‘s. 10.30pm—3am. £2. From the people who bring you Sonic and The Beat Club. Included in the price is one free tequila. Dutch beer. or white wine. I October Care 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
74 The List 3—16 June 1994