CLUBS LISTINGS
HIT LIST
Catch the best Glasgow clubs this lortnlght.
I Carl Graig They‘d actually booked Derrick May to play this date. but he’s been held up in Australia. No bother. Carl Craig more than adequately fills the bill. Sub Club. 29 April.
I Flow One of Glasgow‘s most innovative clttb organisations produce another event featuring all the projections and sculptures as usual. as well as live sets from 2001 and Babies from Gong. Arches. 29 April. I Slam Another one on the same night. but they‘re all equally worthy. Never Get Out The Boat, Slams monthly parties are back again. this time welcoming on board the infamous Cap’n. Andrew Weatherall. Renfrew Ferry, 29 April.
I Blueprint Presenting their first PA: MC Mello and DJ Pogo of Natural Response and RCA. Mello’s worked with the likes of The Young Disciples and Caron Wheeler. Volcano, 26
April.
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 boys' toilets than boys for some reason.
I The Tardis at The Attic. 10.30pm—3am. £1. ‘A journey through space and time that takes you from the 60s to the 90s and back via rock/pop and soul‘ (as long as no intemational superstars steal the venue first). All drinks £1.
I Trading Post at Cleopatra's. 10.30pm—2.30am. £2 (£1 with ticket). Chart. mainstream and 60s 'for the pub/club staff crowd'.
Wednesdays
,I Avant Mud Guard at Nico's. ()prn—midnight. Free. Pre-club featuring the Chopper DJs. Pints of Stella £1.20 I Banus 10.30pm—3am. £5 (half price with flyer). House and garage with DJ Gary Menzies. Smart dress only.
I Bennet’s l 1pm—3am. £1. Gay. 70p vodka and gin! DJ Sara.
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I Blue Print at The Volcano.
1 1pm--2.30am. £3 (£2). A new jazz and funk night from Sace and East plus regular guest appearances by DJ A1 (Mo Wax) using four turntables. 26 Apr: Blueprint brings you MC Mello and DJ Pogo (Natural Response. RCA). £5 (£4). See Hitlist.
I Ceroc at The Venue. 7.30—-10.30pnt. Modern jive from France. Includes 45- minute beginners' class at 7.30pm followed by dance sounds from the 40s to the 90s.
I Chopper at Club Xchange. 10.30pm—3.30am. £3.50 (£2). Garage. house. 90s disco artd pop. Fresh clubland credible music and dire quality cheap drink. Double vodka £1.25.
I Double Six Cub at King Tut's Walt Walt Hut. Spin—close. From 26 April. The club
based at the Bohemia clttb (London)
comes up to Glasgow to try out their
board game-related mirth every week
‘ from here on in.
I Fab at Reds. llpm—3am. £3 (£2). Club
. classics. funk. soul and disco. Miller £1.
vodka-mix £1.
. I Go West at Cleopatra's.
10.30pm—2.30am. £2 (£1 with ticket). A tnainly ‘student-orientated' bill of fare.
I love Train at Cafe Cini. ()ptn—rnidnight. Free. Selected beers for £1. Joe Deacon
playing the best in classic soul. funk and - piano house.
I On The tip at Bar Belgos. ()pm-~rnidnight. Free. Funk and jazz grooves.
I Planet Earth at The Cathouse. 10.30pm-3atn. £1. An 80s revival night for all you Wham and Duran Duran fans. Doing unbelievably well.
I Sticky Fingers at The Attic. 10.30pm-3am. £2 (£1). Gerry with indie and retro sounds. Drinks promos.
I Sold at The Voodoo Roonr. 1 1pm—3am. £3 (£2). It‘s the one with the posters oozing testosterone. Claude and James on an electronic dub funk tip.
I Wednesday Night Fever at Cotton Club. l().30pm--3am. £3 (£2 with matric card). Positively a towering inferno of rekindled kitsch. Busy'.’ You betcha. Drinks promos.
Thursdays
; I Banus l0.30pnr--3atn. £5 (half price with llyet‘). House and garage with DJ = (iary Menzies.
I Bloomers at Cleopatra's. l0.30prn--2.30ant. £3 (£2 with ticket). Mainstream pop and dance.
'_ I Club Xchange l lptn—-3arn. £1. Gay. DJ Stella attd £l lager. 50p vodka.
I Dee Jays in Disguise at Variety.
' Spin—close. Free. J'ilkes and Hutch with
a dubby mix of new dance and techno.
; Absoluter rammed.
I Disco Inferno at Reds. 1 lpm—3am. £2. Seventies disco. pop and glam with DJ Michelle plus Bud and vodka for £1.30 all night. A night ofclassic disco peppered
with the best of contemporary house and garage.
I Donkey at The Cathouse. 10.30pm—3am. £2 (£1). Studenty mix of grunge rock. indie dance and pop.
I Funky Monkey at The Volcano. 10.30pm-2.30am. £3(£2). Night of mainstream dance. rap. funk pop and indie with DJ Alan Ronald. Pitched as a fun student night.
I Horizontal at The Voodoo Room.
1 lpm—3am. £3 (£2.50). Nick Peacock with jazz and rare groove plus live jams. I K-Tel at The 13th Note (ground floor). 8pm—close. Free. 4 May and monthly.
I Loveshack at Fury Murry's.
1 lpm—3am. £2. ‘Seventies disco-dance. indie. 60s and student classics. Lager and vodka mix an unbelievable 50p.‘
I October Cale 7pm—midnight. Free. A smart crowd of pre-Tunnellers make themselves heard over the fine house and garage masterly put together by Steve. DJ and writer.
I Out to Lunch at The Venue. 10.30pm-3am. £3 (concessions with flyers). Solid techno tunes old and new frotn Djs Graeme Adie. Pete. Trouble and Mr Bubbles in the newly equipped Venue. Busying up as the word gets about. I Rage at Strathclyde University Student Union. 9pm—2am. Free. The Level 8 barnonce more fills tip with the bright young things letting their cardigans slip off their shoulders as they gaze at the floor.
I Rise at The Arena. 1 1.30pm—3am. £3. American house and garage front Dribbler. Pat and Mr Bill. All drinks £1.50.
I Bumble at Tire Garage. 10.30pm—3am. £3 (£2). Cardow and Ross with a very busy night of charty dance faves. cheap drinks and drunk students. Snogtastic! Stephen Moody upstairs with 'Popscene'. classic and contemporary indie tunes.
I Shindig at Cotton Club. 10.30pm—3am. £3 (£2). lain Fitzpatrick with an indie/disco club. All drinks 99p.
I Spangles at Strathclyde University Student Union. 9pm-2am. Free. Gordon Tennant of Helter Skelter with soul. dance and pop.
I Soundclash Republic at Glasgow School of Art. 9pm—late. Free.
I The Tunnel 10pm—3am. £4 (£2 with matric card). If you‘ve ever been to this student night in the last five years. then it‘s still exactly the same as you remember it. Cheesy music. mobbed dancefloor and regrets in the morning.
I UK Gold at Sub Club. 1 1pm—3am. £3(£2). Martin and Mark have created a haven ofcredibility in the sea of Thursday night mediocrity. ‘Simply the best Thursday night out in years' is how they modestly describe it. and they’re quite possibly right.
I Vertical at The Lounge. 8pm—midnight. Free. Martitt Gavin of Goodfoot/Grow Your Own with a funky pre-club for those getting Horizontal later.
EDINBURGH Fridays
I Acapella at Tire Vaults. 10.30pm—3am. £5 (£4). 21 Apr. ‘Kick start summer by tuning into the harder beats of Doctor Sparke. Aceedo. Domingo and Diga.‘ declare the Acappella posse and who are we to argue? Connecting Roots assist them with a soundtrack of skankin' dab in the back room.
I Beatbox at Teviot Row Student Union. 9pm-2am. Students free. guests £1. Happy Hour 9pm—10pm and midnight—1pm. selected shorts 69p. Mainstream chart disco and drinks promos with Juice downstairs offering a funked-upjam of ragga. hip hop. soul and Motown. Guaranteed busy student night out.
I Beta at Moray House. lOpm-4am. £3 (£1 for Moray House students and staff. free before llptn). 28 Apr. Fortnightly.
One hour ofdisco. one hour of live tnusic. then four hours of disco.
I Big Beat at La Belle Angele.
1 lpm-—3am. £5 (£4. £2.50 before 11.30pm). 28 Apr. Monthly. Abstract breakbeats. lierce fttnk and manic dancefloor jazz courtesy of the Thelonious team. Very friendly laid back crowd. Recommended.
I Blam Blam at The Calton. 10.30pm-late. £6. 28 Apr only. ()ne off techno/house bash featuring Lionrock mart Justin Robertson.
I Breeze at The Vaults. 1 1pm-3am. £7 (£6). 28 Apr only. Hard Times: Mixmag club of the year and home to talented DJ duo. Miles Holloway and Elliot liastwick hits Edinburgh. Expect their premium quality mix of US garage and house in the main room plus backup from Breeze residents Scott Gallacher. AJ and Andy. Harry and Frosty play drop hip hop. funk and acid jazz in the chill out.
I Cathouse at The Rocking Horse. llpm—3am. £3 (£2.50 with (lyer). Price includes entry to Katch. Crowded night running the gamut of rock. from heavy metal through grunge to thrash.
I Century 2000 1|pm—3am. £5. Commercial dance music under the most expensive rights in Scotland. No ripped jeans or steel toe-caps.
I Evol at The Music Box. 10.30pm—3am. £3. Happy Hour from 10.30pm. All new visuals and shiny. happy. indie sounds with a bit of a raw grungy edge. Resident DJ Kieren jamming together those Fvol favourites old and new.
I Fetish at La Belle Angele. 1|pm~3am. £5 (£4). 21 Apr. Fortnightly. Fruity. fecund and flirtatious fusion of house. hip hop and dub frotn Nicci and guests.
I Fever at The Wide Awake Club. 11pm—3am. £4 (£3 with matric card. £2 before midnight). Happy Hour llpm—midnight. Hedonistic disco. soul. fttnk attd Motown.
I Fun Factory at Buster Browns. 10.30pm—4am. £4. 2am curfew. Sixties. 70s and 80s disco party night with resident DJ Ronnie McKeawan.
I The Groove at Negociants. 9pm—3am. Free. Detroit techno and Chicago house sounds. guest DJs and live music from Phase 6 and Kasbah.
I Junction 69 at Riccarton Student Union. 10pm—3am. £1. Students and guests only. 21 Apr. Fortnightly. Drinks promos. All vodka ()9p. Classic disco tunes from the 70s and 80s plus current chart stormers.
I Katch at The Rocking Horse. llpm—3am. £3 (£2.50 with llyer). Price includes entry to Cathouse. Lively club with a playlist consisting mainly of 80s and 90s indie dance.
I Marley’s Reggae Kluh at The Cavendish. 10pm—4am. £3. The city's longest-running reggae night. with a playlist ranging through roots. ragga. lovers. heavyweight dub and dancehall. I Minus 0ne at The Carlton Highland Hotel. 10pm—3am. £2.50 (free for members). A relaxed. very plush venue for the tnore mature seekers of night life. I Move at Heriot Watt Student Union. 10pm-3atn. £1. Students and guests. Music with a theme.
I Partyceilidhdisco at Moray House. lOpm—3am. £2 (£1 for Heriot Wall. Art College. Moray House and Galasltiels students: free entry for all until 10pm). 21 Apr. Fortnightly. All drinks £1.40. Three hours ofceilidh. including live sounds from Bon Accord and three hours of classic disco.
I Planet Earth at The Citrus. 1 lpm—3am. £3. Curfew 2am. The eighties retro club: playing everything from new wave and synth pop to acid house and Madchester. launches a Friday night version too. 28 Apr. Morgans drinks promo: watch out for freebies and a holiday competition.
I Pure at The Venue. 10.30pm—3am. £5 (£3 members). Guest nights £7 (£5). Twitch and Brainstorm orchestrate a gorgeous sweep through Detroit and
72 The List 21 Apr-4 May 1995