CLUBS LISTINGS
I Earth Inferno at The Rocking Horse. I0.30pm—3am. £3. Happy Hour until I2.30am. No rave. just out of the grave gothic and industrial sounds.
I The Egg at The Wee Red Bar.
I l.30pm—4am. £3. Drinks promos. Weekly solid gold easy-action sounds; more specifically indie. 60s. new wave and soul.
I Energise at Subway. I Ipm—3am. £2. Weekly. Various party sounds.
I FBI at Moray House. I Ipm-4am. £4. 29 Jun. Fortnightly. Excellent indie night playing the sassiest. smartest and sharpest in Britpop from Cast to Oasis to Supergrass. Always busy.
I Le Freak at Moray House. llpm—4am. £4. 6 Jul. Fortnightly. Increasingly popular night of real disco with a suitably well-dressed party crowd.
I The Lane at The Lane. l Ipm—late. £5. Weekly. Residents Jon Flowers and Kev McGinley with a wide dance-orientated playlist.
I Mambo Club at Cavendish. IOpm-3am. £4 (£3). Two floors with African. Latin. salsa. reggae. zouk and calypso downstairs and dub. lovers and dancehall upstairs. Sir Ossie is your selector. dropping the finest in global grooves every week.
I MiS at The Attic. IOpm—3am. £4 (£3 before midnight). 6 Jul. Fortnightly. Sister club to FBI playing a similar soaraway mix of Britpop and indie. Get there early to take in some marvellous drinks promos (l0pm-midnight). Playlist. as ever. includes the very best of contemporary indie: Supergrass. Elastica. Oasis. Black Gra e.
I Ministry Of Sound at The Royal Highland Exhibition Hall. lngliston. 8pm—6am. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
I Minus One at The Carlton Highland Hotel. I0pm-3am. £2.50 (free for members). See Fridays. I 0 at The Music Box. l0.30pm—3am. £4 before 12. Weekly. Residents Kevin Jones (Forth FM) and Billy Whizz with a mix of house. dance and funk. I MW at Negociants. IOpm-3am. Free. Weekly. House and garage with Neil MacDonald. I Rock Orgasm at The Rocking Horse. I0.30pm—3am. £3. Weekly. Climactic night of heavy guitar sounds.
I Saltrade at the Honeycomb. llpm—3am. £8. Weekly. 6 Jul sees an exhibition of club-related photos taken by Ashley Walker entitled Subculture, plus a slide projection showing images taken by other local photographers in Edinburgh clubs over recent years. Look closely and you‘ll undoubtedly see some familiar faces. Residents Ross Keddie and Yogi Haughton will be digging out the classics in the main and back rooms respectively. Check the new sound system as well.
I Salsa Viva at Gran Via. 10.30pm—3am. £4.50 (£3.50). 29 Jun. Monthly. The best in Latin music.
I Snog at Club Mercado. 7.30—l0.30pm. £4 members. £5 non-members. Weekly. Busy under- I8s night playing the best in chart and dance.
I Soma at The Attic. I lpm—3am. £5. 29 Jun. Fortnightly. Hard Chicago trax meet seductive Detroit grooves with Chris. Robbie. Eric and Ritchie in the recently redecorated Attic.
I Soul Underground at the City Cafe. 9pm—lam. Free. Weekly. Residents Nick Wav and Norton play r ‘n’ b. Motown. G- Funk. hip hop and rare groove in the recently redecorated City 2.
I Stripped at La Belle Angele. 10pm—3am. £6. 6 Jul. Fortnightly. Residents Zammo and Kris Keegan kick up a storm with hard UK house.
I Tease at Wilkie House. l0pm-3am. £7 before 11.30pm. £8 after. 29 Jun. Monthly. Quite possibly the most extensively advertised club in recent memory finally arrives with guests Danny Hussein (Hacienda). Phil Gifford (Wobble) and a live set from Gravity
Wheel (Cleveland City). This looks very promising. Dress to impress. See Hit List. I Teasage at The Citrus. I lpm—4am. £3. Happy Hour llpm—midnight: all drinks £l. Weekly. Popular indie dance night. DJs Sarah and Niall jam a superb selection of punk. disco. 80s and funk for a friendly student-orientated crowd.
I Tribal Funktion at The Venue. l0.30pm—3am. £7 members. £5 members. 6 Jul. Fortnightly. DJ Ra-Soul front San Francisco joins residents Simone and George T at this their first night at the new. three-floored Venue. With Joseph from Blacka’nized guesting as well.
I Yip Yap at La Belle Angele.
I lpm—3am. £6. 29 Jun. Fortnightly. Residents Gareth Sommerville and Kev McKay on the deep house and vocal garage vibe at one of Scotland‘s best nights.
Sundays
I Escher at The Venue. 10.30mn—3am. £2 before midnight. £3 after. 7 .Iul. New home for this hard house. trance and techno night after an extremely promising debut in Wilkie House. DJs on the night are Mark Braithwaite. Smack (Blam Blam) on the top floor with Doug downstairs.
I Fetish at La Belle Angele. llpnt—3am. £5 (£4). 7 Jul. Membership available on the night. Fortnightly. George'Mac and co. return to a new Sunday night slot. A must for the summer. Alan and Maggie from Joy guest.
I Fused at the Traverse Theatre Bar. 9pm—2am. £5. 7 Jul. Fused Productions present fused South Africa. an evening of funk. soul and African rhythms with all proceeds going to Project Trust‘s South African project. DJs on the night are AJ from BIacka'nised and Reef from Skintight. with a live set from The Movement. art acid jazz/funk band. Plus percussion and graffiti from Elf. Hyde and Dyna.
I The Grind at The Lane. I Ipm—3am. £3. 30 Jun. Fortnightly. Swing and hip hop. I The Mothership at The Basement. 9pm—Iam. Free. Chill out.jazz-funk style. with residents Gino and Fryer.
I Boots at The City Cafe. 8.30pm—Iate. Free. Weekly. Johnny (Rhythm Lab) and Robbie chill with ska. 70s soul and mellow hip hop.
I The Satin Cellar at the C laremont Hotel. 8pm-Iam. £2.50. Swinging soul. raunchy rhythm and blues and devilish dance tunes.
I Smiths Night at the Citrus Club. 10.30pm-3am. £3. 30 Jun. Smiths revival with all those old Mozzer faves. Wear appropriate T—shirts and suitable vegetation etc.
I Spice at The Tap O’Lauriston. 8pm—Iam. Free. Weekly. Techno with residents Bill and Jan plus drinks promos. I Straight From The Pot at Negociants. l0pm—3am. Free. Weekly. An eclectic fusion of funk. rare jazz grooves. soul. hip hop. Brazilian and soundtracks with master blender Well Stirred.
I Sunday Night Fever at Century 2000. llpm—3am. £3. Drinks at 70p. 80p and 90p. appropriately accompanied by music from the 70s. 80s and 90s.
I Sunrise at Wilkie House. I0pm-3am. £2 or free with fiyer. 30 Jun. Fortnightly. New fortnightly slot for this up and coming garage and house club. DJs on the night are Bootsy and Owain Martin. Look out for special guests in the future.
I Tackno at Club Mercado. llpm—late. £5 or £3 if you're a star. Membership is available on the night. 30 Jun. Monthly. The tireless Trendy Wendy brings you A Night At The Oscars giving you the chance to dress up as your fave film star or celebrity. Prizes for Best Starring Male and Female. Sponsored by UCI cinemas. I Taste at The Honeycomb. llpm-3am. £10 non members. £8 members. Weekly.
_ Second birthday party for those extroverts
and perverts down at Taste on Sun 7. Jon Pleased Wimmin and Joey Musaphia guest alongside resident heroes Fisher and Price. For further details call the 24 hour Taste Events Line on 557 4656. See Hit List.
I 'l’ltnewarp at The Rocking Horse.
I lpm—3am. £2 (free before I2.3()am). A very w-i-d-e playlist indeed: 60s. 70s. 80 and 90s.
I Tricky at The Lane. l()pm-|ate. £5. 7 Jul. First Sunday ofthe month. House night with Craig Burger Queen. Sparky. Kevin McGinley and Jon Flowers.
I Vapours at The Venue. IOpm—3am. £3. 7 Jul. Fortnightly. New night presented by the guys from One Nut Records. DJs on the night are Mark and Jody. Real underground hip hop.
I Xponential at Wilkie House. l0pm-3am. Free. 7 Jul. Fortnightly. Eclectic. electric electronica.
Mondays
I Ceroc at Moray House. 7. l5—l0.30pm. £4 (£3.50). Weekly. Energetic. stylish. modern jive from France with music ranging from chart to reggae. to Latin.
Jon Pleased everyone. Taste at the Honeycomb. Sun 7
soul and blues. Forty-five minute beginner class at 7.30pm. Plus. there‘s a licensed bar.
I Digital Biscuit at Negociants. 9pm—3am. Free. I Jul. Fortnightly. Phtmky. flipped-out. cheeky tunes dished up by Paul (Lift). Grafik (Inner Space Magazine) and Believe (Voodoo Inc FM). I lIello at The Honeycomb. IOpm—Iate. £3. Weekly. New night featuring the talents of relatively unknown DJs who will be given a public platform (halfhour slots) for the first time. With Tasters Fisher and Price overseeing operations. I Jan Is What? at Negociants. 9pm—3am. Free. 8 Jul. Fortnightly. An eclectic blend of straightjazz and just about every other form of jazz you can think of. with DJs Benj and Krys.
I Numb at Wilkie House. I0pm—3am. £5. I Jul. Jeremy thejuggler with his glow in the dark balls. max the bongo man. bodypainters. drag queens and music from. Alan from Elevator and John Jet.
I Trainspotter at The Subway. l0pm—3am. £l (free for students with matriculation card). 708. 80s and 90s dance plus indie faves.
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