clues LISTINGS
EDINBURGH Fridays
I Beathox at Teviot Row Student Union. 9pm—3am. Students free; guests £1. 10 Jan. Weekly thereafter. Latest in dance and chart with hip sounds from past eras. I Big at the .laffacake. 1 lpm-3am. £3 before midnight; £4 after. Mainstream chart sounds. with excellent promos. free bouncy rides. guzzle guns and plenty of drink-related fun.
I Boogie Nights at Club Mercado. llprn—3am. £5. 17 Jan. Trendy Wendy hosts this night ofclassic disco. Happy Hour 1 lpm—midnight.
I Cavendish 9pm—3am. £5. Over 25s only. Smart dress. Live bands every week. 60s and 70s music. Ground floor only.
I Cathouse at The Rocking Horse.
1 lptn-3am. £3 (£2 with llyer). Price includes entry to Katcli and Voodoo Chile. Extremely popular night featuring post- grunge-like rock sounds.
I Century 2000 l lpm—3am. £5. Over 18s. Commercial dance music under the most expensive lights in Scotland. No ripped jeans, steel toe-caps or trainers.
I The Clinic at Studio 24. 10pm—3am. £4 members; £5 non-members before 10.30pm. £6 members; £7 non members after. 17 Jan. Fortnightly. A new bouncy techno/happy hardcore night. dispensing the best in old skool cuts, the latest pumped-up vibes and all the desired party bands. Featuring Active Force with DJ Davie Forbes and MC Cyclone.
I Club latino at La Belle Angele. llpm-3am. £5 (£4). 17 Jan. Every four weeks. Arrive early to take advantage of this hugely popular camival—style Latin club. Playing the best and latest Latin sounds.
I Dub 'n’ Dance at The City Cafe. 10.30pm-1am. Free. DJ Gaz Long and guests playing dub, garage and house downstairs in City Two. Hot and busy.
I Evol at The Music Box. 10.30pm-3am. £4. Ever popular night of 60s. 70s and 805 pop nonsense. Always busy and guaranteed fun. Early arrival is recommended.
I fill. at Club Mercado. 10.30pm—3am. £6. 10 Jan. First in a series of house parties hosted by residents Adrian Davenport and Stuart Duncan, who has recently returned from successful gigs in
london’s Billy Nasty makes up tor his non-appearance at Subllme last year on Fri 10 Jan
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South Africa. The theme for the first event is appropriately Festive Healing with the promoters aiming to give you a night worth going out for in the traditional post Xmas and New Year hangover period. As an added bonus Dominic Moir (Ministry Of Sound) flies in exclusively. See Hit List.
I Funkytown at The Attic. 1 lpm—3am. £3. New night of 70s, 80s and 90s chart anthems.
I Glitch at La Belle Angele. l lpm—3am. £5. 10 Jan. Last Glitch at La Belle. Dirty minmal underground techno. With DJ Shandy. resident at Test. Glasvegas.
I Juice at Teviot Row Student Union. 9pm—3am. Students free; guests £1. 10 Jan. Weekly thereafter. Mellow hip hop, acid jazz and funky tunes.
I Ketch at The Rocking Horse. llpm—3am. £3 (£2 with flyer). Price includes entry to Cathouse and Voodoo Chile. 80s and 90s indie dance.
I The lane at The Lane. 1 lpm—late. £5. Residents Jon Flowers and Kev McGinley with a wide dance~based playlist.
I lift at the Wilkie House. 9pm—3am. £6 (£4). 17 Jan. Fortnightly. Ewan and Paul with trance and funky hard techno. Russel Cox guests.
I The living Room 9pm—1am. Free. The Living Room presents Andrew Moisey. Dillon and Christopher Wright with a freestyle mix of dance sounds. Pre-club. I Manga at La Belle Angele. No Manga on Jan 10. First birthday on 24 Jan with Ed Rush.
I Marley’s Reggae Kluh at Cavendish. lOpm—3am. £4. The city‘s longest- running reggae night (situated on the middle floor of Cavendish) with a playlist running through roots. ragga, lovers, heavyweight dub and dancehall.
I Music For The Masses at Oddfellows. 8.30pm—lam. Free. Top Edinburgh DJs mix old classics with modern chart and student faves.
I IIegociants 9pm—3am. Free. New Friday night of garage from Taste’s backroom bloke Neil Byers.
I Planet Earth at The Citrus. llpm—3am. £4. Happy Hour cocktails “pm-midnight. New romantics, punks. glam rockers and disco freaks relive the eras that others try to forget.
I Pure at The Venue. 10.30pm-3am. £4 members; £6 non-members without guest DJs. £5 members; £7 non-members with
guest DJs on two floors. £8 members; £10 non-members with guest DJs on all three floors. One of the most respected house and techno clubs in the UK. With international guest DJs and one of the most committed crowds on the planet.
I Reaction at The Subway. llpm—3am. £2 (free for students with matriculation card). Weekly mix of chart. dance and classic disco. I
I Roadrunner at Potterrow Student Union. 9pm—2am. £1 students; £2 guests. Happy Hour 9.30—lO.30pm. After-school music for independent kids and occasional exciting happenings upstairs. I numbeaurlo at Walkers. lOpm—3am. £5 (£4). 10 Jan. A new venue (with new management, new PA and new dancefloor) for this popular night of Latin dance produced by the Thelonius team. Expect the usual modern salsa. merengue and samba plus free dance classes (at 10pm) with Alba Higgins.
I Sublime at The Vaults. 10.30pm—3am. £6 members; £8 non-members. Membership available on the night. l0 Jan. Fortnightly. Sublime return to The Vaults with their faithful party people in tow. Resident heroes are Billie Caldwell, ldge and Kev Wright. Expect hard driving trance in a Sasha/Oakenfold style. Billy Nasty guests. making up for his non- appearance last year. Return To The Source follow on 24 Jan. See Hit List.
I Teviot Sessions at Teviot Row Student Union. 9pm-3am. Students free; guests £1. 10 Jan. Weekly thereafter. Various local bands in the Teviot Row wine bar. I "ELF. at Club Mercado. 4—10pm. Free. Friday nights have changed forever thanks to Happy Hour 5—6.30pm. £1 drinks, £10 bottles of champagne and great. nostalgic music courtesy of Trendy Wendy who manages to get the dancefloor packed and jumping as early as 6pm.
I Viva lulu at Walkers. The next event is on 28 Feb.
I Voodoo Chile at The Rocking Horse.
1 lpm—3am. £3. Price includes entry to Cathouse and Katch. Full of lovely boys (and girls) headbanging to classic heavy metal.
I Zodiac at The Honeycomb. l l pin—3am. 1.30am curfew. £6 members; £7 non- members. 17 Jan. Monthly. One-off old skool night with Murray Richardson. Yogi Haughton and Scott Gallagher. Swing. rap. disco. deep house and classics through the back. Dress up to get in.
Saturdays
I BPM at the Music Box. 7—10pm. £5. Under- 18s night playing a wide range of chart and dance sounds.
I Burger dueen at Club Mercado. 10.30pm—late. £8 (£7). ll Jan. Fortnightly. Craig, Huggy, Stella Superstar and the ultra-dressy. champagne-loving elite. Glam it up and arrive early.
I The Cavendish 9pm—3am. £5. Over 25s only. Smart dress. Live bands every week. I Century 2000 l 1pm—3am. £5. See Fridays.
I CIA at Moray House. llpm—3am. £4.11 Jan. Fortnightly. Indie night run by the F81 crew playing Kula Shaker, Bluetones. Garbage etc . . . With DJ Lee (FBI).
I The Circus at Wilkie House. 10.30pm—3am. £8 before 11.30pm. More after. 18 Jan. Monthly. Edinburgh's latest big glam night out. This one has Parks and Wilson plus Cream’s Mathew Roberts and residents Steve Abraham and Gary McDowall. Probably very busy but let’s face it, there's not a lot of thought been put into it has there? But then again, if that‘s what keeps people happy then who cares?
I Colours or love at Club Mercado. 11pm—4am. £8 members; £10 non- members. Membership applications and club information on 01698 276 866. No Colours 11 Jan. Next date 25 Jan with Brandon Block.
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I FJI. A new night to eniée you out of hibernation. It’s a hard timeto start a club but the promoters have chosen to fly Dominic Moir in exclusively to join residents Stuart Duncan and Adrian Davenport. F.l-l standsfor Festive Healing by the way andif this one’s a winner, more will, follow with similar themes. Co'uld go either way but for £6 you might as well check it out. Club Mercado, Fri 10 Jan
I Deep at Studio 24. 11pm—3am. £4 before midnight; £6 after. 11 Jan. Fortnightly. Mike Douglas, Sinc and Jammin lay with deep house on one floor only.
I olsco Inlemo at The Venue. 10.30pm—3am. £6. 11 Jan. Your regular disco hosts MC Otis and DJs Love and Nick Silver with three burning floors of hot disco action. Probably Edinburgh's busiest night.
I Earth lnterno at The Rocking Horse. 10.30pm—3am. £3. Happy Hour until 12.30am. Goth and industrial sounds.
I Energise at Subway. llpm-3am. £2. Various party sounds.
I FBI at The Jaffacake. llpm-Bam. £4. 18 Jan. Fortnightly. Exceptionally popular indie club on three floors.
I le Freak at The Attic. 10.30pm—3am. £4. Now weekly. Increasingly popular night of 705 disco.
I Ilia at The Jaffacake. llpm—3am. £4.
'11 Jan. Fortnightly. Mainstream chart and
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I The lane at The Lane. llpm—late. £5. Residents Jon Flowers and Kev McGinley with a wide dance-orientated playlist.
I The living Ilool‘n 9pm—lam. Free. See
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I Mambo Club at Cavendish. lOpm-3am. £4 (£3). Two floors with African, Latin, salsa, reggae. zouk and calypso downstairs and dub. lovers and dancehall
80 The List 10-23 Jan 1997