clubs
VENUES
GLASGOW
I The 13th Note 80 Glassford Street. 553 1638.
I The Apartment 23 Royal Exchange Square. 221 7080.
I Archaos 25 Queen Street. 204 3189. I The Arches Midland Street (off Jamaica Street). 221 9736.
I The Arena 15—27 Oswald Street. 221 3010.
I Atlantis Bar 22 Cambridge Street. 333 1374.
I The Attic (enter through The Garage). 490 Sauchiehall Street. 332 1120.
I Baby Grand 3 Elrnbank Gardens, 248 4942.
I Bar 10 10 Mitchell Lane (off Mitchell Street). 221 8353.
I Bargo Albion Street. 552 2680.
I Bar Miro 36 Kelvingrove Street. 353 0475.
I The Bedsit 1 Park Drive.339 ()432.
I Bennet's 80 Glassford Street. 552 5761.
I Betty's Mayonnaise 37 Queen Street. 221 5934.
I Blackfriars Underground (below Blackfriars). 36 Bell Street. 552 5924.
I Brel 39 Ashton Lane. 342 4966.
I The Cathouse 15 Union Street. 248 6606.
I Caledonian University Student Union (Asylum) 70 Cowcaddens Road. 332 0681.
I CCA Cafe Bar 350 Sauchiehall Street. 332 7864.
I Cleopatra's 508 Great Western Road. Kelvinbrid ,e. 334 0560.
I Club Xc ange 25 Royal Exchange Square. 204 4599.
I Cottiers 93 Hyndland Street. 357 5825.
I Cul De Sac Ashton Lane. 649 4717. I Fixx II 86 Miller Street. 221 1568.
I Fury Murry's 96 Maxwell Street. 221 651 1.
I The Garage 490 Sauchiehall Street. 332 1120.
I Glasgow School of Art 167 Renfrew Street. 332 0691.
I Glasgow University Union 32 University Avenue. 339 8697.
I Ironhorse Bar West Nile Street. 332 2215.
I King Tut's Wah Wah Hut St Vincent Street. 221 5279.
I Lime (formerly The Cotton Club) 5 Scott Street. 332 0712.
I Maxaluna 410 Sauchiehall Street. 332 1003.
I Mojo's Bath Street. 331 2257.
I Nice ’n' Sleazy 421 Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637.
I Nico's 375 Sauchiehall Street. 332 5736.
I October Cafe Top floor. Princes Square (off Buchanan Street). 221 0303. I Polo Lounge 84 Wilson Street. 553 1221.
I Queen Margaret Student Union 22 Universit Gardens. 3399784.
I RAF C ub 27 Ashley Street. 332 4465 I Rat Trap 9 Brown Street. 221 7233. I Reds 379 Sauchiehall Street. 331 1635.
I R.G.’s 73 Queen Street. 221 2200.
I Rocksy's Basement 40 New Snedtlon Street. Paisley. 552 5791.
I Rooftops 92 Sauchiehall Street. 332 5883.
I Sadie Frost's 8—1() West George Street. 332 8005.
I Strathclyde University Student Union 90 John Street. 552 1895.
I Sub Club 22 Jamaica Street. 248 4600.
I Tin Pan Alley Mitchell Street. Glasgow. 248 8832.
I Times Square St Enoch Square. 221 6579.
I The Tunnel 84 Mitchell Street. 204 1000
I Variety 4()iSauchieha11 Street. 332 4449.
I The Velvet Rooms Sauchiehall Street. 332 0755.
I Yo Yo 31 Queen Street. 248 8484.
EDINBURGH
I ABC Film Centre 120 Lothian Road. 228 1638.
I The Attic Dyer’s Close. Cowgate. 225 8382.
I Assembly Rooms George Street. 220 4348.
I The Basement Broughton Street. 557 0097.
I La Belle Angele 11 Hasties Close. 225 2774.
I Cafe Graffitti Mansfield Place Church (bottom of Broughton Street). 557 8003.
I Cavendish West Tollcross. 228 3252. I CC. Blooms 23—24 Greenside Place. 556 9331.
I Century 2000 31 Lothian Road. 229 7670.
I The Citrus Grindlay Street. 622 7086. I The City Cafe Blair Street. 220 0125. I Edinburgh Rock Cafe 125a Princes Street. 226 1664.
I Filmhouse Bar Lothian Road. 228 2688.
I The Gallery 232 Cowgate. 225 5583. I Gran Via-Tasca 3 South St Andrew Street. 556 1020.
I Henry's Cellar Bar Morrison Street. 221 1288.
I The Honeycomb 36—38A Blair Street. 220 438 1.
listings GLUBS
I The Jaffacake 28 Kings Stables
Road. 229 7986.
I The Lane 7 Queensferry Street Lane. 226 6828.
I The Liquid Room 9c Victoria Street. 225 2564
I The Living Room 235 Cowgate. 225 4628.
I Club Mercado 36/39 Market Street. 226 4224.
I Minus One (Carlton Highland Hotel) North Bridge. 556 7277.
I Moray House Holyrood Road. 556 5184.
I The Moscow Bar South St. David‘s Street. 556 6375.
I Negociants Lothian Street. 225 6313. I Oddiellows 14/16 Forrest Road. 220 1816.
I PJ. Lyles 138-140 Leith Walk. 467 7051.
I Po Na Na 26 Frederick Street. 226 2224.
I Potterrow Union Bristo Square. 650 8090.
I Rocking Horse Cow ate. 225 3326. I Royal Highland Exhibition Centre lngliston.
I Stones Frederick Street. 226 1226. I Studio 24 Calton Road. 558 3758.
I The Subway Cowgate. 225 6766.
I The Tap O'Lauriston Lauriston Place. 229 4041.
I Teviot Row Bristo Square. 650 4673. I Traverse Theatre Bar Cambridge Street. 228 1404.
I The Vaults Niddry Street. 558 9052. I The Venue Calton Road. 557 3073. I The Wee Red Bar Edinburgh College ()fArt. Lauriston Place. 229 1442.
I Walkers I2 Shandwick Place. 226 2887.
I Why Not? The Dome. George Street. 624 8633.
I Wilkie House Cowgate. 225 2935.
I Motherfunk at The Venue. l lpm—3am. Free. Exceptionally popular rare groove and funk night.
' EDINBURGH WEDNESDAYS
I C. C. Blooms I 1pm—3am. Free. See Fridays.
I Ceroc at Moray House. 7.15—10.30pm. £4 (£3.50). Energetic jive from France with varied music including blues. chart and reggae. Beginners class at 7.30pm.
I The Deep End at the Liquid Room. 10.30pm—3am. Price tbc. Student- orientated night with excellent drinks promos and a wide playlist. taking in chart. indie. 70s. 80s and 90s.
I Diablo at The Vaults. 10pm-3am. Students £4; others £5. Big names during the week at this cheap drink. student- orientated housey mid-weeker. Drum ’n‘ bass through to disco in Room Two. Vodka. whisky and Bacardi all £1 before midnight. lager and selected bottled drinks £1 all night. Judge Jules is up on 21 May. then residents Keith Baxter and Sean Pearson on 28 May. Brandon Block (1 1 June) and Tall Paul (18 June) are up soon. See Hit List.
I Dub Department at Negociants. 10pm—3am. Free. Spiritually uplifting dub courtesy of the Rude boys.
I Jazz Joint at The Honeycomb. llpm—3am. £4 (£3). 21 May. With up and coming funk. jazz and hip hop eight-piece live band The Wizards. who have been wowing crowds with their dancefloor jazz action down at the Bongo Club. 28 May and the last Wednesday of the month will showcase a mystery band playing a mix of jazz. funk. hip ho and house.
I The Nightsh' at The Lane. 9pm—3am. £2 before midnight; £3 thereafter. 70s. 80s and various classic dance tracks to see you through till the weekend. Excellent drinks promos.
I Perfect at The Citrus. 1 Ipm—3am. Free before midnight; £2 thereafter. Up- to-the-minute dance/indie tunes of the Chemical Brothers. Prodigy. Underworld and Kula Shaker kind.
I Oddfellows 8pm— 1am. Free. Pre- Shark. student cheapy drink. karaoke knees-up. With MC Calverto.
I Out 2 Lunch at Po Na Na. llpm-3am. Free. With H (Tribal Funktion). Johnny Leopardskin and Lunch Mates putting the electric into electic.
I Shark at The Cavendish. 9.30pm—3am. £2.50 before 1 1pm: £3 after. Strictly students only. Student 11) essential. Perennially popular student night playing a varied mix of retro. indie. chart and dance over two floors. Gets very busy. very messy and provides excellent copping-ofi opportunities apparently.
I The Transporter Room at The Attic. 10pm—3am. £3 waged; £2 unwaged; £1 members. New membership cards available in June. Residents Scottie and Sulu. A long-standing and well respected night of DJs and live music. Look out for gigs from some of the best reggae. funk and hip hop bands in Scotland. as well as loads ofjazz musicians. With compere Vinni Poontang.
I Whale at The Jaffacake. I 1pm—3am. £2. Two floors of funk. house and charty dance. With drink promos. Happy Hour llprn—midnight with selected drinks only 50p.
EDINBURGH THURSDAYS .~
I Brutus Gold's Love Train at ()ddfellows. 8.30pm— lam. Free. Brutus Gold with tunes from the 70s. Plus promotions. prizes. games and giveaways. I C. C. Blooms 1 1pm—3am. Free. See Fridays.
I Club Indika at The Rocking Horse. Entry through Shady Lady‘s in the Cowgate. lem-3am. £2. The latest in dancehall. ragga and reggae.
I Equity at The Gallery. 29 May. Fortnightly. 10.30pm—3am. £3. DJP is the resident DJ at this new Thursday night club playing house through to hanging techno. I Gir Meets Boy at The Citrus. 1|pm—3am. £2. Cheesy listening with Niall. Look out for new host. ex- children‘s entertainer Barry Dagenham. £1 drinks and Citrus cocktails at Happy Hour prices all night. For the next few weeks Girl Meets Boy flyers contain a free pass. so grab one while you can.
I The Living Room 9pm—1am. Free. l)J 4th V presents a fusion of soul. funk and
hip hop. Pre-club.
I Madchester at The Jaffacake.
l Ipm—3am. £3 members; £3.50 non- members. 15 and 29 May. Fortnightly. Busy midweek night playing baggy Manc classics.
I The Mambo Club at The Cavendish. 10pm—1ate. £4 (£3). Midweek edition of Sir ()ssie‘s eternally popular Mambo. Expect the same uptempo sounds as Saturdays: funk. soul and rap.
I Overboard at the Liquid Room. 10.30pm—3am. Price tbc. Cheap drinks and various indie and pop sounds.
I On The Razzle at Walkers. 6pm—3am. £1. Remember Busters. Cinderellas and Tiffanys'? This charmingly-named night could be the one for you. Complimentary nibbles. Happy Hour 6—8pm. live bands. DJs and cabaret.
I Pants at Stones. IOpm-lam. Free. Indie session with spirits at 50p-a-shot. I Red, Hot And Cool at The Lane. llpm—3am. £3. Soul and funk vibes.
I Shag at The Rocking Horse.
1 1pm—3am. £3. Free chocolate. ridiculous competitions and an unashamedly kitsch pop playlist at this extremely popular Thursday night club. I The Summerhouse at The Venue. 10.30pm-3am. 29 May. Fortnightly. Free before midnight; £3 after. Residents 6 and Kasbah who are collectively known as 6k and have had releases out on Detroit‘s Matrix label. Edinburgh's Pi Recordings and Philadelphia‘s Dose imprint. They also appeared on Laurent Garnier‘s recent mix album Lahorumire Mix (React). The club (which first started back in 1993) serves up a freestyle mix ofAmerican house. techno and funk with the emphasis on the more serious sounds. I Tonic at La Belle Angele. 11pm—3am. £5 (£4). 22 May. Fortnightly. New midweek jazz. hip hop. dub and jungle action. Doing nicely so far. Residents are Tam. Ali and Nasty P. With regular guests as well.
I The Unspoken Thing at Negociants. 9pm—3am. Free. Trip hop. hip hop. drum ‘n' bass anti beats ‘n' scratches from Edinburgh‘s deadliest sonic saviours. Watch out for special guests soon.
I Zoology at Wilkie House. 10.30pm—3am. £4. Midweek house. Residents Gordon Whittaker and Phil
DJ Top Five
SLAM
DJs and producers Stuart McMillan and Orde Miekle (Slam) have been challenging the UK's dancefloors for a decade now, kicking off in 1987 at Tin Pan Alley. Five years ago they opened up their legendary Friday at The Arches, undoubtedly one of the best nights in the country. This is their all-time top
five.
Sueno Latino (Derrick May Remix) (Flying Records) 'Set a precedent in dance music. Heard first at Ku, Ibiza 89.’ Can You Feel it - Mr Fingers (Trax) 'A timeless piece, another of those records you could play now.’
Axis 11 - Purpose Maker (Axis) 'Hit the nail on the head with techno. Hard but had that funk.’
Computation - Green Velvet (Relief Records) 'C hanged the face of house music.’
At Les - Carl Craig (Buzz) ’Cari C raig’s finest work.’
16—29 May 1997 THE usns