CLUBS listings
EDINBURGH SATURDAYS continued
I The Cavendish 9pm-3am. £5. Over 255 only. Smart dress. Live bands every week. I Century 2000 llpm—3am. £5. See Frida s. I Co ours Of Love at Club Mercado. llpm—4am. £8 members; £10 non- members. Membership applications and club information on 0l698 276 866. 28 Jun. Fortnightly. DJ Heaven does her glam party thing at this up-for-it. dressy house ni ht. I Daytr pper at The Gallery. llpm-3am. £4. 28 Jun. Fortnightly. New night on two floors featuring indie on one with DJ Lee (FBI) and a maverick mix of Easy Listening, soundtracks and theme music on the other. I Disco Inferno at The Venue. lOpm-3am. £6. 28 Jun. Fortnightly. Three burning floors of hot disco action with MC Otis and DJs Love and Nick Silver. I Earth Inferno at The Rocking Horse. llpm—3am. £3. Goth and industrial sounds. I The Egg at The Wee Red Bar. llpm—3am. £3. A varied playlist taking in soul. 60s. New Wave. indie. Northern. soundtracks and much. much more. There‘s a very cheap bar as well. Free photographic membership is available on the night. I Energise at Subway. llpm—3am. £2. Various arty sounds. I Fami ar at The Gallery. Next date 19 Jul. Monthly. I FBI at the Jaffacake. 10.30pm—3am. £4. Photographic membership available on the night. 5 Jul. Fortnightly. Exceptionally popular indie club - probably Scotland's busiest indie night. I Fiesta Latina at Teviot Row. Next date I9 Jul. Monthly. I Free Techno at Studio 24. llpm—3am. Free (donations accepted on the door). 28 June. Fortnightly. Hard techno. I Grease at Moray House. I lpm—4am. £3. Seventies. 80s and 90s disco. Excellent drinks promos. I Groove Theory at The Honeycomb. lO.30pm—3am. £7 members. £8 non members. Membership available on the night. 28 Jun. Fortnightly. Residents in the real garage and house main room are Yogi Haughton. New York’s Nelson Rosado and Solefusion‘s Mikey Stirton. Bootsy and Ross Keddie in the back with jazz-funk and disco classics. Mike Delgado of Deep Zone Productions guests. Unannounced PAs and guest MCs will also appear regularly. I Jakkara at Wilkie House. lO.30pm—3am. £8 members; £9 non members. 5 Jul. Monthly. New monthly Saturday night featuring Simon James. a recent signing to Renaissance and Jackpot Records‘ Danny Howlls. Renaissance-style trance. I Joy at Wilkie House. 10pm—3am. Joy members £5 before llpm. £7 after; non members £6 before llpm. £8 after. 28 Jun. Monthly. Joy host a Europride party for those who can‘t make it to gay Paris this year. Expect the usual hanging hard house and happy techno from Alan. Maggie and Wendy with an additional French theme. featuring baguettes. onions. bicycles. berets and stripey shirts. Next month sees Joy celebrating their third birthday with Queen Maxine. I Katch at The Rocking Horse. llpm—3am. £3. Indie. I The Lane at The Lane. I lpm—3pm. £3 before midnight; £5 thereafter; members free. Residents Jon Flowers and Kev McGinley with a wide dance-orientated playlist. I Le Freak at The Attic. llpm—3am. £4. Hot disco action. I Lizzard Lounge at Cafe Graffiti. I0.30pm—2am. £4 members. £5 non members. Membership available on the night. 28 Jun and 5 Jul. Lizzard Lounge continues to go from strength to strength. this time with a session from The Basic Collective. featuring the vocals of Nicola King. London ‘s Nu Troop jazz player‘s
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visit on 5 Jul. with Edinburgh‘s Stu Ritchie leading. An excellent venue. a friendly. older crowd. cool atmosphere and quality music. Get there early - it sells out by midnight.
I The Liquid Room at the Liquid Room. 10.30pm—3am. £5. A new Saturday night option for Edinburgh with resident Kevin Jones playing a smooth blend of nu-soul. funked up garage and Balearic house. This venue has recently been renovated and is worth a visit.
I The Living Room 9pm—lam. Free. See Fri.
I Loveshacit at The Jaffacake. llpm—3am. £4. 28 Jun. Fortnightly. Exceptionally popular night playing a freestyle mix of 70s. 80s and 90s chart and dance. Watch out for the ‘luuurve' theme. good drinks promos and the large female attendance.
I Luvely at Wilkie House. Next date l2 Jul. Monthly.
I Mambo Club at Cavendish. lOpm—3am. £4 (£3). Two floors with African. Latin. salsa. reggae. zouk and calypso downstairs and dub and dancehall upstairs. Sir Ossie is your selector. dropping the finest in global grooves every week.
I Music For The Masses at ()ddfellows.
8.30 m—lam. Free. See Fri.
I P easure at Studio 24. llpm—3am. £5 before midnight; £6 after. 5 Jul. Fortnightly. House and garage with local residents.
I Po Na Na llpm—3am. Free before llpm; £2 after. Busy night ofold and new skool grooves. With Well Stirred (Seen. 3 Bag Brew) at the controls.
I RAW at Negociants. l0pm—3am. Free. A busy underground house night.
I Rock Orgasm at The Rocking Horse. llpm—3am. £3. Climactic night of heavy guitar sounds.
I Sakrade at The Honeycomb. IOpm—3am. £8 before midnight; £ 10
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Graham Gold is a guest DJ at Taste's third birthday party. The Honeycomb, Edinburgh. on Sun 6 July
after. Info line: 0378 95l 264. Now fortnightly. Funky house and techno in Ross Keddie‘s main room. fresh garage in the back with Yogi Haughton. Luke Solomon (Space) is up on 5 Jul. followed by Andy Ford on 19 Jul.
I Salsa Viva at Gran Via. 10.30pm—3am. £4. 5 Jul. Every two or three weeks. High quality Latin music from the old classics to the hottest and latest releases in salsa. cumbia. merengue and mucho mas.
I Snog at Club Mercado. 7.30—10.30pm. £4 members; £5 non- members. Busy under- l8s night playing the best in chart and dance.
I Tease at The Vaults. l0.30pm—3am. £8 before ll.15pm; £10 after. Big name DJs and dressy people. Arrive early. Info: 0973 248 I65. Resident DJ Keith Baxter with party house all the way. Watch out for high class guests.
I Teaseage at The Citrus. 1 lpm—3am. £2. Indie. with a touch of dance and funk. played to a packed and sweaty crowd at the recently refurbished Citrus.
I Tribal Funktion at The Venue. 10.30pm—3am. £5 members; £7 non- members. 5 Jul. Fortnightly. Three floors of specialist sounds. Drum 'n' bass downstairs with resident Ritchie Ruftone; jacking US house in the middle with Simone. George T and H and hip hop upstairs with Frosty. Dr Jon and H. If it's a friendly crowd. a good healthy atmosphere and quality underground music you're after. this is the one for you. Nick Holder guests on l9 Jul.
I Underground Demand at La Belle Angele. Next date 19 Jul. Monthly.
I Vena at Wilkie House. Next date 19 Jul. Monthly.
I Yip Yap at La Belle Angele. llpm-3am. £7. 28 Jun. Fortnightly. Resident Gareth Sommerville at this long-running and well respected night of high quality garage and house.
EDINBURGH SUNDAYS
I CC. Blooms ll pm—3am. Free. See Fridays.
I East Coast Project Sunday Service at Indigo Yard. 9pm—lam. Free. DJs Joseph Malik and Unkle Fawaz playing anything they want in this beautiful bar. I Fun Times at The Venue. llpm—3am. £4. 29 Jun. Fortnightly.
Top floor. Flamboyant mixed/gay night with a fun. mixed playlist.
I The Grind at The Lane. l0.30pm—3am. £2 before midnight; £3 after. Swing and hip hop with regular freestyle sessions. Good drinks promos. Busy and vibing. Recently celebrated its first birthday.
I Karma at P0 Na Na. lOpm-3am. Free before llpm; £2 after. With Murray Richardson (Zodiac. Sutra) starting with early and late 80s tunes. building into current house and garage trax. before finishing with dance classics. Busy and
fun.
I Mambo Club at Cavendish. lOpm—Iate. £2 before midnight; £4 after. Ossie and assorted specialist DJs present 60s. 70s and 80s soul. Drinks promos.
I Spice at The Tap O'Laun'ston. 8pm—lam. Free. Chilled tunes. chilled beer and chilled people.
I Sunday Chill Jams at Negociants. 9pm—3am. Free. Hip hop. soul and swing with DJ Lyle and friends.
I Sunday Night Fever at Century 2000. l lpm—3am. £3. Drinks at 70p. 80p and 90p. appropriater accompanied by music from the 70s. 80s and 90s.
I Sunsplash at The Citrus Club. l0.30pm—3am. Price tbc. New weekly reggae night at the recently refurbished Citrus.
I Tackno at Club Mercado. l0.30pm-3am. £3 members. £4 dressed up. £6 others. 29 Jun. Monthly. Costa del Tackno is this month's theme. Your host is Trendy Wendy.
I Taste at The Honeycomb. l lpm—3am. £8 members. £10 non members on 6 Jul. Tickets only for 6 Jul. Tickets available to members only. £7 non-members; £5 members normally. Membership is available on the night. Third birthday time for full-on mixed/gay party zone Taste. Graham Gold (Peach. London; Kiss FM) and Jim ‘Shaft' Ryan (Miss Moneypennies) guest in the main room. while Yogi Haughton (Groove Theory) and Billy Davidson (Aberdeen) are in the back. Pound for pound. Taste is surely the best club night in the capital. No other club can match the consistently good atmosphere or the sheer enthusiasm of their residents Fisher & Price. See Hit List.
I Tickle at The Liquid Room.
I lpm-3am. £5. 6 Jul. Monthly.
I Timewarp at The Rocking Horse. llpm—3am. £2; free before 12.30am. Classic tunes from the last four decades
of pop.
EDINBURGH MONDAYS
I Black Bo's 9pm—Iam. Free. New weekly night with DJs Cheeky Beats and Sleazy G (Rebel Base).
I Buddha at Negociants. 9pm-3am. Free. 7 Jul. Fortnightly. Jazz in the
Ne ociants basement.
I .C. Blooms llpm—3am. Free. See Fridays.
I Ceroc at Moray House. 7.l5-l0.30pm. £4 (£3.50). Energetic. stylish. modern jive from France with music ranging from chart to reggae. to Latin. soul and blues. Forty-five minute beginner class at
7.30 m. Plus a licensed bar.
I Digital Biscuit at Negociants. 9pm—3am. Free. 30 Jun. Fortnightly. Funky. flipped. tripped-out tunes with Paul (Lift). Grafik (Innerspuce magazine) and Believe (Space Shanty). Inner Space I.ive play once a month.
I T.I.A at The Honeycomb. I lpm—3am. £3 (£2). Experimental vibes. live bands. musicians. poets and visual art meet in this chilled back room jam.
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