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GLASGOW THURSDAYS
I 4th Dimension at Brel. 8.30—1 lpm. Free. Andy Young plays jazz. Brazilian. soul. fusion and funk. Drinks promos. I Audio Psy-phi at The Sub Club. llpm—3am. £3. New night from Phar Out’s Paul Cawley replacing Red Cell. embarking on a voyage of hip hop, drum ‘n‘ bass and generally music with the funk. 27 Nov. rising stars Pressure Drop Of Blood Brothers (London) guest.
I Babaza at Babaza. 5.30pm—3am (DJs from Ilptn). £2 (free before llpm). Laid- back cross-section of black dance music from Stevie Middleton. Drinks promos. I Big Karn's Party Night at Bennet's.
l 1.30pm—3am. £3 (£2). Karn Dunbar with 80s. 90s and loads of camp nonsense. Drinks promos.
I Bomb at The Velvet Rooms. 10.30pm—3am. £3 (£2). New night of soul. rap. R&B and swingbeat featuring Martin Hesketh and Mike Campbell.
I Bloomers at Cleopatra‘s. lO.30pm—2.30am. £3 (£2 with ticket). Mainstream.
I Cheeze at Strathclyde Student Union. 9pm—3am. Free (students plus three guests). Now become the city‘s largest cheesy beano with three floors of tack and ound pints of lager and 50p a shot. I Cheesy Pop at The Queen Margaret Student Union. 10pm—2am. £2.50 (£2). Beast of a student night with silly tunes aplenty and Carlsberg only 70p.
I Chief at Trash. l lpm—3am £3 (£2). New night ofantics with DJ Rory (formerly of Cop and Chopper) in Room One with classic house and future anthems and Graham in Room Two with his indie/party mix. Drinks promos. 6 Nov. win two free flights to New York and entry to the Sound Factory.
I Club Barbarella at Strawberry Fields. 9pm—3am. £3 (9pm—midnight. £ l .50 after) Indie. pop and psychedelia with live bands until midnight.
I Cop at Archaos. l0pm—3am. £4 (£2.50). Busy student house night from DJ CJ and Vance. ‘Turn up. get down. cop off.‘ Drinks promos. Tam Coyle ‘The Fuzz' does his indie/pop/kitsch stuff in Betty's Mayonnaise. which is part of the Archaos complex.
I Dee Jays In Disguise at Variety. Spin—close. Free. Hatch and Jilkes of Knucklehead with a dubby mix of new dance and techno. Pre-club.
I Donkey at The Cathouse. I lpm—3am. £2 (£l.50; free before ll.30pm). lndie/grunge/industrial/chemical beats rock on a darker tip than The Cathouse‘s other nights. Drinks promos.
I Fluffy at Reds llpm—3am. £3 (£2). A night ofclassic disco. peppered with the
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best contemporary house and garage. Drinks promos.
I Free Flow at Glasgow School Of Art (downstairs). IOpm—2am. Free. Jazz/funk/soul indie night with host Alan Rutherford. Drinks promos.
I Helter Skelter at The Venue. 10.30pm—3am. £3 (£2.50). The Venue is back up and running for more mixed-up. student orientated music. with retro tracks next to contemporary indie from Gordon Tennant.
I Hi Karate at Glasgow School Of Art (upstairs). IOpm—2.30am. Free. The Hi Karate collective of Neil McMillan. Andrew Divine and Crawford Tait. Big Beats. dirty hip hop. latinamyl and punk funk.
I In Tone at Bar 10. 8pm—close. Free. Paul Cawley from Phar Out with a weird underground pre-club experience.
I Jengaheads Cul De Sac Bar. 9—l lptn. Free. Ali and Martyn of the Jengaheads with more of the satne nonsense they get up to at the Living Room on Wednesday nights: bigbeats and a wee bit more. Drinks promos.
I Loveshack at Fury Murry‘s. l0.30pm—3. 15am. £5 (£3). Fine indie house and disco sounds in two rooms. Drinks promos.
I Natural Selection at Lime (formerly The Cotton Club). I lpm-3am. £3 (£2). lain Fitzpatrick with funky dance and indie. Drinks promos.
I Nectar at The Apartment. Midnight—3am. £2. Disco. house and party tunes with £1.50 selected beers and 60p vodka shots.
I Orange Peel at Jet. l lpm—3am. £4 (£3). Deep house and techno with residents Dan and Chris.
I Overdraft at The Arches. l lpm—3am. £2 (free if you have art overdraft of over £100). New concept club that gives you more stuff the less money you have. Bring proof of your bank balance along and see just how much you can get. Happy house from Richard Howie (Jet/Miro).
I Rumble at The Garage. I lpm—3am. £3 (£2). Cardow and Ross with an exceptionally busy night ofcharty dance faves. cheap drinks and drunk students. Snogtastic.
I Stefan And Grant Go West at The Bedsit. 9pm—lam. Free. The Wednesday night Asylum posse with party tunes.
I Wanna Play? l0pm—3am. £4 (£2.50 with matric card). Student night featuring Kevin and Scott (Tunnel weekends) and Lisa. playing a mix ofclassic house anthems plus treasure hunts and wheel of fortune. Drinks promos.
I X-Rated at The Asylum (Caledonian University Student Union). 9pm—2am. £2 (£l). Chart and dance in the main room with DJ Ray plus indie and live music in room two.
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EDINURGH FRIDAYS
I Angel Beats at The Venue. lOpm—3am. £6 in advance; £8 on the door. 2| Nov. Fortnightly. New drum ‘n‘ bass night that aims to bring the finest music and top names to the capital. The club has already had Kemistry & Storm. now it has Metalheadz recording starJ Majik. With a list of names that includes Ed Rush (5 Dec). Doc Scott ( 19 Dec) and Rap and Fabio all confirmed for future dates. this club deserves support. See Hit list.
I Big at the Jaffacake. l0pm—3am. £4 (halfprice with matric card). Mainstream chart sounds with excellent booze promos. free bouncy rides. guzzle guns and plenty ofdrinking-related fun.
I Big Beat at La Belle Angele. Next date 5 Dec. Monthly.
I Catwalk 9pm-lam. Free. Moisey and Phil Alcock with garage and mellow funky house.
I Cathouse at The Rocking Horse. llpm—3am. £3 (£2 with flyer). Price includes entry to Katch and Voodoo Chile. Popular night of rock/indie-based sounds.
I C. C. Blooms l lpm—3am. Free. Free club downstairs at this gay pub seven nights a week. playing a party mix of commercial dance and hi-energy house. Full to bursting at weekends.
I Century 2000 I lpm—3am. £5. Over 18s. Commercial dance music under the most expensive lights in Scotland. No ripped jeans. steel toe-caps or trainers. I Club lndependiante at Moray House. IIpm—4am. £4 (£2). 2| Nov. Fortnightly. Bang-up-to-date indie. as well as all the old fa\ 'iurites. Great light show and sound - :tem too.
I Divine Divas at The Venue. 9.30pm—3am. £5 waged; £3 unwaged (two for the price of one before I Ipm). All proceeds to Lothian Lesbian Line. 28 Nov. Monthly. DJs Alley Vegas and Debbi G are joined by Vickkey from Cerulean Blue at this busy women only night.
I eh1 More at eh I. 9pm—lam. Free. Various local DJs give Edinburgh‘s clubbers a decent pre-club vibe. As well as the free entry and quality music. there are also drinks promos.
I Evol at the Liquid Room. l0.30pm—3am. £4. The original indie/alternative/crossover club regularly pulling in well over 500 punters. Now in its seventh year and still committed to supporting new music. Expect a wide selection of indie. 60s. 70s. pop. noise. hip hop. big beat and dance with regular promos from minor and major record labels.
I Flashback To The 80s at The Attic. Ilpm—3am. £4 (£2 with Ilyer). From Duran Duran to Wham. Some spirits and selected drinks £I all night.
I The Four Till Ten Club at The Citadel. 4-10pm. Free. A special after-work club for those suffering from Post Traumatic Office Syndrome.
I Higher Ground at The Honeycomb. llpm-3am. £7 (£6). Membership available. 2l Nov. Monthly. American house. garage and breaks from residents Lindsay and Dr A]. Disco. sottl and lovin‘ beats in the back with Lyley and Gilli).
I High Rollin' at Negociants. 9pm—3am. Free. Various funky sounds in the Negociants basement bar-club.
I The Hub Club at Henry's Cellar Bar. l()pm—3am. £4 (£3). 28 Nov. Fortnightly. A mix of live bands and DJs taking in various sounds frotn indie to dance.
I Katch at The Rocking Horse. llpm--3am. £3 (£2 with Ilyer). Price includes entry to Cathouse and Voodoo Chile. Eighties and nineties indie dance. I Kerplunk at Club Mercado. l().3()pm—3am. £5 (two for one with student Snapfax). 2| Nov. Fortnightly. Bounce on down with the 70s retro hoppers and space hoppers at this fab night. Happy Hour llpm-Amidnight.
I Kingdom at The ()uthouse. 8pm— I am. Free. Happy house. garage and disco with John :N'lcl)onald.
I The Lane at The Lane. I lpm~—3pm. £3
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Colours Of Love After the party central Ibizaostyle Alex P, comes the more underground sounds of Ministry residents The Problem Kids (aka Rocky and Mark Wilkinson pictured above). Club Mercado. Sat 29 Nov and fortnightly. Sounddash Chris Goldfinger from Radio One's Reggae Danceha/l Nite is the special guest DJ. There's also an exclusive appearance from the Asha World Movement and MCing from Jamaican Matic. Local support comes from The Mad Ambassador and Table Mannerz. La Belle Ange/e, Fri 27 Nov and monthly.
Angel Beats New drum 'n’ bass night which is intent on bringing a series of quality big name guests to the capital. Kemistry & Storm have been up already, now it's I Majik‘s turn. Majik is followed in the coming weeks by Doc Scott. The Venue, Fri 21 Nov and fortnightly. Vegas Third night of this increasingly popular cult/kitsch cross between Going Places and Disco Inferno. There's two floors to choose from, playing anything from easy listening to Latin, and plenty of dressing-up nonsense. The Shooting Gallery, Sat 22 Nov and monthly.
before midnight; £5 thereafter; members free. Residents Jon Flowers and Kev McGinley with a wide dance-based playlist.
I The Living Room 9pm—lam. Free. The Living Room presents Andrew Moisey. Dillon and Christopher Wright with a freestyle mix of dance sounds. Pre-club.
I Madchester at The Gallery.
I lpm—3am. £3.50 members; £4.50 non- members. 28 Nov. Fortnightly. Baggy old skool from Steven and Del Boy upstairs. Big beat and new indie downstairs with DJ Lee from FBI. Watch out for exclusive promo nights and Ber. Lightyear.
I Made In Iguana at Iguana Cafe Bar. Spin—lam. Free. Gareth Sommerville (Cream. Hard Times. Shindig. Sub Club. Yip Yap. Atomic Baby) mixes a relaxed selection of hip hop. garage and house in this busy bar. See Club News.
I Magic Moments at The. Cavendish. 9pm—3am. £5. ()ver 25s only. Stnart dress. No jeans. no trainers. Live bands every week. 60s and 70s music. Ground floor only.
I The Mambo Club at The Cavendish. I0pm—3am. Price tbc. Swing. hip hop and soul upstairs. reggae and ragga downstairs at this long-running night hosted by Sir ()ssie.
I Manga at La Belle Angele. llpm—3am. £5 members; £7 non- members. lnfo: ()l3l 557 9384. 28 Nov. ‘ Monthly. Scotland's top drutn 'n' bass night keeps tip the jump tip pressure with guests Stakka 8; K-Tee (Ram/Liftin' Spirit Recordings). Plus residents Kid and G-Mac. Next date 3l Dec.
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