clubs
Glasgow listings
Regular weekly clubs plus one-off events are listed by city, then b day, then alphabetically by title. Clu s will be listed provrded up-to-date details reach our offices at least seven days before publication. Lack of information ma result in clubs being omitted. Clu listings compiled by Rory Weller (Glasgow) and Simone Baird (Edinburgh).
GLASGOW THURSDAYS
I Annie's Bath House at Bennet‘s. llpm—3am. £3 (£2). Annie and Grant with cheesy. dancey. poppy. retro and 70s party tunes on two floors. Gay.
I Arcadia at :2. llpm—3am. £3 (£2). Ian Hanlon with a night of mixed up beats from hip hop to Northern soul. Latino jazz. classic disco funk and grooved-out house.
I Blood at The Stib Club. l lpm—3am. £4 (£3). New night that celebrates the bright new talent iii the city with residents DJ Q. Laurence Hughes and Kieran McCann. Fazed disco house style from three rising stars.
I Blue Basement at Blue Basement (Bacchus Basement). (rpm—lam. Free. New night from (Nice Promotions providing a platform for the creative collective of DJs and funky musicians on an altogether iuicy kind of vibe. Very freestyle and a perfect chill session. Also on Sundays.
I B.Noty at Babaza. opm—3aiii. £4 (£2.50); free before l lpm. Matt Morton with house and disco at this good-time. reasonably dressy Thursday night.
I Brel at Brel. 8.30—1 lpm. Free. Nimbus DJs and Norse Ned go eclectic with soul and funk. Pre-cltib.
I Budda at Budda. Spin—midnight. Free. Nick Gemmil with a broad mix of credible dance. from house to drum 8: bass and hip hop. Pie-club.
I Cheeze at Strathclyde University Students Union (Barony Bar. Dark Room and Level 8). 8pm—3am. Free (open to students and four guests). DJs Mark. lain and Duffy with a proudly tacky and cheesy night of good time party tunes.
I Cop at Archaos. llpm—3am. £4 (£3). Immense student night (possibly the busiest in Scotland) with DJ Vance and CJ up in the main room playing contemporary club tunes to a young. glammy bunch while Tam "The Fuzz' Coyle does his indie/pop/kitsch stuff in Betty’s Mayonnaise.
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Where? Sub Culture's 5th birthday at the Sub Club.
When? Sat 1 May.
Highlight? Free tequila on the door. Low light? Roy DaVis Jnr dOing a Paltrow ~ thanking absolutely everyone before givmg his new record a plug.
Crazy was Harri dOIng his Scouser impreSSion With the grey permed wrg he found in the Subbie office alright, calm down, calm down. (Rory Weller)
64 THE LIST 13—27 May 1999
I (M De Sac at Cul De Sac Bar.
9—l lpm. Free. Elements DJ Tania Swift playing upfront drum & bass tonight instead of Sun. Pre-club.
I Deejays In Disguise at Variety. 8pm—cl0se. Free. Hatch and Jilkes of Knucklehead with a dubby mix of techno and electronica. Check out their Pusher l3 night at The 13th Note continuing on every week. Pre-club.
I Fatboy's Kitchen at MCChuill's Way Out West. 8—l lpm. Free. Big beat and hip hop from local DJs G Man and The Wax Monkey. Pre-club.
I Firebird at Firebird. 8—l lptn. Free. Tony and Murray playing old beats for beer and pizza up on the Firebird DJ shelf. Pre-ciub.
I Freedom at The Shed. l()pin—3ain. £3 (£2). Mathew and Peter upstairs with 80s and 90s club anthems. plus Paul N‘Jie in the main hall playing funk. garage and chart house.
I Free Flow at Glasgow School Of Art (downstairs). 9pm—2am. £l (students and guests). DJs Al Rutherford and Lindsey with Northern soul. funk flavour. jazzy breaks and beats. hip hop connection. movie soundtrax. drutn 8; bass rhythms and cold. cheap beer.
I Fudge at Planet Peach. l lpm—3. l5ani. £4 (£2). Alan Ronald with just enough house and club tunes to give you kids a treat.
I Fursby at The Lime. l()pm—3am. £4 (£3); £2 before llptn. Student night with club classics iii a house anti garage style from David Keenan.
I Hi Karate at the Glasgow School of Art (upstairs). l0pm—2am. £l. Neil McMillan and Andrew Divine's weekly night. one of the finest funk breakbeat nights in the country. A masterful combination of hip hop. soul. funk. electro. jump-up. ragga and reggae. Top stuff. 20 May the Illicit Soundclash tour stops off at Hi K with the Deadly Avenger and The Mexican guesting. See Hitlist.
I Jumping at The Apartment. ll.3()pm—3am. £3. New night of solid house from Cris Biguzzi. old hand at that DJing business.
I Knights On The Round Tables at The Living Room. 8.30—1 lpm. Free. House and big beat from the KOTRT team. Pre- club.
I Last Exit at Club Budda. llpm—3am. £4 (£3). New night with Inside ()utfl‘he Ark‘s Simon Foy playing his big tunes and commercial garage.
I Loveshack at Fury M tirry's.
llpm—3. l5am. £4 (£2). Fine indie. house and disco sounds from Jim I)ownie for an tip for it student crowd.
I Movement at The Velvet Rooms. llpm—3am. £4 (£2). DJ Neil McTaggart with funky house and disco in the main
I Music IS the Answer at October Cafe. ()pni—midnight. Free. Barry Gemmil with classic house and garage. Pie-club.
I Night For Kosovo at The Arches. 8pm—2am. £ l0. l3 May only. Benefit night in response to the situation in Kosovo with all proceeds going to the British Red Cross. Compere Janice Forsyth is joined by The Bathers. The Pearlfishers & Peter Iiaston all live plus comedy from Phil Kay. Karen Dunbar and extra special raffle and auction. 70s disco from actor Grant Smeaton until the end of the night.
I Pusher 13 at The l3th Note (now both floors). llpm—3am. £2. Weekly night from Hatch and Jilkes of My Machine (Art School. Sats) and Twitch (Pure/Optimo) giving up vintage house. banging techno. mellow electro and robotic breakbeats to a crowd following on from the Variety pub gig. The pool of DJs is getting bigger and bigger with guest slots from Test. Tangent. Pussypower and Desert Storm when they're about.
I Picante at Reds. llpm—3am. £4 (£2). Weekly. DJ Skud with hot and spicy house with a Latin edge.
I Rub-A-DublSub City/Concrete Party at Alaska. llpm—3am. £5 (£4). 2() May only. Party to celebrate the opening of Rub-A-Dub and Concrete Skates‘ new
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shops and also the end of Sub City Radio. Guests for this mega party include Alex Knight. Process (live) and Dave (‘awiey from Fat Cat Records. Andrew \\'eatherall. Marcia Blane. The Rub-A- I)th trio of William. Martin & Barrie plus Conct'ete's .I McDonald. See liitlist and preview.
I Rumble at The (iarage. llpiii- 3am. £4 (£2). Legendary Thursday night with your fav oui'ite charty dance faves. movie tunes and indie classics. plus drunk students.
I Salsa Sabrosa at Havana. Spin—midnight. Quality Latin dance grooves. barrio beats and salsa frotn New York. Columbia and Puerto Rico.
I Shrapnel at The Cross Bar.
Spm— midnight. Free. L'iiitiue drum ty bass sound. Pie-club.
I Skint at The Cathotise. llpm- 3am. £4 (£2). lndie/grunge/cheiiiical beats at this rock venue.
I Sly at Trash. llpm—3am. £4 (£3). Neil and Frog iii the main room for big anthems and cheesy nonsense pltis Disco I)ati in room two.
I Soul Shine at \Voodside Social Club (329 North Woodside Road). 9pm - 2am. £3 (free before l()pm l. Bigger and better titan the Friday tip at Latitrec‘s. Soul. ftiiik and big beat from the Soul Shine boys.
I Strawberry Fields at Strawberry Fields. 9pm 13am. £6 (£7 after lipiii). Classic party sounds from the o()s through to the Slls. Sinatra to Bryan Adams. Beatles to -\bba. Madness to the Bay City Rollers.
I Tonic at The Asylum ((‘aledonian l’niversity l‘nion). 9pm 3am. I‘ree. DJ Jason with student chart and dance classics.
I Wanna Play? at The ‘I‘unnel. l().3()pin— 3am. £4 (£2.50 with mati‘ic card). Kevin and Scott from weekends at the Tunnel. (oined by Lisa l.llIIc‘\\i)()(I. with a mix ofcontemporary house anthems and timeless classics ()\ er two
I Yang at Yang. llpni~3am (bar open from bpiii). £3 (£2); free before llpm. Residents Bob Peck & Charlie Inman mix tip hip hop tk soul to ftiiik breaks and house. lilevation Trio. a funk band with Rhodes organ and bongos. play every week.
I Yang Lane Access at Yang (hack room -- enter via lane off Queen Street ), £2. Separate club with separate door policy and entry. Rotates between various different club promoters every week.
GLASGOW FRIDAYS
I Alaska at Alaska. lipiii-Satii. £(i (£5). Top night iii this magnificent two lloored venue featuring the legendary Nick Peacock. Mtichail. Alan and Raymond Woods playing a llll.\ of funk. iii/.1. soul.
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R&B and house pltis live percussion. 2i May. Modaii and (Mn Walters from Neon Phusion guest.
I Amorphous at (ilasgow School Of
Art (downstairs). l()piii—-2.3()am. £4
(£2.50). 2| May only. Revival ofone of
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I Apartment at The Apartment.
llpm ~3am. £S. Jim I)a Best in mixing
shocker. now playing a more clubby
party mix than before.
I The Ark at The Tunnel. llpm—3am. £7
(£5 ). Your trio of professional caners
Michael Kilkie. Scott Mackay and
[ammo ( Rhtimba) living it large iii the
main room throwing otit thumping hard
house as good as you'll get anywhere iii
the country. Then there's Simon Foy in
the second room not going quite as mad for it. btit still bordering insanity iti his own style. Top class stuff all round.
; I Bennet's ll.3()pm—3am. £4 (£3). (irant Duffdownstairs with an upbeat dance night. then DJ Shawn for liandbaggy house upstairs. (Jay.
I Bar 10 at Bar l(). ()plii-lllltllliglll. Free. Iilectronica pie-club warmer at the king daddy of Glasgow style bars. rotating fortnightly between the two crews of I)oiiienic (jallacher ( l4 May) and Bios (21 May).
I Bom at The Bom. llpiii--3am. £5 (£4). The Sly Boys and friends with full-on house.
I Bonkers at Bonkers. llpiii—3atti. £4 after midnight; £3 before. Cltib classics at this after office hang-out with residents David Campbell and Noble Whitelaw.
I Budda at Budda. Spin-anidnight. Free. Chris Harris (Temple) with a chunky liotise pie-club w'ai'iiier.
I Buddasole at (‘Iub Budda.
llpm iaiii. £5. Steyie Middleton. internationally renowned DJ and owner of Sole Music Records. continuing upstairs with his own particular brand of .-\iiiericaii deep house and garage.
I Bughouse at g2. llpm 3.1m. £4 (£3). 2i May. Deep and funky house sound from residents Dan and Chris. finally making it to a Friday night. Features Patti Iiester from Pagan and Paper recordings. two consistently line labels.
I Bump 'n’ Hustle at Babaza.
5.3()pm— 3am (I).ls from llpm). £5 (free before I Ipiii). Paul Tray nor and Jamie Fullerton with I{&B. sotil classics. garage and house for a glanmiy. dressed-up
crowd.
: I Bulletproof at g2. llpm 3am. £6 (£5) l4 May only. Bulletproof residentsioitied tonight for hard techno by ()t'lando \’oorii.
I Cheesy Pop at The Queen Margaret lillltm. lllpm- 2am. £3 (£2). Students and four guests. It's cheesy and it's poppy
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