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Glasgow listings
Regular weekly clubs plus one-off events are listed by city, then b day, then alphabeticall 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 Beiiiiet's. llpm—3am. £3 (£2). Party dance tunes from Annie and Grant. Gay.
I Arcadia at g2. llpin— 3am. £3 (£2). ian Hanion playing Northern soul. Latino jazz. classic disco funk and grooved-out house.
I Blood at Tire Stib (.‘Itib. llpm—3am. £4 (£3). Celebration of the bright new talent in the city with residents DJ Q. Laurence Hughes and Kieran McCann playing quality house not unlike the top stuff you get on a Saturday at the Sub. 3 Jtm. Blood is taken over for the night with the launch of Tennent‘s new beer. To mark the occasion the international playboy of disco house Bob Sinclar (Yellow) graces the club for the first time. plus Harri who has mixed a special Ci) which will be given away free on the night.
I Blue Basement at Blue Basement (Bacchus Basement). ()pm-- lam. Free. Nice Promotions providing a platform for the creative collective of l).ls and funky musicians on an altogether juicy kind of vibe.
I B.N.O.T.Y at Babaza. ppm-3am. £4 (£2.50): free before llpm. Matt Morton with house and disco at this good-time. reasonably dressy Thursday night.
I Brel at Brel. 8.3()»-l lpm. Free. Nimbus DJs and Norse Ned go eclectic with soul and funk. Pie-club.
I Budda at Budda. Spin-midnight. Free. Nick Gemmil with a broad mix of credible dance. from house to drum & bass and hip hop. Pre-club.
I Bughouse at Alaska. ilptn-3ant. £4 (£3). 3 Jun only. Bughouse residents Dan and Chris joinetl tonight by one of the iiK‘s original house sound systems i)iY (Nottingham).
I Cop at Archaos. llpm--3ain. £4 (£3). Massive student night with DJ \"ance and CJ up in the main room playing contemporary club tunes to a young. giamtny bunch while Tam ‘The Fuzz' Coyle plays party tunes in Betty's Mayonnaise.
Club bite
SUB CLUB
Where? Blood at the Sub Club When? Thu 20 May
Highlight? Real cheap cocktails with lurid names and top class deep funk house from the residents
Lowiight? Not the busiest we've seen the Sub Club
Is this the way it usually is? No, we‘ve seen nights down here where it's been as (hot ka as a Saturday Everywhere midweek is a bit guiet right now, so we'll give them the benefit of the doubt (Rory Weller)
I Cul De Sac at Cul De Sac Bar.
9—l lpm. Free. Elements DJ Tania Swift playing upfront drum & bass. Pre-club. I Dee Jays In Disguise at Variety. 8pm-close. Free. Hatch and Jilkes of Knucklehead with a dubby mix of techno and electronica. Check out their Pusher 13 night at The l3th Note continuing on every week. Pre-club.
I DJ Shadow at Bargo. Spin—midnight. Free. 27 May only. LA‘s foremost beats and breaks pioneer with a one-off bar set. pre-Homelands set. joined by Psy-Phi's Patti Cawley. This guy has never played in Glasgow before. and it’s a massive coup for the bar. There are no pre tickets. so get down early to hear the guy who ptit the funk into James Laveiie's Unkie project.
I Fatboy's Kitchen at MeChtiill‘s Way ()tit West. 8—l lpm. Free. Big beat and hip hop from local DJs G Man and The Wax Monkey. Pre-cltib.
I Firebird at Firebird. 8—l lpm. Free. Tony and Murray playing old beats for beer and pizza tip on the Firebird DJ shelf. Pre-ciub.
I Freedom at The Shed. l0pm—3am. £3 (£2). Mathew and Peter upstairs with 80s anti 90s club anthems. plus Paul N‘Jie in the main hall playing funk. garage and chart house.
I Free Flow at Glasgow School ofArt (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. drum & bass rhythms and cold. cheap beer.
I Fudge at Planet Peach. l lpm—3. l5am. £4 (£2). Alan Ronald with house and club tunes to give you kids a treat.
I Haptic at Balsa. Rpm—midnight. Free. Underground house with a deep funky groove. Pre-club.
I Hi Karate at the Glasgow School of Art (upstairs). l()pm—2am. £l. Neil McMillan anti Andrew Divine's weekly night. one of the finest funk breakbeat nights in the country. A masterful combination of hip hop. soul. ftmk. electro. jump-tip. ragga and reggae.
I Jumping at The Apartment. |i.3()pm—3am. £3. Solid house from Cris Biguzzi.
I Last Exit at Club Budda. llpm—3am. £4 (£3). inside ()tit/The Ai'k's Simon Foy play mg his big ttmes and commercial garage.
I Loveshack at Fury Murry's. llpm—3.l5am. £4 (£2). Fine indie. house and disco sounds from Jim Downie for an up-for-it student crowd.
I The Lime at The Lime l()pm—3am. £4 (£3); £2 before llpm. Student night with club classics in a house and garage style from David Keenan.
I Movement at The Velvet Rooms. llpm-3am. £4 (£2). DJ Paul Melon with poppy cheese and dance.
I Music Is the Answer at October Cafe. ()pm—midnight. Free. Barry Gemmil with classic house and garage. Pl'C-Cllll‘).
I Picante at Reds. llpm—3am. £4 (£2). Weekly. DJ Skud with hot and spicy house with a Latin edge.
I Pusher 13 at The i3th Note (how both floors). llpm-—3ain. £2. Weekly night from Hatch and Jilkes of My Machine (Art School. Sats) anti Twitch (Pure/()ptimo) giving up vintage house. banging techno. mellow electro and robotic breakbeats.
I Redemption at Alaska. llpm—3am. £4 (£3). 27 May only. Scottish finals of the Redemption mix championships with three of the DJs considered best by DJ magazine's panel ofjudges. Seb Fontaine will judge the night and play the headlining set.
I Rumble at The Garage. llpm—3ani. £4 (£2). Legendary Thursday night with your favourite charty dance faves. movie ttmes and indie classics. plus drunk students.
I Salsa Sabrosa at Havana. Spin—midnight. Quality Latin dance grooves. barrio beats and salsa from New York. Columbia and Puerto Rico.
I Skint at The Cathouse. llpm-3am. £4 (£2). lndie/grunge/chemicai beats like what they do on a Saturday night.
and Frog in the main room for big anthems and cheesy nonsense plus Disco Dan in room two.
I Sound Presence at The Temple. llpm—3am. Free. R&B night with Radio is Trevor Nelson. Phoebe ()ne live. Glamma Kid. Femi Fem plus local DJs Paul N'Jie and Naeem with a free publicity knees-tip for Morgan's Spiced Rtnn. Tickets will be distributed round town by the night's publicity staff. so look out for them or call 400 l()29/3t). I Strawberry Fields at Strawberry Fields. 9pm—3am. £6 (£7 after I lpm). Classic party sounds from the ()()s through to the 80s. Sinatra to Bryan Adams. Beatles to Abba. Madness to the Bay City Rollers.
I Tonic at The Asylum (Caledonian University Union). 9pm—3am. Free. l)J Jason with student chart and dance classics.
I Wanna Play? at The Tunnel. l0.3()pm—3am. £4 (£2.50 with matric card). Kevin and Scott from weekends at the Tunnel. joined by Lisa Littlewood. with a mix of contemporary house anthems and timeless classics over two rooms.
I Yang at Yang. l Ipm—3am (bar open from 6pm). £3 (£2); free before i lpm. Residents Bob Peck & Charlie lnman mix up hip hop & soul to funk breaks and house. Elevation Trio. at ftmk band with Rhodes organ and bongos. play every
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GLASGOW FRIDAYS
I Alaska at Alaska. llpm—3am. £6 (£5). Top night in this magnificent two-floored venue featuring the legendary Nick Peacock. Muchail. Alan anti Raymond Woods playing a mix of funk. jazz. soul. R&B and house plus live percussion. 28 May Orin Walters from People Records guests.
I Apartment at The Apartment. llpm—3am. £8. Jim Da Best in mixing shocker. now playing a more clubby party mix than before.
I The Ark at The Tunnel. llpm—3ain. £7 (£5). Your trio of professional caners Michael Kilkie. Scott Mackay and '/.ammo (Rhumba) living it large in the main room throwing otit thumping hard house as good as you'll get anywhere in the country. Then there's Simon Foy in the second room not going quite as mad for it. but still bordering insanity in his own style.
I Bennet's l l.3()pin—3aiii. £4 (£3). Grant Dtiff downstairs with an upbeat dance night. then DJ Shawn for handbaggy house upstairs. Gav.
I Bios and Domenic Gallacher at Bar it). Eiectronica pre-club night from Domenic Gallacher (28 May) and Bios (4 Jtm).
I Born at The Bom. llpin—3am. £5 (£4). The Sly Boys anti friends with full-on house.
I Budda at Budda. Rpm—midnight. Free. Chris Harris (Temple) with a chunky house re-ciub warmer.
I Bu dasole at Club Budda. llpm—3ani. £5. Stevie Middleton. internationally renowned DJ and owner of Sole Music Records. continuing upstairs with his own particular brand of American deep house and garage.
I Bulletproof at g2. llpm—3am. £4 (£3). 28 May and monthly. Techno funk from Bulletproof residents Jules. Shaft and Stucee.
I Bump 'n' Hustle at Babaza. 5.3()pm—3ant(l).ls from llpm). £5 (free before I lpm). A celebration of black music from Paul Traynor plus slow and funky R'n'B from James Fullerton to kick things off.
I Cheesy Pop at The Queen Margaret Union. l()pm—2am. £3 (£2). Students and four guests. It's cheesy and it's poppy and it'sth unbridled fun all the way. brought to you by DJ Toast.
I Code at Sadie Frosts (pool room). ()pnwnidnight. Free. Glasgow's first dress code night with strict door policy of leather. rubber. denim. skinhead or kilts. it's not fetish. you've just got to be in one
I Sly at Trash. llpm—3am. £4 (£3). Neil
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Big names and bigger nights this fortnight
production With the legendary Claude Young, Gene Farris, Master H from Paris, Stuart and Orde plus Silicone Soul’s first ever live set. The Arches, Fri 28 May.
Alex Paterson The Orb’s Alex Paterson makes a rare DJing appearance at the club tonight, joined by Rockit from London’s underground dance suppliers, Ambient Soho. Yang. Sun 30 May. Dave Pearce Club Night Dave Pearce follows on from his George Sduare gig to here Wlil) Paul Van Dyk, Colours' Boney and Dave Lambert. The Arches, Sun 30 May. Mary Anne Hobbs' Breezeblock Live broadcast from the club featuring the Radio i DJ, The Jungle Brothers and Les Rytlimes Digitales live and DJ sets from Freddy Fresh and Ugly Duckling. 93, Mon 37 May. Tenaglia After his ten hour Homelands set NY C 's finest, Danny Tenaglia keeps the matchsticks handy for has first Scottish date in years. JOined by Steve Lawler and The Tunnel's very own Steven McCreery The funnel Son 30/1/ny
Turbulence Fabio and Grooverider join the Turbulence crew of Tania SWift, Rob G, SteVie and Kemal for the future sound of drum & bass. The Glasgow School of Art, Fri' 28 th’ly.
Blood Tonight international playboy of disco house Bob Sinclar (Yellow) and Ham jom the Blood residents Of DJ Q, Laurence Hughes and Kieran lvlcCann. Sub Club, Thu 3 Jun.
of those get-tips. Music comes from DJ .lon playing a retro. punk and new wave set. ()pen to men and women. Pre-club. I Crash at The Shed. l()pin—3am. £4 (£3). Dave Ross playing an eclectic mix i of kitsch classics at this Southside club from the team behind The Garage.
I Cul De Sac at Cul De Sac Bar. Opin—‘inidnight. Free. Anton anti Doug with pre-club head plitmk. Check out Kenny H playing 5~7pin for the Happy , Hour too.
I Deep Fried at The l3th Note Club (both floors). I lpm»—3am. £3. The Ktmg Funk Collective with hip hop. funky breaks and kicking beats.
I Flipside at The Arena (Oswald Street). llpni--3am. £4. New night of indie and big beat at this newly reopened venue. I I GB Smirnoff Experience at The ; Temple. I lpm~-3ain £0 (£4). Radio 5 Clytie's George Bowie and international i i)J producer Trevor Reilly (Manifesto) playing full-on house to a ftill house. An unpretentious. busy night.
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