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CLUB LISTINGS continued
I The Hip Trip at Alaska. I lpm-3am. £3 (£2). Your hostess DJ Mingo-go takes you into the world of funkadelic lounge. triptastic pop and groovy beats in the White Room. joined monthly by various guests (15 Jun Hush Puppy). Upstairs Barbie and Pixie mix up the best in soul and garage. I Juicy at Planet Peach. l lpm-3. l 5am. £4 (£3). DJ Skud's original blend of house and garage. I Kraze 2 at Victoria‘s. l0.30pm—3am. £5. Upfront dance tunes from Kensitas Club DJ of The Year Steve Lockie and Dave Young. I Liquid Cool at Babaza. 9pm—3am. £5. Absolutely insanely busy night with a dressy crowd sucking the last drops from the weekend. Uplifting vocal garage and house from Archaos Saturday night residents AJ. Kris Keegan and Ian Thompson. I Silver (Disco Extravaganza) at Fury Murry‘s. I lpm—3am. £3 (£2). Studenty night of big disco cheesy malarkey from DJs Dave and Phil. I Traxx at The Living Room. 8—I lpm. Free. Traxx‘s Derrick arid Simon playing blissed-out deep underground house of the hi hest quality. Pre-club. I Nic Peacock at The Variety Bar. 8pm—midnight. Free. The legendary Nick Peacock with a laid-back jazzy. occasionally house affair. Pre-club. I Optimo (Espacro) at The Sub Club. llpm—3am. £4 (£3). Freakbeat electro. driving Detroit and 80s synthpop twisted deck action front yer hosts Jilkes and Twitch plus live bands and film events. Say es to another excess. I P ease Yourself at Trash. 1 lpm-3am. £5 (£2). Paul N‘Jie with a mellow Sunday mix from funk. soul. swing and hip hop to garage. I The Shed at The Shed. lOpm—3am. £3 (£2). Martin Hesketh upstairs playing chart house and garage at this Southside club from the team behind The Garage. I Sorted at The Cathouse. l0.30pm-3am. £2 (f l .50); free before i l.30pm. Indie/alternative night at this award-winnin rock club. I Straight A ead at McChuill's Way Out West. 8-l lpm. Free. Goodfoot DJs Mark and Kev playing an extremely diverse selection of soul. jazz. funk and dub. Pre-club. I Sueno at Barcelona. Spin—midnight. Free. Four hours of blissed out tunes from mainland Spain played by DJ Jazz. Pre-club. I Velvet Rooms I lpIn—3am. £5. Raymond Woods in room one. playing mellow hip hop. swingbeat and classic soul. Ronnie Bell in room two. with art open mix from classic house to soul. I Voyeurism at Archaos. l lpm-3am. £5 (£3). New weekly night of sauciness at Archaos mixing up sneaky peeks of sordid adventurism. Massage parlour. body painting. peep holes and way out performance is on offer to spice up the night. Music comes from Mark Sherry (Westsound). Paul Mendez (Room at The Top). Neil Mackay & Frog (Sly) in the house room and John Lyons (Velvet Rooms). Naeem (23rd Precinct). Paul Traynor and James Fullerton (Babaza) 2: the newly renovated bar I playing R B
I Wet Playtime at The l3th Note club (ground floor). I lpm—3am. New night from the mob who brought you Unscene. featuring experimental guitar-based sounds.
GLASGOW MONDAYS
I Burn at The Apartment. I lpm-3am. £3 (free if you work in a pub or a bar). DJs Norm and Richard with a mighty Monday knees up. mixing up top class dance and a few surprise drop-ins.
I Cleopatra's at Cleopatra's. IO.30pm—2.30am. £2 (£l ). Pop. 70s and 80s party tunes in this ever so tacky west end 'nite‘ club.
I Speedracer at The Garage. l0.30pm-3am. £3 (£2). Indie-dance classics from DJ Steven.
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GLASGOW TUESDAYS
I Buffo at The |3th Note Club (ground floor). l lpm-3am. £ l. Noisy guitars. dub. drum & bass. hip hop and jarring unrelated chunks of folk music from around the globe. I Burd Called Ger at Brel. 8pm—midnight. Free. Pre-club night from Ger playing hip hop. funk and mellow drum & bass.
I Dub Night at The Variety Bar. 8pm-midnight. Free. Stevie Donaldson from Bar l0 and other fine establishments round town plays dub. Pre-club.
I Eden at Alaska. llpm—3ant. £3 (£2). Alan Ronald in the white room playing student classics and Scott McKay of Tunnel fame upstairs for funky house.
I Garden Of Eden at The Velvet Rooms. llpm—3am. £3 (£2). Happy house in the main room plus student pop in the front room.
I Porn Star at Reds. l lpm—3am. £3 (£2). Weekly. DJ Tam Coyle plays an eclectic mix of studertt musical madness. I Pump at Archaos. llpm—3am. £3 (£2). DJ Vance with a poppy midweek mix of good time vibes. I
I Respect The Architect at The Apartment. l0.30pm—3am. £5. l5 Jun. Monthly. The best in UK hip hop featuring live MCs attd breaks and beats as well as a four deck battle.
I Salsa Sabrosa at I3th Note Club.
l0. l5pm-3atn. Free. DJs Keith and Alexis with salsa. from classic Colombian to moderrt Cuban. merengue. samba and just generally jazzy. earthy stuff. Lessons before from 8pm.
I Shooting Stars at The Garage.
I lpm—3am. £4 (£2). Insane. drunken shenanigans eased along nicely by the chatty choons of Gerry artd lain in the main room. I The Shimmy Club at Bennet’s. ll.30pm—3am. £3 (£ l .50). Raymond Davren's party-type affair at the straight night in this gay venue.
I Hot Traxx at The Lime. l lpm—3am. £3 (£2). Eighties and 90s student classic party tunes.
I T.I.T at Trash. 10.30pm—3am. £3 (£2). Studentish night featuring DJ Rory with house classics and future anthems in the main room and Grahame with full-on student faves in the second room and DJ Teeyitee playing across the board in the cave.
GLASGOW WEDNESDAYS
I 70s Wonderland at The Cathouse.
l lpm—3am. £2 (£ 1 .50; free before
i l.30pm). Party time 70s disco and funk. I Bennet's at Bennet‘s. l l.30pm—3am. £2.50 (£l.50). DJ Sara with upbeat dance. Gay.
I Big Daddy at The l3th Note Club (upstairs). llpm-3am. £l. Big Daddy with ftrnk. jazz. hip hop and petite beats. I Bootie at Planet Peach.
1 lpm-3.15am. £3 (£2). Night of R&B. hip hop. funk. soul and swing from Martin Hesketh.
I Chopper at Archaos. l lpm-3am. £3 (£2). Commercial house and disco from Matt Morton.
I Club Santiago at Havana. Spin—midnight. Finest Latin grooves from DJs Don Marcelo and Che Manuel. I FAB at Babaza. l lpm—3am. £3 (£2). DJ Skud with funky house arid garage grooves for a cheery crowd. Probably the busiest club in town tonight.
I Ghetto Flava at Reds. l lpm—3am. £3 (£2). Weekly. DJ Paul N'Jie plays a blend of cool house. garage. soul and R& B.
I Jengaheads at The Living Room. 9pm—l lptn. Free. Jengaheads playing nu school breaks. electro. breakbeat artd house. Pre-club.
I Relax at The Lime. l lpm—3am. £3 (£2). Classic 808 and 90s club classics. I Shu Hirita at The Cul De Sac.
8pm—l lpm. Free. Jazzy drum & bass pre- club from fresh name to the circuit Shu Hirita.
I Souped Up at The Garage. l0.30pm—3am. £3 (£2). lain Hanlon with po py student good time party tunes.
I Uariety 0828 at The Variety. 9pm—midnight. Free. Turbulence DJs alternating every week with Stevie. Tania Swift & Poinzon. Pure drum & bass.
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EDINBURGH THURSDAYS
I Beat at The Vaults. l().3()pm—3am. Free. 17 Jun. Fortnightly. J. Cammera. Stamper and Ollie are on rotation to play whatever the crowd feels like. probably hard house arid techno.
I Black Projects at The Honeycomb. Monthly. Next date I .lul.
I 800! at Loca. l0pm—3am. £2 (£l ). Steve Athwal plays charty house and disco.
I CC. Blooms at CC. Blooms. llpm—Sam. Free club downstairs at this popular gay bar. playing a liil.\ of commercial dartce and Iii-energy house. I Catwalk at Catwalk. 9pm—lam. Free. Open decks session. Phone 225 5583 or 04| I 807925 for more information.
I Cuba Norte at Ctrba Norte. l0pm—lam. Free. Weekly. l0 .lun sees Tango Argentina — watch or learn to dance the real thing: l7 .lun with DJ Orlando: 24 Jttn and a salsa nigltt with DJs Jorge arid Coco.
I Digital Science at The Venue. Monthl . Next date 8 Jul.
I Don t Panic at The Tap ()‘ Lauriston. ()prn—lam. Free. l0 Jtrn. l-‘ortnightly. Techno and trance sounds.
I Dust at Studio 24. |0pm~3am. £2. Weekly. Popular alternative cltrb offering tip a selection of metal. industrial. goth artd a bit of punk to an appreciative crowd. Information on 0790l 600242. I eh1 more at ehl. ()prn—lam. Free. Weekly. Pre-club. House grooves.
I El Segundo at The Bongo Club. 9pm—3am. £4 (£3). 24 Jtrn. Monthly. Art underground night of live hip hop and DJs. I Firebug at Studio 24. 9pm-3am. £5 (£3). l0 Jun only. Local DJs present a volatile tnix ofdttb. hip hop and funky beats at this one-off event.
I Flares at Flares. 9pm~lanr Free. Weekly. DJs playing 70s ttrtres.
I Funk at Bannerman's. 9pllt—lttlli. Free.
Weekly. Pt'e-clttb. A special selection of funk. soul and hip hop.
I The Funky Underground at Revolution. l0pm—3am. Free if itt ()()s or 70s costume; £3 before I lpm'. £4 after. Weekly. Cheesy disco night.
I Fur at The Venue. top floor. l0pm-3am. £2 before midnight: £3 after. l7 Juu. Fortnightly. A brand new cult 70s and 80s mixed club opening this issue with DJ Vetttrs and special guests.
I Jazz at La Belle Angele. 8.3(lpm—late. £5 (£4). Weekly. Dana Dixon Blues Band offer their Chicago style blues and tough R&B ( l0 Jun) while Zubop do the more global jazz thing ( l7 .lun).
I Jazz Joint at Henry‘s Cellar Bar. l0pm—3am. £4 (£3). Martin Kershaw's Green Juice ( I0 and 24 .lurt) alternates with John Burgess' Contemporary Jazz Trio ( l7 .lun) who are supported by the line Utrkle Fawaz.
I Jungle Magic at The l’ottet'r'ow. 8pm—3am. £7 (£5). l7 .lun otrly. An essential night for the drum & bass massive itr Scotland: Goldie and Storm (Metalheadz) will be rippittg up the soundsystem in no uncertain terms. Despite tragic events of late. both will be showcasing the talents that have put them. and their label. on the international map. See feature. page I0
I La Fromagerie at The Meadows Bar. downstairs. ()prn—lam. Free. l7 Jttn. Fortnightly. Platter after platter of easy listening. mellow jazz. hi-NRG disco and tasty cheese.
I Love Breaks at Po Na Na. l lpm—3am.
Free before I lpm; £2 after. Weekly. Membership available. Various funky sounds with Simone and Dr Jon.
I The Mambo Club at The Cavendish. l0pm—3am. £3 cone. and before I lpm‘. £4 thereafter. Weekly. ()ne of Scotland's longest rttnning and consistent quality nights. Your captain is. as always. Sir Ossie with the best in hip hop. swing. funk. sottl attd R&B.
I The Manga Sessions at lguatta. 9pm—lam. Free. Weekly. Pre-club. Headlinirrg residents Kid and G-Mac selecting a special blend of hip hop.
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Nights to make you party like it's 1999
Jungle Magic Hyper night of drum 8r bass on the soundsystem in the capital. Storm and Goldie represent Metalheadz tonight, no doubt showcasing some brand spanking new plates that will make you green With envy. The Pottcrrow. Thu 77 Jun.
Higher Ground The master of jackin' house, Gemini nips over from Chicago tonight for a bit of a house party. The Honeycomb, Fri 78 Jun. Midnight Blue A night of movie themes to groove to — one of the most popular nights from the MB. Band. Cafe Graffiti, Fri 77 Jun. Sublime The trance and techno club turns four; don your paper hats, pin on a tacky ’I'm 4 today' badge and celebrate. Wilk/e House, Fri 78 Jun. Colours of Love Two words — Danny Rampltng. Club Mercado, Sat 72 Jun. Viva Time to celebrate their first birthday in white, in a kitsch and glammed up sort of way. Club Mercado. Sat 79 Jun
Taste Anne Savage finds time in her unbelievany hectic schedule to visit one of the best clubs in the country. The Honeycomb, Sun 20 Jun.
j R&B. nu skool breaks. big beat and drum
& bass. alongside Manga visuals.
j I Mode Organic at The Citrus Club.
llpm--3am. Free. Weekly. Arguably the best chance to sample the most delectable delights in ska. mod. Northern soul and 60s beats in the whole of sunny Edinburgh. Kaiser George. Simon and Brian are the men behind the wheels of steel.
I Monsoon at The Honeycomb. It).3()pm—3am. £4 (£3 with flyer). l0 Jun only. A one-offcharity gig in aid of l-l.E.l..P. which will fund an irrigation project In Nepal. Musically. there’ll be drum & bass in the main room and house and hip hop through the back from the Nutritious and Jazz Joint DJs.
I Red, Hot And Cool at Noa. l0pm—3am. Free. Weekly. Soul. hip hop and old skool.
I Ripped at The Jaffacake. l lpm—3am. £2. Weekly. A mix of pop and indie.
I Salsa Pa Ti at Cafe Habana. |0pm—lam. Free. Weekly. DJ James Come plays a mix ofAfro-Cuban and Latin jazz.
I The Ska Club at The Venue. Monthly. Next date | Jul.
I The Subway West End at The Subway West End. 4pm—3am. £I. Weekly. DJs playing chart music.
I Thursday Night Fever at the Liquid Room. l0.30pm-3am. Students free with rnatric card before I2.30am or in 70s costume: £3 otherwise. Weekly. Disco and chart tunes.