I Big Love at Club Budda. I lpm—3am. £5 (£3). Michael Kilkie (Tunnel/Uber Disko) joined by Geoff Montford and Chris Harris wiilt a selection of vocal garage and house with a classic old skool finish.
I Blue Basement at Blue Basement (Bacchus Basement). ppm—lam. Free. Nice Promotions providing a platform for the creative collective of DJs and funky musicians on an altogether juicy kitid of vibe. Very freestyle atid a perfect chill session. Also on Thursdays. Weekly.
I Bonafide Love at The Cross Bar. 8pm—inidnight. Free. Reggae. ragga and roots from DJ Dirtsman. Pre-club. Weekl .
I Bu da at Budda. 8pm—midnight. Free. New York Alliance's Colin Walker playing a deep mix to bring your weekend to a close. Pre-club. Weekly.
I Casino Royale at The Polo Lounge.
l lpm-3atn. £5 (free admission to the bar before I lpiii). 27 Jtiti and monthly. Return of super kitsch l)Js Frankie Savaloy and Kirk St Moritz with a musical menu packed with exotica. exploitica and formica (it says here).
I Cleopatra's at Cleopatra's. l0.30pm—2.30ain. £3 (£2). Pop. 70s and 80s arty tunes. Weekly.
I C ub Tropicana at The Garage (upstairs). | lptn—3am. £3 (£2). Two DJs called Brian playing indie. Britpop and maybe some retro stuff too. Weekly.
I Cooler at The Cooler. Spin—midnight. Free. Loungin' Sunday sesh with laid- back l)Js. cartoons and cheap cocktails. Pie-club. Weekly.
I Divine Intervention at Brel.
8.30-l lpiii. Htish Puppy (Glasgow School ()f Art) goes solo with a soulful Sabbath selection. Pic-club. Weekly.
I Dribbler and Bard Called Ger at Yang (room one). Upltt- lam. Free. Dribbler and Burd Called Ger playing funky super bass hip hop and house. ()ccasional one~offs with housey guests iii room 3. Weekly.
I Ego Trip at The Apartment. llpni—3am. £5. .liiii Da Best with his usual cheesy tins of Pop and club Clitsstc‘s. Weekly.
I Firebird at Firebird. S—l lptii. Free. Harri and Oscar with a freestyle mix of Sunday recovery tunes and some fiiie. fine food from the Firebii'd kitchens. Pre- club. Weekly. I The Hip Trip at Alaska. llpni—3ain. £3 (£2). Your hostess DJ Mingo-go takes you ittto the world of funkadelic lounge. triptastic pop and groovy beats in the White Room. joined montth by various guests (27 Jtiii Stephen Pastel). Upstairs Barbie atid Pixie mix tip the best iii soul atid garage. Weekly. I Late Night Session at The Marriott Hotel Ball Room Bar. llpni—3ani. £2 (or free with a ticket from a Jazz Festival event for that iitglit). 30 Jun—J Jtil only. The legendary taiii session pushing through to the wee small hours. which guarantees to get pretty wild. The nightly knees-tip for the Jazz. Festival with an array of big atid small name artists getting down freeform jazz style. Nic‘c‘. I Liquid Cool at Baba/a. ‘)piit—3atii. £5. Absolutely insanely busy night with a dressy crowd sucking the last drops from the weekend. L'pliftiiig \ocal garage aitd house front Archaos Saturday night residents AJ. Kris Keegan atid Ian Thompson. Weekly.
I Planet Peach at Planet Peaclt. Ilpni-3. lfiain. £4 (£3). DJ Sktid thttitipttig you back into Monday with his original blend of house and garage. Weekly.
I Silver (Disco Extravaganza) at Fury Murry's. llpm—3am. £3 (£2). Studenty night of big disco cheesy malarkey from l)Js Dave and Phil. Weekly.
I Traxx at The Living Room. X-t lptii. Free. Ti'ass's Derrick and Simon playing blissed-out deep underground house of the highest quality. Pt'e-club. Weekly.
I Nick Peacock at The Variety Bar. Npttt-tttitlttighl. Free. The legendary Nick Peacock with a laid-back Jazzy. occasionally housey affair. Pre-club. Weekly.
I Optimo (Espacio) at The Sub Club. I lpm-3am. £4 (£3). Jilkes and Twitch continue their super fitie contorted musical alloy. Electro. Detroit techno.
80s synthpop live keyboard freakouts and
uni ue Optith tnix downs. Weekly.
I P ease Yourself at Trash. l lpm-3aiii. £5 (£2). Paul N'Jie with a mellow Sunday mix from funk. soul. swing atid hip hop to garage. Weekly.
I The Shed at The Shed. l()pm~3aiii. £3 (£2). Martin Hesketh upstairs playing chart house and garage at this Southside club from the team behind The Garage. Weekly.
I Sorted at The Cathouse. l0.30pni-3am. £2 (£l.50); free before ll.30pm. Indie/alternative night at this award-winnin 7 rock club. Weekly.
I Straight A ead at McChuill's Way Out West. 8—I lptti. Free. Coodfoot l)Js Mark atid Kev playing an extremely diverse selection of soul. jazz. ftiiik atid dub. Pre-club. Weekly.
I Sueno at Barcelona. Spin—midnight. Free. Four hours of blissed-out tunes from mainland Spain played by DJ Jau. Pre-club. Weekly.
I Velvet Rooms I lpin—3ain. £5. Raymond Woods iii rootn one. playing mellow hip hop. swingbeat aitd classic soul. Ronnie Bell iii room two. with an open mix from classic house to sotil. Weekly.
I Voyeurism at Archaos. l lptn-3ani. £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 tip the night. Music comes frotn Mark Sherry (Westsound) Paul Mendel (Rooiii at The Top) Neil Mackay & Frog (Sly l iii the house room atid John Lyons (Veli et Rooms) Naeem (23rd Precinct) Paul Traynor atid James Fullerton (Baba/a) in the newly renovated bar I playing R'n' B. I Wet Playtime at The |3llt Note club (ground floor). llpni—3ani. New night front the mob who brought you l'nscene. bringing you experimental guitar based sounds. Weekly.
GLASGOW MONDAYS
I Burn at The Apartmettt. ltpm-3ain. £3 (free if you work iii a pttb or a bar). DJs Norm and Richard with a mighty Monday knees up. mixing up top class dattce atid a few surprise drop-ins. Weekly.
I Cleopatra's at Cleopatra's. l0.3()pm—2.30ani. £2 (£l ). Pop. 70s and 80s party tunes in this ever so tacky west end 'nite' club. Weekly.
I Cocoyan at Planet Peach.
llpni—3. 15am. £3 (£2). 5 Jul only. l).l Puppa Shango and guests brings you this one-off night of pure danceltall reggae and ftisioti funk plus live music tn the VIP bar.
I Speedracer at The Garage. l0.3()ptti—3ani. £3 (£2). Classic good time party tunes with an indie slant from Steven.
GLASGOW TUESDAYS
Buffo at The l3tli Note Cltib (ground floor). llpin-3ani. £l. .\'otsy guitars. dttb. drum ck bass. hip hop and 'tarrtng unrelated chunks of folk music front around the globe. Weekly.
I Bord Called Ger and Dribbler at Brel. Rpm—midnight. Free, Pie-club tiiglit from Ger and Dribbler play tag hip hop. futik and mellow drum & bass. Weekly.
I Dub Night at The \"ai‘tety Bar. Rpm-midnight. Free. Stevie Donaldson from Bar l0 and other fine establishments round town plays dub. Pre-club. Weekly.
I Eden at Alaska. llpiii—3am. £3 (£2). Alan Ronald in the White Room playing student classics aiid Scott McKay of Tunnel fame upstairs for funky house. Weekly.
I Garden Of Eden at The \'el\ ei Rooms. llpm—3ant. £3 (£2). Happy house in the niaitt room plus student pop iii the front room. Weekly.
I Porn Star at Reds. I lptit—3attt. £3 (£2). Weekly. DJ Taiit Coyle plays an eclectic mix of student musical madness. Weekly.
I Pump at Archaos. llpin—3ani. £3 (£2).
DJ Vance with a poppy midweek Ith\ of good time vibes. Weekly.
I Salsa Sabrosa at l3tli Note Club.
l0. ISpiit—3aiii. Free. l)Js Keith attd Alexis with Salsa. from classic Colombian to modern Cuban. mei'engue. samba atid just generally tally. earthy sttiff. Lessons before from 8pm. Weekly. I Shooting Stars at The Garage llpni~3ani. £4 (£2). Insane. drunken shenanigans eased alotig nicely by the cliarty choons of Getty aitd lain in the main rootn. Weekly.
I The Shimmy Club at Betttiei's. ll.3()pni —3ani. £3 t£ l .50). Raymond l)a\ i‘en's party-type affair at the straight iitglit lll this gay venue. Weekly.
I tiot Traxx at The l.tnie. llpni—3am. £3 (£2 ). 80s and 90s student classic party titties.
I T.I.T at Trash. [0.30pm —3ain. £3 (£2). Studentisli night featuring |)J Rory with stamp the stage. hands-in- tlie-air house and trance lit the main room. Graham with full-on student faves iii the second room and DJ Teeyttee playing across the board iii the case. 2‘) .ltiti. joining the insanity is monthly guest Michael Kilkie ('l‘unnel/lnside Out). Weekly.
GLASGOW WEDNESDAYS
I 705 Wonderland at The Catliotise. llpin—3ain. £2 t£|.50; free before |l.3(lpin). l’ai'ty tinie 70s disco and funk Weekly.
I Bennet's at Bennel's. ll.3()pltt*33tltt. £2.50 (£ l .50). DJ Sara with upbeat dance. Gay. Weekly.
I Big Daddy at The l3th Note Club (upstairs). llptn—3ain. £I. Big Daddy with ftiiik. ja/l. hip hop atid petite beats. Weekly.
I Bootie at Planet l’each.
ltpin—-3. lfiaiii. £3 (£2) Damn fine iitglit of Rck B. hip hop. ftiiik. soul and swing from Martin Hesketh and guests (30 Jtiii Tcltico). Weekly.
listings CLUBS
I Chopper at Archaos. l lpni—3am. £3 (£2). Coiniiierctal house and disco from Matt Morton. Weekly.
I Club Santiago at Havana. Spin-midnight. Finest l.atin grooves froitt l)Js Doti Marcelo aiid Che Manuel. Weekly. I FAB at Babaza. llpm—3atii £3 (£2). DJ Sktid with funky house and garage grooves for a cheery crowd. Busiest club in town toni 'ht. Weekly.
I Ghetto F ava at Reds. llpni—3ani. £3 (£2). Weekly. DJ Paul N'Jie plays a blend of cool house. garage. soul and R&B. Weekly.
I Jengaheads at The Living Rootii. 9pm-l lpiii. Free. Jengaheads playing iiti school breaks. electro. bi'eakbeat atid house. Pre~club. Weekly.
I Jilkes at Yang. ‘thii— I am. Free. ()pttiiio/My Machines' Jilkes iiitlks music of different tlkes electt'o ftiiik style. I Late Night Session at The Marriott Hotel Ball Room Bar. Ilptn-3am. £2 (or free wttli a ticket froin a Jazz. Festival event for that tiight). 30 Jun-4 Jul only. The legendary jam session pushing through to the wee small hours. which guarantees to get pretty wild. The nightly knees-up for the Jazz. Festival with an array of big natne and small name artists getting down freeforni tau. style. Nice.
‘ I Relax at The Lime. llpm-3am. £3
(£2). Classic 80s and 90s club classics. Weekly.
I Scratch 'n' Sniff at McChuil‘s Bar (High Street). 8pm-nndnight. Free. New eclectic bar iitglit of phat ass breaks atid funky ass beats with DJ Datiny Barbour joined on a regular basis by Michael Peck (Brass Monkeys) and Neil McMillan (Hi Karate)
I Shu Hirita at The Cul |)e Sac.
B—l lpiii. Free. Jazzy drum & bass pre- club from fresh natne to the circun Sliti Hirita. Weekly.
I Souped Up at The Garage. t().3()pm—3ani. £3 (£2). lain Hanlon with poppy student good titne party tunes. Weekly.
I Variety 0&8 at The Variety ()piii-niidnight. Free. Turbulence l)Js alternating every week wttli Stevie. Tania Swift & Porn/on. Pure druni & bass. Weekly.
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Seb Fontaine
Known from coast to coast as the man who stepped into Paul Oakenfold's shoes, Seb Fontaine has been rising ever upwards since he started in this business eight years ago. Fontaine is highly regarded by 015 and punters alike: his pumping house sets guarantee a full dancefloor whenever he graces the decks. If a road trip to Cream isn't a viable option, you can catch the main man at The Edge at The Vaults (Edinburgh) and Inside Out at The Arches (Glasgow), both on Sat 26 Jun.
24 Jun—8 Jul 1999 THE LIST'IB