clubs
Glasgow clubs
Regular weekly clubs plus one-off events are listed by city. then b day. then alphabetically by title. Clu s will be listed provided u -to-date details reach our offices at east seven days before publication. Lack of information may result in clubs being omitted. Club listings com iled by Rory Weller (Glasgow) an Simone Baird (Edinburgh).
GLASGOW THURSDAYS
I The Ambassador's Reception at Bar Lautrec's. 9pm—lam. Weekly. Deep house at the back room of this west end bar.
I Bennet's at Bennet‘s. l lpm-3am. £3 (£2). Weekly. Party dance tunes from Annie and Grant. Gay.
I Blood at The Sub Club. Now moved to monthly Fri.
I Blue Basement at Blue Basement (Bacchus Basement). ppm—lam. Free.
, Weekly. Nice Promotions providing a platform for the creative collective of DJs and funky musicians on an altogether juicy kind of vibe.
I B.N.O.T.Y at Babaza. 6pm—-3am. £3 (£2); free before llpm. Weekly. Matt Morton with house and disco at this good-time. reasonably dressy Thu night. I Brel at Brel. 8.30-l lpm. Free. Weekly. Nimbus DJs and Norse Ned go eclectic with soul and funk. Pre-club.
I Budda at Budda. Spin—midnight. Free. Weekly. Nick Gemmil with house. drum & bass and hip hop. Pre~club.
I Club Sole at Alaska. Next night 5 Atig.
I Cop at Archaos. l lpm—3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Mammoth student night with DJ Vance and CJ in the round room playing full on party house to a young. dressed up crew while Tam Coyle plays sing along tunes downstairs. Up in the Sky Bar tonight they‘ve got Sky Cop with Ryan Kerr playing all the big house and garage cuts.
I Cul De Sac at Cul De Sac Bar.
9-l lpm. Free. Weekly. Elements’ DJ Tania Swift playing upfront drum & bass. Pre-club.
I Dee Jays In Disguise at Variety. 8pm—close. Free. Weekly. Hatch and Jilkes of Knucklehead with a dubby mix of techno and electronica. Check out their Pusher l3 night at The l3th Note tonight too. Pre-club.
I Fatboy's Kitchen at McChuill‘s Way Out West. 8—l lpm. Free. Weekly. Big beat and hip hop from local DJs G Man and The Wax Monkey. Pre-club.
Where? Club Nova at The Old Fruitmarket.
When? Fri 2 Jul.
What we talking here? Double deep phuture jazz funk from Berlin’s Jazzanova and Norwegian keyboard supremo Bugge Wesseltoft grooving it to a real slick crowd of super cool hep cats.
Nice moment daddio The cabaret style tables empty as everyone takes to the floor for Jazzanova's set.
Don't give up the day job Certain DJs were seen to be making up their own beat on the dancefloor. Hmm, musta been freestylin' man. (Rory Weller)
I fnult at The Apartment. 1 lpm—3am. Weekly. New style clubbing sounds from Billy Milligan and Stephen Foy
I Freedom at The Shed. lOpm—3am. £3 (£2). Weekly. Mathew and Peter upstairs with 805 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). 9pin—2am. £l (students and guests). Weekly. 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 Funky Fursdays at Planet Peach. “pm-3.15am. £3 (£2). Weekly. New night from l5 Jul. DJ Stevie G taking you on a voyage through the history of funky disco all the way from Gloria Gaynor to Phats and Small.
I Hi Karate at the Glasgow School of Art (upstairs). lOpm—Zam. £l. Weekly. 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. I Last Exit at Club Budda. l lpm-3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Inside Out/The Ark’s
~Simon Foy playing his house anthems
and commercial garage.
I Loveshack at Fury Murry‘s.
llpm—3. 15am. £4 (£2). Weekly. Classic indie. house and disco sounds from Jim Downie.
I The Lime at The Lime l0pm—3am. £4 (£3); £2 before 1 lpm. Weekly. Student night with club classics in a house and garage style from David Keenan.
I Movement at The Velvet Rooms. llpm-3am. £4 (£2). Weekly. DJ Paul Melon with oppy cheese and dance.
I Pusher 1;)at the 13th Note(On both floors). l lpm—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.
I Picante at Reds. llpm—3am. £4 (£2). Weekly. DJ Skud with hot and spicy house with a Latin edge.
I Rumble at The Garage. llpm—3am. £4 (£2). Weekly. Legendary Thu night with your favourite chatty dance faves. movie tunes and indie classics. plus drunk students.
I Salsa Sabrosa at Havana. 8pm-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). Weekly. lndie/grunge/chemical beats at Scotland‘s number one rock club.
I Sound Presence at The Temple. 9.30pm-2am. Another one-off for this R&B and hip hop night featuring Radio One's Tim Westwood. The Young Disciples‘ Femi Fem (now of London club Rotation). T.H.A.D. Byron and local lads Naeem and Paul N‘Jie. plus a live set from Kelly Le Roe. Entry is by invitation. and you can pick up yours at 23rd Precinct or Rub-A-Dub (now on Howard Street).
I Sly at Trash. llpm—3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Naughty student night with Neil and Frog in the main room for big anthems and cheesy nonsense plus Disco Dan.
I Wanna Play? at The Tunnel. llpm—3am. £4 (£2.50 with matric card). Weekly. 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. llpm-3am (bar open from 6pm). £3 (£2); free before llpm. Weekly. Elevation Trio. Glasgow-based funk collective now signed to Warner Bros. play live every week in the bar. while residents Bob Peck & Charlie lnman mix up hip hop & soul to funk breaks and house in room two. Taking yourselfdeeper into the Yang complex you've got a rotating selection of ex-ci-tations in the club room. 8 Jul. the Goodfoot mob tickle your talc-ed up tassels with premium rate Northern soul. funk and R ‘n' B. l5 Jul. Duty Free: Edinburgh’s legendary crewcut bloke Yogi Haughton joins Dribbler for
the newest and truest US/UK garage sounds straight off the press for money maker shakers and bass junkies.
GLASGOW FRIDAYS
I Alaska at Alaska. I lpm—3am. £6 (£5). Weekly. Top night in this magnificent two- floored venue featuring the legendary Nick Peacock. Muchail. Alan and Raymond Woods playing a mix of funk. jazz. soul. R&B and house plus live percussion. Ashley Beedle guests 23 Jul. I Apartment at The Apartment. llpm—3am. £8. Weekly. Jim Da Best in mixing shocker. now playing a tnore clubby arty mix than before.
I The er at The Tunnel. l0.30pm—3am. £7 (£5). Weekly. Your trio of professional caners Michael Kilkie. Scott Mackay and Zammo (Rhumba) living it large in the main room throwing out 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()pm—3ain. £4 (£3). Weekly. Grant Duff downstairs with an upbeat dance night. then DJ Shawn for handbag y house upstairs. Gay.
I Bloo at The Sub Club. llpm—3am. £4 (£3). Fri 9 Jul and monthly. Now going monthly as the summer quietens down a bit. They began on a Fri so they go back to a Fri with DJ Q. Laurence Hughes and Kieran McCann playing the finest deep house.
I Budda at Budda. 8pm—midiiight. Free. Weekly. Chris Harris (Temple) with a chunk house pre-club wanner.
I Bu dasole at Club Budda. l lpm-3am. £5. Weekly. Stevie Middleton. internationally renowned DJ and owner of Sole Music Records. continuing upstairs with his own particular brand of American deep house and garage.
IOBughouse at g2. llpm-3am. £4 (£3). l6 Jul and monthly. A Deep and funky house sound from residents Dan and Chris. continuing their fine track record of booking guests who aren't on the usual. seen them a thousand times DJ circuit. ' They've had Paul Hester from Pagan and Paper recordings. Tony Senghore of Anonym/Gung and this month they've gone to the other side of the world for DJ HMC. HMC is rated as Australia's number one jock and tonight is his Scottish debut and an exclusive UK date. Check.
I Bump 'n' Hustle at Babaza. 6pm—3am (DJs from llpm). £5 (free before llpm). Weekly. A celebration of black music from Paul Traynor plus slow and funky R‘&’B from Jamie Strang warming things up.
I Cheesy Pop at The Queen Margaret Union. l0pm—2am. £3 (£2). Weekly. Students and four guests. lt's cheesy and it’s poppy and it'sjust unbridled fun all the way. brought to you by DJ Toast. Note that this frontage fandango continues all the way through the summer.
I Crash at The Shed. l0pm—3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Dave Ross playing an eclectic mix of kitsch classics at this Southside club from the team behind The Garage.
I Cul De Sac at Cul De Sac Bar. 9pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. Anton and Doug with pre-club head phunk. Check out Kenny H playing 5—7pm for the Happy Hour too.
I Deep Fried at The 13th Note Club (both floors). l lpm—3am. £3. Weekly. The Kung Funk Collective with hip hop. funky breaks and kicking beats.
I Flipside at The Arena (Oswald Street). I lpm-3am. £4. Weekly. New night of indie and big beat at this recently
reo ened venue.
I B Experience at The Temple.
l lpm—3am. £6 (£4). Weekly. Radio Clyde's George Bowie and international DJ producer Trevor Reilly (Manifesto) playing full-on house to a full house. An unpretentious. busy night.
I Gold 'n' Delicious at Archaos.
l lpm-3am. £6 (£4). Weekly. David Gilmore and Ryan Kerr playing quality house and garage amid the spectacle of the Fri night acts. Bungeejumping acrobats. stilt walkers and much madness. Jamie Strang also plays soul and R & B in bar one. Up in the Sky Bar
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Keeping and about this fortnight.
Relief Lauren: e Hughes and Silicone Soul (Soma) a e romed by Underworld“ )J Darren Emerson, long time frir. id of the Slam crew, up for the kind a hard edged partying only Slam (and possibly Dave Beer) can manage. See Phactfile for more info on this E sex bloke done good. The Arches, F i 76 Jul.
Tangent The" ve been trying to get him for years and now they’ve finally done it; A-tvla" and Panic are proud to present tl‘. . sublime Italian Claudio Coccoluto, the. bloke who can go from remixinf- Carl Cox to Geri Halliwell in 0. =9 easy step. Check the preView on Coccoluto to see why
, many see hin as the premier Italian DJ and producer. The Sub Club, Fri 76 Jul.
Bughouse Bughouse residents Dan and Chris bring another not-so- obvious guest to their deep and funky house night with DJ HMC, travelling all the way from 02 to play at the night. He's rated as Australia’s number one jock (playing a style along the lines of a techno-tinged Harri) and tonight marks his Scottish debut and an exclusive UK date to boot. 92, Fri .6 Jul.
Duty Free A bloke who is too much of a stranger to Glasgow, Yogi Haughton plays over here for the first time in what seems like years. The seminal Edinburgh DJ joins Pure’s Dribbler for the newest and truest US/UK garage sounds straight off the press for money maker shakers and bass junkies. Yang, Thu 75 Jul. Turbulence Future sound of drum & bass with the Turbulence crew of Rob 6 & Kemal (Konflict pictured above) and Tania Swift back up the stairs. They are joined tonight by Usual Suspects, who record for Renegade Hadware, the same label that our owr <onflict guys go out on. Also play. *9 tonight is newcomer Simon D plus .'he underground techno pack Radar in the Vic Bar. The Glasgow Schc al of Art, Fri 9 Jul.
Mathew Morton. plays R & B. funk and garage.
I Goodfoot at The Bedsit. 9pm-2am. 16 Jul and fortnightly. £4. Glasgow‘s best Northern soul right has now left the Sub Club and takes ip residency here. The full crew of Scc tt Brown. Kev & Mark ' and Andrew Di'ine mix up the soul esoteric classic: which earned them the
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