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I Cuballorte at Cuba Norte. lOpm-lam. Free. Weekly. Flamenco trio Flamenco Puro live with DJs afterwards. I Deepfunkzllla at La'Belle An ele. 10.30pm—5am. £6. 13 Aug only. tch DJ Maxx, G-Man and Fryer layin down and mixing up rare groove, soul, nk, house and hip hop.
I Different Is Good at Iguana. 9pm-1am. Free. Weekly. Precclub. Popular Scottish DJ Gareth Sommerville lays down the choicest disco and hip hop tunes. I Divine Divas at The Venue. Monthly. Next date 3 Sep.
I ehl more at ehl. 9pm—lam. Free. Popular city centre bar with Sleazy G and Gav Lyall on rotation.
I Evol at The Li uid Rooms. 10.30pm-3am. £ . Weekly. Edinburgh’s ori inal indie night still going strong.
I ares at Flares. 9pm—lam. Free. Weekly. DJs playing a range of 705 disco. I Flirt at The Cavendish. 10pm-3am. £6. Weekly. A heady mix of 705 to 905 hits for an over 255 crowd. Every week until September sees ‘Going Bananas’ in which they give away a holiday to a sunny Mediterranean location.
I Funk Train at The Potterrow. No dates until September.
I Funky Chambers at The Wee Red Bar. Monthly. Next date 3 Sep.
I Higher Ground at The Honeycomb. Midnight—5am. £6 (£5). 13 Aug. Monthly. Edinburgh’s finest real deal deep house club welcome guests Jazz Nino and DJ Mojo for a bit of a party. One of the highlights of capital clubbing, check it out.
I In Yer Face at The Annex Lap Dancing Club. 8pm-
I Intergalactic at The Potterrow. No dates until September.
I International Club Festival at Teviot Row. 9pm-5am. £8. Weekly. Local record shop cum record label bring to town the man of the Euro trance moment Ferry Corsten aka System F for a live example of his popular sound tonight with stlrppon from Michael kilkie and Colin evendale. In the four back rooms you can enjoy: drum & bass, big beat, funk and soul and dub, soul and reggae. I Keep It In Czech at Pivo. 9pm-lam. Free. Weekly. Pre-club. New bar pulling in the punters with local DJs of note mixing up a storm.
I Loca at Loca. 8pm—5am. Free entry before 11pm; £2 llpm—lam; £4 after lam. Weekly. A fun mix of chart, dance and disco for a more mature crowd.
I Made In Iguana at Iguana. 9pm-1am. Free. Weekly. Yogi Haughton blends the best in black music, R&B, future jazz, obscure boogie cuts and rare grooves. That’s the way, uh huh uh huh, we like it
I The Mambo Club at The Cavendish. lOpm-3am. £5 (£4). Weekly. Reggae, ragga, soul, funk, swing and R&B
deli ts provided by Sir Ossie.
I anga at La Belle Angele. Monthly. Next date 3 Sep. Check out: www.basstrap.com
I Midnight Blue at Cafe Graffiti. 10pm—2am. £5. Weekly. Jazz, soul and groove at this popular dance floor club. The Midnight Blue Players play live with support from resident DJs Demus and
Jos'e‘ph.
I oroccan Clouds at P0 Na Na. lOpm-3am. Free before 11pm; £2 a' r Weekly. The still gorgeous DJ N‘cc. plays disco, funk and I ~use in this vmy groovy and popular be.
I Noa at Noa. lOpm-3am. Free before midnight; £6 after. Weekly. Jon Flowers in the main room with smooth-as-you- like'garage; Paul Dixon through the back with old skool, soul and funk.
I Pillbox at Studio 24. 10.30pm-late. £tbc. 13 Aug. Monthly. Karim (Tripoli 'll'ax, Do Not Bend) guests in the main room tonight with a live set which has the Pillbox crew very excited as it’s an exclusive coo . The residents Ash, James and Captain va will be in support with
their mix of hard trance and techno. There’s hip hop upstairs and a separate ambient chill out room. Get in touch: pillbox@iname.com
I Planet Earth at The Citrus. 11pm-3am. £4. Weekly. A busy and long- running night of 70s and 803 sounds, where new romantics, punks, glam rockers and disco freaks relive the era that others do their best to forget.
I Pride at Revolution. lOpm—3am. £5 before 11pm; £6 before midnight; £7 after. Weekly. Simon Coer plays chart and dance at this massive venue.
I Pure at The Venue. 10.30pm-3am. Fortnightly. Next date 20 Aug. Mark your diaries — it’s Pure’s ninth birthday with special guest Richie ‘Plastikman’ Hawtin. I Reaction at The Subway. 11pm-3am. Free for students with matriculation card; £2 otherwise. Weekly. A mix of chart, dance and classic disco.
I Rebel Waltz at City Cafe. 9pm—3am. Free. 13 Aug. Fortnightly. Everyone’s favourite DJ Murray Richardson (we admit it, he paid us to say that; bribes are the way forward, we keep telling you) lays on a night of stunning deep house to groove the night away to. Get down and check out the man at work.
I Salsa Pa Ti at Cafe Habana. lOpm—lam. Free. Weekly. DJ James Combe and guests with a tropical mix from Afro to zouk.
I Sexsi at The Jaffacake. 10.30pm—3am. £5. Weekly. The music policy is pumping, uplifting house from residents Andy Ford, Scott Bechelli and Lee Downy.
I Streetlife at The Honeycomb. Monthly. Next date 27 Aug with Trevor Nelson.
I Sublime at The Potterrow. Next date 17 Se .
I Su lime at Wilkie House. Next date 10 Sep. (http://www.sublime- uk.demon.co.ult/av I The Subway est End 4pm-3am. £1. Weekly. See Thu.
I TFI Friday at Club Mercado. 5-10pm. Free. Weekly. The capital’s original and most famous after-work piss-up with cheesy music courtesy of Trendy Wendy. I The Time Tunnel at Club Mercado. 10pm—3am. £5. Weekly. Trendy Wendy takes you through the 605, 705 and 805 in a now weekly bash.
I Triptonite North at The Honeycomb. Triptonite North has now finished.
I Vengeance at Wilkie House. Next date 3 Se with Anthony Pappa.
I What i; Is at City Cafe 2. Fortnightly. Next date 20 Aug.
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I Araltataca! at The Bongo Club. No dates until September.
I Atomic Baby at The Honeycomb. Midnight—5am. £10 (£8). 14 Aug. Fortnightly. A favoured destination by those who favour the Euro house end of things with DJs Michael Kilkie, Zammo and Darren Davies in the main room, while Gareth Sommerville enjoys his favourite deep house and American garage through the back.
I Big Beat at Cafe Graffiti. Monthly. Next date 28 Aug.
I C.C. Blooms at CC. Blooms. 11pm-3am. Free. Weekly. Get up and move those hips at this very busy gay bar/club.
I Cafe Aquarius at Cafe Aquarius. 9pm-1 am. Free. Weekly. The Cuban Brothers alternate with Eh?Wun! for great Saturday night pre-club action.
I Catwalk at The Catwalk. 9pm—1am. Free. Weekly. Gordon Whittaker and Mark Price alternate to play an eclectic mix of happening house beats in this quality re-club bar.
I Club ing For Kosovo at The Vaults. lOpm-Sam. £5 before 11pm, £10 after. 14 Aug only. A night in aid of a good cause with local DJs Jez, Josh, Colin Millar and Kev Wright playing their favoured genres; expect house, tech
house, trip hop and trance and probably some other bits and bobs they find in tehir boxes.
I Colours at The Potterrow. No dates until September.
I Colours of Love at Club Mercado. Fortnightly. Next date 21 Aug with their closing bash.
I Cream at The Potterrow. No dates until September.
I Cuba Norte at Cuba Norte. lOpm-lam. Free. Weekly. It’s Saturday so it must be salsa - check DJs Jorge, Coco and James Combe on rotation.
I Czech This Out at Pivo. 9pm-lam. Free. Weekly. Preclub. Local DJs provide the choons at this popular bar.
I Disco Inferno at The Venue. Fortnightly. Next date 21 Aug with their wild eighth birthday bash.
I Diva at the Liquid Rooms. 11pm-Iate. £6 (£5). Weekly. Head resident Yogi Haughton basks in the success of this disco club - 700 were locked out on the opening night. Tonight he welcomes the downright sexy Bootsy and Andy Ford to the party. With Yogi in charge of the music policy, you can expect to hear only the smoothest, finest disco and funk sounds. Mmmhmm.
I The Egg at The Wee Red Bar. llpm-3am. £4 (£3.50). Weekly. A mix of indie, 60s, soul, deep funk, soundtracks and all things groovy at this popular Art College student union.
I eh‘l more at ehl. 9pm—l am. Free. Weekly. Yogi Haughton plays his garage and soul tunes on the first and third Saturday and rising deep house star Murray Richardson shows why he is worthy of attention on the second and fourth.
I Energise at Subway. 11pm—3am. £2. Weekly. Various party sounds.
I Envy at Revolution. 10pm—3am. £5
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before 11pm; £6 before midnight; £7 after. Weekly. Simon Coyle plays chart and dance to a young West End crowd. I Filth at Studio 24. 10.30pm—3am. £5. 14 Aug. Monthly. A night of dark, sexy trance with a strict door code - fuck off sexy club wear, leather pants or no pants, if you please. As Alan says: ‘If people start getting a wee bit frisky and disappear into dark comers with someone they shouldn’t, does it matter?’ No spectators allowed.
I Fire Island at Wilkie House. Monthly. Next date 11 Sep.
I Flares at Flares. 9pm—lam. Free. Weekly. DJs playing a range of 705 tunes to a West End crowd.
I Frog at Studio 24. lOpm-Sam. £7. 14 Aug only. Frog make a happy return to the Studios for seven hours of sunky and hard house with a Festival stage show and five DJs on five decks.
I Headspin at The Bongo Club. Monthly. Next date 28 Aug.
I International Club Festival at Teviot Row. 9pm—5am. £10. Weekly. Easily the highlight of any junglist’s diary this Festival, tonight see the mighty, mighty Grooverider & Fabio in the house. The pair need no introduction (if they do, where the hell have you been this decade?) and are among the most influential drum & bass DJs around. In the four back rooms you can enjoy: drum & bass, big beat, funk and soul and dub, soul and reggae.
I Jazz Joint at Henry’s Cellar Bar. lOpm-Sam. £6 (£5). Weekly. The very wonderful Sister Soul guest at this dance floor jazz club tonight with DJ support from DJ Tinku - the girls are out in force tonight.
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