clubs
Glasgow ClUbS
Regular weekly clubs plus one-off events are listed by city, then by day. then alphabetically by title. Clubs will be listed provided up-to- date details reach our offices at least seven days before publication. Lack of information may result in clubs bein omitted. Club listings compiled y Rory Weller (Glasgow) and Simone Baird (Edinburgh).
GLASGOW THURSDAYS
I Bennet’s at Bennet’s. 11pm-3am. £3 (£2). Weekly. Contemporary house from Annie and Grant. Gay.
I B.N.O.T.Y at Babaza. 6pm-3am. £3 (£2); free before 11pm. Weekly. Feel- good house and disco at this after-hours shake down for the older mid-week party roover.
I Bre at Brel. 8.30—llpm. Free. Weekly. Nimbus DJs and Norse Ned play soul and funk.
I Cafe Coco at The Velvet Rooms. 11pm—3am. £4 (£3). New night at the Velvets with Paul Melon in the front with a poppy party mix and Rory Weller playing the big dance tunes out the back in the club room.
I Cop at Archaos. 11pm—3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Massive student night, with party house anthems in the main room from the residents plus the added attraction of the Archaos flying dancers. Tam Coyle does his kitschy party sing- along in the room downstairs and up in the exclusive Sky Bar they’ve got Sky Co with Ryan Kerr.
I ee Jays In Disguise at Variety. 8pm—close. Free. Weekly. Super underground dubby mix of techno and
electronica from the guys who do Saturday up at the Art School, Hatch and J ilkes of Knucklehead (My Machines). I Fatboy's Kitchen at McChuill’s Way Out West. 8—11pm. Free. Weekly. Big beat and hip hop.
I fnult at The Apartment. 11pm-3am. £3 (£2). Weekly. Upfront house from Billy Milligan and Stephen Foy playing to a good looking, slightly older crowd. I Freedom at The Shed. lOpm-3am. £3 (£2). Weekly. Southside action with Paul N’Jie in the main hall playing funk, garage and chart house.
I Free Flow at Glasgow School Of Art (downstairs). 9pm-2am. £1 (students and guests). Weekly. Northern soul, funk flavour, jazzy breaks and beats, hip hop, movie soundtracks and drum & bass in the Vic Bar.
I Funky Fursdays at Planet Peach. 11pm-3.15am. £3 (£2). Weekly. DJ Stevie G playing funky disco.
I Hi Karate at the Glasgow School of Art (upstairs). 10pm-2am. £1. Weekly. Neil McMillan and Andrew Divine scissor-kick a furious funk vibe into Thursday nights with this deep down and dirty stormer of a night. A masterful combination of hip hop, soul, funk, electro, jump-up, ra ga and reggae.
I Kenny If at The ul De Sac. 9pm-midnight. Free. Weekly. Pre-club. Eclectic funky imports from Kenny H. I Last Exit at Club Budda. 11pm—3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Inside Outh‘he Ark’s Simon Foy playing a steady mix of house anthems and commercial garage. I Loveshack at Fury Murry’s. 11pm-3.15am. £4 (£2). Weekly. Classic indie, house and disco sounds from Jim Downie.
I Picante at Reds. 11pm-3am. £4 (£2). Weekly. DJ Skud with hot and spicy house with a Latin edge.
I Rumble at The Garage. 11pm-3am.
£4 (£2). Weekly. All your favourite charty dance faves, movie tunes and indie classics, plus devastatingly drunk students.
I Salsa Sabrosa at Havana. Weekly. 8pm-midnight. Quality Latin dance grooves, barrio beats and salsa from New York, Columbia and Puerto Rico. I Skint at The Cathouse. 11pm—3am. £4 (£2). Weekly. lndie/rock/chemical beats and hip hop at Scotland’s number one rock club.
I Superstar at Trash. 11pm—3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Studenty mix of indie, pop and any house.
I anna Play? at The Tunnel. 11pm—3am. £4 (£2.50 with matric card). Weekly. The Tunnel’s student night, with Kevin and Scott from weekends at the Tunnel, joined by Lisa Littlewood, mixing an accessible spread of contemporary house anthems and timeless classics.
I Yang at Yang. 11pm—3am (bar open from 6pm). £3 (£2); free before midnight. Weekly. Elevation Trio, the Glasgow-based funk collective 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. In the club room there’s a rotating selection each week. 9 Sep Goodfoot with Northern soul, funk and R& B.
GLASGOW FRIDAYS
I Alaska at Alaska. 11pm—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.
I Apartment at The Apartment. llpm—3am. £8. Weekly. Jim Da Best
Tablist Lounge
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Hip hop clubs can be off putting for those who cannot count themselves among the cognoscenti. This is
because, just as you get up for a dance, the bloke behind the decks is liable to engage in a spot of turntable histrionics. Turning this problem into a plus Dema, the DJ and promoter behind Tablist Lounge, is seeking to provide a showcase for all the nimble-fingered Technics experts out there: 'We wanted a night where any DJ can get the opportunity to play out in a club, and for the people coming down it's more like visiting a gallery.’
The entertainment will not consist solely of scratch patterns, however. Each night will feature beat-juggling jams (where DJs mould their own virtual tracks by chopping up breaks and beats), battles (where two or more turntablists seek to outdo each other with technical scratch-wizardry) and showcases (where a DJ, well . . . shows off). Future plans, meanwhile. include featuring live drummers interacting with the DJ.
Residents Dema, Nice and Bunty also have a relaxed attitude to those seeking to join them behind the decks, intending as they do to operate an open-house booking policy. Established names will be booked, but not promoted, and anyone who's game can fill out a form detailing their tastes and intentions and then bring
along their 12in for the next night.
If you're a hip hop DJ, then Tablist Lounge is a godsend - nowhere else in Glasgow offers a chance to put the fruits of hours of bedroom practice before an audience. For those of us not blessed with superhuman hand/eye co-ordination and a bag full of imports, the night provides an opportunity to engage in the stunning spectacle that a good scratch-mixer can provide. (Jack Mottram) ' I Tablist Lounge is at The 73th Note on Sat 18 Sep.
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playing a clubby party mix at this good looking venue, with even better looking clientele.
I The Ark at The Tunnel. 10.30Pm-3am. £7 (£5). Weekly. Your trio 0 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 11.30pm—3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Grant Duff downstairs with an upbeat dance night, then DJ Shawn for handba y house upstairs. Gay.
I Bud a at Bar Budda. 8pm-midnight. Free. Weekly. Pre-club. Chris Harris with a chunky house pro-club warmer. I Buddasole at Club Budda. 11pm-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 for the people who’ve been dancing on the tables down in Bar Budda earlier.
I Bughouse at Balsa. 9pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. Pre-club. Despite getting turfed out of g2, Dan and Chris continue with their choice cuts and meaty house at this city centre bar.
I Bump 'n' Hustle at Babaza. 6pm-3am (DJs from 11pm). £5 (free before 11pm). Weekly. A celebration of black music from Paul Traynor after Jamie Strang warms things up with funky R&B.
I Carwash at g2. 11pm—3am. £3 (£2). New party night of disco, funk and soul from Jerry Lyons (Garage).
I The Cathouse at The Cathouse. 10.30pm-3am. £4 (£3); £1 before 11.30pm. Weekly. Three floors of rock, hip hop, chemical beats, grunge and contemporary indie.
I Cheesy Pop at The Queen Margaret Union. 10pm—2am. £3 (£2). Weekly. Students and four guests. lt’s cheesy and it’s poppy and it’s just unbridled fun all the way, brought to you by DJ Toast. Note that this fromage fandango continues all the way through the summer.
I Crash at The Shed. lOpm—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. Pre-club. Anton and Doug with pre-club head phunk.
I Deep Fried at The 13th Note Club (both floors). 11pm—3am. £3. Weekly. The Kung Funk Collective with hip hop, funky breaks and kicking beats.
I GB Experience at The Temple. 11pm—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’ (for that read not too many students), busy night.
I Gold 'n' Delicious at Archaos. 11pm—3am. £6 (£4). Weekly. David Gilmore and Ryan Kerr playing quality house and garage amid the spectacle of the Friday night acts. Bungee jumping acrobats, stilt walkers and much madness. Jamie Strang also plays soul and R&B in bar one. Up in the Sky Bar Mathew Morton plays R&B, funk and
garage.
I Goodfoot at The Bedsit. Closed until Oct.
I Havana Barcelona at Barcelona. 8pm-midnight. Free. Weekly. Pre-club. The sound of the Latino house underground from DJ Jazz.
I Love Bug at The Garage. 10.30pm—3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Good- time party tunes with a young, boppy, drinky and snoggy crowd. Wildly busy so it’s well advised to haul yo ass down there early.
I Messenger Sound System at The Glasgow School Of Art. 10pm-2.30am. £6. 10 Sep only. Roots and dub covering