He’ll be sort of semi playing live, it’s his Decks, EFX & 909 thing that has had so many in hysteric excitement (who else caught his set at T in the Park?). He’s released a mix album of the same name, it rocks and so will he. See feature, page 22. I Queer Sunday at Eden. llpm-3am. £2 before midnight; £4 after. Weekly. A new weekly gay night with an ‘unashamedly vibrant, happy, commercial gay dance music policy’ with DJ Venus upstairs while downstairs is taken over by the Torch Song Divas doing the cabaret thing. 31 Oct sees a special Hallowe’en Ball with ticket prices at £10.
I The Subway West End 4pm—3am. £1. Weekl . See Thu.
I Tac no at Club Mercado. 10.30pm—3am. £6/£5/£4. 31 Oct. Monthly. In the spirit of Hallowe’en, Trendy Wendy dusts down the skeletons, ghosts and ghouls in her closet and makes them come to the party. Dress in the spirit of things.
I Taste at Wilkie House. 11pm—3am. £8 (£6). Weekly. What starts as uplifting house and very nice garage invariably goes pearshaped and hard house becomes the order of the day from Fisher & Price. The pair are wild behind the decks and the crowd are among the best we’ve ever seen, period. Through the back Martin Valentine and Stuart Barrie play garage and US garage to an appreciative audience. Essential night out every week. I Tokyo Blue at Gaia. 9pm—3am. £3 (£2). Weekly. Craig Burger Queen has a new pet project and tonight is it. He and select guests will be laying on glam and sexy house while Tim Cuban Brother will be DJing in the u stairs bar.
I Undergroun Overground at Studio 24. 10.30pm—3am. £5 (£3). 31 Oct only. An offshoot of Apex for one Hallowe’en night with DJs Steve Pace and Al Space from Apex and Julz and Patrick Hart from Purple Moon offering up lots of hard edged techno. The wearing of costumes is actively encouraged.
EDINBURGH MONDAYS
I C.C. Blooms 11pm—3am. Free. Weekly. Gay, kitsch and all things fab at this popular bar and disco.
I Catwalk at The Catwalk. 8pm-1am. Free. Weekly. DJ Pilot Marky C and DJ Cool P (Paris) bring an excellent, relaxed, true jungle vibe. Expect scratching and mad mixing.
I Don't Stop at The Cocteau Lounge. Midnight-3am. Free. Weekly. Entrance through The Outhouse Gardens (Broughton Street Lane). For the nocturnal drinkers among us, get down for different DJs every night.
I Freedom at Gaia. 9pm-3am. Free before midnight; £2 after. Weekly. Avoid the Monday blues at this amazingly renovated club. Anything goes with the music policy in both the main room and the upstairs bar.
I Jazz Joint at Henry’s Cellar Bar. 10pm-3am. £3. Weekly. Altered Beatz 99, live drum & bass night. Martin Kershaw’s Green Juice are on stage while DJ Decknical Hitch provides the vinyl magic.
I Loca at Loca. 8pm—3am. Free entry before 11pm; £2 11pm—1am; £4 after lam. Weekly. A commercial mix of chart, dance and disco.
I The Subway West End 4pm—3am. £1. Weekly. See Thu.
I Trainspotter at The Subway. 10pm-3am. £1 (free for students with matriculation card). Weekly. A mix of indie and dance.
I The Unspoken Thing at Negociants.
10pm—3am. Free. Weekly. The best way '
to get a new week underway, Noodles and Brains cook up a fine feast of free range beats for a discerning crowd.
EDINBURGH TUESDAYS
I C.C. Blooms 11pm—3am. Free. Weekly. Gay bar and disco, tonight with 60s, 705 and 805 tunes.
I Club NuDista at Gaia. 9pm—3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. The Cuban Brothers take over this newly renovated venue with their frankly offensive patter and cheesy tunes. It seems the Havana brothers are fast becoming international superstars (shows the state of the world’s entertainment industry, doesn’t it?) so you should trot down smartish.
I Czech Out Da Funk at Pivo. 9pm-1am. Free. Weekly. Pre-club. One of the cosiest style bars that we’ve seen
in a while, you could do a lot worse than check out Pivo. Tonight, Fraser Heeps (who you might recognise as the Bongo Boy at Barry Cabanas) lays on the funky magic.
I Don't Stop at The Cocteau Lounge. Midnight—3am. Free. Weekly. Entrance through The Outhouse Gardens (Broughton Street Lane). For the nocturnal drinkers among us, get down for different DJs every night.
I Jazz Joint at Henry's Cellar Bar. 10pm-3am. £3. Weekly. One of the best nights in the capital: Plus One and Extra aka The Dynamic Duo manage the decks with a fierce talent — hip hop don’t stop — joined by the four x MC magic of Scotland Yard. Loads of local talent drops by every Tuesday for impromptu jams, making this an essential night by anyone’s count.
I Loca at Loca. 8pm—5am. Free entry before 11pm; £2 11pm—1am; £4 after lam. Weekly. A commercial mix of chart, dance and disco.
I Motherfunk at The Venue. 11pm-3am. Free. Weekly. Exceptionally popular rare groove, soul and funk night hosted by Gino and Fryer. Now playing drum & bass/hip hop on the middle floor with Ritchie Ruftone.
I Negociants at Negociants. 9pm—3am. Free. Weekly. Nasty P comes head to head with local DJs — expect hip hop and funk.
I Salsa Con Sabor at Baracoa. 10pm—1am. Free. Weekly. DJ Hector maintains an exceptionally popular salsa night with hot music, great ambience and friendly people. Call 225 5846 or salsaclub@hotmail.com for more info. I The Subway West End 4pm—3am. £1. Weekly. See Thu.
EDINBURGH WEDNESDAYS
I Air Nudista at Gaia. 10pm-3am. £4. Weekly. The Cuban Brothers host a night of, well, you really have to see it to believe it. They will be joined by the Nordic Brothers, everyone ’5 favourite Hospital Radio DJ, Barry Peters and Pablo Discobar. All the filthy, dirty funk and disco you can manage.
I Bonsoir at La Belle Angele. 10.30pm—3am. £3; girls get in free
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throughout October. Weekly. A night of cabaret, comedy, quiz, chilled funky music and some karaoke if you’re lucky for the discerning student patron.
I C.C. Blooms 11pm-3am. Free. Weekly. Very popular gay bar and disco. I Catwalk at The Catwalk. 9pm—lam. Free. Weekly. Pre-club. Jamie Buchanan plays the mellow house side of things. I Don't Stop at The Cocteau Lounge. Midnight—3am. Free. Weekly. Entrance through The Outhouse Gardens (Broughton Street Lane). For the nocturnal drinkers among us, get down for different DJs every night.
I Hump at The Ark. 9pm—3am. £2. Weekly. book out for the free VlP passes. Student club with appropriate music and drinks promos, you know how it goes. I Jazz Joint at Henry’s Cellar Bar. 10pm—3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Cathie Rae hosts the Jazz Joint‘s regular night of vocal talent from around the city and further afield. DJ Frosty provides the turntable talent for the evening.
I Loca at Loca. 8pm-5am. Free entry before 11pm; £2 11pm—1am; £4 after lam. Weekly. A commercial mix of chart, dance and disco.
I Made In Iguana at Iguana. 9pm-lam. Free. Weekly. Colin Millar and Adam Bray lay on a superb mix of breaks and beats from hip hop to house, nu skool breaks to drum & bass.
I Midweek Mayhem at The Liquid Rooms. 10.30pm—3am. Free with matric card before 12.30am; £2 otherwise. Weekly. Much cheapness of drink, obviously aimed at the students among us. Music includes 805 disco and 905 cheese.
I Nice at The Citrus Club. 11pm—3am. £2. Weekly. The return of this popular indie, alternative and 605 club.
I Out To lunch at P0 Na Na. 11pm—3am. Free. Weekly. DJ H (Tribal Funktion) gives you a perfectly good reason to go out on a Wednesday. As the man says himself— ‘putting the electric into eclectic’.
I Superfly at Negociants. 10pm—3am. Free. Weekly. The sounds of the 70s.
I Viagraah at Revolution. 10pm—3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Lots of drink promos to get the students acting, well, like drunk students.
clubs
VENUES
I Air Organic 36 Kelvingrove Street, 564 5201.
I Alasksa 142 Bath Lane, 248 1777.
I The Apartment 23 Royal Exchange Square, 221 7808.
I Archaos 25 Queen Street, 204 3189. I The Arches Midland Street (off Jamaica Street), 221 4001.
I The Arena 15—27 Oswald Street,
221 3010.
I Babaza Royal Exchange Square, 0141 204 0101
I Bacchus 80 Glassford Street, 572 0080. I Bar Ce Lona 427 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2528.
I Bargo Albion Street, 553 4771.
I Bar Lautrec's 14a Woodlands Terrace, 332 7013.
I Bar 10 10 Mitchell Lane (off Mitchell Street), 243 2099.
I The Bedsit 1 Park Drive,339 0432. I Bennet's 80 Glassford Street, 552 5761.
I Betty's Mayonnaise 37 Queen Street, 221 5934.
I Blackfriars Underground (below Blackfriars), 36 Bell Street, 552 5924. I Bom 142 Renfield Street, 572 0100. I Bonkers Hope St, 248 5884.
I Brel 39 Ashton Lane, 342 4966.
I Budda 142 St Vincent Street, 221 5660.
I Caledonian University Student Union (Asylum) 70 Cowcaddens Road, 332 0681.
I Candybar 185 Hope St, 353 7420.
I The Cathouse 15 Union Street, 248 6606.
I Cleopatra's 508 Great Western Road, Kelvinbridge, 334 0560.
I Club Budda 142 St Vincent St, 221 2213.
I The Cooler Pitt Street, 572 0187.
I Cottiers 93 Hyndland Street, 357 5825. I Cross Bar 0141 243 2855
I Cul De Sac Ashton Lane, 334 8899. I Firebird 1321 Argyle Street, 334 0594. I Fury Murry’s 96 Maxwell Street,
221 6511.
I The Garage 490 Sauchiehall Street, 332 1120.
I Glasgow School of Art 167 Renfrew Street, 332 0691.
I Glasgow University Union 32 University Avenue, 339 8697.
I 92 474 Sauchiehall St (behind the Garage), 353 3111.
I Havana 50 Ho Street, 248 4466
I King Tut's Wa Wah Hut St Vincent Street, 221 5279.
I McChuils Way Out West 14 Kelvinhaugh Street, 221 5569.
I McPhabb. 23 Sandyford Place,
221 0770.
I Nice 'n' Sleazy 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 9637.
I North Woodside Social Club 329 North Woodside Road, 337 1643.
I October Cafe Top floor, Princes Square (off Buchanan Street),
221 0303.
I Planet Peach 34 Queen Street, 226 8990.
I Polo Lounge 84 Wilson Street,
553 1221.
I Queen Margaret Student Union 22 University Gardens, 339 9784.
I Reds, 375 Sauchiehall Street, 331 1635. I Rocksy‘s Basement 40 New Sneddon Street, Paisley, 552 5791.
I The Shed 26 Langside Avenue, 649 9473.
I Soundhouse 47 Hyde Park Lane, 221 4659.
I Spy Bar Bath Street, 221 7711.
I Strathclyde University Student Union 90 John Street, 567 5000.
I Strawberry Fields 56 Oswald Street, 221 7871.
I Sub Club 22 Jamaica Street, 248 4600. I The Temple 193 Pitt St, 332 7522.
I 13th Note 260 Clyde Street, 243 2177 I Trash 197 Pitt Street, 572 3372.
I The Tunnel 84 Mitchell Street, 204 1000.
I Universe Unit 2, 21 Locks Street, Coatbridge, 01236 428 628.
I Variety 401$auchiehall Street, 332 4449.
I The Velvet Rooms Sauchiehall Street, 332 0755.
I Yang 33 Queen Street. 248 8484.
EDINBURGH
I The Ark 3 Semple Street, 229 7733 I The Attic Dyer’s Close, Cowgate, 225 8382.
. I The Basement Broughton Street, 557
0097.
I La Belle Angele 11 Hasties Close, 225 7536.
I The Bongo Club 14 New Street, 556 5204
I Cafe Graffiti Mansfield Place Church (bottom of Broughton Street), 557 8003. I Catwalk Broughton Street, 225 5583.
I Cavendish West Tollcross, 228 3252. I C.C. Blooms 23—24 Greenside Place, 556 9331.
I The Citrus Grindlay Street, 622 7086. I The City Cafe Blair Street,
220 0125.
I The Cocteau Lounge (Eden), Picardy Place. (Entrance through The Outhouse Gardens, Broughton Street Lane 478 7434.
I E en Piccardy Place, 478 7434.
I eht Bar And Brasserie 197 High Street, 220 5277.
I Gaia King Stables Road, 229 7986 Heriot Watt Union Riccarton, 451 5333. I Jazz Joint Henry’s Cellar Bar, Morrison Street, 221 1288.
I The Liquid Room 9c Victoria Street, 225 2564
I The Living Room 235 Cowgate, 225 4628.
I Loco 235 Cowgate, 225 5413
I The Meadow Bar Buccleach Street, 622 7680.
I Club Mercado 36/39 Market Street, 226 4224.
I Negociants Lothian Street, 225 6313. I Noa 7 Queensferry Street Lane, 226 6828.
I Peppermint Lounge Blair Streeet, 622 6811.
I Pivo 2-6 Carlton Road, 557 2925.
I Po Na Na 26 Frederick Street, 226 2224.
I The Potterrow Bristo Square, 650 9195.
I Revolution 31 Lothian Road, 229 7670. I Studio 24 Calton Road, 558 3758.
I The Subway Cowgate, 225 6766.
I The Subway West End Lothian Road, 229 9197.
I The Tap O'Lauriston Lauriston Place, 229 4041.
I The Vaults Niddry Street, 558 9052. I The Venue Calton Road, 557 3073.
I The Wee Red Bar Edinburgh College Of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442.
I Why Not? The Dome, George Street, 624 8633.
I Wilkie House Cowgate, 225 2935
21 Oct—4 Nov 1999 THE LISTB1