CLUBS listings
Fo u r play A Burd Called Ger has been Dling in and around Glasgow for over five years now with her mix of ’hip hop, soul. disco. reggae and anything funky, a bit ofa mish mash'. You can catch her at Yang (fortnightly Sundays), Barge (monthly Sammys), and at Pussypower at the Soundhaus on Sat 31 Man -
Ultramagnetic MCs: ‘Mentally Mad' (Next Plateau) . This track’s a stress reliever, it sums up how l feel once a month, every month, know what l mean, ladies? Not to mention the strong vocals and that funky m~uted guitar riff._
Pharoahe Monch: 'Simon Says (DJ Die and Roni Size remix)‘ (Rawkus)
The hip hop version already rocked, but this drum & bass remix really kicks ass! A monstrous intro in a Wagnerian vein, those in-yer-face vocals and some naughty lyrics too. Heads a turnin’ with this. On theiurntable now.“ *
Lamont Dozier: 'Back To My Roots’ (Warner Bros)
Musically interesting every step of the way. Camping piano line, melodic guitar riff and meaningful lyrics. This track really touches my heart. A touch of disco, soul and backing vocals which give a real ethnic feel. Lovely.
., _. .9. Frankie Knuckles: '1 Need Your Love' (Trax)
Nine years later and i still get the shivers when I hear this. Thathypnotic synthesised loop, then the most memorable hook bassline, warm strings and the lush sensuous vocals all fuse together to make this a landmark dance track.
70 THE LIST 30 Mar—l3 Apr 2000
GLASGOW SATURDAYS: CLUBS continued
I Life at Life. 10pm—3am. £5. Weekly. Andy Unger presents a selection of soul, funk and disco augmented with original samples and loops to guarantee a new take on familiar sounds.
I MAS at The Apartment. 11pm-33m. £8. Weekly. House and disco with a funky undercurrent.
I Mtsh Mash at The Riverside Club. Monthly. Next date 29 Apr.
I Polo Lounge at The Polo Lounge. 10.30pm—3am. £5. Weekly. Featuring Andy in the Trophy Room with hits from the 605 to the 805 while Tom provides an upfront dance selection in the main room. Gay.
I Reds at Reds. 11pm-3.15pm. £7 (£5). Upbeat garage and disco flavoured house from DJ Skud.
I Santiago at The Asylum (CUSU). 10.30pm—2.30am. £4. 1 Apr. Fortnightly. Marcello and Manolito spin dark Latin grooves, from new releases to established floor-fillers. If you fancy brushing up your bon bon shaking skills, Absolut Salsa classes run from 8pm, and it’s good for the soul too, as proceeds go to Amnesty lntemational.
I The Shed at The Shed. 10pm-3am. £5 (£4). Weekly. Commercial house and anthems from Graham Ferguson.
I Silk at Havana. 10pm-3am. £5. Weekly. Smooth and classic house and garage from Neil Mackay and Frog, with the odd anthem thrown in.
I Slam And Bugged Out! at Qudos (QMU). 10pm—3am. £12 (£10). 8 April. Monthly. The uber-club continues with guest appearances from Surgeon and James Ruskin, while the residents this time are Rob Bright from Bugged Out and Dls drawn from the Fenetik roster. See Hitlist.
I Slave Sexual at Slave. 10pm—3am. £7 (£5). Weekly. Robin and Lovejoy with a harder hard house set than their weekly outings. Dress up and arrive early to avoid disappointment.
I s Ouch! at Qudos (Queen Margaret Union). IOpm—Bam. £7; £5 with flyer. 15 Apr only. The second leg of the Student Life events, to welcome back the studes from their Easter break and provide eveyone else with top-notch entertainments. Expect the usual mix of vinyl and live stuff, with Engine showcasing material from their First Gear e.p. and Ground Control taking hip hop back to its two turntables-and-a- microphone roots. Keep an eye out for the swanky ‘plane ticket flyers - they could win you a trip to Amsterdam. See Hitlist.
I Straight Ahead at Alaska. Monthly. Next date 15 Apr.
I Substitute at Planet Peach. 10pm-3am. £8. Weekly. Harri and Domenic continue the festivities surrounding the launch of the Subversion mix CD. if you fancy picking up a free copy, make sure you’re one of the first twenty through the door. See Hitlist.
I Triumph at The Tunnel. 10.30pm—3.30am. £9 (£7). Weekly. Colin Tevendale and Steven McCreery supply the dressed-up glamour kids with progressive house and trance in the main room while Kevin MacFarlane and Stephen Lee mix up garage, disco and
vocal house in Room TWO. If you’re not
wearing awfully nice clothes, however, don’t expect to get in. 15 Apr sees guest appearances from Steve Lawler (Home)
and Guy Omadel from Gatecrasher.
I 2 Tons of Fun at Club Budda. 11pm—3am. £6. Weekly. Geoff Montford and Chris Harris get funky with a bang up-to-date selection of disco house.
I Ultima at Alaska. 10pm—3am. £6 (£5). 8 Apr. Monthly. Witch and GK Machine with records from this century only, taking in four-four sounds with a difference and some electronic jiggery- pokery along with the vinyl. See Phactfrle.
I Velvet Rooms at The Velvet Rooms. 11pm—3am. £4 before midnight; £8 after. Weekly. Stevie Smith breaks out the club classics, garage and house in the main room while Raymond Woods cools
things down with hip hop and R&B in Room TWO.
I Yang at Yang. 11pm-3am. Free before midnight; £5 after. Weekly. Residents Muchaill and Brian Mumin with a top quality house selection for a discerning crowd.
Chartaparty
I Bunkers at Bonkers. 11pm-3am. £4 before midnight; £5 after. Weekly. Hits from the 803, chart house and cheesy trance.
I Classic PM at Fury Murry’s. 11pm—3am. £6 (£4). Weekly. Downstairs features a mix of dance classics and party tunes, with a dash of indie added to the mix upstairs.
I The Garage at The Garage. 10pm—3am. £6 (£4); £1 off before 11pm. Weekly. Super-commercial party sounds on the main dancefloor and indie classics in the Attic.
I Graduate Club at g2. 11pm—3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Designed to suit those who have always enjoyed a Garage-style night out, but feel a little long in the tooth when surrounded by fresh-faced, lager-stained youngsters. Steve Davis provides the party anthems.
I Seduction at Destiny. 10pm—3am. £6 before 11pm; £7 after. Weekly. Tonight the new uber club would like you to ‘dress to impress’ while enjoying the usual commercial house ‘n’ trance pap. I Strawberry Fields at Strawberry Fields. 9pm—3am. £6 before 11pm; £7 after. Weekly. Classic party nonsense from the 605 to last week.
GLASGOW SUNDAYS
Pro-club
I Bonafide Love at The Cross Bar. 8pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. DJ Dirtsman with reggae, roots and ragga. I Budda at Bar Budda. 8pm-midnight. Free. Weekly. Colin Walker (New York Alliance) playing deep house.
I Divine Intervention at Brel. 8.30-11pm. Free. Weekly. Hush Puppy of Divine fame plays a smooth, relaxed soul selection to wind down the weekend.
I Edward's at Edward’s Bar. 9pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. Relaxing, soulful sounds for a Sun tipple.
I Fresh at Mojo. 9pm—late. Free. Weekly. Let the Fresh crew chill you out before the stress of the week ahead. Resident Gary Lawson is joined by regular guests Paul Hughes (Mau Sound System) and Barry Johnstone.
I G-Man and Traxx at The Living Room. 4pm-midnight. Free. Weekly. It is now possible to write off the Sabbath in its entirety while enjoying some top- notch tunes, thanks to the Living Room’s double bill. The afternoon shift is taken care of by G-Man, with his beats and hip hop. From 9pm, things get a bit livelier thanks to underground house from Simon and Derek.
I Harri at Groucho St. Judes. 9pm-midnight. Free. 2 Apr. Fortnightly. The Sub Club stalwart brings his high calibre house to the most stylish of Glasgow’s style bars.
I Low Down Tunes at Four Cafe Bar (CCA). Free. Weekly. Melodic breaks and beats at the new pro-club.
I Nick Peacock at The Variety Bar. 8pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. Local hero Nick Peacock selects the best jazz grooves, with the occasional foray into house.
I R&B at Bar 10. 7pm—33m. Relax with rhythm and blues cuts and take advantage of the generous drinks promos at the city centre style bar.
I Stiletto at The 13th Note Cafe. Next date 30 Apr.
I Bennet’s at Bennet’s. 11.30pm-3am. £3. Weekly. Tom plays tunes loved by twelve-year-old girls, plus some bangin’ handbag to eqnally appreciative gay men. Funny old world.
I Sunday Worship at Club Budda. 11pm—3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. Michael Kilkie and Simon Foy do their uplifting
house thing.
I Bite at The Cathouse. 10.30pm-3am. Free entry before 11.30pm; £2 (£1.50) after. Weekly. A milder mix of indie and rock than you’ll find at the city’s premier rock club on Fri or Sat.
I Club Tropicana at The Garage (Attic). 11pm—3am. £3 (£2). Weekly. Indie, both classic and contemporary, with a healthy dose of Britpop.
I Cocoyan at The Apartment. 11pm—3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. A new night of dancehall, R&B and soca-Latino fusion from Puppa Shango (Joints & Jams) and newcomer DJ Yaw.
I Funk Sundays at Slave. 8pm—3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. House with Chicago tendencies from Andy Guest plus live percussion courtesy of Andrew Horn.
I Hostage at Media. IOpm—Iate. £5 (£4). Weekly. A new night at the new venue, with residents Derek Taylor and Steven McCreer of the Tunnel joined by guests Andy Ling and Mancunian DJ Evolution for across-the-board credible house sounds.
I Indie Schmindie at The 13th Note Club (both floors). 9pm-3am. Free entry before 11pm; £3 after. Weekly. A quality selection of indie, ancient and modern. I Liquid Cool at Babaza. 9pm—3am. £5. Weekly. AJ, Kris Keegan and Ian Thompson playing top-notch vocal garage and house to a club packed with hyper-hedonistic twentysomething revellers, all of whom seem to have forgotten that they have work in the morning. If quality tunes and glamorous antics are your bag, Sundays at Babaza are unmissable.
I LilLo at Reds. 10pm—3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Oscar (Mish Mash) and Harri (Subculture) sparring partners of old, join forces for some funky deep house. See Hitlist.
I Optimo at Planet Peach. 11pm—3am. £5 (£4). Weekly. Wilkes and 'INvitch continue to rock the arse off Sun nights by chopping out their spazzy mix of nasty electro, classic rock and wigged- out funk for a tired and emotional crowd. I The Shed at The Shed. 10pm-3am. £3 (£2). Weekly. Charty house action from Martin Hesketh at the Southside’s answer to The Garage.
I Streetlife at The Velvet Rooms. 11pm-3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. DMG provides the classic soul, funk and R&B. I Sun at Trash. 11pm-3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. House, garage and student classics from Jim Da Best, with drinks for £1 all night.
I Voyeurism at Archaos. 11pm—3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. A perv’s paradise, with peep hole performances, non-specific fake shagging and a general atmosphere of muckiness. Oh, and there’s music too, with Mark Sherry and Paul Mendez spinning upfront, uplifting house in the main room, Naeem rocking downstairs with his hip hop selections and Paul Traynor and Naeem providing R&B cuts in the Skybar.
I Yang at Yang. 11pm—3am. Free before midnight; £3 after. Rotating DJs mean you can expect anything from jazzy breaks to hard and nasty techno.
Charttttparty
I Atmosphere at Destiny. 10pm-3am. £3 before 11pm; £4 after. Weekly. Full- on party action accompanied by generous drinks promos.
I Cleopatra's at Cleopatra’s. 10.30pm—2.30am. £3 (£2). Weekly. Chart pop and hits from the 705 and 80s. I Fiasco at Reds. Brendan and Jamie knock out the chart hits resulting, apparently, in ‘debauchery and
ma hem’.
I ilver (Disco Extravaganza) at Fury Murray’s. 11pm—3am. £3 (£2). Weekly. Cheesetastic disco fun for students, with Dave and Phil spinning the discs.
GLASGOW MONDAYS
Pro-club
I Loose at The Variety Bar. 9pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. Alt- country, classic 705 rock and blues from Paul Shields.