CLUBS listings
GLASGOW FRIDAY: CLUBS continued
I Buddasole at Club Budda. 11pm—3am. £5. Weekly. Solemusic head honcho Stevie Middleton with seriously high calibre soulful house and garage. For music lovers.
I Bump 'N' Hustle at Babaza. 6pm—3am (DJs from 11pm). Free before 11pm; £5 after. Weekly. Paul Traynor and Raymond Woods with fine and funky R&B cuts, hip hop and some classic soul and funk thrown in to keep the capacity crowd going. Arrive early to avoid disappointment as this is one of the busiest regular Fri nighters around.
I Caliente! at Havana. 6pm—3am. Free. Weekly. Loco Latin action from the Salsa Sabrosa crew from 6pm through to the wee small hours.
I The Cathouse at The Cathouse. 10.30pm—3am. £1 before 11pm; £4 (£3) after. Weekly. Rock, grunge, indie and a dash of breakbeat across three floors at Glasgow’s top venue for rockers and altemateens.
I Derby Street All-Stars at Planet Peach. 11pm-3am. £5. 25 Aug only. Another slot on the rotating carousel that is Fri night at Planet Peach for this local record label.
I Electric Bogey at Planet Peach. 11pm—3am. £8. 18 Aug only. The Jengas are joined by the splendid Adam Freeland, who tears shit up on three decks, a sampler and effects to produce futurised breakbeat. Not to be missed.
I Ethos at Q. 5pm—3am. Free before 11pm; £5 after. Weekly. New face at the decks Dominic Martin supplies the soulful Latin house and garage grooves. I EuPhonic at The Temple. 11pm-3.30am. £6 (£4). Weekly. Trevor Reilly, Billy MacAtee and Paul Mendez spin trance and hard house with a funky edge to a packed-out club of up-for-it kids.
I Flash at Media. 11pm—3am. £5 (£4). Weekly. Progressive house, building into darker techno-tinged trance, from Graham Docherty and DJ Don.
I Fresh at The P010 Lounge. 11pm—3am. £5. Weekly. Michelle provides a loose mix of house and indie classics downstairs, while Andy rocks the Trophy Room with 805 and 905 hits at the top gay venue.
I G 'n' D at Archaos. llpm—3am. £5 (£4). Weekly. Dress smart and prepare to party in the main room with Ryan Kerr and David Gilmore spinning dance classics, garage and house from the commercial end of the spectrum, while Paul Traynor provides a collection of R&B, hip hop and soul cuts in the exclusive Skybar.
I Global at Universe (Coatbridge). 11pm—2.45am. £5. Weekly. Tunnel types Kevin MacFarlane and Stephen Lee spinning garage, vocal house and anthems.
I Hi Karate at The Glasgow School of Art. 10.30pm-3am. £3. 25 Aug. Monthly. Hi Karate bring their eclectic musical selection to the masses monthly during the summer. Tonight’s event features a guest slot from DJ Skye.
I Kersland Sound System at The Glasgow School of Art. 10.30pm-3am. £2 (£1). 18 Aug only. A live dubby drum & bass outing to celebrate the Kersland crew’s debut album The Sleeper Service. See Phactfrle.
I Life at Life. 10pm—3am. £5. Weekly. Wayne Dixon steps in to cover for Stuart McCallum for a couple of weeks, but he’ll continue with the funk and soul tunes.
I Mystec Beat: at Rocksy’s Basement. 11pm—2am (midnight curfew). £5 (£8 including bus from The Variety Bar at 10.45pm). 18 Aug. Monthly. Dirty Wriggles and Good Hand supply the bass-heavy techno, house and electro tunes.
I Pressure at The Arches. 10.30pm—4am. £14. 25 Aug. Monthly. Slam drag themselves away from the sun in Ibiza for their monthly showcase. Tonight’s event features renowned Canadian minimalist Richie Hawtin (aka Plastikman), who rocked Pure in
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Edinburgh a few weeks ago, alongside, The H Foundation’s Halo and Hipp-E (Siesta) — not forgetting of course Scotland’s own west coast wonders Stuart and Orde.
I Reds at Reds. 11pm—3am. £5 (£3.50). Weekly. Club classics and commercial house sounds from Alan Ronald.
I Relief at The Arches. 11pm—3am. £8 (£6). Weekly. Lawrence Hughes and Silicone Soul, who are currently rocking dancefloors across the globe with single ‘Right On, Right On‘, will be bidding farewell to The Arches before long, which should make for some top class ouungs
I Soulsa at Ad-Lib. 9pm—3am. £3. Weekly. Smooth disco courtesy of Andy Unger, Rodger, Pete Murphy and Wayne Dixon, who are keen to show that disco doesn’t just mean Daft Punk and their filter-happy peers, preferring instead the genuine classics the revivalists sample. I Str8 Up at Slave. 10pm—3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. Lovejoy and Robin with bouncing cuts ranging from vocal to hard house.
I Tantra at Trash. 10pm—3am. £5 (£4). Weekly. Pumping house action from The Tunnel’s Colin Tevendale and Lisa Littlewood, with more mellow house and disco action in Room Two from DJ Robert.
I Velvet Rooms at The Velvet Rooms. 10pm—3am. £7 (£5). Weekly. John Lyons with smooth R&B downstairs, plus Raymond Darvon spinning club classics upstairs.
I Yang at Yang. 11pm—3am. Free before midnight; £5 after. Weekly. Dema and Nice, core members of the super-skilled Freak Menouvers crew, rock the bar with tumtablist hip hop, while Kushi provides deep house beats in the back room.
I Yum Yum at The 13th Note Club (basement). 9pm-3am. Free before
11 pm; £5 after. Weekly. Latin grooves, jazz, hip hop and the like predominate, but pretty much anything goes, including wiggy projection action from Ray Suzuki
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I Glamorama at The Apartment. llpm-3am. £8. Weekly. Good-time club selections from party king Jim Da Best. I Carwash at g2. 11pm-3am. £3 (£2). Weekly. A night of disco, funk and soul classics, courtesy of The Garage ’5 Jerry Lyons.
I Cheesy Pop at Qudos (QMU). 10pm-2am. £2 (£1) students and up to four guests. Weekly. Seven years on and rampant hordes of mucky-minded, vodka-fuelled urchins still flock to hear DJ Toast’s Edam selection. A riotous evening, with the emphasis on pure unashamed fun.
I Envy at Destiny. 10pm—3am. £5 before 11pm; £6 after. Weekly. Throbbing house action at the city centre megavenue. Wear nice shoes.
I Love Bug at The Garage. 10.30pm—3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Insanely busy night of party tunes for students and youngsters.
I Pink Cadillac at Betty’s (Archaos). llpm—3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. Break out your feather boas, ludicrous flares, platform boots and Afro wigs and groove to classic disco and sexy funk, courtesy of DJ Shaft.
I Shag at Fury Murry’s. 11pm—3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. Drunken party tunes from Mark and James G. ‘No one forgets their first Shag’ they assure us.
I Strawberry Fields at Strawberry Fields. 9pm—3am. £6 before 11pm; £7 after. Weekly. A party-up set taking in dancefloor faves from the 60s to the present day.
GLASGOW SATURDAYS
Pro-club
I Budda at Bar Budda. 8pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. Stevie Middleton of Solemusic with deep house and garage. I Bughouse at Bar Jedi. 9pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. Chris and Dan bring the finest in house to the out-of—the-way, sci- fi-themed bar.
I The Corinthian at The Corinthian. 9pm-late. Free. Weekly. Wayne Dixon takes care of the main bar in this mega leisure complex with a selection of classic soul and disco and contemporary ‘groove’ (ie. proper) R&B.
I Cross Wired at The Cross Bar. 8pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. House and techno with a seriously funky feel.
I Cul De Sac at The Cul De Sac. 9pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. Jim Hutchison from Soma with funked-up techno and dee house.
I Dirty Wrigg es at The Variety Bar. 9pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. A techno ‘n’ electro pre-club set from Dirty Wriggles of Mystec Beatz.
I Fourward Thinking at Four Cafe Bar (CCA). 9pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. New pre-club with an emphasis on breaks and beats.
I Kenny H at Russell’s Cafe Bar. 9pm-midnight. Free. Weekly. Funky house, with a smattering of soul.
I Nico's at Nico’s. 9pm-midnight. Free. Weekly. Gavin Somerville with a pungent blend of cheesy house.
I Nomad at Nomad. 7.30pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. Enjoy some quality house from Kris Keegan, Ian Thompson and A.J. Plus you can capture those cheeky grins with the free camera hire offer.
I Sam Wallace at Eat Drink Man Woman. 8pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. Across-the-board house sounds to get you ready for a ni ht out.
I Walker 8: Hughes at The Living Room. 9pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. The deepest of house from Colin and Lawrence - one of the best ways to gear up for the night out proper.
I The Works at Bar 10. 9pm-midnight. Free. Weekly. Graham Wilson with soul, hip hop and house.
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I Alaska will return in Sep with Slam at the helm.
I Archaos at Archaos. 11pm—4am. £8. Weekly. Kris Keegan and A.J. rock the main room with house and garage, Ian Thompson whacks out the best in underground garage and dance classics in Betty’s, while members in the Skybar are treated to Paul Traynor’s smooth R&B mix. In addition, the Archaos cast of performers bring a touch of the circus to Clubland with fire-eaters, stilt-walkers and daredevil trapeze artistry.
I Ascendance at The Temple. llpm-3am. £7 (£5). 19 Aug. Fortnightly. Johnny Rockit and DJ Zoe with seriously thumping tribal house and hard-edged trance. Regular guests include Simon Foy and The Gallery’s Steve Lee.
I Atomic at The Temple. Next date 26 Aug.
I Bennet's at Bennet’s. 11.30pm—3am. £5. Weekly. Shaun with a commercial dance set and Annie with a blend of 70$ and 805 hits. Gay.
I Bitch! at Slave. Next date 26 Aug.
I The Cathouse at The Cathouse. 10.30pm-3am. £3.50 (£2.50) before 11.30pm; £4 after. Weekly. Indie, rock, grunge and beats across three floors.
I Club 69 at Rocksy’s Basement. 10pm—2.30am (midnight curfew). £5 (members only). Weekly. The team behind the Rub-A-Dub record shop with the deepest underground sounds. For membership details, call Rub-A-Dub on 400 6967.
I Divine at Glasgow School of Art. 10pm—3am. £5 (£4); £3.50 GSA students. Weekly. With the birthday celebrations out of the way, Andrew Divine and Hush Puppy can get on with the next ten years of moogy noodling, Northern stomp and other future-retro sounds.
I Freak Menouvers at Glasgow School of Art. Next date 2 Sep.
I Freefall at The Arches coming your way on 2 Sep.
I Freeform at The 13th Note Club (both floors). 9pm—3am. Free before 10.30pm; £5 (£4) after. Weekly. All sorts of tunes from Steven and Paul Watt, taking in hip hop, jazz, disco and Latin, augmented by Ray Suzuki’s left-of-centre projections. I Freelance Science at Alaska. Next date tbc.
I Fruitfly at The Arches. 11pm—4am. £10 (£8). 19Aug. Monthly. Pete Doyle nips over from the White Isle to help out Fisher & Price with a slice of the hard and uplifting stuff. Martin Valentine and Stuart Barrie provide the garage out back. I Groovejet at Trash. llpm—3am. £7 (£5). Weekly. Brothers Matt and Pete knock out quality house and garage in the main room, while Paul N’Jie spins R&B in Room 'I\vo.
I Home Cookin‘ at Babaza. 6pm—3am (DJs from 11pm). Free before 11pm; £5 after. Weekly. Naeem is joined by Stuart McCallum, regular guest at the likes of Fresh ‘n’ Funky and Rotation down in the Big Smoke, who will be flying up each and every week to spin his trademark R&B with a dash of classic disco and funk.
I Infusion at Yang. 11pm—3am. Free before midnight; £5 after. Weekly. Making full use of Yang’s three rooms, you can catch Colin Gate and Dribbler in the Main Room with disco, New York garage and house. Andy Young and Nick Peacock do their Latin jazz thing with live percussion from Gee in Room No. Last but not least, Scott Ferguson and Rhonamok man the decks in the Upstairs Bar.
I Jamboree at Reds. 11pm—3am. £7 (£5). Weekly. John Lyons and Martin Hesketh of Velvet Rooms fame mix up a blend of commercial R&B and soul.
I Inside Out at The Arches. Next date 26 Aug with a Gig On The Green aftershow knees-up.
I Knucklehead Present My Machines at The Glasgow School of Art (upstairs). 10pm—late. £4 (£3.50). Weekly. Wilkes and Hatch hammer out cool, deadly funked-up techno and hard as nails house to a seriously appreciative crowd.
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 Lush 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 at the city’s prettiest gay club.
I MAS at The Apartment. 11pm—3am. £8. Weekly. House and disco with a funky undercurrent.
I Mlsh Mash at The Riverside Club. Next date 26 Aug.
I Rumba Te Tumba at Havana Bar. 9pm—3am. Free. Weekly. A wild mix of Latin and Spanish selections from the Salsa Sabrosa crew.
I SignalToNoise at 01. 10.30pm-3am. £4 before 11.30pm; £5 (£4) after. Weekly. A night of heavy sounds, taking in anything with weight from metal to rap. 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 lovely and arrive early to avoid disappointment.
I Solution at Q. 5pm—3am (DJs from 11pm). Free before 11pm; £5 after. Weekly. Archaos’s Ryan Kerr takes over from Stevie Middleton, on a vocal house tip.
I Style at Media. 11pm—3am. £6 (£5). Weekly. Dominic Martin and Scott White lay on the mainstream vocal house.
I Substitute at Planet Peach. 11pm—3am. £10. Weekly. Harri and Domenic with their exclusive, tune- packed, funky house blend. This week sees 12 & Diz guesting. The former, also known as Joshua, has graced the Sub 12105 in the past and releases class house tracks through Prescription and Heard. His young friend is a stalwart of the Chicago scene.
I Traxx at The Soundhaus. 11pm—5am. £8 (£6) — members only, details from traxxuk@yahoo.co.uk. 19Aug. Monthly. The house sessions continue, with Traxx men Simon and Derek joined by Soma’s Laurence Hughes in Room One; Room Two sees some swapsies with the Fresh and Low crew as Calum Walker pisses off to South Africa to be replaced by Billy Woods and Brixton house diva Wiseblood; and the bar area sees some live action as David and Andrew are joined by Bongo man Peter Tagg.