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Beat 106’s underground ambassador Mash gives the lowdown. Despite being too small to go on the Coca Cola Roller at the Glasgow Garden Festival. I've been a fan of festivals ever since. Over the last couple of weeks we have witnessed the West End Festival. the Jazz Festival. Glastonbury and the Sonar festival in Barcelona. Full marks go to Mark Robb's Buff Club for hosting the excellent Jazz Festival Spiegeltent in George Square. that being the backdrop to stunning performances from home grown talent. the Fusion Experience and Sidewinder, to name but two. Glastonbury has had its tartan representatives in the shape of Glasgow's ‘Sound Development Agency’ and Edinburgh's newly wed George T under his new ‘George Demure' guise. I'm hOping to get George up to play at my Vandal night at the Liquid Lounge before the end of the year. I can't wait to hear his forthcoming album on Trevor Jackson's Output Recordings. Sonar is an amazing festival in the beautiful surroundings of Barcelona. All reports from friends have been positive. with most of the comments praising the unofficial parties that surround it. Kompakt's Michael Mayer held one on the beach which seems to have been a highlight and also the Soma camp were flying the flag over there for us Scots. with a road blocked queue full of Weegie accents making Las Ramblas look more like Byres Road. The Slam Tent at T in the Park has got an amazing line-up as usual. with live sets from LCD Soundsystem. Two Lone Swordsmen. the Bays. Black Strobe. Booka Shade and Death in Vegas. with local support from Mylo, Jim Hutchison. Alex Smoke. Butch Cassidy Soundsystem and Silicone Soul. As Lionel Ritchie says: ‘fiesta forever‘. I Catch Mash every Friday at Vandal at the Liquid Lounge and on Beat 106 's Xpress Beats
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James Holden
Glasgow Saturdays
Club
=i< A3c2 Saturdays at ABCZ.
l lpm 3am. £7 (£5). Weekly. DJ Gerry Lyons is your man on Saturdays with everything from disco to indie.
I Audio at Bar Bloc. lllpm—3am.
Free £2. Weekly. House and lilectro with Aldo. Aidcn + liuwi.
* Beatonic at the Riverside Club. 12pm 3am. £6. 9 Jul. Monthly. New edition to the Riverside family. Resident DliK and guest Craig (Streetlife) show us theirjazl. and funk grooves.
I Death Disco at the Arches.
llpmv 3am. £l()(£8). 16 Jul. Monthly. Belgian wonder boys and ultimate party performers the Glimmer Twins return for more anarchic electronic action. Strident Swiss support comes courtesy of Headinan with live intervention from the Dirty (iirls. The last time the (ilimmers played. they not only lifted the roof. they practically lifted the trains off the tracks above the Arches. Unmissable. See preview page 33.
I Disciples of Disco at Cube.
lllpm 3am. £tbc. Weekly. Cube Fridays go Disco. (ierry Lyon. Lil‘ Rich. and Derek Ho play the funky tunes all night a-long.
I Divine at Glasgow School of Art. lllpm -3am. £3.5(l- £6. Weekly. Deep funk. 60s and 70s grooves and a loyal crowd go into the mix at this very long running Cilasgow residents' night.
I Eskrima at (ilasgow School of Art. |()pm- 3am. £various. Weekly. Techno. Acid. lilectro with the creme de la crime of rolling residents including Spudd. Dirty Larry and ()ptimo DJs Twitch and Wilkes.
I Glasgow Hooligan-Oi! at Soundhaus. 9pm~3am. £5. 9 Jul only. Live music from Hypocrites. United Front. Constant Fear. L'K Deathcharge. Splinter plus spinning from Sunday Ska and Northern Soul [)Js.
I Groovejet at MAS. ll).3(lpm—3am. £8. Weekly. Sexy vocal house. R&B. soul and party tunes from Paul N‘Jie. Peter Brown. Steven Brown. Brian and DJ Dave.
If you can do three T in the Park nights in a row, Slam are hosting their scaled down Return to Mono shindig to get things warmed up. James Holden is the guest of choice, known for his all encompassing love of acid, techno, electro and downtempo as showcased on his Border Community label.
Fri 8 Jul, Return to Mono at the Sub Club, Glasgow.
I Haptic at Liquid Lounge.
1 [pm—3am. £8. 9 Jul. Monthly. House and techno from Haptic residents Gianni and Colin who are joined this month by Casa Futura.
I Homecookin’ at the Social. l()pm—3am. £5. Weekly. DJs Stewart McCallum and Joe Higgins keep the music jammin' and the dance floor
jumpin' all night long. R&B tracks
mixed with the odd classic and old-skool favourites. Just watch out for football players.
I Homegrown at Bamboo.
l lpm—3am. £8 (£6). Weekly. Stevie Sole
' plays a funky. soulful house set with
Gavin McLeod. and Miguel playing soul and R&B.
I Love Bug at the Universal.
1 lpm—3am. Free—£3. 16 Jul only. DJs Paddy and Jack take you on a four-hour journey through deep house. disco. dub and techno.
I Lush at the Polo Lounge. l().3()pm—3am. £5. Weekly. Featuring Andy in the Trophy Room with hits from the 60s to the 80s. while Tom provides an tip-front dance selection in the main room at the city's prettiest gay club.
3%: Monox at Soundhaus. l lpm—5am. £l() (£l2). 16 Jul. Monthly. Hard techno night with special guests Adam X (live) plus DJ Funk and his troupe of dancers. Dan and the crew look after everyone as usuaL
I Red and Gold Room at Canvas. l()pm—3am. £7. Weekly. Billy Milligan mans the decks at this fine night of Latin house. If your life needs spicing up. look no further.
I Subculture at the Sub Club.
I lpm—Sam. £12. Weekly. The hardest working residents in the land. Harri and Domenic do what they have been doing best for l l years. And don't be surprised by any Bbar guests over the T in the P weekend (9 Jul). See preview page 34. I Traxx at Liquid Lounge. 1 [pm—3am.
£8. 16 Jul. Monthly. House and machine funk from Traxx residents Jamie
Thompson. Laurence Hughes and Tom
Churchill.
I Winchester Club at the Woodside Social Club. 9pm—2am. £3. 9 Jul.
Monthly. The Winchester returns in July with a whole host of wheel- spinners playing pop. soul. indie. funk and house. From Jamelia to Joy
Division. Madonna to Magnetic Fields
and Erlend Oye to ESG. Magic. Chart & Party
I Saturdays at Wigwam at
Wigwam. l lpm—3am. £7 (£6). Weekly. Robin B mixes tip R&B. soul and club classics while legendary Tony Tabak plays upbeat commercial tunes.
I Vodka Wodka DJs at ClubVl)ub. l()pm—3am. £6 (£4). Weekly. Hakim and Big Country spin the chart hits to get the weekend started at this new Hope Street venue.
Glasgow Sundays
Club I Bite at the Cathouse.
l().3()pm—3am. £2 (£1.50). Weekly. A
milder mix of indie and rock than
you‘ll find at the city‘s premier rock venue on Fri or Sat.
I Brazilia at Club Living. 9pm——3am. Free. Weekly. A new bar that turns into a club. in the Corner of Mandela Square off Buchanan Street. It‘s DJ action and live percussion all the way. with (ubiquitous) resident Tiff Peaches
and a host of unmentionable others.
I Disco Badger at Bamboo.
l lpm—3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. Scottie B. Dominic Martin and Robin keep the Sunday throng satisfied in the venue whose marriage of R&B and house has been an unqualified success.
I Domingo Loco at MAS.
l lpm—3am. the. Weekly. Kris Keegan and Dave Scally take the edge off that Saturday night sessions with . . . more of the same. actually.
I Free Sundays at the Universal.
1 lpm—3am. Free. Weekly. Hip hop. funk. soul. reggae. house and jazz all in this great. virtually unknown venue just behind Sauchiehall Street.
I Good Vibrations Soundsystem at the Liquid Lounge. 1 lpm—3am. £5 (£4). Weekly. A Sunday night shindig from the people at Carbon Records and Five2()East Records. Taking the spirit of house music and house parties and cookin’ it up real nice. with added rock. breaks. reggae and R&B.
I Optimo (Espacio) at the Sub Club. 1 lpm—3am. £6 (£5). Weekly. Every Sunday with JD Twitch and JG Wilkes doing that weird thing that they
do so well.
I The Priory at Bamboo.
l lpm——3am. £5. Weekly. This club's something of a misnomer. Unless. of course. dancing all night to funky house and R&B is how you detox. Cutz. Lisa Littlewood. Lee Watson and Richard Levinson are the hosts.
I Spunk at the Cathouse. 1 [pm 3am. £4. W ‘ekly. Get a good spunking on
the Sabbath. DJ Barry plays alternative. punk. classic rock. hip hop. metal and crossover industrial to a late weekend crowd.
I Sundays at the Buff at the Buff.
l lpm—3am. £3. Weekly. Buff disco
‘ grooves and funked tip jazz from Buff
new guy Stuart.
I Sundays at ClubVDub at ClubVl)ub. l()pm--3am. £5 (£4). Weekly. Funky. sexy. disco and house treats with Simon Chadwick at the helm.
Chart 8. Party
I Cabaret at the Tunnel. 1 lpm—3am.
3 £4 (£3). Weekly. The 'I‘unnel's second gay club night. Things are definitely
fabulous at this Sunday night party.
38 THE LIST /'— 1)] Jul 2005)