grooves from DJ Jazzhead plus latin rhythms from Dias Quartet (l9 Oct) and acoustic South American sounds from Voces Del Sur (26 Oct).
I Oxiam at the Bongo Club. l()pm—3am. £5. 19 Oct. Rhyme & Dandy. Edinburgh Collective and Northem Exposure all converge for the Bongo‘s Oxjam event. raising funds for Oxfam.
I The Snatch Social at the Liquid Room. 1 ipm—3am. £5. Weekly. Comedy capers from Harry Ainsworth and Tony Carter at this cheeky cabaret-cum-disco. Babes and Trendy Wendy (monthly resident) supply hip hop and funky tunes. I Souled Out at Opal Lounge. l()pm—3am. £3. Weekly. From Motown to Northern Soul. Leon Easter. Nick Watson and Master Caird (on rotation) fulfill your needs. adding a dash of house as the night goes on.
I Surgical Steel at Opium. l()pm—3am. Free. Weekly. Full on metal assault.
I White Heat at Cabaret Voltaire.
l lpm—3am. £3—£5. 19 Oct. London‘s influential indie club returns with a live set from rising indie/rock act The Royal We. while DJs Olly and Matty provide the tunes for dancing.
Chart & Party
I On Request at Ego. l lpm—3am. £3. 19 Oct. Promos and party anthems all night.
I Siglo at Siglo. 4.30pm—3am. Free. Weekly. Everything from 80s and chart floor fillers to chilled out alternatives. I Vinyl at Massa. 8pm—3am. Free. Weekly. Commercial chart and dance courtesy of Paul Funkster. plus drinks promos aplenty for those who want to start the weekend fashionably early.
Edinburgh Fridays ‘
Club
I Alternanthem at Opium. l()pm—3am. Free. Weekly. Night of rock and alternative anthems.
I Awooga! at Wee Red Bar. l().3()pm—3am. £5 (£4). 20 Oct. Hip hop. electro. techno and breaks mash-up from Mista Biscuit and Goranosaur.
I Badaboom at Massa. l()pm—3am. £5. Weekly. The best in commercial R&B and urban licks with guests from lXtra and Radio 1 flying in fortnightly.
I Beatroot at Ego. 10.30pm—3am. £4 before midnight; 5 after. 20 Oct. it‘s bi- monthly loco with the locals as Beatroot residents Ryan Turner and Ricky Palys welcome Headspin‘s Allan Dunbar.
I Blaze at Ego. 1 lpm—3am. £4—£5. 20 Oct. DJ James Longworth plays a chart and funky house soundtrack at this. the last-ever Blaze.
I Cult at Po Na. l()pm—3am. £2.50 before i lpm; £5 after. Weekly. DJ Nikki and friends dig up the very best in funk. disco. R&B. house. kitsch classics and party jams at this cool dancefloor mash-
up. I de luxe at Hudson Club. 1 lpm—3am. £3. Weekly. Funky house from residents Dave Bernardi and Fraser Shaw.
I Eclectro at Wee Red Bar. l().3()pm—3am. £4—£5 (£3—£4). 27 Oct. Electro. techno and house from resident DJ Quirky and special guest Gary Mac (We Are . . . Electric) for a dose of disco punk.
I Eruptor at Studio 24. l lpm—3am. £5. 2() Oct. See Thu.
I Evol at the Liquid Room. l().3()pm—3am. £5. Weekly. Edinburgh‘s longest running indie night. With the usual mix of the best current and classic alternative. crossover tunes. it's an institution.
I lndigitous at the Bongo Club.
1 lpm—3am. £8. 27 Oct. The psychedelic trance party returns with Digital Disco. Brazil‘s Santan. The Grommit and Dub Club. Back up from Kodo. Nelson. Spandex Man and Dez of the lndigitous
I JakN at Studio 24. l().3()pm—3am. £7 (£6). 27 Oct. The JakN crew bring you a
techno onslaught as they celebrate their third birthday with guest DJ Autonome. I Misfits at Subway Cowgate.
1 lpm—3am. £2. Weekly. indie. electro. punk. rock and retro with bargain drinks. a CD swap box and regular gig ticket giveaways. Check www.misfitsonline.co.uk for more info. I Nexuslive at the Bongo Club. 7—10pm. £4. 27 Oct. This month marks the Nexuslive Oxjam Special a new music showcase with live bands. DJs and VJs coming together in live broadcast. I Orange Street at Studio 24.
l [pm—3am. £5. 2() Oct. Ska and reggae night featuring Worries Outernational.
I Planet Earth at Citrus Club. l().3()pm—3am. £5. Weekly. Music from 1976 through to 1989. in other words. a healthy dose of punk. new wave. new romantic and electro-pop.
I Skunk Funk at the Jazz Bar. midnight—3am. £5. Weekly. Night of top funk from DJ Wilkzbooth and live guests including rock with a funky soul twist from Willie Molleson’s The Four (20 Oct) and eight-piece heavyweight Soul injection (27 Oct).
I Soul Biscuits at Cabaret Voltaire. llpm—3am. £5. 20 Oct. The best in hip hop. beats and breaks from Nasty P. as he presents a one-off trip through The Hip Hop Years. Featuring the return of the Wheel of More Tunes and a tribute set to the sadly departed Jay Dilla.
I Substance (edin) at Henry‘s Cellar Bar. llpm—3am. Free. 27 Oct. Launch night for this free night of danceable electronic music.
I Sugarbeat at Cabaret Voltaire. l().3()pm—3am. £7. 27 Oct. You never know what to expect down Sugarbeat with Tim and Jez (L'tah Saints). This month they welcome Parisian duo Justice to beef up the blend of hip hop. breaks. house and electro.
I Tokyo Blu at Ego. l().3()pm—3am. £7 before midnight; £8 after (£7). 27 Oct. The Live House Sessions return to their original home. with a full live band serving up the fittest house and deep grooves.
3:3 Vapours at Wee Red Bar. 1 lpm—3am. £3. 20 Oct. A real hip hop party with an old school feel as Vapours‘ Fly-T and Bob Disasta take on Awooga‘s Mr Biscuits and The Geranosaur for a night of electro and block party breaks with live freestyling from Hex Coalition.
I Welcome to the Latin Quarter at El Barrio. 9pm—3am. £3—£5 (£2). Weekly. Latin. R&B. chart and party tracks direct from Spain and South America.
I Xplicit at the Bongo Club.
1 1pm—3am. £10. 20 Oct. Xplicit have revitalist the drum & bass in the capital. Special guest Shy FX is supported by Morphy. ENO and Skye with MC's 87. and AJ.
Chart 8 Party
I Archive at City: Edinburgh. l().3()pm—3am. £5 (£4). Weekly. Disco Dan plays the best loved and freshest dance and pop.
I Espionage at Espionage. 7pm—3am. Free. Weekly. Five bars over five floors. playing everything from R&B to mainstream chart action with plenty of dark corners for copping off.
I Funtastic Fridays at Mariners. l()pm—2am. £2. Weekly. The ultimate cheesy disco party with chart smashes from the 60s through to last week.
I Siglo at Siglo. 4.30pm—3am. Free. Weekly. See Thu.
Edinburgh Saturdays
Club
I Afterdark at Cabaret Voltaire.
i lpm—3am. tbc. 28 Oct. Residents Neil Bartley and Jammy return with a line up yet to be confirmed.
I Edenangels at the Vaults (enter via Nicol Edwards). l()pm—3am. £5. 28 Oct. Featuring the best in dirty. funky. sexy. tribal. techy house brought to you by residents Dave Myers. Sandro
Essential’s big name guest roster rolls on with the mild monster of drum 8. bass, Roni Size. The one-time New Forms pioneer has made a recent and welcome return to the booth, and promises a night of dirty riffs, beats and samples in truly intimate surroundings. Essential at P0 Na Na, Edinburgh, Wed 25 Oct.
Rodriguez. Little Miss Mix-it and Lucky Luciano. I The Egg at Wee Red Bar.
l lpm—3am. £4 before midnight; 5 after. 'eekly. Still the best mix of indie. 60s garage. northern soul. ska. 7()s punk and new wave you‘re likely to stagger across.
A well loved institution that refuses to change.
I Eruptor at Studio 24. l lpm—3am. £5. 21 Oct. See Thu.
I Fever at Ego. l lpm—3am. £10 (£8 members). i 1 Nov. Taste mainstays Fisher & Price and Martin Valentine are on the main floor. while the Visitor and Kaupuss take an anything goes attitude into the Cocteau Lounge.
Fish Fry at the Jazz Bar.
1 l.3()pm—3am. £5. Weekly. Scottish jazz. funk. soul and Latin bands join DJs Erik D‘Viking and Astroboy. including the resolutely Detroit funk of Nomo (2i Oct) and reggae. acid-jazz and funk from Gecko 3 (28 Oct). See preview page 31. I Give it Some! at the Bongo Club.
1 lpm—3am. £4 before midnight; £6 after. 21 Oct. Going from strength to strength. DJRed6‘s dancing club is back with the usual selection of funk. soul. jazz and rare groove. Reggae. roots. ska and dub upstairs from Decoy Roy.
I Liquid Soul at Po Na Na. l()pm—3am. £3 before 1 1pm: £6 after. Weekly. Get down early for this consistently capacity retro-disco and funky house night. featuring Po‘s own Mark B on the decks fusing classic and bang tip-to-date funky house for those in the know.
I Obscene at Ego. l lpm—3am. £3 before midnight; £5 after. 28 Oct. Obscene is back to bring you the best in drum & bass. jungle. old skool and hardcore with residents Marc EP. DJ Calvin. Dave Lowe. BT and MC 18.
I 100% Dynamite at the Bongo Club. 1 lpm—3am. £4 before midnight; £6 after.
28 Oct. The Soul Jazz Records Sound
System is back once again for another excursion through reggae. soul. ska. funk. dancehall. hip hop. roots and jngle. It‘s Decoy Roy and DJRed6 in the main room with the Orange St boys taking care of room two.
I Retribution at Studio 24.
l lpm—3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. Retribution takes the place of the Mission but still plays the best in rock. metal. alternative and tracks from the dark side all night long.
I Reverend Funk at Ego. l ipm—3am. £5—£7. 28 Oct. A sermon of funk classics. soaring trumpet and Hammond organ gems and modern artists in worship of the pre-disco 70s sound. Check revfunk.co.uk for more info.
I Rock Party at Opium. l lpm—3am. Free. Weekly. Live bands beforehand (from 7pm). rounded off with a feast of rock.
I Sanctuary at Studio 24. 6~l()pm. £5. Weekly. Sanctuary takes over where Mission Jr left off with the best in goth. rock. punk and nu metal for the under 18s crowd.
I Sophistifunk at City: Edinburgh.
1 lpm—3am. £8. Weekly. Resident DJ John Hutchison plays funked up R&B remixes and house tunes to a dressed tip crowd.
I Stereotype meets Oxjam at Berlin Bierhaus. l()pm—3am. £8 (£6). 28 Oct. Huggy‘s top notch house showcase opens its doors to Soulscience‘s Nick Yuill 8; Rob Mathie. Karnival's Ryan Ellis. Medina's Master Caird and DJ Beefy & Wolfjazz of Trade Union. all in the name of Oxjam.
I Tease Age at Citrus Club.
1 lpm—3am. Free before £l 1.30pm; £6 after. Weekly. This indie stalwart dishes up everything from swinging 60s hits to baggy Manchester faves as well as a host of current NMIS chart botherers with DJ Monkee Mickee. Edinburgh‘s longest continually running indie night.
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