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Astroboy, including the Paul Mills Band (12 Sep) and tbc (19 Sep). ■ Fuel at Studio 24. 11pm–3am. Free before 11.30pm: £6 (£4) after. Weekly. Playing everything from rock to punk and indie to breakbeat, Fuel gives you just the kind of music you want to hear on a Saturday night. ■ Karnival at Cabaret Voltaire. 11pm–3am. £5 before midnight; £7 after. 12 Sep. House night which promises to indulge ‘every pleasure, every sin’, with a special ‘Karnival & Friends’ as they invite their favourite Edinburgh DJs to man the decks. ■ Liquid Soul at Po Na Na. 10pm–3am. £4 before 11pm; £7 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 up-to-date funky house for those in the know. ■ Lulu at Lulu. 9pm–3am. Free before 10pm; £4 before 11pm; £8 after. Weekly. Gareth Somerville, Danny T and Jon Hutchison playing club hits and chart favourites. ■ Messenger Sound System at the Bongo Club. 11pm–3am. £5 before midnight; £6.50 after. 12 Sep. The mighty Messenger Sound System blasts out the best in righteous reggae, dub and roots with MC Ras Echo. ■ Milk at the GRV. 11pm–3am. £5. 19 Sep. New club night of hip hop, soul and funk with Nasty P, P Styles and Tony Thrills joined by Motherfunk’s Gino and Fryer for this opening night. ■ Mumbo Jumbo at the Bongo Club. 11pm–3am. £6 before midnight; £8 after. 19 Sep. Headspin’s Steve Austin and Colin Miller join forces with Tackno’s Trendy Wendy mixing up funk, soul, electro, house and good time party tunes. ■ Opal Lounge at Opal Lounge. 9pm–3am. Free before 10pm; £4 before 11pm; £8 after. Weekly. Late night soirée featuring DJ Dave Shedan and a fusion of glamorous vocal house and accessible electro with a hint of R&B. FREE Soul Spectrum at the Voodoo Rooms. 9pm–1am. 12 Sep. Night of funk, hard-edged soul, 60s and 70s gems and even a dash of disco from Fryer (Motherfunk and JazzmanRecords). ■ Stereofunk at City Nightclub. 11pm–3am. £7 (£5). Weekly. A new Saturday nighter for City as Stereofunk launches its own brand of glamorous 21st century house and electro funk from DJs Stevie Lennon and Craig Kelman. Please note dress code: ‘no effort, no entry’. ■ Substance at the GRV. 11pm–3am. £5. 12 Sep. The underground techno night is joined by Smooky (Mercurchrome) and Galaxian (Doppelganger) alongside resident Gavin Richardson. ■ Tease Age at Citrus Club. 11pm–3am. £2 before 11pm; £6 after. Weekly. This indie stalwart dishes up everything from swinging 60s hits to baggy Manchester faves as well as a host of current NME chart botherers with DJ Monkee Mickee. Edinburgh’s longest continually running indie night. ■ Ultragroove at Cabaret Voltaire. 11pm–3am. £5 before midnight; £7 (£5) after. 19 Sep. Gareth Sommerville’s house night is joined by local legend Craig Smith with soul, disco and boogie in the backroom from Lel Palfrey and Carina Ramos. ✽✽ Wire at Electric Circus. discotronic pop, art punk and electronica party from Craig Jamieson (Modern Lovers) with twisted folk and jagged pop as Scotland’s most eclectic soundclash welcomes Edinburgh’s Broken Records for an exclusive DJ set. 11pm–3am. £6. 19 Sep. New
Chart & Party ■ Embrace at Lava Ignite. 10pm–3am. £7 (£2 before 11pm). Weekly. Chart dance hits from Stuart Lewis plus R&B,
60s, 70s and 80s anthems across the other dancefloors. FREE Manifesto at Espionage. 7pm–3am. Weekly. Chart, cheese and dancefloor anthems across five floors. ■ Musicology at Shanghai. 10pm–3am. £10 (£8). Weekly. Funk, dance, chart hits and classics accompanied by their appropriate videos from VJ Scott Granger. ■ Why Not? at Why Not? 10pm–3am. £7.50. Weekly. Chart, dance and house for the weekend masses.
Edinburgh Sundays
Club FREE Coalition at Sneaky Pete’s. 11pm–3am. Weekly. Drum & bass, breaks, dubstep, techno and electro from residents Treason, Drummel and Paranoise. FREE Doghouse at the GRV. 11pm–3am. 13 Sep. New rock and metal club night. FREE Killer Kitsch at Cabaret Voltaire. 11pm–3am. Weekly. Killer Kitsch returns to Edinburgh as Euan Neilson and David Sinclair import their mix of dance, electro, 80s synth pop, new wave and punk to the Cab. ■ Rise at Opal Lounge. 10pm–3am. £4. Weekly. DJ John Hutchison presents a fun and original mash up of funky house, electro disco, club classics and R&B vocals. The music you love remixed and re-invented as you’ve never heard it before. FREE Sections at the Hive. 11pm–3am. Weekly. A rock’n’roll journey with all the best cuts from classic metal and hard rock through to 80s glam and goth. ■ Shake at Shanghai. 10pm–3am. £4 (£2). Weekly. Soulful vocals, sexy disco and funk-laced house party anthems from Leon Easter. ■ Tipsy at Lulu. 10.30pm–3am. £3. Weekly. R&B and hip hop from residents Nick G, DJ Phaze and DJ Prospect at what they promise will be ‘the hottest Sunday night party in town’. Chart & Party ■ DNA at Lava Ignite. 10pm–3am. £7 (£5). Weekly. Student night of cheesy classics, R&B and chart hits. FREE Siglo at Siglo. 6pm–3am. Weekly. Everything from 80s and chart floor fillers to chilled out alternatives.
Edinburgh Mondays
Club ■ Decadence at Lulu. 10pm–3am. £tbc. Weekly. OK, so fair enough, it’s Mon, but that’s no excuse. ■ Forbidden at Shanghai. 10pm–3am. £5 (£4). Weekly. R&B, hip hop, urban electro and chart tracks. FREE Mixed Up Mondays at the Hive. 11pm–3am. Weekly. R&B, hip hop, pop and floor fillers. FREE Nu Fire at Sneaky Pete’s. 11pm–3am. Weekly. Showcase of underground hip hop, dubstep, drum & bass, electro and MCs. ■ Opal Lounge at Opal Lounge. 10pm–3am. £tbc. Weekly. FREE Pussy Galore at Espionage. 7pm–3am. Weekly. Student anthems. FREE This is The Industry at GHQ. 11pm–3am. Weekly. New Monday nighter for GHQ created especially for those in the business (bars, clubs, pubs, hotels and restaurants). ■ Trade Union at Cabaret Voltaire. 11pm–3am. Free before midnight; £2 (£1) after. Weekly. Night to give something back to the bar and club workers with everything except cheese from DJ Beefy and Wolfjazz. The Sugarbeat DJs guest (14 Sep). Chart & Party ■ Flare/Toss the Boss at Why Not? 10pm–3am. £5. Weekly. Cheesy music old and new. FREE Siglo at Siglo. 6pm–3am. Weekly. See Sun.
Clubs
Kapital Nathan Fake returns to Kapital this month to showcase his new album Hard Islands. Signed to James Holden’s Border
Community, Fake will be putting in a live (or ‘a laptop with some controllers and shit,’ as he describes it) set of melodic techno and ambient electro. ■ The Caves, Edinburgh, Fri 11 Sep.
Edinburgh Tuesdays
Club FREE Antics at the Hive. 11pm–3am. Weekly. Rock, emo, punk and metal dispatches from Edinburgh’s alt.scene. ■ Dirty Sex at Lulu. 10pm–3am. £tbc. Weekly. Raunchy dance beats. FREE Hybrid at the GRV. 11pm–3am. Weekly. Underground dance, techno, dubstep, bass, jungle and more featuring a mixed line-up of DJs from Noizteez, Volume!, Big’n’Bashy, JakN, Riddim Tuffa and other Edinburgh institutions. ■ Kinky Indie at Citrus Club. 11pm–3am. £4. Weekly. Indie music with a touch of ska, 60s and 80s. FREE Love Hurtz at Sneaky Pete’s. 11pm–3am. Weekly. New night of electro and indie disco tracks from Nick AKA (Sick Note). ■ Love Traffic at GHQ. 11pm–3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Pulling doesn’t get any easier than this. At a traffic light party everyone knows where they stand: red for no thanks, amber for maybe, green for definitely. With DJ Dale Lush. ■ Missbehave at Opal Lounge. 10.30pm–3am. £5 (£4). Weekly. New Tuesday night for Opal with B-more, 80s, disco and electro beats from DJs Rennie Rich and 3 Pieces. FREE Split at Cabaret Voltaire. 11pm–3am. Weekly. Drum & bass, electro, techno and breakbeat with Shadowskill, the Dropout DJs, Dogma and a smattering of very talented local guests. Chart & Party ■ ShagTag at Stereo. 10pm–3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. Insanely successful night based on a complex numerical flirting system. If someone catches your eye, you write their number on the board next to your own, the idea being that they then rush up to you and get a bit jiggy. FREE Siglo at Siglo. 6pm–3am. Weekly. See Sun.
Edinburgh Wednesdays Club ■ Chairmen Meow at Shanghai. 10pm–3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Eclectic
chart, dance and indie from Calverto and guests. ■ Chambles at Opal Lounge. 10pm–3am. £5. Weekly. Night of sexy music, fantastic cocktails and fabulous people. Dress to impress. ■ Delinquents at Electric Circus. 10.30pm–3am. £5. Weekly. Filthy mash- up of iconic anthems and cool beats. ■ Guilty at Lulu. 10pm–3am. £5 (£4). Weekly. An unashamed selection of classic pop nuggets from the last five decades from ELO to Duran Duran to Snow Patrol, all under the watchful gaze of DJ Johnny Frenetic. FREE Jerk Alert at Sneaky Pete’s. 11pm–3am. Weekly. ‘Achingly uncool dancefloor fun’ at this indie-meets-youth- club night of old rave and 90s hits. FREE JungleDub at the Bongo Club. midnight–3am. Weekly. Showcasing the Scottish dub, dubstep and jungle scene. FREE The Pit at the Hive. 11pm–3am. Weekly. Rock and metal night by rock and metal fans for rock and metal fans. FREE Subtext at the GRV. 11pm–3am. Weekly. Electronic showcase with DJ talent from clubs such as Split, Kapital, Touch, Compakt and Coalition. FREE Volume Dealer at Studio 24. 10pm–3am. Weekly. Metal club with a touch of punk and classic rock as Studio 24 reopens its doors. ■ We Are . . . Electric at Cabaret Voltaire. 11pm–3am. Free before midnight; £2 after (free for members). Weekly. Edinburgh’s busiest midweek electro-funk disco party with Gary Mac joined by WolfJazz and Dava le Funk (16 Sep) and Jacek and Babes (23 Sep). Chart & Party FREE The Big Cheese at Espionage. 10pm–3am. Weekly. Student night with the best in cheddar flavoured chart tunes and anthems. ■ Get Lost at Lava Ignite. 10pm–3am. £5 (£4). Weekly. Student night of dance, chart and anthems on the mainfloor and R&B in the lounge. Don’t be surprised by UV parties, bucking broncos or themed nights. FREE Siglo at Siglo. 6pm–3am. Weekly. See Sun.
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