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Events are listed by city, day, type then alphabetically by name. Submit listings at least 16 days before publication to david.pollock@list.co.uk. Glasgow listings are compiled by David Pollock. ✽✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
Glasgow Thursday
Clubs ■ Best in Show at Nice’n’Sleazy. 17 Mar, 11.30pm–3am. £2. Like Crufts, but with men (and Findo Gask DJs) instead of dogs. ■ Cheap & Nasty at Nice’n’Sleazy. 3 Mar, 11.30pm–3am. £2. Everything from disco to indie and electro to funk, with Matthew Craig of One More Tune and Define Define. ■ Classic Grand Thursdays at Classic Grand. Weekly 11pm–3am. £3 (students free). DJs Barry, Dec and Young Blood provide a mix of rock, electro, emo and industrial. ■ Co-Op at the Sub Club. Weekly 11pm–3am. £3 (£2). Four great Glasgow clubs (Orderly Disorder, Dirty Noise, Mount Heart Attack and Scrabble) team up for a new monthly night, with one picking the genre for the evening and the rest putting their own spin on it. Mediaheroic will be providing visuals. ■ Cryotec at Classic Grand. 17 Mar, 11pm–3am. £3 (students free). Playing the best in EBM and industrial. FREE Feel My Bicep at Flat 0/1. Weekly 11pm–3am. 80s sleaze, analogue funk, old school house, disco flexx and sweat on the walls. ■ Mixed Bizness at the Art School. Weekly 11pm–3am. Free for GSA students before midnight; £4 (£3) after. Cutting edge underground beats and classic dancefloor gems from resident Benny Boom and rotating residents NoFace, Point to C, MGCK and Djamba. Includes entry to on-rotation Thursday night clubs in the Vic Bar at the Art School. FREE Salsa Tumbao at Boteco do Brasil. Weekly 8pm–3am. Salsa and dancing with Farah Portela Alonso and Tumbao Salsa School. ■ Skint and Vengeance at the Cathouse. Weekly 11pm–3am. £3 (£2 students). DJs Billy and Colin play rock, emo and pop-punk in the main room, while DJ Q Ball has the sickest black metal, death metal and thrash in the back. ■ Sol’s Club at Sol’s Club. Weekly 10pm–3am. £5. Bollywood, Latin, Afro- Caribbean and reggae club nights. ■ Soul Glo at the Buff Club. Weekly 11pm–3am. £3. DJ Snafu scratches funk, soul and old rhythm and blues. ■ Teenage Lust at Nice’n’Sleazy. 10 Mar, 11.30pm–3am. £2. A mutant disco of wedding standards, 80s and 90s indie and American punk from the Aberdonian night, now relocated to Glasgow. ■ The Pump Club at Nice’n’Sleazy. 24 Mar, 11.30pm–3am. £3. Throbb, The Falconi Bros, Von Trapp and guests present an electronic workout. Chart & Party ■ Bump at Hummingbird. Weekly 11pm–3am. £tbc. R&B and hip hop from DJs Naeem and Sketch. ■ Common Room at Common. Weekly 10pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 (£3) after. DJs Craig Kelman and Craig McHugh play party tunes in a house party style. ■ Dirty Sexy Money at O’Couture. Weekly 11pm–3am. £tbc (free for students before midnight). That Tall Guy Scott plays cheese, pop and R&B. ■ Eureka at Bamboo. Weekly 11pm–3am. £4 (free with a matric card). DJ Toast plays rock, indie, dance and hip hop. FREE Laid Back at the Polo Lounge. Weekly 9pm–3am. DJ Suave Gav
presents a party that’s anything but laid- back. ■ Onederful at Play. Weekly 5pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 (£3) after. Party sounds from DJ Chris Stewart and Tobin. FREE Pour Homme, Pour Femme, Pour Queens at FHQ. Weekly 9pm–3am. New weekly night from TLC Glasgow with DJ Shawn Roberts, free entry and a whole lotta tunes. ■ Rubbermensch and Jellybaby at O2 ABC2. Weekly 11pm–3am. £4. A night for indie lovers with Andy Wilson in charge. ■ Rumble Thursdays at the Garage. Weekly 11pm–3am. Free before 11.30pm; £5 (£3) after. Chart, pop, indie, R&B and hip hop fight it out for your aural affections. ■ Skint at the Viper Bar & Club. Weekly 9pm–2am. Free before 11pm; £5 (£3 students) after. Stephen Foy plays indie dancefloor anthems, pop hits and classic house. ■ Thursday at Milan at Milan. Weekly 11pm–3am. £tbc. DJ Naeem and DJ Sketch present a night of sleek and sexy urban tracks to get you moving. ■ Vibe at Boho. Weekly 10.30pm–2am. £5 (£4, students free before midnight). DJ Bobby B, DJ Gully and Mr Vin mash up hip hop, R&B, house and club classics. ■ iDJ at the Shed. Weekly 11pm–3am. £2. DJ Li’l Rich plays party sounds to start the weekend early. Monthly special events include bouncy castles, karaoke nights and the famous Shed roller disco.
Glasgow Friday
Clubs ■ Argonaut Sounds at Blackfriars. 18 Mar, 11pm–3am. £3. The Argonaut soundsystem returns playing reggae, dancehall and dub. ■ Ballbreaker and Vice at the Cathouse. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £5 (£4). DJs Billy and Martin Bate play a selection of rock, metal, emo and even hip hop over two floors. ■ Banjax at La Cheetah. 25 Mar, 11pm–3am. £10. A new bi-monthly night from Dave Shades (Mount Heart Attack), Tommy & McGarvatron (Bass Invaders) and Data Rape aka Full Phat (Obese, Concept Theory). With Los Angeles- based electro and hip hop legend Greg Broussard, aka The Egyptian Lover. ■ Bass Warrior Sound System at the Art School. 4 Mar, 11pm–3am. £5–£6. DJ Dirtsman brings you a blazin’ night of total reggae dancehall, with a bit of jungle thrown in to keep you on your toes. With Riddim Tuffa and J Bostron. ■ Be Deep at the Admiral. 11 Mar, 11pm–3am. £8 before midnight; £10 after. A regular deep house party with residents Russell Ventilla and Andy Barton, and regular international guests. With German producer Terry Lee Brown Jr, launching his new albumLabyrinth (Plastic City). ■ Bigfoot’s at the Sub Club. 18 Mar, 11pm–3am. £7–£10. An eclectic techno and electronic music party. Bigfoot’s first party in the Sub Club, headlined by guest Onur Ozer. ■ Black Tent at Nice’n’Sleazy. 25 Mar, 11.30pm–3am. £3. Errors and Rock Action DJs playing indie, house and techno and all genres in between. ■ Colours at the Arches. 4 Mar, 10pm–3am. £15. Scotland’s biggest commercial club night presents an array of massive names. This month’s guests are Wolfgang Gartner, AN21 and Max Vangel. ✽✽ Croc Madame vs Croc Mar, 8pm–3am. £5. The purveyors of ‘madness, live DIY bands, performance art and mess’ return after some time off, bringing the whole of Glasgow’s live scene with them. Or Remember Remember, Divorce, Ultimate Thrush, Pro Life, Holy Mountain, Tangles, Fur Hood, North American War, The Cosmic Dead, Grope Town and The John Knox Monsieur at the Art School. 4
Sex Club at least, plus Copy Haho and Cry Parrot DJs. ■ Damaged Goods at Nice’n’Sleazy. 4 Mar, 11.30pm–3am. £3. Two floors of punk rock, reggae, classic soul and New York disco. ■ Damnation at Classic Grand. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £5 (students Free). Rock, metal, punk and emo. ■ Dirt Box at Stereo. 25 Mar, 11pm–3am. £10. A new house and techno party for Stereo, with regulars Dirty Basement, Crocky DaMan and Foley Foliage. With Calvertron and Last Japan, powered by the Electrikal Soundsystem. FREE Equalised at the Halt Bar. 4 Mar, 6pm–midnight. Deep house, techno and more from residents Bobby Wilson, Truman Data and Alex Ash. ■ Eyes Wide Open at Blackfriars. 4 Mar, 11pm–3am. £5 (students £4). Garage, psych and freakbeat brought to you by EWO DJs Holly and Sarah, plus live and DJ guests. With special guest DJ Liam Quinn (Beat Boutique, Manchester). ■ FreshLICK DJ Competition at Soundhaus. 4 Mar, 10pm–1am. £6. As part of FreshLICK’s drive to involve Fresh talent in their events they’re hosting a DJ competition for house, electro, techno and trance jocks, with the chance to earn future gigs at the Soundhaus. ■ Friday Street at Blackfriars. 25 Mar, 10pm–3am. £5. Classic mod sounds, 60s psych and northern soul at Scotland’s premier mod club, with regular DJs Mikey Collins and Paul Molloy. With guest Martin Gavin (Caley Soul). ✽✽ Innuendo Presents Caspa at the Arches. 18 Mar, 11pm–3am. £12. A new dubstep night comes to the Arches. With don of the scene Caspa, Featuring MC Rod Azlan and the Innuendo residents. ■ Jelly Roll Soul at La Cheetah. 4 Mar, 11pm–3am. £10. Inspired by Charles Mingus and Theo Parrish, this new night presents house from the Jelly Roll residents. With special guest FunkinEven (Eglo Records). ■ Killer Kitsch at the Sub Club. 25 Mar, 11pm–3am. £5 before midnight; £6–£8 after. A big weekend party from the midweek club night. With guest Paul Chambers (Phantasy Records, Soulwaxmas), all the way from Belgium. ■ Kino Fist at Nice’n’Sleazy. 11 Mar, 11.30pm–3am. £3. Night of cross-genre delights, new wave, Krautrock, spiky pop and freak beat from Charlotte and Rafla. ■ Lock Up Your Daughters at the Flying Duck. 18 Mar, 11pm–3am. £4–£5. Ass-shaking session from the LUYD fanzine pitched as ‘a response to the boredom and brain dead stagnation that plagues modern gay culture’, with residents DJ Suezz, Lock Up Your DJs and Skeleton Boy. Don your Stetsons and polish your rhinestones this month for LUYD’s Queer Ranch. ■ Men & Machines at La Cheetah. 18 Mar, 11pm–3am. £5. Disco, house and more all night long from Men & Machines at this irregular but worth waiting for night. With Munich’s San Quentin. ■ Mixed Bizness at the Art School. 11 Mar, 11pm–3am. £3 before midnight, £5 after; GSA students free before midnight, £3 after. Cutting edge underground beats and classic dancefloor gems from resident Benny Boom. With guest DJ Zinc. ■ Mount Heart Attack at La Cheetah. 11 Mar, 11pm–3am. £10 (students £7). A regular club with a wide-ranging taste in electronic party music and a fine line in special guest stars. With Brennan Green and Ali Ooft! ■ Nomad at the Art School. 4 Mar, 11pm–3am. £tbc. Tech-house grooves and subtle minimal undertones at this new night from Ivan Kutz, formerly of Club 69’s Seasons. Featuring guests Heartthrob (M_nus) from Michigan and Rossko from London.
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Italo (disco) adj. style of disco music commonly attributed to records of Italian origin, c. 1978–1985. Essentially electronic disco made with synthesisers and drum machines, Italo has a very white, rigid, European feel compared to its much looser, black American cousin (which had its own roots in soul, jazz, funk and R&B). Earlier releases tended to focus on futuristic, sci-fi themes and bizarre robot love songs, usually sung in English with a dodgy continental accent and characterised by an arpeggiated bass-line and baroque melodies, much catchier, poppier hooks for the European market than those found on US disco records at the time.
ORIGINS Italo was a broad European phenomenon that developed as much in Germany, the Netherlands and, later, Canada, as Italy.
KEY FIGURES Giorgio Moroder is probably the most famous Italo pioneer, following his immortal ‘I Feel Love’ smash with Donna Summer and British songwriting collaborator Pete Bellotte in 1977. Setting a template for everyone making electronic dance music ever since, allegedly after the moustachioed Moroder accidentally knocked the arpeggiator switch on his analogue synth and subsequently had a eureka moment when that much-imitated propulsive bass-line spontaneously emerged. Fellow Italo dons Gino Soccio, Alexander Robotnick and the highly prolific Patrick Cowley were respectively Canadian, Italian and American. Salvatore Cusato, aka Casco (RIP), who died in January, was also a significant player. ■ Hobbes is resident at Devil Disco Club, the Bongo Club, Edinburgh, Sat 19 Mar.
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