Clubs
■ Late’n’Live at the Jazz Bar. Sat 11pm–3am. £5 (£3). Late-night jazz and funk acts and DJs. Featuring Washington Street (1 Apr), Diwan (8 Apr), The Ordinary All-Stars (15 Apr) and Das Contras (22 Apr). ■ The Noize Factory at the Lane. 1 Apr, 10.30pm–3am. £8. Dynamic, fast edit electro/techno from guests Hey Today! ■ Sound Crowd at Cabaret Voltaire. 1 Apr, 11pm–3am. £5. Heart, Chest & Stroke Scotland fundraiser in the Speakeasy with deep house and disco from Jonny Herd. ■ Tokyoblu at Cabaret Voltaire. 1 Apr, 11pm–3am. £8. John Hutchison and Iain Gibson dish out the best in Chicago house, funky electro and disco. Joined by much loved DJ Marco Smith (Rebel Waltz, Taste, Musika, the list goes on and on) for his last ever Edinburgh gig. ■ Xplicit at the Bongo Club. 1 Apr, 11pm–3am. £tbc. Hard, dark drum & bass. Prolix (Trendkill) guests with a hard-hitting set. ■ 50s & 60s Party at Wee Red Bar. 8 Apr, 10.30pm–3am. £4 (£3). Retro club night. ■ Bound For Glory at Cabaret Voltaire. 8 Apr, 11pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £4 after. Brain d’Souza (aka Auntie Flo) joins Beefy and Flyin’ Saucer at this new monthly night that aims to raise funds for Oxfam, with a funk, house and electro soundtrack in the Cab’s Speakeasy. ■ Compakt at Cabaret Voltaire. 8 Apr, 11pm–3am. Free before midnight; £5 after. Techno night. Keeping things close to home Compakt invite their favourite techno/tech-house DJs from across Scotland with guests form Animal Hospital, Headway, Hush Hush and Dirt, plus dubstep, electro and bassline in the back room. ■ Disgraceland at Henry’s Cellar Bar. 8 Apr, 11pm–3am. £4. Deadly mix of punk, rock, blues, lounge and indie. ■ Four Corners at the Bongo Club. 8 Apr, 11pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £5 after. Your local one-stop hop for funk/soul/jazz/Latin/Afro dancefloor action and sizzling live percussion. ■ Mad Caravan at Studio 24. 8 Apr, 10pm–3am. £4. World music night. ■ Section 63 at the Lane. 8 Apr, 10.30pm–3am. £5 before midnight; £7 (£5) after. ‘Taking you back to basics and focusing on what clubbing is really about – the music’ is the mission statement from residents Ross Jackson and David MacNeill at this new house and techno night. ✽✽ Substance at the Caves. 8 Apr, 10.30pm–3am. £12. Edinburgh’s leading underground techno party. Substance takes over the Caves with a three-hour set from Speedy J, while the second cave is rocked by a triple bill of live sets from Cynthia Stern (Input- Output), Colouroid and Pest Control Aural Assault Squad. ✽✽ Confusion is Sex at the Bongo Club. 15 Apr, 11pm–3am. £5–£8. Freaky mix of burlesque, glam techno, electro, indie punk and rock’n’roll. Second birthday special as CiS goes out of this world for a sci-fi special of space monsters and future heroes. ■ Cosmic at Studio 24. 15 Apr, 11pm–3am. £5 (students £4). A spaced- out night of psychedelic trance, with live percussion and visuals by VisualGnosis. ■ Dynamic Sessions at the Lane. 15 Apr, 10.30pm–3am. £tbc. Deep techy house, funky vocal house, electro and progressive. ■ Telefunken at Cabaret Voltaire. 15 Apr, 11pm–3am. £6 before midnight; £8 after (students £5). Deep expansive house night. Berlin’s tech-house maestro Ian Pooley guests. See preview, page 47. ■ Hot Damn at Cabaret Voltaire. 15 Apr, 11pm–3am. £3. New club night in the Speakeasy from the people who brought you Soul Jam Hot with a mix of funky disco, hip hop and soul. ■ Club 10-86 at Cabaret Voltaire. 22 Apr, 11pm–3am. £11 in advance; £14 on 54 THE LIST 31 Mar–28 Apr 2011
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■ Late’n’Live at the Jazz Bar. Sat 11pm–3am. £5 (£3). Late jazz and funk night, with Glamour & the Baybees (2 Apr), Freaky Family (9 Apr), The Leonard Jones Potential (16 Apr) and Federation of the Disco Pimp (23 Apr). ■ Luvely at the Liquid Room. 2 Apr, 10.30pm–3am. £10 (members £8). The saucy soirée of full-on, driving house music returns. Sci-fi theme for the final regular party as after almost 15 years Luvely is retiring. ■ Mumbo Jumbo at the Bongo Club. 2 Apr, 11pm–3am. £5 before midnight; £7 (£6) after. Headspin’s Steve Austin and Colin Miller join forces with Tackno’s Trendy Wendy mixing up funk, soul, electro, house and party tunes. ■ Torture Garden at the Caves. 2 Apr, 9pm–3am. £18–£20. The world’s leading body art, fetish and twisted burlesque club. Featuring performances from LuciFire, Dave Tusk, Leyla Rose, Cherry Locco and Roxie Rousseau plus electro, drum & bass, hard house and booty-core from Allen and David TG. ■ Ultragroove at Cabaret Voltaire. 2 Apr & 16 Apr, 11pm–3am. £5 before midnight; £8 after (students £5). Deep soulful house and disco from Gareth Sommerville. Joined by Moovn’s Bruce Nicholson and Andy Baker (2 Apr) while Fudge Fingas celebrates the launch of his debut album How About Now with a live/DJ set with support from Linkwood on 16 Apr. See preview, page 54. ■ Voltage at the Lane. 2 Apr, 10.30pm–3am. £6. Hardcore, hard trance and hardstyle from special guests Driller Killerz. FREE Volume! at Sneaky Pete’s. 2 Apr, 11pm–3am. The Volume! crew brings the dubstep to Sneakys. Fourth birthday special with ‘very special guests’ to be announced. ■ Bass Syndicate at Sneaky Pete’s. 9 Apr, 11pm–3am. Free before midnight; £3 after. Bass Syndicate returns with a mix of bass heavy breaks, beats, electro and house from G-Mac, Believe and Silver Storic. ✽✽ Big’n’Bashy at the Bongo Club. 9 Apr, 11pm–3am. £tbc. Four deck mix of dubstep, reggae, dancehall and jungle. Teaming up with Electrikal once again for a big booming night of heavy bass from grime veterans Newham Generals and Flux Pavillion. ■ His & Hers at Electric Circus. 9 Apr, 10.30pm–3am. £5 before midnight; £6 after. The Baron and The Regent serve up the best in indie, punk and alternative. ■ It’s All Good at Cabaret Voltaire. 9 Apr, 9pm–3am. £5. Floorfilling funky house, electro and hard house in the Cab’s Speakeasy. First birthday party special. ■ Land of 1000 Dances at Studio 24. 9 Apr, 11pm–3am. £5 (£4). Dedicated to northern soul, Stax records, Detroit soul and Chicago blues. ■ Musika at the Liquid Room. 9 Apr, 9pm–3am. £15. Edgy house and electro with techy house from 2000 And One alongside big party tunes from Yousef. ■ Selektance at the Lane. 9 Apr, 10.30pm–3am. £12. Hard dance, trance, techno, old skool and commercial dance. ■ Whatchamacallit at Cabaret Voltaire. 9 Apr, 11pm–3am. £7 in advance; £9 after. New techno and deep house night in the Cab’s Speakeasy. Launching with guests Simon Baker (AirLondon) and Glimpse (live). ■ Awaken at Old St Paul’s Hall. 16 Apr, 7pm–1am. £10 (£8). ‘A new conscious club event that creates an enriched environment of people coming together to celebrate in dance without the need for drugs or alcohol.’ Soundtrack will consist of World fusion, reggae, deep house, Latin, Afro-funk, hip hop, disco and funk. ■ Balkanarama at the Liquid Room. 16 Apr, 10.30pm–3am. £10–£12. A blend of klezmer, Balkan, gypsy punk and electronic beats featuring live music, bellydancing, VJs and a live jam session. Special album launch party for Orkestra del Sol.
ALBUM LAUNCH FUDGE FINGAS Ultragroove at Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, Sat 16 Apr.
‘I’m not a fan of DJ culture,’ says Edinburgh-based producer and musician Gavin Sutherland, aka Fudge Fingas, who leads the way as one of the most exciting electronic artists working in Scotland today and works in dance-focused local record store Underground Solu’shn. ‘Although I suppose I support it through my day job.’ With minimal live appearances and only selected record releases
through his home city’s Firecracker and Manchester’s Prime Numbers, he’s hardly carved himself a niche as a wannabe superstar, although it is to be hoped the smooth, soulful deep house of his debut album Now About How will see his reputation grow.
‘I’m not bad at DJing, mind you,’ he muses, ‘although I’d never define myself as such, or as a producer or a singer. I never think of myself as professional enough, you know?’ For a hard-working amateur, he’s done well out of a decade-long career as Fudge Fingas (‘My first cat’s name and a tribute to Larry Heard,’ he says cryptically), at least if the resulting LP is anything to go by. ‘I’ve never been in a hurry,’ he smirks. ‘I like to think I’m in the business of making timeless music. I never want to make something that I have to get out there now before it goes out of date.’ (David Pollock) ■ The album Now About How is out now on Prime Numbers
the door. Techno night. Easter special with a triple bill of guests: Dutch producer Secret Cinema (Cocoon), deep dubby house from Sven Weisemann and Soma’s Vakama. ■ Footwork & Freshlick at the Lane. 22 Apr, 10.30pm–3am. £7 (students £5). Hard techno, house and minimal. ■ Jackhammer at Wee Red Bar. 22 Apr, 11pm–3am. £8. Techno night. WolfJazz and Keyte are joined by Billy Nasty. ■ Wonky at the Bongo Club. 22 Apr, 10pm–3am. £8 in advance; £10 on the door. Trouble teams up with Wolfjazz for a night of UK funky, hip hop, bass and dubstep with Afrobeat. Also ‘post- dubstep’ from Mount Kimbie and gothic electronics from Brooklyn duo Creep (both live). Weekly FREE Everybody at Electric Circus. Weekly 10pm–3am. The night starts with live band karaoke (until midnight) followed by a mix of pop, rock, indie, electro, disco and party tracks. ■ Evol at the Liquid Room. Weekly 11pm–3am. Free before 11.30pm; £6 after. Edinburgh’s longest running indie night. With the usual mix of the best current and classic alternative tunes. ■ Girls & Boys at the HMV Picture House. Weekly 11pm–3am. £5 (£3). Launch of Edinburgh’s biggest indie night with a rock attitude. ■ Lulu at Lulu. Weekly 9pm–2am. £tbc. Electro, club hits, sexy disco and chart favourites.
FREE Misfits at the Hive. Weekly 9pm–3am. DIY indie, electro, punk, rock and retro with bargain drinks. ■ Planet Earth at Citrus Club. Weekly 10pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £6 after. A healthy dose of punk, new wave, new romantic and electro-pop. ■ Redeemer at Studio 24. Weekly 11pm–3am. £5 (members/students £4). The UK’s biggest alt.rock and metal club comes to Edinburgh. ■ Sahara Sessions at Po Na Na. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £6 after. Funky and disco tinged house and huge club classics at this new glam and sexy night for Po Na Na. FREE The Rock Bomb at Opium. Weekly 10pm–2am. The best rock and metal from across the years. ■ This is Music at Sneaky Pete’s. Fri 11pm–3am. £3 (members free). Indie- electro night.
Edinburgh Saturday Monthly & One-Off Events ■ Beep Beep, Yeah! at Cabaret Voltaire. 2 Apr, 11pm–3am. £3. Taking over the Speakeasy with a staunchly retro soundtrack of 50s rock, 60s grooves and 70s psychedelia. ■ Circus at Electric Circus. 2 Apr, 10.30pm–3am. £5 before midnight; £6 after. Jive, rock, blues, funk and soul. ■ The Go-Go at Studio 24. 2 Apr, 11pm–3am. £5 (£4). Swinging 60s garage, soul, mod, soul, new wave, surf and sleazy listening.