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10.30pm–3am. £tbc. House and electro at this mainstream party night. ■ Lip Service at FHQ. Weekly 6pm–3am. £tbc. Long-running lesbian club night with a focus on all things sensual. Includes facepainting, dressing- up box, spin the bottle booths and a ‘sexual postbox’. Ooh-er. ■ Music For Pleasure at Bamboo. Weekly 10pm–3am. Free before midnight with a matric card; £5 after. Gavin Sommerville, Gerry Lyons and Andy Wilson play R&B, hip hop, house and pop. ■ NOW Fridays at Òran Mór. Weekly 11pm–3am. £6 (students £4). Chart, R&B, house and electro from Dave M. ■ Old Skool at the Buff Club. Weekly 11pm–3am. £6; £3 entry through the Butterfly & Pig. Funk, soul and disco from DJs Craig Thompson, Jack and Gordie. FREE Only Fools and House at Flat 0/1. Weekly 7pm–3am. Tom, Anton and Ewan play a fine selection of New York and Chicago house, cosmic Italo disco and classic 80s electro. ■ POP Junkie at the Polo Lounge. Weekly 11pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 (£3 students) after. DJs Steven and Suave Gav inject your ears with pop sounds. ■ Propaganda at O2 ABC. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £4. Indie Friday nighter. ■ Riot Radio at Maggie May’s. Weekly 8pm–3am. £5. DJ Dan South presents indie rock’n’roll from the 60s to the present day. ■ United Nations of Dance at the Tunnel. Weekly 11pm–3am. £8. Clubland anthems, hip hop and R&B from Scotty Boy, Marc Anderson, Steve Clarke, John Thomson and more.
Glasgow Saturday Monthly & One-Off Events ■ Bad Mouthin’ at SWG3. 30 Apr, 10pm–3am. £8 in advance; £10 on the door. A monthly residency with disco kings Al Kent and Rahaan. ■ Ctrl+Alt+Del at Soundhaus. 30 Apr, 10pm–3am. £3 before 11pm; £5 after. A night devoted to electro, from the 80s to the present day. With Craig Murphy (Squelch). ■ Der Supermax Love Machine at Basura Blanca at the Brunswick Hotel. 30 Apr, 10pm–2am. £5. Sex, droogs and reich’n’roll with Glasgow’s disco grand master Billy Woods. ✽✽ Electro Enemies Weekender at La Cheetah. 30 Apr, 10pm–3am. £10 for one day; £16 for two. A bank holiday special spread over two days from the La Cheetah team. With guests Alexander Robotnick, The Wasp, Craig Moog and the Jelly Roll Soul DJs (Saturday), and Alan Oldham aka DJ-T1000, Pro Vinylist Karim, Slabs of the Tabernacle DJs, Jamie Thomson, DeLarge and Kevin Stevens (Sunday). ✽✽ Inside Out at the Arches. 30 Apr, 10pm–3am. £20. Banging house, techno and trance. In association with Subculture this will be the final Inside Out, with guests and residents John O’ Callaghan, Giuseppe Ottaviani, Bryan Kearney, Ben Gold, Simon Foy, William Daniel and Danny Smith. ■ Modern Lovers at the Flying Duck. 30 Apr, 11pm–3am. £tbc. Blues, garage punk, 60s pop, Motown, funk and beyond, with resident DJ Craig Jamieson. With guest DJ Vic Galloway. ■ Muscles of Joy at Nice’n’Sleazy. 30 Apr, 11.30pm–3am. £tbc. An exotic, psychedelic, fun mix of tunes from the Muscle of Joy girls. ■ Naive at Stereo. 30 Apr, 11pm–3am. £5–£7. A new kid on the Glasgow club block, Naïve promises a blend of cultured, cosmopolitan French Touch and Gallic electro. With guests Retro/Grade. ■ Sub Club Loft Party at the Sub Club. 30 Apr, 7pm–3am. £15. Following their last party the Sub Club and Morgan’s Spiced take 200 clubbers to a former fashion house loft for a set by Rub’n’Tug and Thunder Disco Club,
followed by an afterparty back at the Subbie. ■ Subculture at the Sub Club. Weekly 10pm–3am. £10. Glasgow’s well- established house institution continues to reign supreme, with residents Harri and Domenic, and rolling residents Junior, Telford and Esa. Mark E and Ame (live) guest on 14 May. ■ Tronicsole at the Admiral. 30 Apr, 11pm–3am. £7 (members £5). Deep and sophisticated house grooves every month from residents HiRO and Steven Coyle. ‘Revenge of the House Nerds’, with Milton Jackson and HiRO. FREE We Can Still Picnic at Mono. 30 Apr, 9pm–1am. An evening of indie, pop and other guitar-based wonders from the resident Wake the President DJs and live guests. Guest DJs this month are Paul Thomson and Jackie from The Yummy Fur. ■ Zimbabwe Independence Celebration Bash at Soundhaus. 30 Apr, 8pm–2am. £10 includes food. A massive celebration party, featuring The Legendary Bhundu Boy, Rise Kagona and his Jit Jive Band, Dubbie Benzie, Abra Trppl, Roby Gee, Triple Threat, and the Vizzy & Ganyamatope Mbira Band. ■ Bigfoot’s at the Goat & Grill. 7 May, 1–11pm. £12. An eclectic techno and electronic music party. This will be Bigfoot’s first outdoor party of the year, featuring guest Butane (Little Helpers, Crosstown Rebels). Barbeque and shisha pipes are included in the ticket price. ■ Colours at the Arches. 7 May, 11pm–3am. £10. Scotland’s biggest commercial club night presents an Alchemy Records showcase with Mauro Picotto, Alan Belshaw and Chesco Ferri. ■ Divine at the Art School. 7 May, 11pm–3am. £4–£5. Glasgow’s longest- running club residency brings you a monthly dose of northern soul, funk, Motown, 60s freakbeat, ska, easy listening and soundtracks. ✽✽ Highlife at La Cheetah. 7 May, 11pm–3am. £5. A South African special for fans of DJ Mujava’s ‘Township Funk’, featuring South African house music, kwaito, Highlife and more from Esa/Mervin Granger (Sub Club, Sensu, Rememory Music), with ultraviolet club design by Aoife McKim. ■ Infexious at Soundhaus. 7 May, 9pm–3am. £13. Hard dance, hardstyle and tech-trance at this regular rave, featuring residents including Rob Da Rhythm, Chris Craig, Stu Laurie and more. With exclusive sets from ioweapon, Chris One and BRK3. ■ Melting Pot at the Admiral. 7 May, 11pm–3am. £10. All things disco-house from residents Andrew Pirie and Simon Cordiner. A Paradise Garage and Larry Levan tribute night with the Dance! Dance! Dance! DJs guest-starring. ■ Orderly Disorder vs Lock Up Your Daughters at the Flying Duck. 7 May, 11pm–3am. £6 (£5). Two of the Flying Duck’s regulars team up for a special bash. ■ Pandemic at Nice’n’Sleazy. 7 May, 11.30pm–3am. £3. Noj, Mark, Johnny Shrapnel and Gil Scott Heroin play indie, 60s garage, soul, rock’n’roll and ‘The Fall at least once.’ ■ Cry Parrot 4th Birthday Party at SWG3. 14 May, 10pm–3am. £5. The esteemed young Glasgow promoters celebrate with sets from Moon Unit, Ben Butler & Mousepad and Muscles of Joy, and the Button Up DJs. ■ Euro Trip at Soundhaus. 14 May, 10pm–3am. £tbc. A techno night featuring Chris Liberator. ■ Hotwire at the Flying Duck. 14 May, 11pm–3am. £5. Playing girl-made music with a live performance from DJs Peter and Roz. Free tea cakes and magician Chris Dinwoodie also feature. ■ Let’s Go Back . . . Way Back at O2 Academy. 14 May, 9pm–3am. £19.50. Old school house, rave and dance music from the genres’ early days. With 808 State (live), Slam playing an acid house set, Justin Robertson and Bosco. See preview, page 41.
■ Loop at Basura Blanca at the Brunswick Hotel. 14 May, 10pm–2am. £4. A bi-monthly house and techno club with Chris Duncan (Beat Freak). ■ Mount Heart Attack at La Cheetah. 14 May, 11pm–3am. £6 before midnight; £8 (£6) after. Electronic party music. Featuring guests Mele (Grizzly, Hum & Buzz) and Ben Westbeech aka Breach (Strictly Rhythm), with Joe Crogan on visuals and MHA Allstars Lono, Lebowski, and Cutter’s Choice in support. ■ One More Tune at the Art School. 14 May, 11pm–3am. £5. House to dubstep to hip hop to indie to garage, with residents Define Define and VJ Patchwork, featuring guest Mosca (Night Slugs). ■ Pass the Peas at Blackfriars. 14 May, 11pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £5 after. Andy Taylor (Resense, Wack Records) and weeG (Four Corners, Electrikal) play four solid hours of the international funk and soul scene’s very best tracks. With guest DJ Red6 (Give It Some). ■ Wrong Island at Nice’n’Sleazy. 14 May, 11.30pm–3am. £3. Electro, techno and all kinds of mashups at this bassment party from the Wrong Island DJs Dirty Larry and Teamy. ■ Afro Acid at La Cheetah. 21 May, 11pm–3am. £10. Chicago Acid House don DJ Pierre’s label presents a series of Afro Acid nights in Glasgow. With Pierre himself, and guests tbc. ■ Death Disco at the Arches. 21 May, 11pm–4am. £14; £7 if on DD mailing list. Electro, house, disco and gauche party tracks at the Arches’ most lurid monthly party, with residents Hush Puppy, Josh Jones and Wavy Graves. This month featuring Crookers, Aeroplane, Joakim, Jokers of the Scene, The Whip and Clouds. ■ Mungo’s Hi Fi at Stereo. 21 May, 11pm–4am. £6 in advance; £8 on the door. Dancehall, grime, ragga and dubstep for your pleasure at this legendary Glasgow soundsystem party. Mere months after moving from the Art School, Mungo’s is leaving again, with guests Pupajim and Stand High sending her off in style. Look out for their new event, Walk’n’Skank at Club 520. ■ Singles Night at the Flying Duck. 21 May, 11pm–3am. £tbc. Andrew ‘Divine’ Symington and Chris ‘Beans’ Geddes (Belle & Sebastian) play strictly 45s all night, from punk to hip hop, rock’n’roll to soul. Includes entry to Broadcast Beach. ■ Subcity Party at SWG3. 21 May, 11pm–3am. £tbc. An end of term party from the Subcity Radio team, with full details tbc. ✽✽ The Wee Chill at People’s Palace 2–11pm. £tbc. The boutique dance and live music festival kicks its ninth year off with a move to a brand new and larger venue. With guests Derrick Carter & Mark Farina, Guy Gerber, Moodymann, Greg Wilson, Matius Aguayo, Hudson Mohawke, Domenic & Junior, Billy Woods, Jackmaster and Thunder Disco Club, and a live band stage. See preview, page 42. & Winter Gardens. 21 May,
Weekly ■ Absolution at Classic Grand. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £5 (students free). Rock, metal, industrial and punk to liven up your Saturday night. ■ Base at the Tunnel. Weekly 8pm–2am. £10. DJ Sketch, Harri Miller and John Thomson put together a blend of funky house and R&B over two huge and consistently packed rooms. ■ Boho Saturdays at Boho. Weekly 9.30pm–3am. Free before 10.30pm; £8 after. Li’l Rich packs the dancefloor every Saturday with a li’l bit of everything. ■ Bootlegged at Mama San. Weekly 1–11pm. Free before midnight; £tbc after. A weekly night run by Pasty (Level 32) with local DJ guest spinning an eclectic mix in boutique surroundings.
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EBM aka ‘Electronic Body Music’ proper noun: European, characterised by minimal composition, synthesised sound, metallic tones, socialist realist and sexual aesthetics and often a lot of irony, c. 1978–1987 Heavily influenced by (and usually classified with) industrial.
ORIGINS Kraftwerk’s Ralf Hutter allegedly first used the term ‘electronic body music’ to describe their seventh album, The Man Machine (1978). Belgian outift Front 242 used it to describe their No Comment EP (1984) (although they allegedly preferred ‘electro disco terrorist music’). Industrial pioneers Throbbing Gristle and Cabaret Voltaire were hugely influential, as were some of the key British post punk, new wave and synth pop artists of the time (Killing Joke, Bauhaus, Depeche Mode, Gary Numan), plus Germany’s Neue Deutsche Welle scene, especially post- industrial Berliners Einstürzende Neubaten and Dusseldorfers DAF, who called their electro-punk ‘body music’. KEY FIGURES Belgians Front 242, A Split Second and à;GRUMH, Essex legends Nitzer Ebb and Germany’s Die Krupps are EBM’s most famous protagonists. Late-80s/early- 90s industrial acts such as Nine Inch Nails consequently brought their own take, while it was revived by artists on the techno and electroclash scenes ten years later. (hobbesmusic.co.uk) ■ You’re likely to hear some EBM at Hung Up, Sub Club, weekly Sun; Der Supermax Love Machine, Basura Blanca, 30 Apr and Death Disco, The Arches, 21 May in Glasgow. Devil Disco Club, Bongo Club, Sat 14 May; StepBack, Wee Red Bar, Fri 20 May and Wasabi Disco, Sneaky Pete’s, Sat 21 May in Edinburgh.
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