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■ Lock In at Bamboo. Weekly 10pm–3am. £5 (£3). Monday nighter for Bamboo playing music ‘of the party variety’.
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Monthly & One-Off Events ■ Danse Macabre at Nice’n’Sleazy. 10 May, 11.30pm–3am. £2 before 1am; £3 after. DJs Pasta and Catnip spin old- school goth rock and classic disco, along with Italo, sleazy synthpop and the best alternative rock tracks from the 80s. Weekly ■ I AM at the Sub Club. Weekly 11pm–3am. £2–£4. A new house and techno night from hosts Beta and Kappa, whose aim is to try and recapture the Optimo vibe of old on a Tuesday night. ■ Killer Kitsch at the Buff Club. Weekly 11pm–3am. £4 (£3). Upstairs, Euan and Dave play electronic music of all ages for all ages, while downstairs, Duncan plays funk, soul and swing. In the Butterfly & Pig Davie plays nu and old disco, and more. ■ Switch Tuesdays at Bamboo. Weekly 11pm–3am. £4 (free for students). Dan South and Robin B mash up hip hop, R&B, pop and electro.
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Monthly & One-Off Events ■ Dirty Noise at Nice’n’Sleazy. 25 May, 11pm–3am. £5. Dirty, filthy, poundin’ techno from residents Go-Dirty, Digital Stitch and Martin What?, with visuals by Mediaheroic. ■ Knock Knock at the Art School. Weekly 11pm–3am. £5; £3 advance and for GSA students. Club night from Synergy Concerts with Fox Gut Daata (live) and DJs Baby Diego (Dolby Anol/Dananananaykroyd) and Teamy on 4 May; Gatekeeper (live) on 11 May; Creep (live) and DJs Pro Vinylist Karim and David Shrigley on 18 May; Spank Rock (live) and DJs Benny Boom and Bobby Cleaver on 25 May. ■ The Mumble Club at Nice’n’Sleazy. 4 May, 11.30pm–3am. £2. Hip hop night. ‘Basically,’ they say, ‘we just wanted to hear some R Kelly getting played outside of a student night or Karbon.’ ■ In About It! at Nice’n’Sleazy. 11 May, 11.30pm–3am. £4. A brand new Wednesday nighter, with residents Twonko and Pasty Thirtytwo and more. Weekly ■ Gaga Wednesdays at the Garage. Weekly 11pm–3am. £5 (£3). Chart, classic and current hits, and drink promos too. ■ Gay as F**k at Play. Weekly 11pm–3am. Free before midnight; £3 after. Cheap drinks and gayness with DJs Darren and Michael. ■ Lollapalooza Wednesday at O’Couture. Weekly 11pm–3am. £5 (£3 students). Indie, pop, cheese and R&B. ■ Muso at the Buff Club. Weekly 9pm–3am. £4. A night of up and coming bands, with Detour DJs Ally Mcrae and David Weaver until 3am. With live bands Twisted Melons, The Fiction and Kieran Robinson. ■ Octopussy at the Arches. Weekly 11pm–3am. £7 (students £5). Jacuzzis, bouncy castles and a Chapel of Love at this weekly student night of indie, pop and electro. ■ Tongue in Cheek at Bamboo. Weekly 10pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 (£4) after. Gavin Sommerville plays R&B in the main room, DJ Toast plays chart in the lounge and Andy Wilson plays rock in the red room. ■ Wednesdays at Flat 0/1 at Flat 0/1. Weekly 11pm–3am. £tbc. Darrell plays 80s and urban funk jams and Dom plays early 80s synth funk rap grooves. ■ West End Wednesdays at Boho. Weekly 11pm–3am. £5 (£3 students before midnight). A student night for the West End, with cheap drinks and dancing.
EDINBURGH Events are listed by city, day, type then alphabetically by name. Submit listings at least 16 days before publication to clubs@list.co.uk. Edinburgh listings are compiled by Henry Northmore. ✽✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
Edinburgh Thursday Monthly & One-Off Events FREE Ride at Sneaky Pete’s. 28 Apr & 26 May, 11pm–3am. Electro, indie and hip hop from Lauren and Chekkie. FREE Sick Note at Cabaret Voltaire. Weekly 11pm–3am. Indie/electro night from the Cab, with residents from Clash and Spies in the Wires. Featuring a live set electro hip hop act Spank Rock and We Were Promised Jetpacks (DJ set) on 26 May (please note £5 entry for this date only). ■ Zzzap! at the Liquid Room. 28 Apr, 10.30pm–3am. £6 in advance; more on the door. The house, electro and techno extravaganza celebrates its first birthday with guests Boy 8-Bit and Clouds. ■ Born To Be Wide at Electric Circus. 5 May, 7.30pm. £4.50 (music union members £3). Music industry seminar/social club that aims to bring musos together. A looking at music/culture bloggers featuring Matthew Young (Song by Toad), Jason Cranwell (The Pop Cop) and more tbc. Followed by a ‘buy what you hear’ session in aid of Oxfam. ■ Bump & Red Bull Music Academy at the Liquid Room. 5 May, 10.30pm–3am. £10. Hot breaks, beats and electro from MIA producer and one half of Major Lazer, Diplo and Sinden (usually found in the company of The Count). FREE Dapper Dan’s at Sneaky Pete’s. 5 May, 11pm–3am. Default and Picassio promise ‘a wonky cocktail of beats’ on decks and FX. ■ Exhibit Music at Wee Red Bar. 5 May, 11pm–3am. £3 (£2). ‘Superior’ indie, electro and rock’n’roll from DJs Del (Madchester) and Adrian James. FREE Animal Hospital at Sneaky Pete’s. 12 May, 11pm–3am. Techno and minimal night with decor and live visuals. FREE Homegrown at Sneaky Pete’s. 19 May, 11pm–3am. New night
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focusing on up-and-coming drum & bass talent. Weekly ■ Bounce at Po Na Na. Weekly. £5. DJ Johnny Frenetic will be providing the best in electro, house and chart mash-ups for your musical pleasures. ■ Bump at the Liquid Room. Weekly (not 28 Apr & 5 May) 11pm–3am. Free before midnight; £2 after. Master Caird and Johnny Junk-House supply fresh remixes and requests at this house, indie, hip hop, 80s, 90s, electro and disco night. FREE Frisky at the Hive. Weekly 10pm–3am. Chart and dancefloor anthems in the main room with indie and 90s hits out back. ■ Madame Belle’s at Lulu. Weekly 10pm–3am. £5. Hip hop, R&B, electro, house and dancefloor anthems with a burlesque twist. FREE Movement at Electric Circus. Thu 8pm–1am. The best new indie and classic dancefloor killers. ■ Octopussy at the HMV Picture House. Weekly 11pm–3am. £4. Student night of chart, R&B, electro and indie classics. ■ Vanity at Opal Lounge. Weekly 10pm–3am. £5. Cutting edge soul, R&B, electro and funky house.
Edinburgh Friday Monthly & One-Off Events ■ BCM World Tour at Mood Nightclub. 29 Apr, 10pm–3am. £8 (£6). CO2 party with big house and commercial dance with Leethal Lee Evans. ■ Fast at Sneaky Pete’s. 29 Apr, 11pm–3am. £5 (£3). More riotous punk, electro, garage and rock’n’roll as Fast returns for one night only. ■ Hippy Hippy Shake at Studio 24. 29 Apr, 11pm–3am. £10. Electro-swing and funky house. ■ Late’n’Live at the Jazz Bar. Sat 11pm–3am. £5 (£3). Late night jazz and funk acts and DJs. Featuring Paul Mills Funk Band (29 Apr), James Brown is Annie (6 May), Big Hand (13 May) and Ka-Tet (20 May). ■ Sugarbeat at Cabaret Voltaire. 29 Apr, 10.30pm–3am. £5. It’s a mash up of breaks, beats, electro and anything else they can lay their hands from your hosts Tim & Jez (Utah Saints). Joined by Burns and Toni Jarvis. ■ Unpop! at Wee Red Bar. 29 Apr, 10pm–3am. £tbc. ‘Indie pop dance party’ of C86, twee and janglesome indie from
Slam have managed to coax Richie Hawtin (aka Plastikman) to Pressure once again. One of the true masters of the dark art that is techno. ‘I think its always a struggle for electronic music to have some sort of soul, some type of humanity,’ explains Hawtin. ‘It think that’s the beauty of it. Using all this technology and crazy gizmos and figuring out how to get a little bit of yourself through the apparatus.’ ■ Pressure at the Arches, Glasgow, Sun 1 May.
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the likes of Camera Obscura, Pavement, Felt, Belle & Sebastian and many more. ■ Xplicit at the Bongo Club. 29 Apr, 11pm–3am. £tbc. Hard, dark drum & bass. ■ ELECTROsexual at CC Blooms. 6 May, 11pm–3am. £tbc. Only the best, rarest, cheekiest, dirtiest of remixes make it past the discerning ears of residents Lucky Luciano & Kenwai. ■ Four Corners at the Bongo Club. 6 May, 11pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £5 after. Your local one-stop hop for funk/soul/jazz/Latin/Afro/reggae dancefloor action and sizzling live percussion. ■ Mad Caravan at Studio 24. 6 May, 11pm–3am. £4. World music night of ska, Latin, Balkan and gypsy beats. ✽✽ Manga Squid Fetish! at Wee minimum donation to St Columba’s Hospice. ‘Join us to celebrate the life and works of club promoter, designer, artist, musician and poet Paul Ballingall aka Dr Strangeglove, who sadly passed away on Christmas Day 2010.’ Co- creator of Manga, Fetish and Squid with retrospective sets from G-Mac, Nicci and EH1!. Red Bar. 6 May, 10.30pm–3am. £5
✽✽ This is Music at Sneaky Pete’s. Weekly (not 29 Apr) 10pm–2am. £3
(members free). Indie-electro night hosted by the Sick Note DJs. Fifth birthday party featuring a live set from Chad Valley (20 May). ■ Tokyoblu at Cabaret Voltaire. 6 May, 11pm–3am. £10 (£7). John Hutchison and Iain Gibson dish out the best in Chicago house, funky electro and disco. Old school house and acid from Hacienda legend Graeme Park, with a classic house set from the residents and live percussion from DMG. ■ Bound For Glory at Cabaret Voltaire. 13 May, 11pm–3am. £4 (£3). Taz Buckfaster (Numbers) brings the dubstep to the party as he 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. ■ Confusion is Sex at the Bongo Club. 13 May, 11pm–3am. £8 (£6 in dress up). Twisted and freaky mix of burlesque, glam techno, electro, indie punk and rock’n’roll. Pushing at the boundaries with a ‘porn party’ theme. ■ Elementary at Cabaret Voltaire. 13 May, 11pm–3am. £6 in advance; more on the door. House, techno and electro night with residents Andy Hardie and Prof. Featuring a live set form cutting edge house/techno producer Max Cooper, with support form Bruno FK (Compakt). ■ Static Underground at the Lane. 13 May, 10pm–3am. £5 (students £4). An eclectic mix of commercial house, electro, progressive and trance. ■ Submission at Wee Red Bar. 13 May, 10.30pm–3am. £5 (£3). ‘Breaks’n’beats’ with Iain Gibson (Tokyoblu), Anarkid, Switch & D-Man, DJ Noetic and DJ Terror. ■ Techno For Breakfast at Henry’s Cellar Bar. 13 May, 11pm–3am. £tbc. Electro and techno from the skilled duo of Monkey Mind and Nostra Terra. ■ Axis vs Fuse at Cabaret Voltaire. 20 May, 11pm–3am. £5. Techno, electro and bass showdown as the two clubs clash in a DJ showdown, with added techno in Room 2 from the Animal Hospital. ■ Cosmic at Studio 24. 20 May, 11pm–3am. £5. A spaced-out night of psychedelic trance. ■ Damn Hot! at Cabaret Voltaire. 20 May, 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.
✽✽ Departure Lounge at the Caves. 20 May, 10pm–3am. £8 in advance;
£10 on the door. Heavyweight global sounds as Departure Lounge host another night of cosmic beats and futuristic funk. Featuring a Scottish exclusive from dexterous scratch master and former DMC champion DJ Kentaro. 28 Apr–26 May 2011 THE LIST 45