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May, 11pm–3am. £6 (free for drag ■ Der Supermax Love Machine at Basura Blanca at the Brunswick Hotel. 28 May, 11pm–2am. £5. Sex, droogs and reich’n’roll with Glasgow’s disco grand master Billy Woods. ■ Electro Enemies Weekender at La Cheetah. 28 May, 6pm–3am. £10 per day; £16 for both. A bank holiday special spread over two days from the La Cheetah team. With Tiger & Woods, The Wasp and DeLarge playing Saturday). ■ Impact v Darkside at Soundhaus. 28 May, 9pm–3am. £13. Hardcore, industrial techno, gabba and drum & bass. With Dione aka E-noid, Meccano Twins and S.R.B. ■ La Roche Rumba at Queen’s Park Glasshouses. 28 May, 8pm. £9. The usual funked up, down and dirty mixed bag of sounds from the Rumba DJs. Part of Southside Festival FREE Maneuver at the Courtyard. 28 May, 1pm–midnight. Upfront house and techno beats from residents Andy Lyon and Alias. The first birthday party, with a bunch of local guest DJs. ✽✽ Menergy at the Art School. 28 queens). Italo disco and Hi-NRG gay dance party, hosted by Lady Munter and Vanity Von Glow, with Kid Zipper and The Niallist. This last date at the Art School features guests Den Haan and RPZ’s DJ Hushpuppy. ■ Mount Heart Attack at La Cheetah. 11 Jun, 11pm–3am. £tbc. A regular club with a wide-ranging taste in electronic party music and a fine line in special guest stars. ■ Southern Fried at Pollok Ex- Servicemens Club. 28 May, 8.30pm–1am. £tbc. Serving up a menu of Stax, Motown, classic soul and deep funk. With special guest Andrew Divine (Divine!). ■ Subculture at the Sub Club. Weekly 8.30pm–1am. Free before midnight; £10 after. Glasgow’s well-established house institution continues to reign supreme, with Harri and Domenic, and residents Junior, Telford and Esa. With Optimo (11 Jun), and Silicone Soul (18 Jun). ■ The Hot Club at Nice’n’Sleazy. 28 May, 11.30pm–3am. £3. Rafla (Nice’n’Sleazy) and Nobodaddy (The Phantom Band) play garage, punk, psych and rockabilly, with occasional live bands and art interventions. ✽✽ Coloursfest at Braehead Arena. 4 Scotland’s biggest clubbing event celebrates its tenth anniversary in typically huge fashion, with six arenas of pumping beats playing host to 10,000 clubbers and a roster of guest DJs headed by Eddie Halliwell and Ferry Corsten, alongside Gareth Emery, Judge Jules, Marcel Woods, Pete Tong, Chuckie, Martin Solveig and many more. See 5 Reasons, right. ✽✽ Divine at the Art School. 4 Jun, 11pm–3am. £7 (£5). Glasgow’s longest-running club residency with northern soul, heavyweight funk, Tamla Motown, 60s freakbeat, dynamite ska, easy listening and psychedelic soundtracks. It’s the end of an era with this final Divine! in the Vic Bar, also featuring Optimo upstairs. Write off the rest of the weekend, because this will be unmissable. ■ Melting Pot at the Admiral. 4 Jun, 11pm–3am. £8. All things disco-house from residents Andrew Pirie and Simon Cordiner. The last night before a three- month summer break will be a Best of Melting Pot 2001–2011 special from the residents, with an ‘audiophile clubbing experience’ provided by Loud + Clear Hi-Fi. ■ Pandemic at Nice’n’Sleazy. 4 Jun, 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.’ ■ Proper at the Courtyard. 4 Jun, 6pm–midnight. £tbc. Current and classic techno from Axiom, Hi-Tech John, Spartak, The Laird, Toga Jon and Bagadeath.
Jun, 7pm–4am. £35 early bird.
Mark Broom
5 REASONS
TO GO TO . . . COLOURSFEST 1 It’s the 10th anniversary this year Colours themselves have worked out that’s 500 artists over 90 hours and 50 arenas in the last decade. As Scotland’s longest- running dedicated dance festival, it’s surely due some deserved recognition on its big day. 2 It sticks to a winning formula On the banks of the Clyde, with five indoor and outdoor arenas based around the Braehead complex and a bunch of amusements and sideshows, Coloursfest has hit upon a combination that’s led to a sell-out for the last six years running.
3 Superstar DJs . . . The occasion means this will be the biggest line-up yet, with trance icons Ferry Corsten (pictured) and Eddie Halliwell co-headlining the main arena, alongside Gareth Emery, Judge Jules and newcomer Dash Berlin. The second arena will host a smoother house sound, featuring headliner Pete Tong alongside Chuckie, Robbie Rivera, Martin Solveig and many more.
4 . . . here we go Ibiza’s Judgement Sundays will host the outdoor arena, featuring another set from Jules amongst others. Then the Back to the Future arena welcomes all the hard house and hardstyle whistle posses, with sets from Headhunterz, Tatanka, Tommyknocker, Endymion and more. Finally the Nu-Generation arena showcases up-and-coming talent including DJ Tydi.
5 It’s Scotland’s radgest festival T in the Park? Pah. It’s like Royal Ascot in comparison. The DJs who come to Coloursfest play hard and so do their fans, with a playlist drawn from the harder edges of the house, trance and techno genres. It’s not for the faint hearted, but annual crowds of around 10,000, as the rallying cry has it, ‘go fuckin’ mental’ for it. (David Pollock) ■ Braehead Arena & Waterfront, Glasgow, Sat 4 Jun.
■ Love Music at O2 ABC. 11pm-3am. £7 (£5). Soul, rock’n’roll, indie and electro with Gerry Lyons. ■ Nu Skool at the Buff Club. Weekly 1pm–midnight. £6; £3 entry through the Butterfly & Pig. Nick Peacock, John Ross and Alex O provide a fine line in disco, northern soul and all things funky. ■ O’Couture Saturdays at O’Couture. Weekly 11pm–3am. £8 (£5 students). Big-room party, dance and R&B sounds. 26 May–23 Jun 2011 THE LIST 73
Distortion’s latest Recession Session features the techno talents of Mark Broom, who has been a player on the UK electronic scene since the early 90s. Working with names like Babyford, Dave Hill and Black Dog over the years with releases on Warp, R&S, Blueprint, Mo’Wax, Soma and many more (including his own Beardman imprint) his tough hyperactive techno is funky, frenetic and deeply acidic. ■ Distortion Presents The Recession Sessions at La Cheetah, Glasgow, Fri 3 Jun.
■ Scottish Samba Showcase at Queen Margaret Union. 4 Jun, 9pm–2am. £7 before 10pm; £9 after. Hot Latin beats headlined by Juba do Leão, SambaYaBamba and Banda 71, with world beats from the Bebado DJs. Part of the West End Festival. ■ Slabs of the Tabernacle at La Cheetah. 4 Jun, 11pm–3am. £8 before midnight; £10 after. Exploring the realms of disco, Italo, house, techno and beyond with Andrew Ingram, Brian d’Souza and the Slabs team. With special live guest Lone. FREE Trench at the Halt Bar. 4 Jun, 3pm–midnight. A house and techno pre- club with 27B and Neill Murphy (Loop). With guests Wax Works, Haunted Code, Andy Gilbert, John Clark, David Barr, David Blair, Jamo K and Neill Murphy. ■ Beatitude! at Basura Blanca at the Brunswick Hotel. 11 Jun, 10pm–2am. £5 (£4). A basement party with DJs Craig Fox, Lewis Park and Jonny Dobbie providing minimal, house, and techno. ■ Infexious at Soundhaus. 11 Jun, 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 guest Ran-D and Sasha-F. ■ Pass the Peas at Blackfriars. 11 Jun, 11pm–3am. £6. 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 Krash Slaughta. ■ Pretty Ugly at the Admiral. 11 Jun, 11pm–3am. £5 before midnight; £3 after. The Pretty Ugly girls will be playing sexy, glamorous indie rock ‘n’ roll, electro beats, 60s soul and experimenting with some new artists to get everyone in the mood for dirty dancing. ■ Wrong Island at Nice’n’Sleazy. 11 Jun, 11pm–3am. £3. Electro, techno and all kinds of mashups at this bassment party from the Wrong Island DJs Dirty Larry and Teamy. ■ Bottle Rocket at Nice’n’Sleazy. 18 Jun, 11pm–3am. £3. A night for dancing to indie-pop, post-punk, Motown, twee and anything else that gets feet tapping.
■ Death Disco at the Arches. 18 Jun, 11pm–3am. £14; £7 if on Death Disco 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. With guests DJ Mehdi, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs and Mighty Mouse. ■ Shout Bamalama at Blackfriars. 18 Jun, 11pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £5 after. Raucous rock’n’roll, groovin’ R&B, thumping soul and other sounds from the past that’ll make your backbone slip. ■ Swinga Sambaby at Blackfriars. 18 Jun, 8pm–midnight. £3. A vintage 70s samba night, with live music, Carmen Miranda animation by Jenny Baynes, Brazilian DJ and dancer Eletricat. ■ United Noise at Soundhaus. 18 Jun, 10pm–3am. £6 (students £5). Chilled-out techno and synth-laden electro from resident Operation Magpie. With Speedy Action (Hard Energy), Steven Wilson, Deltawav3 and DJ No_Name. Weekly ■ Absolution at Classic Grand. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £5 (students free). Rock, metal, industrial and punk to liven up your Saturday night. ■ Bob’s Full House at Òran Mór. Weekly 8pm–midnight. £8. Chart, R&B, house, indie and electro with DJ Bobby Bluebell. ■ Homegrown at Bamboo. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £7 (£5 with a matric card). Big Al, Dominic Martin and Robin B play R&B, indie, rock and soul. ■ Hummingbird Saturdays at Hummingbird. Weekly 5pm–3am. Free before 10.30pm; £5 (£3 students) after. Party sounds from DJs Aaron Petrie and Kid Sleazy. ■ Kinetic Blue at the Viper Bar & Club. Weekly 9pm–2am. Free before 10.30pm; £6 (£5 students) after. Indie and funky house from Ross McMillan. ■ Kinky Disco at Kushion. Weekly 7pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £7 (£5 students) after. DJs Stevie Foy and Gav Somerville playing house, electro and urban hits.