LIST.CO.UK/FESTIVAL HITLIST THE BEST CLUB EVENTS
Coalition The Edge Festival brings the rockabilly electronic punk breaks of Drop the Lime to the intimate surrounds of the Sneaky’s for a rough, dirty, raw and ready electro mix. Sneaky Pete’s, 225 1757, 14 Aug, 11pm–5am, £3 (members free).
Killer Kitsch Hard electro and techno kicks from up-and-coming Scottish production duo Clouds, signed to Tiga’s Turbo Recordings. Cabaret Voltaire, 220 6176, 14 Aug, 11pm–5am, £3. Bass Syndicate The bass lovers celebrate their fourth birthday, with favourite Festival guests Plump DJs, who should get the dancefloor pumping. The Liquid Room, 225 2564, 13 Aug, 10.30pm–5am, £10.
Filthy Dukes The Edge returns with more big DJs in tiny clubs as the Kill Em All head honchos headline. Sneaky Pete’s, 225 1757, 17 Aug, 11pm-5am, £3. Wonky Glasgow electronica producer S-Type teams up with Edinburgh MC Profisee for a unique new double act. The Bongo Club, 558 7604, 12 Aug, 11.30pm–5am, £5.
LuckyMe Festival Party Cutting edge electronica as LuckyMe descend on the Fringe with Rustie, Mike Slott and more. See feature, left. Cabaret Voltaire, 220 6176, 12 Aug, 11pm–5am, £5; Summerhall, 226 0000, 13 Aug, 8–11pm, £9.
bETAMAX Chris Fast’s new wave, post- punk and mutated disco club night launches with a live set of trashy electro rock from HRH. Studio 24, 558 3758, 12 Aug, 11pm–5am (approx), free before 11.30pm; £5 (£4) after.
Club Noir The world’s biggest arts festival meets the world’s biggest burlesque club for an extravagant, glamourous and decadent cabaret. See interview, right. HMV Picture House, 221 2280, 13 Aug, 9pm–3am, £21.
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
Clubs FREE Animal Hospital at Sneaky Pete’s. 11 Aug, 11pm–3am. Techno and minimal night with decor and live visuals. ■ Bump at the Liquid Room. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. Free before midnight; £2 after. Master Caird and Johnny Junk- House supply fresh cuts, remixes and requests at this night of house, indie, hip hop, funk, 80s, 90s, electro and disco night. FREE Camp at CC Blooms. Weekly 11pm–5am. Deejay Bird spins camp classics form Hi-NRG and disco to pop. FREE Funky Doodle Do at the Bongo Club. Weekly midnight–5am. DJRed6 (of Give it Some! fame) returns with a night of ‘big drums, fat bass, soaring horns and chunky grooves’, in other words classic hip hop, funk, soul, disco, R&B and reggae. FREE Glock’n’Shpiel at the Store. 11 Aug, 11pm–3am. Hip hop and future funk. FREE Homegrown at Sneaky Pete’s. 18 Aug, 11pm–3am. Focusing on up-and- coming drum & bass talent. FREE I’m Gladys Thursday Night at Cabaret Voltaire. Weekly 11pm–5am. We Were Promised Jetpacks and friends take over the Speakeasy as they spin a multi- genre mix. ■ Late, Live & Loud at Electric Circus. Weekly 11pm–5am. £7 (£6). A cross section from across the Fringe with music, comedians, DJs, theatre and cabaret. ■ Madame Belle’s at Lulu. Weekly 10pm–3am. £5. Hip hop, R&B, electro, house and dancefloor anthems with a burlesque twist. ■ Octopussy at the HMV Picture House. Weekly 11pm–3am. £4. Student night of chart, R&B, electro and indie classics. FREE Sick Note at Cabaret Voltaire. Weekly 11pm–5am. Indie/electro night from the Cab, with residents from Clash and Spies in the Wires. FREE Speaker Bite Me at Espionage. Weekly 11pm–3am. The Evol DJs take charge at this alternative disco night of indie, hip hop and a dash of electro, which features everything from Dizzee Rascal to The Cribs. ■ Supa Bass at the Green Room. Weekly 10pm–3am. £5. Sexy R&B, hip hop, dancehall and UK funky with DJs P- Stylz, P45, Fabuloz and So Fly. ■ Vanity at Opal Lounge. Weekly 10pm–3am. £5. Cutting edge soul, R&B, electro and funky house. ■ White Mink at the Voodoo Rooms. Weekly 11.59pm–3am. £10. A 21st century remix of 20s and 30s style cabaret, live music, DJs and movies. Featuring French swing-beat quartet Le KKC Orchestra, The Twilight Players and DJ Chris Tofu on 11 Aug followed by French electro swing trio AngloRhythmik and Charleston breakdancers East London dance (18 Aug) Chart & Party FREE Cheese & Crackers at Sin. Weekly 10pm–3am. ‘Cheesy’ classics and ‘cracking’ anthems. FREE Frisky at the Hive. Weekly 10pm–3am. Chart and dancefloor anthems in the main room with indie and 90s hits out back.
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Crate DIGGING We all know about the burlesque shows that are the centre piece of every Club Noir, but what about the music? We ask their resident, DJ LOVELESS, to tell us more as they prepare for their Fringe special
Crossing genre’s and tastes Urban Voodoo Machine ‘Love Song #666’ (Gypsy Hotel Records) is a perfect companion to the extravagance and spectacle that is a Noir show, with hints of mariachi, punk and rock’n’roll they never fail to cause a commotion.
Rockabilly legend and former Stray Cat Brian Setzer ‘Gene & Eddie’ (Surfdog Records) will blow the roof off any event with instrumental standards, rockabilly hits and big band class.
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Imelda May ‘Johnny Got A Boom Boom’ (Decca), this Irish songstress has taken the music world by storm over the past couple of years and is currently enjoying the public and critical acclaim she rightly deserves. With fans and contemporaries as talented as Jools Holland and Jeff Beck who could deny her rise to fame. Gogol Bordello ‘American
Wedding’ (SideOneDummy), they’re gypsy punks with attitude and talent by the bucketload. Unsurpassed energy and incredible live shows are the backbone of this impressive and unpredictable collective of musicians.
On Kim Lenz & Her Jaguars ‘Zombie For Your Love’ (Riley Records) style and class combine to give this talented femme fatale a showcase of classic tracks from an era gone by and sadly missed. ■ Club Noir at The HMV Picture House, 221 2280, Sat 13 Aug, 9pm–3am, £21.
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