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Electric Frog September Weekender Underground weekender Electric Frog has possibly come up with its finest and most eclectic line-up yet, featuring club legends Jeff Mills, Derrick May, Frankie Knuckles and more on the Saturday, and live acts like Mogwai, Wild Beasts, The Fall and Mount Kimbie on Sunday. SWG3, Glasgow, Sat 10 & Sun 11 Sep.
Mount Heart Attack Celebrating its third birthday in the company of a bunch of favourite past guests with Boxcutter, Falty DL, Cosmin TRG and Young Montana. La Cheetah, Glasgow, Fri 19 Aug. Jackhammer There’s a club night traffic jam for the closing weekend of the Festival. Jackhammer weigh in with underground techno kicks from Sandwell District. The Lane, Edinburgh, Fri 26 Aug.
Tackno Keeping up the trend Trendy Wendy celebrates Tackno’s 16th birthday with ‘a treasure trove of tacky tunes, cheesy pop, delightful disco & kitsch classics’. Electric Circus, Edinburgh, Sun 28 Aug.
Death Disco: Trans-Europe Expressway Glasgow’s most consistently star- packed club night spreads to two venues with Prins Thomas, Lindstrom, Factory Floor, Feadz and more. Arches & SWG3, Glasgow, Sat 17 Sep. Sugarbeast vs Musika Tiga is the guest that unites these clubs for one night only in their love of twisted electro pop. See list.co.uk for a chance to win tickets (but you’ll have to be quick). Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, Fri 26 Aug.
Highlife Two appearances this fortnight, the first is subtitled ‘Witchdoctor’s Dance’ featuring Raoul K, the second is Highlife’s contribution to the new Sub Club Sundays. La Cheetah, Sat 3 Sep; Sub Club, Sun 18 Sep (both Glasgow).
Optimo Presents Following the closure of Hung Up!, Twitch & Wilkes’ new monthly night kicks off Sundays at the Subbie with an appearance from ex- Black Strobe man Ivan Smagghe. Sub Club, Glasgow, Sun 28 Aug.
Xplicit Not only do they have London Elektricity (see Crate Digging, right) guesting for a night of liquid funk, but return with dubstep star Jakwob later in the month. Bongo Club, Fri 26 Aug; Liquid Room, Sat 17 Sep (both Edinburgh).
Heavy Gossip Boat Party Deep disco beats on the open waves with a four hour house heavy trip up the Firth of Forth. The pre- party kicks off at 3pm with buses heading from 5.30pm. The Newsroom, Edinburgh, Sun 11 Sep.
Crate DIGGING
Returning for a guest set at Xplicit is the head of drum & bass label Hospital Records, LONDON ELEKTRICITY (aka Tony Colman), who gives us a quirky rundown of some of his favourite tunes.
From the 1976 Big Terror Movie Themes album, Geoff Love & His Orchestra ‘Three Days of the Condor’ (Music For Pleasure) is an amazing piece of lounge dirty funk. I was Geoff Love’s roadie on his tour of Gibraltar in 1986. Along with the Orchestra’s horn section I stayed in the army barracks. The toilets were in the middle of a courtyard and every time we got up to take a leak the real soldiers would throw rubbish on our heads cos we were soft music fairies.
Depending on how I’m feeling, Bill Bruford ‘The Abingdon Chasp’ (Polydor) is either pure and utter wank or complete genius. Today I love it. It has chord changes that make me completely lose myself and that’s what music should do to you.
Macc ‘Be Like Water’
(Outsider) is a classic piece of 2006 drumfunk that has stood the test of time. I love drum edits and I love dark atmospheric drum & bass but for me to really love it, it has to sound effortless. Macc is a live drummer and the breaks on this tune keep changing and warping but always sound alive.
Robert Wyatt ‘Grass’
(Domino) came out on a 7” and it’s a cover version of the poem by my favourite ever funny person, Ivor Cutler. It’s not about grass, it’s about sitting on the grass. I should point out that I am not a hippy, but I do love a hell of a lot of music associated with that culture.
The only current tune in my list is The Brookes Brothers ‘Snowman’ (Breakbeat Kaos). I can’t stop listening to it and it’s my favourite piece of contemporary D&B at the moment. Sublime, beautiful, hypnotic, uplifting, understated. ■ London Elektricity guests at Xplicit, Bongo Club, Edinburgh, 26 Aug.
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