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Glasgow Thursday Clubs ■ Bitter Glitter at the Polo Lounge. Weekly 11pm–3am. £3. Madame S (Utter Gutter) and Fraser Bone (Lock Up Your Daughters) with a weekly party, playing a mix of homo-disco, electronic treats, jackin’ house and tech beats. ■ Classic Grand Thursdays at Classic Grand. Weekly 11pm–3am. £3 (students Free). DJs Barry, Dec and Young Blood provide a mix of rock, electro, emo and industrial. FREE Feel My Bicep at Flat 0/1. Weekly 11pm–3am. 80s sleaze, analogue funk, old school house, disco flexx and sweat on the walls. ■ Leather Jackets at Nice’n’Sleazy. 25 Aug, 11pm–3am. £3. Paul Thomson (Franz Ferdinand) and Russell Elder play 60s psych, 70s hard rock and 80s heavy metal. FREE Miss Electric Gypsyland at McChuills. 25 Aug, 8pm–midnight. Balkan beats and international sounds. ■ One More Tune at the Buff Club. 1 Sep, 11pm–3am. £4 (£2). House to dubstep to hip hop to indie to garage, with residents Define Define and VJ Patchwork. A new venue for a new term. FREE Salsa Tumbao at Boteco do Brasil. Weekly 8pm–3am. Salsa and dancing with Farah Portela Alonso and Tumbao Salsa School. ■ Skint and Vengeance at the Cathouse. Weekly 11pm–3am. £3 (£2 students). DJs Billy and Colin play rock, emo and pop-punk in the main room, while there is black metal, death metal and thrash in the back. ■ Sol’s Club at Sol’s Club. Weekly 10pm–3am. £5. Bollywood, Latin, Afro- Caribbean and reggae club nights. ■ Soul Glo at the Buff Club. Weekly 11pm–3am. £3. DJ Snafu scratches funk, soul and old rhythm and blues. ■ Sub Thursday at the Sub Club. Weekly 11pm–3am. Free before midnight; £tbc after. Some of the city’s best DJs and producers as residents, including Bunty (Mixkings, 90s Hip Hop), Noface (Mixkings), Homebass DJs (Jakebeats, Mixkings, Homebass), Floyd (Bangers & Mashup, Sub Friction), Foley (Voltaic) and more. ■ The Pump Club at Nice’n’Sleazy. 25 Aug, 11.30pm–3am. £3. Throbb, The Falconi Bros, Von Trapp and guests present an electronic workout. ■ Walk’n’Skank at Club 520. Weekly 11pm–3am. £4 (£3). The brand new night from the Mungo’s Hi-Fi crew, playing reggae and dancehall every Thursday. Also featuring DJ Kokoro and Breezak in the front room, and rotating monthly guests Metropolis Sounds, Mixkings, Matthew Craig and Ali T in the back.
Glasgow Friday Clubs ■ Africa Hitech at the Arches. 9 Sep, 8pm. £7. ‘African music from the future’ infused with garage, ragga, dub, dancehall and acid influences from this Warp Records signing. Rudi Zygadio, Anxst and Point to C in support. ■ Afrocentric at O2 ABC. 26 Aug, 11pm–3am. £7. A music and fashion party. With Afrocentric, Maze Couture, Yemstar, Levis, Jade, Swiss, Julez and Zero B. ■ Argonaut Sounds at Blackfriars. 16 Sep, 11pm–3am. £tbc. The Argonaut soundsystem returns playing reggae,
dancehall and dub. ■ Ballbreaker and Vice at the Cathouse. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £5 (£4). DJs Billy and Martin Bate play a selection of rock, metal, emo and even hip hop over two floors. ■ Clash Of The Undergrounds at Stereo. 26 Aug, 11pm–3am. £7. House and techno. With guests Miss7 (The Shimmy) and Chris Maran (Fuse London). ■ Damnation at Classic Grand. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £5 (students Free). Rock, metal, punk and emo. ■ David Barbarossa’s Thing at Nice’n’Sleazy. 2 Sep, 11pm–3am. £3. Barbarossa, one of the leading DJs on Glasgow’s scene and a sometime Hung Up! resident, brings his new night to Sleazy’s. ■ Der Supermax Love Machine at the Sub Club. 16 Sep, 11pm–3am. £7. Sex, droogs and reich‘n’roll with Glasgow’s disco grand master Billy Woods. This Subbie date will be a special fourth birthday party, with guest Jube (Thunder Disco Club). ■ Dirty Beautiful Science at Blackfriars. 9 Sep, 11pm–3am. £tbc. A night of bangin’ techno, glitchy electro and dirty dubstep with resident DJs Vik Vector, The Black Prince and AlessioOo. ■ Elastik at Chambre 69. 2 Sep, 11pm–3am. £7 (£6). A house night from residents Dynamode. Debut night, with guests Enzo Siffredi (Minimal Kids, Wired), Barrientos (Heartbeats) and Clair McKinley (Shakedown). ■ Impact at Soundhaus. 26 Aug, 8.30pm–3am. £13. Hardcore, industrial techno and gabba at this monthly night. With guests Partyraiser and Sandy Warez. ■ Jak at Ad Lib. 2 Sep, 11pm–3am. £8 (£6). Electro, acid and Chicago house. With guests DMX Krew. ■ Jelly Roll Soul at La Cheetah. 9 Sep, 11pm–3am. £5. Inspired by Charles Mingus and Theo Parrish, this new night presents house from the Jelly Roll residents. Residents night. ■ Killer Kitsch at the Sub Club. 26 Aug, 11pm–3am. £7. A one-off weekend special edition of the highly-rated Tuesday nighter, playing a broad range of underground electronic sounds. With special guest Black Strobe and support from newest Killer Kitsch resident Hushpuppy (R-P-Z). ■ Loop at Basura Blanca at the Brunswick Hotel. 16 Sep, 10pm–2am. £2 before 11pm; £4 after. A bi-monthly house and techno club from residents Neill Murphy and Jamie Knox. With Subdural. ✽✽ Mount Heart Attack at La £15 early bird. A regular club with a wide-ranging taste in electronic party music and a fine line in special guest stars. This is the third birthday party, with a bumper line-up featuring Boxcutter, Cosmin TRG, Falty DL and Young Montana. ■ No Sleep at Chambre 69. 9 Sep, 11pm–3am. £10. A forward-thinking house night from residents Adam Watt and Jonathan Carroll (Why Eleven). This 10 Years of Secretsundaze party will feature Giles Smith, George Fitzgerald and Brawther. ■ Numbers at the Sub Club. 2 Sep, 11pm–3am. £7. One of Glasgow’s most eclectic clubbing successes goes from strength to strength each month, with rotating residents and a diverse array of dubstep and techno-playing special guests from around the globe. With emerging UK musical prodigy James Blake, alongside Numbers residents Goodhand and Nelson. FREE Only Fools and House at Flat 0/1. Weekly 9pm–3am. Tom, Anton and Ewan play a fine selection of New York and Chicago house, cosmic Italo disco and classic 80s electro. ■ Pinup Nights at the Flying Duck. 26 Aug, 9pm–3am. £5. Glasgow’s biggest indie night, with regular local, national and international guest DJs and live Cheetah. 16 Sep, 9pm–3am. £20;
bands. With guest DJs James and Dok (Twilight Sad), Chair Chair Super Chair and Out of Contxt and live bands Oh You Dancer, Machines In Heaven and Evol. ■ Propaganda at O2 ABC. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £4. Indie Friday nighter. ■ ReFrame at the Admiral. 2 Sep, 11pm–3am. £5. The brainchild of resident DJs Haunted Code and Martin Lindinger, bringing you some fine quality house and techno. ■ Riot Radio at Maggie May’s. Weekly 9pm–3am. £5. DJ Dan South presents indie rock’n’roll from the 60s to the present day. ■ Sound at Club 520. Weekly 10pm–2am. £6 (£5). A collection of some of the finest DJs in Glasgow and beyond, with regulars including Dave Sinclair (Killer Kitsch), Wee Cheesy and more. ■ Traktion at Basura Blanca at the Brunswick Hotel. 2 Sep, 10pm–2am. £5 (students £3). Residents Colin Forbes and Chaz Johnston deliver house and techno sounds. With special guest Domm (Slave to the Rhythm). ■ XTRMNTR at the Flying Duck. 2 Sep, 11pm–3am. £4 before midnight; £5 after. Primal Scream-referencing night playing rock, indie-pop, soul and glam, with Slaughter Joe Foster and Brian McNeill.
Glasgow Saturday Clubs ■ All Tore Up at Blackfriars. 3 Sep, 11pm–3am. £7. Maximum rhythm and blues, rock’n’roll and rockabilly at this 1950s record hop. With live band The Ladykillers. ■ Back Tae Mine at the Flying Duck. Weekly 9pm–3am. Free before midnight; £5 after. Going out is the new staying in, as this night offers booze, tea, toast, bands and DJs to create a houseparty vibe. After a sabbatical it’s back on weekly Saturday nights at the Flying Duck, with rotating resident DJs including Andy Divine and Chris ‘Beans’ Geddes from Singles Night and Jamo from Freakbeats. FREE BackIIJack at the Common Room. 3 Sep, 8.30pm–midnight. Old hands the BackIIJack boys put the jack back into funk, disco and house, with regular guest DJs. ■ Code at La Cheetah. 17 Sep, 11pm–3am. £10 ; £7 advance. A well- established techno night which started at Paisley’s Club 69, with DJ Nick M and guests. With guest Juan Pablo Pfirter, all the way from Buenos Aires. ■ Colours at the Arches. 27 Aug, 11pm–4am. £23.50. Scotland’s biggest commercial club night presents an array of massive names. This month with special guest Afrojack and support from Shermanology. ✽✽ Death Disco at the Arches. 17 Sep, 10pm–4am. £14. A festival- sized ‘Trans-Europe Expressway’ two club special (DD also take over SWG3, with buses between the two venues), with Lindstrom, Prins Thomas, Factory Floor (live), Feadz, Shit Robot (live), Retro/Grade (live), Stay+, Walls (live), Vondelpark and Man Without Country. See preview, page 86. ■ Deathkill4000 at Bloc+. 3 Sep, 10pm–3am. Free before midnight; £2 after. An industrial rock noise party. With live guests Winters. ■ Disuko and Pussypower at Soundhaus. 27 Aug, 10pm–3am. £7 (£5). Another techno team-up over two rooms for the Soundhaus. In room one, Disuko residents Ziggy G, Jnr Lazarou and Pablo present guests The Technicoloured Housecoats, while in room two Pussypower welcome Jace Syntax and Mr Man aka Black Jack. ✽✽ Electric Frog September Weekender at SWG3. 10 & 11 Sep, 2–10pm. £27.50 per day; £50 for weekend. The Frog makes good on its promise and returns with the postponed bill and even more goodies. Day one features a plethora of quality techno and
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Cosmic (disco) adj/proper noun. aka Afro Cosmic, also Space Disco.
Originally an highly eclectic, mid-tempo (90-105 BPM) style, which nowadays generally exhibits a lot of space, reverb and echo/delay in the production, bubbling synths, delicate keys, langurous guitars and percussion more often found in world music than disco.
ORIGINS The Cosmic Club in Lake Garda, outside Verona, northern Italy, where Daniel Baldelli was a resident DJ, 1979-1984, and used to mix all manner of weird nuggets from his collection, B-sides and other music which was ‘not really made for clubs’, often playing records at the wrong speed to augment their ‘cosmic’ effect. Baldelli’s contemporary, Beppe Loda, prefers to call the style Afro Cosmic, laying equal claim to its genesis. KEY FIGURES Lindstrøm and Prins Thomas have been at the vanguard of the Norwegian cosmic disco renaissance of the last decade, with their own take also labelled ‘space disco’. Fellow Norwegians Diskjokke and Todd Terje are also significant, though the latter is more famous for his re-edits of original disco classics and obscurities than his original productions. Stevie Kotey, formerly of Chicken Lips also releases quirky cosmic gems through his own Bear Funk imprint, while Chicken Lips’ brains Andy Meecham has ploughed a similarly psychedelic furrow as Padded Cell and The Emperor Machine. (hobbesmusic.co.uk) ■ You’re likely to hear some Cosmic Disco at clubs such as Only Fools & House, weekly Fri, Flat 0/1; Death Disco, the Arches, Sat 17 Sep (both Glasgow); Devil Disco Club, Bongo Club, Sat 3 Sep; Wasabi Disco, Sneaky Pete’s, Sat 17 Sep (both Edinburgh).
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