Clubs 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-Offs FREE Dapper Dan’s at Sneaky Pete’s. 2 Feb, 11pm–3am. Default and Picassio promise ‘a wonky cocktail of beats’ on decks and FX. FREE Sick Note at Cabaret Voltaire. Weekly 11pm–3am. Indie/electro night. A couple of live guests are on the bill this month with instrumental dance rock trio Lady North (2 Feb) and Jesus H Foxx (16 Feb). FREE Animal Hospital at Sneaky Pete’s. 9 Feb, 11pm–3am. Techno and minimal night with decor and live visuals. FREE Spare at Sneaky Pete’s. 16 Feb, 11pm–3am. Danco and Kamico play hench beats. FREE Ride at Sneaky Pete’s. 23 Feb, 11pm–3am. Electro, indie and hip hop from Lauren and Chekkie. Weekly ■ Indigo at the Liquid Room. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £3 (students £1). Indie and alternative night from DJ Katy Murphy (now filling a regular Thu night slot). ■ Motion at the Liquid Room. Weekly 10pm–3am. £3 (students £1). Mash-ups club special from Master Caird and Johnny Junk-House where dance, indie, hip hop, rock and electro collide. ■ Octopussy at the HMV Picture House. Weekly 11pm–3am. £5 (students £3). Student night of chart, R&B, electro and indie classics plus bouncy castles, a swimming pool, jacuzzi and plenty of promos. ■ Speaker Bite Me at Electric Circus. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £4 before midnight; £5 after. The Evol DJs take charge at this alternative disco night of indie, hip hop and a dash of electro. ■ Spin! at Electric Circus. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. Free before midnight; £2 after (students £1). The Nu Fire and Axis DJs are controlled by Magic Nostalgia’s infamous wheel of chance, that gets an underground remix as dubstep, techno, indie, electro, drum & bass and more get added to the selection. ■ Vanity at Opal Lounge. Weekly 10pm–3am. £5. Cutting edge soul, R&B, electro and funky house.
Edinburgh Friday Monthly & One-Offs ■ Balkanarama at Studio 24. 3 Feb, 9pm–3am. £7 before 10pm; £9 after. A blend of klezmer, Balkan, gypsy punk and electronic beats. Featuring North Strand Kontra Band and the 15-piece Puff Uproar & the Shimmering Sound Affair, plus Pellizco Flamenco and DJ Marco (Orkestra del Sol). ■ Big Time at Electric Circus. 3 Feb & 17 Feb, 12–3am. £4 before midnight; £5 after. The best in old and new disco, funk, soul, reggae and rock’n’roll from Gav and Jack. ■ Jackhammer at the Third Door. 3 Feb, 11pm–3am. £6 before midnight; more after. Techno night. Glasgow duo Slam (Soma) do their deep house and techno thing. ■ Late’n’Live at the Jazz Bar. Weekly 11.30pm–3am. £5 (£3). A mix of surf, swing, rock and country from The Trainwreckers (3 Feb), funk rock from The Number Nine (10 Feb), old school R&B from The Blueswater Collective (17 Feb) and soul, blues and rock from The Declaration Band (24 Feb).
60 THE LIST 2 Feb–1 Mar 2012
H T R A B N U A R B N A F E T S
■ Sugarhill at Cabaret Voltaire. 3 Feb, 11pm–3am. £5 (ladies free before 11.30pm). Hip hop, soul, R&B, dancehall and reggae in the Speakeasy. ■ Supernova at Cabaret Voltaire. 3 Feb, 10.30pm–3am. £12. Electro-house, tech-house and minimal techno night from the Hell DJs. Making their Edinburgh debut with special guest Karotte (Cocoon). Part of the Cab’s Seventh Birthday.
✽✽ Wee Dub Festival at Wee Red Bar. 3 Feb, 11pm–3am. £5 in
advance; £8 on the door. A celebration of dub with a live PA of bassy Eastern spiritual dub from Celt Islam plus dubstep/drum & bass from Morphy (live), a DJ set from Jammin’ J plus the Borocco Tribal Belly Dancers. ✽✽ Xplicit at the Bongo Club. 3 Feb, 10pm–4am. £14 in advance; more on the door. Drum & bass, dubstep and other bassy beats. Welcoming back Andy C (Ram Records) with MC GQ for their seventh birthday bash, with full support from the residents team (ENO, Dissonant, Dom Y2D, DJ Blaze and MC BZ). ■ Devil Disco Club at the Third Door. 10 Feb, 9pm–3am. £5. No wave, vintage disco, electro funk, proto house and New York classics from the Trouble DJs and Giles Walker. Live double bill featuring Discopolis and mysterious new duo Battle of the Zoo (please note live acts on early, at 9.30pm and 10.30pm). ■ Four Corners at the Bongo Club. 10 Feb, 11pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £5 after. Funk/soul/jazz/Latin/Afro/reggae dancefloor action and sizzling live percussion. Seventh birthday special with free CDs, badges and other birthday fun. ■ Hippy Hippy Shake at the Liquid Room. 10 Feb, 10pm–3am. £12. Electro- swing and funky house. Joined by Parov Stelar mashing together jazz and swing samples with electronica. ■ Hot Mess at Wee Red Bar. 10 Feb, 11pm–3am. £5 (£3). Gay club night describing itself as ‘an irregular party for irregular folks’, where the focus is on the music, which is a heady mix of disco, hi- NRG, acid house, Italo and electro from the safe hands of DJ Simonotron.
■ JakN at the Caves. 10 Feb, 11pm–3am. £6. Techno past, present and future as JakN make their Caves debut and host a live ‘smash up’ from Morphamish. ■ Musika & We Are . . . Electric at Cabaret Voltaire. 10 Feb, 11pm–3am. £12. Musika & We Are . . . Electric join forces to present Stuart Price’s French house alter-ego Jacques Lu Cont, famed for his production work with Madonna, his own band Zoot Woman and his many alter-egos: Les Rythmes Digitales, Paper Faces, Man With Guitar and Thin White Duke. Part of the Cab’s Seventh Birthday. ■ Retro Catz at Electric Circus. 10 Feb & 24 Feb, 10.30pm–3am. £4 before midnight; £5 after. New retro club night hosted by the Pussy Galores with disco classics, 60s, 70s and 80s hits. ■ Rude at Henry’s Cellar Bar. 10 Feb, 11pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £5 after. Reggae, ska, dub and early ragga as this 90s night returns. ■ bETAMAX at Studio 24. 10 Feb, 11pm–3am. Free before 11.30pm; £5 (£4) after. New mutant disco, post punk, new wave and 2Tone night hosted by Chris FAST (FASTpunkclub) and Angus A-Go-Go (the Go-Go) with guests. ■ Confusion is Sex at the Bongo Club. 17 Feb, 11pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £5 (£3 in ‘dress-up’) after. Twisted and freaky mix of burlesque, glam techno, electro, indie punk and rock’n’roll where ‘the weird is normal’. Circus themed special. ■ Damn Hot! at Cabaret Voltaire. 17 Feb, 11pm–3am. £3. Club night in the Speakeasy from the people who brought you Soul Jam Hot with a mix of funky disco, hip hop and soul. ■ ETC at Henry’s Cellar Bar. 17 Feb, 11pm–3am. £5 (£3 in school uniform). New electronic music night with a mash of techno, acid house, bassline, jungle, dubstep, metal, breaks and gabber from the Edinburgh Tekno Cartel. No Skool special with Zonk, Octophant, Toxicologist and Alias23. ■ Soul Kitchen at the Third Door. 17 Feb, 11pm–3am. £5 (£4). Dale Lush and Isla Blige with a night of smooth soul, hip hop, funk and uplifting disco.
Heavy Gossip & Ultragroove
Everything had been going so well. Their new partnership was packing them in until the Green Room decided it wasn’t going to host club events any more. Now HG & U are back in a new home and relaunching with a guest set from Motor City Drum Ensemble (confusingly not so much an ensemble as a man: Danilo Plessow), who will be treating the faithful to a genre straddling mix of Chicago house, jazz funk, Afrobeat and sweet ass soul. ■ Liquid Room, Edinburgh, Sat 25 Feb.
■ The Sound of C at Cabaret Voltaire. 17 Feb, 11pm–3am. £5. The newly renamed Bedbug with a mix of heavy bass and dubstep from Edinburgh’s very own Jigsaw and a live set from Youngman. Part of the Cab’s Seventh Birthday. ■ Kabarett at the Voodoo Rooms. 24 Feb, 7.30pm. £10 in advance; £12 on the door. An evening of dark cabaret and ‘neo-burlesque’. ■ Numbers at Sneaky Pete’s. 24 Feb, 11pm–3am. £3 (members free). One of Glasgow’s most eclectic clubbing successes with a mix of dubstep, bass, UK funky and techno. ■ Sensu at Cabaret Voltaire. 24 Feb, 11pm–3am. £tbc. A typically great house, techno and electro night from the Sub Club. Launching in Edinburgh with very special guest Seth Troxler (VisionQuest). Part of the Cab’s Seventh Birthday. ■ Soundburger at Henry’s Cellar Bar. 24 Feb, 11pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £5 after. Specialising in funk, rare groove, rock, psychedelia and jazz. ✽✽ Substance at the Bongo Club. 24 Feb, 11pm–3am. £tbc. Underground techno party with their biggest date yet as they move to the Bongo, hosting a three hour set from Detroit legend Jeff Mills. ■ Unpop! at Wee Red Bar. 24 Feb, 11pm–3am. £4. ‘Indie pop dance party’ of C86, twee and janglesome indie from the likes of Camera Obscura, Pavement, Felt, Belle & Sebastian and many more. Weekly ■ Buddha Fridays at Opal Lounge. Weekly 9pm–3am. £5 before 11.30pm; £8 after. Funky beats and up-tempo club classics with live sax and percussion. ■ Evol at Silk. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £5. Edinburgh’s longest running indie night. With the usual mix of the best current and classic alternative and crossover tunes. ■ Hideout at the Liquid Room. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 after (students £3). New Friday nighter with indie, pop and electro peppered with classic disco, funk and hip hop. ■ Misfits at the Hive. Weekly 9pm–3am. Free before 10pm; £4 after. DIY indie, electro, punk, rock, chart dance, R&B and retro. ■ Oh No! at the HMV Picture House. Weekly 11pm–3am. £4. Mash-up mayhem from DJ Gentleman Johnny manning the decks. ■ Planet Earth at Citrus Club. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £1 before 11pm; £6 after. A healthy dose of punk, new wave, new romantic and electro-pop. ■ This is Music at Sneaky Pete’s. Fri 11pm–3am. £3 (members free). Indie- electro night.
Edinburgh Saturday Monthly & One-Offs ■ Gasoline Dance Machine at Cabaret Voltaire. 4 & 18 Feb, 11pm–3am. £tbc. A night of mixed genres and mutant disco at this new night from Cheap Picasso and Kris Wasabi. Back again with space disco from Cosmonauts on 18 Feb (£7 entry). Part of the Cab’s Seventh Birthday. ■ The Go-Go at Studio 24. 4 Feb, 10.30pm–3am. £2 before 11.30pm; £5 (£4) after. Swinging 60s garage, soul, mod, new wave, surf and sleazy listening . ■ Late’n’Live at the Jazz Bar. Weekly 11.30pm–3am. £5 (£3). Joined by Acid jazzers Gecko 3 (4 Feb), tbc (11 Feb), Hammond funk from The Privates (18 Feb) and quirky jazz with a dash of burlesque glamour from Lou Hickey (25 Feb). ■ Mumbo Jumbo at the Bongo Club. 4 Feb, 11pm–3am. £5 before midnight; £7 (£6) after. Headspin’s Steve Austin and Colin Miller join forces with Tackno’s Trendy Wendy, mixing up funk, soul, electro, house and good time party tunes. Guests Bubble play acid house.