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RockNess Once again we heed the call to ‘go north’ as heady beats echo round the shores of Loch Ness with Deadmau5, Justice, Mylo, Jeff Mills, Metronomy (pictured), Jacques lu Cont, Jakwob and Knife Party being just the tip of the clubby iceberg. See feature, page 36. Dores, Loch Ness, Fri 8–Sun 10 Jun.
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How’s Your Party? Sadly the last HYP? bash at the Sub Club. Promoter and resident Boom Monk Ben will take us out in the company of Night Slugs’ Girl Unit, Egyptrixx and Lil Silva. Sub Club, Glasgow, Fri 25 May.
Unseen In their second date Unseen prove their techno mettle as they keep things dark and distorted hosting the destructive techno force of Adam X in his Traversable Wormhole (live) guise. Studio 24, Edinburgh, Fri 1 Jun. Tictactoe Three years to the good, top-notch techno party Tictactoe is celebrating with Hot Creations boss Lee Foss plus local supports Harvey McKay, Simon Stokes and more. Saint Jude’s, Glasgow, Sat 2 Jun.
Coloursfest Ten thousand ravers can’t be wrong when Scotland’s only dedicated clubbing festival returns with superstar guests like Paul van Dyk, Laidback Luke, Paul Oakenfold and Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike. Braehead Arena, Glasgow, Sat 2 Jun. Jackhammer Four (!) techno parties with Steve Rachmad (25 May), Bouffmyhr and Landstrumm (1 Jun) Silent Servant (2 Jun) and Kevin Saunderson (15 Jun). Caves, Fri 25 May & 1 Jun; Third Door, Sat 2 Jun & Liquid Room, Fri 15 Jun (all Edinburgh).
The Summer Revel ‘School’s out for summer.’ The ECA is throwing an end of term party of live music, DJs, fun and frolics and you’re all invited. Please note the Apocalypse dress up theme. The Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh, Fri 1 Jun.
Ministry of Sound & Mixmag Warehouse Party Two of the UK’s biggest clubbing brands hit Glasgow starring the X- Press 2 duo of Rocky & Diesel with a three-hour set. SWG3, Glasgow, Sat 26 May.
Zeroten & Palace Present Representatives of Modeselektor’s 50 Weapons hit town. Shed, Addison Groove and Phon.O play a thrilling and eclectic blend of techno and dubstep. Chambre 69, Glasgow, Fri 1 Jun.
Wasabi Disco Continuing with their delightfully unpredictable and undeniably fresh playlist as they recruit Russia’s Philipp Gorbachev as this month’s guest making his UK debut at WD. Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh, Sat 16 Jun.
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One of Glasgow’s finest young club DJs, REBECCA VASMANT, picks her top five tracks for The List this issue. They’re not what you might expect.
I love jazz music, and as much as I love house music too, I don’t think it has the same timelessness. My first choice is one I got about a year ago, it’s PE Hewitt Winter Winds (Now-Again), a three-LP box set of material self-recorded by a 16- year-old pianist between 1968 and 1970. They’re absolutely outstanding, the guy’s a genius and amazingly talented. The next one’s more up to date, it’s Jose James Desire (Brownswood Recordings), which is my favourite track from his album The Dreamer. It’s a very simple piano piece but it totally works. I love music that’s off-key, that bends the rules.
One of my favourite artist’s tracks is Roy Ayers ‘Chicago’ (Uno Melodic) [from the album Silver Vibrations], although I know everybody’s mad for ‘Everybody Loves the Sunshine’. But this works in house sets, in jazz sets, in disco sets. They say you shouldn’t meet your heroes, but I saw him performing with Pete Rock in Glasgow last year and chatted to him for half an hour after, he was such a nice person.
The legendary Bill Evans ‘Peace Piece’ (Riverside) [from the album Everybody Digs Bill Evans] apparently had him playing a classical piece with one hand and improvising with the other. Again it’s so simple but really emotional, I’ve listened to it literally every week for the last five years, and it’s as personal to me as Stan Tracy ‘Starless & Bible Black’ (RCA) [from the album Under Milk Wood ]. If I ever get married one of those two songs will be playing. ■ Rebecca Vasment plays the Ministry of Sound & Mixmag Warehouse Party at SWG3, Glasgow, Sat 26 May.
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