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Five years strong and Kapital return for a big birthday bash. Stephan Bodzin (pictured) will be heading the bill with a full live show. A frequent collaborator with other Teutonic luminaries Oliver Huntemann, Thomas Schumacher and Marc Romboy and the head of his own Herzblut Recordings, Bodzin is a much respected techno producer famed for his slick minimalist sounds. Support comes from Luna Semara and Kapital residents Barry O’Connell and Michael Ford. ■ Liquid Room, Sat 14 Jul.
FREE The Domino Club at Cabaret Voltaire. Weekly 4–9pm. Pre-club session in the Bar, with Yogi Haughton playing a vinyl only selection of soul, funk, disco and rare groove. FREE Espionage at Espionage. Weekly 11pm–2am. Five bars over five floors, playing everything from R&B to mainstream chart action with plenty of dark corners for copping off in. ■ Evol at the Third Door. Weekly 11pm–3am. £5. Edinburgh’s longest running indie night. With the usual mix of the best current and classic alternative and crossover tunes, Evol’s an institution (now at a new venue). ■ Fridays at Club Tropicana. Weekly 8pm–3am. Free before midnight; £4 after. 80s themed club with a soundtrack of retro chart favourites (plus some late-70s and early-90s pop thrown in for good measure). ■ Hideout at the Liquid Room. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £5 (students £3). Indie, pop and electro peppered with classic disco, funk and hip hop from Master Caird and Steve C. ■ Late Lounging at Lulu. Weekly 9pm–3am. £tbc. House mixed with chart dance, electro pop and funk. ■ Late’n’Live at the Jazz Bar. Weekly 11.30pm–3am. £5 (£3). Late night jazz and funk acts and DJs. Featuring Aki Remally’s Birthday Suit (22 Jun), The Dark Jokes (29 Jun), The Privates (6 Jul) and James Brown is Annie (13 Jul). ■ Misfits at the Hive. Weekly 9pm–3am. Free before 10pm; £4 after. DIY indie, electro, punk, rock, chart dance, R&B and retro with bargain drinks. ■ Nocturnal Disco at GHQ. Weekly 10pm–2am. £4–£5. Pop, chart, vocal house and electro sounds. ■ Oh No! at the HMV Picture House. Weekly 11pm–3am. £6. Mash-up mayhem from DJ Gentleman Johnny manning the decks. ■ Planet Earth at Citrus Club. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £1 before 11pm; £6 after. Music from 1976 through to 1989. In other words, a healthy dose of punk, new wave, new romantic and electro-pop
(now with added 90s). ■ Studio 24 Rawks at Studio 24. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £2 before 11.30pm; £5 (£4) after. Studio 24’s re-rebranded rock, metal and alternative night with DJs Soo and Matt27. ■ Sugarhill at the One Below. Weekly 11pm–3am. £5. Hip hop, soul, R&B, dancehall and reggae club night from some of Edinburgh’s finest urban DJs. ■ This is Music at Sneaky Pete’s. Weekly (not 29 Jun) 11pm–3am. £3 (members free). Indie-electro night hosted by the Sick Note DJs. ■ WOW Fridays at Silk. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. Free before 11.30pm; £5 (£3) after. Classic dance anthems from the 90s and 00s. ■ XY at Cabaret Voltaire. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £7 (£5). New house, electro and drum & bass night that promises a set entry price whoever the guest. Edinburgh Saturday
Monthly & One-Offs FREE Anagram at the Banshee Labyrinth. 23 Jun, 10pm–3am. A mix of techno and punk from residents Dijimij, Steev-e and Kol for some free party acid, tribal techno with old skool punk and ‘random stuff inbetween’. ■ Aria Knights at the Liquid Room. 23 Jun, 10.30pm–3am. £8–£10. Futuristic trance and techno. ■ Definition at Sneaky Pete’s. 23 Jun, 11pm–3am. Free before midnight; £3 after. Dancefloor friendly underground house, electro, minimal and techno cuts on four dex, FX and laptops from residents Mark Balneaves and Martin Lightbody. Special celebration of Lightbody’s first release on Audiablo Records. ■ Fever at the Annexe at the Liquid Room. 23 Jun, 11pm–3am. £8. DJs Fisher & Price (Taste) play an eclectic mix of the best underground dance music.
✽Pocket Aces at Cabaret Voltaire. Weekly 10.30pm–2am. £7 (£5). At Pocket Aces dancing is a priority with
high energy disco, 80s electro, Afrobeat and house to the fore. Featuring nu-disco duo Tiger & Woods (live) on 23 Jun (also note slightly revised entry prices, £5 in advance; £7 on the door for this date only). ■ Pop Tarts at Electric Circus. 23 Jun, 10.30pm–3am. £4 before midnight; £5 after (students £4). Special pop party with DJs from Retro Catz, Pop Rocks and Magic Nostalgia. FREE Souloco at the Third Door. 23 Jun, 10.30pm–3am. Deep techy house and underground electronica. Relaunch party as Souloco go monthly at the Third Door, featuring special guest Mark Wilson. Part of the Summer of Love. See preview, page 57. ■ The Sugar Revue at the Pleasance. 23 Jun, 7.30–10.30pm. £tbc. The Kitten Has Claws presents a high-glamour evening of burlesque and cabaret revue. Part of Festival of the Erotic Arts. ■ Torture Garden: Midsummer Ball at the Caves. 23 Jun, 9pm–3am. £18 plus booking fee. The world’s leading body art, fetish and twisted burlesque club comes back to Edinburgh for another extreme clubbing extravaganza. Part of the Festival of the Erotic Arts. ■ Ad Hoc at Henry’s Cellar Bar. 30 Jun, 11pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £4 after. Indie, alt.rock and punk night playing the likes of Mission to Burma, Violent Femmes, Throwing Muses and Sonic Youth. ■ Big’n’Bashy at the Bongo Club. 30 Jun, 11pm–3am. £4 before midnight, £6 after. Four deck mix of dubstep, reggae, grime, dancehall and jungle playing out over the Electrikal Sound System. ■ Club Oxygen at Sin Club & Lounge. 30 Jun, 10pm–3am. £10–£12. Trance night, with special guest Akira Kavosa alongside Johan Van Alphen, DJ Archie and Ross Jackson plus a doctors and nurses theme. ■ Heavy Gossip & Ultragroove at the Annexe at the Liquid Room. 30 Jun, 10.30pm–3am. £6 before midnight; £8 after (students £6). Two of Edinburgh’s best house nights merge into one
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almighty celebration of disco beats. Joined by Rocky Reid (Soul Renegades) and Lel Palfrey. FREE Karnival at the Third Door. 30 Jun, 11pm–3am. After finding themselves homeless when Cab Vol changed hands, Karnival now find a new permanent residence at the Third Door but promise: ‘new home same ethos – all that’s good in the world of house and techno’. Part of the Summer of Love. See preview, page 57. ■ Madchester at the Liquid Room. 30 Jun, 10.30pm–3am. £6. Back where it belongs at the Liquid Room, Madchester plays the best the baggy era had to offer (think Happy Mondays, Stone Roses and The Charlatans) ■ Magic Nostalgic at Electric Circus. 30 Jun, 10.30pm–3am. £5 before midnight; £6 after. ‘The Wheel’ decides the playlist, be it disco, 80s, rock gods, 90s rave, power ballads, one hit wonders or movie music, at this multi-genre nostalgia fest. Second birthday party special.
✽ Lucky 7 at Studio 24. 30 Jun, 8pm–3am. £7 before midnight; £5
after. Ska, reggae, bluebeat and 2-Tone with DJs Tall Paul and Tony 2-Eyes. Featuring ska favourites Bombskare live. ■ Playdate at Sneaky Pete’s. 30 Jun, 11pm–3am. £3 (members free). House night with a few leftfield cuts from Steven and Stewart. ■ VEGAS! at the Voodoo Rooms. 30 Jun, 8.30pm–1am. £5. Hipster swing, jump jive, rockin’ R&B, dancefloor jazz, sleazy listening and gangster grooves at the multiple award-winning, multi-genre club night for movers, groovers, hipsters, flipsters, guys and dolls. ■ Dr No’s at Henry’s Cellar Bar. 7 Jul, 11pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £5 after. Dr No’s is back with a steady stream of the best in ska, rocksteady, dancehall and 70s reggae. ■ Fake at Sneaky Pete’s. 7 Jul, 11pm–3am. £3 (members free). Electro, breaks and bassline house from horror film addicts Bus Daddy and Zomby Lover. FREE Gasoline Dance Machine at the Third Door. 7 Jul, 11pm–3am. A night of mixed genres and mutant disco at this night from Cheap Picasso, Kipp$ and Kris Wasabi. Relaunch party. Part of the Summer of Love. See preview, page 57. ■ The Go-Go at Studio 24. 7 Jul, 10.30pm–3am. £2 before 11.30pm; £5 (£4) after. Swinging 60s garage, soul, mod, new wave, surf and sleazy listening from residents Tall Paul and Big Gus. ■ Sounds of Soul at the Annexe at the Liquid Room. 7 Jul, 10.30pm–3am. £8 (£6). The Ladies on Rotation (Simmone Black, Jo Myles, The Blonde Flash, Nicki Lowdown and Isla Blige) provide the soul, house, real disco, funk and boogie selections. ■ Soulsville at the Bongo Club. 7 Jul, 11pm–3am. £5. Tsatsu and Fryer spin the best in soul, doo-wop, rhythm & blues and rock’n’roll now with an added kick of live dancers on stage and down home blues in the loft. ■ Speaker Bite Me at Electric Circus. 7 Jul, 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, which features everything from Dizzee Rascal to The Cribs. ■ Bad Apple at the Annexe at the Liquid Room. 14 Jul, 10pm–3am. £5 in advance; £7 on the door. House and techy beats with special guests Overkill (Kling Klong) and Zuni (Tribal Waves). ■ Beep Beep, Yeah! at Electric Circus. 14 Jul, 10.30pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £4 after (students £3). A staunchly retro soundtrack of 50s rock, 60s grooves and 70s psychedelia.
✽ Kapital at the Liquid Room. 14 Jul, 10pm–3am. £10 in advance;
£13 on the door. A melodic mixture of deep minimal house and stripped down techno. Fifth birthday special with Stephan Bodzin (live) and Luna Semara.
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