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■ Crash at the Shed. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 after. Euan and Andy play all the party tracks you know and love. ■ Famous at Kushion. Weekly 4pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £7 (£5 students) after. James Lithgow and DJ Status take it through to 3am with indie, electro, house and hip hop. ■ Fashion Fridays at oVo. Weekly 11pm–3am. Free before midnight; £5 after (£3 students). Chart and club sounds from DJs Paul Rea, Kash and Asim. FREE Fortune Fridays at Gala Merchant City Casino. Weekly 10pm–4am. DJ Tomczyk spins chart dance, electro, funk and house. ■ Friday at Milan at Milan. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £tbc. House and electro at this mainstream party night. ■ Hummingbird Friday at Hummingbird. Weekly 10pm–3am. Free before 10.30pm; £5 (£3 students) after. Carlo Carozzi and Andrew Melrose take charge of two rooms of house and party tracks. ■ Jamming Fridays at Maggie May’s. Weekly 11pm–3am. Free before midnight; £5 after (students £3). Resident DJ Jopez plays indie and rock’n’roll from the 60s to the present day. ■ Lip Service at FHQ. Weekly 6pm–3am. £tbc. Long-running lesbian club night with a focus on all things sensual. Includes face-painting, dressing- up box, spin the bottle booths and a ‘sexual postbox’. Ooh-er. ■ Music For Pleasure at Bamboo. Weekly 10pm–3am. Free before midnight with a matric card; £5 after. Gavin Sommerville, Gerry Lyons and Andy Wilson play R&B, hip hop, house and pop. ■ NOW Fridays at Òran Mór. Weekly 11pm–3am. £6 (students £4). Chart, R&B, house and electro from Dave M. ■ POP Junkie at the Polo Lounge. Weekly 11pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 (£3 students) after. DJs Steven and Suave Gav inject your ears with pop sounds. ■ Propaganda at O2 ABC. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £5 (£4). UK-wide indie Friday nighter, with Afrocentric playing hip hop and R&B in the ABC2 on the last Friday of every month. ■ TGIF at the Viper Bar & Club. Weekly 7pm–2am. £4–£6 (girls free before midnight). Alfredo Crolla and Stevie Foy play out the latest hits, club classics and dancefloor electro. ■ Tech at Re-Play. Weekly 3pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 after (£3). Ray Woods and Craig McHugh play R&B, house, hip hop and electro. ■ Tempted at Tusk. Weekly 10pm–2am. Free before 11pm; £5 after. Party sounds from DJ Norman Robinson. ■ United Nations of Dance at the Tunnel. Weekly 11pm–3am. £8. Clubland anthems, hip hop and R&B from Scotty Boy, Marc Anderson, Steve Clarke, John Thomson and more.
Glasgow Saturday Clubs ■ Absolution at Classic Grand. Weekly 11pm–3am. £6. Rock, metal, industrial and punk to liven up your Saturday night. ■ Back Tae Mine at the Flying Duck. Weekly 9pm–3am. £5; free before midnight. 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. ■ Buff Saturdays at the Buff Club. Weekly 11pm–3am. £6. Resident Nick Peacock plays northern soul, jazz and funk upstairs, while downstairs it’s Alex and John on the decks with classic disco and 80s hits.
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I HOUSE/TECHNO DJ SOTOFETT Tribute at La Cheetah, Glasgow, Fri 10 Aug.
There’s something of the international man of mystery about DJ Sotofett, who prefers not to tell us his name, his age or the meaning of his alias (‘it might sound like a bad joke if I try to translate’). Why so shy? ‘It’s not that I’m against it,’ he says, ‘but there’s maybe too much information out there. People put it all on social media, and I don’t see how the music gains.’ One thing he’s happy to reveal is that he comes from the small
Norwegian city of Moss, where ‘nothing happens, so you just do it yourself. There was no scene here, so we had to start from scratch’. The ‘we’ being his brother, with whom he creates contemporary art, runs various labels including Sex Tags Mania, Sex Tags Amfibia and Wania, and DJs in a style which builds on the bare bones of house and techno with fluid layers of glitch and disco. ‘People in the UK are usually diggers,’ he says, ‘that’s how they know us, even though it’s hard to because we don’t have proper distribution. The UK and Japan, but not in Norway – you get recognition here after you’re famous abroad. After the cheap flights and the internet, music sounds the same everywhere, and this and the early closing hours affect the scene in Norway more than anything. I’m doing a three-hour set in Glasgow though, and I’ve heard a lot about the afterparties, so I’ll bring a lot of records. House, dub, disco, proper techno . . . maybe some jungle?’ (David Pollock)
■ Cathouse Saturdays at the Cathouse. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £6 (£5). DJs Eric and Muppet offer rock on level one, while DJ Billy and Framie belt out emo and metal on level two. FREE Deep Groan at Berkeley Suite. Weekly 11pm–3am. A late-night drinking bar with Jnr C and The Organist (of Love) playing weird pop, dark dance, soundtracks, lo-fi electro, new wave, international sounds and more. ■ Front to Back at Club 520. Weekly 11pm–3am. £7 (£5). Bouncy reggae business from Chungo Bungo, DJ L-I- AM on beat patrol, the Marquee DJs, La Bamba and more. FREE Funktifeyeno at Firebird. Weekly 9.30pm–1am. The Dance! Dance! Dance! resident spins soul, funk, disco and his own edits. FREE GK Machine at Berkeley Suite. 11 Aug, 11pm–3am. One of Glasgow’s most eclectic DJs, with guests. ■ Life on Mars at Stairway Club. Weekly 5pm–3am. Free before 10pm; £5 after. Indie rock’n’roll, Motown, electro and soul with DJ Craig McGee. Featuring live music. ■ Love Music & Konichiwa at O2 ABC. Weekly 11pm–3am. £7 (£5). Soul, rock’n’roll, indie and electro with Gerry Lyons, with a different club each
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week in the ABC2, featuring Now But Northern playing northern soul and Motown on the first Saturday, Beats, Rhymes and Life playing hip hop on the second, Flipsville playing 50s and 60s rock’n’roll on the third and FTW’s cross-genre dance party on the fourth. ■ Osmium at Blackfriars. 11 Aug, 11pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £4 after. DJs Blair Benzini and Gary Dance Commander play Italo, disco, synthpop, funk and a whole bunch of other stuff . ■ Pretty Ugly at the Admiral. 11 Aug, 11pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £5 after (£3 students). The Pretty Ugly girls will be playing sexy, glamorous indie rock’n’roll, electro beats, 60s soul and experimenting with some new artists to get everyone in the mood for dirty dancing. After a short break, the team are Back For Good. FREE Rip This Joint at Slouch. Weekly 11pm–3am. DJ Jopez plays indie, rock’n’roll, blues, soul and funk. ■ The Rock Shop at Maggie May’s. Weekly 11.30pm–3am. Free before midnight; £5 (£3) after. Resident Lee Craig plays a selection of rock, indie and metal classics in Maggie’s basement. ■ Subculture at the Sub Club. Weekly 11pm–3am. £10. Glasgow’s well- established house institution continues to reign supreme, with residents Harri and Domenic, and rolling residents Junior, Telford and Esa. ■ Voodoo at the Cathouse. Weekly 4–9pm. £6 (£3). Under-18s club, featuring two floors of rock, metal, punk, emo and requests with DJs Framie and Am-y. Chart & Party ■ Base at the Tunnel. Weekly 11pm–3am. £10. DJ Sketch, Harri Miller and John Thomson put together a blend of funky house and R&B over two huge and consistently packed rooms. ■ Bob’s Full House at Òran Mór. Weekly 11pm–3am. £8. Chart, R&B, house, indie and electro with DJ Bobby Bluebell. ■ Boho Saturdays at Boho. Weekly 9.30pm–3am. Free before 10.30pm; £8 after. Li’l Rich packs the dancefloor every Saturday with a li’l bit of everything. ■ Hummingbird Saturdays at Hummingbird. Weekly 5pm–3am. Free before 10.30pm; £5 (£3 students) after. Party sounds from DJs Aaron Petrie and Kid Sleazy. ■ I Love Garage Saturdays & Supersonic at the Garage. Weekly 11pm–3am. £7 (£5). Brian McMaster plays a big array of hits, anthems and chart toppers, Craig Guild plays R&B and hip hop and DJ Kenny handles the indie. ■ O’Couture Saturdays at O’Couture. Weekly 11pm–3am. £8 (£5 students). Big-room party, dance and R&B sounds from Rob Etherson and That Tall Guy Scott. ■ PLAY Saturdays at Play. Weekly 5pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £8 (£6) after. Big room tunes from Will Ruane, Iain Pollock and Ross McFadyen. Note that opening time will be 10pm on the first Saturday of every month. ■ Project Vegas at Walkabout. Weekly 9pm–3am. £2–£3. Vegas themed spectacular featuring shows on the hour (firebreathers, stilt walkers, angle grinders, etc). ■ Re-Play Saturdays at Re-Play. Weekly 3pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £8 after (£5). Will Ruane, Ian Pollock and Ross McFadyen play dance, house, R&B and chart anthems. ■ Saturday at Milan at Milan. Weekly 11pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £5 after. DJs Robbie and Cruz serve up chart, dance, R&B and hip hop. FREE Trophy Room at FHQ. Weekly 11pm–3am. Cheesy pop night, formerly at the Polo Lounge. ■ Where It’s At at the Viper Bar & Club. Weekly 7pm–2am. Free before 11pm; £6–£8 after. DJ Ross McMillan playing chart, dance, R&B and electro.
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