Wendy, mixing up funk, soul, electro, house and good time party tunes. ■ The Opal Experience at Opal Lounge. Weekly 9pm–2am. £5 before 12.30am; £10 after. Glamorous vocal house and ice-cool electro with a hint of R&B. ■ Pocket Aces at Cabaret Voltaire. Weekly midnight–5am. £7 (£5). At Pocket Aces dancing is a priority with high energy disco, 80s electro, Afrobeat and house to the fore. ■ Pop Rocks at Electric Circus. 18 Aug, 10.30pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £4 after (students £3). New night of rock, 70s glam, 80s classics and 90s dance hits from the Beep Beep, Yeah! DJs. ■ Propaganda at the HMV Picture House. Weekly 11pm–3am. £5 (students £4 before midnight). The UK’s biggest indie club night comes to Edinburgh. ■ Shakedown at the One Below. Weekly 10pm–3am. £6. Funk and electro night inspired by the lounge club scene in New York, Paris and Los Angeles. ■ Tease Age at Citrus Club. Weekly 10.30pm–2am. £1 before 11pm; £6 after. This indie stalwart dishes up everything from swinging 60s hits to baggy Manchester faves as well as a host of current NME chart botherers with DJ Monkee Mickee. Edinburgh’s longest continually running indie night. ✽ Xplicit at the Liquid Room. 18 Aug, 10.30pm–5am. £12 in advance. Drum & bass and dubstep night. Fringe bass special as Caspa, Xilent, Akira Kiteshi and ENO supply the party up dubstep. See preview, page 85. Chart & Party ■ Club Paradiso at City Nightclub. Weekly 10.30pm–2am. £7 (students £5 before midnight). House, electro and urban hits across three rooms complete with lasers, lights and dancers. ■ Saturdays at Club Tropicana. Weekly 8pm–2am. Free before midnight; £4 after. Chart and party mix of 70s, 80s and 90s pop classics. ■ Saturdays at Silk at Silk. Weekly 10pm–2am. £6 (members £4). Robin Burgess and David Beatson mix up house, chart, dance and R&B. ■ The Sound of Saturday at Lava Ignite. Weekly 10pm–2am. £8. Big party night.
Edinburgh Sunday Clubs ■ Baby Loves Disco at Electric Circus. Weekly 11am–1pm & 2–4pm. £8. See Sat. ■ The Bongo Cabaret & NYE Club at the Bongo Club. Sun 10pm–3am. £10 (£8). A big ol’ cabaret made up of acts drawn together from across the Fringe which transforms into, and yes you did read that right, a New Year’s Eve party every week. FREE The Church of High Kicks at CC Blooms. Weekly 6–11pm. New daytime gay/mixed club session hosted over by the delectable Jon Pleased Wimmin and a mix of house, pop, disco, new wave a trash tracks. Plus shows from The Fabulous Kickettes, a weekly talent show (with a £50 prize) and a ‘retro’ buffet. FREE Coalition at Sneaky Pete’s. Weekly 11pm–3am. Drum & bass, breaks, dubstep, techno and electro from the resident team every week. ■ Devine at Lola Lo. Weekly 10pm–3am. £tbc. Sundays are back at Lola Lo’s with this house and electro mash-up. ■ Fuzzy Logic at Lava Ignite. Weekly 10pm–3am. £5. Student night of dance, electro, R&B and indie. FREE Motown Hodown at GHQ. Weekly 10pm–3am. Motown and funk from DJ Lynne. ■ Rise at Opal Lounge. Weekly 10pm–3am. £5 (£4). Johnny Frenetic
INDIE/ALTERNATIVE EXTRA WIDTH Late night indie kicks in the company of Mogwai, Evol and friends
Stuart Braithwaite, guitarist with mountainous Scots rockers Mogwai, and Keiron Mellotte (pictured), long-serving DJ at Edinburgh indie nights Evol and Speaker Bite Me, go back a way together. ‘I’ve known Keiron since I was at college in Edinburgh in the early 90s,’ says Braithwaite. ‘He helped Mogwai out a lot when we first started by getting us support slots at his shows.’ Says Mellotte: ‘Stuart was the goth who lived two doors down from my place in Polwarth. We used to hang out and talk about The Cure.’ Although Mellotte started Extra Width in this very venue in the
mid-90s and Braithwaite joined in soon after, it wasn’t until a semi- legendary early-2000s weekly residency with Grainne Braithwaite at the Cowgate’s Gilded Saloon that the club hit its peak – until the Cowgate fire did for the venue mere minutes before it was due to start one Saturday, taking Mellotte’s vinyl with it. He describes the simple musical ethos of the occasional night as
‘usually starting kind of downbeat and getting progressively more dance party as we get drunker.’ This month guest DJs will include friends Rhys Darby (Flight of the Conchords) and Ryan Wallace on the 18th. ‘Ryan was Gilded Saloon bar manager back in the day,’ says Mellotte, ‘and Rhys’ wife Rosie was our boss, so we had some great after-hours parties with them on the decks.’ (David Pollock) ■ Wee Red Bar, 229 1442, 18 Aug, 11pm-5am, £5.
mashes up a unique and energetic three deck mix of funky house, sexy urban and indie infused electro, club classics and remixes. ■ Tipsy at Lulu. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £tbc. R&B, urban and hip hop from residents Nick G and DJ Prospect at what they promise will be ‘the hottest Sunday night party in town’. ■ Two Zebras & A Giraffe at the Liquid Room. 19 Aug, 11pm–3am. £8–£10 in advance; £12 on the door. New Edinburgh bashment party starters. Dancehall special as TZ&G are joined by The Heatwave (Rinse FM) and Serocee. Chart & Party FREE The Sunday Club at the Hive. Weekly 10pm–5am. Two rooms of chart, indie, pop and rock requests. FREE Sunday Night Live at Espionage. Weekly 11pm–3am. Michael
Ferrie’s keeps the party going with an eclectic dancefloor mix. Edinburgh Monday
Clubs ■ Bad Habit at Cabaret Voltaire. Mon midnight–5am. £3. Monday mix of drum & bass, dubstep and trip hop. ■ Embassy at Opal Lounge. Weekly 10pm–3am. £5. House-centric Monday night party. FREE Monday Night Groove at Espionage. Weekly 11pm–3am. Banish the Monday blues with a mix of dance, electro and R&B. FREE Nu Fire at Sneaky Pete’s. Weekly 11pm–3am. Showcase of underground hip hop, dubstep, drum & bass, electro and MCs. ■ Trade Union at the Annexe at the Liquid Room. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £2 (students/hospitality staff £1). Taking
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care of Monday nights with a mix of techno, beats and pieces from WolfJazz, Beefy and guests. Now making a new home in the Annexe.
Chart & Party ■ BED at Lulu. Weekly 10pm–3am. £tbc. ‘A mysterious and decadent dreamland’ of chart dance, house anthems and dirty electro. FREE Mixed Up Mondays at the Hive. Weekly 10pm–5am. R&B, hip hop, indie, chart, dance, pop and floorfillers. Edinburgh Tuesday
Clubs ■ Hector’s House at Cabaret Voltaire. Tue midnight–5am. £6 (£5). New night dedicated to house in all its myriad forms – from vocal house to progressive via disco, electro and Chicago grooves. ■ MYNT at Opal Lounge. Weekly 10pm–3am. £5. ‘Fresh and fashionable’ mix of commercial classics, funky beats and sexy R&B. FREE Soul Jam at Sneaky Pete’s. Weekly 11pm–3am. Old school, real deal soul, funk and hip hop.
Chart & Party FREE Espionage at Espionage. Weekly 11pm–3am. Chart and party anthems from DJ Neil. FREE Twisted Tuesday at GHQ. Weekly 10pm–3am. DJ JT plays commercial house, electro and chart tracks, plus giant jenga, twister, etc. Edinburgh Wednesday
Clubs ■ Candyboxx at GHQ. Weekly 11pm–3am. £6. Gay student night of electro and house. ■ Circa at Electric Circus. 22 Aug, 10.30pm–3am. £5. Gig promoters Detour and student radio station Fresh Air join forces for this all night party of DJs, indie, live music and dancing. Featuring Churches, We Are the Physics and The Twilight Sad (DJ set). ■ Fruit Pistols at Wee Red Bar. 22 Aug, 11pm–3am. £2. Awesome pop hits from ODB to The Kokomo, with stopovers in Bowieland. FREE I Love Hip Hop at the Bongo Club. Weekly midnight–5am. Hip hop classics and brand new rap tracks, plus live performances, MCs and guest DJs. ■ Libido at Lulu. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £tbc. Funky house and Ibiza classics. ■ Mansion at the Liquid Room. Weekly 10pm–3am. £5 (girls free before 11pm). The student night of house, electro, R&B and urban sounds. FREE Miss Guided at Espionage. Weekly 11pm–3am. Big dancefloor killers from the likes of Skrillex, Deadmau5 and Swedish House Mafia. FREE New Idols at 99 Hanover Street. Weekly 9pm–1am. Club classics, old favourites and new idols from Hobbes (Trouble) and friends. ■ Rise & Opal Rocks at Opal Lounge. 22 Aug, 10pm–3am. £6 (£4). Summer mash up special from Johnny Frenetic with funky house, sexy urban and indie infused electro, club classics and remixes. Featuring live percussionist Drum Warrior (Hed Kandi). FREE Split at the Bongo Club. Wed midnight–5am. Drum & bass, electro, techno and breakbeat with Shadowskill, the Dropout DJs, Dogma and a smattering of very talented local guests. Now at the Bongo. FREE Very Metal at Opium. Weekly 10pm–3am. Very awesome hard and heavy metal night with DJs Maelstrom and Figby. FREE Witness at Sneaky Pete’s. Weekly 11pm–3am. Garage, UK funky, dubstep and bassline house from residents Attic Kings and Blackwax. 9–16 Aug 2012 THE LIST 87