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Edinburgh Saturday Monthly & One Offs FREE Anagram at the Banshee Labyrinth. 25 Aug, 12–5am. Residents Dijimij, Steev-e and Kol mix acid house, tribal techno with old skool punk and ‘random stuff inbetween’. Festival special featuring a live set of techno from Geezer (Stay Up Forever, Tortured, Smitten). ■ Baby Loves Disco at Electric Circus. 25 Aug, 11am–1pm & 2–4pm. £8. A chance for kids aged 6 months–7 years (and their parents) to get their respective grooves on, plus bubble machines, instruments and a Gymboree chillout zone, with face-painting and healthy snacks included. ■ Big’n’Bashy at the Bongo Club. 25 Aug, midnight–5am. £tbc. Four- deck mix of dubstep, reggae, grime, dancehall and jungle playing out over the Messenger Sound System. ■ Club Oxygen at District. 25 Aug, 10pm–4am. £8 before midnight; £10 after (VIP £13). Trance night, with special guest Orla Feeney alongside Johan Van Alphen, Ross Jackson, Deejay Archy and more plus a superheroes theme. ■ Fever at the Annexe at the Liquid Room. 25 Aug, 11pm–5am; 15 Sep, 11pm–3am. £8. DJs Fisher & Price (Taste) play an eclectic mix of the best underground dance music. ■ Jackhammer at the Wee Red Bar. 25 Aug, 10pm–4am. £5 (£4). Techno night. Joined by the technical decktition that is Ben Sims. ■ Lucky 7 at Studio 24. 25 Aug, 11pm–5am. £2 before 11.30pm; £5 (£4) after. Ska, reggae, bluebeat and 2-Tone. ■ Madchester at the Liquid Room. 25 Aug, 10.30pm–5am. £tbc. Playing the best the baggy era had to offer (think Happy Mondays, Stone Roses, etc). Charlatans after-party with a guest DJ set from the mainman himself, Tim Burgess. ■ Magic Nostalgic at Electric Circus. 25 Aug, 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. ■ Papi Falso at Henry’s Cellar Bar. 25 Aug, 11pm–5am. £tbc. ‘Weirdo records for weirdo dancing’ from the bETAMAX, FAST, Ride This Train, Sausage Rolls and Gentle Invasion DJs spinning sci-fi pop, outsider folk, R&B, psych rock and other bizarre nuggets. ■ Rendezvous at the Third Door. 8 Sep, 11pm–3am. £5 (£4). Mixing up a fresh house selection. ■ Studio 24 Rawks at Studio 24. 25 Aug, 10.30pm–5am; 8 Sep, 11pm–3am. £2 before 11.30pm; £5 (£4). Studio 24’s re-rebranded rock, metal and alternative night with DJs Soo and Matt27. ■ Too Much Fun Club at Studio 24. 25 Aug, 11pm–3am. £tbc. Celebrating live art in Edinburgh clubs with an art battle, hip hop DJs and Sketch the Rhyme (live hip hop/art free-styling). Festival special with a guest tbc. ■ Virgen Late Night at Fiddlers Elbow. 25 Aug, 10pm–3am. £3. Alternative lesbian night with Emma ‘Queercore’ Daye playing a mash up of electro, indie, fidget house and D&B. ■ Awkward! at the Third Door. 1 Sep 11pm–3am. £5 (£3). Big club tunes interrupted by the odd ‘Awkward’ guilty pleasure. ■ Bordello at Studio 24. 1 Sep, 10.30pm–3am. £2 before 11.30pm; £5 (£4) after. Sleazy classic rock. ■ The Go-Go at Studio 24. 1 Sep, 10.30pm–3am. £2 before 11.30pm; £5 (£4). Swinging 60s garage, soul, mod, new wave, surf and sleazy listening. ■ Kitsune at Cabaret Voltaire. 1 Sep, 10.30pm–3am. £7. Festival wrap party from the electronic label, line-up tbc. ■ Soulsville at the Bongo Club. 1 Sep, 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.
Pig & Dan
Clubs
✽ Qabalala at the Third Door. 16 Sep, 10pm–3am. £5 in advance; £7 on
the door. A melange of musical styles, DJs and live acts. Django Django’s Dave Maclean spins ‘funky, neo-psyche sounds’ alongside live music from PET and house band The Cosmic Dead.
Weekly 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. FREE Coalition at Sneaky Pete’s. Weekly 11pm–3am. Drum & bass, breaks, dubstep, techno and electro from the resident team every week. ■ Fuzzy Logic at Lava Ignite. Weekly 10pm–3am. £5. Student night of dance, electro, R&B and indie. ■ Rack & Ruin at the Third Door. Weekly 11pm–3am. £tbc. Detroit techno and Chicago house night. FREE The Sunday Club at the Hive. Weekly 10pm–3am. Two rooms of chart, indie, pop and rock requests. ■ Tipsy at Lulu. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £tbc. R&B, urban and hip hop.
Edinburgh Monday
Weekly ■ Bad Habit at Cabaret Voltaire. Weekly 10.30pm-3am. £3. Monday mix of drum & bass, dubstep and trip hop. ■ Latin Quarter at the Third Door. Weekly 11pm–3am. £3. Real deal mix of salsa, merengue and world music. FREE Mixed Up Mondays at the Hive. Weekly 10pm–3am. R&B, hip hop, indie, pop and floorfillers. FREE Nu Fire at Sneaky Pete’s. Weekly 11pm–3am. Showcase of underground hip hop, dubstep, drum & bass, electro and MCs. Zed’s Dead guests on 10 Sep. ■ Trade Union at the Annexe at the Liquid Room. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £2 (students/hospitality staff £1). A mix of techno, beats and pieces.
Edinburgh Tuesday
Monthly & One Offs ■ Reign at the Caves. 11 Sep, 11pm–3am. £5. Brand new bass party for Edinburgh kicking off with a massive line up of Jackmaster, Ryan Martin and Heckter. Weekly ■ Hector’s House at Cabaret Voltaire. Weekly 10.30pm-3am. £6 (£5). New night dedicated to house in all its forms. FREE I Love Hip Hop at the Bongo Club. Weekly 11pm–3am. Hip hop classics and brand new rap tracks. FREE Soul Jam at Sneaky Pete’s. Weekly 11pm–3am. Old school, real deal soul, funk and hip hop. FREE Twisted Tuesday at GHQ. Weekly 10pm–3am. DJ JT plays commercial house, electro and chart.
Edinburgh Wednesday
Monthly & One Offs ■ Circa at Electric Circus. 29 Aug, 10.30pm–3am. £5. Detour and Fresh Air join forces for DJs, indie and live music. Featuring Three Blind Wolves (live) and We Were Promised Jetpacks (DJ set). Weekly ■ 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 Split at the Bongo Club. Weekly 11pm–3am. Drum & bass, electro, techno and breakbeat. FREE Witness at Sneaky Pete’s. Weekly 11pm–3am. Garage, UK funky and dubstep. Up tempo grime meets techno from Mele (12 Sep) followed by a team up with No Globe to bring you Hyperdub’s LV & Okmalumkookat (19 Sep, please note £4 entry).
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Meeting by chance on a flight to Spain back in 1999, Igor Tchkotoua (Pig) and Dan Duncan have since formed an incredibly successful DJ/production partnership, picking up fans as diverse as Laurent Garnier and Sven Vath to Sander Kleinenberg and John Digweed for their deep tech-house cuts. They hit a more minimal groove with the foundation of their own Sonic Society label, which led to them releasing their debut album, Imagine, on Cocoon Recordings in 2007, now joining Club 10–86 for their first ever Scottish show. ■ Club 10–86 at the Annexe at the Liquid Room, Edinburgh, Fri 31 Aug.
■ Speaker Bite Me at Electric Circus. 1 Sep, 10.30pm–3am. £5. 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. ■ VEGAS! at the Voodoo Rooms. 1 Sep, 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. ■ Ascension at the Banshee Labyrinth. 8 Sep, 10.30pm-3am. £4. Mix of up-to- date and classic darkness, electro, industrial, EBM, with goth, rock and alternative 80s in room 2. ■ Beep Beep, Yeah! at Electric Circus. 8 Sep, 10.30pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £4 after (students £3). A staunchly retro soundtrack of 50s rock, 60s grooves and 70s psychedelia. ■ Dr No’s at Henry’s Cellar Bar. 8 Sep, 11pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £5 after. The best in ska, rocksteady, dancehall and 70s reggae. ■ Land of a Thousand Dances at Studio 24. 8 Sep, 10.30pm–3am. £2 before 11.30pm; £5 (£4). Dedicated to garage punk, northern soul, Stax records, Detroit soul, rock boogaloo and Chicago blues from the 50s and 60s. ■ Messenger Sound System at the Bongo Club. 8 Sep, 11pm–3am. £7. The best in righteous reggae, dub and roots with MC Ras Echo. ■ Saturday Night Beaver at the Annexe at the Liquid Room. 8 Sep, 11pm–3am. £4 before 11.30pm; £6 (£5) after. SNB is back in the safe hands of Trendy Wendy, Mama D, The Funky Diva and Wee Taco Mel, with a kickin’ soundtrack for ladies, their invited male guests and LGBTI friendly door policy. ■ Basics at Henry’s Cellar Bar. 15 Sep, 11pm–3am. £5. Old school R&B, as in real-deal 50s and 60s rhythm and blues. ■ Gasoline Dance Machine at the Third Door. 15 Sep, 11pm–3am. £7 (£5). A night of mixed genres and mutant disco at this night from Cheap Picasso, Kipp$ and Kris Wasabi. ■ The Green Door at Studio 24. 15 Sep, 10.30pm–3am. £2 before 11pm; £5 after. A night of rock’n’roll from classics to their mutant offspring. ‘For hepcats and squares alike’. ■ Mumbo Jumbo at the Bongo Club. 15 Sep, 11pm–3am. £7 (£6; students £5). Headspin’s Steve Austin with Tackno’s Trendy Wendy, mixing up funk, soul, electro, house and good time party tunes.
■ Pop Rocks at Electric Circus. 15 Sep, 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. ■ Pussy Whipped Festival at Fiddlers Elbow. 15 Sep, 7pm–1am. £5. The second night of queer punk thrills features punk-folkers ONSIND (Durham), melodic punk rock from Spat, and Edinburgh’s own Ste McCabe and Liz Cronin, plus scene regulars Scragfight. Followed by DJs Chew Disco from the North of England. ■ Studio 24 Rawks presents: Decade at Studio 24. 15 Sep, 10.30pm–3am. Free before 11.30pm; £5 (£4) after. New pop punk, emo and hardcore offshoot from Matt27. Weekly ■ Bubblegum at the Hive. Weekly 9pm–2am. Free before 10pm; £4 after. A student-friendly, chewed-up, spat out mix of electro, pop, dance, disco, R&B and indie. ■ Late’n’Live at the Jazz Bar. Weekly 11.30pm–3am. £5 (£3). Late night jazz and funk acts and DJs. Featuring Funky ska from The Story So Far (1 Sep), funk/ soul from Future Heroes (8 Sep) and the high energy rock/blues of Kennel Wages (15 Sep). ■ Pocket Aces at Cabaret Voltaire. Weekly 10.30pm-3am. £7 (£5). At Pocket Aces dancing is a priority with high energy disco, 80s electro, Afrobeat and house to the fore. ■ Propaganda at the HMV Picture House. Weekly 11pm–2am. £5 (students £4 before midnight). The UK’s biggest indie club night. Freshers’ party with James Buckley of Inbetweeners fame putting in a DJ set on 15 Sep. ■ Tease Age at Citrus Club. Weekly 10.30pm–2am. £1 before 11pm; £6 after. Edinburgh’s longest continually running indie night.
Edinburgh Sunday Monthly & One Offs ■ Baby Loves Disco at Electric Circus. 26 Aug, 11am–1pm & 2–4pm. £8. See Sat. ■ The Bongo Cabaret & NYE Club at the Bongo Club. 26 Aug, 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 night.