CLUBS CRATE DIGGING
DJ YODA Known for his fast-paced cut and paste DJ style DJ Yoda gives us a peek into his suitably eclectic DJ box.
I’ll start with Kanye West ‘Don’t Like’ (Mercury). My love/ hate relationship with hip hop continues, but I’m pretty much always interested in what Kanye is doing. His newest stuff is bang on trend in terms of the current sound of rap music, but still sounds like Kanye. Love it.
My favourite drum & bass is the dancehall-inspired stuff from the early 90s. Top Cat ‘Roughest Gunark’ (DJ Rap remix) (Jungle Fashion Records) is pretty typical of that sound, and I can’t think of anything that Top Cat is on that doesn’t sound amazing.
It’s no secret that I love my 80s pop! Dug out the Actually album recently, and Pet Shop Boys ‘Rent’ (Parlophone) jumped out. I made a ‘trap’ style remix of it, check my Soundcloud. Talking of trap music, this sounds great to play in the club at the moment, and Loudpvck & gLAdiator ‘Scaley’ (Trap-A-Holics) is a particularly good one. Works better in a club than off laptop speakers, by the way.
The whole Kid Koala 12 Bit Blues (Ninja Tune)album is amazing, a scratch DJ using blues samples to create something really original-sounding. I’ve always been a huge fan of Kid Koala, he brings a very human element to DJing that I think is missing from a lot of other DJs.
Everything he does is really good fun and the video for Afrikan Boy ‘Amala Azonto’ (Man Recordings) is as good as the track. I was really hoping he’d bring this element to my own album [Chop Suey], and he totally smashed it on ‘Rudies’, rapping about Ribena and the like! ■ DJ Yoda joins Slam, Green Velvet, Maya Janes Coles, Paul Ritch (live), Norman Nodge, Animal Farm and Vitamins at Pressure’s 14th birthday, the Arches, Glasgow, Fri 30 Nov.
50 THE LIST 15 Nov–13 Dec 2012
GLASGOW Events are listed by day of the week, divided into weekly and monthly/one-off nights, then sorted alphabetically. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication to david.pollock@ list.co.uk. Glasgow listings are compiled by David Pollock. ✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
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Monthly & One-Offs ■ Philanthrobeats at Chambre 69. 15 Nov, 11pm–3am. £4. Charity club night in aid of the Scottish Refugee Council, with guests Auntie Flo, Esa and The Glasgow City Social Club DJs. ■ Rubix at the Sub Club. 15 Nov, 11pm–3am. £5 students and before midnight; £6 non-students after midnight. A new, eclectic club night. ✽ Make Noise at the Sub Club. 22 Nov, 11pm–3am. This is a new one on us: instead of an entry fee, you just bring a small electrical item you no longer need for recycling. Supported by the European Recycling Platform (erp-recycling.co.uk), which will donate £5 per item handed in to a local partner studio to help buy new equipment. With a headline DJ set from Radio 1’s Benji B, alongside Martelo and Conquering Animal Sound (live). ✽ Annie Mac Presents at O2 Academy. 29 Nov, 7pm–midnight. £20. Featuring Magnetic Man, Redlight and Rudimental. See interview, page 120. ■ Danse Macabre at Classic Grand. 6 Dec, 11pm–3am. £4 (£2). Old-school goth rock, classic disco, Italo, sleazy synthpop and 80s alternative rock tracks. ■ Frogbeats Present: Unleash The Beast at the Sub Club. 6 Dec, 11pm–3am. £5. Drum & bass and jungle from residents Denney and Rize. With a guest set from Dom Y2D. ■ Subversion at Classic Grand. 13 Dec, 11pm–3am. £4. DJs Catnip and Pasta mix up 80s/90s alternative pop hits, dance, industrial and classic rock. Weekly ■ The Afterparty at the Buff Club. Weekly 11pm–3am. £4 (£3). Classic R&B and hip hop. ■ Common Room at Common. Weekly 10pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 (£3) after. House party tunes. FREE Feel My Bicep at Flat 0/1. Weekly 11pm–3am. 80s sleaze, analogue funk, old school house and disco flexx. ■ Jellybaby and Rubbermensch at O2 ABC. Weekly 11pm–3am. £5 (£3). Indie night with Andy Wilson in charge. ■ Onederful at Play. Weekly 5pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 (£3) after. Party sounds from DJ Chris Stewart and Tobin. ■ Taking Back Thursdays at the Cathouse. Weekly 11pm–3am. £4 (£2). Rock, metal and emo. FREE Up the Racket at Maggie May’s. Weekly 10pm–3am. DJ Paddy plays indie, rock, disco and pop. ■ Walk’n’Skank at Berkeley Suite. Weekly 11pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £5 after. Residents Mungo’s Hi Fi, DJ Kokoro (Neo Tokyo Bass) and Breezak (BASS Alliance) play heavy, heavy bass. ■ Zipper at Stairway Club. Weekly 5pm–3am. Free before 10pm; £5 after. Classic rock’n’roll, with live bands.
Friday Monthly & One-Offs ■ Argonaut Sounds at Blackfriars. 16 Nov, 11pm–3am. £3. Special guest MC African Bush Doctor joins in the roots, reggae and dancehall vibe. ■ Basement Jams at La Cheetah. 16 Nov, 11pm–3am. £tbc. Guest Gerry Read (Delsin, Fourth Wave) joins residents Dan Monox and The Wasp, the
team behind Monox and the new Dixon Avenue Basement Jams label. ■ Bottle Rocket at Nice’n’Sleazy. 16 Nov, 11.30pm–3am. £3. Indie-pop, post- punk, Motown and twee dance-fest. ■ JG Wilkes & Jackmaster at Berkeley Suite. 16 Nov, 11pm–3am. £7. Two of Glasgow’s finest and most respected DJs, representing Optimo and Numbers respectively. ■ Processed Beats at the Arches. 16 Nov, 8pm–3am. £7–£10. Clouds, JD Twitch, HaHaHa, Roman Nose, Any Colour Black, Indian Red Lopez and Ginger Beard Men play rich electronica. ■ Sensu at the Sub Club. 16 Nov, 11pm–3am. £8–£10. Germany’s Kolsch (Kompakt, Tattoorecs) guests at the Subbie’s house, techno and electro night. ■ Shaka: Rhythm Sound & Vision at Bar Bloc+. 16 Nov, 10pm–3am. Free before midnight; £2 after. Glasgow’s only extreme sports club night with live visuals and percussion. ■ Animal Farm at Saint Judes. 23 Nov, 11pm–3am. £5. Semi-regular house and techno party. ■ Crimes of the Future at Berkeley Suite. 23 Nov, 11pm–3am. £5. Krautrock, electronica, dub and everything in between. ■ Fake Blood at Chambre 69. 23 Nov, 11pm–3am. £15. Sharp electro house with a full AV show from Fake Blood. ■ GBS Radio at La Cheetah. 23 Nov, 11pm–3am. £8; £6 advance. Special guests The Analogue Cops, who use only hardware analogue gear in their live shows, deliver a raw and funky take on house and techno. ■ The Hot Club at Nice’n’Sleazy. 23 Nov, 11.30pm–3am. £3. Rafla (Nice’n’Sleazy) and Nobodaddy (The Phantom Band) play garage, punk, psych and rockabilly, with occasional live bands and art interventions. ■ Slam Events Present at Chambre 69. 23 Nov, 11pm–3am. £15. The techno mainstays present a Blood Music label night, featuring Fake Blood and ADO. ■ Sub Club Presents at the Sub Club. 23 Nov, 11pm–3am. £12. Glasgow’s definitive basement club presents guests Pearson Sound, Ben UFO and Pangaea. ■ Super Trouper at the Flying Duck. 23 Nov, 11pm–3am. £5 (students £4). A celebration of Swedish indie, rock and pop – Abba, The Hives, Roxette, etc. ■ TYCI at Bar Bloc+. 23 Nov, 11pm–3am. Free before midnight; £2 after. A new club and live event from TYCI, a Glasgow collective run for women by women. ■ Aidan Moffat at Nice’n’Sleazy. 30 Nov, 11.30pm–3am. £3. DJ set as the former Arab Strapper plays records. ■ Friday Street at Blackfriars. 30 Nov, 10pm–3am. £5. DJs Mikey Collins and Paul Molloy play classic mod sounds, 60s psych and northern. ■ A Love From Outer Space at Berkeley Suite. 30 Nov, 11pm–3am. £8. Andrew Weatherall and Sean Johnstone bring their out-there club night to Glasgow for a bi-monthly residency. FREE Loop at the Brunswick Hotel. 30 Nov, 8pm–2am. The house and techno club turns three, with Colin Bain (BCR Boys), Smartie (Monox) and Sewelly (Relentless) joining residents Neill Murphy and Jamie Knox. ✽ Motor City Electronics at La Cheetah. 30 Nov, 11pm–4am. £17. A new series of clubs at La Cheetah pre- senting the biggest and best classic names in Detroit techno. ✽ Pressure at the Arches. 30 Nov, 11pm–5am. £20. This 14th birthday party features an even more massive line-up than usual, with Green Velvet, Maya Jane Coles, Paul Ritch (live), Norman Nodge, DJ Yoda, Vitamins and Animal Farm joining the residents. ■ Sub Club 25 at the Sub Club. 30 Nov, 11pm–3am. £10. With guests Blawan (R&S, Hessle Audio) and JD Twitch of Optimo (Espacio). ■ Bigfoot’s at SWG3. 7 Dec, 10pm– 2am. £10. An eclectic techno and
electronic party, with Christopher Kelly, Wrick, Dave Scott and Redux on visuals. ✽ Death Disco XXXmas Party at the Arches. 7 Dec, 11pm–3am. £10; earlybird £7. Last ever DD with Jacques lu ContSee preview, page 49. ■ Liquid Sky at Nice’n’Sleazy. 7 Dec, 11.30pm–3am. £3. Club night. ■ Optimo (Espacio) at the Sub Club. 7 Dec, 11pm–3am. £tbc. One of Glasgow’s most revered clubbing institutions continues comfortably in its newish bi-monthly Friday night slot. ■ Too Darn Hot! at Blackfriars. 7 Dec, 11pm–3am. £5. The new monthly retro- modern club from Glasgow songwriting star Lou Hickey, accompanied by Club Noir’s Tony Poprock, playing Buddy Holly to The Buzzcocks and a bit of Big Bad Voodoo Daddy in between. ■ Tribute at La Cheetah. 7 Dec, 11pm–3am. £10. Representatives of Glasgow nights Stay Plastic, Pest Control, All Caps, Scrabble and Jelly Roll Soul team up for a club which will focus on ‘electronic funk’. Weekly FREE Badseed at Slouch. Weekly 11pm–3am. Heather McCartney plays indie, rock‘n’roll and electro. ■ Bespoke Fridays at O’Couture. Weekly 11pm–3am. £6 (£3 students). Indie, dance, pop and cheap drinks at this club from residents Rob Etherson, Jenny and Mash. ■ Booty Call at the Garage. Weekly 11pm–3am. £tbc. Craig Guild plays chart, Lil L plays R&B and hip hop and Nicola hosts karaoke, plus shooter girls, cocktails and a ‘booty call’ text service. ■ Buff Fridays at the Buff Club. Weekly 11pm–3am. £6. Gordie and Jack play old school jazz, funk and soul upstairs, while downstairs it’s John Ross and Alex O with everything from funk to punk. ■ Cathouse Fridays at the Cathouse. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £6 (£5). DJs Rock, metal, punk rock and emo. ■ Damnation at Classic Grand. Weekly 11pm–3am. £6. Rock, metal, punk and emo. ■ Famous at Kushion. Weekly 4pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £7 (£5 students) after. Indie, electro, house and hip hop from James Lithgow and DJ Status. ■ 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. ■ Get Loose Fridays at Bamboo. Weekly 11pm–3am. £7 (£5; free before 11.30pm with a queue skip card). R&B, hip hop, house and more, courtesy of Gavin Sommerville, Gerry Lyons and Brian McGill. ■ Hummingbird Friday at Hummingbird. Weekly 10pm–3am. Free before 10.30pm; £5 (£3 students) after. Carlo Carozzi and Andrew Melrose play house and party tracks. ■ NOW Fridays at Òran Mór. Weekly 11pm–3am. £6 (students £4). Chart, R&B, house and electro from Dave M. ■ 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. ■ Sound at Club 520. Weekly 11pm–3am. £6 (£5). A DJ two-hander: Derizen plays bass influenced party sets in T1 and the house sound of Biba Nights in T4, while Disco Disco kicks back in the cocktail lounge, playing soul, funk and disco. ■ Tardis at Stairway Club. Weekly 5pm–3am. Free before 10pm; £5 after. Northern soul, classic indie tracks and more from Gavin Dunbar (Camera Obscura), featuring live music. ■ TGIF at the Viper Bar & Club. Weekly 7pm–2am. £4–£6 (girls free before midnight). Alfredo Crolla and Stevie Foy play club classics and dancefloor electro. ■ United Nations of Dance at