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EDINBURGH 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 clubs@list.co.uk. Edinburgh listings are compiled by Henry Northmore. ✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
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Monthly & One-Offs ■ Gimmie Indie Rock at Wee Red Bar. 15 Nov, 11pm–3am. £3. Indie rock from the Fresh Air DJs. Duh. ■ DBG at Wee Red Bar. 22 Nov, 10.30pm–3am. £5 (£3). Electro, synth pop, new wave and indie rock masked ball. ■ Output presents Clouds at the Caves. 22 Nov, 10.30pm–3am. £5 advance; £7 on the door. Scottish electronic production duo Clouds (signed to Tiga’s Turbo Records) headline this one-off special. ■ ZZZAP at Castle Clvb. 29 Nov, 10.30pm–3am. £5. Electro, nu-rave, UV and house party. ■ Born To Be Wide at Electric Circus. 6 Dec, 7pm. £5 (musicians union £3.50). Music industry seminar/social club that aims to bring musos, journalists, promoters, record shop workers and musicians together. Followed by DJ sets from the seminar guests . ■ Lulu’s Christmas Wrap Party at Lulu. 13 Dec, 8pm–3am. £20 (tickets include canapes plus two cocktails per person). Get ready for Christmas with a mix of cocktails, canapés and live music from acoustic trio Scarlet. Email sophia@montpeliers.co.uk to purchase tickets, or call 0131 226 1370 ext 26. Please do not contact the venue. Weekly ■ Dirty Pop at the HMV Picture House. Weekly 11pm–3am. £tbc. Student night of pop and indie. ■ Electrikal Fridays at Potterrow. Weekly 10pm–3am. £5 (£3). A celebration of bass from deep dark dubstep to reggae vibes. ■ i AM at Cabaret Voltaire. Weekly 11pm–3am. £4 (£3). Open minded clubbing from Glasgow’s weekly electronica and bass night with beats and pieces supplied by Beta & Kappa plus digital dub from Chungo-Bungo. FREE Loaded at Opium. Weekly 10pm–3am. Emo and punk special. ■ Warehau5 at the Liquid Room. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £5 (£4). House and tech tunes at this decidedly non- cheese student night from Craig Wilson and Tommy Kay.
Friday Monthly & One-Offs ■ Animal Hospital at Studio 24. 16 Nov, 10pm–3am. Free before 10.30pm; £4 after. The techno and minimal night outgrows Sneaky’s and is forced to move across town to the larger capacity Studio 24. ■ Basics at Wee Red Bar. 16 Nov, 11pm–3am. £3. Four hours of liquid drum & bass. ■ Confusion is Sex at the Bongo Club. 23 Nov, 11pm–3am. £4 before midnight; £6 after. Twisted and freaky mix of burlesque, glam techno, electro, indie punk and rock’n’roll where ‘the weird is normal’. Last date at the Bongo with an appropriately titled ‘End of The World Party.’ ■ Four Corners at the Bongo Club. 16 Nov & 14 Dec, 11pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £6 after. Your local one-stop hop for funk/soul/jazz/Latin/Afro/reggae dancefloor action and live percussion. ■ Infexious at the Annexe at the Liquid Room. 16 Nov, 10.30pm–3am. £10. Hard dance, hardstyle and tech-trance
IT’S A FINE LINE Two of Parisian electronic music’s finest bring their joint show to the Old Whisky Bond in Glasgow, as Tim Paris and Ivan Smagghe (ex-Black Strobe) unleash It’s a Fine Line upon us. They’ve worked as a DJ duo and as a production team, including remixes for Tiga, The xx and Au Revoir Simone, as well as studio production for former London electro trio Battant and their own singles for I’m a Cliché, Marketing Music and others. Also of note is the fact that this will be a ‘bring a toy’ party so, you know, bring a toy! ■ Guilty Pleasures of Mother Goose Presents It’s a Fine Line at the Old Whisky Bond, Glasgow, Sat 24 Nov.
at this regular rave. A rare Edinburgh date hosting a Kiddfectious special with special guest Alex Kidd with support from Rob da Rhythm (hardcore/gabber set), Calum J, Joe Craig and more. ■ Land of a Thousand Dances at Studio 24. 16 Nov, 11pm–3am. £2 before 11.30pm; £5 (£4) after. Dedicated to garage punk, northern soul, Stax records, Detroit soul, rock boogaloo and Chicago blues from the 50s and 60s. ■ Xplicit at the Liquid Room. 17 Nov & 30 Nov, 10pm–3am. Drum & bass and dubstep night. DJ set from Chase & Status (17 Nov, £18) followeed by Rusko (30 Nov, £12). ■ Hob My Nob at Studio 24. 23 Nov, 10pm–3am. £4–£7. A true mix of musical genres from folk, to drum & bass, to rockabilly, all mixed with live drumming and musical jams, dance performers and cabaret to showcase up-and-coming local talent.
✽ The Sound of C at the Liquid Room. 23 Nov, 11pm–3am. £12–£16.
Heavy bass and dubstep with a special techno/electro set from Erol Alkan along- side Daniel Avery and Jigsaw. ■ StepBack at Wee Red Bar. 23 Nov, 10.30pm–3am. £5 (£3). Heavy bass from WolfJazz, Keyte and Hammay. ■ DV8 at Spider’s Web Cellar Bar. 30 Nov, 8pm–1am. £10 (members £5). Fetish club with Footman John. The dress code asks for a minimum of smart black dresswear and a fetish-wear door policy. ■ Jackhammer at the Annexe at the Liquid Room. 30 Nov, 10.30pm–3am. £5. Techno night. Guest tbc. ✽ Kapital at the Caves. 30 Nov, 11pm–3am. £7. See preview, page 48. ■ Robigan’s Reggae at Henry’s Cellar Bar. 30 Nov, 11pm–3am. £4 before midnight; £5 after. A night of reggae, dancehall and rocksteady. Joined by special guest Rhoda Dakar (2 Tone). ■ Stacks at Wee Red Bar. 30 Nov, 10.30pm–3am. £4 (£3). Monthly night of soul, funk, Motown, R&B, swing and old time rock’n’roll.
■ Substance at the Bongo Club. 30 Nov, 11pm–3am. £10. Edinburgh’s long- running underground techno party host their last night at the Bongo with special guest Surgeon. ■ Hot Mess at Wee Red Bar. 7 Dec, 10.30pm–3am. £5 (£3). Gay club night describing itself as ‘an irregular party for irregular folks’, where the focus is on the music, which is a heady mix of disco, hi-NRG, acid house, Italo and electro from the safe hands of DJ Simonotron (Club for Heroes/Devil Disco Club). ■ Unseen at Studio 24. 7 Dec, 10.30pm–3am. £7 (£5 in mask). Techno night specialising in ‘pitch black techno’ from the minds that gave you Dogma. Joined by Substance’s Gavin Richardson for a special Unseen Masquerade. ■ Xplicit at the Bongo Club. 7 Dec, 11pm–3am. £tbc. Drum & bass, dubstep and other bassy beats. Weekly ■ Buddha at Opal Lounge. Weekly 9pm–3am. £5 before 11.30pm; £8 after. Funky beats and up-tempo club classics with live sax and percussion. FREE Citadel at Castle Clvb. Weekly 9pm–3am. Deep house and bass. ■ Cream Soda at Electric Circus. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £4 after. Bubbly new pop night with classic hits old and new from DJ team The Parma Violets. ■ 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). ■ Lucid at City Nightclub. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £3 before 11.30pm; £8 after (VIP £10). House and dance anthems with catwalk fashion shows in the VIP room. ■ 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.
CLUBBERS’ Decktionary HOBBES GUIDES US THROUGH CLUBBING’S MYRIAD GENRES
Goa Trance aka psy-trance, proper noun, generally 130–150 BPM Characterised by 4/4 kicks with a thickly saturated low-end, florid, arpeggiated synth melodies, equally busy drum patterns and wacky samples from sci-fi films on arcane subjects such as spirituality, parapsychology, alien life, dreams, drugs etc; the tracks last at least eight minutes, usually longer. ORIGINS Although its roots stretch right back to the hippie trail/party scene of the late 60s, via 70s psychedelic rock and 80s EBM and industrial, the trance aspect didn’t really emerge until a bunch of young British and European travellers joined the older hippies at the beach in Goa on the back of London’s late 80s acid house explosion.
KEY FIGURES Ageing American hippie, DJ and promoter Goa Gil was the original party-starter. Young Londoner Graham Wood formed The Infinity Project with old Australian hippie Raja Ram (originally of 60s band Quintessence), in 1989. Juno Reactor’s debut album, Transmission (NovaMute, 93) was highly influential. Youth (Killing Joke) started the Dragonfly label the same year, releasing all the early ‘Goan’ productions and, by 94, Wood and Ram had started their TIP label with Ian St Paul. Simon Posford, aka Hallucinogen, got involved with the band and the label. He later had a trio of chart hits after Paul Oakenfold signed him to his Perfecto label and his Moment Of Truth album (Concept In Dance, 96) was highly acclaimed. Recording as Doof, Nick Barber’s debut album, Let’s Turn On (TIP, 96), is also widely credited as a seminal psy-trance release. (hobbesmusic.co.uk)
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