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■ Instruments of Rapture at the Sub Club. 6 Jan, 11pm–3am. Free before midnight; £5 after. House music from ■ Thunder Disco Club at the Sub Club. 13 Jan, 11pm–3am. Free before midnight; £5 after. Nineties house, techno and ‘sex disco’.
Glasgow Monday Monthly & One-Offs ■ Ashton Lane Hogmanay Street Party at Ashton Lane. 31 Dec, 8pm–3am. £25. Ring in the New Year with special guests Sketch, as well as fireworks, a piper, street performers, live music, DJs and tasty food and drink. Last entry 10.30pm. ■ Berkeley Suite Presents: Horse Meat Disco at Berkeley Suite. 31 Dec, 10pm–4am. £20 ; £15 advance. One of London’s premiere disco parties. ■ La Cheetah Presents NYE at La Cheetah. 31 Dec, 11pm–4am. £15 advance; £20 on the door. A special New Year party with the world’s finest house and techno talent. This year sees the return of Terrence Parker, straight out of Detroit, in association with Vitamins. ■ Chicane and Marcel Woods at O2 Academy. 31 Dec, 9pm. £25. Dance act Chicane ring in the new at Colours. ■ Club Noir’s Hogmanay at Classic Grand. 31 Dec, 10pm–3am. £tbc. Two tartan-tinged burlesque shows at this reliable staple of the Glasgow scene. Dress up is actively encouraged, but no jeans or trainers. ■ Common People Hogmanay Party at the Flying Duck. 31 Dec, 11pm–4am. £tbc. It doesn’t get more 90s for the New Year than live guests Bis, with the Freak-Beats Club and Eyes Wide Open DJs playing ‘60s psych, garage and mod in the Kitchen. ■ Deadly Rhythm & I Hate Fun NYE at Chambre 69. 31 Dec, 10pm–4am. £15. With S-Type, Deadly Rhythm, I Hate Fun, Mark Maxwell, Mermaids, Codeine Drums and Abstract Space, a Manchester based VJ outfit. ■ GBXperience NYE at the Arches. 31 Dec, 9pm–4am. £20. Big night of hardcore, trance, rave and hardstyle, with a simultaneous live broadcast on Clyde 1 FM. In association with Back to the Future, the line-up includes George Bowie, Mallorca Lee, Digital Devil, Angerfist, Miss K8 and many more. ■ Glasgow City Social Club NYE at Saint Judes. 31 Dec, 9pm–4am. £10. With Gavin Herlihy (Crosstown Rebels, Culprit) and Adam Shelton (One Records, 2020 Vision). ■ Hogmanay 2013: The Warehouse Party at SWG3. 31 Dec, 10pm–3am. £15 advance; £20 on the door. A split-level Hogmanay warehouse party with reggae, dancehall and dubstep from Mungo’s Hi Fi Soundsystem and Chungo-Bungo upstairs, alongside special guest Soom T, and i AM and the Wake crew downstairs in the Poetry Club. ■ Melting Pot Hogmanay Party at the Admiral. 31 Dec, 11pm–4am. £tbc. House, disco, funk and soul from the Melting Pot regulars Simon Cordiner and Andrew Pirie with special guests 6th Borough Project (The Revenge & Craig Smith), and Admiral regulars Divine! upstairs. ■ Optimo Hogmanay at Glue Factory. 31 Dec, 11pm–3am. £tbc. JD Twitch and JG Wilkes host their annual extravaganza with special guest Auntie Flo. ■ Osmium presents Osmanay at Blackfriars. 31 Dec, 10pm–3am. £7. Pumping Italo disco, synthy pop, slamming funk and more from residents Gary Dance Commander and Blair Benzini, who will be joined by Disco Stew of Beard Radio on Subcity. FREE Pi-Eyed New Year’s Eve Meltdown at Audio. 31 Dec, 10pm– 4am. ‘Rave your faces off’ at this free Hogmanay party with a line-up including Demon Cabbage and Taz Buckfaster, ■ La Roche Rumba Hogmanay Special at the Bungo Bar & Kitchen. 31
Dec, 8pm–1am. £10. Down and dirty bag of sounds from the Rumba DJs. ■ Subculture Hogmanay at the Sub Club. 31 Dec, 10pm–4am. £tbc. See in the New year with the Subbie’s long- running flagship techno night and its residents Harri and Domenic. Guest tbc. ■ NYE Viva Glas-vegas at Walkabout. 31 Dec, 8pm–3am. £5 including a welcoming glass of Champagne. Las Vegas-themed NYE spectacular, with a carnival cabaret of dancers, Vegas showgirls and casino games. ■ Wrong Island vs Wild Combination at Nice’n’Sleazy. 31 Dec, 10pm–4am. £5. With joint residents Teamy, Dirty Larry and David Barbarossa, and John Baillie Jnr and guests upstairs. Den Haan also play live.
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 Edinburgh Thursday
Day Blowout at SWG3. 1 Jan,
Glasgow Tuesday
✽ Sunday Circus Afterparty at the Sub Club. 1 Jan, 11pm–3am. £tbc.
Monthly & One-Offs ✽ Electric Frog New Year’s
10pm–3am. £14. You still standing? Felix da Housecat headlines alongside Clouds, ADO and Mia Dora. See preview, page 77.
Monthly & One-Offs ■ Cherrie Trieffell’s Christmas Cracker at Cav. 20 Dec, 10pm–3am. £20. A special Christmas party night for the ladies with male butlers and dancers. ■ Lady Razzle Dazzle Christmas Show at GHQ. 27 Dec, 10.30pm–5am. £tbc. Cheeky camp fun with a festive twist. Proceeds go to Gay Men’s Health. ■ 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 live music from acoustic trio Scarlet. ■ Opal Lounge’s Winter Wonderland at Opal Lounge. 20 Dec, 8pm–3am. £20 (tickets include two cocktails plus canapés). A glam Christmas special with funky trad Scottish tunes from Corra (live). ■ Quarry: The Moz/Smiths Escape From Christmas Party at Watch out Edinburgh, there’s a new kid on the east coast block. Citrus Club. 27 Dec, 10pm–3am. £5. Well, OK, chances are Dundee’s bookish extravaganza might never Nice’n’Sleazy. 1 Jan, 10pm–4am. Get away from all that festive jollity quite reach the exalted status of the capital’s world-beating literary Area 51 meets Wild Combination in a with a musical and visual tribute to fiesta but it’s making a very strong case for itself with a series post-Hogmanay boogie wonderland. Morrissey and the Smiths. Money raised of events that includes the likes of Nick Cave, Jackie Kay, Alan will go towards NSPCC and Dogstrust. Warner, John Carey and Iain Banks (pictured) plus an all-day comics conference. ■ Various venues, Dundee, until Sun 27 Jun. ✽ Sunday Circus New Year’s Day Party at Hillhead Bookclub. 1 Jan, HEADLINE GOES HERE 3–11pm. £12. With residents Ronnie Muirhead and Affi Koman.
✽ FREE Wilder Combination at
The all-day house club carries on the music at this afterparty.
Weekly ■ I AM at the Sub Club. Weekly (not 25 Dec) 11pm–3am. £4. Weekly electronica and bass supplied by Beta & Kappa. ■ Killer Kitsch at the Buff Club. Weekly (not 25 Dec) 11pm–4am. £5 (students £3). Euan Neilson, Dave Sinclair and newly recruited resident Hushpuppy (RPZ, Death Disco) present the city’s best Tuesday-nighter. ■ Pandamonium at Blackfriars. Weekly (not 25 Dec) 11pm–3am. £3. A new weekly night for students and anyone else who likes their music of the deep house and tech variety. ■ Wild Combination at Nice’n’Sleazy. Weekly (not 25 Dec or 1 Jan) 11pm–3am. £3. Drunk disco, fun house and acid rock at this new midweek party.
Glasgow Wednesday
Monthly & One-Offs ■ Milk at Flat 0/1. 19 Dec, 9pm–3am. £4. Indie night with two live bands plus an acoustic act, visuals and DJs. The Milk Christmas party, featuring STAR, Garden of Elks and a Fantastic Man DJ set. ■ Colours Winter Party at the Arches. 26 Dec, 9.30pm–4am. £19.50–£29.50. Headlined by Dash Berlin, W&W and Sied van Riel in the trance arch and Mark Knight and Manuel De La Mare in the house arch.
✽ Electric Frog Boxing Day Party at Hillhead Bookclub. 26 Dec,
4pm–1am. £15. Work off the turkey with special guests Moodymann aka Kenny Dixon Jr, Floating Points and Auntie Flo, alongside Andrew Pirie and Rory (Thunder Disco Club). See preview, page 77. ■ Optimo (Espacio) at the Sub Club. 26 Dec, 11pm–4am. £tbc. The return of one of Glasgow’s most revered clubbing institutions to a new bi-monthly Friday night slot. ■ Soma Boxing Day Party at Chambre 69. 26 Dec, 11pm–4am. £10. With guest sets from Funk D’Void and Vince Watson.
✽ Sunday Circus Boxing Day Party at SWG3. 26 Dec, 10pm–3am. £10 (£8 earlybird). A big post-Christmas bash with a tbc special guest. ■ Supermax at Berkeley Suite. 26 Dec, 11pm–3am. £5. A night of disco mayhem from Billy Woods.
Weekly ■ Dirty Pop at the HMV Picture House. Weekly 11pm–3am. £4. Student night of pop and indie. FREE Frisky at the Hive. Weekly 10pm–3am. Chart, dancefloor anthems and requests across two rooms. FREE Juice at Sneaky Pete’s. Weekly 11pm–3am. Trap, dubstep and grime form Floating Boy and Dan Juice. FREE Keep Calm It’s Nearly the Weekend at GHQ. Weekly (not 27 Dec) 11pm–3am. DJ Michelle spins a mix of funk and house. FREE Loaded at Opium. Weekly 10pm–3am. Emo and punk special. FREE Nation at Espionage. Weekly 10pm–3am. A mix of global dancefloor sounds from South America to Europe. ■ Quids In at Mood. Weekly 10pm– 3am. £1. Chart and party sounds plus a chance to win the door money. ■ Temple at Silk. Weekly 10pm–3am. £5. Three floors of dancing (with drum & bass and dubstep upstairs) plus live drummers. ■ Vanity at Opal Lounge. Weekly 10pm–3am. £5. Cutting edge soul, R&B, electro and funky house. ■ Warehau5 at the Liquid Room. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £5 (£4). House and tech tunes at this student night from Craig Wilson and Tommy Kay. ■ i AM at Cabaret Voltaire. Weekly 11pm–3am. £4 (£3). Glasgow’s weekly electronica and bass night makes its Edinburgh debut with beats and pieces supplied by Beta & Kappa plus digital dub from Chungo-Bungo.
Edinburgh Friday
Monthly & One-Offs ■ Art School Xmas Party at Edinburgh College of Art. 14 Dec, 10pm–3am. £10 in advance; £12 on the door. Arty fundraiser with DJ sets from No Globe, bass-heavy beats from Zzzap! and live music from Fruit Pistols.
✽ bETAMAX at Studio 24. 14 Dec, 11pm–3am. Free before 11.30pm; £5 (£4) after. Mutant disco, post punk, new wave and 2Tone night hosted by Chris FAST (FASTpunkclub) and Big Gus (the Go-Go). Hosting HRH’s live EP launch. ■ ETC at Wee Red Bar. 14 Dec, 11pm–
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WIN STUFF MAGIC NOSTALGIC NYE 2013
If you’re looking for the most random way to end 2012 you’re in luck as we have two pairs of tickets to give away to the Magic Nostalgic NYE 2013 at the Electric Circus in Edinburgh, where the musical soundtrack is picked at random with a spin of ‘The Wheel’. So if you want to hear rock, pop, 90s rave, electro, one hit wonders and more besides log onto list. co.uk/offers by Thu 20 Dec. Usual List rules apply.
3am. £7 (£5). A mash of techno, jungle, dubstep, metal, breaks and gabber from the Edinburgh Tekno Cartel. ■ Four Corners at the Bongo Club. 14 Dec, 11pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £6 after. Funk/soul/jazz/Afro dancefloor action and sizzling live percussion. ■ Hostile Takeover at Potterrow. 14 Dec, 10.30pm–3am. £7–£8 (students £5–£7). DJ Gentleman Jonny dishes out the bass with visuals from Funktioncreep and DJ support from Epoch & Solar Phoenix, Dukez Up! and more. ■ JakN at the Annexe at the Liquid Room. 14 Dec, 10.30pm–3am. £4. Techno past, present and future. Guest Muzz joins residents Sekonz and F-N. ■ Mambo at Henry’s Cellar Bar. 14 Dec & 18 Jan, 11pm–3am. £5 (£4). Night of hip hop, ska, R&B, reggae, Afro-funk and dancehall. ■ Compakt at the Annexe at the Liquid Room. 21 Dec, 10pm–4am. £4 (free before midnight). Techno night. ■ Dass at Henry’s Cellar Bar. 21 Dec, 11pm–3am. £5. Funky techno from Bristol’s Droplet. ■ Soulsville at the Bongo Club. 21 Dec, 11pm–3am. £tbc. Tsatsu and Fryer spin the best in soul, doo-wop, rhythm & blues and rock’n’roll.
✽ Technofest at the Third Door. 21 Dec, 9pm–3am. £5. Technofest is back with another funked-up fusion of house and techno. All proceeds go to Cancer Research UK. Animal Farm guest. ■ Terror at Base. 21 Dec, 9pm–5am. £2–£4. Hardcore, splattercore and techno from the third Terror festive party featuring Al Twisted, Noizy az Fuck (Splattercore) and Autonome (live). ■ DV8 at Spider’s Web Cellar Bar. 28 Dec, 8pm–1am. £10 (members £5). Fetish club with Footman John. First- time visitors are asked to contact the organisers beforehand. ■ Glamour Monster at Base. 28 Dec, 10.30pm–3am. £5. Glamorous electro with a hint of Studio 54, where you are invited to dress as your alter ego. ■ Numbers at Sneaky Pete’s. 28 Dec, 11pm–3am. £5 (members free). A mix of dubstep, bass, UK funky and techno. ■ Robigan’s Reggae at Henry’s Cellar Bar. 28 Dec, 11pm–3am. £4 advance; £5 on the door. A night of reggae, dancehall and rocksteady. Joined by special guest DJ Daddy Fridge. ■ Bad Robot at the Liquid Room. 4 Jan, 10.30pm–3am. £5 (£3). Intergalactic electro mash-up party with Mastercaird and Chow Main.
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