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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 out the latest hits, club classics and dancefloor electro. ■ Tech at Re-Play. Weekly 3pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 after (£3). Ray Woods and Craig McHugh play R&B, house, hip hop and electro. ■ Tempted at Tusk. Weekly 10pm– 2am. Free before 11pm; £5 after. Party sounds from DJ Norman Robinson. ■ Twisted Cherry Fridays at the 212. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £6; free guestlist entry before midnight (students £4). Fox MacLeod and Darren Donnelly play chart, house, hip hop and R&B. ■ United Nations of Dance at the Tunnel. Weekly 11pm–3am. £8. Clubland anthems, hip hop and R&B from Scotty Boy, Marc Anderson, Steve Clarke, John Thomson and more. FREE We Got the Funk at Bar Ten. Weekly 9pm–midnight. Funk, soul, disco and pre-club classics. Glasgow Saturday
Monthly & One-Offs ■ Arches Presents at Berkeley Suite. 26 Jan, 11pm–3am. £tbc. One of Glasgow’s definite clubbing venues presents special guests on and off site. Featuring the big-room sound of Aeroplane in, er, a small room. ■ Divine at the Admiral. 26 Jan, 11pm–3am. £5 concessions and before midnight; £7 after. Glasgow’s longest-running club residency brings you a monthly dose of northern soul, heavyweight funk, Tamla Motown, 60s freakbeat, dynamite ska, easy listening and psychedelic soundtracks.
✽ FREE Electric Frog at SWG3. 26 Jan, 9pm–2am. With a reputation
for putting on some of Scotland’s best parties, the Electric Frog crew present another music event. This will be a free party featuring local heroes JG Wilkes (Optimo), Thunder Disco Club, Vitamins, Bigfoots Tea Party, Simon Cordiner (Melting Pot), GPMG, Craig Moogroove, Kev Stevens and more. ■ Flash Mob at Saint Judes. 26 Jan, 11pm–4am. £4 before midnight; £6 after. A house, techno and disco club from residents Thrust Club. With special guests Eliphino (Somethink Sounds) and Ben Martin (High Sheen). ■ The Guild of Calamitous Intent at Nice’n’Sleazy. 26 Jan, 11.30pm–3am. £tbc. A new night presenting some favourite electronic artists. ■ Houndin’ the Streets at the Flying Duck. 26 Jan, 11pm–3am. £5. Jer Reid and Martin Law play punk, post-punk, hip hop and anything else from late 70s and early 80s New York. ■ Pistols at Dawn at La Cheetah. 26 Jan, 11pm–3am. £8. Retro house, down tempo and electronica. With special guest Balearic Mike. ■ Showtek at the Arches. 26 Jan, 10pm–3am. £22.50. Hard dance from Dutch brothers Showtek. With Jordy Dazz, Justin Prime and Mikael Weermets. ■ Balkanarama at Glue Factory. 2 Feb, 10.30pm–3am. £8. A blend of klezmer, Balkan, gypsy punk and electronic beats featuring live music, bellydancing, VJs and a live jam session. With live guests The Baghdaddies and Pellizco Flamenco. ■ Colours at the Arches. 2 Feb, 11pm–5am. £24.50. Scotland’s biggest commercial club night presents an array of massive names. The 18th birthday party, with acts including Markus Schulz, John O’Callaghan, Jochen Miller and Shermanology. ■ Deathkill4000 at Bloc+. 2 Feb, 10pm–3am. Free before midnight; £2 after. An industrial rock noise party. With live guests Halfrican. ■ The Freak-Beats Club at the Flying Duck. 2 Feb, 11pm–3am. £5. A
FARLEY JACKMASTER FUNK If you’re going to subtitle your night ‘The House Sound of Chicago’ you really can’t go wrong booking Farley Jackmaster Funk: he’s been producing tracks since the early 80s and really was there to help shape the nascent Chicago house scene. He certainly knows his way round a funk rhythm and is still probably best know for ‘Love Can’t Turn Around’, a true classic of the genre. ■ La Cheetah, Glasgow, Fri 8 Feb.
happening 60s dance party, playing mod, soul, psych, ska and much more. Free guest passes available from pre-club party Get the Records On! at the CCA Bar. ■ Impact at SWG3. 2 Feb, 8pm–2am. £16. Hardcore, industrial techno and gabba at this long-running night. The 11th birthday warehouse party, with guests Drokz, Anime and The Outside Agency. ■ Let’s Go Back . . . Way Back! at La Cheetah. 2 Feb, 11pm–3am. £tbc. Old school house, rave and dance music from the genres’ early days, with residents Bosco and Rob Mason. ■ Melting Pot at the Admiral. 2 Feb, 11pm–3am. £10. All things disco- house from residents Andrew Pirie and Simon Cordiner. With UK disco and psychedelic edit duo Psychemagik. ■ Strange Paradise at Nice’n’Sleazy. 2 Feb, 11.30pm–3am. £tbc. Club night. FREE Sumthin Sumthin at the Living Room. 2 Feb, 10pm–3am. Classic R&B, soul and rap with Joe ’Boy’ Higgins and guests. With guest Mark Devlin. ■ Supermax presents A History of DISCO at Berkeley Suite. 2 Feb, 11pm–3am. £5. Billy Woods is your guide through the glory years of disco. See preview, page 51. FREE Blank Inside at Stereo. 9 Feb, 11pm–3am. With residents and guest playing house, disco, techno, garage and much more. ■ Lock Up Your Daughters at the Flying Duck. 9 Feb, 11pm–3am. £5. Ass- shaking session from the LUYD fanzine pitched as ‘a response to the boredom and brain dead stagnation that plagues modern gay culture’, with electro-clash and pop from residents Lock Up Your DJs. ■ Pretty Ugly at the Admiral. 9 Feb, 11pm–3am. £4 before midnight; £6 after. The Pretty Ugly girls will be playing sexy, glamorous indie rock’n’roll, electro beats, 60s soul and experimenting with some new artists to get everyone in the mood for dirty dancing. With a
Valentine’s love-in of two of Edinburgh’s best, music industry club night Born to Be Wide and inventive retro party Magic Nostalgic. ■ Wrong Island at Nice’n’Sleazy. 9 Feb, 11.30pm–3am. £3. A monthly party hosted by Dirty Larry and Teamy, playing a tracklist of everything danceable from 80s disco all the way to modern post-dubstep stompers. ■ Black Tent at Nice’n’Sleazy. 16 Feb, 11.30pm–3am. £3. Errors and Rock Action DJs playing indie, house and techno and all genres in between. ■ Club Noir: Valentine’s In Paris at O2 Academy. 16 Feb, 9pm–3am. £15.50 (£13). Club Noir goes Moulin Rouge/ Folies Bergere for two special burlesque shows. Early booking recommended. See clubnoir.co.uk for dress code: dress up and cast off your inhibitions. ■ Hot Mess at the Poetry Club. 16 Feb, 10pm–2am. £5. 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).
✽ Sonic Cineplex at the Arches. 16 Feb, 3–11pm. £19.50. A special
event combining classic films and live soundtracks, featuring Jeff Mills’ live cinemix to Fritz Lang’s 1929 sci-fi classic Woman in the Moon, Dieter Moebius’ live score to Fritz Lang’s Metropolis (the 2010 cut), Raime performing a live, specially commissioned AV show accompanying their album Quarter Turns Over A Living Line, JD Twitch’s live cinemix
✽ Huntleys & Palmers Audio Club at La Cheetah. 16 Feb,
11pm–3am. £10. See Fri. With special guests Veronica Vasicka (Minimal Wave) and Trevor Jackson. ■ Singles Night at the Flying Duck. 16 Feb, 11pm–3am. £5. Andrew ‘Divine’ Symington and Chris ‘Beans’ Geddes (Belle & Sebastian) play strictly 45s all night, from punk to hip hop, rock’n’roll to soul.
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to the 1992 no plot, no dialogue, no actors film Baraka, and many more. See feature, page 12. Part of Glasgow Film Festival. FREE Symbiosis at Audio. 16 Feb, 10pm–3am. Drum & bass and dubstep, with resident DJs including Calaco Jack, Yellow Benzene, Hex and Alcane. Weekly ■ 212 Saturdays at the 212. Weekly 11pm–3am. £8 (£6). Resident DJs Gary Sloan and Big Al play mainstream party sounds in this members club. ■ Absolution at Classic Grand. Weekly 11pm–3am. £6. Rock, metal, industrial and punk. ■ Bamboo Saturdays at Bamboo. Weekly 10pm–3am. £6 (£4; free before 11.30pm). R&B, house and indie from Kash, Dominic Martin and Gerry Lyons. ■ Base at the Tunnel. Weekly 11pm– 3am. £10. DJ Sketch, Harri Miller and John Thomson put together a blend of funky house and R&B over two huge and consistently packed rooms. ■ Bob’s Full House at Òran Mór. Weekly 11pm–3am. £8. Chart, R&B, house, indie and electro with DJ Bobby Bluebell. ■ Boho Saturdays at Boho. Weekly 9.30pm–3am. Free before 10.30pm; £8 after. Li’l Rich packs the dancefloor every Saturday with a li’l bit of everything. ■ Buff Saturdays at the Buff Club. Weekly 11pm–3am. £6. Nick Peacock plays northern soul, jazz and funk upstairs, and downstairs it’s Alex and John with classic disco and 80s hits. ■ Cathouse Saturdays at the Cathouse. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £6 (£5). DJs Eric and Muppet offer classic and current rock on level one, while DJ Billy and Framie belt out emo and metal on level two. ■ Front to Back at Club 520. Weekly 11pm–3am. £7 (£5). Bouncy reggae business from Chungo Bungo, DJ L-I-AM on beat patrol, the Marquee DJs, La Bamba and more. FREE Funktifeyeno at Firebird. Weekly 9.30pm–1am. The Dance! Dance! Dance! resident spins soul, funk, disco and his own edits. ■ Hummingbird Saturdays at Hummingbird. Weekly 5pm–3am. Free before 10.30pm; £5 (£3 students) after. Party sounds from DJs Aaron Petrie and Kid Sleazy. ■ I Love Garage Saturdays & Supersonic at the Garage. Weekly 11pm–3am. £7 (£5). Brian McMaster plays a big array of hits, anthems and chart toppers, Craig Guild plays R&B and hip hop and DJ Kenny handles the indie. ■ Life on Mars at Stairway Club. Weekly 5pm–3am. Free before 10pm; £5 after. Indie rock’n’roll, Motown, electro and soul with DJ Craig McGee. Featuring live music. ■ Love Music & Konichiwa at O2 ABC. Weekly 11pm–3am. £7 (£5). Soul, rock’n’roll, indie and electro with Gerry Lyons, with a different club each week in the ABC2, featuring Now But Northern playing northern soul and Motown on the first Saturday, Beats, Rhymes and Life playing hip hop on the second, Flipsville playing 50s and 60s rock’n’roll on the third and FTW’s cross-genre dance party on the fourth. ■ O’Couture Saturdays at O’Couture. Weekly 11pm–3am. £8 (£5 students). Big-room party, dance and R&B. ■ PLAY Saturdays at Play. Weekly 5pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £8 (£6) after. Big room tunes from Will Ruane, Iain Pollock and Ross McFadyen. Note that opening time will be 10pm on the first Saturday of every month. ■ Project Vegas at Walkabout. Weekly 9pm–3am. £2–£3. Vegas themed spectacular featuring shows on the hour (firebreathers, stilt walkers, angle grinders, etc).
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