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its associated label Cyber Danceland. Featuring Casionova. FREE Matthew Craig at Flat 0/1. 16 Nov, 11pm–3am. DIY disco, funk junk and house. ■ Melting Pot at the Admiral. 7 Dec, 11pm–3am. £10. All things disco-house from residents Andrew Pirie and Simon Cordiner. With special guest Floating Points (Eglo). ■ Nightrave at La Cheetah. 23 Nov, 11pm–3am. £6 before midnight; £8 after. Top shelf bass music from ghettotech to grime from Nightwave. The last Nightrave of 2013, with rave legend Mark Archer (Altern8), backed by Eclair Fifi (LuckyMe, Radio1), Nightwave and Soundex Phonetics playing rave, Detroit and booty classics. ■ #notsosilent at La Cheetah. 30 Nov, 11pm–3am. £8 advance; £10 on the door. Future garage and bubbling dubstep sounds. Move D puts in a three- hour set. ■ Pass the Peas at the Bar & Fly. 30 Nov, 11pm–3am. £5 (£4). Andy Taylor (Resense, Wack Records) and weeG (Four Corners, Electrikal) play four solid hours of the international funk and soul scene’s very best tracks. ■ Reactor at 69 Below. 7 Dec, 11pm–3am. £tbc. Hardcore, gabber and hardstyle from the Twisted & Brainfire team. ■ Singles Night at the Flying Duck. 23 Nov, 11pm–3am. £5 (£3). Andrew ‘Divine’ Symington and Chris ‘Beans’ Geddes (Belle & Sebastian) play strictly 45s all night, from punk to hip hop, rock’n’roll to soul. FREE Songs Ya Bass at the Buff Club. 16 Nov, 7–11pm. Night aimed at old clubbers who might need to consider babysitters etc (hence the early start) with a democratic playlist (send your requests – three max – to songsyabass@ gmail.com). ■ Stayin’ Alive at 75: SAYFC 75th Anniversary Concert – After Party at SECC. 30 Nov, 9pm. £8 in advance; £10 on door. Continue celebrating with the Young Farmers of Scotland after Stayin’ Alive at 75. ■ Strange Paradise at Nice’n’Sleazy. 16 Nov, 11.30pm–3am. £4. David Barbarossa spins ‘drunk disco’, exotic funk and post-punk. ■ Subculture at the Sub Club. Weekly 11pm–3am. £10. Glasgow’s well- established house institution continues to reign supreme, with residents Harri and Domenic and occasional big-name guests. Upcoming guests Recondite (live) on 16 Nov, Michael Mayer (30 Nov) and Paranoid London go live (7 Dec). FREE Sumthin Sumthin at the Living Room. 30 Nov, 10pm–3am. Classic R&B, soul and rap with Joe ‘Boy’ Higgins and guests. FREE Symbiosis at Audio. 16 Nov, 10.30pm–3am. Drum & bass and dubstep, with resident DJs including Calaco Jack, Yellow Benzene, Hex and Alcane. Back-to-back D&B form Shankz and Rezin. ■ Sync in Squares at Saint Judes. 16 Nov, 11pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £5 after. Glasgow-based club night with an array of big-name special guests. With Metronomy bass player turned producer Olegbenga. FREE TYCI at Bloc+. 16 Nov, 11pm–3am. A club and live event from TYCI, a Glasgow collective run for women by women. First birthday bash featuring Body Parts and BBC Radio 1 DJ Jen Long. ■ Too Darn Hot! at Blackfriars. 7 Dec, 11pm–3am. £5. The 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. Now on the first Saturday of the month. ■ 2ManyDJs at the Arches. 23 Nov, 10pm–3am. £24.50 (£19.50). Mash-up mayhem and cutting edge tunes from Belgium’s Dewaele brothers, the men 50 THE LIST 14 Nov–12 Dec 2013
behind Radio Soulwax.
✽ ■ XO Patron Sessions at Saint Judes. 7 Dec, 11pm–3am. £10. House
and techno club night. Featuring house master James Zabiela. ■ Zane Lowe at the Arches. 7 Dec, 11pm–3am. £15. The ever enthusiastic Radio 1 DJ and music champion shares his love of dubstep, rock, indie, punk, metal and dance. Arches debut with support from Klangkarussell and Hostage.
Sunday Glasgow
■ The BOMB at FabrIQ. Weekly 11pm–4am. £8. ‘The UK’s most explosive gay club’ playing house, electro and nu disco. ■ Baby Loves Disco at Mansion House. 1 Dec, 4–6pm. £8 per child; accompanying parents free. Baby Loves Disco is a chance for kids aged six months to seven years (and their parents) to get their respective grooves on, alongside the chance to sample the delights of bubble machines, instruments and a Gymboree chillout zone, with face-painting and healthy snacks included.
✽ Fatboy Slim at the Arches. 8 Dec, 10pm–3am. £19.50. The ever-reliable
Norman Cook spins some banging big beats. Part of Seven. FREE Soul Project at Bar Groove. Weekly 3pm–midnight. Soul heaven from residents Jamie Aitken and Rab Bob Sinclair. FREE Violent Sweat at Nice’n’Sleazy. Weekly 11.30pm–3am. Disco, house and techno for your Sunday.
Tuesday Glasgow
■ Killer Kitsch at the Buff Club. Weekly 11pm–3am. £5 (students £3; members free). Euan Neilson, Dave Sinclair and newly recruited resident Hushpuppy (RPZ, Death Disco) present the city’s best Tuesday-nighter. FREE Voodoo Voodoo at Nice’n’Sleazy. Weekly 11.30pm–3am. Alternative rock’n’roll, vintage R&B and sleazy soul night. Wednesday Glasgow
FREE Death By Unga Bunga at Nice’n’Sleazy. 11 Dec, 11.30pm–3am. Intriguingly-named club night as DJ Tigermask spins vintage rock’n’roll, soul, garage rock and surf. ■ Milk at Flat 0/1. 20 Nov & 11 Dec, 9pm–3am. £4. Indie night with two live bands plus an acoustic act, visuals and DJs. With live guests Randolph’s Leap, special guest singers and the Arches community choir. FREE Not Moving at Nice’n’Sleazy. 20 Nov, 11.30pm–3am. Live sets and DJs from Glasgow’s underground music scene. ■ ShangriLa at the Arches. Weekly 11pm–3am. £5 (£4). A student night with entertainment and décor inspired by festivals across the globe and some hot DJs providing the soundtrack. Each week offers a completely different experience, we’re promised. FREE So Weit So Gut at Nice’n’Sleazy. 27 Nov, 11.30pm–3am. All vinyl club night of tropicalia and leftfield house. ■ Strike! at the Bar & Fly. Weekly 11pm–3am. £3. A ‘proper’ student night from Wayne Dickson, Duncan Harvey and Malcolm McKenzie, playing anything and everything you can dance to from the 50s to the present. FREE Take It Sleazy! at Nice’n’Sleazy. 4 Dec, 11.30pm–3am. A no-holds-barred mix of 80s pop, electro synths, techno beats and nu-disco. FREE Yebo at Berkeley Suite. Weekly 11pm–3am. Party nights playing hip hop, trap and footwork, from residents Dandy Riots (Sex Cult Records), Trill Spector (This is Music) and Floatingboy (Juice).
EDINBURGH HIGHLIGHTS Events are listed by day of the week, then sorted alphabetically. Submit listings at least 16 days before publication to clubs@list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by David Pollock. ✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
Thursday Edinburgh ■ Hot Dub Time Machine. Best. Party. Ever. at Summerhall. 12 Dec, 9.30pm–1am. £12.50. An all-night- long mashup of instantly recognisable tunes from the 60s to the present day, presented against a video backdrop. Part of Edinburgh’s Christmas. ■ Hullabaloo at the Bongo Club. Weekly 11pm–3am. £3 (£2). A weekly Thursday night, with Trendy Wendy and Steve Austin (Mumbo Jumbo) playing funky mashups, beats, breaks and hip hop, and Tall Paul (The GoGo and Itchy Feet) playing 60s, 70s, ska, reggae, soul, and more. FREE Juice at Sneaky Pete’s. Weekly 11pm–3am. Trap, dubstep and grime from Floating Boy and Dan Juice. FREE The Soul Revue at Henry’s Cellar Bar. Weekly 11pm–3am. Stacks presents The Soul Revue, a brand new midweek adventure that delves into the past century’s most soulful sounds.
Friday Edinburgh
✽ Annie Mac Presents at the Picture House. 22 Nov, 9pm–3am. £18.50. Radio 1’s doyen of dance music hits Scotland with live music and guest DJ sets. With special guests Duke Dumont plus Mnek, Cyril Hahn and Lulu James. See 5 reasons, page 48. ■ Bixon at Sneaky Pete’s. 15 Nov, 11pm–3am. £5. Slick hip house night. Joined by the real deal deep house sounds of Leif. ■ Club Oxygen at the Annexe at the Liquid Room. 6 Dec, 10.30pm–3am. £7 (students £5). Underground clubbing with house, trance, electro and dirty Dutch from residents Johan Van Alphen (Amsterdam), Ross Jackson, Keith Hunter and Deejay Archy. ■ Confusion is Sex at the Bongo Club. 22 Nov, 11pm–3am. £5 before midnight; £7 after. Twisted and freaky mix of burlesque, glam techno, electro, indie punk and rock’n’roll where ‘the weird is normal’. The theme is ‘Disguise - Robots’.
✽ Fly at Cabaret Voltaire. 15 Nov, 11pm–3am. £12 (£10). New night
of house, dubstep, garage and UK funk from a selection of Edinburgh DJs. Jaymo and Andy George’s Moda Black comes calling with Hot Since 82 in tow. ■ Four Corners at the Bongo Club. 15 Nov & 13 Dec, 11pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £5 after. Edinburgh’s regular club get-down of deep funk and future soul, party hip hop and good-time reggae, nu-Latin breaks and afro beats courtesy of resident DJ’s Astroboy, Simon Hodge and Johnny Cashback. FREE Friday Night at the Parlour Bar. Weekly 9pm–1am. Old school R&B, soul classics, rock’n’roll and garage punk. ■ Hot Dub Time Machine. Best. Party. Ever. at Summerhall. 7 Dec, 9.30pm–1am. £12.50. See Thu. ■ Kapital at the Caves. 29 Nov, 11pm– 3am. £14 (£10). A melodic mixture of deep minimal house and stripped down techno. The sixth birthday party part two, with Gaiser (M_nus). FREE Kill Your Darlings at the Cuckoo’s Nest. 15 Nov, 7.30pm–1am.
Eclectic electro night. ■ LuckyMe at Sneaky Pete’s. 22 Nov, 11pm–3am. £tbc. The scene setting taste makers at Glasgow record label/ art collective LuckyMe head over to Edinburgh for more hip hop, dubstep, nu wave, house, 80s soul and funky abstract beats. Joined by secret guests. ■ Mjölk at Wee Red Bar. 29 Nov, 11pm–3am. £3 before 11.30pm; £4 after. The best in Swedish indie pop, 60s and 70s. ■ Modern Lovers at the Dram House. 29 Nov, 10pm–3am. £12. Soul, funk, garage, freak beat, psyche and more from Craig Jamieson and Axel. Big Edinburgh date from the Lovers as they welcome Peter Moren (Peter, Bjorn & John) for a live set and Chris Geddes (Belle & Sebastian) for a DJ set. Part of Nordic Festival. ■ Northern Soul & Motown Night at the Picture House. 15 Nov, 8.30pm– 3am. £8 before 10.30pm; £10 after. Classic soul, R&B and funk beats built for dancing. ■ #notsosilent at Sneaky Pete’s. 29 Nov, 11pm–3am. £7 advance; £10 on the door. Future garage and bubbling dubstep sounds. Hamburg house-heads Session Victims take over the decks for the entire night. ■ Pop Tarts at Electric Circus. Weekly 10pm–3am. Free before midnight; £5 after. Special pop party with DJs from Cream Soda, Pop Rocks, Beep Beep, Yeah! and Magic Nostalgia. ■ Propaganda at the Liquid Room. Weekly 11pm–3am. £5 (students £4 before midnight). The UK’s biggest indie club night comes to Edinburgh. ■ Qabalala at Leith Dockers Club. 15 Nov, 8pm–1am. £5. A melange of musical styles, neo-psych party jams, DJs and live acts. Featuring Zed Penguin, Numbers Are Futile and James Metcalfe, plus Ray Gun and Chris Egg. ■ Revolution at the Annexe at the Liquid Room. 22 Nov, 10pm–3am. £5. Hard beats and hardcore with residents Scott Duncan and Jamie Brown. Featuring Biorekk, Miss Mitchell & Togz, Stuart Wynne & AKA DJ and Forbes & Seed. ■ StepBack at Wee Red Bar. 6 Dec, 11pm–3am. £5. Heavy bass from WolfJazz and Keyte. FREE Substance at the Bongo Club. 29 Nov, 11pm–3am. Edinburgh’s long- running underground techno party. With guests Dixon Avenue Basement Jams. ■ This is Music at Sneaky Pete’s. 6 Dec, 11pm–3am. £3 (members free). Indie-electro night hosted by the Sick Note DJs. ■ Unseen at Studio 24. 6 Dec, 10.30pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £5 after. Techno night specialising in ‘pitch black techno’ from the minds that gave you Dogma. With local guest Darrell Harding (Pulse). ■ Warm Fuzzy at Wee Red Bar. 22 Nov, 11pm–3am. £5. A night for dancing, art and making friends with a deep house and funky electronic soundtrack. ■ Xplicit at the Bongo Club. 6 Dec, 11pm–3am. £tbc. Drum & bass, dubstep and other bassy beats. Saturday Edinburgh
FREE AmbiDECKstrous at Elbow. Weekly 8pm–1am. Bill Spice and Dunc Stark with a blend of funk, soul, hip hop, house, techno, ska, dub and more. ■ bETAMAX at Studio 24. 30 Nov, 11pm–3am. £5 (£4). Mutant disco, post punk, new wave and 2Tone night hosted by Chris FAST (FASTpunkclub) and Big Gus (the Go-Go). ■ Big’n’Bashy at the Bongo Club. 16 Nov, 11pm–3am. £4 before midnight; £6
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