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after. Four deck mix of dubstep, reggae, grime, dancehall and jungle playing out over the Messenger Sound System. ■ Castle Clvb Saturdays at Castle Clvb. Weekly 10pm–3am. £5 before midnight on Guestlist/Castle Card; £10 after midnight. Refurbished and relaunched Saturday club night.
✽ Compakt vs Pulse at the Liquid Room. 16 Nov, 10.30pm–3am.
£12.50. Techno and tech house from Compakt and Pulse residents and friends. The relaunch party, with very special guest Ben Klock. ■ Definition at Sneaky Pete’s. 23 Nov, 11pm–3am. Free before midnight; £3 after. Dancefloor friendly underground house, electro, minimal and techno cuts on four dex, FX and laptops from residents Mark Balneaves and Martin Lightbody. Sixth birthday celebration. ■ Eden at the Annexe at the Liquid Room. 16 Nov, 10.30pm–3am. £6 (2-for- 1 before midnight). A hedonistic mix of funky house and electro. Third birthday. ■ The Egg at Wee Red Bar. 16 Nov, 23 Nov, 30 Nov, 7 Dec & 14 Dec, 11pm–3am. £2 before midnight; £5 after. Indie, 60s garage, electro, northern soul, ska, 70s punk and new wave at this Edinburgh institution for those in the know after a quick fix of decent music and attitude free clubbing. FREE Intensively Reared at the White Horse. Weekly 8pm–2am. Monthly DJ night playing an eclectic mix of indie, techno, punk and electro. ■ Joy at Studio 24. 23 Nov, 10.30pm– 3am. £10 in advance; £12 on the door. The seminal Edinburgh gay night returns. The 20th anniversary reunion party, featuring past residents Maggie Joy, Alan Joy, Sally Findlay, Trendy Wendy, Brett King and more to be confirmed. See LGBT preview, page 67. ■ Kelburn Winter Warmer at Studio 24. 7 Dec, 10.30pm–3am. £6 advance; £9 on the door. The Kelburn Garden Party help you through the winter months until next summer’s festival season with UK hip hop act The Mouse Outfit featuring Dr Syntax and Sparkz, support comes from Ill Papa Giraffe and the Soul Jam Hot DJs plus live art from the Too Much Fun Club. ■ Korrupt Disko at the Dram House. 23 Nov, 10pm–3am. £5. Funky monthly house night with some disco thrown in for good measure. With special guest Huggy. ■ Madchester at the Liquid Room. 30 Nov, 10.30pm–3am. £6. Back where it belongs at the Liquid Room, Madchester plays the best the baggy era had to offer (think Happy Mondays, Stone Roses and the Charlatans) ■ Magic Nostalgic at Electric Circus. 30 Nov, 10.30pm–3am. £6 before midnight; £7 after. ‘The Wheel’ decides the playlist be it disco, 80s, rock gods, 90s rave, power ballads, one hit wonders or movie music, at this multi-genre nostalgia fest. An ‘Aye! We’re Pure Magic Nostalgic’ St Andrew’s Day special with a distinctly Scottish playlist. ■ Messenger Sound System at the Bongo Club. 30 Nov, 11pm–3am. £6 before midnight; £7 after. The mighty Messenger Sound System blasts out the best in righteous reggae, dub and roots with MC Ras Echo. ■ Much Much More at the Dram House. 7 Dec, 11pm–3am. £tbc. From one capital to another, the New York Bronx block hip hop parties come to Edinburgh with residents P-Stylz and Little Joe and a host of guest DJs. ■ Mumbo Jumbo at the Bongo Club. 7 Dec, 11pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £7 after. Headspin’s Steve Austin and Colin Miller join forces with Tackno’s Trendy Wendy, mixing up funk, soul, electro, house and good time party tunes. Featuring guest Majestica DJs.
✽ Nightfilm at Cabaret Voltaire. 30 Nov, 10pm–3am. £10 (£8). The brainchild of Mighty Mouse and Matt Van Schie, this club night showcases the cream of disco and house, with the hottest DJs from across the globe. With
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Edinburgh favourite of 70s, 80s and 90s hits. Christmas party. ■ Ride at Sneaky Pete’s. 30 Nov, 11pm–3am. £3 (members free). Electro, indie and hip hop from Lauren and Chekkie. ■ Si Begg and Neil Landstrumm at the Dram House. 30 Nov, 11pm–3am. £12. Double bill of leftfield techno artists with support from Neil Templar. See preview, left. ■ Speaker Bite Me at Electric Circus. 23 Nov & 7 Dec, 10.30pm–3am. £5 before midnight; £6 after. The Evol DJs take charge at this alternative disco night of indie, hip hop and a dash of electro, which features everything from Dizzee Rascal to the Cribs. ■ Torture Garden at the Caves. 16 Nov, 9pm–3am. £15–£18. The world’s leading body art, fetish and twisted burlesque club makes another trip up north with a hard house, electro, dubstep, rock’n’roll and mash-up playlist. Performances from: Miss Crash (US), Mister Joe Black, La Loco, Rachel Renegade, Charlie Atlas and Dee Itsy. ■ Visually Unheard at the City Café. 30 Nov, 8pm–1am. £3. Launch night for the art collective, featuring short films, live sets and guest DJs. ■ Wasabi Disco at Sneaky Pete’s. 16 Nov, 11pm–3am. £tbc. Another dose of disco, new wave, punk and New York grooves at this ‘no-holds-barred disco death match’. Wasabi Disco turns 5! ■ We Own at Sneaky Pete’s. 7 Dec, 11pm–3am. £5. The clothing brand and party starters present their own club tour. Presenting DTM. Sunday Edinburgh
■ Coalition at Sneaky Pete’s. Weekly (not 17 Nov) 11pm–3am. £tbc. Drum & bass, breaks, dubstep, techno and electro from the resident team every week. Joined by Curses (aka Drop the Lime in his house guise) on 24 Nov then $5 Shake and the breakneck breaks and funk of DJ Paypal (1 Dec). FREE Rain City Riot at Sneaky Pete’s. 17 Nov, 11pm–3am. Bassy deep house from this dubstep superstar in disguise.
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■ Bass Camp at the Annexe at the Liquid Room. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £4–£5 (students £2–£5). Big room electro, progressive house and trance. FREE Fisher & Price at Bar Luna. Weekly 7pm–1am. The duo behind Edinburgh club sensation Taste make their regular comeback. FREE Nu Fire at Sneaky Pete’s. Weekly 11pm–3am. Showcase of underground hip hop, dubstep, drum & bass, electro and MCs. Tuesday Edinburgh
■ I Love Hip Hop at the Bongo Club. Weekly 11pm–3am. £3. Hip hop classics and brand new rap tracks, plus live performances, MCs and guest DJs. FREE Soul Jam at Sneaky Pete’s. Weekly 11pm–3am. Old school, real deal soul, funk and hip hop. Wednesday Edinburgh
FREE Champion Sound at the Bongo Club. Weekly 11pm–3am. Weekly club night of dub, dubstep and drum & bass. ■ Hot Dub Time Machine. Best. Party. Ever. at Summerhall. 4 & 11 Dec, 9.30pm–1am. £12.50. See Thu. ■ Tribe at the Liquid Room. Wed 10.30pm–3am. £5 (students £4). Students’ night for partying. FREE Witness at Sneaky Pete’s. Weekly 11pm–3am. Garage, UK funky, dubstep and bassline house from residents Ross & Andy Witness. Upcoming guests include Bristol duo My Nu Leng (please note £5 [but members free] for this night only).
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CLUBS SI BEGG & NEIL LANDSTRUMM The Bothy at The Dram House, Edinburgh, Sat 30 Nov
It’s great to see the old GRV back up and running again, now rebranded as The Bothy at the Dram House. It’s a wonderful intimate venue for live music and sweaty club nights. In other words, the perfect venue for some dark, complex techno. Si Begg is difficult to categorise, his productions have swung
through the worlds of ambient to harsh teeth-gnashing acid. ‘He always brings an unexpected collection of music to play out,’ explains fellow producer Neil Landstrumm, who co-headlines the night. ‘He’s an old friend from the very beginning of my career at Mosquito Records and I have a massive amount of respect for Si.’ Landstrumm – who describes his music as ‘somewhere between the
sensation after eating a kilo of cheese and decent techno-rave/acid house which is a bit unsettling and/or euphoric’ – will be playing live excerpts from his new album Dragon Under. ‘The new LP is focused squarely back at the dancefloor with 4x4 rhythms and techno as the central core. It has way more electro on it and nods to acid house and disco even on a couple of the tracks. A very dark underwater disco.’ (Henry Northmore)
guests DJ Lindstrom, alongside Mighty Mouse, Le Visiteur, Kipp$, Martin Valentine and Steven Wanless. Part of Nordic Festival. ■ Pop Rocks at Electric Circus. 16 Nov, 10.30pm–3am. £5 before midnight; £6 after. Night of 80s classics and 90s pop hits from the Beep Beep, Yeah! DJs. ■ Republik at the Liquid Room. 23 Nov, 10.30pm–3am. £10. Big room, progressive house and electro. ■ Rewind at the Liquid Room. 7 Dec, 10.30pm–3am. £5. Mick Cool, Stevie C and Shuggy Bear return for this