CLUBS
Wednesday Glasgow FREE Ladyfest Presents at the Art School. 2 Apr, 11pm–3am. See LGBT listings. ■ ShangriLa at Saint Judes. Weekly 11pm–3am. £5. A student night with entertainment and décor inspired by festivals across the globe.
Upcoming guests include Josh Butler (19 Mar) and Purple Disco Machine (2 Apr). FREE So Weit So Gut at Nice ‘n’ Sleazy. 26 Mar, 11.30pm–3am. All vinyl club night of tropicalia and leftfield house. FREE Standard Point at the Art School. 19 Mar, 11pm–3am. New party project by student Felix Welch, surveying the nuances of house, techno and more. FREE Uziki Muziki at Flat 0/1. Weekly 11pm–3am. Club night catering for those who like to have fun and enjoy a wee dance, whether that be to techno/house/funk/disco or minimal.
R&B / FUTURE HOUSE CYRIL HAHN Art School, Glasgow, Fri 11 Apr
Cyril Hahn is a very modern success story. The Swiss-born, Vancouver-based producer became famous almost overnight after posting a couple of bootleg remixes of Mariah Carey and Beyonce to his Soundcloud, and a globetrotting DJ career was in full swing long before he released his first and to-date only EP of original productions. ‘Those bootlegs were really just a way to make ends meet in the beginning,’ Hahn explains. ‘As an unknown producer I just took what I could – in this case a couple of pop a cappellas – and did my best to make something new and good with them.’ These days Hahn is more focused on his own productions. The follow-up to last year’s Perfect Form EP is underway and will, he says, comprise at least five original tracks. As a DJ he’s always sure to play plenty of his own productions, ‘because if I don’t people tend to shout at me’, and he tries to find tracks with a similarly smooth, R&B-touched quality to his own to play alongside them. So nobody’s going to mistake this for a pounding night at Berghain then? ‘I sure hope not,’ he laughs.
Hahn’s show at the Art School is part of the PMR Records Tour, and the night features sets from three other
label stalwarts: Lone, T Williams and Javeon. ‘They’re all great fun,’ he says. ‘I run into T Williams a lot at festivals and other shows and he’s a really great DJ. Lone is a nice contrast to him – his sets are a little more leftfield and incredibly energetic – and I just made a track with Javeon that we’ll hopefully get to perform on the night. There’s a real family feel at the label and it’s going to be great having everyone play together.’ (Kit Macdonald)
50 THE LIST 20 Mar–17 Apr 2014
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 Claire Hoyda. ✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
Thursday Edinburgh
■ Albert Camus lit l’Etranger | REMIX at Institut Français d’Ecosse. 20 & 21 Mar, 8.30pm. £8 (members £5). See Books listings. ■ Hullabaloo at the Bongo Club. Weekly 11pm–3am. £3 (£2). Trendy Wendy and Steve Austin (Mumbo Jumbo) play funky mashups, beats, breaks and hip hop, and Tall Paul (The GoGo and Itchy Feet) plays 60s, 70s, ska, reggae, soul, and more. FREE Legion at Pivo Caffè. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. All things alternative from rock, pop-punk, metal and more. ■ Sugar Club at Opal Lounge. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £3. Hip hop and R&B beats all the way from the Mississippi down to the east coast of Edinburgh.
Friday Edinburgh ✽Bixon at Sneaky Pete’s. 21 Mar, 11pm–3am. £5. Slick hip house night
featuring Alexander Slaughter. FREE Compression at the Banshee Labyrinth. 28 Mar, 9pm–3am. Hard dance event featuring Simon McLeod, Ryan Murray, Vertical Drop v 3DW, Beamer v Ram, Andy Currie v Jamie Brown, Lucky Luciano v Chris Wilson and MC Boff. ■ Confusion is Sex at the Bongo Club. 11 Apr, 11pm–3am. £5 before midnight; £6 after. Twisted and freaky mix of burlesque, glam techno, electro, indie punk and rock’n’roll where ‘the weird is normal’. Masquerade themed. ■ DJ Coco at Serenity Cafe. 28 Mar, 7pm–1am. £6 (under 14s free; members £4). Dance/techno music in an alcohol and drug free venue. ■ ELECTROsexual v Discobox at the Mash House. 28 Mar, 10.30pm–3am. £5 (£3). One-night-only mega-party featuring DJs from both nights including Tommy Kay and Claudio, Lucky Luciano and James Deans, Stuart Kane and David Bernardi. ■ Four Corners at the Bongo Club. 4 Apr, 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 DJs Astroboy, Simon Hodge and Johnny Cashback. ■ Hidden Door Afterparty at the Mash House. 4 Apr, 10pm–3am. £tbc. Curtain call night for the festival. ■ Latin Connection at Boteco do Brasil. Weekly 10pm–3am. Free before midnight; £3 after. Party the South American way with DJ Don Salazar from Colombia. ■ Mjölk at Wee Red Bar. 28 Mar, 11pm– 3am. £3 before 11.30pm; £4 after. The best in Swedish indie pop, 60s and 70s. ■ Producers Club at Sneaky Pete’s. 4 Apr, 11pm–3am. £5. A night of some of Edinburgh’s best dance music producers. FREE The Soundbank at Pivo Caffè. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. An eclectic mix of indie, punk, hip hop and more. ■ Sugo at Wee Red Bar. 4 Apr, 11pm– 3am. £4 before midnight; £5 after. The best and worst of vintage Italian music. ■ Warm Fuzzy at Wee Red Bar. 21 Mar, 11pm–3am. £5–£6 (members go free if they bring two non-members). A night for dancing, art and making friends with a deep house and funky electronic soundtrack. To mark the meteorological start of spring, Warm Fuzzy welcomes special guest DJ, Edinburgh-based Fudge Fingas.