circus acts and cabaret performers. ■ Fantastic Man at Bloc+. 10 May, 11pm–3am. Free before midnight; £2 after. Gender-bending macho metal. ■ The Freak Beats Club at the Flying Duck. 3 May, 11pm–3am. £5 (£3). A happening 60s dance party, playing mod, soul, psych, ska and much more. ■ GBXperience Anthems Tour at the Arches. 26 Apr, 9pm–3am. £16.50– £20. Old skool beats and trance from N-Trance (live), George Bowie, Mickey Modelle, Mallorca Lee, Marc Anderson and Obsession. Over 21s only. ■ Hollywood Boulevard at Blackfriars Basement. Weekly 11pm–3am. £5. Boogie on down to soul, electro, funk and celebrate the music no matter what time of year. ■ Luska at La Cheetah. 19 Apr, 11pm–3am. £8–£10. Techno, tech-house and deep house with Jack Swift, Dara Estafaghi and Spaniard Manuel Anós aka PSYK. ■ Octaves at Saint Judes. 26 Apr, 11pm–3am. £6–£8. Bimonthly club playing underground house and techno. This month features Tom Demac. ■ Redlight at Saint Judes. 19 Apr, 11pm–3am. £5–£10. Energetic genre-
CLUBS
■ Magic Waves at Nice ‘n’ Sleazy. 25 Apr, 11.30pm–3am. £4. Italo disco from the Magic Waves radio station and its associated label Cyber Danceland. FREE Mirrors at Flat 0/1. 25 Apr, 11pm–3am. Party better than your parents did as the DJs spin funk, disco, house, techno and anything else they think is cool on old school vinyls. ■ Offbeat at La Cheetah. 18 Apr, 11pm–3am. First 50 free; £7 after. House, garage, disco and techno from the Offbeat crew. Manuel Gonzales aka M GUN joins them. ■ Osmium at Nice ‘n’ Sleazy. 18 Apr, 11.30pm–3am. £4. DJs Blair Benzini and Gary Dance Commander play Italo, disco, synthpop, funk and a whole bunch of other stuff. Antoni Maiovvi guests. ■ Reactor v Legends of the Core at 69 Below. 18 Apr, 8pm–3am. £12. Joint Easter Friday rave from the big outfits featuring Joey Riot v DJ Kurt, Zitkus & Mikk, Mikey Motion & Code:Red and YK Project & Artic Black. FREE Rock the Bloc at Bloc+. 2 May, 11pm–3am. Handpicked hip hop acts with special live guests. ■ Shit Robot at Berkeley Suite. 9 May, 10.30pm–3am. £8. House, disco and techno from the man also known as Marcus Lambkin. ■ Void at La Cheetah. 9 May, 11pm–3am. £5 before midnight; £6 after. Void Militia take over with their brand of house, techno and electro and features their good friend and Magic Waves founder Casionova. ■ Wild Combination at Berkeley Suite. 18 Apr, 10.30pm–3am. £5. Drunk disco, fun house and acid rock at this party featuring David Barbarossa. Saturday Glasgow
hopping DJ. ■ Shout Bamalama at Blackfriars. 19 Apr & 3 May, 11pm–3am. £5. Raucous rock’n’roll, groovin’ R&B, thumping soul and other sounds from the past that’ll make your backbone slip. ■ Southside Soul at Pollok Ex- Servicemens Club. 26 Apr, 8pm–1am. £5. Felonious Munk and guests play 60s and 70s soul, Motown and R&B from the original 45s on a top quality sound system in a friendly social club.
✽ Subculture at the Sub Club. Weekly 11pm–3am. £10. Glasgow’s
house institution continues to reign supreme, with residents Harri and Domenic and occasional big-name guests including Juju and Jordosh (19 Apr), Chris Duckenfield (26 Apr) and DJ Harvey playing as part of their 20th birthday celebrations (3 May). See preview, page 46. FREE Super Africaine at CCA. 19 Apr, 8pm–midnight. Join DJ Afrodeesia for some seriously danceable tunes from Nigeria, Ghana and Ethiopia. FREE TYCI at Bloc+. 19 Apr, 11pm– 3am. See LGBT listings. ■ Thunder Disco Club at Nice ‘n’ Sleazy. 26 Apr, 11.30pm–3am. £4.
Nineties house, techno and ‘sex disco’ from Jube and Rory at one of Glasgow’s finest young parties. ■ Zoom at the Tunnel. 26 Apr, 9pm–3am. £15–£20 in advance. Big- room trance night, featuring special guests and world exclusives including Solarstone, John Askew, Super8 & Tab, James Rigby & Liam Wilson, Paul Cook, Ross Thompson, Menno De Jong, RAM and more. Sunday Glasgow
FREE Noite Tribal at Boteco do Brasil. Weekly 10pm–3am. International beats. ■ Pressure at SWG3. 20 Apr, 10pm–3am. £12 in advance. More techno action from Slam featuring some big-name guests. Easter Sunday holiday special with Silicone Soul, Harvey McKay, Petrichor, Secluded, Master H and Roberto Clementi. ■ Prince Fatty, Hollie Cook and Horseman at the Art School. 20 Apr, 10.30pm–3am. £8–£10 (gsa students £7). Dub vibrations from Prince Fatty plus the sweet vocals of ex-Revenge of the Killer Slits member Hollie Cook.
■ #notsosilent at La Cheetah. 26 Apr, 11pm–3am. £7 in advance; £8 before midnight; £10 after. Future garage and bubbling dubstep sounds. Featuring Klose One and Ben Martin. ■ Adventures in Paradise at the Admiral. 19 Apr, 11pm–3am. £5. Soul, funk and disco from Glasgow label Big Break Records (BBR) and residents Wayne Dickson, Malcolm McKenzie and Roddie Gibb. First birthdays celebrations with special guest Gordie ‘Groove’ Holliday ■ Crimes of the Future at Berkeley Suite. 19 Apr, 10.30pm–3am. £10. Andrew Weatherall associates Scott Fraser and Timothy J Fairplay embark on a new project, playing Krautrock, electronica, dub and everything in between with special guest Traxx (Nation, Chicago). FREE DJ Wing Man at Box. Weekly 11pm–3am. Funk, soul, indie, rock tunes to dance to. FREE De Puta Madre at Boteco do Brasil. Weekly 10pm–3am. Latin night playing South American music, reggeaton, Brazilian house, R&B, Latin beats and African dancehall with DJ Salazar from Columbia. ■ Deathkill4000 at Bloc+. 3 May, 11pm–3am. Free before midnight; £2 after. An industrial rock noise party. ■ Duke Dumont at the Arches. 3 May, 10pm–3am. £15. The man behind recent number one ‘Need You (100%)’ and ‘Hold On’ featuring MNEK, makes a live appearance. Over 21s only.
✽ The Electric Frog & Pressure Riverside Festival at Riverside
Museum. 3 & 4 May, 4–11pm. Weekend ticket £55; day ticket £30. Once again The Frog and Pressure pool their resources to bring you the Riverside Festival. The line-up includes 2ManyDJs, Vitalic (live), Pan-Pot, Slam, Tiga, Felix da Housecat, Jamie Jones, Laurent Garnier. Visonquest, DJ Sneak bank-to-back with Cajmere, Derrick Carter and Lord of the Isles (live). See feature, page 20. ■ FLASH/BANG! at Stereo. 10 May, 11pm–3am. £5 in advance; £6 on the door. Mish-mash club night with DJs,
48 THE LIST 17 Apr–15 May 2014
HOUSE MK The Arches, Glasgow, Sat 19 Apr; Liquid Room, Edinburgh, Sun 20 Apr
The mainstream is a fickle mistress. What’s popular one year may be considered outdated the next. But while trends come and go, house music seems to be the one constant, whether in its traditional format or disguised as something else. It’s something Marc Kinchen, aka MK, is well in tune with. Having released a string of classic cuts during the 90s, he’s been prevalent as both an underground and mainstream producer, working behind the scenes with the likes of Will Smith, Jay Z and Beyoncé. ‘There were politics and opinions involved,’ he says of his time producing pop’s biggest and brightest.
‘People are always telling you what to do, which is why I personally love making dance music. As much as my experience has helped me become a better producer, freedom is an important motivator for me.’ Taking a break from commercial production, a few years ago MK returned to the studio and to what he loves
most: house music. Working on his own terms, he was signed for a series of remixes, hitting a high note with ‘Storm Queen’, which went straight to no 1. Now firmly in the driving seat, he’s arguably the most productive he’s ever been, throwing himself into DJing in order to take his sound to the masses. ‘I’ve played a few times over the last ten years, but didn’t really start DJing until three years ago, so it’s still
a fresh experience for me,’ he explains. ‘I look at touring as if I’m bringing my studio on the road and I’m so fortunate to get to play and feel the reaction of the crowd now. It’s a huge buzz.’ (Alex Caslano)