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■ Confusion at the Bongo Club. 26 Sep, 11pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £5 after. Featuring Bossy Love and DJ James V. ■ Darren Styles and Mallorca Lee at City Nightclub. 26 Sep, 10pm–3am. £10. Two big dance music names playing their hits, plus CO2 cannons and lasers. ■ DubCombe Records Presents at Boteco do Brasil. 10 Oct, 10pm–3am. £5–£8. The Glasgow-based label presents a live set from one of its artists. ■ Electrikal at the Bongo Club. 3 Oct, 11pm–3am. £10. Funk, reggae and soul, plus dubstep, electro and hip hop. ■ Four Corners at the Bongo Club. 19 Sep, 11pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £5 after. Deep funk and future soul, party hip hop and good-time reggae, nu-Latin breaks and afro beats. ■ Marc Houle at the Caves. 19 Sep, 11pm–3am. £10. Eclectic techno and new wave electronica from Canadian producer Houle (M_Nus). ■ Mjölk at Wee Red Bar. 26 Sep, 11pm– 3am. £3 before 11.30pm, £5 after. The best in Swedish indie pop, 60s and 70s.
✽ Nightvision at La Belle Angèle. 19 Sep & 27 Sep, 9pm–3am. 20 Sep, 9pm–4am. £12–£15. House and techno heavyweights Musika have joined with bass titans Xplicit to pave the way for a new era of electronic music.
✽ Nightvision at City Nightclub. 19 Sep, 9pm–3am. £12.50–£25. With Skream and Jasper James. The debut night includes a DJ set from Chase & Status, plus Kove and Gotsome. FREE Pandamonium at Opium. Weekly 10pm–3am. Night of pure, unadulterated guitar classics. FREE Planet Earth at Citrus Club. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. Punk, new wave, new romantic and electro-pop. ■ Propaganda at the Liquid Room. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £5. The UK’s biggest indie club night. FREE Road Trip at Electric Circus. Weekly 10pm–3am. An AV vacation with the best mixtapes to match. ■ Xplicit at the Bongo Club. 10 Oct, 11pm–3am. £5 before midnight; £7 after. Drum & bass, dubstep and other beats. FREE iKandy and Hip Pop at CC Blooms. Weekly 11pm–3am. Dance tunes from Dejay Bird and DJ Shazza.
Chart & Party FREE Misfits at the Hive. Weekly 9pm–3am. DIY indie, electro, punk, rock, chart dance, R&B and retro with bargain drinks. Saturday Edinburgh
FREE Anything Disco at Bar Soba. Weekly 8pm–1am. A night playing the best in disco, nu-disco and edits with DJ Babes and special guests. ■ Beep Beep, Yeah! at Electric Circus. 11 Oct, 10.30pm. £5 before midnight; £6 after. A staunchly retro soundtrack of 50s, 60s and 70s. ■ Big’n’Bashy at the Bongo Club. 20 Sep, 11pm–3am. £4 before midnight; £6 after. Four-deck mix of dubstep, reggae, grime, dancehall and jungle. FREE Bubblegum at the Hive. Weekly 9pm–3am. A student-friendly chewed up, spat out mix of electro, pop, dance, disco, R&B and indie. ■ The Egg at Wee Red Bar. 20 Sep, 11pm. £2 before midnight; £5 after. Indie, 60s garage, electro, northern soul, ska, 70s punk and new wave. ■ Joy at Studio 24. 27 Sep, 10.30pm– 3am. £10 in advance; £15 on the door. Joy celebrates its 21st birthday with Maggie and Alan, Trendy Wendy, Sally F, Brett King and DJ Michelle. ■ Mumbo Jumbo at the Bongo Club. 11 Oct, 11pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £7 after (£5). Funk, electro, house and good time party tunes.
✽ Nightvision at The Liquid Room. 20 Sep, 9pm–4am. £12.50–£20. Nina Kraviz, DJ Sneak and Enzo Siragusa for your pleasure.
INTRO DUCING… LA BELLE ANGÈLE
Anyone who made a habit of going clubbing in Edinburgh 12 years ago knows where they were in December 2002 on the night of the Cowgate fire. It was a Saturday, and many of them might have been heading to the old building that burned all night, the block connecting South Bridge and the Cowgate that contained one of the city’s most beloved clubs, La Belle Angèle. More than a decade on, the site has finally been rebuilt as a hotel and retail units, and this month La Belle will open where it always was, in a courtyard just off Hastie’s Close. Although the first date scheduled is a Skream-headlined Nightvision event on Sat 27 Sep, the owners haven’t ruled out the possibility of doing something before that. ‘It’s similar to the old space, although it’s been 90% rebuilt,’ says manager Martin Coull, who ran the building between 1992 and 1998 for owner Hafid Mahboubi. ‘It’s a bit squarer than before and we’ve reversed the layout – there’s a raised area with a bar near the entrance and the stage is at the opposite end. The bar also continues down to the dancefloor.’ As well as being a club venue, the 600-capacity building will also play host to live gigs from promoters such as Regular, DF and Synergy once more, says Coull, harking back to previous appearances by Jeff Buckley, Radiohead and Rufus Wainwright.
‘With so many great mid-sized Edinburgh venues such as the Venue and the old Bongo Club disappearing over the last few years, we’re delighted to be bringing one of them back,’ says Coull. ‘Promoters tell us there’s a demand for a venue of our size with the quality of production we’ll provide, and while we’re not as big as the [recently closed] Picture House, we can hopefully fill some of the void left by its demise. Just don’t expect free-entry nights with cheap booze offers: that’s exactly what we’re not about.’ (David Pollock) ■ Skream, Jasper James and Theo Kottis play Nightvision at La Belle Angèle, Edinburgh, Sat 27 Sep. See listings for more opening month events.
VENUES Venues | CLUBS
■ Distill 1102–1106 Argyle Street, 337 3006. ■ O’Couture 373–377 Sauchiehall Street, 333 3940.
■ The Ferry Anderston Quay, the Broomielaw, 01698 360085. ■ The Old Fruitmarket Candleriggs, 353 8000.
■ Firewater 341 Sauchiehall Street, 354 0350. ■ Òran Mór 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200.
■ The Flying Duck 142 Renfield Street, 564 1450. ■ Polo Lounge 84 Wilson Street, 0845 659 5905.
■ The Garage 490 Sauchiehall Street, 332 1120. ■ Queen Margaret Union University Gardens, 339 9784.
GLASGOW
■ Admiral 72 Waterloo Street, 221 7705.
■ The Arches 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. ■ Arta 62 Albion St, 552 2101.
■ Bamboo 51 West Regent Street, 332 1067/8. ■ Basura Blanca at the Brunswick Hotel 106–108 Brunswick Street, 552 0001.
■ Blackfriars 36 Bell Street, 552 5924. ■ Box 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431.
■ Braehead Arena Kings Inch Road, 886 8300.
■ The Buff Club 142 Bath Lane, 248 1777. ■ Bunker 193–199 Bath Street, 229 1427.
■ Carnival Arts Centre 34 Albion Street, 946 6193.
■ The Cathouse 15 Union Street, 248 6606.
■ Classic Grand 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. ■ Club 30 22 Cambridge Street, 332 3437.
■ Common 25 Royal Exchange Square, 0845 166 6003. ■ Corinthian Ingram Street, 552 1101.
■ Ivory Blacks 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114.
■ Karbon 4 Buchanan Street, Springfield Court, 221 8099. ■ Karibu 95 Hope Street, 221 7002.
■ Kushion 158–166 Bath Street, 0845 166 6031.
■ La Cheetah 72 Queen Mary Street, 221 4851. ■ Maggie May’s 50 Trongate, Merchant City, 548 1350.
■ Milan 42 Queen Street, 548 8002.
■ Nice’n’Sleazy 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. ■ O2 ABC 300 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232.
■ The Courtyard 84–86 West Nile Street, 352 9977. ■ O2 Academy 121 Eglinton Street, 08744 477 2000.
EDINBURGH ■ The Bongo Club 66 Cowgate, 558 7604.
■ Castle Club 3 Queensferry Street Lane, 467 7215.
■ Cav 3 West Toll Cross, 228 3252. ■ The Caves Niddry Street South, 557 8989.
■ CC Blooms 23–24 Greenside Place, 556 9331.
■ The Citrus Club Grindlay Street, 622 7086. ■ City: Edinburgh 1a Market Street, 226 9560.
■ Club Tropicana 23 Lothian Road, 0844 891 0855. ■ Electric Circus 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224.
■ Espionage 4 India Buildings, Victoria Street, 477 7007. ■ GHQ 4 Picardy Place, 0845 166 6024.
■ Henry’s Cellar Bar 8–16a Morrison Street, 629 4101. ■ Hive 15–17 Niddry Street, 556 0444.
■ The Jazz Bar 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298.
■ The Liquid Room 9c Victoria Street, 225 2564. ■ Lulu (under Tiger Lily) 125b George Street, 225 5005.
■ Mood Omni, Greenside Place, 550 1640.
■ Opal Lounge 51 George Street, 226 2275. ■ Opium 71 Cowgate, 225 8382.
■ The Shed 26 Langside Avenue, 649 5020.
■ Stereo 20–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254.
■ Strathclyde Students’ Union University of Strathclyde, Students Association, 90 John Street, 567 5023. ■ Sub Club Jamaica Street, 248 4600.
■ SWG3 Studio Warehouse, 100 Eastvale Place, 357 7246. ■ The Tunnel 84 Mitchell Street, 204 1000.
■ Universal 157 Sauchiehall Lane, 332 8899.
■ Viper 500 Great Western Road, Kelvinbridge, 334 0560. ■ The Winchester Club 49 Bell Street, 552 3586.
■ Potterrow Teviot, Bristo Square, 650 9195. ■ Shanghai Le Monde, 16 George Street, 270 3900.
■ Silk King Stables Road, 229 7986. ■ Sin Wilkie House, Cowgate, 07788 756258.
■ Sneaky Pete’s 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. ■ Studio 24 Calton Road, 558 3758.
■ Third Door 45–47 Lothian Street, 225 6313.
■ The Voodoo Rooms 19a West Register Street, 556 7060.
■ The Wee Red Bar Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 14 42. ■ Why Not? 14 George Street, 624 8311.
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