Thursday 25 November 2010

November (Week 4) Clubbing Listings: Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, and Dundee

Slam
Featured Club of the Week: Pressure
Venue: The Arches
Date: Friday 26th November

It’s Pressure’s 12th birthday, and to prove the techno never stops, they’ve booked Paco Osuna, Mathew Jonson, Ivan Smagghe, Heidi, Jackmaster, and Sunday Circus to jam-pack the Arches with quality house, electro and techno beats. If you somehow develop the ability to be on two dancefloors at once, tell me how all their sets went, because you pretty much don’t want to miss one! Slam play a special set to mark the date in history by taking the crowd on a 12 year journey of music.

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11pm–3am, £15


Edinburgh

Club: Controlled Demolition

Venue: The Banshee Labyrinth
Date: Friday 26th November

A new one for you here - Controlled Demolition describe themselves as a ‘shameless celebration of weirdo music from loops, samples’ and heavy electronic music such as techno, industrial and Italo. And all in the reputedly most haunted pub in Edinburgh. Mebbes take it easy on the acid, eh?

11pm-3am, free

Club: Departure Lounge
Venue: The Caves
Date: Friday 26th November


DL host a Tropical Soundclash special (I MUST get round to writing that tropical genre deconstruction) as the sounds of several continents merge: Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean islands meet in one cold city, further confirming the idea that Departure Lounge truly is the place where a portal to world music opens. Tonight’s gig features Miles Cleret (Soundway Records), Asazi Space Funk Explosion (live) and hosts Astroboy, Jiminez and Mr Zimbabwe.

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10.30pm-3am, £9 / £7

Club: Jackhammer
Venue: Wee Red Bar
Date: Friday 26th November

Jackhammer has picked out a handful of Edinburgh techno DJs for an intimate showcase of stalwarts such as Brainstorm (Pure), Stephen Brown with a special live set and Wolfjazz to tie things together nicely.

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10.30pm-3am, £5 / £4 students

Club: Playdate
Venue: Sneaky Pete’s
Date: Saturday 27th November


Residents Steven and Stewart welcome one half of Skull Juice, Alex Egan, disco, house and techno purveyor of Brighton for their Playdate. Skull Juice play it mad-cap crazy so expect a few musical curveballs from Egan.

11pm-3am, £4 / Free to members or with Sneaky Fest tickets


Glasgow

Club: Banjax

Venue: La Cheetah
Date: Friday 26th November


Another new club! 2010 has been quite a fruitful year for Scotland in terms of club additions. A new bi-monthly night brought to you by Dave Shades (Mount Heart Attack), Tommy & McGarvatron (Bass Invaders) and Data Rape aka Full Phat (Obese, Concept Theory). For the last weekend of November they welcome DMX Krew for acidic electro, techno and plenty bass, and fervent electro from Fancy & Spook.

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11pm-3am, £10

Club: How's Your Party?
Venue: The Sub Club
Date: Friday 26th November


Two clubs join forces for this event, when HYP? collaborates with Chew the Fat to bring you Foamo, Hostage and Warrior One to feel the bass, make it funky, and dub it to hell.

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11pm–3am, £10

Club: Noise Pollution
Venue: Glasgow Art School
Date: Friday 26th November


Move D (Warp / Modern Love) - 90s minimal techno legend - joins 7th Sign’s Solab (playing live) for futuristic house and techno to create Noise Pollution of the great ind. Resident and promoter Sean Matthews supports.

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11pm-3am, £10

Club: R-P-Z Cosmic Voyage
Venue: Stereo
Date: Friday 26th November


For this specially-themed R-P-Z, Den Haan (Dissident) drives the crowd through a cosmic disco, embracing ‘space-concept rock and galactic boogie’ - it sounds like the perfect time to try out those tinfoil trousers! Extra helpings of electro, punk, and italo will be spun in support by Hushpuppy and Bonjour Boi.

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11pm-3am, £8 / £6


Aberdeen

Club: Let it Bleed

Venue: The Forum
Date: Saturday 27th November


Carte Blanche return to Scotland for another winter fling, this time funkin’ up the electro needs of Aberdeen’s Let it Bleed.

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10pm-3am, £12 


Dundee

Club: Plastic Soul
Venue: The Reading Rooms
Date: Friday 26th November


Plastic Soul's are also celebrating their birthday, after reaching five years of afrobeat, funk, and hip-hop events. Resident Desperado Dan fifth birthday is celebrated with Latin, hip hop, afrobeat, reggae, broken beats, and funk from resident Desperado Dan and special guests.

10.30pm-2.30am, tbc

Club: Autodisco
Venue: The Reading Rooms
Date: Saturday 27th November


The electro-funk and disco duuuude, Greg Wilson, returns to Autodisco and delivers wisdom behind the decks.

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10.30pm-2.30am, £tbc

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