Tuesday, 8 February 2011

February (Week 2) Clubbing Listings: Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Dundee


Featured Club of the Week: Substance
Venue: The Store
Date: Saturday 12th February

I’ve always wondered whether there is a condition known as IDM and glitch by osmosis, an example would be Aphex Twin and Global Goon, who were once flatmates and both developed music careers in their own right with Rephlex. The Twin locational association is long gone (along with the idea that Global Goon was actually Aphex) but Global Goon continues the weirded-out and experimental beats, and joins Substance for their techno showdown with London’s I Love Acid and live set. Post Human (Seed), Cynthia Stern (Input Output) and Coloruid (FlexiWare) support and astound!

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10.30pm-3am, £7 / £6 / First 50 people through the door go free


Edinburgh

Club: Headlock
Venue: The Caves
Date: Wednesday 9th February


Headlock Records returns to Edinburgh for more dub action and their first event of 2011 with ultra-special guest David ‘Ram Jam’ Rodigan to continue his fine work in promoting Jamaican music and its many strands. For an extra dollop of loveliness Toddla T, Cadenza and Colebs spin the dubstep, dancehall and rumbling bass for a mid-week perk.

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11pm-3am, £10

Club: Ill Behaviour
Venue: The Liquid Room
Date: Thursday 10 February


Boy 8-Bit may have ditched the Amiga but the charming retro name has stuck around for his electro-house maximal productions with dancehall inflections - join the party at Ill Behaviour!

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10.30pm-3am, £7 /£5

Club: Compakt
Venue: Cabaret Voltaire
Date: Friday 11th February


Edit Select aka Percy X unleashes the deep minimal techno with moody attitude for Compakt. Siren, Gabriel Kemp, DD, Bruno FK and DJ Phrase support.

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11pm-3am, £6 / £5 students or before midnight

Club: Four Corners
Venue: Bongo Club
Date: Friday 11th February


It’s a sixth birthday special for Four Corners, bringing the world’s flavoors of dance to one dancefloor. A residents special of cumbia, afro-house, latin vibes, reggae, funk and soul with live percussion awaits.

11pm-3am, £5 / £3 before midnight

Club: Musika
Venue: The Liquid Room
Date: Saturday 12th February


Musika has become such an intrinsic part of the Edinburgh house scene that it’s difficult to imagine that it’s only their fourth birthday this weekend - this one’s an early booker, folks, as they’ve called in the big guns of John Digweed and Maetrik for plenty progressive, tech-house, techno, electro and more.

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9pm-3am, £18.50+bf


Glasgow

Club: Cloak & Dagger

Venue: The Flying Duck
Date: Thursday 10th February


Cloak & Dagger embrace the disco / nu-disco and electro funk for special guest Marcus Marr, and Glasgow’s own computer bleep-tastic Megamegaman, Lock Up Your Daughters’ DJ Suezz, and hip-hop duo Bar & Snow.

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11pm-3am, £5

Club: Well Again
Venue: Stereo
Date: Thursday 10th February


If you’ve just got over one of the winter lurgies, celebrate feeling Well Again with the Oxygen Junkies, Slazenger Oats, Ryan McKenna and DR for feel-good electro, techno, house and tribal beats.


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10pm-3am, £5 / £3

Club: Jungle Nation
Venue: The Art School
Date: Friday 11th February


Jungle Nation have only gone and booked The Scratch Perverts for their dnb massive, tutoring the world in turntablism. Djamba and DJ Tez support.

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11pm-3am, £10

Club: R-P-Z & Thunder Disco Club
Venue: Stereo
Date: Friday 11th February


When two tribes go to war, Frankie Goes to Hollywood is the ultimate outcome: when two clubs go head to head it’s a 1980s aerobics video themed evening of electro, italo and neon! Pants over tights at the ready, and make sure it’s pastel colours.

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11pm-3am, £5

Club: Return to Mono
Venue: Sub Club
Date: Friday 11th February


Craig Richards has been an integral part of Fabric since the club opened, and now the resident becomes the guest when Richards joins Ronnie & Tricky of Sunday Circus for house and techno action for Slam’s Return to Mono.


Sounds like:   Craig Richards - Technique Podcast 001 - March 2010 by R_co

11pm-3am, £10 / £8

Club: Stay Plastic
Venue: La Cheetah / The Halt Bar
Date: Friday 11th and Saturday 12th February


For their first birthday special Stay Plastic are hosting two events on two consecutive nights, so get those energy drinks at the ready! Deep house legend from Detroit, Patrice Scott (Sistrum) sets the right tone for the electronic club at La Cheetah, with eclectic support from Wardy, Sidrad and Danceaff, and the event is rounded off 12 hours later with nine hour marathon from the DJs of Fortified, Jellyroll Soul, Hologram, Pest Control and Scrabble

Sounds like: :

Fri 11th, Halt Bar, 11pm-3am, £10. Sat 12th, La Cheetah, 3pm-12am, free

Club: Depthcharge
Venue: The Universal
Date: Saturday 12th February


We follow up Stay Plastic’s first birthday with Depthcharge’s first anniversaire, happily coinciding with the tail end of their event - if you’re yearning for even more deep house, Frazer Devine and Jaya have booked Barcelona’s Soul Minority for smooth beats.

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11pm-3am, £10 / £8 before midnight / £6 students

Club: Mount Heart Attack
Venue: La Cheetah
Date: Saturday 12th February

Cosmin TRG is a perfect booking for eclectic MHA, as his sounds fluctuate from label to label and touch on house, techno, rave, dubstep and more. Prepare yourself for a mixed bag of dance.

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11pm-3am, £10 / £8 before midnight / £5 students



Aberdeen

Club: Riton
Venue: Snafu
Date: Friday 11th February

This is a special Riton event, and he returns for a second time to Snafu to delight crowds with an intense night of energy-infused electro, krautrock tinges, and house mash-ups.

Sounds like:   M.I.A - XXXO (Riton ReRub) by Riton

11pm-3am, £6 / £4 members


Dundee

Club: Crayon
Venue: The Reading Rooms
Date: Thursday 10th February


Ah, the only type of scribing material my hands can deal with - Crayon welcome Loops Haunt for glitchy electro, deep house and ‘post-dubstep’. Side note: I prefer the term pseudo-broken beat, as ‘post-dubstep’ makes it sound like beats brought to you by the Royal Mail.

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10.30pm-2.30am, £5 / £3.50 before midnight

Club: Monism 
Venue: The Reading Rooms
Date: Saturday 12th February

Brand new breakbeat night Monism hits the Reading Rooms this weekend, with special guest A-Skillz, the breakbeat, funk and hip-hop spinner.

Sounds like:

10.30pm-2.30am, £8

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