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

The Egyptian Lover in '87 sporting a Soul-Glo do

Featured Club of the Week: Banjax

Venue: La Cheetah

Date: Friday 25th March

There were two Egyptian themes in the 80s – the Bangles’ ‘Walk Like an Egyptian’, and Greg Broussard aka Egyptian Lover. But luckily we’re talking Banjax instead of Bangles, so warm up those legs for electro hip-hop master Egyptian Lover! With support from Dave Shades, Tommy & McGarvatron, and Data Rape.

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11pm–3am, £10


Edinburgh

Club: Sugarbeat
Venue: Cabaret Voltaire
Date: Friday 25th March

It’s a residents’ party at Sugarbeat, starring the Utah Saints and Trilogy for an unusually cheap entry fee – there be no inflation rises here!

11pm-3am, £5 / £3 before midnight

Extra: New deep house and soulful disco club, Studio 100, opens upstairs on the same night in the Cab’s Speakeasy. 11pm–3am, £7 / £5 before 1am

Club: Club 10-86
Venue: Lane Nightclub
Date: Saturday 26th March

Jamie Bissmire and Ben Long aka The Space DJz make a squelchy and hard techno descent on the Lane nightclub, ripping up the floorboards with the pounding beats.

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10.30pm-3am, £7 / £5 before midnight

Club: Karnival
Venue: Cabaret Voltaire
Date: Saturday 26th March

Bugged Out’s Justin Robertson continues the strong techno theme of the weekend, mixing up the acid house, balearic and dub to move those bodies.

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11pm–3am, £10 / £8 before midnight or students

Round-up
Start your Friday 25th March with low-end bass at Wee Red Bar’s Dubstar for grimy dubstep and dnb (11pm-3am, £tbc), and the dub continues over at LuckyMe’s art collective event at Sneaky Pete’s (11pm-3am, £tbc), with extra dollops of hip-hop and funky flavours.


Glasgow


Club: Killer Kitsch
Venue: Sub Club
Date: Friday 25th March

Soulwax tour DJ Paul Chambers and techno artist in his own right takes the headlining spot at Kitsch’s Sub night. Residents Euan Neilson and David Sinclair spin electro, synth, and more in support.

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11pm-3am, £8 / £6 before midnight

More info: Killer Kitsch also appears in Edinburgh with the residents on Sunday 27th March, at Cabaret Voltaire. 11pm-3am, free

Club: Pressure
Venue: The Arches
Date: Friday 25th March

Pressure continues their techno domination of the last Friday of the month with a headline set from legend Jeff Mills and a FOUR hour set from duo Pan Pot. Slam supports.

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10.30pm–3am, £17 adv.

Club: La Cheetah Presents Pusch 79
Venue: La Cheetah
Date: Saturday 26th March

If you want disco to finish, then walk away, but if you want Finnish disco and house, come on down to the basement for the Pusch 79 duo.

11pm-4am, £10

Club: Dum Dum
Venue: Bacchus
Date: Saturday 26th March

Attention dark electro and dystopian lovers, Galaxian is playing live at Dum Dum, coming to you from the future of heavy IDM.

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10pm–3am , £8 before 11pm and students all night; £10 after

Round up
Co-Op starts the weekend early on Thursday 24th March at the Sub Club (11pm-3am, £tbc) with electronica courtesy of special guest Wardy. On Friday 25th, house and techno night Dirt Box at Stereo invites Calvertron and Last Japan to go head to head (11pm-3am, £10), and then it’s a chocabloc Saturday 26th, starting with Bad Mouthin’. This monthly Chicago disco party stars Rick Wilhite (3 Chairs) at SWG3 with support from residents Al Kent and Rahaan (10pm-3am, £10 / £8 adv.). Jilted takes the Soundhaus on the same night for tech-house and electro with Frostfire, Captiv8, Daniel Donnelly and Harvey Anderson (9.30pm-4am, £6), and Maneuver performs at Ad Lib with guests Simon Stokes and Unique for bouncy techno bass (11pm-4am, £6). Tronicsole for bouncy techno bass (11pm-4am, £6). brings Saturday to a close with their second birthday party at The Admiral. House producer Shur-i-Kan (Freerange) spins to celebrate (11pm-3am, £10 / £9 members).


Aberdeen and Dundee

Club: Monism
Venue: Reading Rooms, Dundee
Date: Friday 25th March

The filthily named DJ Moneyshot headlines this new funk, breakbeat and hip-hop night for Dundee.

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10.30pm–2.30am, £7 / £5 before 11.30pm

Club: Zazou
Venue: Kage, Dundee
Date: Friday 25th March

Harking back to the 70s and 80s wave of synth sounds, DJs Il Discotto and Stefan Blomeier give Dundee a taste of past electronics.

11pm-2.30am, £4

Club: Let it Bleed
Venue: The Forum, Aberdeen
Date: Saturday 26th March

Nu-disco, cosmic disco, electro, house and more will seep in your brain with Italian-Belgian duo Aeroplane leading the charge, and Mash and Steve Milne supporting.

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11pm-3am, £12 / £10

Round up
CTRL-ALT-DEFEAT electro-fies the Reading Rooms in Dundee on Friday 25th March from 10.30pm-2.30am (£tbc), and keeping to the same venue, Autodisco rides again on Saturday with more electro, funk and disco (10.30pm-2.30am, £tbc).