October (Week 1) Clubbing Listings: Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Dundee

Edinburgh

Club: LuckyMe
Venue: Sneaky Pete’s
Date: Friday 30th September

LuckyMe make their irregular trip through to Edinburgh to share their ever-expanding corner of the world with the capital’s crowds, and this time they bring Oneman – Rinse FM DJ and long-time garage supporter. When he isn’t tearing up the airwaves with dubstep, 2-step, grime, garage and the murky bass soup that lies between, he's destroying the dancefloors, so get yourself to the subterranean layers of Sneaky Pete’s. Support comes from The Blessings and Eclair Fi Fi.

Sound like:

Rinse FM 19th June 2011 All Vinyl Show by Oneman on Mixcloud

11pm-3am, £5 / £4 (members free)

Club: Sugarbeat
Venue: Cabaret Voltaire
Date: Friday 30th September

Riding high on his debut LP, SBTRKT jets to Sugarbeat to throw post-dubstep bounce into the groove, adorned with powerful vocals and wobbling basslines. Taking a path between garage, electro, pop and straight up bass music, SBTRKT joins the Sugarbeat high-powered mix of knee-shaking beats.

Sounds like: hold on (live at maida vale for bbc 1xtra) by sbtrkt

11pm-3am, £9

Club: Departure Lounge
Venue: The Caves
Date: Friday 30th September

Departure Lounge celebrates eight years transporting Edinburgh’s clubbers to a land of cosmic beats, latin rhythms, African styles, and downright funk. They invite special guests Zed Bias and Federation Of The Disco Pimp. Bias will break up the chilled beats and rebuild with 2-step garage influences and FOTDP have been described by Craig Charles as the most aggressive jazz and funk he’d heard. Departure Lounge continue their journey breaking down musical barriers.

Sounds like: Maddslinky - Moonshine (From Forthcoming LP 2012) by zedbiasakamaddslinky

11pm-3am, £10 / £7 adv

Club: Rendezvous
Venue: The Green Room
Date: Saturday 1st October

Debuting in Edinburgh, Poker Flat’s MANIK joins Rendezvous for a brand of house that takes in nu-disco and funky acid along the way. Drawing rave reviews from the likes of DJ Mag Mixmag and iDJ, MANIK has the start of the winter nights sorted for heat. He’ll be joined by Blair & Ryan Harrower, Ross Scott, Gary Carvel, Steven Willison and Bruce Nicholson.

Sounds like: Adana Twins & Dr Dru- Anymore (MANIK Remix) [160 Kbps Preview CLIP] by M A N I K

10pm-3am, £10 / £8 before 11pm or students all night 
 
Glasgow

Club: Sono
Venue: The Courtyard
Date: Friday 30th September

Nothing like a good ol’ free techno and deep house night, especially when it’s a pre-club to get your night started off on the right foot! Sono aims to draw on the talents of local artists in an outdoor venue, easing clubbers into their night one beat at a time. Special guests Adam Watt and Why Eleven? of No Sleep, and Elastik residents’ Gary Campbell and John Smyth aka Dynamode join the Sono residents.

8pm–12am, Free

Club: Pressure
Venue: The Arches
Date: Friday 30th September

For Soma’s 20th birthday party special, the usual high profile techno and house artists (Slam, Funk D’Void, Silicone Soul, and Gary Beck) will celebrate the entry to their third decade on the scene, but there’s an extra special surprise in their featured headliner – a live set from dub-techno don Deepchord! Detroit fans grab your shoes and tickets.

Sounds like: Deepchord - Amsterdam Remnant 6 (Night Air Mix) (Soma 319d) by soma

11pm-4am, £14

Club: How’s Your Party
Venue: Sub Club
Date: Friday 30th September

How’s Your Party reappear at full strength, inviting wobbly bass purveyors Jack Beats for another Glasgow showdown as we enter the darkness of Scottish Winter. Always keeping it fresh and lively, Jack Beats has the positive answer to How’s Your Party?

Sounds like: Aloe Blacc: Green Lights (JACK BEATS REMIX) by Jack Beats

11pm-3am, £10 / £8

Club: Let’s Go Back
Venue: Stereo
Date: Saturday 1st October

LGB returns to A Boy’s Own era, welcoming Ashley Beedle and Terry Farley to this old school party. Beedle was dropping acid-house when today’s average clubber was picking out school socks, and he joins returning guest Farley for a fast-paced history lesson. Residents Bosco and Rob Mason spin classic acid-house, rave sounds and techno rhythms in support.

Sounds like: Ashley Beedle Live @ Freestyle Birmingham by ASHLEY BEEDLE

11pm-3am, £12

Dundee

Club: Prince Fatty Soundsystem
Venue: Reading Rooms
Date: Saturday 1st Oct

For a full-on dub and reggae injection in traditional soundsystem style, check out this special show from Prince Fatty Soundsystem, all agog with tape-delays, vintage production, and the vocals of ex-Revenge of the Killer Slits singer Hollie Cooke and the Horseman MC.

Sounds like: Christopher Columbus ft. Little Roy by Prince Fatty

10pm-2.30am, £8 / £6 before 11.30pm

Extra: You can also catch the soundsystem at the Afro Caribbean Network Centre (8pm-3am, £5 donation) 

Aberdeen

Club: Liebe
Venue: Snafu
Date: Friday 30th September

A fantastic booking for Liebe, as they invite the rising star of corroded acid-techno beats, Blawan to dirty up the Snafu dancefloor. Lo-Quality is fresh from writing a rave review on his latest release ‘What You Do With What You Have’ for Clash – head north this weekend for a thoroughly dirty groove. Support comes from Tuff Wax and the Acid Thunder residents Bones and Money.

Sounds like: Blawan - Vibe Decorium by casadielectronica

11pm-3am, £tbc

More info: I hear he’s in Edinburgh on the 5th of October at the Caves…

Club: Mothership
Venue: Snafu
Date: Saturday 1st October

Prolific mixer Stretford Dogs Club guests at the Mothership this weekend, giving ‘Donian crowds a taste of his massive mix project ‘A Day In a Dog’s Life’. Mixing a two hour set of old and new classics in a deep house vein every month, Stretford aims to create a 24 hour mix portraying his tastes, recommendations and inspirations. And a collection of generally great music!

Sounds like: STRETFORD DOGS CLUB | A DAY IN A DOGS LIFE | UNLEASHED 2011 by Stretford Dogs Club

11pm-3am, £tbc

June (Week 1) Clubbing Listings: Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Dundee

 Featured Club of the Week: Divine

Venue: The Art School, Glasgow

Date: Saturday 4th June

Amongst heavy protests, Divine calls time on its life at the GSA when the venue closes for refurbishment in June. This year the club celebrated their 20th anniversary and there are plans afoot to reawaken the club at a different venue in time, but for now, here is your last chance to groove to ska, northern soul, funk, motown and psychedelics in the unique Vic Bar. Oh, and did I mention that mash supremos Optimo are also running the upstairs floor?

Sounds like: Divine Mixes online shop

11pm-3am, £7 / £5

Edinburgh

Club: Substance
Venue: The Store
Date: Saturday 4th June

Substance launch their Ten Tracks compilation with the freshest acts representing Scottish techno, including Neil Landstrumm and Forward Strategy Group, with a special show this Saturday featuring live material from Subhead, Dave Paton, Stick 430, and resident Gavin Richardson.

Sounds like: New Ten Tracks compilation

10.30pm-3am, £8

Club: Big N Bashy
Venue: Bongo Club
Date: Saturday 4th June

£1! A quid. A British dollar. Ok, maybe I’m stretching it there, but there are few clubs in Edinburgh touting this kind of door price.It’s the Big N Bashy sale with DJs Beast, Era, Deburgh and Decoy Roy spinning dubstep, jungle, grime and reggae, flowing through the Messenger Sound System.

Sounds like:

11pm-3am, £1

Extra: Catch Era and Deburgh every Thursday, 4-6 pm on Nasty FM playing grime and dubstep

Club: Dirty Pitch
Venue: Liquid Room
Date: Saturday 4th June

Dirty Pitch is the newest house and electro club to hit the revamped Liquid Room, launching with Jason Cortez, Dean Newton, Jordan Cochrane, One Dollar Dave and Theo Kottis.

10.30pm–3am, £8 / £6 Students


Edinburgh Round-up

Po Na Na have a new midweek electronica party on Thursday 2nd with Filthy Rich hosting Fraktured (10.30pm-3am, £2), or if you prefer a stronger mix of liquid dnb, garage and dub, head to the Bongo for Say it Loud with Nu-Guru, Fionn Gaze, Owen Rothwell and Mc Willi$ (11pm-3am, £3 / Free before midnight). On Friday 3rd, the Fort Knox Five from Washington take the Voodoo Rooms for a live electronics show (9pm-1am, £6 adv.), while Az-Tech and the Small Mammals Audio Club host the charity fundraiser, Aartvark Afterparty with breaks and techno from the likes of Compakt, JakN, and Homegrown at The Caves (11pm-3am, £5). DJ Simonotron has another Hot Mess at the Wee Red Bar, spinning disco, acid, house and nu-grooves (10.30pm-3am, £5 / £3), and the funky and soulful Four Corners hits the Bongo for another round of house, reggae, and electronica (11pm-3am, £5 / £3 before midnight).

For something a bit different, check out Mad Caravan at Studio 24, featuring Gypsy, Balkan, and Caribbean beats with live Balkan dancers (11pm-3am, £4), or relax with Tokyoblu’s fusion of house grooves at Cabaret Voltaire with John Hutchison and Niall & Denis McKervey (11pm-3am, £tbc). On Saturday 4th, return to the Cab for Ultragroove with Carina Ramos, Lel Palfrey and Gareth Sommerville for even more house goodness (11pm-3am, £8 / £6), or feed your bass urge with another free Volume! event at Sneaky Pete’s with the freshest cuts of funky, dubstep, and garage (11pm-3am).


Glasgow

Club: Walk'n'Skank
Venue: Club 520
Date: Thursday 2nd June

This month is the first that Mungo’s Hi Fi will be focussing all their Glasgow attention on one event – Walk’n’Skank – the new weekly reggae, dub, jahtari, dubstep, dancehall and ragga club for 520. With DJs on rotation, there’s a different experience every week.

Sounds like:

11pm-3am, £4 / £3


Club: Distortion
Venue: La Cheetah
Date: Friday 3rd June

Mark Broom joins Distortion for The Recession Sessions, touted as a techno and house party for tough times, and a banging party for 4/4 beats this weekend. Residents Doug and Andy support Broom.

Sounds like:

11pm-3am, £10

Club: David Barbarossa's Thing
Venue: Nice’n’Sleazy
Date: Friday 3rd June

Who runs a club called David Barbarossa’s Thing? David Barbarossa of course, striking out alone from his many Glasgow DJ slots and residencies to carve a new night at Sleazy’s, full of dance fusions.

Sounds like: Fun Size Volume 2 Showdown at La Cheetah by funsize

11pm-3am, £3

Club: No Sleep
Venue: Chambre 69
Date: Friday 3rd June

Ostgut Ton artist and Panorama bar resident Steffi released her debut LP of underground, deep and warm house earlier this year, and No Sleep are making sure you don’t retire to bed to miss her appearance on Scottish soil. Support comes from 2-step, garage and techno blender, Midland (Aus Music), deep dubstepper Youandewan (Disfigured Dubs), and residents Adam Watt and Why Eleven.

Sounds like:

10.30pm-3am, £10 / £8 advance

Club: Numbers
Venue: Sub Club
Date: Friday 3rd June

Blawan makes his appearance at the futuristic dance blender that is Numbers to show you how Yorkshire does acid-tinged house and dubstep. Support comes from Dirty Larry of Wrong Island and Numbers resident Nok La Rok.

Sounds like:

11pm-3am, £tbc


Glasgow Round-up

The weekend starts off with Co-Op, at the Sub Club (11pm-3am, £3 / £2) with rotating DJs from Glasgow clubs on Thursday 2nd and continues with Cryotec at the Classic Grand, taking a darker route through EBM, industrial and electronica (11pm-3am, £3 / students free). Jurassic jungle and dnb shudders the School of Art on the same evening, hosted by Djamba (10.30pm-3am, £4 / £3 before midnight), while Mixed Bizness are next door in the GSA Assembly Halls with S-Type, Sam and Shaun Vitamins for a wide range of beats, breaks, and bleeps (10.30pm-3am, £4 / £3 before midnight).

On Friday 3rd June, Croc Madame vs Croc Monsieur bid a special farewell party with eight live bands and a foam party, including Cut Hands, Ben Butler & Mousepad, Gummy Stumps and Iain Campbell, as they say goodbye to the Glasgow School of Art’s Vic Bar, the week before it is renovated (10pm-3am, free). Melting Pot present a ‘Best Of’ event, before their 3 month summer hiatus, with a special selection of disco and house by Andrew Pirie and Simon Cordiner on Saturday 4th (The Admiral, 11pm-3am, £8), and Slabs of the Tabernacle delve through italo, house, techno and more with a live set from jackin’ house guest Lone at La Cheetah (11pm-3am, £10 / £8 before midnight). Squelch take the Soundhaus with a Scottish techno exclusive from DJ Van D (11pm-3am, £tbc), and dependable Subculture secure your Saturday night with classic house at the Sub Club (11pm-3am, £10).

Dundee 

Club: Renegades
Venue: Kage
Date: Friday 3rd June

Renegades start the weekend for the Dundee taste-makers, featuring electro, trip-hop and funk with CB and Pictux. Your best choice outside the mass of drinks-voucher fuelled student nights.

11pm-3am, £4

Club: Slam
Venue: Reading Rooms
Date: Saturday 4th June

Slam make their way to T in the Park in July, but for any Dundonians who may miss the experience, they’re playing a special DJ set.

Sounds like:  The Monopods by soma

10pm-3am, £tbc


Aberdeen

Club: The Mothership
Venue: Snafu
Date: Saturday 4th June

Another techno and house special from the Mothership crew with guest Junior from Glasgow’s Sensu and Subculture clubs.

11pm-3am, £4 / £3 before midnight