At Aberdeen’s Snafu the weekend starts
early with a Thursday 7 June performance from Claude Vonstroke, undoubtedly
Snafu’s favourite DJ, US-flavour drenched house and techno beats, or so a
little dirty bird told me (11pm-3am, £8 adv / £7 early bird).
At Aberdeen’s Snafu the weekend starts
early with a Thursday 7 June performance from Claude Vonstroke, undoubtedly
Snafu’s favourite DJ, US-flavour drenched house and techno beats, or so a
little dirty bird told me (11pm-3am, £8 adv / £7 early bird).
How was everyone’s clubbing experience last weekend? No time to breathe as another weekend rolls in and the Jubilee-infested holiday rolls on out… correlating figures tell me that pageantry and massive techno nights must go hand in hand, so unless someone puts on a parade this weekend it’s a lighter selection of treats for Scotland.
Edinburgh is all worn-out after that massive line-up across the venues for the start of the month, all filled up on Landstrumm, Traversable Wormholes and Silent Servant. Take this weekend to a) recuperate b) visit another city for techno or c) broaden your music taste and slide some breaks, electro, and dubstep into your Sunday night with Coalition at Sneaky Pete’s (10 June, 11pm-3am, £free).
If you chose option b), invest some interest in Glasgow who never take a techno-breather. La Cheetah welcomes Tribute for a free entry dive through techno, house and electro (Friday 8 June, 11pm-3am) as an aperitif to the mighty Jeff Mills at Sub Club’s Subculture on Saturday 9 June with support from Telford (11pm-3am, £10). If you like a younger and deeper vintage, check out Eric Cloutier and John Osborn at Wax Works (Chambre69, 11pm-3am, free before midnight / £5 after) – some serious competition for your ears in the Weeg over the coming days.
At Aberdeen’s Snafu the weekend starts early with a Thursday 7 June performance from Claude Vonstroke, undoubtedly Snafu’s favourite DJ, US-flavour drenched house and techno beats, or so a little dirty bird told me (11pm-3am, £8 adv / £7 early bird).
Featured Club of the Week: Synthetic Venue: Bongo Club Date: Saturday 2nd July
One of the Godfathers of modern techno and minimal house, Daniel Bell is back in Edinburgh to steamroller your knees into dancing submission with a Detroit / Chicago and Berlin infusion. Also domineering the main room is special guest 3d!T* playing live electronica. Meanwhile, the upstairs room explores electro, breaks and drum & bass.
In a change from the usual club nights, Cab Vol turn to the very people who run the venue to creat Cab Vol Stars, a collection of employees from the door to the bar taking control of the decks. The first line up is hosted by Prof, Dimi and Cunnie, and a mixed bag of dance and music is afoot for the first Friday of every month.
11pm-3am, £5 / £0 before midnight
Club: Fake
Venue: Sneaky Pete’s
Date: Saturday 2nd July
Fake celebrate their 5th birthday, after fighting years of gore, mayhem and horror in the form of bass and breaks riddled tunes. Join Bus Daddy and Zomby Lover as they keep it real for Fake.
11pm-3am, £3 / £0 members
Club: Jackhammer
Venue: The Caves
Date: Saturday 2nd July
There’s a techno competition this Saturday in Edinburgh... but we can soon settle that by picking your favourite sub-genre. If you dig the tech-house with deep and groovy vibes, check out Christian Smith at Jackhammer with Phil Kieran supporting. If a slice of minimal history is more your thang, look to Featured Club, Synthetic...
Four Corners hits the Bongo Club on Friday 1st July for more soulful and funky jazz, afro, latin and more with live percussion (11pm -3am, £5 / £3 before midnight), or for extra helpings of hip-hop and rnb, head to Sugarhill at Cabaret Voltaire (11pm-3am, £2 / £1). For those still going by Sunday evening, Coalition provides a faithful dose of dubstep, breaks and dnb at Sneaky Pete’s (11pm-3am, free)
Glasgow
Club: Craig Charles’ Funk & Soul Show
Venue: Old Fruitmarket
Date: Friday 1st July
Ok, usually wouldn’t have an event like this in here – but I was a long-time childhood fan of Red Dwarf, felt very disappointed when he took a role in Coronation Street, and then he redeemed his waster credibility by confessing to taking crack while driving on the motorway to work. This is all in the past, however, and Craig Charles dips into his DJ guise as a long time funk and soul fan for the Glasgow International Jazz Festival 2011, and quite frankly his previous behaviour is just a stag weekend for some Scots. Featuring a live set by the Federation of the Disco Pimp, it’s all interesting music from interesting people!
11pm-3am, £10
Club: Numbers
Venue: Sub Club
Date: Friday 1st July
I swear it was just Numbers birthday... here we go again! Floating Points returns to guest at their 8th birthday, supported by resident DJ Spencer. Floating Points likes to keep it varied, so expect genres at odds suddenly blending seamlessly - it’s the best way to get jazz fans to dance to dub techno!
Club: Point 4
Venue: Soundhaus
Date: Friday 1st July
Point 4 provide another three-roomed attack with special guests BCR (live) and Mr Copy touting the techno in Room 1 with Animal Farm, and Hotbox hosts Room 2 with techno and tech-house beats from Simon Stokes and Rufus Fook. Deep house groove fans can slip into Room 3 for Depth Charge’s 4 hour journey in beats.
11pm–3am, £8 / £5 adv
Club: Highlife
Venue: La Cheetah
Date: Saturday 2nd July
In their summer-themed party, A Tribute To The Sun, Highlife have a special guest DJ from Chile, to be revealed at the event. Everyone start racking their brains for DJs acing the fields of afrobeat, italo, latin, electro, jackin’ house, and more – narrows it down a bit!
11pm-3am, £6
Club: On Air
Venue: Bacchus
Date: Saturday 2nd July
This new showcase night will feature 5 DJs playing a range of styles, from disco to tech-house, and all will be broadcast live on chicagohousefm.com. But as a Scot you can catch it in person at Bacchus, kicking off with Mash (Compact Disco), Craig Hamilton (Flatpack Trax), Jazz Spastics (Mushroom Jazz 7), Pete Barker (Fiasco) and Ed Marco (Fiasco, CHFM).
10pm-3am, £tbc
Round up
Slam headline another four hours of techno at Pressure on Friday the 1st (The Arches, 11pm-3am, £7), and David Barbarossa’s Thing takes over two floors of Nice’n’Sleazy for NY disco, reggae and soul (11.30pm-3am, £3). On Saturday 2nd, Freakbeats Club is hosted by Mr Divine at the Flying Duck for a delve into mod, soul, ska, and of course freakbeats (11pm-3am, £5). Loop returns for another bi-monthly house and techno event with residents Neill Murphy and Jamie Knox, with special live guest 2AK at Basura Blanca (10pm-2am, £4 / £2 before 11pm). For those on a lighter budget, Power Tools at Flat 0/1 is free all night (11pm-3am), spinning italo, disco and house.
Aberdeen
Club: Everything Else Sucks
Venue: Snafu
Date: Friday 1st July
Dundee’s Ado (Wax:On) headlines EES with tinges of acid, rave-house, and electro, with support from Eezma and Krazzy Martn.
Club: Mothership Venue: Snafu
Date: Saturday 2nd July
For a reliable Saturday night dose of tech-house, house, and techno, head to Mothership and their pre-club Majestik at the Athenaeum (where you can also get discount entry passes for Snafu!).
11pm-3am, £6 / free before midnight
Dundee
Club: Librarian’s Choice
Venue: Reading Rooms
Date: Friday 1st July / Saturday 2nd July
Hosted by different DJs each night spinning a mixture of funk, house, dnb, soul and more, Friday’s is commanded by Neil Clarke and DTYE, and Desperado Dan slips into Saturday’s.
10.30pm-2.30am, £7 / £5 before midnight
Club: Renegades
Venue: Kage
Date: Friday 1st July
Trip-hop, funk and electro fans can groove out with CB and Pictux.
