August (Week 3) Clubbing Listings: Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Dundee

Julio Bashmore signing off Ultragroove

Featured Club of the Week: Ultragroove
Venue: Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh
Date: Saturday 20th August

I’m not sure if this is the total end of Ultragroove, or if they plan to return in more blazing glory at a later date, but the club are calling it a day at the Cab after nine years as one of the helm clubs. For their final party they’ve scored Julio Bashmore, one of the hottest UK talents in deep and bass-loaded house. Support comes from The Blessings (LuckyMe), Andrew Pirie (Melting Pot), and of course resident Gareth Sommerville, spinning deep house and disco.

Sounds like:

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

Edinburgh

Club: Soma Records Night
Venue: Cabaret Voltaire
Date: Friday 19th August  

The line-up for Soma’s 20th Anniversary party as part of the 2011 Edge Festival is looking good; including Slam, Gary Beck and Animal Farm. For a Soma fan it doesn’t matter – you’re guaranteed the freshest in house and techno beats!

Sounds like: 01 Gary Beck @ Awakenings Festival - Spaarnwoude - Netherlands 25-06-2011 by garybeck

11pm-4am, £8

Club: Wasabi Disco
Venue: Sneaky Pete’s
Date: Saturday 20th August  

50% of Optimo performs 100% for Wasabi Disco this Saturday, when JD Twitch join the festival special for more mutant disco and fucked up beats.

11pm-3am, £5

Club: Mumbo Jumbo Vs Headspin
Venue: Bongo Club
Date: Saturday 20th August  

Two clubs join forces for extra layers of soul, funk, hip-hop, house, disco and more when Mumbo Jumbo faces the return of Headspin. DJs Allan Dunbar, Steven Austin, Colin Millar, Dava and Trendy Wendy steal a six hour all-out party.

11pm-5am, £7 / £6 / 5 before midnight

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Fancied yourself a slice of Venetian history? Wee Red Bar are hosting a one-off Venetian ball, with live performances, films, installations and soundtrack. Masks are essential (Thursday 18th, 10pm-3am, £tbc). For more bass in your life, Homegrown at Sneaky Pete’s (11pm-3am, free) and Dubstar at The Store (11pm-5am, £5) for drum and bass, dubstep and grimy flavours. On Friday 19th, Four Corners draw together all the beats of the world on a funky and soulful tip at the Bongo (11pm-5am, £5 / £3 before midnight).


Glasgow

Club: Argonaut Sounds & Bass Warrior: Summer Reggae Vibes
Venue: African-Caribbean Centre
Date: Friday 19th August  

What happens when two soundsystems collide? They produce mighty rumbles of reggae and dancehall of course! Argonaut and Bass Warrior team up at the re-opened Centre with low door price, and all guests can bring their own drinks (no glass)!

11pm-3am, £4

Club: The Sensu Boat Party
Venue: Glasgow Science Centre
Date: Friday 19th August  

It’s the second Sensu Boat Party, so blow the cobwebs and glitter off your shipmate cap for another house and techno sailing from the Science Centre. The special guests will be Art Department aka Kenny Glasgow and Jonny White!

Sounds like: Art Department Live @ One Illusion, Hotel W, Barcelona, Sonar - 2011 by R_co

7pm-11pm, £25

More info: There will be a Sub Club afterparty from 11pm-3am, free entry with a boat ticket, or £10!

Club: Subculture
Venue: Sub Club
Date: Saturday 20th August  

Subculture welcome back Dixon (Innervisions), always playing at the forefront of Berlin house music, and always cheered in the Subbie! Support comes from Harri and Domenic.

11pm-3am, £10

Club: Oh My Days
Venue: La Cheetah
Date: Saturday 20th August  

Tonight is the launch night of Oh My Days, from residents Martin Moffatt and Euan Neilson, and their first guest is young talent French Fries (Young Gunz), grooving the crowd with latino-house frays. Or should that be ‘fries’. 

Sounds like: Greenmoney - Into You (French Fries Remix) by MrFrenchFries

11pm-3am, £7

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Bitter Glitter returns to the Polo Lounge on Thursday 18th (11pm-3am, £3) for more electronic disco and house dalliances with Madame S and Fraser Bone, and Nice ‘n’ Sleazy host Durty Booty (11.30pm-3am, £3) with DJ Otis spinning breakbeat, funky house and hip-hop. Walk n Skank hits Club 520 for their regular does of reggae, digital dub, jahtari and more (11pm-3am, £4 / £3). On Saturday 20th, Depthcharge host a Scenic Tones house special with label boss Julius Funkhouser and Tronicsole’s Steven Coyle (Ad Lib, 11pm-3am, £5), and Menergy hosts Slabs of the Tabernacle’s Brian d’Souza at the monthly italo disco and hi-nrg party, with free entry for drag queens (Stereo, 11pm-3am, £6)


Aberdeen and Dundee

Club: Chungo-Bungo & Dot to Dot
Venue: Snafu, Aberdeen
Date: Friday 19th August  

Dot to Dot join forces with the Glasgow Chungo-Bungo crew for a reggae, electro, dub and dancehall special for the ‘deen. Grab your roots music fix!

Sounds like: CBPM001 - Sub Thursday by CHUNGO-BUNGO

11pm-3am, £4

Club: Bleep
Venue: Reading Rooms, Dundee
Date: Friday 19th August  

Bleep return with a fresh cut of electronica beats from Light Nights, WeAreNotRobots, Steve ‘n’ Gord and UsualSuspect!

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

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

Featured Club of the Week: Fortified
Venue: Stereo, Glasgow
Date: Friday 10th June

Fortified continue to grow in strength, and this month they’re bringing in some mighty big guns in the shape of Africa Hitech (Mark Pritchard and Steve Spacek), blending Detroit techno, garage house and digital dancehall. This is their Glasgow show to support debut LP ’93 Million Miles’, with residents Electric Eliminators on decks.

Sounds like: Africa Hitech - 93 Million Miles Sampler by Warp Records

11pm-3am, £7

Edinburgh

Club: Compakt
Venue: Cabaret Voltaire
Date: Friday 10th June

Techno kicks off the weekend feeling with a Sleaze Records showcase with label boss Hans Bouffmyhre and The BCR Boys pounding the hard techno.

Sounds like: BCR BOYS - DESOLATION - AFFIN 090 by AFFIN

11pm-3am, £6 / £5 before midnight

Club: Devil Disco Club
Venue: Bongo Club
Date: Saturday 11th June

This month sees a special Deep Balearic theme for DDC, alongside the usual bounty of disco, electro, proto house and NY classics from the Trouble DJs and Giles Walker.

11pm-3am, £7 (£6) / £5 before midnight

Club: Helfi
Venue: Henry’s Cellar
Date: Saturday 11th June

‘Helfi’ portions of dubstep, hip-hop and grime are being dished out in the basement of Morrison Street, courtesy of Madhat McGore and MCF Records.

11pm-3am, £tba


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If you happen to be at the Cab for Compakt, you also have the chance to catch Bound For Glory, the monthly Oxfam charity event for electro and house fans, in the Cab’s Speakeasy (Fri 10th June, 11pm-3am, £4/£3). For something with more sub, Bass Syndicate are back at Sneaky Pete’s on Sat 11th June (11pm-3am, £3/free before 12am) with breaks, electro and house from G-Mac, Believe and Silver Storic. You can finish off the weekend at Sneaky’s with Coalition for free on Sun 12 Jun, spinning dnb, techno, breaks and dubstep (11pm-3am).


Glasgow

Club: Mixed Bizness
Venue: Glasgow School of Art
Date: Thursday 9th June

One of my favourites artists to interview, DJ Food returns to Glasgow to sign off the last Mixed Bizness at the GSA. I won’t even bother with adding a flavour of genres, because Food can play them all in one fantastic mix.

Sounds like: The Death of Output by DJ Food

11pm-3am, £4 / £3 before midnight

Club: Art School Degree Show & Closing Party
Venue: Glasgow School of Art
Date: Friday 10th June

The official GSA closing part is ticket only finale, featuring LuckyMe, Mungo’s Hi Fi and DJ Hushpuppy – reminisce on your previous clubbing years with a fine send-off.

10pm-3am, £tbc

Club: Return to Mono
Venue: Sub Club
Date: Friday 10th June

Slam welcome fellow Soma artists Gary Beck, Harvey McKay, and Scott Byrne to the house and techno party.

Sounds like: Par Grindvik - Sinister - Gary Beck Remix (CLIP) by garybeck

11pm-3am, £tbc


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It’s an absolutely packed Saturday in Glasgow – for house, electro and techno fans, head to Beatitude!, Mount Heart Attack and Wrong Island. Beatitude! takes Basura Blanca at the Brunswick Hotel (10pm-2am, £5/£4) with DJs Craig Fox, Lewis Park and Jonny Dobbie, while Mount Heart Attack treats La Cheetah (11pm-3am, £tbc). Dirty Larry and Teamy mash it up for Wrong Island at Nice’n’Sleazy (11pm-3am, £3). Club 520 welcomes Front to Back with Chungo Bungo, DJ L-I-A-M, the Marquee DJs, and La Bamba playing reggae grooves (11pm-3am, £7/£5), and Pass the Peas guest Krash Slaughta appears at Blackfriars Basement (11pm-3am, £5/£3 before 12am) for a hip hop rampage. Round off the weekend at Nice’n’Sleazy’s with Out on Sun 12 Jun with a powerful selection of techno, dubstep and electro (11pm-3am, £tbc).


Dundee and Aberdeen

Wow, I found nothing particularly dance-orientated for Dundee or Aberdeen. All quiet on the club front! Hopefully just a second week dip.