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

Patrick Walker (FSG)

Featured Club of the Week: Pulse

Venue: Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh

Date: Saturday 10th September

On his whistle-stop tour of Scotland, Dave Clarke checks in with Edinburgh again to see if they missed his eyeliner and brand of techno since T in the Park. Pulse Residents Darrell Harding, Andy Problems, Ritchie Bryson, Muzza B, and Andy Borthwick support in Room 1. In Room 2 there’s a Substance / Audio showcase, with Forward Strategy Group’s Patrick Walker (Perc / SA) and a special DJ set of pressurised dub-techno, and devastating rhythms. Substance resident Gavin Richardson supports.

Sounds like: 4. Forward Strategy Group - Corporate Stress Tools by Substance+SubstanceAudio

11pm-3am, £14 adv.

Extra: Dave Clarke appears in Aberdeen the night before, on Friday 9th at Liebe in Snafu. 11pm-3am, £tbc


Edinburgh

Club: Telefunken
Venue: The Store
Date: Saturday 10th September

Filter’s DJ Q returns to the Telefunken stage, having last wowed the crowd when the club was still playing out of the Jazz Bar! The venues have progressively changed, but the favoured house style of Telefunken hasn’t, and DJ Q will remind why his jackin’ loops are so seductive. Residents Alan Gray, Nick Wilson and Harvey (We Play House) support.

Sounds like: Alan Gray - We Are One by telefunken

11pm-3am, £5/ £4 / Free before 11.30pm

Club: Betamax
Venue: Studio 24
Date: Saturday 10th September

New club Betamax launches with special guest HRH, cranking out the moody punk-electronica. New wave, disco, post-punk, and full on analogue synths ring out from residents Chris Fast, Gig Gus, and Jake Barnes going through the vinyl back catalogues to dig out what was the cutting edge of the 80s.

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11pm-3am, £5 / £4 / Free before 11.30pm

Club: Edit
Venue: Hawke & Hunter, Green Room
Date: Saturday 10th September

Everyone likes to joke about the rivalries between Edinburgh and Glasgow (what passes as an East and West side feud in Scotland), and Edit are hosting their own musical version with Glasgow DJs Geoff Montford and Al Kent exchanging disco beats with Edinburgh’s John Tokyoblu and Future B.

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

Round up

Get rolling with Animal Hospital at Sneaky Pete’s at a budget-busting free entry for minimal tech (11pm-3am) on Friday 9th, and Musika host a residents’ house, techno and electro special with Derek Martin, Laurie Neil, Jamie McKenzie and Kirk Douglas on Saturday 10th (Liquid Room, 10pm-3am, £MOTD / £5 before 11.15pm). Over at the Bongo, Messenger Sound System with MC Ras Echo deliver another round of roots music (11pm-3am, £7 / £6 before midnight).

If you’re still going by Sunday 11th, Bass Syndicate provide another free session at Sneaky Pete’s with heavenly breaks (11pm-3am, £3 non-members) from G-Mac, Believe and Silver Storic. Fancy a boat trip sail out the weekend? Heavy Gossip host a high seas adventure on the Firth of Forth, picking up from the Newsroom at 5.30pm. Disco, house and more via two modes of transport from Craig Smith and Nick Yuill! (3pm-late, £20 / £15 adv)


Glasgow

Club: Warp Presents
Venue: The Arches
Date: Friday 9th September

Glasgow just can’t get enough of Africa Hitech it seems. Having recently stormed it at Fortified back in June, the Detroit and Jamaican blenders headline this special Warp event, with Rudi Zygadio, Anxst and supporting artist Point to C. The theme for the event is ‘African music from the future’, with an infusion of Warpitude – namely acid, dub, digital, ragga, garage and more. It’s an early start gig, so if you check this out you’ll still have time to hit the clubs later!

Sounds like: Africa Hitech - Sampler by Warp Records

8pm-late, £8+BF

Club: No Sleep
Venue: Chambre 69
Date: Saturday 10th September
No Sleep host a special 10 Years of Secretsundaze party, featuring Giles Smith, George Fitzgerald and Brawther, with support from residents Adam Watt and Jonathan Carroll. The London party brings Secretsundaze founder Giles to reinvent the daytime house and techno groove for the Glasgow nightlife, and fresh talent George Fitzgerald, who recently dropped his ManMakeMusic release pitching a balance between softer dubstep beats and futuristic garage-house.

Sounds like: Fernweh / Hearts - MMAKEM001 by George FitzGerald

11pm-3am, £10

Club: Electric Frog September Weekender
Venue: SWG3
Date: Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th September

After being unable to deliver the goods at SWG3 due to refurbishment, the Electric Frog Weekender returns to its revamped venue with an enhanced line-up. Day One of the mini- urban festival features Derrick May, Jeff Mills, Levon Vincent, Len Faki and Slam on the Pressure Street Stage for the techno faithful, and on the 10 Years of Melting Pot Stage, Frankie Knuckles, Joe Clausell, Bob Jeffries and Andrew Pirie take up the house guard. It’s a calmer, melodic line-up for Day Two, with live Music from Mogwai, Wild Beasts, The Fall, Mount Kimbie, The Orb, Errors, Jimmy Edgar, Organs of Love and Konx-Om-Pax fill your desire for post-rock, electro rhythms, indie and experimental electronics.


Sounds like: Pfirter - The Dub Track (Len Faki remix) by LEN FAKI

2pm-10pm, £50 / £27.50 per day

More info: The Electric Frog can’t exist without an after-party, so each night you can head to The Arches for the official after-show. Only £5 with a Electric Frog wristband (10.30pm-3am).

Club: Shake It
Venue: Chambre 69
Date: Saturday 10th September

Layo and Bushwacka take over Chambre 69 to dominate the entire four hours with their club Shake It and a DJ set. That’ll be one hour of dance mash-up for ever year since they’ve last visited the city, described by them as the “UK Detroit”.

Sounds like (a higher quality version of):

11pm-3am, £10

Round up

Soothe your Soul with Jelly Roll at La Cheetah on Friday 9th with their residents’ special of house inspired by the likes of Theo Parrish (11pm-3am, £5), and after a quick kip you can start all over again at Wax Works Vs Equalised at The Old Hairdressers from 1pm-1am, for their all day techno party for freeeeeee. House and techno go mann gegen mann for a heated and deep party. New club Freaky Freaky launches at Nice’n’Sleazy with special guests S-Type and Éclair Fifi (Saturday 10th, 11.30pm-3am, £3), and supported by resident Sam Murray, spinning electronics and rnb slants. Remedy Nites Presents Baktrack on the same evening at La Cheetah with special guest Tom Budden, with AdrianM, Rab Hendo and Steven Fair at this brand new house night (11pm-3am, £8). Over at Blackfriars, Osmium with DJs Blair and Gary delights with disco, funk, italo and more (11pm-3am, £3). Dirty Beautiful Science flip the dubstep, electro and techno with residents The Black Price, Vik Vector, and AlessioOo (Blackfriars, 11pm-3am, £tbc).


Aberdeen 

Club: Mothership 
Venue: Snafu 
Date: Saturday 10th September 

Mothership keeps its regular notch in Aberdeen’s clubbing calendar with another instalment of house, techno, electro, disco and lots in between with residents Adam Ackers and Fuad.

11pm-3am, £tbc


Dundee

Club: Mixed Bizness
Venue: Reading Rooms 
Date: Friday 9th September

Mixed Bizness make their irregular visit to Dundee and bring the Glasgow club that has entertained so many. Live guest HaHaHa delivers his unique twist of house and techno, tweaking the heart strings with melodic patterns.

Sounds like: 1.1.11 Mixtape by HaHaHa

10.30pm-2.30am, £5 / £4

Club: Spektrum
Venue: Reading Rooms
Date: Saturday 10th September

Dundee is pleased to welcome back Monkey Mafia’s Jon Carter to enthrall dancers with ragga tinged acid-house and techno.

Sounds like: Tinted Car by Jon Carter

10.30pm-2.30am, £8

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

Featured Club of the Week: Deadly Rhythm
Venue: La Cheetah
Date: Saturday 12th March

They may be launching in a venue with only 150 capacity and a guest name that draws hundreds or thousands more fans, but Deadly Rhythm (already resident in London) is making a new home for its dubstep, house and future garage night in Scotland and for that we must let out a whoop. Starting the onslaught of bass is 2562 / A Made Up Sound, with support from Pictures Music’s Koreless, and residents Raksha, Masha, Aleksi and PCR.

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11pm–3am, £10 / £8 before midnight




Edinburgh

Club: Bedbug
Venue: Cabaret Voltaire
Date: Friday 11th March

It’s Breakbeat Kaos at Bedbug this week, when the dub, dnb and breaks bust out with special guest DJ Fresh infusing the club with powerful vocals, spine-tingling harmonics and that speeding kick drum.

11pm–3am, £6

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Extra: Upstairs in the Speakeasy, Bound For Glory host another Oxfam house fundraiser with special guest Joseph Malik (Compost), and resident’s Fudge Fingas, Beefy and Flyin' Saucer support. 11pm–3am, £4 / £3 before midnight

Club: Heavy Gossip
Venue: Medina
Date: Friday 11th March

Heavy Gossip is brought to you by residents Craig Smith and Nick Yuill, a regular outing in house, disco and funk, and for their first birthday they’ve invited Cottam to the basement; dig out your slurry dance moves for his minimal and slowed house and techno.

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10:30pm–3am, £8 / £5 before midnight

Club: Musika
Venue: Liquid Room
Date: Saturday 12th March

Musika pack another techno, house and electro stormer with special guest Nic Fanciulli, and support from none other than tech-house maestros Catz’n’Dogz, which forms part of their Escape from Zoo worldwide tour. Catch them at this double bill - their only Scottish date.

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10.30pm–3am, £15

Edinburgh round up
Four Corners returns on 11 March with Simon Hodge, Johnny Cashback, Astroboy, and Wee-G at the Bongo Club to spin worldly goods on a funky dance tip (11pm-3am, £5 / £3 before midnight), while Kosheen runs with the dnb and trip hop mantle at Potterrow, with live support from Spaio and Sleazy Tek, 10pm–3am, £7 / £5 before midnight. On Sat 12th March Bass Syndicate is back with the heavy bass, breaks and electro of G-Mac, Believe and Silver Storic at Sneaky Pete’s (11pm–3am, £3 / Members free), and techno night Pulse welcome a live set from Dusty Kid (11pm-3am, £12).

Glasgow

Club: Be Deep
Venue: The Admiral
Date: Fri 11th March

Be Deep live true to their name when they welcome Terry Lee Brown Jr to launch new deep house album Labyrinth (out on Plastic City) , with support from residents Russell Ventilla and Andy Barton.

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11pm–3am, £10 / £8 before midnight

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

Minimal tech-house purveyor and long-standing fixture in sets, Damian Lazarus joins Slam for a Return to Mono.

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11pm–3am, £10 / £8 Students

Club: RPZ & Wrong Island Present Den Haan
Venue: Stereo
Date: Friday 11th March

The launch of electro-disco has caused RPZ and Wrong Island to join forces in the name of Den Haan and their new LP, Gods From Outer Space. Hung Up!’s David Barbarossa, Wrong Island’s Teamy, RPZ and Death Disco’s Hushpuppy support local talent with even more local talent. .

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11pm–3am, £7 / £6

Glasgow round up
I think DJ Zinc just can’t get enough Mixed Bizness, he returns to The Art School with Benny Boom on Friday 11th for more breakstep / crackhouse action (11pm-3am, £5 / £3 before midnight / £3 after midnight (GSA students) / Free before midnight (GSA Students), while Mount Heart Attack takes La Cheetah on a journey through deep and hypnotic house with NY guest Brennan Green, supported by Ali Ooft! (11pm–3am, £10 / £7 Students). One More Tune rounds off your choices for Saturday 12th with special guests Bad Autopsy (Ramp) and Jinty (Gutter Diddim) for grimy dubstep at The Art School. Supported by residents Define Define, Saavedra and Peace, 11pm–3am, £5 / £4 before 11.30pm.

Aberdeen and Dundee

Club: Joris Voorn
Venue: Snafu, Aberdeen
Date: Friday 11th March

Yep, I’ve officially seen too many car adverts, as I can’t help thinking Va-Va-Voorn every time I read Joris’ name; the cool-hand Luke of Detroit techno with a Dutch twist braves the Aberdeen cold to spin with locals Adam Ackers and Cheynie.

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11pm-late, £12 Advance / £8 Members

Club: Crayon
Venue: Reading Rooms, Dundee
Date: Thursday 10th March

Killer Kitsch resident DJ Duncan Harvey plays under his Frantic Ant guise for Detroit techo and deep house night, Crayon.

10.30pm–2.30am, £5 / £3.50 before 11pm

Club: Mungo's Hi Fi
Venue: Reading Rooms, Dundee
Date: Friday 11th March

Mungo’s Hi Fi’s expansion across the Globe is looking unstoppable now, feeding the needs of dancehall, dubstep, ragga and reggae lovers with special guests Pupa Zeb and Daddy Scotty at their Dundee location.
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10.30pm–2.30am, £5 / £3.50 before midnight

Club: Spektrum
Venue: Reading Rooms
Date: Saturday 12th March

Spektrum looks set to raise the pressure on other Dundee clubs to catch up to the likes of Glasgow and Edinburgh, by rounding of a three night run of great music with the launch of their house event at the Reading Rooms alongside special guests Jon Carter and Edwin Oosterwaal. Residents Alan Dobson and Paul McFarlane support.

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10.30pm–2.30am, £10 / £8