I'm off on holiday! For once.. but that means I leave you in the lurch with listings and content. Please note there will be no club listings this week or next week, but I cannot leave you without something, so here is the world's shortest club recommendations for your weekend ahead:
Starting on Friday in Edinburgh, you have James Ruskin and Neil Landstrumm over at Jackhammer (Lane,10.30pm-3am, £5), and the Plastician (Rinse FM) debuts at Xplicit on the same evening at the Bongo (11pm-3am, £8 adv). Cabaret Voltaire host Bed Bug with dnb hero Shy FX on Friday 14th (11pm-3am, £10 /
£8 adv).
In Glasgow, Return to Mono welcome Cassy at the Sub Club on Friday 14th (11pm-3am, £12 /
£10 students), and over at La Cheetah's Cut Down on the same evening, there's a rare appearance from Maurice Fulton (11pm-3am, £7 / £5 before midnight). Friday also sees the launch of Rustie's debut LP on Warp, Glass Swords, at Stereo under the Numbers x LuckyMe banner (11pm-3am, £8). Death Disco reach to Canada for filthy-mouthed electro star Peaches on Saturday 15th (11pm-3am, £14).
Dundee welcome Mungo's Hi Fi with special guest Marina P at the Reading Rooms on Friday 14th (10.30pm-2.30am, £7 / £5 before 11.30pm), and Aberdeen's Let It Bleed have a hairy special with the 2 Bears aka Joe Goddard and Raf Daddy on the same evening (11pm-3am, £tbc).
Glasgow's Osmium club got in touch with the blog recently to give the lowdown on their night held every second Saturday of the month at Blackfriars on Bell Street, spinning a "mad mix of Italo, synth, funk and other madness" - as an extra bonus they casually dropped in a four month back catalogue of Osmium mixes. Dig in and enjoy!
The Cab Vol Stars return with another venue crew inspired night and a few handpicked guests, in the form of Jackmaster, Al Meldrum and Dickie Drysdale, exploding the latest and weightiest electronics for your listening pleasure. Jackmaster is readily associated with Glasgow’s Numbers by the Scots, but he is better known around the world as the Fabriclive 57 selector and a current hot topic on the techno, house and electro scenes
Club: Wonky Venue: Bongo Club Date: Friday 7th October
To celebrate Wonky’s first birthday, they invite Grandma Staflash and The Furious Grandads for a live special of Balkan-styled electro-swing, breaks, hip-hop and some serious tongue in cheek. They Wolfjazz and Hobbes bring up the rear with dubstep, heavy bass, hip-hop, and worldwide flavours.
Club: Electrikal Venue: The Store Date: Friday 7th October
If
you like your bass music rough and ready with a moody attitude, turn
down that dark alleyway into Guthrie St and visit Electrikal for special
guest booking, 16-Bit. The London-based DJ and producer has been
stepping out with the likes of Noisia, and joins the club for future
bass, dubstep, funk, reggae, hip-hop and more in a high energy beat
throw-down.
11pm-3am, £12 Club: Musika Venue: Liquid Room Date: Saturday 8th October
James Zabiela’s picture is the most searched thing about this blog, so you’ll all be glad to know that the model-like one returns to Musika and joins rising talent Maya Jane Coles for a double headliner of hot breakbeat house and minimal, deep tech-house.
More: Zabiela also appears at Streetrave’s 22nd Birthday with MANDY, Shades of Rhythm, The Bassheads and more at The Arches on Saturday 8th October. (10pm-3am, £15)
Glasgow
Club: Tribute Venue: La Cheetah Date: Friday 7th October
This is one to draw the old clubheads out their homes! Stay Plastic, Scrabble and Jelly Roll Soul are combining to create Tribute, a night concentrating on a particular sound or artist, and this time it’s an Urban Tribe themed-night with special guest and former Drexciya tour DJ, Stingray! Check out his fierce aquatic electro alongside rolling residents Dommm (Pest Control) and Matt (All Caps).
Club: Wax Works Vs Equalised Venue: The Admiral Date: Friday 7th October
What can I say, Forward Strategy Group are Scotland born and bred but they’re rarely booked to play in their own country, however times are changing as more people tune into their sound. Fresh from their stormin’ performance for Grounded Theory in Berlin - drawing in crowds from as far away as Sweden for the event - FSG bring their dirty, industrial techno and tundra soundscapes for a three hour DJ set at their second ever appearance in Glasgow for Wax Works and Equalised.
Club: Subculture vs Animal Farm Venue: Sub Club Date: Saturday 8th October
Bickering about who is the rightfully-named pioneer of a genre can be a minefield, but this one’s a straight answer: dub-inflected techno / Berlin electronics pioneer Moritz ‘Maurizio’ Von Oswald has had so many tricks in his back pocket over the years he’s forged a career in contemporary techno, 80s pop / kraut-rock, new wave, and of course, went on to co-found the Basic Channel label. Playing a special live set with Tikiman, Moritz (onstage at 9.30pm) will dig through possibly the biggest dub and afro-influenced collection in Berlin to bring you a special pre-club live set!
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8.30pm-3am, £15 / £12
Club: Vitamins 6 Venue: Chambre 69 Date: Saturday 8th October
Glasgow party Vitamins see their plans come together as they announce a showcase for two of their favourite producers. LuckyMe’s Lunice and bass monster Baobinga drop in to deliver their boost of energising vitamin tonic, distilled into lively beats. Canadian Lunice started off as a b-boy and graduated to electro hip-hop producer, being snapped up by the LuckyMe label when they hooked up across the Atlantic, and Baobinga has forged a strong reputation as a bass connoisseur, whether its dnb, dancehall, hyphy, electro, it’s all tantalising rumbles of soundwaves. Shaun and Sam Vitamins support.
Club: Everything Else Sucks Venue: Snafu Date: Friday 7th October
For
their third birthday Everything Else Sucks host special Belgian guests
Sound of Stereo to celebrate over 900 days on the scene and recruiting
two new residents this year. They headlined I Love Techno with their
electro killers in 2010 and now embrace the Scottish north: Recommended
for fans of Fake Blood and Brodinski. Ado and Squelchy support.
Club: Minival vs Mothership Venue: Snafu Date: Saturday 8th October
This
special event features as the second last ever gig by Moon Harbour’s
Chris Lattner as he bids goodbye to life on the house circuit. It’s not
clear whether he’ll remain in production, but it’s as good excuse as any
to groove on down to progressive and tech-house and bid adieu.
Club: Optimo Venue: Reading Rooms Date: Friday 7th October
Optimo duo JD Twitch and JG Wilkes make their monthly excursion to Optimo for gold glitter beats, savvy rhythms and subtle blends of house, disco, tech, electro and funk.
10.30pm-2.30am, £6 / £4 before midnight
Club: Mixed Bizness Venue: Reading Rooms Date: Saturday 8th October
Another Glasgow club holding a monthly spot in Dundee is Mixed Bizness helmed by the funky Boom Monk Ben. This month they feature Parker, the man who dared to make a dubstep track based on the Jungle Book and has been winning over crowds and DJs alike with his Bristol bass.
Animal Farm feature a showcase of the Ost Gut Ton label, starring Berghain DJ Marcel Fengler for deep and pounding techno - check out the title track from his recent Enigma EP below. The newest signing to Ost Gut Ton, Ryan Elliot, will be running the bassline techno for maximum OGT drenching.
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11pm–3am, £10
Edinburgh
Club: Axis
Venue: Cabaret Voltaire
Date: Friday 22nd October
It doesn’t time travel but it does come in bright colours: Hot Pink Delorean tease in the electro and house at Axis, usually a preserve of techno beats. If you pitch up looking for straight 4/4s you might not be prepared for the funkier and glam melody aspects so remember your party attitude.
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11pm–3am, £5 / £4
Club: Fakin’ It
Venue: Henry’s Cellar Bar
Date: Friday 22nd October
For all your hardcore basement desires, Fakin’ It surfaces with hardtek, breaks, jungle and electro to grind your face off.
11pm–3am, £4 / £3
Club: Four Corners
Venue: The Bongo Club
Date: Friday 22nd October
Always on the pulse for music with world flavours and heritage, Four Corners spins jazz, latin, afro, reggae, funk, soul and everything in between: supported by live percussion.
11pm–3am, £5 / £3 before 12am
Club: Ghantin vs Electikal
Venue: The GRV
Date: Friday 22nd October
Phew seems like a mix of extremes this weekendm ; one night in and hardcore has reared it’s head a few ties. Using the Elecktikal Soundsystem, Ghantin breaks out the breakcore, smashes the dnb, and ramps up the techno with Tekkerz, Tam O Banter and Taz Buckfaster back-to-back with White Noise.
11pm–3am, £3
Club: Bass Syndicate
Venue: Liquid Room
Date: Saturday 23rd October
The Plump DJs have garnered a rep for their one-off specials in the capital, and never fail to move tickets. They’re back once again at the rebuilt Liquid Room to test those new supporting beams with powerful electro house, breaks, house and whatever can raise the heart rate.
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10.30pm–3am, £12 / £10
Club: Big’n’Bashy
Venue: The Bongo Club
Date: Saturday 23rd October
She kicks a lot of ass through heavy beats, and Numbers / LuckyMe’s Eclair FiFi whips up a stormer guest set for Big’n’Bashy, who will spin their four deck mix of dubstep, reggae, dancehall and jungle.
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11pm–3am, £5
Glasgow
Club: Precision Bass
Venue: Soundhaus
Date: Friday 22nd October
In a way, dnb is a matter of precision - constructing rhythm patterns which confirm and stretch and genre, so definitely you get the club’s name. Rifling the bass rhythms will be Alcane (Symbiosis), Waptek, Totcc, Daddy G, and support from MCs Dazzo and Amense.
11pm-3am, £6
Club: Elevate Venue: Soundhaus
Date: Saturday 23rd October
So much techno this month! I have a theory that when the nights get darker in Scotland the rate of techno guests goes up in tandem. The Advent and Industrialyzer are in town to throw some acid, detroit and electro techno your way; three months ago they released the Root Key Ep on Advanced Intelligence and this month they bring it directly to your ears.
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10pm–3am, £tbc
Club: Itch!
Venue: The Universal
Date: Saturday 23rd October
Hyperdub’s Ikonika scratches that itch for dubstep, emotive bleeps and sub-bass, and Subcity’s Skinny Rufftrax scratches out the grimy garage. Itch! residents MatthewOneMoreTune, Gnarlyface and Mark David take on all of the above with extra house.
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11pm–3am, £6
Club: The Appreciation Society
Venue: Glasgow School of Art
Date: Saturday 23rd October
It’s a new club launch courtesy of 3rd Abstract Records; where else can you get up close with a homegrown techno-electro label with a regular showcase? (No, really, where? If I’m missing out on a club let me know). With releases due out from Polymath and Dersonna in November and December, start tapping this local night-time resource.
Club: Subculture
Venue: Sub Club
Date: Saturday 23rd October
If you don’t want to end your evening after the Wee Chill you can hit one of the after parties - Subculture host the longest running event with a 4am licence. Top up your house indulgence with Harri, Domenic and the inkling of a special guest!
11pm–4am, £10
Club: Hung Up!
Venue: Sub Club
Date: Sunday 24th October
New York remixer / re-editor Prince Language joins JD Twitch for light-hearted house, disco and plenty genre-combo moves.
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11pm-3am, £6 / £4 before 12am
Aberdeen
Club: Mixtape Presents Jesse Rose
Venue: Snafu
Date: Friday 22nd October
Berlin-based, London-born and spinning a mix of Chicago house and Detroit techno, Jesse Rose joins the nations with warped synth, bass and a minimal touch.
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11pm–3am, £7 Dundee
Club: Autodisco Venue: Reading Rooms
Date: Saturday 23rd October
Special guests Horse Meat Disco deliver their expertise in the funk and electro veins of disco to get the Dundonian blood pumping.
Club: Scream! Venue: The Liquidroom Date: Thursday 14th October
Jakwob the dubstep wunderkind - fresh out of uni and straight into graduate DJ schedules - visits Scream! to dabble in dub, ghetto, breaks, hip-hop and dnb. Catch him before his debut LP drops on Boom Ting Recordings.
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10.30pm-3am, £8
Club: Numbers Venue: Sneaky Pete’s Date: Friday 15th October
Numbers crosses the East-West border (aka the M8) to bring the club to the Scottish capital for a super-cheap night with residents Jackmaster and Nelson spinning techno, house, electro and so much more.
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11pm-3am, £3 / £0 members
Club: Telefunken Venue: Cabaret Voltaire Date: Friday 15th October
Libra birthdays seem to be a club trend - this time Derrick Carter helps Telefunken mark off six years of top house with Chicago funk, soul and jazz. Head along and see if he can inspire you - something he’s been achieving for three decades.
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11pm-3am, £tbc
Club: Az-Tech Venue: The Caves Date: Friday 15th October
Az-Tech welcomes Bristol breaks Jinx (aka Jinx-in-Dub) for electro, dub beats and digital riddims hosted in a subterranean venue.
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10.30pm–3am, £tbc
Club: Annie Mac Presents Venue: Ocean Terminal Date: Saturday 16th October
Annie Mac doesn’t even need a club to play at - she just invents her own! The Ocean Terminal mall will be turned over to Felix Da Housecat, Caspa, MC Rod Azlan and Ado for house, electro, and dubstep; bringing together some crowds which rarely mix in the Capital. This will be interesting for the sociological experiment alone!
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9.30pm-3am, £20 / £18
Club: Ultragroove Venue: Cabaret Voltaire Date: Saturday 16th October
It’s another (bigger) birthday for Ultragroove when they celebrate 11 years with Frank Tope of Wild Geese and his disco-house charms. Melting Pot in Glasgow also get a look-in, when resident Andrew Pirie supports, with Ultragroove’s Gareth Sommerville, Lel Palfreya, and Carina Ramos.
11pm-3am, £8 / £5 students or before 12am
Glasgow
Club: Wrong Island vs Stay Plastic Venue: La Cheetah Date: Friday 15th October
Wrong Island (Dirty Larry and Teamy) and Stay Plastic (Danceaff, Sidrad and Wardy) join forces to vary your electronic clubbing experience with party bangers and bleeps to make your ass shake.
11pm–3am, £5 / £3 before 12am
Club: Jungle Nation Venue: The Arches Date: Friday 15th October
Jungle Nation welcomes Chase & Status amongst the dnb flora and fauna for one of their biggest dates. The guitar-loving drum demons are due for a single release on November 8th - entitled Hypest Hype and featuring vocals from Tempa T, so keep an ear out for their new material (or indeed, get stuck in to the youtube vid below). Nero, Hush Hush and Jongerre support.
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11pm-3am, £15
Club: Point 4 Venue: Soundhaus Date: Friday 15th October
New event alert! Point 4 is Soundhaus’ newest addition to host four clubs over three rooms with Animal Farm DJs at the selection helm. First up is Kreep Crew, Slabs of the Tabernacle, Hotbox and Animal Farm for a mix of electro, techno, house, electronica and plenty more rhythms where that came from. It’s a clubbing pick ‘n’ mix - brings back fond memories of Edinburgh’s now-defunct Venue Friday nights.
10.30pm–3am, £tbc
Club: Sensu Venue: Sub Club Date: Friday 15th October
No it’s not an annoying computer message; Reboot (Cadenza / Cocoon) plays a Scottish exclusive for Sensu’s 6th birthday, and indulges us in ‘the new sound of Frankfurt’* - a combination of techno, house and electronica, fire-stoked for extra warmth and arsch-schlapped for extra bounce.
*I feel a genre deconstruction coming on.
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11pm-4am, £10
Club: Mungo’s Hi Fi Venue: Glasgow School of Art Date: Saturday 16th October
Mungo’s welcome a touch of the Danish this month, with dancehall and digital riddims from Maffi and Firehouse Sound. The heavy dubplates will be coming out so get down to witness the links of culture spanning an ocean!
Club: Death Disco Venue: The Arches Date: Saturday 16th October
Electro-head Erol Alkan must have some stack of frequent visitor points to Death Disco by now - he appears again in October when rave-rock remixers South Central and electro-funky disco tweakers Monarchy are playing special live sets. Support comes from Hush Puppy, Josh Jones, Wavy Graves and Mingo-Go.
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(Fucking ace; I love Rammstein, they always deserved a dance remix!)
11pm–3am, £14 / £7 with half price pass
More info: You can also catch Erol Alkan at Dundee’s Reading Rooms on Friday 15th October, 9.30pm-3am, £15
Club: Hung Up Venue: Sub Club Date: Sunday 17th October
Breaking dubstep out of the boundaries, Mount Kimbie have even referred to their sound as post-dubstep - adding rnb, guitar pop and extra dub vibes. Perfect for an Optimo-curated night and bringing dubstep to a more diversified audience.
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11pm-3am, £8 / £6 before 12am
Dundee
Club: Devil Disco Club Venue: Reading Rooms Date: Saturday 16th October
Devil Disco whip up electro-funk courtesy of Edinburgh settler X-Lion Tamer, armed with a laptop and guitar.
Monox go out with a bang on their 10th birthday, the last ever Monox party to rumble Glasgow. Ghetto-tech connoisseur and Chicago House legend DJ Funk conducts your booties for the Monox send-off; a fitting goodbye would be all punters rhythmically squeezing their behinds and punching their arms like an efficient engine, pulsing in time to Funk rhythms as they pulse down your veins!
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11pm-3am, £10+bf
Edinburgh
Club: Volume! Venue: Sneaky Pete's Date: Saturday 2nd October
Volume! returns for another free night of dubstep, UK funky, Baile, grime and more from residents TermiteG-Mac, Paranoise and Brian D’Souza with a special appearance from Kidill. Ratio of tunes to £s couldn’t be better!
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11pm-3am, £0
Club: Fuse Venue: Lane Nightclub Date: Friday 1st October
Energy-infused electro-house bod Kissy Sell Out headlines Fuse with hip-hop / rave mix-up crew The Squatters, and support from Decibel and Eats Everything.
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9pm-3am, £12
Club: Xplicit Venue: Potterrow Date: Friday 1st October
In an ever-so-slight dnb departure, Xplicit present a dubstep special with Emalkay and fresh dubs courtesy of DJ Marky, with Stamina MC delivering the vocals. Potterrow nights are always big for Xplicit - kick off your month in super-sized fashion.
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10pm-3am, £10
Club: Ultragroove Venue: Cabaret Voltaire Date: Saturday 2nd October
The Cab Vol Alternative Freshers Week drwas to a close with a special appearance from Joey Negro and Ultragroove resident Gareth Sommerville. House and disco legend Negro (and Top 100 DJ) was producing while Lo-Quality was browsing for their first primary school uniform, and he’s in town to spin circles round the new crews in town. LuckyMe Collective’s The Blessings host the back room.
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11pm-3am, £10 / £7 before midnight / £5 student
Glasgow
Club: Pressure Venue: The Arches Date: Friday 1st October
There’s a special Drumcode Party with Adam Beyer, Alan Fitzpatrick and Slam - on the same night as DJ Funk - so make your decisions carefully. It’s Swedish techno at its best, brought to you by the label master and a rising star from the 4/4 stables.
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11pm-3am, £14+bf
Club: Slabs of Tabernacle Venue: La Cheetah Date: Saturday 2nd October
Slabs host an Abstract Forms label night, with founder Deixis, and label mates Morphology and Arne Weinberg for electro-bending techno and a touch of ambient to stimulate the neurons and knees.
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10pm-3am, £8
Aberdeen
Club: Mothership Venue: Snafu Date: Saturday 2nd October
The Italoboyz continue their journey around Scotland, hitting Aberdeen’s Mothership for more tech-house beat-downs.
11pm-3am, £7 adv / £5 members
Dundee
Club: Optimo Venue: Reading Rooms Date: Saturday 2nd October
Optimo return with their sleazy electronic spin-off in Dundee, their first time back since a degree show in May, to experience the mash-up greatness of Glasgow’s finest.
10.30pm-2.30am, £10
More info: Optimo continue their newest club, Hung Up, at the Sub Club in Glasgow on Sunday 3rd October with special guest Jackmaster (11pm-3am, £7 / £5 before midnight).
