Free tunes: Osmium mixes July-Oct 2011

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!

October

Osmium Mix October 2011 by I_Fear_Satan on Mixcloud

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September

Osmium September mix by Gary Thoms on Mixcloud

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August

Osmium Mix August 2011 by I_Fear_Satan on Mixcloud

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July

Osmium Mix July 2011 by I_Fear_Satan on Mixcloud

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September (Week 4) Clubbing Listings: Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Dundee

Switching things up a little at Lo-Quality, with shorter listings for the weekend ahead. Take a shedload of great club nights, run them through the guest headliner, price, usual crowd turnout, and general atmosphere filters, and you get the top picks below!

Edinburgh

Club: Tokyoblu
Venue: Teviot Underground
Date: Friday 23rd September 

Tokyoblu move to the student stomping grounds of the Teviot for their auspicious ninth birthday, featuring live house, electro and tech from Gabriel Kemp, Little Grooves, Sounds of Soul, Niall & Dennis McKervey, Nobad & Damon Melvin (Get 2 Funk), and Soul Jam Hot. Residents John and Iain dig through the crates for the finest representation of their near-decade delighting house fans. This one-off is happening during Freshers week, picking up the influx of new students looking for underground disco, funk and sparkly house.

Sounds like: Bottletop by tokyoblu dj's

9pm-3am, £8 / £6 before midnight

Club: Four Corners
Venue: Bongo Club
Date: Friday 23rd September

As part of the Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival, Four Corners welcomes a live set from The Delegators, infusing soul with Jamaican flavours and reggae swing, rocksteady and splashes of motown. Residents Simon Hodge, Johnny Cashback, Astroboy and Wee G bring in the remaining corners of the world with breaks, jazz, funk dipped in South American, African, and European styles.

Sounds like: Movin' On EP excerpts by The Delegators

11pm-3am, £tbc

Club: Compakt
Venue: Cabaret Voltaire
Date: Friday 23rd September

Perk up for the techno sightings this weekend – label boss Ali Wells aka Perc of Perc Records, home to Forward Strategy Group, headlines Compakt’s third birthday party for a techno lesson in UK industrial noises. The second room is hosted by Compakt resident DJ Phrase offering a different take on the techno night, heating up the second room with electro, dubstep and drum and bass beats. He is joined by Special Ed, label owner of Special Records.

Sounds like: Perc - Wicker & Steel - full album stream by Perc

11pm-3am, £5 / free before midnight

Club: Kapital
Venue: The Caves
Date: Friday 23rd September

More techno prevails! Kapital make their monthly appearance with Oliver Huntemann touring his Paranoia Reactable Live show for the only Scottish date. The tour celebrates his new LP, Paranoia, turning his live show into a visual feast as he shifts cubes of soft and hardware to control synths, installed in a fancy-ass/fetishist cage and lighting rig. It’s a full stage show to blow your mind as you groove minimal techno. Kapital residents Barry O’Connell and Brad Charters support.

Sounds like: Ideal Audio Podcast, Vol. 1 - Oliver Huntemann by Oliver Huntemann

11pm-3am, £12 / £10 adv.


Glasgow

Club: Sensu
Venue: Sub Club
Date: Friday 23rd September

The sea tour is finished, and Sensu dock at the Sub Club for landlubbers Guti and tINI, who despite sounding like an exotic circus act of the 1860s, are Desolat stars: jazz wunder-kid turned latin-infusing techno and house explorer and tINI, the able accomplice of the Desolat label-bosses and fast becoming a regular fixture on the German club circuit.

Sounds like: Patio de juegos - patio de juegos -Desolat by guti_desolat

11pm-3am, £10

Club: Optimo Presents… Horse Meat Disco
Venue: Sub Club
Date: Sunday 25th September

Optimo host another special Sunday event with Horse Meat Disco taking over the Sub reins to introduce James Hillard, Jim Stanton, Severino and Filthy Luka to Glasgow’s disco cravers. Horse Meat Disco are Sunday night faithfuls also, delighting that niche of the club scene who shift-work, know when to book their holidays, or simply can rock on through till the 9am start on Monday. Refresh your knowledge of disco with an education in the genres that twist in and out its funky and soulful centre.

Sounds like: HMD 6 Music Pilot #2 by James-horse-meat-disco

11pm-3am, £9 / £8 before midnight

Club: Divine
Venue: The Admiral 
Date: Saturday 24th September

Andrew Divine raises Divine from the refurbished Art School to the Admiral for a new venue and solid reputation to draw on – return to the 60s and 70s for a reach into the roots of the modern. Groove to psych, funk, ska, soul, northern and more on original sexy vinyl.

Sounds like:

11pm-3am, £7 / £5 before midnight and concessions


Aberdeen

Club: Mothership 
Venue: Snafu 
Date: Saturday 24th September

Mothership do a bit of resident swapping, when they beam in Glasgow’s Junior, fresh from behind the decks of Sensu and performances at Subculture, tipping out the freshest house and techno by the bucketload from Snafu’s sound system. Fuad and Adam Ackers support.

Sounds like: Juniors Kinda Blue Pic and Mix (Pick a record and mix) by Junior Sub Club

11pm-3am, Free entry with "7!" wristband.

Club: Snafu is 7: Steve Bug
Venue: Snafu
Date: Sunday 25th September

All this week Snafu have been celebrating their 7th birthday with a raft of special events, and they round it all off with Poker Flat’s Steve Bug. Taking you on a sonic journey from start to finish, Bug trawls minimal tech-house and deep house for the spine-tinglers and knee-wobblers. He is joined by Fuad (Rememory Music) and Si Smith.

Sounds like: Steve Bug -Do It Right - teaser by stevebug

11pm-3am, £10 / £7 adv / £5 members

More info: Anyone who had bought tickets for the original billing, Josh Wink, will still be able to use them.


Dundee

Club: Bass Orgy Sound System
Venue: Reading Rooms
Date: Friday 23rd September

Dundee’s launches a new night for the bass fans with Bass Orgy Sound System, as much of a tin-name as you could possibly get. Electro, dub, dnb, and sub shakers abound from residents Dave Non-Zero, Sharpy and Farfletched, and Scotty D guests for glitchy, fast-paced beats on their very first event. B.O.S.S’s motto is: Letting you feel how bass is meant to be.

Sounds like:

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

Vinyl and Digital Reviews: Black Dog, George FitzGerald and Obtane, Georgio Gigli & Tinman

The Black Dog - Liber Temple (Dust Science Recordings)
… going back to our roots

Black Dog were doing dark techno when UK cities could be considered ‘industrial’, and now that 80s deprivation rears its head, they embrace the aggressive and driving with ‘Heavy Industry’, a silent but screaming protest peppered with abstract samples and ‘Greedy Gutter Guru’, culling melodious sirens’ urgency into synth noise.

Released: 5 September 2011 / Out now

George FitzGerald - Fernweh / Hearts (ManMakeMusic)
… melting genres like butter

The ManMakeMusic label head begins their new series with ‘Fernweh’, a bright spray of keys supported by deep, grooving rhythms and soulful house vocals; for those who found dubstep too heavy, and house too stagnant. ‘Hearts’ continues scooping garage into techno, dubstep, and house for a shuffly piece of loveliness.

Released: 5 September 2011 / Out now

Obtane, Giorgio Gigli, Tin Man - Analysis of a Nihilist Who Wants to Become Famous (Zooloft)
... wish we could call it shoegaze techno

Eerie soundscapes and relentless techno hammering out your insecurities, ‘Social Deconstruction’ and throbbing ‘Individual Submission’ come from the new(ish) dark wave making producers dribble at aural beauty, and sometimes being lost on casual listeners. Beats struggle against dying ‘Ghosts of Techno’ melodies; like a broken heart trying to mend itself, solemnly ebbing away.

Released: 12 September 2011 / Out now


Originally written for Clash Magazine - these are the unedited originals. You can read all the latest Electric Selection 12" reviews over at www.clashmusic.com or buy it in the newsagents. 

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

Featured Club of the Week: Highlife's Witchdoctor Dance
Venue: La Cheetah
Date: Saturday 3rd September 

Highlife continue their reach across the continents for top-notch guests, this time setting their sights on the Ivory Coast’s Raoul K for a Witchdoctor Dance with African beat stylings and tribal rhythms against the techno wireframe. More afrobeat, funky, jackin’ house, Latin and electro come from resident Auntie Flo.

Sounds like: Mr Raoul K feat. Iklwa Brothers - Black Sky by Mr Raoul K

11pm-3am, £6


Edinburgh  

Club: Funky Doodle Do
Venue: Bongo Club
Date: Thursday 1st September

DJRed6’s newest night delivers classic hip-hop, funk and soul sounds, guaranteed plenty basslines and beats and the odd horn section.

11pm-3am, free

Club: Devil Disco Club
Venue: Bongo Club
Date: Saturday 3rd September

It’s disco on all fronts at DDC this time, when Edinburgh-based Discopolis guest for a live set of eh, electro, indie and house music. They delighted crowds at the recent Reading and Leeds Festival with their lush synth onslaught. Even if you can’t get your disco fix from Discopolis, residents the Trouble DJs and Giles Walker spin vintage disco, electro funk, and New York grooves.

Sounds like: Discopolis - Zenithobia by discopolismusic

11pm-3am, £3

Club: Superlovers
Venue: Liquid Room
Date: Saturday 3rd September

I’m not sure how they’ve managed to keep the reported 5am license now that Edinburgh winds down it’s party season, but whatever – Fever and Lovechild team up to create Superlovers for their final festival party, starring main Lovechild resident Alessandro Londra, and Fever resident’s Brian Fisher and Mark Price, with Miss Chris. There will be a special live PA from Novena, singing the lighter side of vocal house, who has been a hit on the gay club scene and charts.

Sounds like:

11pm-5am, £12 / £10 adv.

Round up
It’s a very light weekend for Edinburgh, as people recover the last month of their lives living from dusk till dawn at the Festival: Cab Vol Stars host Believe vs Trilogy at their next instalment in Cab Voltaire on Friday 2nd (11pm-3am, £5 / free before midnight), and Fake returns to Sneaky Pete’s on the 3rd, with house, techno, breaks and more (11pm-5am, £3 / members free)


Glasgow  

Club: Traktion
Venue: Basura Blanca 
Date: Friday 2nd September

Residents Colin Forbes and Chaz Johnston host special guest and Slave to the Rhythm radio show host, Domm, spin deep house and techno for the Tracktion faithful, drawing on a dearth of material featured on his Subcity Radio slot.

10pm-2am, £5 / £3 NUS

Club: Jak
Venue: Ad Lib
Date: Friday 2nd September

Cranking out the releases for almost 17 years, DMX Krew aka Ed DMX guests at Jak, on the launch night of one of the newest acid-house, Chicago vibes and electro grooves clubs to hit Ad Lib. Residents Signal_! And beatPHreak support.

Sounds like:

11pm-3am, £8 / £6

Club: Numbers
Venue: Sub Club
Date: Friday 2nd September

This month’s Numbers sees James Blake take to the stage again with a DJ set of experimental bass, post-dubstep, and warped and melodious keys. Residents Goodhand and Nelson support with dub-techno, hot electro, and a plethora of juke, hyphy and more.

Sounds like:

11pm-3am, £7 adv

Club: Substanz Kelburn Party 
Venue: The Arches 
Date: Saturday 3rd September 

Originally due to be hosted at the infamous Kelburn Castle, the Substanz Kelburn Party is keeping the name and moving to The Arches due to licensing restrictions. Headliners and DJs Clive Henry, Subb An, Silicone Soul and Chris Duckenfield and Mash spin minimal, tech-house, electronica and deep beats.

11pm-3am, £12

Club: Melting Pot
Venue: The Admiral
Date: Saturday 3rd September

After their summer break, Melting Pot return to the good ship Admiral, the finest nautical on-land venue. The British house master special guest Joey Negro opens the first of the Autumn / Winter season while residents Andrew Pirie and Simon Cordiner rock the disco house.

Sounds like: Joey Negro Live In The Southport Weekender Connoisseurs Corner 2009 by Joey Negro

11pm-3am, £10

Round up
Now that Glasgow is back on top for the sheer range of club nights, what with the Edinburgh Festival finishing, the weekend starts here on Thursday 1st at Club 520 with Walk n Skank, courtesy of Mungo’s Hi Fi with reggae, dancehall, jahtari and more (11pm-3am, £4 / £3). On Friday 2nd, David Barbarossa’s Thing at Nice ‘n’ Sleazy with more reggae, disco, electronica and post-punk (11.30pm-3am, £3), and ReFrame launch at The Admiral on the same evening, with DJs Haunted Code and Martin Lindinger spinning house and techno (11pm-3am, £5). On Saturday 3rd, Front to Back return to Club 520, carrying on the emergent reggae theme for the first weekend of the month in Glasgow. Residents Chungo Bungo, DJ L-I-A-M, Marquee DJs and La Bamba play (11pm-3am, £7 / £5). Subculture take their usual slot of fresh and classic house with residents Harri and Domenic (11pm-3am, £10 / free before midnight), and Instruments of Rapture close the weekend on Sunday 4th at the Sub, as part of the Sub Club's series of one-off Sunday specials, featuring choice tracks from the nu-disco label, Instruments of Rapture (11pm-3am, £tbc).


Dundee  

Club: Headway
Venue: Reading Rooms
Date: Friday 2nd September

Ahead of their appearance at the Substanz Kelburn Party, Silicone Soul headline Headway at the Reading Rooms for electronic bliss.

Sounds like:   silicone soul dj set @ the slam tent, t in the park, scotland 2011 by siliconesoul

10.30pm-2.30am, £tbc

Aberdeen

Club: Dot to Dot and Okoru
Venue: Snafu
Date: Friday 2nd September

The Germans are coming again, when David August (Stil Vor Talent) enthrals the crowd with house and electro swathes ahead of his debut LP, due to drop in 2012. Gary Smith supports.

Sounds like: David August - East Side Story Mix - May 2011 by davidaugust

11pm-3am, £10 / £8 adv.

Club: Mothership
Venue: Snafu
Date: Saturday 3rd September

Radio hosts Nocturne take over the basement of Mothership for house and techno frequencies. You can hear Nocturne every Friday, 8-10pm on shmu radio/99.8fm.

11pm-3am, £tbc

Club: Hot City
Venue: Snafu
Date: Sunday 4th September

New night Hot City bring the disco to Aberdeen, with Hush Puppy of Glasgow’s Death Disco, and Delusions of Grandeur.

Sounds like: http://vimeo.com/27776798

11pm-3am, £tbc

September (Week 4) Clubbing Listings: Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, and Dundee

 

Featured Club of the Week: Snafu
Venue: Snafu
Date: Friday 24th-Sunday 26th September

To celebrate their 6th birthday Snafu is holding a succession of nights to illustrate their buffet platter of styles, starting with Mixtape on the 24th with Bigfoot’s Tea Party, Faux Pas, Marmalade Man and Redux (11pm-3am, £6 / £3 before 12am). The Mothership descends on the 25th for a special house and techno birthday edition (11pm-3am, £6 / £3 before 12am), and the weekend is rounded off with a Snafu Sunday Special with Optimo legend JG Wilkes for a mash-up so varied you’ll need to forget the concept of ‘genres’ for the evening (9pm-2am, £8).

Sounds like:


Edinburgh

Club: Scream!
Venue: The Liquidroom
Date: Thursday 23rd September

The Stanton Warriors mark the second Scream! event with prime breakbeat cuts and slices - grab a taste on their Soundcloud profile which includes over 21 DJ sets dating back 10 years. More house, techno, electro and dubstep will be blasted by G*Mac and Believe.

Sounds like:

10.30pm-3am, £tbc

Club: Sugarbeat
Venue: Cabaret Voltaire
Date: Friday 24th September

Sugarbeat put on a special Freshers Week edition, bringing in fresh faces with club re-edits and remixes courtesy of equally fresh-faced Foamo, and tasty electro and house from The Living Graham Bond.

Sounds like:

11pm-3am, £tbc

Club: Karnival
Venue: Cabaret Voltaire
Date: Saturday 25th September

The second Freshers’ installment of Cabaret Voltaire sees a house and techno special guest for Karnival’s Alternative Party, with Paul Woolford. Resident DJs Mike Pinkerton, Matt Edwards and Ryan Ellis will be on support, while hosts, hostesses and dancers bring a Latin ambience - there’s even magicians to boggle drunken students’ minds!

Sounds like:

11pm-3am, £tbc

Club: Rise 
Venue: Opal Lounge
Date: Sunday 26th September

Ministry of Sounds’ Cut Up Boys deliver a special Sunday night fresh on the back of their Mash-up 2010 mix CD. Rise resident Johnny Frenetic, recently signed as remixer to AV8 Records, will be on support.

Sounds like:

10pm–3am, £8 / £6

Glasgow

Club: How's Your Party?
Venue: Sub Club
Date: Friday 24th September

He may have cancelled in February, but electro-twiddler Toddla T keeps his promise for a return to the Sub Club, and has managed to get himself signed to Ninja Tune in the meantime! HYP? are also touting their ravey guest Hot City as the next thing to party to, and resident Point To C will deftly warm those decks.

Sounds like:

11pm-3am, £10 adv.

Club: Death Disco
Venue: The Arches
Date: Saturday 25th September

Death Disco www.deathdisco.info take a dark pop leaning in September, with headliners MNDR (live) and Don Rimini performing industrial pop electro, splashes of techno, and some more electro!

Sounds like:

11pm–3am, £14 / £7 half price pass

Dundee

Club: Devil Disco Club
Venue: Reading Rooms
Date: Saturday 25th September

The Devil Disco Club Dundee spin-off has arrived! The Trouble crew couldn’t confine their new coolisch club template to just the capital and launch their new monthly residency this weekend. Edinburgh group RBRBR will perform their energy-packed and sometimes oddball electro-indie live set, hopefully with lots of tasty tracks from their Euphonios Records EP. Resident DJs Hobbes and Erik Da Viking will ably take you on a journey through the classics and fresh cuts of italo, disco, funk, house and more!

Sounds like:

10.30pm-2.30am, £7 / £5 before 12am

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

Benga

Featured Club of the Week: Scream!
Venue: Liquidroom, Edinburgh
Date: Thursday 16th September

Back in regular business, the Liquidroom launches new club Scream!, a venue for house, electro, dubstep, and techno, fittingly headlined by dubstep king and Afro Warrior, Benga, with hosting skills by MC Youngman. Keep an eye on Scream’s forthcoming line-ups of top guests like the Stanton Warriors, each scheduled with an eye-wateringly tight 7 days inbetween. Make your recoveries quick!

Sounds like: 

10pm-3am, £10 / £8 first come first served (limited to 250 people)

More info: Benga appears in Glasgow at the Art School’s Mixed Bizness with host MC Youngman and support from Boom Monk Ben and Point to C. It’s Benga’s first DJ set in Glasgow for 2 years, so don’t miss out. There’s even more from Benga and Mixed Bizness later in the year when Magnetic Man (Benga, Skream and Artwork) descend on the eve of halloween. 11pm-3am, £10 adv.

Edinburgh

Club: Compakt
Venue: Cabaret Voltaire
Date: Friday 17th September

Compakt celebrate their 2nd birthday with DJs Bruno FK, AnarKid, Daoijia, and Phrase, spinning house, electro, bassline and techno for 730 days on the go. Gary Beck (M_nus) makes a special appearance with deep vibes to show the Edinburgh crowd just how Glasgow takes its techno.

Sounds like: 

11pm-3am, £5 / £3 before midnight

Club: Xplicit
Venue: The Bongo Club
Date: Friday 17th September

Xplicit welcome Camo and Krooked www.myspace.com/camokrooked (Hospital / Viper) on the back of their blistering Above and Beyond LP. Support in the main room comes from Eno, The General, hosted by MC BZ while Jungledub take the upstairs room with a mix of reggae dub and jungle.

Sounds like: 

11pm-3am, £8 adv.

Glasgow

Club: Hotbox
Venue: The Universal
Date: Friday 17th September

Not so much Italo as just Boyz from Italy, the Italoboyz duo bring their interesting take on house and techno to Hotbox’s first birthday, blending in genres and flavours like a fine pasta sauce.

Sounds like: 

11pm-3am, £10

Club: Mungo's Hi Fi Sound System
Venue: Glasgow School of Art
Date: Saturday 18th September 2010

Mungo's Hi Fi Sound System return from the summer haze to meet YT and Mr Williamz (UK Reggae Performer of the Year 2008) for more dub and reggae action. The Mungo’s crew might be touring their sound worldwide but Glasgow retains a special place in their hearts!

Sounds like: 

11pm-3am, £8 / £5 adv.

Aberdeen

Club: Let it Bleed
Venue: The Forum
Date: Friday 17th September

It will be like something 4 porno when the delicious Felix Da Housecat rolls into the North, his only Scottish date of the month. Are you feelin’ the Chicago electro?

Sounds like: 

10pm-3am, £tbc

Dundee

Club: Glitch
Venue: Reading Rooms
Date: Friday 17th September

Glasgow’s Milton Jackson takes over Glitch with his ghostly machines and deep house.

Sounds like: 

10.30pm-2.30am, £5

September 2010 (Week 2) Clubbing Listings: Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Dundee

James Zabiela

Featured Club of the Week: Musika 

Venue: Liquidroom
Date: 11th September 2010

As part of the Renaissance Masters ‘Life’ World Tour, and a rescheduled appearance from Hogmanay, Jamies Zabiela tempts in the crowds with a free copy of his Renaissance Masters compilation LP for every punter. DJs Alan Dobson, Derek Martin, and Jamie McKenzie sound out the house and breakbeat support.

10pm – 3am, £15 adv.


Edinburgh

Club: Telefunken
Venue: The GRV
Date: 10th September 2010

Telefunken takes its turn under a new roof, setting up the decks at their new home of the GRV with Alan Gray, Nick Wilson, Martin Valentine, Mikey Inglis, and Ken Swift playing underground house, funk, disco and hip-hop.

11pm-3am, Free before midnight, more on the door

Radioactive Man

Club: Jackhammer
Venue: Wee Red Bar
Date: 10th September 2010

Radioactive Man and Stephen bring the techno and electro to an intimate venue - prepare to get sweaty and familiar with strangers to the tunes of Tenniswood.

10:30pm-3am, £10 / £8

Club: Punch the Clown
Venue: Cabaret Voltaire
Date: 10th September 2010

DJ Pyz, know as one of the men behind Split and Access is takin the plunge and heading to Australia, and to help kick him out the country his electro and techno DJ pals from Compakt, Split, Dogma, We Are... Electric and Pure are putting on a party!

11pm–3am, £3

Dead Boy Robotics

Club: Wonky
Venue: Bongo Club
Date: 10th September 2010

This is a one-off club night from the men who brought you Trouble for some extra bass and beats and a special live and wonky electro and new wave performance from Dead Boy Robotics. DJs Hobbes & Erik d'Viking (Trouble DJs) and Wolfjazz (Stepback) play dancehall, UK funky, electro, hip-hop and more.

11pm-3am, £5 / £3 before midnight


Glasgow

Club: Return to Mono
Venue: Sub Club
Date: 10th September 2010

House and techno stalwarts Slam entertain the Mono crowds with a four hour set.

11pm–3am, £7

B-Movie Junkies

Club: Radio Magnetic Party
Venue: The Admiral
Date: 10th September 2010

The boys from the Phuturelabs blog (and Radio Magnetic podcast) and soulful disco punkers B-Movie Junkies headline the Radio Magnetic party at The Admiral for future-nodding electronic music.

11pm-3am, £4

Club: Jilted
Venue: Soundhaus
Date: 11th September 2010

New club night alert at the Soundhaus, with techno, house and electro from DJs Frostfire, Captiv8, Rikki McKee and Malcolm Bennett.

10pm-3am, £7 / £5

Booka Shade

Aberdeen

Club: Mothership
Venue: Snafu
Date: 11th September 2010

Get Physical co-founders Booka Shade brighten the ‘deen with electro-house stylings on the Mothership with a DJ set.

11pm-3am, £15


Dundee

Club: Mixed Bizness
Venue: Reading Rooms
Date: 11th September 2010

Boom Monk Ben and Point to C play their Dundee spin-off of Mixed Bizness with hip-hop, electro, house and plenty excuses to dance.

10.30pm-2.30am, £5

September 2010 (Week 1) Clubbing Listings: Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Dundee

Actress

 Featured Club of the Week: Numbers

Venue: Sub Club

Date: 3rd September

Actress joins Numbers’ Redinho and Spencer for a present-day flashback: the Thriller Boss appeared at the first ever Numbers event and returns with his latest album Splazsh, a cocktail of dubstep, techno, house and the undefined. Redinho celebrates success of his own, after his debut EP Bare Blips rapidly sold out - he returns to Glasgow for blistering, blippy live set.

11pm-3am, £8 / £6. Click here to register for £6 entry.


Edinburgh

Club: Fuse
Venue: Lane Nightclub
Date: 3rd September

Fuse celebrate their 2nd birthday down the lane with electro-house king Herve (checks over shoulder for Sinden - nope, he’s solo!). Check out the List’s recent interview ahead of the event. Hip Hip Herve!

11pm-5am, £10

Club: Dirt
Venue: The GRV
Date: 3rd September

Techno, breaks, house from the Dirt Crew, featuring sets from Ingen (Carbon Logic), The Setup (Nerve Breaks) and Andrew Neale. Residents Cobi, Maestro and DD back up the vinyl with their ‘friendly boooze and cheap banter’.

11pm-3am, £4 / £3 before midnight

Tokyoblu band

Club: Tokyoblu
Venue: Cabaret Voltaire
Date: 3rd September

Hard to believe it’s that time already - Tokyoblu’s 8th birthday has swung round fast and to celebrate the Tokyoblu live band will play a special reunion gig. The Tokyoblu DJs will warm up the crowds with live percussion from David McGeorge, and room 2 features Niall & Denis McKervey, the We Play House DJs (simultaneously broadcast on We Play House radio)and DJ No Bad for sexy disco funk. Room 3 features the Tokyoblu DJ Academy competition winners with their very own slot of 4 sets. Slam the birthday bumps with influences from Chicago, Latin, Africa, and plenty powerful vocals!

11pm-5am, £8 / £5 guestlist

More info: The Tokyoblu band have just released 3 new singles on the Tokyoblu digital label for the 8th birthday gig; check out Call Me, Groove Tonight 2010 and Running For the Money.

Club: Ultragroove
Venue: Cabaret Voltaire
Date: 4th September

It’s the last instalment of Ultragroove’s 2010 Festival Parties, featuring Stuart Patterson (East Village / Faith), Kirk Douglas (Souloco) and Gareth Sommerville rock the house, disco and techno for a 5am party.

11pm-5am, £8 / £5 before midnight

Epic 26

Club: Devil Disco Club
Venue: Bongo Club
Date: 4th September

Following a new move to monthly Saturdays, Devil Disco Club kick off the new rotation with a live set from new wave artists Epic 26. Locate your boogie shows for off-kilter electro, italo, disco and house courtesy of Hobbes & Erik d’Viking, Kris Wasabi and Simononononotron (I never know where to end it).

11pm-3am, £5 / £4 before midnight

More info: Devil Disco Club launch a spin-off in Dundee later this month, keep checking the blog for details.

Glasgow


Club: Feel My Bicep
Venue: Flat 0/1
Date: 2nd September

I want to mention this for just the club name! They promise 80s sleaze, house and disco and I can think of nothing better to accompany a greased muscle.

11pm-3am, free


Club: Symbiosis
Venue: The Soundhaus
Date: 3rd September

The lesser-spotted dnb genre will appear in Glasgow this weekend, where Symbiosis hold the fort on tumbling bass-lines and hyper synths. DJ Tez (Jungle Nation), DJ Hex, Alcane, Calaco Jack and Yellow Benzene squeeze the goodness out the bass, all in support of the Anthony Nolan Trust.

10.30pm-3am, £5

Soul Clap

Club: Subculture
Venue: Sub Club
Date: 4th September

Put your hands together for Soul Clap who jettison into Subculture on Sun-Ra Airlines for worldly-wise music, re-edits and ‘E-Funk’ sounds!

11pm-3am, £tbc

Club: Highlife
Venue: La Cheetah
Date: 4th September

Slabs of the Tabernacle join forces with Huntleys and Palmer for a tres grande mish-mash of electronic styles to raise the roof, all under the alter-ego of Highlife. Bamboo Palace guests live with a Matias Aguayo-inspired sound, and is currently working on an acidic, electro afro and tropical beast of a set! Brian d’Souza and Andy T crank the future afro-beat.

11pm-3am, £5

Todd Terje

Club: Melting Pot
Venue: The Admiral
Date: 4th September

After a brief summer hiatus the Melting Pot crew return with Todd Terje in tow - they’ve been eyeing up the disco and remix duke for years and have finally snared his Belgian Balearic prowess!

11pm–3am, £10 on the door

More info: As always, get down to the free pre-club at The Admiral from 9pm, where a limited number of £5 passes are available from the bar.

Dundee


Club: Headway
Venue: Reading Rooms
Date: 3rd September

Silicone Soul headlines the only decent night out in Dundee this weekend; Headway deliver the house and techno for taste-driven punters.

10.30pm-2.30am, £tbc