Featured Club of the Week: I really can't decide this week - Maetrik, Rune Lindbaek, Green Velvet, Black Sun Empire... check out the youtube links for a taster menu!
Edinburgh
Club: Elementary
Venue: Cabaret Voltaire
Date: Friday 12th November
Brand new house, techno and electro night for Edinburgh, and their launch event will feature a headline breaks set from Toolroom Records’ Toni Jarvis (who is so in demand that she appears again at the same venue for Sugarbeat later this month and in December!). Residents Bruno FK and Prof support and celebrate their new venture with Picassio holding down the back room. Apparently there is free Vitamin Water as well? Bringing the elemental to Elementary.
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11pm-3am, £5 / £3 before 12am
Club: Izu
Venue: The GRV
Date: Friday 12th November
Touting itself as an unpredictable night, perhaps I shouldn’t mention the styles they’ll be playing to keep the surprise. Ah well, it’s techno, electro and funky soul to tie it altogether across laptops, decks and fx.
11pm-3am, £5
Club: Souloco
Venue: Cabaret Voltaire
Date: Friday 12th November
A club already situated in a chill-out zone, the Speakeasy is an ideal location for the deep tech-house of Souloco.
11pm-3am, £4 / £2 / £0 before 12am
Club: Xplicit
Venue: Bongo Club
Date: Friday 12th November
Album tour ahoy! Xplicit are always keen to get the next great artist on their roster and bring new releases to Edinburgh - this time it’s Dutch trio Black Sun Empire who are in town with their fourth album Lights and Wires. Buckle your belts tightly for a hard lesson in dnb and how to enjoy the dark beats in your life. Teebee (Subtitles) supports with an expert DJ set, and ENO and The General conclude the main room line-up. Upstairs is a reggae and dub exploration hosted by Jungledub with Tekkerz and Tamobanter.
Sounds like:
11pm-3am, £8 advance
Club: Musika
Venue: Liquid Room
Date: Saturday 13th November
Musika racks up a double-bill of tech-house and electro from Radio Slave and Heidi (Radio 1 / Get Physical) for a sure-fire tune selection. Kirk Douglas and Derek Martin support.
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10.30pm-3am, £15 / £12 advance
Glasgow
Club: Mixed Bizness
Venue: Glasgow School of Art
Date: Friday 12th November
Boom Monk Ben just seems to pull in the dubstep stars at the drop of a hat and this November will be no exception, with Caspa and Emalkay (on his Glasgow debut) sounding out the Dub Police. Profisee of Cloak x Dagger hosts the evening and as always Ben on tune warm-up.
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11pm-3am, £12
Club: Return to Mono
Venue: Sub Club
Date: Friday 12th November
Residents Slam welcome Maetrik, signed to Claude Von Stroke’s Mothership label for low-slung house and techno grooves.
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11pm-3am, £10 / £8 students
Club: Wrong Island: The Wrong Weekender
Venue: The Admiral and Nice ‘n’ Sleazy’s
Date: Friday 12th and Saturday 13th November
Wrong Island stage a full weekend of beats for one month only, bringing their electro and techno mash-up to The Admiral and then Sleazy’s for a Dirty Larry and Teamy double-bill. Can you have too much of a good thing?
Sounds like: Ok, this isn’t from Wrong Island, but what better way to sum up a wrong weekend?
11pm-3am, £tbc
Club: Jilted
Venue: Soundhaus
Date: Saturday 13th November
New night (ish)! Tech-house and electro courtesy of new club Jilted (last appeared on a one-time basis in September) brings local DJs Frostfire, Captiv8, Malcolm Bennet and special guest Dave Brown to keen new ears.
10pm-3am, £5
More info: In the next room of the same evening, Froot/Booty Shake Specialitee present Disuko, a house and techno showcase for Fife’s Froot and Booty Shake labels. Jo D’arc, Jnr Lazarou, Ziggy, Keykutz and Kid Robotik show what they got. 10pm-3am, £7 / £5
Club: Mount Heart Attack
Venue: La Cheetah
Date: Saturday 13th November
Hailing from Oslo’s fantastically named Club Kebab, Rune Lindbaek delivers his Scandinavian psychedelic dub-disco for the returning Heart Attack crowds at this special relaunch event. Jonathan Hunter from Slabs of the Tabernacle steals a guest spot and residents Lono, Cutter’s Choice and Lebowski are on support.
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11pm-3am, £8 / £5 students
Club: Shakedown
Venue: The Universal
Date: Saturday 13th November
Another new night to keep you going through the recession - this time it’s Shakedown - a popular activity of coppers and now name of the underground house night hitting The Universal. Residents Ciar McKinley, Darrin Henderson, John Higgins and Ryan Smith launch the show.
11pm-3am, £5
Club: Tictactoe
Venue: The Arches
Date: Saturday 13th November
Sunday Circus’ Affi Koman stars at Tictactoe’s ‘budget’ Arches show for minimal house and techno at a mere £5. Residents Andrew and Steve Doran are on support.
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11pm-3am, £5
Aberdeen
Club: Mixtape
Venue: Snafu
Date: Friday 12th November
Green Velvet makes an auspicious return to Aberdeen to spin tunes that require little introduction - they’ll probably all be great and just the techno, house and electro you’ve been looking for! Aw yeah, and he’s got some of the best behind the decks moves!
Sounds like:
11pm-3am, £18 / £15
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