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

Featured Club of the Week: Synthetic
Venue: Bongo Club
Date: Saturday 2nd July

One of the Godfathers of modern techno and minimal house, Daniel Bell is back in Edinburgh to steamroller your knees into dancing submission with a Detroit / Chicago and Berlin infusion. Also domineering the main room is special guest 3d!T* playing live electronica. Meanwhile, the upstairs room explores electro, breaks and drum & bass.

*If you want to pronouce that, it’s Edit.

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11pm-3am, £10


Edinburgh

Club: Cab Vol Stars
Venue: Cabaret Voltaire
Date: Friday 1st July

In a change from the usual club nights, Cab Vol turn to the very people who run the venue to creat Cab Vol Stars, a collection of employees from the door to the bar taking control of the decks. The first line up is hosted by Prof, Dimi and Cunnie, and a mixed bag of dance and music is afoot for the first Friday of every month.

11pm-3am, £5 / £0 before midnight

Club: Fake
Venue: Sneaky Pete’s
Date: Saturday 2nd July

Fake celebrate their 5th birthday, after fighting years of gore, mayhem and horror in the form of bass and breaks riddled tunes. Join Bus Daddy and Zomby Lover as they keep it real for Fake.

11pm-3am, £3 / £0 members

Club: Jackhammer
Venue: The Caves
Date: Saturday 2nd July

There’s a techno competition this Saturday in Edinburgh... but we can soon settle that by picking your favourite sub-genre. If you dig the tech-house with deep and groovy vibes, check out Christian Smith at Jackhammer with Phil Kieran supporting. If a slice of minimal history is more your thang, look to Featured Club, Synthetic...

Sounds like:   Christian Smith - Cabecudas (Bedrock) by christiansmith

10.30pm-3am, £8 / £5 adv.


Round-up

Four Corners hits the Bongo Club on Friday 1st July for more soulful and funky jazz, afro, latin and more with live percussion (11pm -3am, £5 / £3 before midnight), or for extra helpings of hip-hop and rnb, head to Sugarhill at Cabaret Voltaire (11pm-3am, £2 / £1). For those still going by Sunday evening, Coalition provides a faithful dose of dubstep, breaks and dnb at Sneaky Pete’s (11pm-3am, free)


Glasgow

Club: Craig Charles’ Funk & Soul Show
Venue: Old Fruitmarket
Date: Friday 1st July

Ok, usually wouldn’t have an event like this in here – but I was a long-time childhood fan of Red Dwarf, felt very disappointed when he took a role in Coronation Street, and then he redeemed his waster credibility by confessing to taking crack while driving on the motorway to work. This is all in the past, however, and Craig Charles dips into his DJ guise as a long time funk and soul fan for the Glasgow International Jazz Festival 2011, and quite frankly his previous behaviour is just a stag weekend for some Scots. Featuring a live set by the Federation of the Disco Pimp, it’s all interesting music from interesting people!

11pm-3am, £10

Club: Numbers
Venue: Sub Club
Date: Friday 1st July

I swear it was just Numbers birthday... here we go again! Floating Points returns to guest at their 8th birthday, supported by resident DJ Spencer. Floating Points likes to keep it varied, so expect genres at odds suddenly blending seamlessly - it’s the best way to get jazz fans to dance to dub techno!

Sounds like:   Floating Points - Vacuum EP by floatingpoints

11pm-3am, M.O.T.D / £5 adv / before midnight

Club: Point 4
Venue: Soundhaus
Date: Friday 1st July

Point 4 provide another three-roomed attack with special guests BCR (live) and Mr Copy touting the techno in Room 1 with Animal Farm, and Hotbox hosts Room 2 with techno and tech-house beats from Simon Stokes and Rufus Fook. Deep house groove fans can slip into Room 3 for Depth Charge’s 4 hour journey in beats.

Sounds like:   Simon Stokes - Jazz Hands (Mr. Copy Remix) by MR COPY

11pm-3am, £6 / £5 members

Club: Wax Works & EQD
Venue: The Admiral
Date: Friday 1st July

New York club, The Bunker has sent Glasgow their resident: Eric Cloutier plays a four house set of deep, dub techno and house.


Sounds like:   Eric Cloutier - The Earth Turns But We Don't Feel It Move by eric cloutier

11pm–3am, £8 / £5 adv

Club: Highlife
Venue: La Cheetah
Date: Saturday 2nd July

In their summer-themed party, A Tribute To The Sun, Highlife have a special guest DJ from Chile, to be revealed at the event. Everyone start racking their brains for DJs acing the fields of afrobeat, italo, latin, electro, jackin’ house, and more – narrows it down a bit!

11pm-3am, £6

Club: On Air
Venue: Bacchus
Date: Saturday 2nd July

This new showcase night will feature 5 DJs playing a range of styles, from disco to tech-house, and all will be broadcast live on chicagohousefm.com. But as a Scot you can catch it in person at Bacchus, kicking off with Mash (Compact Disco), Craig Hamilton (Flatpack Trax), Jazz Spastics (Mushroom Jazz 7), Pete Barker (Fiasco) and Ed Marco (Fiasco, CHFM).

10pm-3am, £tbc


Round up

Slam headline another four hours of techno at Pressure on Friday the 1st (The Arches, 11pm-3am, £7), and David Barbarossa’s Thing takes over two floors of Nice’n’Sleazy for NY disco, reggae and soul (11.30pm-3am, £3). On Saturday 2nd, Freakbeats Club is hosted by Mr Divine at the Flying Duck for a delve into mod, soul, ska, and of course freakbeats (11pm-3am, £5). Loop returns for another bi-monthly house and techno event with residents Neill Murphy and Jamie Knox, with special live guest 2AK at Basura Blanca (10pm-2am, £4 / £2 before 11pm). For those on a lighter budget, Power Tools at Flat 0/1 is free all night (11pm-3am), spinning italo, disco and house.


Aberdeen

Club: Everything Else Sucks
Venue: Snafu
Date: Friday 1st July

Dundee’s Ado (Wax:On) headlines EES with tinges of acid, rave-house, and electro, with support from Eezma and Krazzy Martn.

Sounds like:   Urchins - Whispers (Ados space 3,000,000 mix) by ado_

11pm-3am, £5 / Free before 12.30am

Club: Mothership
Venue: Snafu
Date: Saturday 2nd July

For a reliable Saturday night dose of tech-house, house, and techno, head to Mothership and their pre-club Majestik at the Athenaeum (where you can also get discount entry passes for Snafu!).

11pm-3am, £6 / free before midnight


Dundee

Club: Librarian’s Choice
Venue: Reading Rooms
Date: Friday 1st July / Saturday 2nd July

Hosted by different DJs each night spinning a mixture of funk, house, dnb, soul and more, Friday’s is commanded by Neil Clarke and DTYE, and Desperado Dan slips into Saturday’s.

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

Club: Renegades
Venue: Kage
Date: Friday 1st July

Trip-hop, funk and electro fans can groove out with CB and Pictux.

11pm-3am, £4

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

Christian Smith

Featured Club of the Week: Jackhammer

Venue: The Store, Edinburgh

Date: Friday 25th February

Jackhammer welcome the melodic techno touches of Christian Smith, combining the old and new school for a bigroom sound. Residents Wolfjazz and Keytes support. The only worrying thing is that Resident Advisor claims Smith is playing in Austria at the Sass Music Club on the same night. Fingers crossed against a double booking!

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10.30pm–3am, £8

Extra: Jackhammer looks more promising with the announcement of Christian Smith guesting at Snafu’s Mothership club in Aberdeen with Adam Ackers supporting. If Jackhammer's booking is of the double kind, then catch a train to Snafu to get your Smith fill! Saturday 26th February, 11pm-2am, £8 / £6 adv / £5 members

Ramadanman

Runner-up Club of the Week: No Sleep
Venue: La Cheetah
Date: Saturday 26th February

This is the first big guest for No Sleep this year, inviting deep house and dubstep extraordinaire Ramandanman, splashing around the tech-house, funky and ratcheted up beats. Support comes from Jacksonville and Darren Quail of Animal Farm.

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11pm-3am, £10

 


Edinburgh

Club: Departure Lounge
Venue: The Caves
Date: Friday 25th February

Benji B and MC Judah mix funk, jazz, electronica, soul and hip-hop for the global music fans of Departure Lounge. There’s even more live music courtesy of Edinburgh’s hip-hop brother and sister duo, Northern Xposure.


Sounds like:   Benji_B_-_Live_on_Radio_1-CABLE-02-10-2011-15883 by user876988

10.30pm-3am, £9 / £8

Club: Sugarbeat
Venue: Cabaret Voltaire
Date: Friday 25th February

Jack Beats comes back to Scotland after facing the freezing December at The Arches, this time joining the Capital’s Cab Vol, which is celebrating its 6th Birthday with high profile events. Bass Phenomenon Krafty Kuts joins Jack Beats and residents Tim & Jez (Utah Saints) for a special Sugarbeat of breakbeat, electro, house and sweet, sweet beats.

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10:30pm–4am, £15 / £12

Club: Wonky
Venue: Bongo Club
Date: Friday 25th February

From the people who brought you Trouble (and Limbo and Devil Disco Club) comes another Wonky night of afrobeat, UK funky, hip-hop, dubstep and more, featuring live guests the Asazi Space Funk Explosion and Dam Mantle for a dash of funk, blues and electronica. To add further confusion to Jackhammer’s event, Wolfjazz is also quoted as playing at Wonky (with fellow resident Hobbes). I suspect the clubbing community is spawning clones to cope with all these events!

11pm-3am, £6 / £4 before midnight

Club: Karnival
Venue: Cabaret Voltaire
Date: Saturday 26th February

Continuing the celebrations for Cab Vol’s sixth birthday, Karnival host a special event with Funk D’Void, Aqua Bassino and Mike Pinkerton with deep techno and ‘rubber-hipped house’* for the party atmosphere.

* kudos to Boomkat reviewers for that delightful dance imagery!

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11pm-3am, £10 / £8 before midnight


Glasgow

Club: How’s Your Party
Venue: Sub Club
Date: Friday 25th February

It’s a bumper line up for How’s Your Party, featuring mainstream and underground guests. The bassline, dub, house, funk, rnb, grime and hip-hop comes courtesy of Redlight, Ms Dynamite, Tayo and Dread MC with resident Boom Monk Ben. It’s a lot to fit in so get there early to catch all the guests!

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11pm-3am, £8 / £6 adv.

Club: Pressure
Venue: The Arches
Date: Friday 25th February

Marco Carola fronts this month’s one-room Pressure, giving the techno fans more time to groove to his varied set without running between arches. He’ll let you hear why the likes of Hawtin, Vath, and the Island of Ibiza are always eager for his sounds. Slam support with another powerful set - it’s fair to say that hearing them on the last Friday of the month is becoming a Glasgow tradition!

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10.30pm-3am, £14+bf

Club: Scrabble
Venue: La Cheetah
Date: Friday 25th February

Looking for a weekend bargain? Scrabble host a party with prices not seen since the 70s with a £1 special featuring residents Dom D'Sylva, Decknition and Disgo dabbling in techno, grime and bass.

11pm-3am, £1

Club: Itch! & Fortified
Venue: The Art School
Date: Friday 25th February

Itch! and Fortified join forces for a two floor event with just one door price and three special guests in the form of dubsteppers Horsepower Productions, Joe Nice and Dirtybird’s house producer, Julio Bashmore.

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11pm–3am, free

Club: Menergy
Venue: The Art School
Date: Saturday 26th February

Hi-NRG gay dance party heading your way courtesy of Menergy - hosted by Lady Munter and Vanity Von Glow - with disco, italo and electro sets form Kid Zipper and The Niallist. ww.menergy.tv

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11pm–3am, £6


Dundee


Club: Opto
Venue: The Hideout
Date: Friday 25th February

Opto Records host a new club night with live bands and DJs every month; this week Shoogar and Foxbeef take to the stage (early evening) for those with rock leanings, and the dance heads can stick around for tech-house, breaks dnb, techno, electro and more from Un:Sure, DJ Chuggs, Progressive Thrust, and Frankie Bass.

8pm-2.30am, £5 / £3.50 students

Club: Glitch
Venue: Reading Rooms
Date: Friday 25th February

Harri and Domenic reclaim Friday nights in Dundee when they guest at techno and house club, Glitch.

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10.30pm-2:30am, £5 / £3.50 before midnight

Club: Autodisco
Venue: Reading Rooms
Date: Saturday 26th February

Sounding like a club for robots, Autodisco delivers fresh electro, funk and disco for the Dundee crowds.

10.30pm-2.30am, £tbc