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

Julio Bashmore signing off Ultragroove

Featured Club of the Week: Ultragroove
Venue: Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh
Date: Saturday 20th August

I’m not sure if this is the total end of Ultragroove, or if they plan to return in more blazing glory at a later date, but the club are calling it a day at the Cab after nine years as one of the helm clubs. For their final party they’ve scored Julio Bashmore, one of the hottest UK talents in deep and bass-loaded house. Support comes from The Blessings (LuckyMe), Andrew Pirie (Melting Pot), and of course resident Gareth Sommerville, spinning deep house and disco.

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11pm-5am, £10 / £8 students / £5 before midnight
 

Edinburgh

Club: Soma Records Night
Venue: Cabaret Voltaire
Date: Friday 19th August  

The line-up for Soma’s 20th Anniversary party as part of the 2011 Edge Festival is looking good; including Slam, Gary Beck and Animal Farm. For a Soma fan it doesn’t matter – you’re guaranteed the freshest in house and techno beats!

Sounds like: 01 Gary Beck @ Awakenings Festival - Spaarnwoude - Netherlands 25-06-2011 by garybeck

11pm-4am, £8

Club: Wasabi Disco
Venue: Sneaky Pete’s
Date: Saturday 20th August  

50% of Optimo performs 100% for Wasabi Disco this Saturday, when JD Twitch join the festival special for more mutant disco and fucked up beats.

11pm-3am, £5

Club: Mumbo Jumbo Vs Headspin
Venue: Bongo Club
Date: Saturday 20th August  

Two clubs join forces for extra layers of soul, funk, hip-hop, house, disco and more when Mumbo Jumbo faces the return of Headspin. DJs Allan Dunbar, Steven Austin, Colin Millar, Dava and Trendy Wendy steal a six hour all-out party.

11pm-5am, £7 / £6 / 5 before midnight

Round up  

Fancied yourself a slice of Venetian history? Wee Red Bar are hosting a one-off Venetian ball, with live performances, films, installations and soundtrack. Masks are essential (Thursday 18th, 10pm-3am, £tbc). For more bass in your life, Homegrown at Sneaky Pete’s (11pm-3am, free) and Dubstar at The Store (11pm-5am, £5) for drum and bass, dubstep and grimy flavours. On Friday 19th, Four Corners draw together all the beats of the world on a funky and soulful tip at the Bongo (11pm-5am, £5 / £3 before midnight).


Glasgow

Club: Argonaut Sounds & Bass Warrior: Summer Reggae Vibes
Venue: African-Caribbean Centre
Date: Friday 19th August  

What happens when two soundsystems collide? They produce mighty rumbles of reggae and dancehall of course! Argonaut and Bass Warrior team up at the re-opened Centre with low door price, and all guests can bring their own drinks (no glass)!

11pm-3am, £4

Club: The Sensu Boat Party
Venue: Glasgow Science Centre
Date: Friday 19th August  

It’s the second Sensu Boat Party, so blow the cobwebs and glitter off your shipmate cap for another house and techno sailing from the Science Centre. The special guests will be Art Department aka Kenny Glasgow and Jonny White!

Sounds like: Art Department Live @ One Illusion, Hotel W, Barcelona, Sonar - 2011 by R_co

7pm-11pm, £25

More info: There will be a Sub Club afterparty from 11pm-3am, free entry with a boat ticket, or £10!

Club: Subculture
Venue: Sub Club
Date: Saturday 20th August  

Subculture welcome back Dixon (Innervisions), always playing at the forefront of Berlin house music, and always cheered in the Subbie! Support comes from Harri and Domenic.

11pm-3am, £10

Club: Oh My Days
Venue: La Cheetah
Date: Saturday 20th August  

Tonight is the launch night of Oh My Days, from residents Martin Moffatt and Euan Neilson, and their first guest is young talent French Fries (Young Gunz), grooving the crowd with latino-house frays. Or should that be ‘fries’. 

Sounds like: Greenmoney - Into You (French Fries Remix) by MrFrenchFries

11pm-3am, £7

Round up
Bitter Glitter returns to the Polo Lounge on Thursday 18th (11pm-3am, £3) for more electronic disco and house dalliances with Madame S and Fraser Bone, and Nice ‘n’ Sleazy host Durty Booty (11.30pm-3am, £3) with DJ Otis spinning breakbeat, funky house and hip-hop. Walk n Skank hits Club 520 for their regular does of reggae, digital dub, jahtari and more (11pm-3am, £4 / £3). On Saturday 20th, Depthcharge host a Scenic Tones house special with label boss Julius Funkhouser and Tronicsole’s Steven Coyle (Ad Lib, 11pm-3am, £5), and Menergy hosts Slabs of the Tabernacle’s Brian d’Souza at the monthly italo disco and hi-nrg party, with free entry for drag queens (Stereo, 11pm-3am, £6)


Aberdeen and Dundee

Club: Chungo-Bungo & Dot to Dot
Venue: Snafu, Aberdeen
Date: Friday 19th August  

Dot to Dot join forces with the Glasgow Chungo-Bungo crew for a reggae, electro, dub and dancehall special for the ‘deen. Grab your roots music fix!

Sounds like: CBPM001 - Sub Thursday by CHUNGO-BUNGO

11pm-3am, £4

Club: Bleep
Venue: Reading Rooms, Dundee
Date: Friday 19th August  

Bleep return with a fresh cut of electronica beats from Light Nights, WeAreNotRobots, Steve ‘n’ Gord and UsualSuspect!

10.30pm-2.30am, £7 / £5 before 11.30am

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