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 3) Clubbing Listings: Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Dundee

Edinburgh

Club: Bedbug
Venue: Cabaret Voltaire
Date: Friday 18th February

Foamo fidgits with the house, electro, breaks and a light touch of dubstep when he joins Bedbug for their Friday night special. Support comes from Jigsaw (Sound of C), Victor Q, and the Axis residents.

Sounds like: Foamo & Randomer - Back in the Game by Foamo

11pm-3am, £5 adv.

Club: Hot Mess
Venue: Wee Red Bar
Date: Friday 18th February

Gay-friendly Hot Mess indulges your ears with italo, acid house and serious disco, headed up by hi-NRG fan DJ Simonotron.

11pm-3am, £5 / £3

Club: Cosmic
Venue: Studio 24
Date: Friday 18th February

The ONLY club doing psychedelic trance and Goan influences in Edinburgh these days - Cosmic - welcomes Aurora, North Soundscape and Matti Basmatti for a visual and aural overload.

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11pm-3am, £6 / £4

Club: Devil Disco Club
Venue: Bongo Club
Date: Saturday 19th February 

Electro-soul freaksters Digital Jones perform live for DDC, joining the Trouble DJs and Giles Walker for proto house, funkin’ disco and no wave.

11pm-3am, £7 / £6 after midnight / £5 / £4 before midnight

Club:Ultragroove

Venue: Cabaret Voltaire
Date: Saturday 19th February

DJ duo Cheap Picasso aka Adam le Chic and Slimwhitetrash headline Ultragroove with downtempo house edits re-rubbed with disco and retro flavours. Support comes from the deeply soulful Gareth Sommerville.

Sounds like: November mix for cheap picasso by SlimWhiteTrash

11pm-3am, £8 / £5 students or before midnight

Club: Wasabi Disco

Venue: Sneaky Pete’s
Date: Saturday 19th February

It’s a freakin’ disco Saturday in Edinburgh it seems with Wasabi Disco providing the cherry for an evening of several events. As part of their LGBT History Month disco, special guest Andy Blake (Dissident Records founder) makes his Edinburgh debut of cosmic, italo, house, and disco grooves. In keeping with the spirit of his limited release one-sided vinyls, Wasabi Disco is very limited entry - first 100 guests only!

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11pm-3am, £3

Club: Xplicit

Venue: Liquid Room
Date: Saturday 19th February

Drum and bass legend Andy C follows up the last bumper Xplicit show with a hard and dark showcase from the RAM Records boss, and even more beats from Hospital’s Netsky and MC GQ.

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10pm-3am, £14 adv

Glasgow
Club: 2 Many DJs
Venue: The Arches
Date: Friday 18th February

This DJ duo need little introduction; you may know them in their Soulwax guise, but you’ll equally enjoy them as electro remix extraordinaires, the 2 Many DJs. They take over The Arches for their very own show, before moving North to conquer the Highlands.

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10pm-3am, £19

More info: Contrary to other press reports, 2 Many DJs have three Scottish dates, and not just one: they appear at the Iron Works in Inverness on the 19th (10.30pm-late, £22) and then Aberdeen’s Forum on the 20th (9pm-2am, £25 / £20 in advance

Club: Numbers
Venue: Stereo
Date: Friday 18th February

Joy Orbison goes back to back with Jackmaster for the Numbers headline set for dubstep, garage, house, electro and more. Support comes Deadboy who is playing a 2 hour set tinged with electronica melancholia.

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11pm-3am, £10

Club: Sensu
Venue: Sub Club
Date: Friday 18th February

Sensu host a special return guest set from Romania-born Raresh (Cocoon), blending minimal tech-house, house and electro. Sensu were the first Scottish club to bring Raresh to the country and the attention of Scottish clubbers, and he returns to update his story in beats.

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11pm-3am, £10

Club: MJ Cole
Venue: The Art School
Date: Friday 18th February

Supported by Hint (Tru Thoughts) and Benny Boom (Solid Steel), Mercury prize nominated MJ Cole takes centre stage at the Art School to delight fans with garage, UK funky and house

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11pm-3am, £5 / £3 GSA Students / £3 before midnight / £0 GSA Students before midnight

Club: Precision
Venue: Soundhaus
Date: Friday 18th February

Precision is brand new on the drum and bass scene, with a focus on the freshest local talent, mixing and producing bass friendly beats. They kick off tonight’s show with Renegade, Dark-D, Wapt3k, EmJay and TOTCC.

10pm-3am, £7 / £5 members

Club: Slabs of the Tabernacle 
Venue: La Cheetah
Date: Friday 18th February

Tevo Howard is on the Slab this week; he recently rounded off his Beautiful Granville Records discography with the farewell soulful house release, ‘Dusa’, and now makes his Slabs of the Tabernacle debut, joining Andrew Ingram, Brian D’Souza and the Slabs team for techno, italo and disco.

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11pm-3am, £10 / £8 before midnight

Club: AV
Venue: Glasgow School of Art
Date: Saturday 19th February

It’s the first AV event of the year so they’ve dug out the dark, minimal techno and invited Soma’s Mr Copy and Chris Lamb of Animal Farm, both stalwarts on the Glasgow music scene. They’re supported with visuals and beats by the AV residents Andrew Winton and Eddie Wagner.

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11pm-3am, £5 / £4 students

More info: There’s also an after party with Eddie Wagner & Animal Farm (tickets available on the night).

Club: Mungo’s Hi Fi
Venue: Stereo
Date: Saturday 19th February

Afrikan Simba and Dixie Peach join Mungo’s for some original rasta action tinged with 80s digital dubs and sweet flows of lyrics praising Jah. Both are heavyweight MC veterans, and it’s advisable to get tickets early to avoid disappointment!

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11pm-3am, £8 / £6 adv.

Club: Subculture
Venue: Sub Club
Date: Saturday 19th February

Subculture have reached back in time again to import the best house artists still producing and playing, bagging Maurice Fulton for a night of electronic action with resident Harri. Word has it that Fulton is one of resident Domenic’s favourite DJs, so this is also a personal best for the Subculture crew.

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11pm-3am, £10

Club: Death Disco
Venue: The Arches
Date: Saturday 19th February

Another raft of guests descend on Death Disco, the electro house emporium of The Arches, featuring The Magician, Renaissance Man, Blondes, and Bright Light Bright Light, supported y residents Hush Puppy, Josh Jones and Wavy Graves.

Sounds like: Magic Tape Seven by TheMagician

11pm-3am, £14

Club: Jake Beats
Venue: La Cheetah
Date: Saturday 19th February

High energy electro courtesy of Mustard Pimp (Dim Mak Records) comes to Jake Beats, with nary a shuffling jakey in sight. The Homebass DJs support with more electro, techno, house and dubstep.

Sounds like: Mustard Pimp - Catastrophe Mixtape Series Vol 4 by mustard pimp

11pm-3am, £tbc

Aberdeen

Club: Mothership
Venue: Snafu
Date: Saturday 19th February

Resisting...cliched....mothership...landing....pun.. phew! Adam Ackers, James Tones, Simon Smith and Luke Cassidy rain down the house and techno on a beat-lovin’ Aberdeen.

11pm -2am, £6 / £3 before midnight


Dundee
 
Club: Boomin' System
Venue: The Reading Rooms
Date: Thursday 17th February

Start the weekend right with boomin’ funk, hip-hop and reggae from DJ Fubby, Point to C and MR Coull. Bargain price an’ aw!

10.30pm-2.30am, £5 / £3.50 before midnight