Ach I’m not keeping up a good track record on this clubbing
posting – I spent the weekend dancing at the fantastic Prologue night at Colony
in London instead. If I ain’t writing it about it, I’m already there.
Karnival return to the Edinburgh club scene at their new
venue, the Third Door, now the home to many Cab Vol refugees. Their new venue
launch party on Saturday 30 June for a circus of techno and house featuring Mike
Pinkerton, Stu Todd, and The Oxygen Junkies (10.30pm-3am, Free entry all night). Numbersmake their monthly nomadic travel to Sneaky Pete’s on Friday 29 June,
cutting techno with bouncing bass and dubstep, and this time featuring a
surprise mystery guest (11pm-3am £5 / members free).
In Glasgow, the schedule is a bit more packed, starting with
the higher consciousness himself, Josh Wink performing at Pressure (Sub Club,
10.30pm-3am, £13.50) to celebrate 25 years of the venue - a classic evening
lined up for you this Friday 29 June.
Extra heavy techno reigns supreme at the Stairway Club when Darkside
with debuts from Megashira and Bartoch, with Neophyte bringing the hardcore (9pm-3am,
£15) – gabber till you pass out on 30 June. Hacienda30 takes over the Arches on
the same evening, celebrating 30 years of the club featuring Todd Terry, Allister Whitehead,
808 State DJs and K-Klass, with Scots dance troopers Jon Mancini, Iain Clark,
Yogi Haughton, Craig Smith, Murray Richardson and Colin Barr (7pm-10pm
pre-party in Arches foyer, then club till 3am, £15). The night leans towards
house, but be sure that there will be some classic techno gems nestled
throughout the sets.
At Dundee, Book Club regulars can get their dance fix on
Friday 29 June with an even spread of genres – not too techno heavy, but great
if you suffer from 4/4 ADHD (Reading Rooms 10.30pm-2.30am, £tbc).
Aberdeen welcomes Alex Celler to bring his Freak N Chic
style to the Snafu crowds on 30 June, grooving you through a tech-house journey
rolling on deep waves (11pm-3am, £6 advance).
Co-op, the collective of four Glasgow clubs (Orderly Disorder, Dirty Noise, Mount Heart Attack and Scrabble) have invested in their first guest, and it’s none other than Derrick Carter; Chicago-house DJ legend peppering his sets with flirtations of jazz, disco, soul and funk. The Co-op residents support, with visuals from Mediaheroic.
Sounds like:
(Lovin’ DJ Sneak’s ‘stand-beside-Carter-and-point-and-smoke’ routine)
11pm-3am, £10 / £8 before midnight or students
Extra: Derrick Carter stays in Scotland to appear at Aberdeen’s Mothership club at Snafu, on Boxing day. He’s joined by Adam Ackers. 11pm-3am, £15 / £12 advance / £8 members
Edinburgh
Club: Taste’s Escape Xmas Party
Venue: Liquid Room
Date: Saturday 25th December
Taste return for their annual festive fixture of ‘Escape Xmas’ - generally the ONLY club in Edinburgh to go to on Christmas day for a packed to the gunnels dance party. Fisher and Price play what is to be the last Christmas escape so leave a little room from the turkey to ensure dancing legs!
Sounds like:
10.30pm-5am, £10
Club: Karnival’s Boxing Day Soma Party
Venue: Cabaret Voltaire
Date: Sunday 26th December
Karnival host a six hour party of deep house and techno from Slam and Silicone Soul of Soma Records. Put down those Quality Streets and feel the beats vibrate the excess!
Sounds like:
11pm-5am, £12
Club: Mutiny
Venue:The Store / GRV
Date: Sunday 26th December
Hardcore techno and breakcore for a most unholy boxing day; Mutiny invite DJ Producer, Scamp and Dr Um for dnb, hard beats, dubstep and a pinch of gabba.
Sounds like:
11pm-5am, £5
Glasgow
Club: Let Your Elf Go!
Venue: Sub Club
Date: Wednesday 22nd December
A bumper collaboration of clubs and DJs, Let Your Elf Go! is the Sub Club’s Xmas Party, featuring Sensu, Jackmaster (Numbers), Pro Vinylist Karim, the Cotton Cake DJs, and DJ Pumpio & The Groundskeeper. There’s no strict music policy, just good music!
Sounds like:
11pm-4am, free
Club: RPZ
Venue: Stereo
Date: Wednesday 22nd December
Gus Da Hoodrat (Modular Recordings), one of the founders of Australia’s Bang Gang DJ duo, visits RPZ for disco, punk, baile funk, electro-house and techno mixes to knock yer socks off. Melt your mind (and the snow from your shoes) with 80s pop art visuals at this mid-week adventure hosted by resident Hushpuppy.
Sounds like:
11pm-3am, £8 / £6
Club: SpiritAid presents Free
Venue: Òran Mór
Date: Thursday 23rd December
Feel like getting in some charity action after splurging on Xmas presents? This special one-off event invites donations in return for a night’s entertainment of house music from Harri (Subculture), Jasper, Bob Digital and special guests tba.
11pm-3am, donations requested
Club: Colours Winter Party
Venue: The Arches
Date: Sunday 26th December
Colours love their festive winter parties, and once again they’re pulling in the line-ups for wide-ranging tastes. Appearing will be: Sander Van Doorn, Mauro Picotto, Fergie, Menno De Jong, Dave Spoon, D Ramirez, Jon Mancini, Gio Ferri, Alan Belshaw and Chesco Ferri! A veritable platter of genres to pick from.
Sounds like:
9.30pm-4am, £25 / £20 Pre-Early Bird tickets
Club: Darkside meets Infexious
Venue: Soundhaus
Date: Sunday 26th December
The hardcore and hardstyle fans feeling their needs aren’t entirely met by the festive tv and radio schedules can indulge in this Boxing Day Special with Neophyte, The Beholder (TiLLT Records), and Tymon (Industrial Strength Records) headlining. Local hard-heads Al Twisted, Mikey Motion, Rob Da Rhythm, Joe Craig and more will support the extravaganza.
Sounds like:
10pm-3am, £12
Club: Der Supermax Boxing Day Blowout
Venue: Basura Blanca
Date: Sunday 26th December
Taking their cue from early NY disco-scenes, Der Supermax host a boxing day special with DJ Billy Woods, and featuring the Bozak - Balmain Sound System.
As Der Supermax says:
Double fisted In flagrante Should not be Counted Out
10pm-2am, £5
Club: Hung Up!
Venue: Sub Club
Date: Sunday 26th December
JD Twitch and JG Wilkes form the deadly DJ duo of Hung Up!, killing off cells of bad taste with the best tracks in dance music.
11pm-4am, £5 / £4 before midnight
Dundee
Club: Crtl-Alt-Defeat
Venue: Reading Rooms
Date: Sunday 26th December
No firm details of guests yet, but this is the best option for Dundee clubbers over the festive period - Crtl-Alt-Defeat programmes in the electro, techno and house.
10.30pm-3.30am, tbc
Inverness
Club: Funk D'Void Venue: Ironworks Date: Sunday 26th December
Fingers crossed Lars appears, followers of Twitter may have noticed his bid to drive through the snow of Scotland in a 4x4 to make sure he can play in Inverness. If he's going to that effort, can't be too hard for the Inverness house fans to make their way to the Ironworks! Rouse the huskies.
