CLUBS LISTINGS

fillers. So orgasmic and exciting a night that you only get it once a month.

I The Men’s Boo- at Club Xchange.

l 1.30pm—3am. £2.50/£2 with flyer. ‘Raunchy’ men-only night with infamous live act Caged Muscle and Rolling Rock for £1.

I Shaft at The Cathouse. llpm-3am. £1. Ni relation to the Edinburgh club of the same name‘. but 705 disco nonetheless!

I The Slow Club at The 13th Note. 8pm—midnight. Another survivor from the Apollo. the excellent Slow Club brings you some of the best ‘ambient' sounds around in a suitably candle-lit atmosphere. Full of unexpected delights and a refreshing change from your average club night.

I Strathclyde University Dnlon 9pm—2am. Free.

I The Tunnel 1 lpm—3.30am. £4/£2 with matric card. Well-mixed indie and dance tunes for the assembled student throng.

EDINBURGH Fridays

I Around The World Ball at The Assembly Rooms. 9pm—2am. £14. 12 Feb only. see On Offs for full details. I loathe: at Teviot Row Union. 8pm-2am. Free for students. £1 guests. Top-floor Inertia. bringing back long-lost memories of big. badly lit school discos. Downstairs is Strangeways for the more indie-orientated among you. I Bubblegum at Potterrow. 8pm—lam. £2/£1 Popular student night playing a mix of indie. indie dance and dance sounds. I Buster Drum 10.30pm—3.30am. Girls free before midnight/£2 after. guys £2 before midnight/£3 after. Mainstream chart sounds with an emphasis on 705 and 80s grooves. Available Mon—Thurs for private parties. I The Bl! 10.30pm—4am. £3. Mainstream chart sounds and dance. I The Blunt upstairs at Wilkie House. 1 1pm—4am. £4/£3 with ticket. 12 Feb. New weekly club. with full hip-hop flavour guaranteed. DJs Al. Easi. Size and Joseph playing essential sounds from the underground. also TF1 doing their funky live thang on the night. With undoubtedly the most original flyers around. I Cathouse at The Mission. 1 lpm—4am. £2.50/£2 with flyer. Weekly rock night with wide playlist covering the whole spectrum 0! rock music. Happy hour 1 lpm—lam. I Century 2000 10pm—4am. £5. Fairly middle-of—the-road dance night in an extravagant setting. The biggest and one of the busiest of its kind. I Cublk at The Music Box. 10pm—3am. £5. Members/guests. DJ 5 The Vision and Adrian (Circa). playing a vast selection of underground house and techno. I Eclipse at The Music Box. 6—9.30pm. £3/£2. The best in upfront dance for trendy wee brothers and sisters. Moved from Sundays to its new Friday-night slot. I The Edge 4pm—2.30am. Mainstream chart sounds. happy hour 4—10pm. Available for private hire Mon—Wed. I Eternal at Chambers Street Union. 8pm—3am. £2l£l. Weekly night of student dance sounds. Happy hour 8.30-9.30pm. I 5ch at Wilkie House. 10.30pm-4am. £3/£2.50. DJs Kieren. Paul and Amanda playing indie sounds from the 60s. 705 and 80s through to the current releases on the indie scene. I Flnsbury M llpm-4am. £2. Chart sounds. I Firefly at The Pelican. lOpm—lam. Free. DJ .lorelle spins some classy soulful house - deep-warming and underground. I Ketch at The Vaults. 10.30pm—4am. £4/£3 or £2.50 with membership. DJs Stuart and Keith move venue. but Katch also remains on at The Mission with different DJs. The usual mixture of indie and indie dance sounds. I Ketch at Shady Lady's. 1 lpm—4am. £2.50/£2 with flyer. Popular indie club with a very wide playlist. playing 805 and 90s indie dance. Which will prevail? I lump at The Citrus Club. 1 lpm—4am. £5. 19 Feb. At long last the fabulous duo

from Manchester get a most welcome night in Edinburgh. Adrian and Mark. organisers of some of the most original club nights anywhere. will be playing a scorching mixture of house and garage tunes in the place to be.

I Wn's hock light 10pm-4am. £2. Paint on those tight jeans and get out the hairspray. for this weekly night of rather predictable rock music.

I Harley's Beau Klub at Cavendish. 10.30pm—4am. £2.50. The city’s longest- running reggae night (fourteen years. believe it or not). with roots. ragga. lovers. heavyweight dub and dancehall.

I One World at La Belle Angele. 8pm—late. i £4/£3. A new night here. promising a wide : playlist of anything that falls into the i category of world music. i I Deal at Heriot-Watt Union. Riccarton. l 9pm—2am. £l. Almost passes as an out-of- town night. with a catch-all playlist of “serious studenty sounds'. which probably means anything at all.

I Partyccllldhlscc at Moray House Union. 9pm-4am. £2/free. 12 Feb. Three-hour ceilidh. then a four-hour disco. Drinks £1.30 all night.

I Passion at The Calton. l lpm—3am. £6. ln- yer-face trance from the regular DJs Jon Mancini. Larz. Cutmaster B and Dell. with regular guest DJs and occasional PAs.

I Pm at The Venue. l 1.30pm—4am. £5/£3 members. Upfront. hard-edged underground progressive dance music. Still one of Edinburgh‘s busiest nights. occasional guest PAs and DJs.

I Pure Men at The Citrus Club. 1 lpm—Aam. £6. 12 Feb. House sounds with the excellent Terry Farley of Boys Own (London) guesting

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I Spacehoflrer at Liberty's. l lpm—4am. £4/£3. 12 Feb. A change of venue for this one. but still playing 70s pop. soul. glam. rock. ska and funk. in fact almost anything that was released in the decade of tackiness. I The Tardis l lpm—4am. £2 before lpm/£4 after. With a restaurant. three cocktail bars. cabaret and live music. The Tardis provides the more mature clubbers (over 25s) with a relaxed venue for late-night socialising.

I Trlbal Funktlon at the Blue Oyster Club.

1 lpm—4am. £3.50. Funky sounds. fresh popcorn. table football and the ever popular chill out room. One of the busiest and one of the best of Edinburgh‘s clubs. For a limited time only memberships will be available by sending an sac. and passport photo to Tribal Funktion. c/o Whirly Records. 25 Greenside Place. EH1 3AA. Send in soon to avoid disappointment.

I Mggy at Moray House Union.

1 lpm-4am. £3/£2.50. 19 Feb. Busy student orientated club. playing a varied assortment of classic 60s pop sounds.

I In Bed Hence at The Wee Red. l0pm-2am. £3/£2. 12 Feb. Women‘s disco featuring a wide playlist of dance music. courtesy of DJ Maggie McEwan.

Saturdays

I Banana Love at The Pelican. lOpm—lam. Free. DJ Philippo bringing Ibiza sun beaming down onto the lovely Cowgate.

I The lunches at Liberty‘s. 9pm—4am. £2. 13 Feb. The once a month incarnation of the

Monday Club. plays all that is best and falls

into the wide category of “alternative music'. I Blue Oyster Club 1 lpm-Sam. £2 before 12.30am/£4 after. Available for private hire Mon—Thurs.

I Duster Browns 10.30pm-4am. £2 before

I 1.30pm/£4 after. Club dance. upfront chart sounds.

I The Biz 10.30pm—4am. £3. See Fridays.

I Century 2000 10pm—4am. £5/£3 before midnight. Mega Party Night with regular PAs.

I Cublk at the Music Box. l()pm—3am. £5. Members/guests only. Solid dance action with regular guest PAs and guest DJs. Busy. bouncin' night guaranteed. with The Mariner and Ross Keddie playing an upfront selection of sounds.

I Disco Inferno at The Venue. l lpm—Sam. £4. 13 Feb. Disco fun and tackiness. now

9 running fortnightly.

I The Edge 4pm—2.30am. See Fridays.

I Euphoria Under 188 at The Calton. 6—10pm. £4. Euphoria for under 18s. as the name would suggest.

I Euphoria at The Calton. l lpm—3am. £6. Bassheavy hardcore. with the usual line-up of DJs. including. Waxman. Eggi. Cutmaster B and Dell.

I FBI at Moray House Union. l lpm—4am. £3. 13 Feb. Still as busy as ever. with indie music in its mulitifarious guises. I Flnsbury Park 1 lpm—4am. £2. Fridays.

I Funky Worm at Wilkie House. 1 lpm—4am. £3.50. Taking over from the now de-funkt G- spot. playing funk. house. 70s disco. soul. garage. hip hop and more funk.

I Katch at Shady Lady‘s. l().3()pm-lam. £2.5()/£2. A veritable comucopia of indie music from the 80s and 90s.

I lovcbuzz at The Cooler. 1 lpm—Sam. £2.50/£2. 13 Feb. Fortnightly club with guest DJs from Lacuna Head. Big Muff and Evol playing a wide range of lndie sounds. Happy hour llpm till midnight. plus Coors £1 all night.

I Mambo Club at Cavendish. l lpm—4am. £3/£2.5(). Two floors with African. Latin. salsa. reggae. zouk. soca. calypso and more (1’). with Sir Ossie on the wheels of steel.

I Illscry at The Venue. 1 lpm—5am. £2/£2.5() for members. 20 Feb. Still the worst club in Edinburgh if not Britain. back after their miserable night at The Milk Bar in London. showing the trendy southem punters how crap a club can really be.

I Red Hot Pepper Club l()pm-4am. £4. See Fridays.

I Rock Orgasm at The Mission. 10.30pm—4am. £2. Weekly rock night. with an all encompassing playlist of rock. Happy hour 1 1pm—lam.

I nude at La Belle Angele. 8pm—late. £4/£3. Weekly club playing ska. reggae. ragga. dub and On~U. Get on down and skank.

I Sex Machine at The Vaults. l lpm—4am. £5. Playing a wide selection of current sounds. street soul. funk and hip hop from regular DJs A-l and Joseph every week. With occasional guest DJs. 13 Feb only. Valentine’s Eve Special with excellent local band Frog live on the night and lots of snogging in the love room.

I Shaft at Moray House Union. 1 lpm—4am. £4. 20 Feb. The original. Experience pie- eyed grin-athon at this tacky 70s funfest of funky sounds. rare groove and disco. Still one of the busiest. Fortnightly.

I The Tardis l [pm—4am. £3 before lpm/£5 after. See Fridays.

I Tattoo at the Citrus Club. I lpm—4am. Members £5. Highly recommended weekly dance club. with regular DJs Gareth. David and Yogi playing upfront house and garage sounds.

I Whlmr And Chlps at The Venue.

l lpm—Sam. £4. 20 Feb. A brand new night. with its very own comic. promising to play tunes that make the punters happy people. With some possible bands and one-off theme nights lined up for the future. keep an eye on this one. 20 Feb only. Edinburgh's own Frog playing live on the night.

I Wide Awake Club at Millies. £2. See Fridays.

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Sundays

I Duster Browns 10.30pm-3am. £2 before 1 l.30pm/£3 after. Buster‘s Sunday soul night.

I The Cll 10.30pm—4am. Free. See Fridays. I Century 2000 10pm—4am. £3/£2 before midnight.

I The Edge 4pm—2.30am. With a live band every week.

I Frottage at The Venue. l lpm—3am.

£2/£ l .50. Thrash. techno. dub. disco. rock and more rock. With occasional live bands. I Lassen at The Pelican Bistro. 9pm—2am. Free. Get your stetson and cowboy boots on for Sunday’s silliest (only) country and western night.

I Mass at The Citrus Club. llpm—4am. £3. 21 Feb. A brand new night for the Citrus playing a broad range of dance tunes. also incorporating some of your old favourite club anthems.

I Bed Ilot Pepper Club lOpm—3am. £4. See Fridays.

I Roxy‘s Tea Dance at Millies. l lam—9pm. £3. Ten hours of glamorous excess from the indescribable Roxy. The only place to be after Sunday brunch (apart from bed).

I Rhythm lab at The Vaults. 10pm—3am. £3/£l.50. A new night for The Vaults playing reggae. ragga. dub and revival from the Earth Roots boys.

I The Sunday Club at The Tardis.

l lpm—4am. £3 with ticket. Wonderful. wonderful gay night featuring male go—go dancers and some of the worst PAs we've ever seen. You have to go.

I Thelonloue at The Bare Story. 7pm—lam. Free. A new relaxed evening. of all that is best in the world of jazz. ranging from the 40s through to the present day. with DJs Simon (Bakery). Angus and guests.

Mondays

I Disco Divas and Dancing Queens at Millies. Midnight—4am. Free before 2am. See Fridays.

I The Monday Club at Madison's. 9.30pm—3am. £2. Covering the whole spectrum of alternative music The Monday Club is still going strong after two years.

Tuesdays

I Disco Divas and Dancing ulccns at Millies. Midnight-4am. Free before 2am. See Fridays.

Wednesdays

I Dcllrlurn at The Music Box. 10.30pm—3am. £2. Intriguineg diverse club playing the likes of The Doors. Chumbawamba. Pink Floyd and Funkadelic. Busy dancefloor all night with a crowd as diverse as the music played.

I Funky Love at The Pelican. lOpm—lam. Free. DJ 2 Smoove starting the Pelican's week off with a scorching selection of soulful grooves.

I nghllle at Millies. Midnight—4am. Free before 2am. See Fridays.

I Life at The Subway. 10pm-4am. £2.50/£2. £1.50 with flyer. A new club playing industrial. torture tech. grunge. grind-core and hardcore dance. with DJs from Apocalypse and Twitch.

I Magic Roundabout at The Calton. 10pm—5am. £2.50. Floor 1 playing a wide mixture of dance sounds and floor 2 playing reggae. soul. garage and Latin dance.

I Matrix at Century 2000. 10pm—3am. 50p with matriculation card. Century 2000's student night with imported beers at £1.30. I roascagc at The Citrus Club. 10pm-3am. £1.50/£l with matric card. Student-orientated indie club with cheap drinks all night.

Thursdays

I Arch at The Venue. 1 lpm-Sam. £3.50. 25 Feb. Funk. soul. house. dance. rare groove on ajazz tip. a brilliant playlist of very danceable tunes.

I Dig Mmccas at The Pelican. lOpm—lam. Free. 1)] 2 Smoove spinning pure Latin. Latin jazz. jazz funk and any other variant on those three styles you care to think up.

58 The List 12—25 February I993