CLUBS LISTINGS
I Euphoria upstairs at The Calton.
10pm-3.30am. £5. DJs of the Rez and Fantazia ilk provide the banging rave sounds. I FBI at Moray House. llpm-4am. £3. 7 May only. Premier quality indie and 60s dance club. Fortnightly with Shaft. I Funky Worm at Wilkie House. lOpm—late. £4. Planet funkety-funk satellited by the all-important chill-out room. - I Frottage at The Venue. 10.30pm—3am. £3 (£2 before 12.30am). 14 May only. Fortnightly. Wild ’n' freejam of diverse musical styles. Thrash meets techno meets dub meets disco. A frenzied sound collision of a club. I Jet at Ex-S. lOpm—3am. £5. Busy. intelligent techno night. I Joy downstairs at The Calton. 10ptn-late. £4 (£3 before midnight). Uplifting. packed-out gay night with a far healthier female turnout than many. Two of Edinburgh's finest under-rated DJs. Maggie and Alan. provide the arms-in- the-air house and bumping disco for a passionate and sweat-drenched crowd. I Katch at The Rocking Horse. 10.30pm-3am. £2.50 (£2). A veritable cornucopia of indie music from the 80s and 90s. in this busy weekly club. I Mambo Club at Cavendish. 10pm—4am. £3 (£2.50). Two floors with African. Latin. salsa. reggae. zouk. soca andcalypso downstairs. and dub. lovers and dancehall upstairs. Sir Ossie dishing up the global grooves for the hot ’n' sweaty assembled pleasure-seekers. I ms at The Subway. 11pm—3am. £3. 14 May. Fortnightly. Sister club alternating with the ever popular FBI. playing a similar mix of indie and rap. I Minus One at The Carlton Highland Hotel. lOpm-3am. £5 (free for members). See Fridays. I Misery at The Cooler. 10pm—4am. £5 (£3). 14 May only. Fortnightly. Tack- seekers of the world, unite and take over. Not a Prozac taker in sight. I Ninetys Club at The Music Box. 10.30pm-3am. £3. Continuing the serious party ethic of the similarly named Friday spot; drinks promos et al. I Pasha at Legends. 1 1pm—3am. £4 (£3). 14 May only. Fortnightly. House and hype with Aibe Tonnance and Valentine. I Rock Orgasm at The Rocking Horse. 10.30pm—3am. £2. Climactic weekly rock night. playng those live fast. die young kinda guitar sounds. Happy Hour llpm—lam. I Shatt at Moray House. llpm—4am. £4. 14 May only. Fortnightly with FBI. Perennially popular retro club of the platform-clomping. flare-swishing variety. Usual sounds of the decade that taste forgot. I Sold 0n Paradise at The Pelican. 10pm—3am. Free. Garage. soul. boogie and hip-hop. I Treasure Island at The Shack. Spin—2am. £2 (£1 for Napier students). Students and guests only. A treasure trove of classic tunes. with occasional live bands. I Yip Yap at La Belle Angéle. llpm—3am. £5. 7 May only. Fortnightly. Delicious. tuneful highs and superlative mixing from Gareth and David. The raw groove and distilled pure spirit of ‘86 house lives on. Check it out.
Sundays
I The Blue Room at The Cooler. llpm-3am. £2. Weekly. Deep and lovely ambience to embalm. soothe and stimulate on a Sunday night. Plus some extremely comfortable seating.
I Buster Browns 10.30pm—3am. £2 before 11.30pm (£3 after). Buster's Sunday soul night.
I Club Couture at Ex-S. lOpm—3am. £3. Made to measure club for the fashion victims amongst you. sponsored by Versacc (the label beloved of footballers’ wives and lvana Trump).
I Critter at The Venue. llpm—3am. £3. 15 May. Fortnightly. Esoterically named night of hardcore techno and industrial. I Lassoo at The Pelican Bistro. 9pm-2am. Free. Get your stetson and cowboy boots on for Sunday‘s silliest (and only) country and western night.
I The Sunday Club at The Red Hot Pepper Club. 11.30pm4am. £4 (£3). Free for students with matric card. Fierce gay night with occasional PAs. Busy. sassy and highly hedonistic; ifyou thought the weekend ended on a Sunday. you thought wrong.
I Thelonious at Carwash. 9pm- I am. Free. Weekly. Eclectic. choicejazz cuts from the Thelonious team.
I Timewarp at The Rocking Horse. llpm—3am. £2 (free before 12.30am). A very w—i—d—e playlist indeed: 60s. 70s. 80s. 90s and onwards.
Mondays
I The Monday Club at The Citrus Club. 10pm—3am. £2. Nineties new wave from DJs Dougie Death and the Sorcerer. Definitive excursions in rock; from Seattle to goth to industrial.
I Planet Alice at The Music Box. lOpm-3am. £2. 9 May only. Fortnightly. ‘A new intriguing trip for the more alternative being.’
Tuesdays
I Fillet of Soul at The Vaults. 10pm—3am. £3. 10 May only. Fortnightly. New music policy with George T. (Tribal Funktion) throwing down some choice grooves in the tnain vault and funky hip- hop in the chill-out room.
Wednesdays
I Delirium at The Music Box. 10.30pm—3am. £2.50 (£2). A trawl through the realms of punk. reggae and dance. Redefining the word eclectic.
I Horizontal at Century 2000. llpm—3am. £3 (£1 with matric card). Drinks promos every week: pints £1. spirits 50p.
I Sexual Chocolate at The Shack. 8pm—2am. Free. Students and guests only. Leaving little. or perhaps everything to the imagination this one. Music is 70s and 80s dance; from shameless tack to club classics.
I Teaseage at The Citrus. llpm—3am. £2. One of the busiest mid-week clubs. playing indie-orientated dance sounds alongside punk. disco and funk. Drinks promos most weeks.
Thursdays
I Acapella at The Vaults. 10.30ptn—3ant. £3.50. 19 May only. Happy house and trance in the maitt vault. ambient tranquility in the bar and nothing to do with the high energy Euro-techno duo.
I Apocalypse at The Rocking Horse. llpm—3am. £2.50. Happy Hour llpm-3am. Excellent ‘alternative' club with a diverse playlist including industrial. techno. indie. grunge and thrash.
I Breeze at The Citrus Club. llpm—4am. £3. 19 May only. New house-orientated night with Scott Gallacher (of Funky Wonn fame).
I Carnival at The Calton. 10pm—3am. £3 (half-price before midnight). Student night with drinks promos and free food. I Chambers Street Bock Night 8pm—3am. £2 (£1). As the name suggests.
I Chocolate City at The Venue. llpm-3am. £4 (£3). 19 May only. Monthly. Jamie and A-One upstairs cutting up the deleted funk grooves. Whitney downstairs playing chill out reggae and dub.
I The Edge 4pm—2.30am. Free. See Fridays.
I Enterprise at The Shack. 8pm—2am. £2 (£1 before llptn). Students and guests. Dance music of all persuasions in the Napier Union.
I EX-S 10ptn—3atn. Free. Weekly house and garage night.
I Funky Mutha at Underground Club. 9.30pm—2am. £2. All drinks £1.50. Street soul. funk and swing with DJs Finbar. Dave and Wav.
I Cunle at The Citrus Club. llpm-4am. £2 (with matric card). 12 May only. Fortnightly. 60s and 70s. pop and disco student night.
I Hump at The Music Box. 10pm—3am. £2.50 (students free with 11) before tnidnight). 'An oasis ill the desert of student nightlife. playing exceptional music to hump to!‘ Prizes and give-aways every week.
I loaded at The Shack. 8pm—2am. Free. 19 May only. Fortnightly. Students and guests only. Indie night.
I Minus One at The Carlton Highland Hotel. £2.50. See Fridays.
I Hogue at The Shack. 8pm—2am. Free. 12 May only. Fortnightly. Students and guests only. Happy house. ambient. trance and harder dance.
I Shag at The Rocking Horse. llpm—3am. £2.50. Popular student club. noteworthy for its truly appalling playlist and free chocolate.
I Tribal Funktion at The Venue. llpm—3am. £4 (£3). 12 May only. Fortnightly. Tip-top well orchestrated house upstairs. rockin' hip-hop and funk downstairs. Kickin‘ back.
CLUBS mm:-
All clubs listed above take place at one of the following venues, which can be contacted for further details.
I The Arches Midland Street (off Jamaica Street). 221 9736.
I Baby Grand 3 and 7 Flmbank Gardens. 248 4942.
I Bar 10 10 Mitchell Lane (off Mitchell Street. 221 8353.
I Bar Miro 36 Kelvingrove Street. 353
0475.
I Banus 23 Royal lixchange Square. 221 3002.
I Bennet’s 80—90 Glassford Street. 552 5761.
I Blacktriars Underground (below Blackfriars) 36 Bell Street. 552 5924.
I Cate Cini 81 Rentield Street. 353 2807. I The Cathouse 9 Brown Street. 248 6606.
I Caledonian University Union 70 Cowcaddcns Road. 332 0681.
I Club Inter (formerly Circa) Custom House Quay. 221 ()865.
I Cleopatra’s. 508 Great Western Road. Kelvinbridge. 334 0560.
I Club Xchange 25 Royal Exchange Square. 204 4599.
I Cotton Club 5 Scott Street. 332 0712. I Eruption 474 Saucltiehall Street. 353 1927.
I Floozy‘s Bonkers. 67 Hope Street. 248 5884.
I Fury Murry’s 96 Maxwell Street. 221 651 l.
I The Garage Sauchichall Street. 332
l 120.
I Glasgow School of Art 167 Renfrew Street. 332 0691.
I The Hive Glasgow University Union. 32 University Avenue. 339 8697.
I October Cate Top floor. Princes Square (off Buchanan Street). 221 0303.
I Power Station Cheapside Street. 248 1710.
I Beds Upstairs at Nico's. 379 Sauchichall Street. 331 1635.
I Rhapsody 240 Bath Street. 353 2306. I B.C.’s 73 Queen Street. 204 0953.
I Rooftops 92 Sauchichall Street. 332 5883.
I Strathclyde University Union 90 John Street. 552 1895.
I Sub Club 22 Jamaica Street. 248 4600.
I Full Moon at The Wee Red Bar. 10pnt—3am. £3.50 (£3). 12 May only-RA total eclipse of froth and funk. happy house attd stimulating soul.‘ DJs from Forest of Funk and Divine. Skunk Tree play live and it's all in aid of the re—launch of Fresh Air FM in October.
I Jetset at The Vaults. llpm-4am. Tickets £12 from Blue Baker. St Mary St. 7 May only. Boy George: pop icon. More Protein boss. London club lynchpin and reborn DJ on the decks along with Jon Mancini. Alan Dundas. Scott Ferguson and Gareth Sommerville.
I Ministry or Sound Tour at Teviot Row Student Union. Spin—2am. 18 May only. Tickets £5 frotn tmiou shops. With C.J. Mackintosh. Apollo 440 and The Good Strawberries live.
I Pure 3 at Glasgow Barrowland. 7pm—2am. Tickets £12 from T()(‘TA and Pure. 14 May only. Another Pure
extravaganza featuring live sets from Djax
label prodigies The Acid Junkies and Horizon 222. DJs are Robert Armani (ACV Records). Miss Djax (Dias Records. Holland). Steve Bicknell (veteran electro-head and Lost DJ) and Twitch and Brainstorm. Call ()31 557 6969 for details.
I Sunset Boulevard 1710 (jreut Western Road. Clydebank. 0389 980000.
I Toto’s High Street. 552 2135.
I The 13th Note 80 Glassfortl Street. 553 1638.
I The Tunnel 84 Mitchell Street. 204 1000.
I The Tuxedo Princess Anderstolt Quay. Broomielaw. 204 l 150.
I Underground (formerly Johnny Rockets) Cambridge Street. 332 3437.
I Under Ventura 5060 King Street. 552 1388.
I The Volcano l5 Bellaltler Street. 337
1 100.
I Buster Browns 25 27 Market Street. 226 4224.
I The Calton Calton Road. 558 3758. I Carwash The Mound.
I Cavendish West 'I‘ulleruss. 22s 3252. I century 2000 31 lolltiatl Road. 22‘) 7670.
I The Citrus Club 40-42 Gl'llltlld)’ Street. 229 6697.
I The Cooler (17llt1el'The Venue) (‘alton Road. 557 3073.
I The Cruise Ship The Shore. 1.eilh.
I The Edge 37h George Street. 226 31 l 1. I EX-S 12 Sitalttlwlek Place. 2262266. I Heriot Watt Student Union Rieeat‘loll. 451 5333.
I La Belle Angele ll Haslles Close. 225 2774.
I Legends (formerly The Phoenix Club) 71 (‘owgale. 225 8382.
I Minus One (Carlton Highland Hotel) North Bridge. 556 7277.
I Moray HOUSE li()1}'1'()0(l Roatl. 5.56 5184.
I The Music Box 9e Victoria Street. 235 2564.
I The Pelican 235 Cougate. 225 5413. I Potterrow Student Union Bt'tsto Square. 650 8090.
I Red Hot Pepper Club 3 Semple Street. Tollcross. 229 7733.
I The Rocking Horse (ionnerly The Mission/Shady Lady’s) (‘mt gate. 235 3326.
I The Shack (Napier Union) King‘s- Stables Road. 229 2234.
I The Subway (‘otvgate 225 6766.
I Teviot iiow Student Union iil‘lslt) Square. 650 4673.
I Underground Club Rose Street.
I The Vaults 15 17 Nttltlry Street. 556 0001.
I The Venue (‘alton Road. 557 3073.
I The Wee lied Bar at thnhurgh (‘ollege Of Art. Lauriston Place. 229 1442.
I Wilkie House Cowgate. 226 2151.
55 The List 6 -19 May 1994