CLUBS LISTINGS
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I Cool Lenten CL welcomes Jon Pleased Wimmin, host of legendary clubs Glam, Pushca. Kinky Gerlinky and Camp and Twilight Zone’s DJ of the year in ’93. Sub Club. Sunday 17 July.
I BIY Digs and Woosh of the Wobble club (Nottingham) and Strictly 4 Groovers records putting it about for Glasgow. Sub Club. Friday 15 July. I Clockwork Arches. Part two of the Clockwork time trilogy ‘extending the boundaries of traditional clubbing by expanding the possibilities of what can be achieved through a unison of various talents and crafts.’ Arches. Saturday 16 July.
I Sim Alive Slam welcome the living talents of Bandqu for another of the monthly live sessions. Arches. Saturday 23 July.
I The Garage 10.30pm—3am. £3 (£2) 10pm—l 1pm. £4 (£3) llpm—midnight. Dave Ross getting a wee bit more dancey than usual. Retro/indie in The Attic. upstairs. Insanely busy with queues half way down Sauchiehall Street. up Rose street. and along the M8 as far as Airdrie. honest
I Harmony at Strathclyde University Union. 9pm-2am. £2. Paul Mulholland in Reds bar with funk. rap. dance and ambi sounds. ‘Rave and techno free zone‘ is what it says here.
I Love’s Secret Domain at The Tunnel. 16 July. Fortnightly. Sonora in bar 3 getting a little chilled for the summer.
I leaving the 20th Century at The Tunnel. lO.30pm—3.30am. £7 (£4). Upfront house and garage with Colin Tevendale and Steven McCreery in bar 1. and Bobby Bluebell and Duncan Reid in bar 2 with their mellow, funky. soulful set. I Mo’ Jazz With Attitude at The 13th Note. 8pm—midnight. ‘Dropping science like never before, the eclectic Watt brothers mix wicked jazz and funky soul in an atmosphere not unlike 60s Soho.”
I lied: 10.30pm—3am. £5. A packed night specialising in mainstream dance. funk. rap and house. Stella Dry on promo. I Rhapsody l lpm—3am. £7 (£5 before 11pm). Stuart Hobbs and Robin Burrows with an eclectic clubby mix. Live acts through the back.
I Siloosll! at R.G.‘s. 8pm—midnight. DJ Cristian with a house/garage pre-club warmer.
I Slam Alive at the Arches. 1 1pm—3am. £7. 23 July only. Live monthly sessions under the Slam banner. this month Bandulu with DJs Orde Miekle and Lewis. See club panel.
SUB CLUB
I Sub Club 10.30pm—3am. £8. Fabulously fresh night that offers up the credibility of underground dance with the warmth of house. 013 Ham'. Oscar and Dominic.
I Swing It at Floozy‘s. 10pm—3am. £6 (£4 before llpm with Floozy's discount card). Dance. with Noble Whitelaw and Smoke Joe.
I The olcano lO.30pm-2.30am. £5 (£4
with matric card). Mellow house. garage grooves and street soul with Graham Wilson and Scott McCay.
I Voodoo Room llpm—3. 15am. £8. ‘Spellbound and sexed—out with Colin’s own sexy selection and Kevin McKay licking the decks into a frenzy.‘
I Wild at The Cotton Club. 10.30pm—3am. £5 (£4 before 1 1pm, £3 students). Commercial dance and pop.
Sundays
I Banus 10.30pm—3am. £3 entry with leaflet. Top name house/garage guest DJs every week.
I Bar 10 9pm-Iate. Free. DJs Gavin and Ziggy popping in from time to time.
I Bennet’s llpm—3am. £ 1. Gay. All beers and spirits £1. DJ John Frazer with commercial dance and pop.
I Bob’s at The Volcano. 10.30pm—2.30am. £4. It‘s Sunday night. It‘s Partick town. It's the only place to be hot and sweaty. Damn line mix of jumping house. screaming divas and tasty tunes.
I Bomb at The CathOUse. Studio 3. 10pm—3am. £1.50. Hip-hop evening.
I Bubblelicious at Reds. llpm—3am. £6. ‘Bombastic boogie. bubble grooves' and all drinks £1. Good music and cheap drink
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punters what they want?
I Club Mouth at The 13th Note (ground floor). Spin—midnight. Free. Indie and alternative tunes ‘founded to let the BBC Radio Scotland indie DJs play their stuff and drink at the same time’. Now featuring live bands most weeks. See
; Rock listings for details.
I Cool lemon at the Sub Club.
1 1pm—3am. £7 (£5). 17 July only. The ever-so refreshing Cool Lemon pins Jon Pleased Wimmin down long enough for him to wow us with whole estates of sumptuous house. garage and cross dressing.
I Fuddrukkers at Cleopatra‘s. 10.30pm—2.30am. £3 (£2 with ticket). Disco. pop and 60s party vibes from DJ Craig Davis.
I CLAN. at the Sub Club. 1 1pm-3am. 24 July. Fortnightly. New mixed night in O.T.T. mode. Involves the considerable DJestable housey talents of Oscar shimmying up beside a load of models and photographers.
I Ital Reggae Club at The Venue. lO.30pm—late. £2. Recently moved to this
I JuJu at The Arena. Free. 8pm—midnight. Jazz and rare grooves for that Sunday vibe. All drinks £1.30.
I loungin’ at R.G.‘s. 2—8pm. Free. A mix ofjazz and soul in the upstairs bar.
I Rock City at The Cathouse. 10pm—2am. £1.50. Rock from the 70s to the present. I Sex Machine at Fury Murry’s. 10.30pm—3am. £4 (£3 non-waged). The poptastic DJ Mr Dave Ross gets even less sleep as he fills his social diary with this ‘hot busy. funky Sunday'. All double spirits (including mix) 99p! ‘Arrive early. leave pished.’ They said it. not me.
I Shake Appeal in The Attic. 10.30pm—3am. £2 (£1). DJ Crispin with a moderately harder indie-feel club.
I Sonora at The 13th Note. Spin—midnight. Donations (£1) on the door. cushions on the floor. Excursions into ambience. The hosts for the evening prefer to remain anonymous. but cart be identified as the ones with most pies on their plate.
I Soul Sauce at R.G.'s. Spill‘i‘losc. Free. Continuing on from the fnnked-up proceedings laid down by Loungin' earlier in the day.
I Stella leVeli 99p Special at Club Xchange. l 1pm-3am. 99p. Gay. All pints and spirits 99p.
I Voodoo Room llpm~3. 15am. ‘The best sounds from the Living Room and the Lounge with a wheel of fortune to help the flow.‘
Mondays
I The Beat Club at Fury Murry's. l().3()pm-3am. £2 (£1.50). Loadsa bottled beers promos to the accompaniment of ‘sounds from the 60s. funky 70s and lots ofclassic dance and indie tracks.‘
I The Boat at The Tuxedo Princess. 9pm-3am. £2 (£1 with student card. free before 1 1pm with flyer). Pronounced ‘bow-alt‘. Immense student night of mainstream indie. dance and pop. Battle the crowds on the revolving dance floor and dodge the DJ hurling T-shirts at you. The weekend starts here kids.
I Come at The Venue. 7.30—10.30pm. Modern jive from France. Includes 45- minute beginners class at 7.30pm followed by dance sounds from the 40s to the 90s.
I Club Xchange 10.30pm—3am. £1.25. Gay. Craig with a dance-orientated night. Cheap drink.
I Crash West at Cleopatra‘s. 10.30pm-3am. £2 (£1 with ticket). Gary Unett and a mix of mainsteam pop and dance.
I The Horn at The 13th Note (ground floor). Rpm—midnight. Free. ‘Unnerving dreams of the old Woolworth pick ‘n‘ mix turned voodoo on a suddenly darkened Saturday afternoon.‘ Mr Scott Horn praying that Captain Beeflieart. Beat Happening. Ivor Cutler and The Pastels weigh in at under the quarter pound.
I Cltl guide Clubwise clothing stall His ‘n’ Hers is one more good reason to pay a visit to The Vaults of a Saturday. Let stylish ex i-D model (and friend of the stars) Miss Dominique guide you through her impeccable selection of young designer one-offs and hand picked retro gear. Essential glam kitten attire.
I Angelic sound Plexus is yet another quality event lined up for the discerning Clubber over the last weekend of July.
DJs include Dave Angel playing his first ever public Detroit set, Mr C. l Richard Grey with a live PA from Murder By Sound. Highly recommended for those not suffering from post Rez/Pure burnout. Plexus. Sun 31 July. The Vaults. Tickets are £8. available from Fopp and Paninari. I Go with the Flow For a soothing alternative to the full-on technofests on offer. try Flow‘s thirteen- and-a-half—hour workshop/club session at The Arches on Sat 30 July. Kicking off at noon. afternoon highlights include an experimental
I live set from Global 3 Communications plus video. sculpture. film and performance workshops. Things rev up slightly later when the Flow DJs hit the Technics and Eevolute Musique play live. I Zest for liie Changes are afoot at The Citrus Club which will be experiencing something of a revamp over the next few months. Expect to find new lighting. a stage - and a general upgrading of the place. plus nights from Rub-A-Dub and a few of Edinburgh's finer clubs yet to be announced. 3 (BC)
I Soap on a hope at The Attic (formerly the Cameo Suite). 10.30pm-3am. £1. Andy and Gerry bring you a squeaky clean mix of new and retro tunes. Stella Dry £1.
I Teardrops at The 13th Note. 7pm—midnight. Free.
Tuesdays
I Amorphus at Nice ‘n' Sleazy. 8.30pm—midnight. Donations on the door to cover running costs. Ambient and dub through to techno and gabba with resident DJs from TAB and the Sonic Research Institute. Lager and heavy £1.25. vodka and whisky 75p a dash.
I Bingo at Cafe Ventura. 7pm—1am. Free. 26 July only. 'Crazy rhythms and quadrophonic sex sounds.‘ The dub narcotic sound system stays put for another month.
I Boudoir at The 13th Note (downstairs). 8pm—midnight. Free. ‘In the context of Boudoir. words are useless.‘ Easy music with a twist. Your hosts for the evening: E.J. (that's ‘Easy Jock‘). [an and Dr Paul. I Brouhaha at The Arena. 8pm—midnight. Free. Sixties garage to 90s indie and underground dance.
I JoJos at Club Xchange llpm—3am. £2.50. Gay. DJ Craig with his choice of dance and chart sounds. £1.25 spirits and pints. Pitched as the only gay night in town tonight.
I Moist at The Cathouse. 10pm—3am. £1. A mish-mash of poppy and studenty-type sounds. plus all drinks for £1.20!
I Shimmy Club at Bennet's. 10.30pm—3am. £2. Legendary. drunken, ‘mixed‘. longest-running club night in town with Craig Davis. Mainstream dance and chart. £1.10 promo beers. More girls in the boys‘ toilets than boys for some reason.
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I The Tardis in the Attic (formerly the Cameo Suite). 10.30pm—3am. £1. ‘A journey through space and time that takes you from the 60s to the 90s and back via rock/pop and soul’. All drinks £1.
I Trading Post at Cleopatra's. 10.30pm—2.30am. £2 (£1 with ticket). Chart. mainstream and 60s ‘for the pub/club staff crowd‘.
Wednesdays
II Banus 10.30pm—3am. £5 (half price
with flyer). House and garage with DJ Gary Menzies.
BC The List 15—28 July 1994