LISTINGS CLUBS
disco. 80s and funk for a friendly. student- dominated crowd.
I Tribal Funktion at The Venue. llpm—3am. £5. 10 June. Fortnightly. Minimal Chicago and tribal New York rhythms upstairs. Blunted trip hop downstairs and light. imaginative decor. Excellent guests. usually of a house/hard house persuasion.
I Yip Yap at La Belle Angele. 11pm—3am. £5. 3 June. Fortnightly. Still one of Edinburgh’s best house and garage nights with delicious. tuneful highs and superlative mixing front Gareth and David. Bitchin‘ garage. raw-edged house and a dressed-up. down-with-it crowd. House revival — you heard it here first. The spirit of 1986 incarnate.
Sundays
I Beat The Clock at The Citrus. 10pm-3am. £3 (£2 before midnight. free before 11pm). New weekly club offering some enticing drinks promos. Many drinks £1.50 before 1.30am and £1 before 11pm. Music policy is broad to say the least: Marilyn Monroe. Oasis. Presley and The Bee Gees according to the promoters. I The Blue Room at The Cooler. 10pm—4am. £2. Deep and lovely ambience to embalm. soothe and stimulate. Lie back and soak up the decelerated drift.
I Down At The Lane at The Lane. 11pm—3am. Free. House and garage.
I heart at The Subway. 10pm-3am. £1 (free for students with matric card). indie and dance.
I Silk at M8. 10.30pm—3.30am. £5 (£4 before midnight). Glamorous and sexually ambiguous house and garage club. Resident DJs are Johnny Nisbet. Mungo. Jon Mancini (Streetrave) and Roy (Vague). Another candidate for handbag swinging of a Sunday night.
I Sunday Night Fever at Century 2000. 11pm-3am. £3. Drinks at 70p. 80p and 90p appropriately accompanied by music from the 70s. 80s and 90s.
I Taste at The Vaults. 10pm—3am. £5. Hedonistic night of 90s high energy. garage and trance from DJs Fisher and Price. Barking. mixed. up-for-it crowd. Very. very busy. The place to swing your handbag of a Sunday night.
I Thelonious at Carwash. 9pm—lam. Free. Weekly. Eclectic. choice jazz cuts from the Thelonious team.
I Tirnewarp at The Rocking Horse. 11pm—3am. £2 (free before 12.30am). A very w-i—d—e playlist indeed: 60s. 70s. 80s. 905 and onwards.
Mondays
I Planet Alice at The Music Box. llpm—3am. £2.50. Weekly. Drinks promos. Sophisticated mix of indie. dance. alternative. techno and funky hip hop.
I Trainspotter at The Subway. 10pm—3am. £1 (free for students with matric card). 70s. 80s and 90s dance plus indie faves.
Tuesdays
I The Grateful Bub at The Venue. 11pm—3am. £3. 6 June only. Crucial brew of roots, reggae and dancehall.
I iiay Algun Problerna? at Negociants. 9pm—3am. Free. 6 June. Fortnightly. Finbar and Marco (Gran Via) bring you a Latin selection.
I Insanity at The Subway. 10pm—3am. £1 (free for students with matric card). Pop. chart and indie sounds.
I Jan A la Carte at Negociants. 10pm—3am. Free. 13 June. Fortnightly. Jazz. soul and funk spun by Funky Mutha's Finbar. Marco (Gran Via) and guests provide a live jazz jam.
I lice at The Citrus. 11pm—3am. £2. Drinks promos. indie and 60s.
I 70s/BUS Club at The Rocking Horse. 10.30pm—3am. £2 (free before 12.30am). New club devoted to 70s and 80s chart hits as the name suggests.
Wednesdays
I Devolution at The Music Box.
10.30pm—3am. £2.50. Drinks promos. 1n
1 the 80s it would have been called
alternative. now. well it‘s just good old fashioned retro. Shuffle your winkle pickers/docs/cowboy boots to Pete Shelley. Siouxsie and The Banshees. The Clash and The Cult at this new weekly club.
I Dub Department at Negociants. 10pm—3am. Free. Spiritually uplifting reverbs and depth-plumbing dubs courtesy of the rather wonderful Rude boys. Check it out.
I Horizontal at Century 2000.
l 1pm—3am. £3 (£1 students with
E matriculation card). Vodka. whisky. tequila and peach schnapps. 50p a shot.
Lager and 80/-. £1 a pint. Aptly named student night with all-night drinks promos.
I liit at The Tap ()f1.auriston.
'9pm—1am. Free. 7 June. Fortnightly. Hard.
underground techno ranging from European acid to trance with DJs McKenzie and Donny.
I Optical leo at The Cooler. 9pm—3am. £2. Deep underground acid mixed by Cutmaster B. M Bs and Yellow.
I Bubble at The Rocking Horse. 10pm—3am. £2 (free before 12.30am).
F Drinks promos. Busy. student-orientated é night mixing up the sort of pop. dance and
indie sounds you'll hear at Katch or Shag. I Teasage at The Citrus. 1 1pm--3am. £2.50. Beers and spirits all 90p. Very busy midweek club. playing indie- orientated dance sounds alongside punk. disco. 80s and funk.
I Temptation at The Subway. 11.30pm—3am. £1 (free for students with matric card). Indie faves and retro sounds. I The Transporter Room at Legends. 10pm-3am. Free. Dangerousjam ofjazz and funk.
Thursdays
I Bop Til You Drop at The Attic. 11pm—3am. £2.50 (£1.50 with matric card or flyer). 2am curfew. Weekly. House. nu disco and euro energy fused together by resident Da Houseman.
I Century 2000 llpm—3am. £3. See Fridays.
I Club X at The Red Hot Pepper Club. 11pm—3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Jodeci. Dre and Snoop in the mix at thisjungle. rap and R ‘n' B focussed club. Resident DJs are Robert and Ray Ray.
. I The Cumti Club at The Venue.
F 10.30pm—3am. £4 (£3). 8 June only. Two : floors packed with students ’aving it
handbag style. House and trance upstairs. as you’d expect. Mellower grooves downstairs. 8 June. either Sasha or John Digweed will be the guest DJ.
E I Uhyana at The City Cafe 2. 10pm-1ate.
Free. DJs Claire and Olly play trance. ambient and dub.
I The Field at M8. 10.30pm—3.30am. £5 (£3 members). £7 (£5 members) on guest nights. Megadog-styled. trance-tripping multimedia club featuring three dancefloors: one melody-based techno (The Canyon). one trance (The Wilderness) with resident DJs and jugglers and a top floor chill-out (The Heath) for relaxing ambient. Resident DJs are Tony and Richard (Havana). Ivan Om Tom and Max (Fiction) and Steve King (Chocolate City. Squid). 1 June. Manchester trance night featuring Steve Walker and Andy Leas (Acid Rock. Hacienda). 8 June. Darren Emerson (Underworld) is the guest spinner. Billy Nasty lined up for 15 June. Collaborating I Baby Boom at La Belle Angele. 7.30pm—midnight. £5. 15 Jun. Tired of wasting the morning after the night before? Start the evening early and you won't have to — that's the philosophy at Baby Boom. where you can groove to uplifting dance floor tunes for over four hours and still be in bed before one!
with Cyberia. the intemet cafe. Psychomoda and the Fringe Film and Video Festival.
I Genetic at The Rocking Horse. 11pm—3am. £2.50. Hardcore industrial club charting the points where grungy rock meets sleazy metal and grinding techno.
I liszen at The Wide Awake Club. 9.30pm-3am. £4. Weekly. Techno explored by resident DJs Dar and John Jet. Watch out for live sets and special guests.
I lniquity at Chambers Street House Student Union. Spin—3am (doors close 2.30am). Students free. guests £1. Playing the best in rock. industrial. goth and
? metal. £30 pub quiz and guest DJs.
I The Mambo Club at Cavendish. 10pm-4am. £4 (£3). Midweek edition of Sir Ossie’s eternally popular Mambo. Expect the same uptempo sounds as Saturdays: Latin. salsa. reggae. funk and soul.
I Metro at The Subway. l 1.30pm—3am. £1 (free for students with matric card). Indie faves and retro selection.
I Pants at Stones. 8pm—1am. Free. Underwear-orientated club. but don’t worry. the ones on the flyers are only
obligatory for staff. Indie music.
i I Planet Earth at The Citrus. 11pm—3am.
£3 (free before midnight). From new wave and synth pop to acid house and Madchester: the soundtrack of the 803 lives again. Also incorporating 'Chopper‘ (no relation to the Glasgow one) sounds of the 70s.
I Shag at The Rocking Horse. 11pm-3am. £2.50. Snogtastic student night with a seriously kitsch. popmungous playlist. Stagger about and indulge in intimate peer-group bonding to well chosen chart atrocities from the 70s. 80s and 90s.
I Sleepless lights at St James Oyster Bar. 8pm—1am. Free. Easy listening sounds from Gram Parsons and The Beach Boys to Portishead and Uncle Tupelo. Based loosely on the Teardrops nights in Glasgow. this club promises a gentle start to your weekend.
I The Unspoken Thing at Negociants. 10pm—3am. Free. The Merry Pranksters host a new. weekly, ambient shindig. Soundtrack is varied: from Mo Wax to Mu-Ziq. Prodigy to Portishead.
I Wide 0pen at The Vaults. 9pm—3am. £7. 15 June only. Billy Nasty heads the line up. supported by Scott Bradford (top house jock of Scott and Scooby fame) and Jon Jet. Trance, house. techno - what more could you want of a Thursday evening?
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All clubs listed above take place at one of the following venues, which can be contacted for further details.
I The 13th Note 80 Glassford Street. 553 1638.
I The Arches Midland Street (08' Jamaica Street). 221 9736.
I The Arena 15—27 Oswald Street. 221 3010.
I The Attic (enter through The Garage) 490 Sauchiehall Street. 332 1120.
I Bar 10 10 Mitchell Lane (ot‘f Mitchell Street). 221 8353.
I Blacktrlars Underground (below Blackfriars). 36 Bell Street. 552 5924.
I The Call Inn 22 Keith Street. Partick. 339 9644.
I Cale Cini 81 Renfield Street. 353 2807. I The Cathouse 9 Brown Street. 248 6606.
I Cleopatra‘s. 508 Great Western Road. Kelvinbridge. 334 0560.
I Club Xchange 25 Royal Exchange Square. 204 4599.
i I The Corner 2 St George's Road. 332
3 1625.
I Cotton Club 5 Scott Street. 332 0712.
I Fury Murry’s 96 Maxwell Street. 221 651 l.
I The Garage 490 Sauchiehall Street. 332 l 120
I Glasgow Caledonian University Student Union Cowcaddens Road. 332 0681.
I Glasgow School of Art 167 Renfiew Street. 332 0691.
I King Tut‘s Wait Wait iiut 272a St Vincent Street. 221 5279.
I Iico‘s Sauchiehall Street. 332 5736.
I October Sale Top floor. Princes Square (off Buchanan Street). 221 0303.
I Queen Margaret Student Union 22 University Gardens.339 9784.
I Beds 379 Sauchiehall Street. 331 1635. I Reds Bar Strathclyde University Student Union. 90 John Street. 552 1895. I 11.63:: 73 Queen Street. 221 2200.
I Rhapsody 240 Bath Street. 353 2306. I Rooftops 92 Sauchiehall Street. 332 5883.
I Strathclyde University Union 90 John Street. 552 1895.
I Sub Club 22 Jamaica Street. 248 4600.
I The Tunnel 84 Mitchell Street, 204
1000.
I The Tuxedo Princess Anderston Quay. Broomielaw. 204 1150.
I The Venue 474 Sauchiehall Street. 353 1927.
I The Volcano 15 Benalder Street. 337 1100.
I The Voodoo noorn Cambridge Street. 332 3437.
EDINBURGH ‘
I The Attic Dyer‘s Close. Cowgate. 225 8382. ,
I la Belle Angela 11 Hasties Close, 225 2774.
I Buster Browns 25—27 Market Street. 226 4224.
I Cavendish West Tollcross. 228 3252. I Century 2000 31 Lothian Road. 229 7670.
I Chambers Street House Student Union Chambers Street. 650 2656.
I The Citrus Grindlay Street. 229 6977. I The City Cate 32 Blair Street. 220 0125.
I The Cooler (Under The Venue) Calton Road. 557 3073.
I The Lane 7 Queensferry Street Lane. 226 6828.
I legends 71 Cowgate. 225 8382.
I M8 12 Shandwick Place. 226 2266.
I Minus Une (Carlton Highland Hotel) North Bridge. 556 7277.
I Moray House Holyrood Road. 556 5184.
I The Music Box 9c Victoria Street. 225 2564.
I Negociants Lothian Street. 225 6313. I The New Calton Calton Road, 558 3758.
I Potterrow Student Union Bristo Square. 650 8090.
I lied ilot Pepper Club 3 Semple Street. TollcroSs, 229 7733.
I niccarton Student Union Heriot Watt University. Riccarton 451 3333.
I The Booking Home Cowgate. 225 3326. I St James oyster Bar 2 Calton Road. I Stones 24-26 Frederick Street. 220 1226.
I The Subway Cowgate. 225 6766.
I The Tap 01 Lauriston 80 Lauriston Place. 229 4041.
I Teviot new Student Union Bristo Square. 650 4673.
I The Vault: 15—17 Niddry Street. 556 0001.
I Tire Venue Calton Road. 557 3073.
I The Wee Bed B! at Edinburgh College Of Art. Lauriston Place. 229 1442.
I The Nile Awdre Club Cowgate. 226 2151.
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