CLUBS LISTINGS
CLUBS
Regular weekly clubs plus one-on events are listed by city, then by day, then alphabetically by title. Clubs will be listed, provided that up-to-date details reach our oilices at least seven days before publication. Club Listings compiled by Rory Weller and Jim Byers.
Fridays
I Archaos at Archaos. l lpm—3.30am. £5 (£4). Resident DJ Derek Wallace playing a mixture of UK and American house. £1.50 Budweiser all night. 1 Dec. Berri (‘Sunshine After The Rairt') appearing live. 8 Dec. PA front Jinny ('Keep Warnt').
I The Ant at The Tunnel. 10.30pm—3am. £5 (£3). Michael Kilkie. our favourite shopkeeper, producer and DJ. isjoined by Scott Mackay and many thousand adoring fans for top house gyrations plus Durtcatt Reid and Simon Foy in Room Two. All drinks £1 before 12.30am.
I Bennet’s llpm—3am. £4. Gay. Commercial dance with a Euro slant artd
op.
pI The Cathouse llpm—3am. Details of weekend events in Glasgow's finest rock club (now itt its new Union Street venue) were not confirmed at time of going to press. Contact club for precise details.
I Cleopatra’s 10.30pm—2.30attt. £6. Disco. chart attd mainstream with DJ Davie Johnston.
I Club Scene at Hatt Club. llpm—3am. £5 (£4). House and garage front DJ Paul M plus the occasional guest. MC or PA. I Cool lemon at The Hive. Glasgow University Student Union. llpm—2am. £2. (Students attd guests only). 1 Dec only. The Cool Lemon hard house guys do a night for Glasgow Uni's Jag Week. Drinks promos.
I The Corner 9pnt—close. Free. Robert Wilson with classic house. Drinks promos.
I Exotica! at CCA Cafe Bar. 9.30pm—close. Free. ‘An evening of intoxicating grooves supplied by the inimitable and ridiculously eclectic Divine Sound System.‘ Free popcorn attd drinks promos.
I Escape at Rhapsody llpm—3am. £5 (£3). All drinks £l.50. Joltnno, Zigg ' attd Chris with a garagey mix for art older crowd.
I Fever at Caledonian University Student Union. lOpm—late. £2. Soul. funk. disco. ntodern dance attd handbag. Drinks promos.
I Fluid at R.G.'s. 8pttt—midnigltt. Free. DJs Mack and Tosh with the latest itt house and garage.
I Friday at Cotton Club at Cotton Club. llpm—3am. £4 (£2.50 with matric card).
A studertty mix of indie dance attd pop. £1
bottled beer artd vodka. I Friendly Fire at The Hive. Glasgow
University Student Union. lOpttt—2am. £2. -
Students and guests only. A mixture of studenty tunes with an indie edge.
I Glamour Sees llo Colour at Club Xchange. I lpm—3am. £4 (£3). Gay. Ms Alston with cross-dressing around the house. £ l .50 bottles of Beck's.
I Heller Skelter at The Venue. ' llpm—3am. £3 (£2.50). Long-serving rock/indieflOs/funk/kitsch night. Started in I988. the night still has the original DJ. I Junlt at the Queen Margaret Union. 9pm-2am. £2.50 (£2). DJ Ben on an acid, jungle and hip hop trip. Regular drinks promos.
I love Bug at The Garage. l0.30pm—3am. £3 (£2). Commercial dance with DJ Graeme.
I Mean Streets at The 13th Note
(basement). 8pm—midnight. Free. The
club that ably charts the history of rock
artd roll from Elvis to Portishead.
I Move A Head at Betty's Mayonnaise. llpnt—3am. £5 (£3.50). Nick Peacock
with a ‘Brazilian-jazz~Latin-ltouse-jungle-
funk' mix.
I NAI at the Arena. l0.30pm—4am. £6
(£4). 8 Dec only. Law. is joined by DJ
Surgeon. Who he? He's the resident at
House of God in Birmingham. is on
Downward Records and hasjust remixed
Dave Clarke's new record. Go see.
I Parklire at Rooftops. 10.30pm—3am.
£3.50 (£3). The original post-mod club
still playing the Britpop you love. Drinks
promos. Look out for the Parklife club
card to reward regular attenders.
I Phar Out at Glasgow School of Art.
9.30pm—late. £2.50. ‘A smokin' night of
eclectic black music' sponsored by Dr
Jives artd Stussy. Deep dub and drunt and
bass. Resident DJ Paul Cawley isjoined
every week by guest DJs Nick Peacock,
Marc front RAD or Colirt front Bomba. 8
Dec. Phar Out welcome Peshay as guest
DJ (Good Looking. Metalheads (Sunday
Sessions)). £6 (£4).
I Radio City in The Attic. 10.30pm—3am.
; £3 (£2). The original retro club. packed out every week. Stax. Motown. Stones,
I Who. etc.
I I Beds llpm43ant. £5 (£3 for students before midnight). Easy-going mix of
, disco. funk and chart dance. Smart and
I intimate club with an affable clientele.
' I Shag at Fury Murry's. llpm—3am. £4
, (£3). Maintaining the legacy of the
I traditional student night. a rare species
3 today.
I I Slam at The Arches. 10.30pm—3am. £7.
I Still keeping the momentum going. Slant
i is one of the few clubs itt Glasgow that is
I working on a truly national level.
Underground. upfront. technologically- minded dartce music front Stuart and
I Orde. I Dec. Richie Hawtin (aka
4 Plastikman) guesting.
| I Soundclash at The 13th Note (ground
floor). 8pttt—midnight. Free. Long-running é
listening experience based around heavy
dub rhythms and quality techno.
I Sweet As at The Volcano.
llpm—2.30am. £5 (£3). DJ Alart Ronalds,
the long time resident Volcano DJ with mainstream dance. rap. funk and pop.
I Transport at The Voodoo Roont.
llpm—3am. £5 (£3). Music frottt the
funky techno tribes Knucklehead artd Saturday Night Beaver. Interttet gadgets. card readings. pool room and the odd guest. Call the ittfo line on ()774 005049 (10p call).
; I The Tuxedo Princess 9pm—3am. £4 (£3). No curfew. The Future management present the Future DJ team with a night of mainstream techno. Bud £l.50 all night. I Velocity at Strathclyde University
Student Union (Reds Bar). 9pm-2am
(doors close lattt). £3. Students attd
guests. A hard house night with DJ Barry White.
v] I Way In at Glasgow School of Art.
9.30pm—Iate. £5 (£3/£2.50). 1 Dec only.
The Environmental Art party so expect
sonte visual shenanigans. DJs for the
i night are Dominic. Jim attd Kev (Base
Room). Bud £l.
; I The Yard at Sub Club. llpitt—3.30am.
‘ £5 (£3). Award-winning DJ Gareth
Sommerville (Yip Yap. Edinburgh) and
‘ Stuart McCorrisken (Reality Boat) with a lighter blcttd of house artd garage. All drinks £1.
Saturdays
I Archaos at Archaos. l lpm—3.30am. £8 (£6). Resident DJs Kevin McKay and Derek Wallace playing a deeper mix of garage and house.
I Alchemy at Bar Belgos. 9pm—midnight. Free. Underground house music from DJ Brian.
I Bar 10 9pm—midnight. Free. The deep club sounds of DJ Nick Peacock et al
guiding your Saturday night.
I Bennet‘s llpm—3am. £5. Gay. Commercial dance.
I BPM at The Tuxedo Princess. 9.30pm—3am. £7 (£5 fiyer/£4 students). Techno and Italian piano house featuring regular live acts.
I Care loco at The Arches. llpm—3am. £8. 9 Dec and monthly. The fearless Cafe Loco continues to add theatrical sparkle to Clubland. Mica Paris performing live and Messrs Bluebell and Peacock providing the eclectic clubby sounds.
I Caustic at Strathclyde University Student Union (Reds Bar). lOpm—3am. Hip hop and dub reggae.
I The Cathouse l lpm—3am. Details of weekend events in Glasgow's finest rock club (now itt its new Union Street venue) were not confirmed at time of going to press. Contact club for details.
I CCA Cafe Bar 9pm—midnight. Free. Blend of soul. swing and rare grooves. drinks promos.
I Classic FM at Fury Murry's. l0.30pm—3am. £5 (£4). Indie-pop/indic-
dance shenanigans from Jim Downie and the gang.
I Cleopatra’s llpm—3am. £6. Mainstream commercial vibe.
I Club Scene at Hatt Club. llpm—3am.
£3 (£2). DJ Angel mixing up garage.
dance and club classics. Live PAs and MCs.
I Club 59 Rocksy's Basement. 9pm—2am.
£6 (£5). Martin and Willy playing the best
and deepest front the underground.
I Divine at Glasgow School of Art. lOpm—late. £2.50. Andy as ever has one
foot in the past and the other testing the
waters of the future. Retro. soul. house.
jungle. etc.
I Dream Sequence at Rooftops (Secrets
; Lounge). 10.30pm—3am. £2.50. Long-
' established indie night with a friendly
I vibe. Rooftops now sports a fab new
; sound system and is bigger too.
I Fresh Cream at The Volcano.
j “pm—2.30am. £5 (£4 with matriculation
i card). Mellow house. garage grooves and
street soul with Scott McCay.
I The Garage 10.30pm-3am. £3 (£2)
E lOpm—l lpttt. £4 (£3) llpm—midnight. An
' honest to goodness top night out with
, dancey sounds downstairs front Dave
Ross and alternative sounds in the attic. 2
Dec. Steve Lamacq (Radio One) goes
head to head with Dave over the decks.
I it at The Arena. I lpm—3.30am. £5. 2
Dec only. The ‘it' collective headed by
Glasgow‘s fittest female techno DJ Kara
bring us another special night. It says here ‘Arntadillo‘s Delight‘. whatever that may
I Knucklehead at Glasgow School of Art
(upstairs). l0pm—late. £3 (£2.50)
(includes Divine downstairs). Residents
Ha‘t'ch and Jonnic Wilkes with ‘hi-tech.
open-minded dance ntusic'.
I Love Boutique at The Arches. l0pm—3ant. £9. 2 Dec attd monthly.
Slant's Orde Miekle isjoined by DJ
Dimitri from Amsterdam. The theme for
the night is ‘Never Pawn Your Vibe'.
Tltree gleaming balls. need we say tttore.
Fund raiser for World AIDS Day.
I Mo’ Jazz With Attitude at The 13th
Note (groundfloor). Spin—midnight. Free.
‘The Australian eclectic Watts mix a
cordon bleu selection of spicy jazz. funk
foods for your feets attd sontething to
shake your wig to. missus.‘
I llatural Born Clubbers at Club
Xchange. llpm—3am. £6 (£4). Gay club
with upfront dance tunes. Drinks promos.
I llicos 9pm—midnight. Free. DJ Paul
with hip hop. funk and rare groove.
I Playtime at The Voodoo Roont. llpm—3am. £8. Kevin McKay. Mel Barr
and Stevie Sleeprttart. opening up the back roont as Room Two for disco revival sounds. keeping Room One as uptempo
Z vocal garage.
E I Beds Ilpm—3am. £6 (£4). A packed night specialising in mainstream dance.
? funk. rap and house with DJ Skud and
Graham. lntintate. smart and friendly.
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I What Is Rub A Dub? Rub A Dub is a record shop, club collective and soon to be a record label. I When/Where is Bub A nub? They Opened their first shop in Paisley ’92 and one in Glasgow ’94. I Why is nub A Dub? Feeling frustration at not being able to source underground records, Martin and Alan left good jobs (Strathclyde Regional Council and Rolls Royce respectively) and set up a record shop funded by Enterprise Allowance at £40 a week. Following their musical instincts, they sought records from Detroit and Chicago, reflecting an underground scene not catered for already. Seeing DJs like Slam and Pure making tlteir way down to Paisley, they decided to open up a second shOp in Glasgow. I Bub A Dub say: ‘We ntake it difficult by sticking to our underground policy. but with everyone else contpromising, someone has got to stand firm.’ I Who Is nub A Dub? Martin (partner and DJ). Alan (partner and overall shop manager), William (partner, DJ and producer), Marc (hip hop buyer, DJ and producer for Creation Records and his own Guiding Light Records). Richie (sound and ligltt) and Paul (PR). I Bub A Bub highs? Underground Resistance at Club 69. Black Dog at the Winter Gardens artd Mike Bank live on piano at Blackfriars Underground. I Rub A Bill) say: ‘If you haven't visited Rub A Dub. you're missing something in music'.
nub A Dub Top 5 l. Octave One — I Believe (Whiteish) 2. Silent Phaze LP (R&S Transmat) 3. Tri Polar (Head in the Clouds 3) 4. Glen Underground Essentials (Cajual) 5. lnsync Vs Mysteron EP (Plink Plonk) Visit Rub A Dub on the third floor of the Virginia Galleries, Glasgow and 4 Glen Street, Paisley. Rub A Dub perform at Club 69. Rocksy's Basement every Saturday and Blackfriars Underground every Sunday. This fortnight they also present Robert Hood at Club 69 and
Disco 2004. See listings for details.
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