CLUBS LISTINGS
CLASCDW ClllBS CONTINUED: SUNDAYS
Hesketh in Room one playing mellow hip-hop. swiugbeat and classic soul. All drinks £1.
I Volcano llpm—2.30am. £3. Deep American house and techno. Rolling Rock and vodka mix £l.50.
Mondays
I Cleopatra's l0.30pm-3am. £2 (£1 with ticket). Gary Unett and a mix of mainstream pop and dance up at Clatty Pats.
I Club X at Club Xchange.
l 1.30pm-3am. £2.50 (£1.50). Gay. Hard house and garage. £1.25 all drinks. Di Fast Eddie.
I Salsa Dance Club at Burlin’ Jocks. 8pm—midnight. Latin American dance club. Mondays are the advanced nights. Tuesdays are best for beginners and Wednesdays are for absolute beginners. Arrive early. Pre-club.
I Speedracer at The Attic (formerly the Cameo Suite). lO.30pm—3am. £2 (£1). Steven mixes up a few indie-dance classics and retro tunes.
I The Sound Boutique Betty’s Mayonnaise. l0.30pm—3am. £2. New night veiled in secrecy. For political reasons the five Scottish Dis who will be playing on four decks. have chosen not to be named. but go under the labels they record for: Umm. HiLife. Slate. Pulse8 and ZYX. The Dis are seeing the night as a chance to ‘play the music they want to hear’ in a free-form fashion.
Tuesdays
I Ceroc at The Plaza. 7. lS-lO.30pm. £4 (£3.50). Energetic. stylish. modern jive from France. Music mix from reggae. charts. Latin. blues. soul and rock ’n’ roll. Licensed bar. 45 minutes beginners class at 7.30pm.
I Club Xchange llpm—3am. £2.50 (£1.50). Gay. Dance and chart sounds. £1.25 pints and spirits lager. 50p vodka. Pitched as the only gay night in town tonight.
I Salsa Dance Club at Burlin’ Jocks. 6pm—midnight. Latin American dance club. Mondays are the advanced nights. Tuesdays are best for beginners and Wednesdays are absolute beginners. Arrive early. Pre-club.
I Shooting Stars at The Garage. llpm—3am. £3 (£2). Dave Ross’s latest extravaganza whooping up Tuesday nights party style in the main room. Staggering (you will be) drink promos.Vodka mix £1. margaritas 50p. I The Ska Club at The Halt. 8pm—close. Free. The sound of young Jamaica from Di Marc (Revival Reggae).
I Trading Post at Cleopatra’s. 10.30pm-2.30am. £2 (£1 with ticket). Chart. mainstream and 60s ‘for the pub/club staff crowd’.
I Wicked at Betty’s Mayonnaise. 10.30pm-3am. £2. New night from Tam Coyle playing indie dance and bouncy house tunes. Hooch. vodka mix. lager and Beck’s £1.25.
Wednesdays
I Boudoir at The Whisky Bar. 8pm—close. Free. Glasgow’s original easy listening club pick up their Burt Bacharach collection and settle down at this new venue. Free canapés and lots of love. Pre-club.
I Celluloid at Betty’s Mayonnaise. lOpm-3am. £3 (£2). New mixed night from Ms Alston (Shirley’s Temple) playing a groovy house set. Drinks promos.
I Chopper at Club Xchange. 10.30pm—3.30am. £3.50 (£2). Garage, house and 903 disco and pop from Di Rory (Archaos. Thursdays). Double vodka £1.25.
I Pink lint at the Velvet Rooms. llpm—3am. £4 (£3). Stevie Kerr in Room two with big house tunes and Stevie
Smith in Room one with commercial rap. funk and soul classics. Miller £1.50. Hooch £1.25. Sambuca £1.
I Disco Wonderland at The Cathouse. llpm-3am. £2 (£1.50/ free before
1 1.30pm). Super sounds from the 703 with margaritas 50p. Gold Bier and vodka mix £l.
I DJ lee at Mojo’s. 9pm—midnight. Free. A fine mellow mix of trip-hop and jazz funk. Pre-club.
I Fab at Reds. llpm—3am. £4 (£3). Groovy garage and club classics. Miller £1.50. vodka mix £1.
I Co West at Cleopatra’s. lO.30pm—2.30am. £2 (£1 with ticket). A mainly ‘student-orientated’ bill of fare. I hustlers Connection llpm—3am. £3 (£2). New night from Kevin Dillon and Nordon of drum ’n' bass/dub night Ground Control plus Kemal from Breach of the Peace and the mighty Marc of Rub A Dub Records.
I Paradise island at The Volcano. llpm—2.30am. £3 (£2). Ali and Martyn’s natural progression from hip-hop to drum ’n’ bass featuring skate ramp and break dancers. Drinks promos.
I Relax at Bar 10. 8pm—close. Free. New downbeat dance night with iuna. Romeo and Martin Collins.
I Salsa Dance Club at Burlin’ Jocks. 6pm-midnight. Latin American dance club. Mondays are the advanced nights. Tuesdays are best for beginners and Wednesdays are absolute beginners. Arrive early. Pre-club.
I Sticky Fingers at The Attic. lO.30pm-3am. £2 (£1). Gerry with indie and retro sounds. Drinks promos.
I Wednesday llight Fever at Cotton Club. llpm-3am. £3 (£2 with matric card). For those who long to be back in those halcyon disco days of yore when the trousers were tight and the glitter ball polished. £1 drinks promos.
Thursday
I The Apartment ll pin-3am. £3 (£2). Bobby Bluebell (Shirley's Temple) and Steven Sleepman with a new dancey night.
I Bar ID 8pm—close. Free. Paul Cawley from Phar Out with a weird underground pre-club experience. Pre-club.
I Bloomers at Cleopatra’s. lO.30pm-2.30am. £3 (£2 with ticket). Mainstream
I Boudoir at CCA Cafe Bar. 9.30pm—midnight. Free. The crimplene kings open another of their oh-so-easy- listening nights featuring the kind of tunes you could take home to your mother.
I Ceroc at The Venue. 7.15-10.30pm. £4 (£3.50). Energetic. stylish. modern jive from France. Music mix from reggae. charts. Latin. blues. soul and rock ’n’ roll. Licensed bar. 45 minutes beginners class at 7.30pm.
I Club Cate Con leche at The Cotton Club. 7.15—9.30pm. £3. Karen Pasi and Martiza Rodriguez. professional dance instructors. expand your repertoire to ‘reach the unimaginable heights of la rumba. son cubano and rumba flamenco’. 7.15—8.l5pm beginners, 8.30—9.30pm intermediate.
I Club Xchange llpm—3am. £2.50 (£1.50). Gay. Di Tasty Tom. £1.25 pints and spirit mix. Exotic dancer each week. I Cop at Archaos. lOpm-3am. £4 (£2.50). Busy student house night from Di Rory (Club X, Wednesdays) and Craig J. ‘Tum up. get down. cop off.’ £1 vodka and Beck’s. Tam Coyle ‘The Fuzz‘ does his indie/pop/kitsch stufl‘ in Betty’s.
I Cotton Club. llpm-3am. £3 (£2). lain Fitzpatrick with an indie/disco club. £ldrinks promos.
I bee Jays In Disguise at Variety. 8pm—close. Free. Ha't’ch and i’ilkes of the Knucklehead with a dubby mix of new dance and techno. Pre-club.
I Donkey at the Cathouse. llpm—3am. £2 (£1/free before ll.30pm) indie/grunge rock in the new Cathouse with margaritas 50p. Gold Bier and vodka mix £1.
I Easy life at The Tunnel 10pm—3am. £4 (£2 with matric card). New student night at the Tunnel featuring Kevin and Scott (Tunnel, weekends) playing a house/indie/disco mix plus some freebie give-aways from famous blokes. Thursdays have been revamped and re- done so it’s bigger and better than ever before. All spirits £1, bullshit £1.50 (Red Bull and Vodka). Carlsberg lce £1.30 and Hooch £1.30.
I Flaunt it at The Rat Trap. 10.30pm—3am. Free. Di Christine with 803 rock and pop.
I Kung Funk at Blackfriars. 9pm—midnight. Free. An eclectic mix of dance sounds. Drinks promos.
I lure at R.G.‘s. 8pm—midnight. Free. Dis Ziggy and Bob get housey for the crowd heading off to Archaos and The Sub Club. Pre-club.
I Madchester at Fury Murry’s. lOpm—3am. £3.50 (£3). l9 Sept and Fortnightly. Edinburgh Mancy crew come west coast with their inspired bagginess. 3 Oct Northside play live.
I lied Cell at The Sub Club. llpm—3am. £3. The fleet-footed techno individualists who brought us Science. Aquaplanet and UK Gold concentrate their attention on this night to make it one of the deepest. darkest underground club nights in Scotland. The night centres on Mark Ryal with guestsTwitch (Pure). Richard Grey (Vapourspace) and Dominic (Subby. Saturdays) making appearances through the month. Drinks promos. 27 Sept Gemini from Relief records guests.
I Beds. llpm—3am. £3 (£2). Di Graeme plus Bud £1.20 and £1 vodka mix and Hooch all night. A night of classic disco peppered with the best of contemporary house and garage. -
I liuntble at The Garage. ll pin-3am. £3 (£2). Cardow and Ross with an exceptionally busy night of charty dance faves. cheap drinks and drunk students. Snogtastic!
I Velvet nootns llpm—3am. £3 (£2). Di Skud playing soulful grooves. mellow hip-hop and sexy swing from Busta Rhymes to Marvin Gaye. A groovy alternative to student nights. Bud £1.50. Hooch £1.25. Jack Daniels and mixer £1.25.
EDINBURGH
Fridays
I Astrornotel at The Honeycomb. llpm—3am. Curfew 1.30am. £6 members, £8 non members. Prices differ on guest nights. Fortnightly. 20 Sept. US house and garage in room one with Scott Gallagher and the Tribal Funktion Dis. Hip hop, swing and disco in the back. Old skool American house Di. producer and remixer Steve ‘Silk’ Hurley guests. See Hit List. I Big at the iaffacake. llpm—3am. £3 before midnight. £4 after. New weekly night of mainstream chart sounds. With excellent drinks promos and a chance to win a holiday to Majorca.
I Cavendish 9pm-3am. £5. Over 25s only. Smart dress. Live bands every week. Sixties and 70s music. Ground floor only. I Cathouse at The Rocking Horse. llpm—3am. £3 (£2 with flyer). Price includes entry to Katch and Voodoo Chile. Extremely popular night featuring post- grunge like rock sounds.
I Century 2000 llpm—3am. £5. Over
183. Commercial dance music under the most expensive lights in Scotland. No ripped jeans. steel toe-caps or trainers.
I nub ’n’ Dance at The City Cafe. 10.30pm—lam. Free. Di Gaz Long and guests playing dub. garage and house downstairs in City Two. Hot and busy.
I Evol at The Music Box. l0.30pm—3am. £4. Ever popular night of 605, 70s and 805 pop nonsense. Always busy and guaranteed fun. Early arrival is recommended.
I lieth at The Rocking Horse. llpm—3am. £3 (£2 with flyer). Price includes entry to Cathouse and Voodoo
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I The lane at The Lane. llpm—late. £5. Residents ion Flowers and Kev McGinley with a wide dance-based playlist.
I lift it Sativae Records at the Wilkie House. lO.30pm-3am. £7 (£5). Fortnightly. 27 Sept. Steve Bicknall (Lost). Di Stikka and Flex (aka ex-Drum Club man Charlie Hall) play live. Expect funky techno and drivin’ trance. See Hit List.
I loungln’ at Negociants. 9pm-3am. Free. Every Friday except the last Friday of the month. Yogi Haughton and assorted guests work their way through funk. soul. swing. rap and hip hop. plus the odd bit of disco. in the recently refurbished Negociants basement.
I Marley’s Reggae lilub at Cavendish. lOpm-3am. £4. The city's longest- running reggae night (situated on the middle floor of Cavendish) with a playlist ranging through roots. ragga. lovers. heavyweight dub and dancehall.
I Minus One at The Carlton Highland Hotel. lOpm-3am. £3.50 (free before
1 1.30pm for members). A relaxed. plush venue for the more mature seekers of night life.
I The Peppermint Lounge at PJ Lyles. 9pm—lam. Free. Uplifting house with the Fresh Dis. Pre-club.
I Planet Earth at The Citrus. llpm-3am. £4. Happy Hour cocktails llpm—midnight. New Romantics. punks. glam rockers and disco freaks relive the era that others try to forget.
I Pure at The Venue. 10.30pm-3am. £4 members. £6 non members without guest Dis. £5 members. £7 non members with guest Dis on two floors. £8 members. £10 non members with guest Dis on all three floors. Weekly. 20 Sept. Pure is widely acknowledged as one of the finest house and techno nights in the UK. Mr C guests with Marcello as part of The End tour.
I Reaction at The Subway. llpm—3am. £2 (free for students with matriculation card). Weekly mix of chart, dance and classic disco.
I Silky at Royal Chimes. lO.30pm-3am. £6 members, £8 non members. £10 with guest Dis. Free before 1 1pm with a Silky
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