FESTIVAL CLUBS
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I Katch at The Rocking Horse. 11pm-3am. £3. Indie.
I Keep It Under Your flat at La Belle Angele. Next date 30 Aug. Monthly.
I The Lane at The Lane. 11pm—3am. £3 before midnight; £5 thereafter; members free. Residents Jon Flowers and Kev McGinIey with a wide dance orientated playlist.
I |.e Freak at The Attic. llpm—5am. £4. Membership available on the night. An increasingly busy evening of hot disco action.
I Liquid at the Liquid Room. 10.30pm—3am. £5. Resident Billy James with Scott Bechelli. Alan (Joy) and Trendy Wendy. A smooth blend of dance. house and club anthems in this recently restyled venue.
I The Living Room 9ptn—lam. Free. See Fridays.
I Lizzard Lounge at Cafe Graffiti. Midnight-3am. £5 members. £6 non- members. Membership available on the night. 16 Aug. The El Cometa All Stars (who feature members of Salsa Celtica and the East Coast Project) bring their Latino beats to this superb night. An excellent venue — now with an outdoor beer garden — a friendly. older crowd. cool atmosphere and quality (non house) music. Sells out by midnight. Joseph Malik DJs. Please note there will be no Lizzard Lounge on Sat 23 Aug. It returns on Sat 30 Aug with the East Coast All Stars.
I Loveshack at The Jaffacake. Next date in Sep. Fonnightly.
I Mambo Club at Cavendish. lOpm—3am. £4 (£3). Two floors with African. Latin. salsa. reggae. zouk and calypso downstairs and dub and dancehall upstairs. Sir Ossie is your selector. dropping the finest in global grooves every week.
I Music For The Masses at ()ddfellows. 8.30pm-lam. Free. See Fridays.
I Northern Soul Allnighter at Quayside. New Street. Musselburgh. 9pm-7am. £8. Groove City Soul Club presents two rooms — one with top quality Northern and rare soul. the other with purist 70s—90s modern soul and soulful garage grooves. Nine DJs guest in the main room. while Yogi Haughton (Groove Theory) and Craig Smith (Solefusion) can be found in the second room. For coach details call Derek Robertson on 0131 665 9600. Over 30() attended the last one. See Hit list.
I Pleasure at Studio 24. l 1pm—3am. Price tbc. 16 Aug. Fortnightly. Garage and house with local DJs.
I Po Na Na 1 lpm—3am. Free before 11pm; £2 after. Busy night of old and new skool grooves. With Well Stirred (Seen and 3 Bag Brew) at the controls.
I RAW at Negociants. 10pm—3am. Free. A busy house night.
I Red 0n Red at The Vaults. 10.30pm-3am. £10 (£8). 16 Aug. Boy George. Jon Da Silva and John Cecchini guest at this night promoted by Charlie Chester and Tease. The sensational Lord G frotn New York plays a five hour set on 23 Aug with Al Mackenzie in support. Judge Jules ends the month on 30 Aug with Alfredo.
I Rock Orgasm at The Rocking Horse. llpm—3am. £3. Climactic night of heavy guitar sounds.
I Salsa Viva at Gran Via. 10.30pm—3am. £5. 16. 23 and 30 Aug. High quality Latin dance from the old to the new. DJ Coco ‘- Vega from South America guests.
I Slack v Monitor at the Bongo Club. 10.30pm—3am. £5 (£3). 16 and 23 Aug. Two nights of cutting edge video visuals and hard-hitting. soul-moving beats. Monitor are up between 10.30pm and midnight showcasing a selection from the international audio visual underground. Slack take over at midnight. hitting you with hip hop. tlavoursome fusions and even melting the cheese. all with live video visual tnixing. Cool and unpretentious surroundings. Back again on
Sat 30 Aug.
I Snog at Club Mercado. 7.30—10.30pm. £4 members; £5 non-members. Busy under-18s night playing the best in chart and dance.
I Teaseage at The Citrus. 1 lpm—3am. £4. Indie. with a touch of dance and funk. played to a packed and sweaty crowd at the recently refurbished Citrus. Ice lollies back on sale at the bar and look out for the return of DJ Sarah. Drinks promos.
I Tribal Funktion at The Venue. 10.30pm—5am. £7 (£5). 16 Aug. Fortnightly. Three floors of cutting edge music. Drum ‘n‘ bass and hip hop downstairs with Frosty and Ritchie Rufftone. US house in the middle with George T. Simone and H. disco. swing. rap. soul and funk upstairs with H. Dr Jon and Johny Uncut. London‘s hip hop club Scratch brings Mark I and Matty Smooth to the party. Tribal fave Cajmere returns to the club on Sat 13 Sep. You get all ofthe above with a friendly. unpretentious crowd and a nice atmosphere. One for the music lovers.
I Urbansole at La Belle Angele. Midnight—4.30am. £7. 16 Aug. Monthly. A Man Called Adam (Other Records. Prescription) are your guests at the opening night of this real garage and house night. Residents are Craig Smith (Solefusion) and Adrian Milarski. Urbansole has previously enjoyed a run at Tin Pan Alley. Glasgow. where it played host to sets from Ashley Beedle. Kerri Chandler. Gemini. Miles Hollway and Nelson Rosado. In association with In Demand Recordings. See preview and Hit list.
EDINBURGH SUNDAYS
I The Ambassador's Reception at The Venue. lOpm—4am. £4. 17 Aug. Weekly thereafter. Ambient night with more musicians joining the chilled atmosphere. In The Cooler.
I C.C. Blooms 1 [pm—3am. Free. See Fridays.
I Club Latino at the Assembly Rooms. Midnight—3.30am. £5 (£4); £4 (£3). 17 Aug. The popular Latino continues into its fourth year of its Festival residency at the Assembly. Expect a busy crowd and a vibing atmosphere and. of course. the best in Latin dance. Latino is on Fridays. Saturdays and Sundays throughout the Festival. Sensational Cuban act Sonora La Calle play live. Get a ticket itt advance or get there early.
I East Coast Project Sunday Service at Indigo Yard. 9pm—lam. Free. Joesph Malik and Unkle Fawaz playing anything they want.
I Karma at Po Na Na. lOpm—3am. Free before I 1pm; £2 after. Murray Richardson (Zodiac. Sutra) starting with early and late 80s tunes. building into current house and garage trax. before finishing with dance classics. Busy and fun.
I Fun Times at The Venue. I (pm-3am. £5. Top floor. Flamboyant mixed/gay night with a fun. mixed playlist. Fab drinks promos I lpm—lam. Weekly during the Festival.
I Grease at Moray House. 10pm—5am. £4 (£3). Seventies. 80s and 90s disco. Excellent drinks promos.
I The Grind at The Lane. 10.30pm—3am. £2 before midnight; £3 after. Swing and hip hop with regular freestyle sessions. Good drinks promos. Busy and vibing.
I Homegrown at Wilkie House. Opening night 7 Sep with Michael Kilkie. Huggy Burger Queen. Gareth Sommerville. Kevin Jones and Jared.
I Mambo Club at Cavendish. 10pm—late. £2 before midnight; £4 after. ()ssie and assorted specialist DJs present 60s. 70s and 80s soul. Drinks promos.
I None Of The Above at The Bongo Club. 10.30pm—3am. £5 (£3); members free. 17 Aug. Various rock and indie sounds with live bands and DJs.
I Salsa Viva at Gran Via. l 1.30pm-3am.
£4. 17 and 24 Aug. High quality Latin music with South American DJ Coco Vega guestin .
I Sha at The Jaffacake. 11.30pm-5am.
£5. 17 and 24 Aug. The legendary Shaft
returns for two Bank Holiday Sunday nights. Playing 70s disco. funk and soul. I Spice at The Tap O‘Lauriston. 8pm-lam. Free. Chilled tunes. chilled beer and chilled people.
I The Summer Of Love Dance Party in The Open Air Ross Theatre. Princes Street Gardens. 24 Aug. One-off afternoon AIDS fundraiser. More details next issue.
I Sunny Side Up at Negociants. 9pm—3am. Free. Hip hop to big funky beats with Mr A and Mr H.
I Sunday Night Fever at Century 2000. I lpm—3am. £3. Drinks at 70p. 80p and 90p. appropriately accompanied by music from the 70s. 80s and 90s.
I Sunsplash at The Citrus Club.
1 lpm—3am. Free before midnight; £3 after.
New weekly reggae night featuring some of the country‘s finest DJs at the recently refurbished Citrus. Live bands and sound systems are planned for coming weeks.
I Tackno at Club Mercado. Next date 24 Aug. Monthly. Usually on the last Sunday of the month. but this one has been moved to the Bank Holiday weekend.
I Taste at The Honeycomb. I 1pm—3am. £7 non-members; £5 members. Membership is available on the night. By far the capital's most essential clubbing experience. Residents Fisher & Price take you on a journey from vocal garage and anthemic house to harder. faster hands-in- the-air happy stompers. It doesn‘t matter what kind of music you're into. or what sort of person you are. it‘s just a great. positive night. Simple as that.
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