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Glasgow listings
Regular weekly clubs plus one-off events are listed by city, then b day, then alphabetically by title. Clu s will be listed. provided up-to-date details reach our offices at least seven days before publication. Lack of information ma result in clubs being omitted. Clu listings compiled by Rory Weller (Glasgow) and Simone Baird (Edinburgh)
GLASGOW THURSDAYS
I 4th Dimension at Brel. S.3()--l lpm. Free. Andy Young plays jazz. Brazilian. soul. fusion and ftiiik at this west end venue. Drinks promos. Pi'e-clttb.
I Access at Bonkers. l lpm—3am. £3 (£2). Downstairs at the officey Bonkers with well respected Tunnel residents Michael Kilkie. Trevor Reilly and Simon Foy for upfront house. Drinks proiitos. I Big Karn’s Party Night at Bennets. ll.3()pm--3ain. £3 (£2). Karn Dunbar with Stls. ‘)()s and loads of camp nonsense. Drinks promos.
I Blowfly X-rated at The Apartment. llpm 3am. £3. DJ Tchico with his superior brand of R&B. swing and funk. Drinks promos.
I Brown Sugar at The Boni. llpm-—3am. £4 t£3). Two rooms with DJ 'l'N'l‘ iii the front with R& B and swing while DJ Benji takes tip residency in room two with more of a hip hop sound. I Budda at Btttltla. Spin-r-midnight. Free. Nick Gemmil with house crossing over into all sorts including drum & bass and hip hop. Pre-cltih.
I Casino Royale at The Arches. l()pm-—2am. £4 (£2). 26 Nov and monthly. Fantastic plastic with Frankie Savaloy for outrageous cheese and lounge lizard ftiit. ‘There isn‘t a yardstick loitg enough to measure this man's talent' say the made-up Nino Centurion.
I Chicano at Havana. 8pm ~midiiight. Free. The original Latin dance DJ Nick Peacock t.\lt.sh Mash) with Latin gt'omes. barrio beats and the latest salsa from Cuba. New York. Colombia and Puerto Rico. Happy Hour 5—-7pm. Pre- club.
I Cheeze at Strathclyde lliiixei'sity Students Union (Barony Bar. Dark Rootn and Level S). Xpnu3am. Free (open to students and four guests). DJs Mark. lain and Duffy with a proudly tacky and cheesy night of good time party tunes. Drinks promos.
I Cleopatra’s at Cleopatra's. l().3llplllv2.3011”). £3 (£2) Pop. 7()s and 80s party tunes plus drinks promos.
I Cop at Arcltaos. l()pm ~3am. £4 (£3). Busy student house night with DJ Vance playing l-a-r-g-e cltih tunes to a young bunch while Tani "The l-ti/z' Coyle does his indie/pop/kitscli sttiff in the newly done-up Room 2 Drinks promos.
I Crucial Vibes at Bar Latttrec's (tipslilll'sl *)pnt lam. Free. Reggae and roots from the highly respected (‘rucial Vibes crew now weekly.
I Dee Jays In Disguise at Variety. Split close. Free. Hatch and .lilkes of Knucklehead with a dubhy mix of new dance and techno. Check otit Hatch's Pusher l3 night at The l3th Note continuing on every week and Jilkes' new night with Twitch over at g2. Pre- club.
I Don't Front at The L't‘A (‘ui'e Bar. 9.30pm -midnight. l-ree. Hip hop. dubby heats and a glitter ball with David Sweeney plus guests and drinks promos. Pre-cliib.
I Dream Baby Dream at g2. llpm-3am. £3 (£2). New night at this new \enue in the site that used to he the Venue. Residents every week are the ()ptimo dtio t Sub Club Sundays) of Twitch (Pure) and .lilkes t Knucklehead) with their trademark nus of techno. electronica. and house. Major drinks promos. ‘
I Eclectic Underground at Yang. llpm—-3am (bar open froiu (rpm). £5 (free before I lpm). Three way action in this new. modernist club aiming for the best
in underground sounds. Doug and Tony in room one with deep eclectic tunes. Bob and Charlie in Room 2 playing big beat. soul and hip hop. Michael and Ben in the back club with funk. break and house. Drinks promos. 3 Dec. special party for The Acid house album launch with Craig Smith DJing.
I Fatboy's Kitchen at McChuill‘s Way Out West. 8pm—l lpm. Free. Big beat and hip hop from local DJs. Drinks promos. I Floorplay at The Velvet Rooms.
1 lpm—3am. £4 (£3). Dance and soul mix from DJ Skud in the main room getting away from the usual student cheese. All drink £ l.
I Fleapit Film Club at The Arches. lOpm—midnight. Members only. available on the door. 19 Nov and monthly. The best and the worst of yesterday's forgotten cult favourites screened on super scratchy lo-fi l()llllll film. Previous films include Hum/(I And Mum/e. Faster l’ussjrr‘ur Kill.’ Kill.’ and The Creature Front The Black lxlgrmll. A cinema you can smoke and drink in. just what could be better than that? Tonight they're screening Slim-k 'Ii'eriimenr. the truly terrible sequel to The Rmkv Horror Picture Show.
I The Force at The Arena. l lpm—3am. £3. (£2). New night with party tunes across the board on an indie bias from DJs Fletch and Stuart. Drinks promos.
I Free Flow at Glasgow School OfArt (downstairs). 9pm—2am. £l (students and guests). DJs Al Rutherford and Lindsey with Northern soul. ftitik flavour. jazzy breaks and beats. hip hop connection. movie soundtrax. drttm & bass rhythms and cold. cheap beer.
I Hi Karate at the Glasgow School of Art (upstairs). l()ptn—2am. £ l. Neil McMillan and Andrew Diviue's weekly night. one of the fittest ftuik breakbeat nights in the country. it may be easiest to describe what they do as big heat. but really it‘s a staggering combination of hip hop. soul. funk. electro. jump-up. ragga. reggae Top stuff. 26 Nov. (Pure's) Twitch guests. cutting it tip karate style.
I Jengaheads Cul De Sac Bar.
9- midnight. Free. Ali and Martyn of the Jengaheads with more of the same nonsense they are renowned for: big beats and a wee bit more froin yer superstars of tomorrow. or maybe the day after depending on their hangovers. Drinks promos. Pre-cltib.
I Jigsaw and The List at The Old Fruitmarket. 8.30pm—lam. Free (invitation only. for details call ()l4l 332 (3886). 26 Nov only. Launch party for the .ligsaw Menswear shop with Jeremy Healy. Craig Burger Queen. Michael Kilkie. Everton and a large amount of free booze.
I Lollipop at The Hive (GUU). l().3()pm—-2.3()am. Free (students only). DJ John McCormack with cheesy tunes and chart classics. Drinks promos.
I Loveshack at Fury M urry's. l().3()pm—3.l5am. £5 (£3). Fine indie. house and disco sounds downstairs with chemical beats (Chem Bros. David Holmes. Big Beat etc) upstairs. Drinks promos.
I The Lime at The Lime. l()pm-—3am. £4 (£3/ £2 before llpm). Student night with club classics in your house and garage style from John Thompson. Cheap drink promos. Look otit for the 'Shock hour' l().3()*l l.3()pm when Aftershock and Miller is only a round.
I Nick Peacoc at The Variety Bar. Spin—midnight. Free. The legendary Nick Peacock with a laid back jazzy. occasionally hotisey affair.
I Office Junior at Club Butlda. llpm—3am. £5. New night in this new venue brought to you froiu the Love Boutique (Arches) team. For music think: all back to mine vibe. pulling otit your all time favourite records and others you forgot you had. Look otit for extra special guests in the very near future.
I Psy-phi at The Stih Cltih. llpm— 3am. £4 (£3) guest nights are £6. Phar ()ut's Paul Cawley embarking on a voyage of hip hop. drum & bass and generally music with the ftiiik. ()ne of the best of its types in Scotland.
I Pusher 13 at The l3th Note (ground floor). I lpm—3am. £2. Weekly night from Hatch of Knucklehead (Art School. Sats) giving tip electro funk beats to a crowd following on from his Variety ptib gig.
I Radar at The Cross Bar. 8pm-midnight. Free. Progressive dub and techno with an eclectic mix of ‘beats. bleeps and squeaks'. Drinks promos.
I Richard Howie at Russell’s Bar/Cafe. 8—l lpm. Free. Richard Howie with deep. jazzy house. Pre-club.
I Ronnie And Simon's Fruit Cocktail at Planet Peach. l().30pm—3am. £5 (£3). Free before midnight. Massive party tunes in this new venue. All drinks £l.5(). I Rhymes And Verses at The l3th Note Club (basement). £3. llpm—3am. l9 and 26 Nov only. Electronica-fest with DJ Paddy and live sets from Maziaks ( l‘) Nov) and Fretless Azni (26 Nov). See these bands at Club ()9 too.
I Rumble at The Garage. I lpm--3am. £4 (£2). Cardow and Ross with an exceptionally busy night ofcharty dance faves, cheap drinks and drunk students. I Skint at The Cathouse. l lpm~3am. £4 (£2). Indie/grunge Ichemical beats like what they do on a Saturday night. All drinks £l all night.
I The Shed at The Shed. l()pm—2am. £3 (£2). Mathew and Peter upstairs with 80s and 90s club anthems. plus Paul N'Jie in the main hall playing ftiiik. garage and chart house. Drinks promos. Brand new club for the souihside from the team behind the Garage.
I Sly at Trash. llpm—3am. £4 (£3). Neil and Frog in the main room for big anthems and cheesy nonsense plus Disco Dan in Room Two. Dress up in some sort of sexy/glammy gear and you get in free. Drinks promos.
I Soul Sauce at Bar ()l. Omit-midnight. Free. DJ Marc from the Top Rank Collective with classic soul. reggae and R&B. Pre club.
I Student Crossing at Strawberry Fields. I lpm—3am. £2. (ins-90s indie/pop/psychedelic sounds and cult videos. Entry includes free hot dog/veggie dog and chips. Drinks promos.
I Wanna Play? at The Tunnel. l().3()pin—3.3()ain. £4 (£2.50 with matric card). Student night featuring Kevin and Scott (Tunnel weekends) and Lisa. playing a mix ofcontemporary house anthems plus some right royal cheesers over two rooms. Drinks promos all night. I Welcome To Planet Cheese at Babaza. l lpm~3am. £3 (£2). Matt Munro with a commercial party mix. Drinks promos.
I X-Rated at The Asylum (Caledonian University Union). ()pnr-2ain. £2 (£l ). Chart and dance in the main room with DJ Ray plus indie in room 2.
GLASGOW FRIDAYS
I 3 Room Fusion at Yang. llpm—~3am (bar open from bpm). £5 (free before
I lpm). Nu-funk and rare groove in Rooiti ()ne from Muchaill. Denia and Nice in Room Two with hip hop scratch tuixing show. supported by the B'Men breakers plus Rob G and Kemal (lileinents). in the main club room. the only regular. dedicated drum & bass cltib night in Glasgow. :Vlodernist and minimalist club aiming for the underground market. Drinks promos.
I 4th Dimension at The Baby Grand. ()pm—midnight. Free. Andy Young aitd Danny play jazz. Brazilian. soul. fusion and funk. Drinks promos. Pic-club.
I Apartment at The Apartment. llpm—3am. £8. Jim Da Best playing a wildly eclectic mix of big ttiites. crossing genres like nobody's business.
I The Ark at The Tunnel. llpii)~3.3()am. £7 (£5). Dressed tip night in this award- winning club. which eight years on still looks the business. The trio of Michael Kilkie. Scott Mackay and [ammo (Rhumba) take no prisoners iii the main room for large-scale hard house dancefloor detonators. and then there‘s Duncan Reid and Simon Foy in Room Two fora slightly less full-on vibe. All drinks£l before l2.3()am.
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Pressure Ritchie Hawtin aka Plastikman does his ’decks fx and 9095’ gig joined tonight by D. Wynne (Detroit), Slam’s Stuart McMillan, Orde Meikle, Silicone Soul and Laurence. See Phactfile. The Arches, Fri 27 Nov.
Test Techno meisters Shandy, Dave Tarritla, Neil Landstrumm (live) and Tobias Schmtt (live) in the main room plus Phil Murray and Chris Caul (Belfast) on a cutting edge hip hop tip downstairs. See panel Glasgow School of Art, Fri 20 Nov
Goodfoot Scotland’s number one regular Northern Soul night With the return of their favourite guest, Keb Darge, who pleaded wrth the club to come back. Sub Club, Fri 20 Nov. lnsideout World-class harci house action from Jeremy Healy, Seb Fontatne and Tall Paul, all rocking the Arches. The Arches, Sat 28 Nov
Yang Sublime house in room one; R&8, hip hop and soul ll) room two, plus deep electrontca in the main room from Jim and Brian v/sth Lat? (aka Funk D'Vonlt Dling. Yang, Sat 28 Nov
Sub Culture Tom Middleton from Global Con)rnuntcatton', nukes a rare appearance on Sat 21 Nov and Roy Davis Jr (Chicago) guests on Sat 28 Nov Sub Club, Sat 27 and Sat 28 Nov Jigsaw Menwear and The List Launch party for the new shop wrth Jeremy Healy, Craig Burgerqtreen, Micheal Kilkie and Everton and free booze. lnvrte only: details from OlJl 332 6886. The Old Fruitmarkef, Thu 26 NOV.
I Bargo at Bargo. llpm-iiudnight. Free. Quality house music frotn Dom and Jay (Sub Clitb) at this city centre east style bar. Pic-club.
I Bennets ll.3()pm 3am. £4 (£3), Grant Duff with an upbeat dance night. Gay.
I Born at The Boot. llpm—3am. £5 (£4). (.‘olin Hamilton. George Bowie and The Sly Boys with pretty full-on house. Drinks promos.
I Bonafide Love at The Cross Bar. Spur-midnight. Free. Reggae. ragga and soca from DJ Dii'tsman, Drinks promos. Pre-cluh.
‘I Bonkers at Boitkers. llpin- 3am. £4
after midnight. £3 before. Clith classics at this after office hang-out with residents David Campbell and Nobhle Whitelaw. I Budda at Budda. Rpm-midnight. Free. Chris Harris t'l‘emple) with a chunky house )l'C-Cltll) \\ arnier.
I Bu dasole at Club Btidda.
llpm» 3am £5. Stevie Middleton continuing upstairs with his own particular brand of .-\ineric.tn deep house and garage in this luscious new club every week.
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