I Get Smart at Spy Bar. 5-9pm. Free. New loungecore night of phuturistic tnttsic from DJ Mingo-go and Hush Puppy. Happy Hour cocktails.
I Gold ’n' Delicious at Archaos. llpin—3am. £6 (£4). David Gilmore and Ryan Kerr playing quality house and garage atnid the spectacle of the Friday night acts. Bungee jumping acrobats. stilt walkers and a whole heap of other madness. Jamie Strang also plays soul and R8:B in bar one. All drinks £l before midnight.
I Goodfoot at The Sub Club.
I lpm—4am. £6. l9 Feb and monthly. The Goodfoot mob of Scott Brown. Andrew Divine and Mark continue with their massively successful and long-running Northern soul night with quality Northern soul. hammond jazz. 7()s funk. ska and soul.
I G&T at g2. llpm—3am. £4 (£3). DJs Tam Coyle arid Gail with a proper indie night. just how they used to be before they went all wacky and alternative. Cardigans off shoulders and a bit of shoe gazing.
I Havana Barcelona at Barcelona. Spin-midnight. Free The sound of the latitio house undeiground from DJ Jazz. Pre-club.
I Katch at The Cathouse.
l().3()pm—3am. £4 (£3. £l before
l l.3()pm). Three floors of rock. hip hop. chemical beats. grunge and contemporary indie.
I Lime at The Lime. ll).3()pm--3am. £4 (£2). DJ Cammy with house. garage. nu soul and hip hop.
I Love Bug at The Garage. li).3()pin—3am. £3 (£4). An eclectic mix of good-time party tunes.
I Ocho at ()cho. XWIL-Il‘tltllllglll. Free. Nic Nouveau (Yang) coming in and ftiiikiiig it up at this idiosyncratic wee bar on Sauchiehall Street.
I October Cafe at ()ctober Cafe. ()pin-«midnight. Free. The Tunnel‘s Scott McKay. Stephen Lee and Rev in McFarlanc with a funky house and garage pre-club set.
I Paul Cawley at Air ()rganic. ()pni—midnight. Psy-phi's Paul Caw ley. label boss of Fenetik Records here every week for hip hop. drum & bass atid break beats. Pre-club.
I Polo Lounge at The Polo Lounge. llbni 3am. £5. Take the choice of the Polo Lounge upstairs. open until 3am. downstairs for DJ Michelle in main club with 90s club and indie or dowti iti tlte Trophy Room with Tom for a more commercial Iltl.\. (lay
I Planet Peach at Planet Peach. l|pm~3 l5am. £4 (£3). Free before midnight. Paul .\".lie with house. garage. RtKLB atid soul. I Pressure at The Arches.
I Ipiii 3.30am. t; I 3 in ad\ ance. l‘) Feb only r\.\lt)lll,\'lllllf.__' joint collaboration between The Arches. Slam Productions atid The 'l‘ramway featuring a boundary breaking combination of the finest DJs in the world and professional contemporary dance performance. The unparalleled
lays at Psy-Phi Thu 25 Feb and at Scratch,
Sat 27 Feb.
Carl Cox headlines in the main room alongside Slam‘s Stuart arid ()rde with Jim Masters (internationally renowned DJ. label boss and club promoter) who co-runs Ultimate BASE with Cox. To their hard techno sound track contemporary dance choreographer Gary Lambert will perform a specially created dance piece with his company XXL. Meanwhile iii the far arch DJ Vadim. founder of Jazz Fudge records shows why he is described as one of the most innovative hip hop DJs in the world.
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joined by Mr Thing (one of the original
members ofThe Scratch Perverts) and two members of Canadian hip hop crew Swollen Members. See Hitlist. Frontlines and panel.
I Rico! at Havana. Spin—midnight. Free. Club Cubana‘s Duncan Kane and Shannon Shiell joined by Farah fora wide range of hi-NRG Latin and tropical floor-shakers from techno-merengue to the latest Latin rap. via smooth salsa and retro Latin grooves.
I Salsa Sabrosa at The l3ih Note Club (basement). 8pm—midnight. £4(£3.5()): £2 l()—l lpm. Salsa classes 8. I5—l()pm and then it‘s freestyle until midnight. Hip grinders please note they've added art extra hour to the affair. Beginners more than welcome. Pre-club. Free tickets available for the club that runs afterwards.
I Shag at Fury Mutry's. llpni—3.I5am. £5 (£3). The sexiest. cheesiest tunes ever from Mark and James G playing to a good time party crowd in the guarantee a winch Fury's.
I Slam Presents at The Arches. llpm—3ain. £7 (£5). 26 Feb. Between now and T in the Park Slam will be showcasing guests they hope to bring up in their Friday slot. When they‘ve got no guests. like tonight it'll be a resident special. Playing over two dance spaces you've got the mighty Slam Detroit techno/Chicago house duo Stuart and ()rde plus the likes of Laurence Hughes. Silicone Soul and DJ Q in the first arch. and break beat. big beat and hip Iiop from the Jengaheads and Phar Out in the far arch.
I Soaterama at Nice 'n' Sleazy (ground floor bar). 8pm--niidnight. Free. Regular Friday evening do. with the best in all sorts of fields from Americana punk to dub. drum & bass and even The Smiths. I Stoned Love at The Beds-ii. <)piii--2am. £2 (free before I lprii) l9 Feb and fortnightly. Soul. funk and beats from Brian and John.
I Strathclyde University Student
Union 3pni-~3ain. Free (students and four guests). TFIF in the Barony Bar 3-8pm with cheap booze and tiiad games. Spin-3am. 'l’emptation kicks off iii the Dark Roorii with Mark Dee playing uplifting house atid garage.
I Tangent at The Sub Club. I lpm—3ani.
£8 (£6). 26 Feb arid fortnightly. A-Man
~ and Panic's regular night ofconsisteiit
musical excellence mixing up deep funky
i house. beats. bass. melodic techno and ! good humour. Tonight the long awaited
return of Tangent‘s most popular guest. the mighty Harvey at the wheel for a fiercely eclectic mystery ride. See Phaetfile.
I Test at The Sub Club. Next event 5 Mar.
I Three Room Fusion at Yang.
l Ipm—3am (bar open from 6pm). £5 (free before llptn). Pre club mix in room one. hip hop and scratch mixing from residents Dema and Nice in room two. deep fuelled house with cut up disco house from the phat as phunk DJs and guests.
I Trash at Trash. I Ipm—3am. £6 (£4). Busy. easy-going night with funky house in the main room from Stevie Smith and street soul. swing and classic grooves in the second room from DJ Grahame.
I Turbulence at The Glasgow School of Art. I lpm—3am. £4 (£2.50). New weekly night bringing the Turbulence crew back together. with Tania Swift. Rob G. Stevie and Kemal playing the future sound of drum & bass. Improved lighting. sound. door times.
I Velvet Rooms at The Velvet Rooms.
I Ipm—3am. £6. House and garage in the main room. plus John Lyons with R&B and soul in the front room.
GLASGOW SATURDAYS
I La Academia De La Salsa at Havana. 3.30—5pm. £4 (£3). Fed up with shopping on a Saturday afternoon? Try this instead: salsa and merengue dance classes for beginners every week. Absolute beginners on Weds with new class starting 24 Feb. For more details call: 0I4I 564 I983.
I Archaos at Archaos. l lpm—4am. £8 (£6). Kris Keegan and A.J. mix up garage and house in the massive dome room dance floor. which has one of the loudest sound systems and most impressive light shows in Scotland. plus full aerial display. Iain Thompson playing chunky disco in Betty's while Paul Traynor plays R&B. swing and hip hop iii the members Sky Bar.
I Ascendance at The Temple.
I lpm-3am. £7 (£5). New night recently promoted from Thursdays with residencies from Zammo (Rhurnba — Perth). Steve Lee (Gallery — London). lain McMillan. Geoff .‘vlontford and Chris Harris taking you on a musical
journey from pumping disco to uplifting
house.
I Bar 10 at Bar It). <)pm—midnight. Free. Busy hard house pre-club with Nick Peacock and guests. Still pretty much the main feeder-bar for the Sub Club and The Arches.
I Bargo at Bargo. 9pm—midnight. Free. Rotates between deep funk and house from the Tangent DJs or Shirley Temple’s Johnny Rockitt with chunky house. Pre- club.
I Bar M at Bar M. Spin—midnight. Free. lain Livingston playing musical and deep house and fat beats for a crowd heading off to the Sub and Arches.
I Bennet's ll.3()pni—3ain. £6 (£5). DJ Sara with a good dancey mix downstairs a bit heavier than her Wednesday. plus DJ Grant Duff on the upper floor playing more handbaggy house. Gay.
I Bite The Bullet at Club Budda. llpm—3ani. £6. Coliii Walker of New York Alliance/fonka fame with his first club residency for a while. playing his characteristic brand of deep New York house. Joined regularly by Gareth Sommerville. (‘oliii Cook and Neale Smith. I Bom at The Bom. l Ipiii-«3am. £6 (£5). Stevie Smith and Mark Donnolly with funky house aiid garage at this dressy
I Bonkers at Bonkers. llpm—-3am. £5 after midnight. £4 before. (‘lub classics at this after office hang-out with residents Dav id Campbell and Nobble Whitelaw. I Budda at Budda. Spin—midnight. Free. Solemusic's Stevie for garage and deep house. Pre-club.
I Business As Usual at The Apartment. l lpm--3am. £8. Robin Burrows and guests playing funky house and disco. Younger crowd than the Fridays. btit still dressed-up. Stylish party night.
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Pressure Collaboration between The Arches, Slam Productions and The Tramway featuring Carl COX and label partner Jim Masters, Slam’s Stuart and Orde, contemporary dance choreographer Gary Lambert and his company XXL all in the first arch. Back arch sees DJ Vadim, founder of Jazz Fudge joined by Mr Thing, one of the original members of The Scratch Perverts plus members of Canadian hip hop crew Swollen Members. The Arches, Fri 79 Feb.
Chicago Weekend Two of the biggest names in Chicago house play this weekend, with one of the Subby's best received guests Derrick Carter, 3 pure house master back on the Sat and big boy DJ Sneak spreadin' the gospel of house music to the congregation on Sunday. The Sub Club, Sat 20 and Sun 27 Feb.
Psy-phi Last night of Pawl Cawley and Alex Horton's Thursday, but they're departing in fine style with two of the best hip hop turntablists anywhere: reigning World DMC Mixing Champ DJ Craze and reigning ITF Mixing Champ DJ Developer. These guys are well on the way to becoming legends of our time. See them now so you can tell your grandchildren. The Sub Club, Thu 25 Feb.
Mish Mash First live performance from the Mish Mash twelve piece outfit, plus the Mish Mash DJs playing hip hop, Latin, dance hall, reggae and house before and after the band. Alaska, Sat 27 Feb.
Inside Out Scandalously huge night of full-on, reach for the rafters house from Seb Fontaine, Sister Bliss, Darren Stokes and resident caners Zammo, Michael Kilkie and Simon Foy. The Arches, Sat 27 Feb.
I The Cathouse l0.30pm-3am. £4 (£3.50; £2.50 before I 1.30pm). Three floors of rock. grunge. contemporary indie and indie dance. in one of the best rock-styled venues in the country.
I Classic PM at Fury Murry's. llpm—3.l5am. £6 (£4). Club classics in the main room with DJs Jim Downie and Sean Webster. Quality indie music from Twister upstairs at this generally studenty
I Cleopatra's at Cleopatra's. I().3()pm—2.30am. £7. Pop. 70s and 80s part tunes. Over 2Is only.
I C ub Anthems at Strathclyde University Students Association. Spin—3am. Free (students and four guests). Mark Dee and DJ Vance with classic club anthems.
I Club Cubana at The Bedsit. l0.30pm—2am. £4 (£3). 27 Feb and fortnightly. Great Latin sounds and moves. with proceeds going to the Scottish Cuban Solidarity Campaign.
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