listings CLUBS
I Motherfunk at The Venue. 11pm—3am. Free. Weekly. Exceptionally popular rare groove, soul and funk night hosted by Gino and Fryer.
Chart &. party
I Loca at Loca. 8pm—3am. Free entry before 11pm; £2 before 1am; £4 after. Weekly. A commercial mix of chart, dance and disco.
I Skool Disco at The Ark. l()pm—3am. Price tbc. Weekly. All your favourites from the school disco collection.
I The Subway West End at The Subway West 13nd. 4pm-3am. £1. Weekly. See Fri.
EDINBURGH WEDNESDAYS
Pre-club
I Baracoa at Baracoa. 9pm—1am. Free. Weekly. North African and Asian beats plus dance classes.
I Made In Iguana at Iguana. 9pm—1am. Free. Weekly. Colin Millar (Headspin) and Adam Bray lay on a superb mix of breaks and beats from hip hop to house, nu skool breaks to drum 8; bass.
I The Merry Pranksters at The Meadows Bar. 9pm—lam. Free. Weekly. Noodles. Brains and Lady Teri take you into the future beat dimension with beats and breaks.
Club I CC. Blooms at CC. Blooms.
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS
Rebel Waltz Edinburgh: City Cafe, Fri 2 Jun
There's been a little haven of underground house in the basement of The City Cafe for a wee while now, two years to be precise, and founder Murray Richardson believes he’s got something to celebrate.
It's been a busy year for him, with two releases on the 20:20 Visions label - his latest 'Armed And Dangerous' hit the shelves on Mon 22 May - and a US tour. His association with the 20:20 imprint has also led to
quite a line-up for the birthday do, with
label boss Ralph Lawson and fellow
Looking to the future: 20:20 Vision's Ralph Lawson
“*3?- . fix‘ ~ (
Mt; ,_ ,- will be helping Rebel
Waltz’s second birthday go with a bang.
signee Domenic Cappello (Sub Culture and Nature) taking their turns on decks. It's a relationship he's very proud of: '20120 is a brilliant label, one of my favourites. It's just good quality at the end of the day and I consider myself lucky to
be part of it.’
Such activity surely warrants an upgrade from Rebel Waltz's pre-club slot though? While Richardson is keen to do a full- scale night. he believes the current format has its advantages: ’T he good thing down at Rebel Waltz to be honest is its size. It's more the atmosphere down there and the people who come down. It's like a wee kind of family thing.’ He also honed his DJing skills in bars, and it‘s had a lasting impact on his musical tastes. 'It would be crazy to play harder tunes for four hours constantly, especially in a bar environment. so l‘d start off playing quite laid-back, deeper sounds and then build it. 1 think that’s how I got into digging a lot of the stuff that I play now. That shaped my style if you like.’
And those of you who are up for a double helping will be glad to know that the party continues at Nature, until 3am.
(Abi Bremner).
10.30pm—3am (bar from 6pm). Free. Weekly. A spot of midweek house action at this always busy gay club.
I Free Fall at Wilkie House. 10.30pm—3am. £4. 7 Jun. Monthly. Drum «5’: bass sounds.
I Freeform at The Cocteau Lounge. 11pm—3am. Free. Weekly. Lyley of Scratch fame hosts this weekly hip hop and funk do. I Freester Transmission at Studio 24. 10pm—3am. £1.50 before 11pm; £3 after. Weekly. An education as well as a night out as the Freestyle Transmission lads promise to programme any style of music. as long as it’s original and quality.
Profits go to Trident Plowshares, a direct action group who aim to disarm nuclear subs (‘in a responsible, polite and highly
. , . i property-damagtng way 11 says here).
I Jazz Singers' Night at The Jazz Joint. 9pm-3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. 17 May — Subie Coleman sings classic soul-jazz numbers. 24 May — Cathie Rae pays tribute to Antonio Carlos Jobim, of ‘Girl From Ipanema’ fame.
I Kero-Scene at Studio 24. 11pm—3am. £1.50. Weekly. Alternative night which sees Leaf, Wally, lqy and Doug (we kid you not) playing goth, industrial, metal and extreme. ‘
I Metamorph at La Belle Angele. 10.30pm—3am. £3. 7 Jun. Fortnightly. Popular drum & bass night, with DJs No
; Comply, Physio and Decknical Wizard. 2 I Out 2 Lunch at P0 Na Na. 11pm—3am. : Free. Weekly. DJ Harry Lets Go puts the
eclectic into electric.
I Sleep at Gaia. l()pm—3am. £3. 31 May. Fortnightly. A new night which aims to tackle the lack of credible sounds in the city midweek. It’s hard house and trance on the main floor, with US-style house and garage upstairs.
I Xoration at The Venue (top floor). 10pm-3am. £4. 7 Jun only. A one-off night of hard house and trance action with Radio Forth’s Tom Wilson as the special guest.
Chart & party
I Banana Split at The Cavendish. £2 (student ID required). 9.30pm—3am. Weekly. Nonsense from across the decades, with a 80s and 905 room, a 705 room and a games room. And ludicrous drinks promos.
I I-Iump at The Ark. 9pm—3am. £2. Weekly. Student club with appropriate music and drinks promos.
I Loca at Loca. 8pm—5am. Free entry before 11pm; £2 llpm—lam; £4 after. Weekl .A mix of chart, dance and disco. I Mi week Mayhem at The Liquid Room. 10.30pm—3am. Free with matric card before 12.3()am; £2 otherwise. Weekly. Cheesy, charty choons, cheap drink and lots of snogging, apparently. I Shark at Eros/Elite. 9pm—3am. £3 (£2) before 11pm; £4 (£3) after. Weekly. An independent student night.
I Viagraah at Revolution. 10pm—3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Lots of drink promos to get the students acting, well, like drunk students.
'clubs
venues m
I Air Organic 36 Kelvingroye Street, 564 5201.
I Alasksa 142 Bath Lane, 248 1777.
I The Apartment 23 Royal Exchange Square. 221 7808.
I Archaos 25 Queen Street, 204 3189.
I The Arches Midland Street (off Jamaica Street). 221 4001.
I Babaza Royal Iixchange Square, 204 (11111.
I Bar 10 10 Mitchell Lane, 221 8353. I The Bedsit 1 Park 1)ri\'e.339 0432.
I Bennet's 80 (ilassford Street, 552 5761. I Bonkers Hope St. 248 5884.
I Brel 39 Ashton Lane. 342 4966.
I Budda 142 St Vincent Street, 221 5660. I Caledonian University Student Union (Asylum) 70 Cowcaddens Road, 3320681.
I The Cathouse 15 Union Street, 248 6606.
I Cleopatra's 508 Great Western Road. Kelyiltbridge. 334 0560.
I Club Budda 142 St Vincent St, 221 2213.
I Cul De Sac Ashton Lane. 334 8899.
I Destiny 18 Cambridge Street. 353 6555.
I Eat Drink Man Woman 34—44 King St. 5529227.
I Fury Murry's 96 Maxwell Street.
221 6511.
I The Garage 490 Sauchiehall Street, 332 1120.
I Glasgow School of Art 167 Renfrew Street, 332 0691.
I 92 474 Sauchiehall St (behind the Garage), 353 3111.
I Havana 50 Hope Street, 248 4466.
I Life (basement of Corinthian), 191 Ingram Street, 552 1101.
I The Living Room 5 Byers Road, 339 851 l.
I McChuills Way Out West 14 Kelvinhaugh Street. 221 5569.
I Nice ‘n' Sleazy 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 9637.
I Planet Peach 34 Queen Street, 226 8990.
I Polo Lounge 84 Wilson Street.
553 1221.
I Queen Margaret Student Union 22 University Gardens, 339 9784.
I Reds, 375 Sauchiehall Street, 331 1635. I Rocksy's Basement 40 New Sneddon Street, Paisley, 552 5791.
I Russell's 77 Byers Road, 334 4973.
I Scaramouche Bar, 140 Elderslie St. Charing X, 5720828.
I The State Bar 148 Holland Street, 332 2159.
I The Shed 26 Langside Avenue, 649 9473.
I Strathclyde University Union John Street, 567 502.
I Strawberry Fields 56 Oswald Street, 221 7871.
I Sub Club 22 Jamaica Street, 248 4600. I The Temple 193 Pitt St, 332 7522.
I 13th Note 260 Clyde Street, 243 2177 I Trash 197 Pitt Street, 572 3372.
I The Tunnel 84 Mitchell Street, 204 1000.
I Variety Bar 4018auchiehall Street, 332 4449.
I The Velvet Rooms Sauchiehall Street, 332 0755.
I Yang 33 Queen Street. 248 8484.
EDINBURGH
I The Ark 3 Semple Street, 229 7733.
I The Attic Dyer’s Close, Cowgate, 225 8382.
I Baracoa 7 Victoria Street.
I La Belle Angele 11 Ilasties Close, 225 7536.
I The Black Bull Leith Street, 557 5121. [The Blind Poet 32 West Nicolson Street, 667 0876.
I The Bongo Club 14 New Street, 556 5204.
IThe Cas Rock 104 West Port, 229 4341. I Cavendish West Tollcross, 228 3252.
I CC. Blooms 23—24 Greenside Place, 556 9331.
I The Citrus Grindlay Street, 622 7086.
I The City Cafe Blair Street, 220 0125.
I Club Java 40 Commercial Street, Leith, 555 SQZ.
I The Cocteau Lounge (EZK), Picardy Place (entrance through The Outhouse Gardens. Broughton Street Lane, 478 7434.
I EZK Picardy Place, 478 7434.
I eh1 197 High Street, 220 5277.
I Eros/Elite Fountainpark, Dundee Street,
228 1661.
I Gaia King Stables Road, 229 7986.
I Iguana 41 Lothian Street, 220 4288.
I Jazz Joint Henry’s Cellar Bar, Morrison Street, 221 1288.
I The Liquid Room 9c Victoria Street, 225 2564.
I Loco 235 Cowgate, 225 5413.
I The Meadow Bar Buccleuch Street, 622 7680.
I Club Mercado 36—39 Market Street, 226 4224.
I Bar Nego at Negociants Lothian Street, 225 6313.
I Noa 7 Queensferry Street Lane, 226 6828.
I Oxygen 3-5 Infirmary Street, 557 9997. I Pivo 2—6 Calton Road, 557 2925.
I The Place 12 Queensferry Street Lane. I Po Na Na 26 Frederick Street, 226 2224. I The Pond Bar Salamander Street, beith, 467 3815.
I PopRokit 2 Picardy Place, 556 4272.
I The Potterrow Bristo Square, 650 9195. I Revolution 31 Lothian Road, 229 7670. I Studio 24 Calton Road, 558 3758.
I The Subway Cowgate, 225 6766.
I The Subway West End Lothian Road, 229 9197.
I The Venue Calton Road, 557 3073.
I Walkers 12 Shandwick Place, 476 7073.
I The Wee Red Bar Edinburgh College Of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442.
I Why Not? 14 George Street, 624 8633. I Wilkie House Cowgate, 225 2935.
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