I Ethos at Q. 5pm—3am. Free before

i 1pm: £5 after. Weekly. New face at the decks. Dominic Martin. supplies the soulful Latin home and garage grooves.

I EuPhonic at The Temple.

I lpm—3.30am. £6 (£4). Weekly. Trevor Reilly. Billy MacAtee and Paul Mendez spin trance and hard house with a funky edge to a packed-out club of up-for-it kids. I Fresh at The Polo Lounge. 1 lpm—3am. £5. Weekly. Michelle provides a loose mix of house and indie classics downstairs. while Andy rocks the Trophy Room with 80s and 90s hits at the top gay venue.

I The Funk Room at The Arches. ltlpm—3am. £10. l8 May. Monthly. Simon Hodge and Andrew Divine continue their ongoing mission to put the jam back in the doughnut of funk.

I G ‘n’ D at Archaos. l lpm~3am. £5 (£4). Weekly. Dress smart and prepare to party in the main room with David Gilmore spinning dance classics. garage and house from the commercial end of the spectrum. I Goodloot at The Riverside Club. Next date I Jun.

I Kinky Afro at Substitute Venue (Planet Peach). Next date 25 May.

I Kofl at Ad-Lib has now finished.

I Life at Life. l()pm—3am. £5. Weekly. Stuart Mc('allum and Wayne Dixon man the decks with a funk and soul selection.

I LIVE at The Glasgow School of Art. Next date the.

I Loose Joints at The 13th Note Club. l lpm—3am. Free before i lpm; £4 after. Weekly. Resident Deecee is now flying solo and alternating his broad mix of dancefloor classics on an upstairs/downstairs basis with the Stiletto crew.

I Mad Dog at The Soundhaus.

l lpm~late. £tbc. Weekly. Two rooms of electro. tech and hard house from Nik Craig. McLeod. DJ Real. Trace and Borg. I Media at Media. l lpm—3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Media abandon their mainstream dance policy in favour of 70s and 80s classics. so grab your shoulder-padded suits and get on down.

I Mldl I'll Fl at The Glasgow School of Art. Next date 25 May. 0 Mystec Beat: at Rocksy's Basement. l lpm—late. £tbc. 18 May. Monthly. Dirty Wriggles rocks Rocksy’s with electro. booty bass and nasty electronic noises of all sorts. This month Marcia Blaine School For Girls are adding a live set to the mix. Obviously they aren't an entire high school. but they do have a release lined up on the forthcoming Rub-a-Dub record label. For those not based in Paisley. buses leave The Halt Bar at l().3()pm. See Hitlist. I Octane at Alaska. Next date 25 May. I Pressure at The Arches. Next date 25 May. I Radar at Glasgow School of Art. l().3()pm—3am. £6 (£5). l 1 May. Monthly. Hessle and Felix Valium do their filthy mix of electro and Miami bass in the Vic. while Radar residents Scott K.. MJC and Spudd veer between the melodic and thoroughly hard up the stairs. As a special treat this month. and continuing the Radar tradition for welcoming more off-killer techno stars. Patrick Pulsinger makes a guest appearance. I Reds at Reds. 11pm—3am. £5 (£3.50). Weekly. Club classics and commercial house sounds from Alan Ronald. I Reform at Yang. l lpm—3am. £4 before midnight; £5 after. Weekly. All change at Yang because local deep house hero Kushi is now the main man. managing the decks in the main room. Through the back. Bernard McKeowan samples more laid- back vibes.

I Relief at Alaska. l()pm—3am. £8. Weekly. Silicone Soul and Laurence Huehes providing the best house in town. I Sabotage at Glasgow School of Art. Next date the.

I Stiletto at The 13th Note Club. 10pm—3am. Free before 1 lpm: £4 after. Weekly. Sadie and Anna J. play a freeform selection of pop. electro. hip hop and eighteez favourites. rotating the upstairs and downstairs of the Note with the Loose Joints lads week up. week down. so to speak.

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Flower Records To celebrate Japan 2001, the international culture exchange project. Air Organic is playing host to the good people at Flower Records. a label at the forefront of Japan's burgeoning deep house scene. Eitetsu Takamiya. Yoshi Horino and Toshiyuki Goto will be playing the records. Air Organic, Fri 78 May. Freak Moves Dema and his pal Mr. Nice air their considerable turntablistic skills, cutting up hip hop. dancehall and funk. To celebrate their brand new residency, the pair are giving away exclusive T-shirts and stickers to early arrivals. The Glasgow School of Art, Thur 70 May.

Melting Pot The quality disco night has secured a regular monthly slot and invited Simon Haggis of Strut Records the label famed for its ability to unearth and archive essential disco nuggets to join residents Simon Cordiner and Billy Woods. See Panel. page 82. The Riverside Club, Sat 79 May. Mystec Beat: Nasty electro. , mucky booty bass and other electronic noises from Dirty " Wriggles. plus a live outing for Marcia Blaine High School for Girls Rocksy’s Basement, Fri 78 May.

TNT TNT don't mess about. When they say they're going to bring the cream of d&b and hip hop to Glasgow. they do. month in month out. This time. Grooverider (pictured) and MC Jakes top a rather impressive bill. The Arches, Fri 77 May.

We Love To Hate Normality It's another Optimo-related extravaganza at the Arty. and this one's for the electro fans out there. Your affable nightclub hosts Wilkes and Twitch have invited Euro- electro heroes Miss Kitten & The Hacker to play live and. quite probably, direct. The Glasgow

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