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Events are listed by city, day, type then alphabetically by name. Submit listings at least fourteen days before publication to clubsGllst.co.uk. Edinburgh listings are compiled by Henry Horthmore.
Edinburgh Thursdays
Club
I Agnostic Aggression at Opium. 8pm—3am. Free. Weekly. A night of fuck the system punk.
I Bloodbeat at Subway Cowgate. llpm—3am. £l before midnight: £2 after. 26 May. Join Miss Kitty Fantastico and DJ Darkroom with their upbeat 80s charm of synth-pop. electro-clash and indie electro.
I Born to Be Wide at the Street. 9pm—lam. Free. 26 May & 9 Jun. Fortnightly. Music industry social club that plans to bring musos. journalists. promoters. record shop workers and musicians together. With a varied soundtrack from various industry bods including Neil Cooper (The Herald) and the Fire Engines (9 Jun) followed by Brent Hansen (MTV Europe) on 23 Jun. I Bounce at Po Na Na. 1 lpm—3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Student night down Po Na Na quite literally gets the place jumpin‘ with its mix of hip hop. urban. R&B and drinks promos.
I Funked Up at Subway Cowgate. llpm~3am. £tbc. 9 Jun. L'p coming DJs get funked up with this new night of varied electronic beats.
I Genetic at Citrus Club. 1 lpm—3am. Free before 1 1.30pm: £2 after. Weekly. Still a mighty popular soiree that showcases alternative. indie and lo-fi. No smoking at the bar. mind.
I Ghetto Fabulous at Cabaret Voltaire. l lpm—3am. £3 (£2). Weekly. Promises to be the best Thursday night R&B/hip hop and funk party in town. The predominantly R&B main room hosted by B-Sides (Jump. Stir Fried Beats) and DJ Prospect. providing a
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wicked mash up of old skool and fresh R&B licks. while the back room vibe gets funky with Wreckage and associates.
I The OOuLaO BeAt at Ego. 10.30pm—3am. £4. 26 May. Monthly. Punk. garage. new wave and good honest rock ‘n‘ roll from regulars Kaka. Oly. Mr Moo Moo and the Primitive Urge DJs.
I Graffiti at Medina. lOpm-3am. £2 before midnight: £3 after. Weekly. The backroom residents from Stereotype and Defected in the House (Master Caird and KippS) take over Medina. spinning their unique mix of disco. funk. soul and kitsch retro classics.
I Heroes! at Subway C owgate.
l lpm—3am. £tbc. 26 May. New alternative night of punk. glam. rock. electro and poptrash frotn the folk that brought you Disko Bloodbath. aitned at a mixed/gay crowd.
I The Hideout at Subway Cowgate. llpm—3am. £3 (£2). 2 Jun. New night for indie heads. electroclashers. 60s addicts and rock‘n‘roll motherfuckers.
3‘15 Offbeat at Wee Red Bar. l().3()pm—3am. £4 (£3). 9 Jun. Sheffield‘s legendary indie pop night hits Scotland as Chris Stride and Amy Baggot dish out a heady brew of 60s garage. northern soul. ska. punk and new wave.
I Our House at Faith. 1 lpm—3am. £3 before midnight; £4 after (£2). Weekly. Homage to all things house from the earliest days to the biggest club hits of today.
I The Snatch Social at the Liquid Room. 1().3()pm—3am. £4 (£3.50). Weekly. Harry Ainsworth (aka former Perrier Best Newcomer Garth Cruikshank) and Tap Water Award winner Tony Carter mix it up at this cheeky cabaret-cum-disco. Babes and Trendy Wendy (monthly resident) supply hip hop and funky tunes. Check their website www.snatchsocial.com for more info.
Chart & Party
I City at City: Edinburgh. l()pm—3am. £3—£4. Weekly. City is open every Thursday with a mix of pop. dance. R&B and funk. anything to get you on the dancefloor.
It's the main man from Defected playing at the launch for Eivissa 05 at Defected in the House
this month. The label really has become legendary for its own style of vocal house and here’s a chance to see why.
Sat 28 May, Defected in the House at Berlin, Edinburgh.
I Vinyl at Massa. 8pm—3am. Free. Weekly. Commercial chart and dance courtesy of Paul Funkster. plus drinks promos aplenty for those who want to start the weekend fashionably early.
Edinburgh Fridays
Club
I Access at the Honeycomb. llpm—3am. £10 (£8 members). 3 Jun. Monthly. Techno. electro and house from the Dropout DJs (Bodyfunk. Rehab. Hustler. Blend and itos) who are joined by Kiko (Goodlife) for his Scottish debut.
I Beatroot at Ego. l().3()pm—3am. £5 (£4). 27 May. Residents Ryan Turner and Yan Palys play house. tribal. prog and techno as they welcome some of the best underground techno jocks in the country: Dave Begg. Steven Foulds and Mark Balneaves.
I Bio-Rhythm at the Honeycomb.
l lpm—3am. £10 (£8 members). 10 Jun. Continuing their reverence for all things dance whatever the genre. they go all out with two massive guests. Mylo and Erol Alkan. playing together for the first time in Scotland. DJ Believe. George Mac and Silver Storic provide back-up. Also pre-club Switch- L'p session at Oxygen from 8pm—lam. I Blaze at Ego. l lpm—3am. £4—£5. Weekly. DJ James Longworth ignites the gay weekend with a chart and funky house soundtrack.
I Cult at Po Na Na. l()pm—3am. Free before 1 1pm: £5 after. Weekly. DJ Nikki and friends dig up the very best in funk. disco. R&B. house. kitsch classics and party jams at this cool dancefloor mash-up.
I Departure Lounge at the Caves. l()pm—3am. £8. 27 May. Departure Lounge returns once more to the caves for another night of world beats. electro jazz and latin rhythms. Mad Mats brings his hip hop style to his love of jazz and global flavours. alongside Fenetic mainstay Sidewinder and his unique brand of electronic jazz funk. I Dogma at Studio 24. l().3()pm—3am. £9 (£7 members). 27 May. Hard as nails and as underground as moles. techno of the highest order as Crystal Distortion join the residents for a two hour live set embracing the format of drum & bass seamlessly merged with tooth rattling techno beats.
I Evol at the Liquid Room. l0.3()pm—3am. £5. Weekly. Edinburgh‘s longest running indie night. With the usual tnix of the best current and classic alternative. crossover tunes. it‘s an institution already. Pitts watch out for a playback of Oasis' latest (Don 'I Believe the Truth) on 27 May.
I Friday Funk at Massa. l()pm—3am. £5 (£4). Weekly. New night down Massa playing pop. disco. R&B. funk and house with regular special guests. I Friday Night Social at Studio 24. 9pm—3am. Free before 10pm; £7 after (£5). 10 Jun. Soul. funk and hip hop track from your DJ and host. Harry Ainsworth (Snatch). plus live funked up hip hop from the Fountainbridge Collective. who are fronted by four fast lipped MCs with an explosive rhythm section to make for an energetic visual and aural experience. And if that’s not all expect a new look Studio 24 and the Nucleotides (live).
I Froot at Wee Red Bar. l().3()pm—3am. £5 (£4). 27 May. Techno and tech-house with the Froot DJs joined by Musotica mainstay JC. I Henry’s Late Nights at Henry‘s Jazz Cellar. midnight—3am. £5—£6. Weekly. Top quality jazz and DJs from Henry's Jazz Cellar. Classic funkers Funkaftze on 27 May followed by the jazzy hip hop of Live Sciences (3 Jun). I Mocha Rocka! at Berlin Bierhaus. l lpm—3am. £5 before midnight; £6 after. 27 May. Two of Edinburgh's best collectives join forces. Space Face residents Pepe Santamaria and the
The latest club news
’ ’Soma Skool: Positive Education is heading to Aberdeen, Snafu, on 3 June,
(1 ism-5pm). it’s an event designed to demystify the music and creative industries with workshops, seminars, demos and more. Vector Lovers (pictured), Alex Smoke, Sidewinder and Funk D’Void are all signed up and will be demonstrating cutting edge music software, alongside designers, video makers and others from the business end of the industry. For more info check www.somaskool.com.
The Scottish DMC Finals will be taking place in Edinburgh (Bongo Club. 3 June) with demos from DJ Blakey. MC Trip, Ruftone, Lyley and Blagt. So if you want to catch some spellbinding decknical skills you can‘t do much better than this.
Just a quick note - the address to send mixes for the Sol Open Decks DJ Comp has changed. The closing date is 3 June so you’ll need to be quick and send those application forms (available from www.edinburghdj.co.uk or any good music store in Scotland) with a 30 minute tape/CD/mini- disc with a minimum of six mixes to: The Sol DJ Comp, c/o Christer McNulty, 20/1 Restalrig Crescent, Edinburgh, EH7 6EX.
And finally. a quick reminder that tickets for STET La Finale at a secret Edinburgh location on 27 May, with Lady Sovereign, are available from www.stet101.com.
Blonde Flash bring the R&B. hip hop. funk. disco and more while Tokyo Blu take care of the house.
I Planet Earth at Citrtis Club. 10.30pm 3am. £5. Weekly. Music from l97(i through to 1989 or. in other words. a healthy dose of punk. new wave. new romantic and electro pop.
I Pop Fiction at City: Edinburgh. l().3()pm—3am. £6. Weekly. Trendy Wendy and regular guests (inc Betty Ford) lay down a the coolest blend of pop. ftmk. soul. disco. R& B. hip hop and house with a real sense of fun. And please note they have moved to a spanking new venue just tip the road from their old haunt. Plenty of drinks promos on offer an' all.
I Rise! at Wee Red Bar. l().3()pm—3am. £5 (£4). 3 Jun. Conscious hip hop, soul. breaks and Latin frotn Craig Smith and Andy Al (aka lih'.’ l) as they sail the seas of cosmic echoes. sophisticated funk and future beat classics.
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