Harry. Marco Smith. D] Daze and Little Groove.
I Solescience at Cabaret Voltaire.
l [pm—3am. £8 (£6). 9 Sep. Dedicated to bringing the best of underground house. digital disco and trackhead soul as residents Nick Yuil and Rob Mathie are joined by legendary Manc electro guru Greg Wilson as well as one of Scotland's own favourites Domenic Capello (Subculture). See preview page 30.
I Trouble at Cabaret Voltaire. 10.30pm—3am. £8 (£6). 23 Sep. The Trouble crew return after a brief hiatus to take roost at their new home and a spin on the format as Dfrnt Drum becomes an integral part of the experience. The Unabombers guest.
Edinburgh Saturdays
Club
I Afterdark at the Liquid Room. 10.30pm—3am. £tbc. 17 Sep. House night. details tbc.
I Ascension Goth Club at Teviot Row Union. 10.30pm—3am. £5. 24 Sep. In association with Edinburgh University's Goth and Rock Society comes this cheery mix of up-to-date darkness featuring all the latest goth. rock and industrial greats.
I Diggity at the Establishment. 10pm—3am. £7 (£5). Weekly. DJ Fabuloz. Harry 3D. Rico and MC Flow get down with their bad selves. playing wildstyle R&B. hip hop and street soul. I Disko Kitten at Cabaret Voltaire.
l lpm—3am. £tbc. 17 Sep. New night from the folk at Nuklear Puppy that goes for good times via hard house from local crew Jason Cortex. Smokey & the Bandit and Arrogant Mike. Special guest tbc.
I The £99 at Wee Red Bar. llpm—3am. £4.50 (£3.50). Weekly. Still the best mix of indie. 60s garage. northern soul. ska. 70s punk and new wave you‘re likely to stagger across. A well loved institution that refuses to change.
I Fever at Ego. l lpm—3am. £10 (£5 to Taste members before I I.15pm; £8 for members after). 17 Sep. The folk at Taste take over a Saturday night for those who really do have to work on Monday. Taste mainstays Fisher & Price and Martin Valentine are on the main floor while the Visitor and Kaupuss take an anything goes attitude in the Cocteau lounge. Pre-club party at the Street from 10pm.
I Give it Some! at the Bongo Club. 10.30pm—3am. £3 before midnight; £6 after. 24 Sep. Give It Some is all about good quality dancing music. In Room I: funk. soul. jazz and rare grooves with a smattering of reggae. 60s beats and disco from DJRed6 (Livesciences). In Room 2: roots. reggae. ska and dub from Decoy Roy (Penpushers).
I Headspin at the Bongo Club. 8pm—3am. £5 before 1 lpm; £7 after. 10 Sep. The best in hip hop. funk. soul. house and breakbeat as we say welcome back to the resident DJ display team featuring Allan. the Resonance (Dava and Colin Millar) and Steve Spin. It‘s another band showcase from Headspin with the X-Vectors. Sanna and Stones Throw providing the live kicks from 8pm.
I Joy at the Venue. l lpm—3am. £8 before midnight; £10 after. 24 Sep. Up- front. dirty house grooves on the main floor from Alan & Maggie Joy and Brett King to work you up into a lather on the main floor. Plus Trendy Wendy and Sally F's cheeky mix of soul. funk and chart in the downstairs suite.
I Liquid Soul at Po Na Na. 10pm—3am. £3 before I lpm; £6 after. Weekly. Get down early for this consistently capacity retro disco and funky house night. featuring Po‘s own Mark B on the decks fusing classic and bang up-to-date funky house for those in the know.
'1; Madisons Rock Night at Mariners (formerly the Commplex). 8pm—3am. £10—£12. 10 Sep. The Madisons‘ team
Expect ripped up breaks and beats as Bio-Rhythm brings The Stanton Sessions to
the DJ box. The Stanton Warriors (AKA Dominic B and Mark Yardley) were a pair of studio engineers now turned producers and remixers, leading the breakbeat scene with ragged edges of techno, hip hop and twisted house thrown into their sets. I Fri 16 Sep. Bio-Rhythm at the Honeycomb, Edinburgh.
returns featuring the original I)Js with classic rock. metal and glam from the 80s to the early 90s. Advance tickets available on-Iine at http://madisonsrocknight. tripod.com.
I Messenger Sound System at the Bongo Club. I lpm--3am. £6.50. 17 Sep. Fortnightly. Bass of bowel-shifting proportions as the mighty Messenger Sound System blasts out the best in righteous roots and dub reggae.
I Mingin’ at the Venue. l lpm—3am. £5 before midnight; £6 after. 17 Sep. A dark. sexy. dirty house club. Alan Joy and Brian I)empster are the DJs behind this small. intimate. friendly and predominantly gay club on the top floor of the Venue. Music ranges from trance to deep house with a touch of techno and hard house sometimes thrown in for good measure.
I Mission Jnr at Studio 2-1. 7 «10pm. £5. Weekly. Goth. rock. punk and. of course. all that nu metal stuff that the kids crave so much. So if you ever
wondered where all those black-clad youths from the top of Cockburn Street went after dark. look no further. The best and original under 18s metal gathering in town.
I Mission at Studio 2-1. l lpm—-3am. £5 (£4 members). Weekly. Night of metal mayhem. goth rock and more from the dark side - a real Edinburgh institution that still has a loyal fanbase and an open door policy for anyone with a love of rock and metal. Things are certainly afoot down Mission way as their new top floor policy kicks into gear with the heavier than thou Void and Goth floor on alternate weeks.
Progression at the Liquid Room. l().30pm—3am. £7. 10 Sep. The tribal sessions pull something special out of the bag for the first part of their two part fifth birthday party. First up it's a resident showcase with the full crew Gav Grant. Derek Martin. Alan l)obson. Stuart Johnston. Barry l-‘ell and Gary Bowman.
I Rewind at the Liquid Room. l().30pm- 3am. £5. 2-1 Sep. ()ld skool disco jocks Mick Cool and Kath Power dish out the best in 70s. 80s and 90s poptastic tunes.
I The Saturday Night Fish Fry at the Jan. Bar. 1 lpm-«3am. l-‘ree before
I l.30pm; £5 after. Weekly. This new late night session sees top Scottish jazz. fttnk. soul and Latin bands join Trouble 1)] Erik l)a Viking and Departure Lounge's DJ Astroboy for a night of dancetloor-tilling fun.
I Sophistitunk at City: Edinburgh. 10.30pm—3am. £8. Weekly. Resident 1)] John Hutchison plays funked up R&B remixes and house tunes to a dressed up crowd.
I Sumo at Berlin Bierhaus. 9pm 3am. l‘ree before I lpm; £6 after. 10 Sep. Solemusic's Geoff M starts a new lidinburgh residency and is joined by Harry. Craig Smith and Steven \\'atilcss for a journey through house. soaring vocals and surging boogie.
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