I Cult at Po Na Na. 10pm—3am. £2.50 before 1 1pm: £5 after. Weekly. [)J Nikki and friends dig tip the very best in funk. disco. R&B. hoUse. kitsch classics and party jams at this cool dancefloor mash-up. I Dogma at Studio 24. 10.30pm—5am. £10 (£8 members). 9 Dec. We‘re sad to say this is the last Dogma but one (their final night will be their big NYE Dogmanay special) bttt this fifth birthday does tnark the last time the full residents learn will be reporting for duties for more of the best techno action.
I Evol at the Liquid Rootn. 10.30pm—3am. £5. Weekly. Edinburgh‘s longest running indie night. With the usual mix of the best current and classic alternative. crossover tunes. it’s an institution already.
I Fimbulvetr at the Pleasance Cabaret Bar. 9pm—2am. £3. 9 Dec. Monthly. Launch night for their music club of dark ambient. industrial. neo-f'olk. neo- classical. post-rock. doom and other blacker than black musical genres.
I Late Nite Groove at the Jazz Bar. midnight—3am. £5. Weekly. Regular Friday night funkstravaganza with live bands and DJs.
I Love Wain at City: Edinburgh.
1 lpm--3atn. £7. Weekly. Brutus (iold takes us on a loving. cheesy journey through disco. direct frotn l2 sell-out years in Leeds and Manchester. Boogie on down every Friday with the Learn the Hustle dancing cotnp.
I Manga at Honeycomb. l().30pm~3am. £12 (£10 members). 2 Dec. Scotland‘s premier drum & bass session is joined by Rain Records' mighty Andy C and MC (K). For more info check ww.club-manga.co.uk. Modern Lovers Fifth Birthday at Ego. l lpm-3am. £5 before midnight; £6 after. 2 Dec. To celebrate there’s an exclusive club mix C1). For more info check www.modernlovers.co.uk. See Hitlist.
I Nightstrike at RED. 10.30pm-—3am. £2 before midnight: 3 after. 2 Dec. Techno. electro and hi-tek funk frotn Polaris and Fttture Mythology.
I Nuklear Puppy at Ego. 10pm--3am. £l2—£15. 9 Dec. Residents Jason Cortez and Phil York keep the hard dance flag flying in the capital with special guest Anne Savage back again for one of her legendary hard house sets.
I Obscene at the Venue. 10.30pm—3am. £3 before midnight; £5 after. 16 Dec. The drutn & bass collective return for a winter party of the best in jungle from residents Termite. Marc EP. DVSl. Sola Pcrplexus and DJ Calvin. ()ld skool and hardcore in the basement.
I 100% Dynamite at the Bongo Club. 1 lptn~3atn. £5 before midnight: £8 after. 2 Dec. The Soul Jazz Sound System continue their residency at the Bongo. bringing all the reggae. roots. dancehall. ska. dub. funk. soul and jazz that has tnade them legendary.
I Opal Lounge at ()pal Lounge. 10pm~3am. £5. Weekly. Funked up vocal house and dance classics from Stevie (i and Calltttn Murray.
I Planet Earth at Citrus Club. l0.30ptn-—3am. £5. Weekly. Music from 1976 through to 1989 or. in other words. a healthy dose of punk. new wave. new romantic and electro pop.
I Solescience at Cabaret Voltaire. 10.30pm—3am. £6 before midnight; £7 after (£6). 9 Dec. Dedicated to bringing the best of underground house. digital disco and trackhead soul. residents Nick Yuill and Rob Mathie are joined by the electro-funk master (ireg Wilson. the first ever dance 1)] to secure a residency at Manchester's legendary Hacienda.
I Solid Steel at the Bongo Club. 10.30pm—3am. £6 before 23.23; £10 after. 9 Dee. A very special four deck face-off affair frotn the ever-dependable Solid Steel roadshow. Although the line- up is hush-hush as ever. anyone expecting a selection of Ninja Tune regulars and quality local talent shouldn't be disappointed.
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This is the first Scottish date for the relentless house master
whose fondness for sleazy beats and jack grooves always gets the crowds jumping. It should go down a treat at Huggy’s Motel, as the former Cream and current Circus resident who lists Derrick Carter, Carl Cox, DJ Sneak and Laurent Garnier among his biggest influences
dishes out the beats.
Sat 70 Dec, Motel at Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh.
I Tokyo Blu at the Venue. 10.30pm—3am. £5 before midnight; £7 after (£5). 2 Dec. The Live House Sessions continue as the Tokyo Blu DJs return with their eight-piece band for some funky. disco. Latin. Chicago and electro tinged house.
I Trouble at Cabaret Voltaire.
I lpm—3atn. £tbc. 2 Dec. The Trouble crew return with the peerless Jazzanova posse on guest duty. The backroom will be throbbing to the pulse of a Dfmt Drum with a live set from lsa & the Filthy Tongues.
I Welcome to the Latin Quarter at El Barrio. 9pm—3am. £3—£5 (£2). Weekly. Latin. R&B. chart and party tracks direct from Spain and South America.
Edinburgh Saturdays
Club
I A Boa Da Noite at Teyiot Row Union. 10ptn-3am. £5. 3 Dec. Brazilian party featuring Samba classes. live Capoeira performance and music from 1)] Zagueiro. in association with Edinburgh University Capoeira Society. I Ascension Goth Club at Teviot Row Union. 10.30pm—3atn. £5. 10 Dee. In association with Edinburgh University's (ioth and Rock Society comes this tnix of up-to-date darkness. Featuring all the latest goth. rock and industrial greats.
I Audio Tourism at Pivo Bar Club. 9pm--3am. Free. Weekly. A serious alternative to conventional night clubbing with chunky. funky house tracks.
I Back to the Future at the Liquid Room. l0.30pm--3am. £13.50. 10 Dec. ()ld skool night of hard beats. hardcore and trance with a host of the stars of the era: Ultrasonic. Bass X. 'l’echnotrance. ()bsession. Madman and Korrupt.
I Bio-Rhythm at the Honeycomb. l0.30pm--3am. Free. 10 Dec. It‘s almost the end of 2005 so Bio treat us with a free party of breaks and beats frotn the residents Believe. Silver Storic and (ieorge Mac.
I Bitch at the Exchange. l0.30pm—3am. £5 (£3). 3 Dec. New goth
night with altemative tunes past and present from Lucy*Fur and Darkstones. Cosmic Fury at the Venue. l lpm-3am. £5 before midnight; £8 after. 10 Dec. See preview. page 40. 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 Disjointed at the Venue. 10.30pm—3am. Free before midnight: £3 after. 10 Dec. New celebration of the underground specialising in breakcore. grime. ghettotech. drum & bass and electro from a rotating residents team: Ibrahim. WolfJazz. Ian Brandon. Theory and DJ Deburgh. Joined by special guest Klee (Fat Mess). I The Egg at Wee Red Bar. 1 1pm-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 1 1.15pm: £8 for members after). 10 Dec. 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. I Fiesta Latina at chiot Row Union. 9.30pm—2am. £4.50 (£3.50). 3 Dec. Still going strong after ten years of supplying the best in salsa. merengue. mambo and other Latin rhythms courtesy of DJ Pancho with a free dance class frotn the Salsa Angels at 9.30pm. I Fish Fry at the Jazz Bar. 1 [pm—3am. Free before 1 1.30pm; £5 after. Weekly. Scottish jazz. funk. soul and Latin bands
join Trouble DJ Erik Da Viking and
Depanure Loungc’s DJ Astroboy. This fortnight is Balkan jazz frotn Moshie's Bagel (3 Dec) and salsa. Latin & Jamaican ska frotn the Baby Elephants ( 10 Dec).
I Headspin at the Bongo Club. 8pm—3am. £5 before 1 1pm; £7 after. 3 Dec. The best in hip hop. funk. soul. house and breakbeat from resident DJ display team featuring Allan. the
Resonance (Dava and Colin Millar) and Steve Spin. with another band showcase (acts tbc).
I Liquid Soul at Po Na Na. 10ptn—3am. £3 before 1 1pm; £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.
I Luver at the Liquid Rootn. 10pm—3am. £10 (£8 members). 3 Dec. A saucy soirée. geared towards a gay/mixed crowd and featuring a music policy of full-on. driving house frotn residents Tommy K. Newton & Stone and Jared. Ice Queens and Ice Maidens theme for the winter months.
I Magical Mystery Tour at Secret Location. £10. 3 Dec. Edinburgh Clubbing Community Forum and Leith FM join forces to raise some cash for Edinburgh's Sick Kids. The bus will pick you up and take you to a secret three arena location where 35 of the capital‘s best DJs will thrill you with their aural delights. Check www.eccf.co.uk for details.
I Mambo at RED. 9pm—3am. Free before midnight; £3 after. W ‘ekly. Hip hop. R&B and dancehall from DJ Tony TNT and MC.
I Messenger Sound System at the
Bongo Club. 1 [pm—3am. £7. 10 Dec. 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. 1 1pm—3am. £5 before midnight: £6 after. 10 Dec. A dark. sexy. dirty house club. Alan Joy and Brian Dempster are the DJs behind this small. intimate. friendly and predominantly gay club on the top floor
I 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 24. 6-10pm.
£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 original and best under 18s metal gathering in town.
I Mission at Studio 24. l lpm—3am. £5 (£4 members). Weekly. Night of metal mayhem. goth rock and more from the dark side. With new top floor specials Earth lnfemo (9 Nov) and the gay/transvestite-run Sainted (26 Nov). a glamorous night of dance hedonism from Sister Sadie. Father Bob and Angel Metatron with a mix of electro. seminal rock and darkwave.
I Mixer at Honeycomb. 10.30pm—3am. £8-£10. 3 Dec. New night aiming to bring genre defining artists to Edinburgh. First up with have Russia's finest DJ Vaditn (Ninja Tune) founder of Jazz Fudge records and passionate believer in abstract bass.
3 I Mondo a Go-Go at the Venue.
1 lpm—3am. £5 (£4) before midnight; £6 (£5) after. 3 Dec. Swinging 60s garage. soul. mod. soul. new wave. surf and sleazy listening as residents Tall Paul Robinson and Angus A Cto-(io expand their playlist plus a guest slot from Astroboy (Departure Lounge) with an
exclusive 60s set.
Motel at Cabaret Voltaire. 10pm—3am. £10 (£8 members). 10 Dec. See caption. above and Hitlist.
' I Opal Lounge at ()pal Lounge.
10pm—3am. £5. Weekly. Dave Shedden with his mix of disco and funky house tracks.
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 Tease Age at Citrus Club.
1 lpm—3am. Free before 1 1.30pm; £3 after. Weekly. This indie stalwart dishes up everything frotn swinging 60s hits to