Masters At Work
Name Vince Ray
Occupation Cult pop artist and leader of The Boneshakers
What’s the skinny on this bloke? The man is something of an underground legend when it comes to design. especially on the alternative scene. He designs album covers, mugs. guitars. T-shirts — even toilet seats get the Vince Ray treatment on his website. His designs are a twisted. mutant mix of rockabilly glam and dark goth humour.
What’s he doing at Club Noir? Well. he has anoher string to his bow in that he leads a rockabilly band called Vince Ray and The Boneshakers. The outfit is pretty much as you would expect a good old fashioned rockabilly band to sound: dirty as a slap in the bass. so to speak. with Vince doing his howling vodoo-esque vocals. Think The Cramps meets The Damned __
with The Legendary Shack Shakers WEE/AEHILL every turn, not to mention a huge, glass-roofed thrown in for good measure. reception area for headliners Masters at Work, stalls, Any tunes you may find club sponsored rooms and a vast outdoors area with
Glasgow Science Centre, Glasgow, Sun 27 May
yourself singing along to the Celebrating its fifth year on the festival circuit, the rolling grass hills. To fit with the inspired environs Wee next day? Corkers include central belt’s own Wee Chill has this year moved to the Chili’s line-up is also larger this year and the music Everybody Smokes In He// and All fabulous Glasgow Science Centre, boasting a greater policy broader. The focus is on supporting local acts Women Are Bad. capacity and bigger guests. The change of venue fits and maintaining that underground feel, so while there So what else is happening at with an ethos of never standing still and the use of this are big names (including DJ First Rate and The Bays) Club Noir on the night? Well the new site gives the festival a new edge and may yet they are not necessarily the obvious festival headliners. theme is Exotica. and it's the last prove a real masterstroke. ‘You always want to try Regardless, Price concedes that the festival’s revellers night of Noir until October. so expect something new and different, you want to try and move will be the determining factor of success. ‘I just think a big party atmosphere. things on,’ argues Barry Price, Wee Chill co-promoter the crowd that the Wee Chill gets is amazing. (Sandra Marron) alongside Chris ‘Junior’ Ingram and founder Brian Everyone’s so laid back and as long as we can keep to I Vince Flay and The Boneshakers. Traynor. that with this greater capacity I’ll be happy. The main Club Noir. Glasgow, Sat 2 Jun. Like a Caledonian Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory, thing is that everybody has a great time. It sounds corny the Science Centre seems to have an amusement at but that’s what anyone’s in it for.’ (Mark Edmundson) HOUSE ULTRAGROOVE
Bacardi B-Live party, Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, Sat 2 Jun
It says a lot for Ultragroove that it was one of the only club nights to survive the Cull when Cabaret Voltaire was bought over two years ago. the petite basement venue now ranking as possibly the best in Edinburgh. Having moved there two weeks before its old home La Belle Angele burnt down in 2002. the partnership of premises and promoters has also seen Ultragroove go from strength to strength.
‘We've always been about promoting new and exciting house records.‘ says the night's promoter Gareth Sommerville. 'and I think we get it right most of the time. The mainstream scene at the moment seems to be very much about electro-house. but we're not really into that. We think we go a bit deeper: we try to be a bit more sophisticated and inspiring' To that end. over the summer he's lined up breaking artists like Speakerjunk, Jimpster and Claude Von Stoke. as well as a special Surprise guest for the festival.
First of all. however. there's this special Bacardi B—live party Wllll Dennis Ferrer to get through. 'Dennis is from Newark. New Jersey.‘ explains Somerville. ‘He used to make big. soulful house records in collaboration with his friend Kerri Chandler. We were the first club in Scotland to book him five years ago and he hit it off With the crowd right away. but now he's playing a deeper, more modern techvhouse sound. The main thing is, though. he's got soul. which is always the most DennioiF important thing in dance music.’ (DaVid Pollock)
28 THE LIST 24 May 5/ Juli 2007