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Edinburgh
Events are listed by city, day, type then alphabetically by name. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication to clubs@list.co.uk. Edinburgh listings are compiled by Henry Northmore.
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Edinburgh Thursdays
I Audacious at the Bongo Clttb.
l 1pm—3atn. £5. 25 Sep. Night promoting up-and-coming acts and DJs. for a night of take-no-prisoners breakcore. gabba. D&B. techno. hardcore and jungle.
I Bounce at Po Na Na. 10.30pm 3am. £tbc. Weekly. Thursday night mix of classic R&B. fttnky house and dance beats from 'l‘okyoblu's John lltttchison. FREE Dance or Die at the Hive.
l lpm~~-3am. Weekly. Hands-up dance. electro house and 90s with Robbie and Andy.
I lndilectro at Teviot l'nderground. l()pm-«3am. £3. 25 Sep. The residents cook up and mash of indie. electro. house and breaks with a dash of drum & bass. I Kinky Indie at Citrus Clttb.
l lpm--3am. £5 (£2). Weekly. Indie music with a touch of ska. 60s and 80s.
I Limbo at the Voodoo Rooms. 8pm~-lam. £5 (£4). Weekly. The Black Spring DJs man the decks and bring you live acts each week. The Gussets. :\l-l.ix and The Foundling Wheel (18 Sep). Jesus H Foxx and Be A Familiar (25 Sep) and Fangs. Dead Boy Robotics and Your Loyal Subjects (2 ()ct).
I Luna Thursdays at Luna. l()pm-3am. £3. Weekly. New night of drum 8; bass. electro and indie.
I Robopop at GHQ. 10.30pm 3am. Free before 1 1pm; £4 (£3) after. Weekly. Trendy Wendy and friends mix classic pop tunes and electric beats for those who can‘t wait another day before starting their weekend.
FREE Sick Note at Cabaret Voltaire.
l lpm-—3am. Weekly. Indie/electro night from the Cab. with residents from Clash and Spies in the Wires.
I Souled Out at ()pal Lounge. l()pm-r-3am. Free before midnight; £3 after. Weekly. From disco to northern soul. Gareth Somtnerville and Frazer McGlinchey fulfil your needs. adding a dash of house as the night goes on.
I StepBack at Medina. l 1pm—-3am. £4. 18 Sep 8; 2 ()ct. Fortnightly. Sneaky‘s Baltimore night launches a sister gig at Medina. with Httdson Mohawke (Warp) on 18 Sep and FineArt. Dom Sutn and the Blessings (2 ()ct).
I Stiletto at Lulu. 8pm—3atn. Free before 10pm; £5 after. Weekly. lilectro- pop. classics and disco from Jez Hill.
I Vanity at Berlin Bierhaus. 10.30pm-3am. £5. Weekly. Cutting edge soul. R&B. electro house and funky house.
I Adventures in Stereo at the Picture House. l().3()pm-3am. Free before midnight: £3 (£2) after. Weekly. Andy Wilson heads this indie. electro. pop night for 'music lovers who love to dance' at lidinburgh's newest venue.
I Big’n’Bashy at the GRV. 1 1pm»—3am. £3 before 1 1.30pm; £5 after. 1‘) Sep. Four deck mix of dubstep. reggae. dancehall and jungle.
I Cilla Slack at GHQ. 10.30pm- 3am. Free before 1 1pm; £5 (£4) after. Weekly. Chart hits with a camp twist from Cilia Slack while JT keeps the backroom grinding with some R&B.
I Club for Heroes at Wee Red Bar.
1 lpm—3am. £5. 26 Sep. Classic New York disco. German techno and Chicago house with a ‘healthy sense of humour‘ with a guest slot from Firecracker‘s Mr Todd. FREE Clueless at chiot Underground. l()pm—3am. 26 Sep. 90s dancefloor classics.
I Evol at the Liquid Room. 10.30pm~3am. £5. Weekly. lidinburgh‘s longest rttnning indie night. With the usual mix of the best current and classic alternative and crossover tunes. F.vo| is an institution. I Fabrikken at the GRV. 1 lpm-—3am. £7. 1‘) Sep. Night of forward thinking electronica. techno. minimal. dubstep and broken beats from Steve (ilencross (Saliva) and Hector Ruiez (Stick 430) joined by Dutch dttbstep producer 2562. I Fabuloz Fridays at Base. l()pm---3atn. £6 (£4). Weekly. lidinburgh‘s hottest urban party from DJ Fabuloz and MC Flow. I Flava at Massa. 10.30pm- 3am. £3. Weekly. Hugely successful R&B and urban night with Nick G and Prospect. I Four Corners at the Bongo Club. 1 1pm- 3am. £3 before midnight; £5 after. 26 Sep. Your friendly. local one- stop shop for funk/soul/jazz/l .atin/.-\fro/rcggae dancelloor action and sizzling live percussion. I Fresh at Luna. 1 lpm—3am. £5. 1‘) Sep. Launch night for this new hip hop. breaks and house shindig. I KandiFlip at Po Na Na. l().3()pm—3am. £3 before midnight; £6 after. Weekly. R&B. house and dance classics from Jay and Mark B. I Misfits at the Hive. l lpm—3am. Free before 1 1.30pm: £4 after. Weekly. DlY indie. electro. punk. rock and retro with bargain drinks. I Modern Lovers at the GRV'. l lpm-3am. £4 before midnight; £5 after. 26 Sep. From 60s girl group pop. to Motown sottl divas. to sister funk and beyond. Modern Lovers presents an evening when those sisters are definitely ‘doin‘ it for themselves.‘ With DJ‘s Craig Jainieson and very special guests. I Mono at Luna. 1 lpm-—3am. £tbc. 26 Sep. Mr Copy, Paul Morrice and Flav bring you a tnix of techno. tech-house and minimal. I Opal Lounge at ()pal Lounge. l()pm~3am. Free before midnight; £6 after. Weekly. Funked tip vocal house and dance classics frotn Jez Hill. I Planet Earth at Citrus Club. 10.30pmH3am. Free before 1 1pm: £5 after. Weekly. Music from 1976 through to 198‘). In other words. a healthy dose of punk. new wave. new romantic and electro-pop (now with added 90s). I Skunk Funk at the Jazz Bar. 1 1pm 3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. Night of top funk from DJ Aki and live gttests with Tower of Power style funk from the eight-piece Spectrum Sotil. Substance at Henry‘s Cellar Bar. 1 lpm—3am. £7 (£6). 26 Sep. Techno and electro night with a double bill of live terrorism with dirty breaks and off the wall dancelloor anthems from Cursor Minor plus lo-li robotic electro form Fancy & Spook. I Sugarbeat at Cabaret Voltaire. l lpmv-3am. £tbc. 26 Sep. Tim and Jez (L'tah Saints) host this anything goes mash-up of breakbeat. drum 8; bass. electro and hip hop joined by Mooqee for some genre twisting breaks. FREE Synthetic at the Bongo Club. 10.30pm-3am. 1‘) Sep. Techno. electro. breaks and drum 8; bass night with residents The Physicist and Morphos joined by special guest Rob Stow (Don‘t/l-lydraulix). I Tokyoqu at Cabaret Voltaire. 1 1pm~3am. £6—£10. 1‘) Sep. The Live House Sessions reach their sixth birthday and celebrate by launching their debut single ‘Groove Tonight‘. See preview. page 35. I Touch at Luna. 1 lpm—3am. £6. 19 Sep. Electro-house. tech and breaks from residents Chris Brown and DJ Jakal. Plus electro/breakbeat form special guest Vandal making his Scottish debut. Xplicit at Potterrow. 10.30pm—‘3am. £6. 19 Sep. Scotland‘s top hard drum & bass night is joined by Scratch Perverts (Tony Vegas. Prime Cuts. Plus 1) for a night of breaks. beats and cut up skills.
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With releases on Mute, Lo Recordings, Noodles and Seed special guest Cursor Miner (aka Rob Tubb)
should fit in nicely at Substance. Dishing out a throbbing electro groove with an accessible pop sensibility and deep dark twisted edges. It's an experimental take on electronica that has seen him described and ‘Beck and Bowie combined with Kraftwerk and Autechre’.
Substance at Henry '3 Cellar Bar, Edinburgh, Fri 26 Sep.
I Beat Control at the Picture House. 10.30pm- 3am. Free before midnight: £5 (£3) after. Weekly. The livol DJs dish ottt the best in twisted pop and alternative beats.
I Big’n’Bashy at the Bongo Club.
1 lpm—3am. £4 before midnight: £6 after. 27 Sep. See Fri.
I Boombox at Luna. 10.30pm~-3am. £12 (£10). 20 Sep. Nuklear Puppy‘s Jason Cortez and Luvely‘s Dean Newton host a night of high energy techno. electro. trance. house and beyond with special guest and Radio 1 mainstay Dave Pearce.
I Boutique at GHQ. 10.30pm—-3am. Free before 1 1pm; £7 (£6) after. Weekly. Electro and house from Lucky Luciano plus ‘orchestrated cheese‘ from DJ Dow/er.
I Bubblegum at the Hive. l lpm-‘3am. Free before 1 1.30pm: £4 after. Weekly. A student friendly chewed up, spat ottt tnix of electro. pop. dance. disco, soul and indie.
I Bumpin a Stompin at the Hilton Edinburgh Grosvenor Hotel. 8pm--2am. £10. 27 Sep. The best of Northern Soul. R&B. garage and everything in between as the Soul Boys return featuring John Sharp. Kwik Mix. Terry Jones. Kenny Burrell and more. Sorry strictly no talc.
I The Egg at Wee Red Bar. 1 lpm— 3am.
£2.50 before midnight; £5 after. Weekly. Still the best mix of indie. 60s garage. northern soul. ska. 7()s punk and new wave you‘re likely to stagger across.
I Extra Width at Cabaret Voltaire.
1 1pm--3am. £5. 20 Sep. lixtra Width takes over the Speakeasy with a barrage of noisy guitars. lo-ti. electronica and even a touch of disco. Seeing that it‘s run by Stuart and Grainne Braithwaite it will come as no surprise that guest bands and indie types drop in to spin the wheels of steel.
I Fish Fry at the Jazz Bar.
1 1.30pm—3am. £5. Weekly. Scottish jazz. funk. soul and Latin bands join DJ Astroboy, with alternative hip hop from L'nderling (20 Sep) followed by funk. electro and broken beats l‘orm Digital Jones and New Zealand‘s Ladio (27 Sep). FREE The 40 at Pivo Caffe.
l lpm--3am. 27 Sep. The Four Corners
crew bring their funk. jazz. Latin. soul. Afro and reggae thing to Pivo.
I Fuse at Luna. 1 lpm—3am. £5. 27 Sep. New underground dance night that promises the ‘crunchiest. clickiest fidgety and wonky sounds that nu wave. electronica and house have to offer‘.
I Hooked at Luna. l()pm—3am. £6. 27 Sep. Launch of a new club night. playing out house to techno and everything in- between.
I Liquid Soul at Po Na Na. 10pm—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 Mumbo Jumbo at the Bongo Club. 1 lpm—3am. £5 before midnight; £7 after (£6). 20 Sep. New monthly night for the Bongo with Headspin‘s Steve Austin and Tackno‘s Trendy Wendy mixing up funk. soul. electro. house and good time party tunes.
I Opal Lounge at ()pal Lounge. l()pm—3am. £4 before 1 1pm; £8 after. Weekly. Late night soiree featuring DJ Dave Shedan and a fusion of glamorous vocal house and accessible electro with a hint of R&B.
I Retribution at Studio 24. l lpm—3am. £5 (£4). Weekly. The best in rock. metal. alternative and tracks from the dark side all night long.
sag: Shoot the Pump at the GRV.
‘ l()pm—3am. £7 (£5). 27 Sep. New night of underground disco. electronic funk and ‘a few sonic surprises‘ from Nick Yuill (Solescience) and Gareth Sommerville (L’ltragroove) plus special guest Todd Terje famed for his re-edits. remixes and disco grooves.
FREE: Soul Spectrum at the Voodoo Rooms. ()pm—lam. 20 Sep. Night of funk. hard-edged soul. 60s and 70s gems and even a dash of disco from Fryer (Motherfunk and JazzmanRecords). lan Wright and Jason Stirland (Deepfunk).
I Stereotype at Berlin Bierhaus. l().3()pm—3am. £6 before 1 1.30pm; £10 after (£6 members). 27 Sep. Huggy‘s top notch house night once again highlights the best in local talent with Ryan Ellis. Master Caird. Blair Horrower. Chris Graham and Stu Todd adding minimal and electro to the mix.
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