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■ Rewind at the Liquid Room. 20 Aug, 10.30pm–5am. £5. Mick and Shuggy return after five years for this Edinburgh favourite of 70s, 80s and 90s hits. ■ Saturdays at Karma Nights. Weekly 10pm–2am. £tbc. Party night of chart, dance and R&B. ‘If you can’t sing it, we won’t play it’. ■ Social Network at City Nightclub. Weekly 10.30pm–2am. £10 (VIP £15). Big house, chart and R&B anthems with a live facebook feed broadcast on screens across the club. ■ Tease at Lava Ignite. Weekly 10pm–2am. £8. Chart, pop, cheese and mainstream dance. Edinburgh Sunday
Clubs FREE Casual Sundays at Opium. Weekly 10pm–3am. Laid back rock to ease you into the week.
✽✽ Coalition at Sneaky Pete’s. Weekly 11pm–5am. £3 (members free).
Drum & bass, breaks, dubstep, techno and electro from the resident team every week. Joined by Night Slugs’ Girl Unit for some dubstep, juke and house (21 Aug). See preview, right.
✽✽ Digital WINCH at Electric Circus. 21 Aug, 10.30pm–5am. £5 (free
with gig ticket). Following on from their acoustic show (7pm in the same venue), Twilight Sad and their pals Take a Worm For a Walk Week take over the club for a night of eclectic DJing and perhaps even some live music. ■ Fuzzy Logic at Lava Ignite. Weekly 10pm–3am. £5. Student night of dance, electro, R&B and indie. ■ Killer Kitsch at Cabaret Voltaire. 21 Aug, 11pm–5am. £3. Killer Kitsch returns to Edinburgh as Euan Neilson and David Sinclair import their mix of dance, electro, 80s synth pop, new wave and punk to the Cab. Joined by French Fries (a resident at La Favela Chic at the age of 14). FREE Mile High Club at GHQ. Weekly 11pm–3am. Take off with Head Stewardess Cilla Slack for a night of mid-air frolics in the cockpit. ■ R&B Sundays at Karma Nights. Weekly 10pm–3am. £tbc. R&B (surprise surprise) and urban from DJ Fabuloz. ■ Rise at Opal Lounge. Weekly 10pm–3am. £5. Johnny Frenetic mashes up a unique and energetic three deck mix of funky house, sexy urban and indie infused electro, club classics and remixes. FREE Say It Loud at the Bongo Club. Weekly midnight–5am. Liquid drum & bass mixed into a deep dubby cocktail of beats, garage and dubstep. FREE Sunday Service at Sin. Weekly 10pm–3am. Big backpacker party. FREE The Sunday Rock Show at the Hive. Weekly 10pm–3am. Modern and classic rock anthems. ■ Tipsy at Lulu. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £tbc. R&B, urban and hip hop from residents Nick G and DJ Prospect at what they promise will be ‘the hottest Sunday night party in town’.
Edinburgh Monday
Clubs ■ Decadence at Lulu. Weekly 10pm–3am. £tbc. OK so fair enough, it’s Mon, but that’s no excuse. FREE Mixed Up Mondays at the Hive. Weekly 10pm–3am. R&B, hip hop, pop and floor fillers. FREE Notorious at Espionage. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. R&B, hip hop and dancehall from P45 and P Stylz. FREE Nu Fire at Sneaky Pete’s. Weekly 11pm–5am. Showcase of hip hop, dubstep, drum & bass, electro and MCs. Joined by live dubstepppers Coda (22 Aug). Part of the Edge Festival. ■ Ran$om at Opal Lounge. Weekly 10pm–3am. £tbc. Party night with a ransom/crime theme. FREE Rockaoke at Opium. Weekly 10pm–3am. A metal/rock take on karaoke.
PREVIEW DUBSTEP/FOOTWORK GIRL UNIT Coalition at Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh, Sun 21 Aug
Coalition promoter/resident Al Meldrum explains why they booked Girl Unit for this year’s Festival: ‘I was first introduced to the sounds of Girl Unit late last year through my friend Bartosz who, along with myself, has been Coalition’s long standing resident since the night started three and a half years ago. Bart has a habit of coming down to Sneaky’s on a Sunday with new music, much of which are his own productions, which blow me away and this time a tune called ‘Wut’ made me stand up and take notice. ‘A few days later I’d scoured the web for Girl Unit’s back catalogue
and bought almost all of it. Personally, Girl Unit and artists like Bok Bok, L-Vis 1990 and Canblaster offered an antidote to a dubstep sound that had been pushed to such extremes that it seemed like new releases had spiralled into a battle to sound the most filthy, bassy and outright radge.
‘What’s exciting to me is what seems to be the re-emergence of
house music in this scene, fused with elements of dubstep, electronica and two step-garage to create something unique and credible without sounding like every tune was made to rattle your brain cells. Usually I’m a bit of a stress pot about guest nights I put on but I have no worries about this one. Girl Unit on the 21st is a sure thing!’ ■ Sneaky Pete’s, 225 1757, Sun 21 Aug, 11pm-5am, £3 (members free).
FREE Synthetic at the Bongo Club. Weekly midnight–5am. Techno, electro, breaks and drum & bass night. ■ Trade Union at Cabaret Voltaire. Weekly 11pm–5am. £2 (students/hospitality staff £1). Taking care of Monday nights at the Cab with a mix of techno, beats and pieces from WolfJazz, Beefy and guests.
Chart & Party FREE The Monday Club at Sin. Weekly 10pm–3am. Dance, chart, pop and hip hop from DJ Gianni. Edinburgh Tuesday
Clubs FREE Antics at the Hive. Weekly 10pm–3am. Rock, emo, punk and metal dispatches from Edinburgh’s alt.scene. ■ Blackout at Opal Lounge. Weekly 10pm–3am. £4 (£3); ladies free before midnight. Mr Meeks, P-Stylz and Prospect mix up hip hop, house and dubstep. ■ Cool Kids at Cabaret Voltaire. Weekly 11pm–3am. £5 before midnight; £6 after. New student night for the Speakeasy with a hip hop, house, electro and dubstep soundtrack. ■ Dirty Sex at Lulu. Weekly 10pm–3am. £tbc. Raunchy dance beats and club classics.
FREE I Love Hip Hop at the Bongo Club. Weekly midnight–5am. Hip hop classics and brand new rap tracks, plus live performances, MCs and guest DJs. FREE Love Traffic at GHQ. Weekly 11pm–3am. Pulling doesn’t get any easier than this. At a traffic light party everyone knows where they stand: red for no thanks, amber for maybe, green for definitely. With DJ Dale Lush. ■ Motion at the Liquid Room. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £2 (£1) after. An eclectic mix from across the decades. FREE Poison at Opium. Weekly 10pm–3am. Classic rock night. FREE Pop du Jour at CC Blooms. Weekly 11pm–3am. Chart, dance and pop from DJ Paton. FREE Soul Jam Hot at Sneaky Pete’s. Weekly 11pm–5am. Old school, real deal soul, garage and R&B. FREE Split at Cabaret Voltaire. Weekly 11pm–5am. Drum & bass, electro, techno and breakbeat with Shadowskill, the Dropout DJs, Dogma and guests. ■ TwentyTwenty at the Store. Weekly 11pm–5am. £3. Future bass, garage, house and UK funky. Chart & Party ■ Enigma at Shanghai. Weekly 10pm–3am. £5. Vocal house and mainstream dance classics.
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FREE Espionage at Espionage. Weekly 11pm–3am. Chart and party anthems. FREE Phat Tuesdays at Sin. Weekly 10pm–3am. Dancefloor favourites. Edinburgh Wednesday
Clubs ■ Bangers & Mash at the Hive. Weekly 10pm–3am. £1 before 11pm; £3 after. Student night of chart R&B and dance from the Big Cheese DJs. ■ Chic at Opal Lounge. Weekly 10pm–3am. £tbc. ‘Dress to impress’ at this glamorous night of house and beats. FREE Electrikal at the Store. Wed 11pm–5am. Funk, reggae and soul blended with dubstep, electro and hip hop. FREE Hush at Electric Circus. Weekly 10pm–1am. Northern soul and funk at this lounge session. ■ Indigo at the Liquid Room. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £3 (students £1). Midweek indie and alternative night from DJ Keiron (Evol). FREE JungleDub at the Bongo Club. Weekly midnight–5am. Showcasing the Scottish dub, dubstep and jungle scene. ■ Mansion at the Green Room. Weekly 10pm–3am. £6 (£5). Huge student night of R&B and urban sounds. FREE Minimalism at the Store. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. Can you guest what style of electronica they favour? Minimal house and techno all night. ■ Movida at GHQ. Weekly 10pm–3am. £6 (students £5). Midweek gay student clubbing from DJ Karl. FREE Night Nookie at Sin. Weekly 10pm–3am. Electro, hip hop, dubstep, funk and bassline mash-ups. ■ Promiscuous at Lulu. Weekly 10pm–3am. £5. Each night starts with a ‘ladies only hour’ with cocktails, pitchers, chocolate strawberries and male butlers, followed by a chart/electro mix. FREE Slap Bang at Cabaret Voltaire. Weekly 11pm–3am. Musical mish mash of disco, funk, house and electro from DFault and Picassio. FREE Substance at the Basement Bar and Restaurant. Weekly 10pm–3am. Edinburgh’s leading underground techno party. Intimate Festival sessions. FREE The Pit at Opium. Weekly 10pm–3am. Rock and metal night by rock and metal fans for rock and metal fans.
✽✽ FREE Witness at Sneaky Pete’s. Weekly 11pm–5am. Garage, UK
funky, dubstep and bassline house. Joined by Moombahton mainplayer Dillon Francis (Mad Decent) on 24 Aug. Part of the Edge Festival.
W I N S T U F F
WIN TICKETS TO TIGA
Musika and Sugarbeat
have teamed up
to present one of the biggest club nights in Edinburgh this August for their festival
closing party on Friday 26 Aug at Cabaret Voltaire they have tempted Tiga (Turbo Recordings) to the capital for his Edinburgh debut. And we have two pairs of tickets to give away to this epic night of electro, synthronica and techy beats. To enter visit list.co.uk/offers. Closing date Thu 25 Aug. There is no cash alternative. Usual List rules apply. 18–25 Aug 2011 THE LIST 83