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Obscura), featuring live music. FREE We Got the Funk at Bar Ten. Weekly 9pm–midnight. Funk, soul, disco and pre-club classics. Chart & Party ■ Audiofilth at Common. Weekly 9pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £7 (£5 students) after. Friday nights are getting dirty with Ross McMillan and Big Al orchestrating some of the filthiest house, electro, hip hop and indie. FREE Badseed at Slouch. Weekly 11pm–3am. Heather McCartney plays indie, rock’n’roll and electro. ■ Bespoke Fridays at O’Couture. Weekly 11pm–3am. £6 (£3 students). Indie, dance, pop and cheap drinks at this club from residents Rob Etherson, Jenny and Mash. ■ Boho Fridays at Boho. Weekly 9.30pm–3am. £6. Fridays at Boho are funky, with DJ Robin B. ■ Booty Call at the Garage. Weekly 11pm–3am. £tbc. Craig Guild plays chart, Lil L plays R&B and hip hop and Nicola hosts karaoke, plus shooter girls, cocktails and a ‘booty call’ text service. FREE Budda’s Big Friday at Budda. Weekly 9pm–3am. A big night of music, DJs and drinks promotions. ■ Cheesy Pop at Queen Margaret Union. Weekly 9pm–2am. £3–£4 (£2 members). After many years, rampant hordes of mucky-minded, vodka-fuelled urchins still flock to hear DJ Toast’s edam selection. ■ Crash at the Shed. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 after. Euan and Andy play all the party tracks you know and love. ■ Famous at Kushion. Weekly 4pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £7 (£5 students) after. James Lithgow and DJ Status take it through to 3am with indie, electro, house and hip hop. ■ Fashion Fridays at oVo. Weekly 11pm–3am. Free before midnight; £5 after (£3 students). Chart and club sounds from DJs Paul Rea, Kash and Asim. FREE Fortune Fridays at Gala Merchant City Casino. Weekly 10pm–4am. DJ Tomczyk spins chart dance, electro, funk and house. ■ Friday at Milan at Milan. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £tbc. House and electro at this mainstream party night. ■ Hummingbird Friday at Hummingbird. Weekly 10pm–3am. Free before 10.30pm; £5 (£3 students) after. Carlo Carozzi and Andrew Melrose take charge of two rooms of house and party tracks. ■ Jamming Fridays at Maggie May’s. Weekly 11pm–3am. Free before midnight; £5 after (students £3). Resident DJ Jopez plays indie and rock’n’roll from the 60s to the present day. ■ Lip Service at FHQ. Weekly 6pm–3am. £tbc. Long-running lesbian club night with a focus on all things sensual. Includes facepainting, dressing- up box, spin the bottle booths and a ‘sexual postbox’. Ooh-er. ■ Music For Pleasure at Bamboo. Weekly 10pm–3am. Free before midnight with a matric card; £5 after. Gavin Sommerville, Gerry Lyons and Andy Wilson play R&B, hip hop, house and pop. ■ NOW Fridays at Òran Mór. Weekly 11pm–3am. £6 (students £4). Chart, R&B, house and electro from Dave M. ■ POP Junkie at the Polo Lounge. Weekly 11pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 (£3 students) after. DJs Steven and Suave Gav inject your ears with pop sounds. ■ Propaganda at O2 ABC. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £5 (£4). UK-wide indie Friday nighter, with Afrocentric playing hip hop and R&B in the ABC2 on the last Friday of every month. ■ TGIF at the Viper Bar & Club. Weekly 7pm–2am. £4–£6 (girls free before midnight). Alfredo Crolla and Stevie Foy play out the latest hits, club classics and dancefloor electro.
■ Tech at Re-Play. Weekly 3pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 after (£3). Ray Woods and Craig McHugh play R&B, house, hip hop and electro. ■ Tempted at Tusk. Weekly 10pm–2am. Free before 11pm; £5 after. Party sounds from DJ Norman Robinson. ■ United Nations of Dance at the Tunnel. Weekly 11pm–3am. £8. Clubland anthems, hip hop and R&B from Scotty Boy, Marc Anderson, Steve Clarke, John Thomson and more.
Glasgow Saturday Clubs ■ Absolution at Classic Grand. Weekly 11pm–3am. £6. Rock, metal, industrial and punk to liven up your Saturday night. ✽ Atlantis Boat Party at Venue tbc. 4 Aug, 7–11pm. £22. The Sub Club’s 25th anniversary celebrations continue with a boat party featuring the club’s long-standing residents Harri and Slam playing under its original Atlantis title. With an afterparty back at the Subbie. ■ Back Tae Mine at the Flying Duck. Weekly 9pm–3am. Free before midnight; £5 after. Going out is the new staying in, as this night offers booze, tea, toast, bands and DJs to create a houseparty vibe. After a sabbatical it’s back on weekly Saturday nights at the Flying Duck, with rotating resident DJs including Andy Divine and Chris ‘Beans’ Geddes from Singles Night and Jamo from Freakbeats. ■ Buff Saturdays at the Buff Club. Weekly 11pm–3am. £6. Nick Peacock plays northern soul, jazz and funk upstairs, and downstairs it’s Alex and John with classic disco and 80’s hits. ■ Cathouse Saturdays at the Cathouse. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £6 (£5). DJs Eric and Muppet offer classic and current rock on level one, while DJ Billy and Framie belt out emo and metal on level two. FREE Deep Groan at Berkeley Suite. Weekly 11pm–3am. A late night drinking bar with Jnr C and The Organist (of Love) playing weird pop, dark dance, soundtracks, lo-fi electro, new wave, international sounds and more. ■ Drop the Lime at the Arches Café Bar & Restaurant. 4 Aug, 11pm–3am. £8. New York producer Drop The Lime brings his high energy, bassline-driven fidget, house and electro to the Arches Cafe Bar. See preview, page ??. ■ The Freak-Beats Club at the Flying Duck. 4 Aug, 11pm–3am. £5. A happening sixties dance party, playing mod, soul, psych, ska and much more. Free guest passes available from pre- club party Get the Records On! at the CCA Bar. ■ Front to Back at Club 520. Weekly 11pm–3am. £7 (£5). Bouncy reggae business from Chungo Bungo, DJ L-I- AM on beat patrol, the Marquee DJs, La Bamba and more. FREE Funktifeyeno at Firebird. Weekly 9.30pm–1am. The Dance! Dance! Dance! resident spins soul, funk, disco and his own edits. ■ Groove Theory at Hummingbird. 4 Aug, 10.30pm–3am. £5. A strictly old school party, with DJs Naeem, Kash, Joeboy Higgins and more playing R&B, soul, boogie, hip hop and reggae. Note that smart dress is preferred and advance tickets are available from thegroovetheory@gmail.com. ■ Hot Since ’82 at Saint Judes. 4 Aug, 11pm–3am. £4 before midnight; £6 after. Leeds-based producer and sometime Fabric DJ Daley Padley, aka Hot Since ’82, comes to Scotland. ■ Life on Mars at Stairway Club. Weekly 5pm–3am. Free before 10pm; £5 after. Indie rock’n’roll, Motown, electro and soul with DJ Craig McGee. Featuring live music. ■ Love Music & Konichiwa at O2 ABC. Weekly 11pm–3am. £7 (£5). Soul, rock’n’roll, indie and electro with Gerry Lyons, with a different club each
week in the ABC2, featuring Now But Northern playing northern soul and Motown on the first Saturday, Beats, Rhymes and Life playing hip hop on the second, Flipsville playing 50s and 60s rock’n’roll on the third and FTW’s cross-genre dance party on the fourth. ■ Pandemic at Nice’n’Sleazy. 4 Aug, 11.30pm–3am. £3. Noj, Mark, Johnny Shrapnel and Gil Scott Heroin play indie, 60s garage, soul, rock’n’roll and ‘The Fall at least once.’ With guests Penny Laine and Ally Gillen (Glasgow In Crowd). ■ Picante at O2 ABC. 4 Aug, 11pm–3am. £5. El Patron and Leo Alabama present a night of rusty rock’n’roll, wonky-tonk pop and high- energy indie. Includes entry to Half My Heart Beats. FREE Rebecca Vasmant at Flat 0/1. 4 Aug, 11pm–3am. Jazz-inspired house from the Ministry of Sound tour resident. ■ Reverb at Blackfriars. Weekly 10pm–3am. £3 before 11pm, £5 after.. House, techno and acid sounds from Wee C, Monsieur De Large (Inner City Acid), Terry (Pussypower) and Snook. FREE Rip This Joint at Slouch. Weekly 11pm–3am. DJ Jopez plays indie, rock’n’roll, blues, soul and funk. ■ La Roche Rumba at Pollok Ex-Servicemens Club. 4 Aug, 8.30pm–1am. £6. The usual funked up, down and dirty mixed bag of sounds from Rumba DJs Slim Jim and Vince D. With live guests Howlin’ Radio. ■ The Rock Shop at Maggie May’s. Daily (not 31/12/11, Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri, Thu, Sun) 23.30 11.30pm–3am. Free before midnight; £5 (£3) after. Resident Lee Craig plays a selection of rock, indie and metal classics in Maggie’s basement. ✽ Subculture at the Sub Club. Weekly 11pm–3am. £10. Glasgow’s well- established house institution continues to reign supreme, with residents Harri and Domenic, and rolling residents Junior, Telford and Esa. 4 Aug is the Atlantis Boat Party afterparty. ■ Trancelate at O’Couture. 4 Aug, 10pm–3am. £10. A new trance night featuring a host of local DJs. With guest Simon Patterson (Nightvision, Spinnin’, Armada). ✽ Tropical Hot Dog at Berkeley Suite. 4 Aug, 11pm–3am. £7. Disco sounds with DJ Billy Woods (Supermax). This month features a very well-suited guest set from London’s cheeky chaps Horse Meat Disco. ■ Voodoo at the Cathouse. Weekly 4–9pm. £6 (£3). Under-18s club, featuring two floors of rock, metal, punk, emo and requests with DJs Framie and Am-y. Chart & Party ■ Base at the Tunnel. Weekly 11pm–3am. £10. DJ Sketch, Harri Miller and John Thomson put together a blend of funky house and R&B over two huge and consistently packed rooms. ■ Bob’s Full House at Òran Mór. Weekly 11pm–3am. £8. Chart, R&B, house, indie and electro with DJ Bobby Bluebell. ■ Boho Saturdays at Boho. Weekly 9.30pm–3am. Free before 10.30pm; £8 after. Li’l Rich packs the dancefloor every Saturday with a li’l bit of everything. ■ Hummingbird Saturdays at Hummingbird. Weekly 5pm–3am. Free before 10.30pm; £5 (£3 students) after. Party sounds from DJs Aaron Petrie and Kid Sleazy. ■ I Love Garage Saturdays & Supersonic at the Garage. Weekly 11pm–3am. £7 (£5). Brian McMaster plays a big array of hits, anthems and chart toppers, Craig Guild plays R&B and hip hop and DJ Kenny handles the indie. ■ O’Couture Saturdays at O’Couture. Weekly 11pm–3am. £8 (£5 students). Big-room party, dance and R&B sounds from Rob Etherson and That Tall Guy Scott.
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EDM aka Electronic Dance Music, proper noun, various strains. The US media’s umbrella term for what we Brits have just been calling ‘dance music’ for the past quarter of a century recently blew up in a very big way, due to some shrewd marketing strategies and some very disposable tunes by certain European DJs. Basically it’s just pop music.
Origins Efforts were made to cultivate a US market for British dance music in the late 90s. Festival acts such as The Prodigy, The Chemical Brothers and Underworld toured under the banner of ‘electronica’, but this strategy failed to go mainstream. At that time, dance music was either perceived as being gay or reserved for young ravers on drugs. Cue a troop of cheesy jocks with a crafty re-brand in the late 00s, and middle America has since embraced the much trashier, more populist EDM. This ‘exciting, new’ product is thus viewed mainly as a European import and this is largely due to the work of a certain Frenchman. Key figures Parisian DJ David Guetta is the current king of EDM. Having been synonymous with the ritzier end of dance music throughout his 20-year career, he’s lately given just about everyone in R&B a dose of his high-energy beats. US ‘dubstep’ noisenik Skrillex, electro/house perverters Swedish House Mafia, Kaskade, Avicii and Afrojack, Canadian progressive bore Deadmau5 and Dutch trance offender Tiesto are also prime movers. Our own Calvin Harris can also take a bow, due to his chart-smashing work with Rihanna. (hobbesmusic.co.uk) ■ You’ll hear some EDM at pretty much every charty & party club in the UK right now.
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