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Events are listed by day of the week, divided into weekly and monthly/one-off nights, then sorted alphabetically. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication to david.pollock@ list.co.uk. Glasgow listings are compiled by David Pollock. ✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
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Monthly & One-Offs ■ Rubix at the Sub Club. 20 Sep, 11pm–3am. £7 (£6). A new night with eclectic taste in great club music, featuring returning resident Mandeep. With special guests Pariah (R&S), Hackman (Ramp) and Glasgow’s own Point to C. ■ Double Sight Weekender at various venues. 4 Oct, 8pm–1am. £14 weekend; £8 day tickets. A festival of mod, psych and soul sounds from Eyes Wide Open, with live bands The Satin Odyssey, The Thanes and The Beatroots, and DJs Rob Bailey (The New Untouchables), Florian Tippelt (Munich’s Echoes of Time), Paddy & Sarge (Belfast’s Dr Crippen’s Waiting Room), Chris Geddes (Belle & Sebastian) and Aiton Ziar (Get the Records On), as well as the EWO residents. Venues are CCA, The Admiral, McChuills, The Berkeley Suite and The Black Sparrow, and there will also be clothing and record stalls. See doublesightweekender.com for full details. ■ Jack Beats at O2 Academy. 11 Oct, 7pm. £15. The team behind anthems like ‘Get Down’ and ‘All Night’ fuse house, hip hop and dubstep with electro and drum & bass. ■ Subversion at Classic Grand. 11 Oct, 11pm–3am. £4. DJs Catnip and Pasta mix up 80s/90s alternative pop hits, dance, industrial and classic rock. Weekly ■ The Afterparty at the Buff Club. Weekly 11pm–3am. £4 (£3). DJ Euan Neilson (Killer Kitsch) plays classic R&B and hip hop. ■ BOOM! at the Garage. Weekly 11pm–3am. Free before 11.30pm; £5 (£3) after. Gerry Lyons gives you exactly what you want and Andy R throws R&B and 90s hip hop into the mix, while Ewan MacLeod hosts saucy on-stage games to give you the chance to win cash money. And there’s a bouncy castle just off the main hall too. ■ Common Room at Common. Weekly 10pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 (£3) after. DJs Craig Kelman and Craig McHugh play party tunes in a house party style. ■ Dirty Sexy Money at O’Couture. Weekly 11pm–3am. £tbc (free for students before midnight). That Tall Guy Scott plays cheese, pop and R&B. ■ Eureka at Bamboo. Weekly 11pm–3am. £4 (free with a matric card). DJ Toast plays rock, indie, dance and hip hop. FREE Feel My Bicep at Flat 0/1. Weekly 11pm–3am. 80s sleaze, analogue funk, old school house, disco flexx and sweat on the walls. ■ Jellybaby and Rubbermensch at O2 ABC. Weekly 11pm–3am. £5 (£3). A night for indie lovers with Andy Wilson in charge. ■ The One at Re-Play. Weekly 6pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 (£3) after. Geddes and Ross McFadyen play dance, chart and R&B, with a quiz from 6pm. ■ Onederful at Play. Weekly 5pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 (£3) after. Party sounds from DJ Chris Stewart and Tobin. FREE Salsa Tumbao at Boteco do Brasil. Weekly 8pm–3am. Salsa and dancing with Farah Portela Alonso and Tumbao Salsa School. ■ Sol’s Club at Sol’s Club. Weekly 10pm–3am. £5. Bollywood, Latin, Afro-
Caribbean and reggae club nights. ■ Taking Back Thursdays at the Cathouse. Weekly 11pm–3am. £4 (£2). Rock, metal and emo with DJ 32 and DJ Muppet. ■ Thursdays 520 at Club 520. Weekly 11pm–3am. £5 (students £4). Mungo’s Hi Fi and Bunty Beats playing reggae, dancehall and hip hop every week. Also featuring rotating monthly guests Mixed Bizness, Sleaze Records, Mix Kings and Djamba in the back room. ■ Thursday at Milan at Milan. Weekly 11pm–3am. £tbc. DJ Naeem and DJ Sketch present a night of sleek and sexy urban tracks to get you moving. FREE Up the Racket at Maggie May’s. Weekly 10pm–3am. DJ Paddy plays indie, rock, disco and pop. ■ Walk’n’Skank at Berkeley Suite. Weekly 11pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £5 after. Some of the best bass music Glasgow has to offer, with residents Mungo’s Hi Fi, DJ Kokoro (Neo Tokyo Bass) and Breezak (BASS Alliance), and rotating guests Metropolis Sounds (Sub City), Mixkings, Matthew Craig (One More Tune) and Ali T (Acidraft/Resen). ■ Zipper at Stairway Club. Weekly 5pm–3am. Free before 10pm; £5 after. Classic rock’n’roll including Rolling Stones, Hendrix, The Who and Muddy Waters. With live bands.
Glasgow Friday Monthly & One-Offs ■ Bottle Rocket at Nice’n’Sleazy. 21 Sep, 11.30pm–3am. £3. A night for dancing to indie-pop, post-punk, Motown, twee and anything else that gets feet tapping. ■ Codeine Drums at La Cheetah. 21 Sep, 11pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £5 after. Club night from resident Codeine Drums. With special guests Lockah (Tuff Wax/Jeffrees) and Bones & Money (Tuff Wax). ■ Crimes of the Future at Berkeley Suite. 21 Sep, 10.30pm–3am. £5. Andrew Weatherall associates Scott Fraser and Timothy J Fairplay embark on a new project with Alan Gray from Transmission, playing Krautrock, electronica, dub and everything in between. ■ Luska at Stereo. 21 Sep, 10.30pm–3am. £10. Techno, tech-house and deep house with Jack Swift and Dara Estafaghi. With special guest Sam Paganini (Drumcode/Plus 8). ■ Mark Wright at Jumpin Jaks. 21 Sep, 10pm–3am. £5 (VIP £10 inc glass of bubbly and a chance to have your photo taken with Wright). The former TOWIE ‘hunk’ makes a live appearance at this chart and party club. ■ Sensu at the Sub Club. 21 Sep, 11pm–4am. £16. A typically great house, techno and electro night from the Sub Club. With Loco Dice, fresh from a season in Ibiza. ■ White Noise at Chambre 69. 21 Sep, 10pm–3am. £12. A brand new techno night from residents The Sublime, Lindsay Green and Kendal Baird. An Electric Deluxe Showcase with guests Speedy J and Hans Bouffmyhre. ■ Darkside at Audio. 28 Sep, 9pm–3am. £7 in advance; more on the door. Hardcore and industrial techno, gabba and drum & bass. This installment goes under the ‘Resident Evil’ banner with Rob da Rhythm, Chimera, Biorekk, Mikey Motion and more. ■ The Hot Club at Nice’n’Sleazy. 28 Sep, 11.30pm–3am. £3. Rafla (Nice’n’Sleazy) and Nobodaddy (The Phantom Band) play garage, punk, psych and rockabilly, with occasional live bands and art interventions. This one is the 5th birthday party. ■ Jak at Stereo. 28 Sep, 11pm–3am. Free before midnight; £5 after. Electro, Chicago, Detroit, acid and more from residents Sinal 1 and beatPHreak. With special guest Dez Williams. ■ A Love From Outer Space at Berkeley Suite. 28 Sep, 10.30pm–3am. £8. Andrew Weatherall and Sean
Johnstone bring their out-there club night to Glasgow for a bi-monthly residency. ■ Motor City Electronics at La Cheetah. 28 Sep, 11pm–3am. £10. A new series of clubs at La Cheetah presenting the biggest and best classic names in Detroit techno. With Keith Tucker, aka DJ K-1, Alien FM and Optic Nerve. ■ Mungo’s Hi Fi at Chambre 69. 28 Sep, 11pm–3am. £8; £6 advance. Dancehall, grime, ragga and dubstep for your pleasure at this legendary soundsystem party, alongside the Chungo- Bungo team. Presenting a heavyweight MC battle between YT and Solo Banton. ■ Pressure at the Arches. 28 Sep, 11pm–4am. £16. More techno action from Slam at their monthly residency, featuring some big-name guests. Presenting Gary Beck’s Bring a Friend album launch, alongside Chris Liebing, Pan-Pot, Matthias Tanzmann and &Me. See preview, page 50. FREE Samba Loca at Arta. 28 Sep, 10.30pm–3am. DJ Steve Le Mash plays remixes of club and chart anthems mixed with Latin carnival rhythms, Chris Whitehouse is on the drums and the Eletricat Samba Dancers shake all night long in full carnival costumes. ■ Sub Club 25 at the Sub Club. 28 Sep, 11pm–3am. £10 advance; £12 on the door. The latest of the Subbie’s 25th birthday celebration nights with Claude Vonstroke and Mia Dora. ■ Double Sight Weekender at various venues. 5 Oct. £14 weekend; £8 day tickets. See Thu. ■ Know the Way at Saint Judes. 5 Oct, 11pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £5 after. A new monthly party from James Johnston and Rebecca Vasmant whose aim is to ‘bring the best in underground house music without influence from trends and fashions’.
✽ Menergy at the Forbidden Gentlemen’s Club. 5 Oct, 11pm–3am.
£10. Monthly Italo disco and Hi-NRG gay dance party, hosted by Lady Munter and her ‘Montourage’ of drag queens. Featuring extra special guest Willam from RuPaul’s Drag Race. ■ Optimo (Espacio) at the Sub Club. 5 Oct, 11pm–3am. £8. The return of one of Glasgow’s most revered clubbing institutions to a new bi-monthly Friday night slot. After too long away, JD Twitch and JG Wilkes will team up once more to reprise the sound which defined Glasgow’s last decade. ■ Rhythm Sound & Vision at Bar Bloc+. 5 Oct, 10.30–3pm. Free before midnight; £2 after. Shaka Events is a new collective of DJs, artists, musicians, riders and creatives running club nights and snowsports events around Scotland presenting Glasgow’s only extreme sports club night with live visuals and percussion. ■ Shaka at Bar Bloc+. 5 Oct, 10pm–3am. Free before midnight; £2 after. House, disco and electro based on the ‘shred/skate/surf and extreme sports lifestyles’, they tell us. With residents Jay Allan, Martin Bongo and Visual Experimentation, alongside live percussion. ■ AN21 & Max Vangeli at the Arches. 12 Oct, 11pm–3am. £15. Big house sounds from Steve Angello’s little brother and his pal Vangeli.
✽ The Official Hot Chip After Party at Chambre 69. 12 Oct,
11pm–3am. £5 (£3 with Hot Chip ticket stub). With DJ sets from Joe Goddard (Hot Chip, The 2 Bears) and Ben Martin (High Sheen). ■ Return to Mono at the Sub Club. 12 Oct, 11pm–3am. £12 (£10). Slam’s monthly house residency, with top-line house and techno guests and a set from the residents themselves. Joined by special guest Cassy (Cocoon/Perlon/ OstGut Ton). ■ The Shakewell Tarts Present: Taps Aff! at Stereo. 12 Oct, 11pm–3am. £6. A night of burlesque fun from George’s Marvellous Magic, Johnny and the Bomb, The Shakewell Tarts, Miss Bonnie Belvedere and more.
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Shangaan (Electro) proper noun 180-184 bpm; dance music from South Africa, employing super-fast tempos, minimal electronic drums, with marimba and organ sounds instead of bass or guitar (guitar is common in African dance music); features some vocals sampled from American music but more often vocal chants from local performers, discussing issues relating to urban malaise and other, more trite social concerns. ORIGINS The Shangaan are an ethnic division of the Tsonga people, who inhabit parts of Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Swaziland as well as the Mpumalanga and Limpopo provinces of South Africa. Shangaan disco dominated South Africa in the 1980s but, generally around 110 bpm, it was at a much slower tempo. More recently, the dancers – which is what this music is all about – have started wanting to go faster. In 2005, a producer called Nozinja, aka Dog, originally from Giyani (Limpopo) but now based in Soweto, started writing his own music and Shangaan Electro was born.
KEY FIGURES Acting as a talent-scout/A&R, singer, composer, engineer, producer, manufacturer and marketing manager, Dog is an incredible one-stop-shop. He has won South African Grammys and allegedly sells more than 50,000 records a year. As well as featuring his own compositions, his Shangaan Electro compilation (licensed for a worldwide audience by London’s Honest Jon’s label) champions award-winning acts BBC (Black Beautiful Culture), Tshetsha Boys and Tiyiselani Vomaseve. (hobbesmusic.co.uk)
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