CLUBS GLASGOW
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Thursday Glasgow
FREE Dam Mantle Evening Sessions at CCA. 5 Jun, 9pm– midnight. Wide-reaching genres of records played by Glasgow-based producer Dam Mantle. ■ Danse Macabre at Classic Grand. 5 Jun, 11pm–3am. £4 (£2). DJs Pasta and Catnip spin old-school goth rock and classic disco along with Italo, sleazy synthpop and the best alternative rock tracks the 80s had to offer. ■ Game On at Viper. Weekly 9pm–2am. £5 (£3). Residents spin chart, party anthems and retro hits. ■ Hide at the Sub Club. 5 Jun, 11pm–3am. £6–£8. Underground house and techno night with residents joined by Laura Jones and Junior G. ■ Hip Hop Thursdays at the Buff Club. Weekly 11pm–3am. £3. Euan Neilson bringing you classic R&B and hip hop. ■ Outburst! at the Shed. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £3 after. Night for the students of the south side and everyone else who wants to travel there for an evening of partying. ■ Rubix at the Sub Club. 22 May, 11pm–3am. £5–£7. A night with an eclectic taste in great club music. Grime-meets-techno with a four hour back-to-back set from Kowton (Livity Sound) and Bake. ■ Walk ‘n’ Skank with Mungo’s Hi Fi at Berkeley Suite. Weekly 11pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £5 after. Scotland’s only weekly reggae and dancehall session with residents Mungo’s Hi Fi and guests.
Friday Glasgow
■ Bigfoot’s Tea Party at the Sub Club. 23 May, 11pm–3am. £7 in advance; £10 on the door. An eclectic techno and electronic music party. Mr Ties makes his Scottish debut with a four hour set. ■ Birdcage at Broadcast. 16 May, 11pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £5 after. See LGBT listings. ■ La Cheetah Presents at La Cheetah. 30 May, 11pm–4am. £10. One of Glasgow’s most bangin’ basements selects a guest for your approval. This time it is XOSAR and Palms Trax. ■ Damnation at Classic Grand. Weekly 11pm–3am. £6. Rock, metal, punk and emo blasts through the speakers. FREE Doug Wilson DJ Set at Bloc+. 16 May, 11pm–3am. Better wear comfy shoes so you can dance the whole night long. ■ Friday Night Lights at Òran Mór. Weekly 11pm–3am. £6 (£4). Dave M plays a mash up of chart, R&B, house and electro. ■ The Hot Club at Nice’n’Sleazy. 23 May, 11.30pm–3am. £4. Rafla and Wako play garage, punk, psych and rockabilly, with occasional live bands and art interventions. ■ Infexious at the Tunnel. 6 Jun, 9pm– 3am. £23. Hard dance, hardstyle and tech-trance at this regular rave featuring Zatox, Alpha Twins and many more. ■ Inflexion at Blackfriars. 23 May, 11pm–3am. £3. Techno and house with Simon Yeung. FREE Jamming Fridays at Maggie May’s. Weekly 11pm–3am. Resident DJ Jopez plays indie and rock’n’roll from the 60s to the present day with DJ Nick providing the tunes upstairs. 58 THE LIST 15 May–12 Jun 2014
D A E H K N A B L L W I
TECHNO HEAD HIGH Substance at the Bongo Club, Edinburgh, Fri 16 May
Commonly known as Shed, mainly because it was simply his first major alias, German producer Rene Pawlowitz chose the name to tie in with the title theme of his own first album Shedding the Past, which was released on Ostgut Ton in 2008. It’s a sentiment which has informed the way he’s chosen to be identified through the rest of his career, because many of his other explorations in house, techno and thoughtful ambient have appeared under a plethora of further aliases, including WK7, STP, EQD and Panamax Project.
For this first Edinburgh booking, however, the city’s Substance night has secured his Scottish debut under the name Head High, which he freely admits is his alias of choice (well, this and WK7) for making ‘banging house music’ straight out of the 1990s. There’s something of the style of old-school German night and label Tresor to the three minimal twelves he’s released under this name in the last few years, except more soulful in their pounding insistence.
‘He’s one of the most important electronic artists producing out of Berlin today, and we’re beyond pleased to be hosting his Edinburgh debut,’ says Substance co-promoter Adam Richardson. ‘A visceral, dancefloor- focused sound should be expected here, taking big cues from honest, emotive, early 90s “power house” and breakbeat.’ Party music, in other words, but paying homage to the breadth of material Pawlowitz and all his names have brought us over the years. (David Pollock)
■ Kill Yr Idols at Nice’n’Sleazy. 16 May, 11.30pm–3am. £4. A back-to- basics grassroots dance party playing DIY disco with punk attitude. Dance based sub-label of Emotional Response ‘ESPECIAL’ with a live set from Jamie Paton and DJ set from label boss Stuart Leith. ■ Offbeat at La Cheetah. 16 May, 11pm–3am. £5–£8. House, garage, disco and techno from the Offbeat crew featuring Lory D. ■ Rinse at the Sub Club. 30 May, 11pm–3am. £8–£13. London’s dubstep and dance music radio station comes to Scotland. Special guests Dense and Pika play all night long. FREE Rumours at Flat 0/1. 6 Jun, 11pm–3am. A residency from Skandy, Indra, Kris, Sultan and special guests bringing the best of UK bass and electronica to Glasgow. ■ Scandy at the Flying Duck. 23 May, 10pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £3–£5 after. Nordic clubbing invasion. ■ The Shimmy at Saint Judes. 16 May, 10pm–3am. £10. Long-serving Glasgow house night with a liking for parties in unusual places, with residents Vilmos, Miss 7 and This Is I. This time they are joined by Lee Foss from their good friends at Hot Creations.
■ Southside Takeover at Carlton Studios. 16 May, 11pm–7am. £5. DJs from Glasgow’s most happening club nights take over Carlton Studios for three rooms of house, techno and funk. Join La Roche Rumba, Boogaloo, Alex O’Neill, Modifier (Live), Korrect and Altered Mode plus spectacular visual installations from Altronix. Part of Southside Fringe. FREE Yes! at the Flying Duck. 6 Jun, 8pm–3am. See LGBT listings. Saturday Glasgow
■ Absolution at Classic Grand. Weekly 11pm–3am. £6. Rock, metal, industrial and punk to liven up your night. ■ Adventures in Paradise at the Admiral. 17 May, 11pm–3am. £5. Soul, funk and disco from Glasgow label Big Break Records (BBR) and residents Wayne Dickson, Malcolm McKenzie and Roddie Gibb. ■ Code at La Cheetah. 17 May, 11pm– 3am. £6–£10. A well-established techno night which started at Paisley’s Club 69, with DJ Nick M and guests. Deep dance floor friendly techno from special guest Developer. ■ Coloursfest at Braehead Arena. 31 May, 5pm. £44.50. Scotland’s longest
running dance festival brings together 10,000 clubbers with superstar DJs. 2014’s line-up includes Showtek, Martin Garrix, Bingo Players, Markus Schulz, Aly & Fila, Cosmic Gate, Blasterjaxx, Jack Eye JOnes, George Bowie and many more blasting out house, trance and tech. FREE DABJ Windae Sessions at No Way Back. 24 May, 12–6pm. Dixon Avenue Basement Jams present some of Glasgow’s finest DJs playing back to back house, techno, boogie and disco in the smallest DJ booth in the city. Part of Southside Fringe. FREE De Puta Madre at Boteco do Brasil. Weekly 10pm–3am. Latin night playing Brazil and South American music, reggeaton, Brazilian house, R&B, Latin beats and African Dancehall with DJ Salazar from Columbia. ■ Deathkill4000 at Bloc+. 7 Jun, 11pm–3am. Free before midnight; £2 after. An industrial rock noise party. ■ Divine! at the Admiral. 31 May, 11pm–3am. £5–£7. Glasgow’s longest- running club residency brings you a monthly dose of northern soul, heavyweight funk, Tamla Motown, 60s freakbeat, dynamite ska, easy listening and psychedelic soundtracks. ■ The Gatsby Club at Glasgow University Union. 7 Jun, 7.30pm. 15 May–12 Jun 2014 THE LIST 58