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FREE Latin Connection at Boteco do Brasil. Weekly 10pm–3am. Party the South American way with DJ Don Salazar from Colombia. ■ Lux at Why Not? Weekly 10pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £6 before midnight; £8 after. Joe XO, Robbie Tolson and Johnny Frenetic provide dance, house and electro with monthly special guest DJs. FREE Out of the Closet at CC Blooms. Weekly 8–11pm. Belle and Bird set the decks up in the bar and play chilled out Balearic beats to bring the essence of Ibiza to CC Blooms. ■ Planet Earth at Citrus Club. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £6 after. Music from 1976 through to 1989. In other words, a healthy dose of punk, new wave, new romantic and electro-pop (now with added 90s). ■ Propaganda at the Liquid Room. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £5. The UK’s biggest indie club night comes to Edinburgh. ■ Road Trip at Electric Circus. Weekly 10pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 after. An audio-visual vacation with the best mixtapes to match. FREE The Soundbank at Pivo Caffè. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. An eclectic mix of indie, punk, hip hop and more. ■ Substance at the Bongo Club. 11 Jul, 11pm–3am. £5. Edinburgh’s long- running underground techno party with special guest MGUN. ■ Unpop! at Wee Red Bar. 15 Aug, 11pm–3am. £4. ‘Indie pop dance party’ of C86, twee and janglesome indie from the likes of Camera Obscura, Pavement, Felt, Belle & Sebastian and many more. ■ Warm Fuzzy at Wee Red Bar. 1 Aug, 11pm–3am. £5. A night for dancing, art and making friends with a deep house and funky electronic soundtrack. ■ XY at 511. 25 Jul, 10.30pm–3am. £tbc. Adrenaline fuelled house, electro, garage and techno night. FREE iKandy and Hip Pop at CC Blooms. Weekly 11pm–3am. Resident Dejay Bird is your mixologist who creates a cocktail of tunes for your dancing pleasure on the ground floor while DJ Shazza expects you to throw your hands in the air and wave them like you just DO care in the basement. Saturday Edinburgh
FREE Automatic at CC Blooms. 12 Jul, 11pm–3am. Resident DJ Jon Pleased Wimmin plays bouncy house and electro disco screams. ■ Beep Beep, Yeah! at Electric Circus. 12 Jul & 9 Aug, 10.30pm–3am. £5 before midnight; £6 after. A staunchly retro soundtrack of 50s rock, 60s grooves and 70s psychedelia. ■ The Egg at Wee Red Bar. 19 Jul & 16 Aug, 11pm–3am. £2 before midnight; £5 after. Indie, 60s garage, electro, northern soul, ska, 70s punk and new wave at this Edinburgh institution. ■ Gasoline Dance Machine at Cabaret Voltaire. 19 Jul & 16 Aug, 11pm–3am. £5–£7. A night of mixed genres and mutant disco at this night from Cheap Picasso and Rob Ralston.
✽Jackhammer at the Liquid Room. 19 Jul, 10pm–5am. £10 in advance;
£13 on the door. Techno night with residents Wolfjazz and Keyte and some big names guesting. Seven hour special featuring Technasia, Hans Bouffmyhre and Neil Landstrumm. ■ Karnival at the Liquid Room. 2 Aug, 10.30pm–5am. £17.50. Forward thinking house night with a four-hour set from techno legend Ben Klock. ■ Messenger Sound System at the Bongo Club. 12 Jul, 11pm–3am. £6 before midnight; £7 after. The mighty Messenger Sound System blasts out the best in righteous reggae, dub and roots with MC Ras Echo. This session presents special guest Earl Sixteen. ■ Ministry of Sound Presents: Ibiza Annual at City Nightclub. 26 Jul, 10.30pm–3am. £5–£7. DJs play house, electro and dance.
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Monkee Mickee. Edinburgh’s longest continually running indie night. ■ Think Twice at Cabaret Voltaire. 12 Jul & 9 Aug, 11pm–3am. £5–£7. Deep soulful house and electronic funk from residents Gareth Sommerville, Martin Valentine and Kev Stevens. ■ Thunder Disco Club at Cabaret Voltaire. 2 Aug, 11pm–3am. £5–£7. Nineties house, techno and ‘sex disco’ from Jube and Rory at one of Glasgow’s finest young parties. ■ WN Saturdays at Why Not?. Weekly 10pm–3am. £6 before 11pm; £8 after. Pedro Baptista (Dirty Sexy) and Nick G (Tipsy) lay down the beats for a Saturday night of dancing. ■ Wasabi Disco at Sneaky Pete’s. 19 Jul & 16 Aug, 11pm–3am. £5. Another dose of disco, new wave, punk and New York grooves at this ‘no holds barred disco death match’. Sunday Edinburgh
■ Cav Sundays at Cav. Weekly 11pm–3am. £3–£4 before midnight; £4–£5 after. Edinburgh’s longest running studenty charty party. FREE The Club at the Hive. Weekly 10pm–3am. Big student chart, pop and indie anthems. ■ Coalition at Sneaky Pete’s. Weekly 11pm–3am. £5. Drum & bass, breaks, dubstep, techno and electro from the resident team. Upcoming guests include Just Kiddin’ (17 Aug – £5 entry fee). FREE Dive! at Henry’s Cellar Bar. 27 Jul, 8pm. Eclectic underground queer party, blending spoken word, live music and comedy with a kaleidoscopic soundtrack and a filthy disco to finish. Dive! is only blimmin’ one year old! Celebrate by getting in for free and dancing til you cannot stand. Monday Edinburgh
■ Flare at Why Not?. Weekly 10pm– 3am. £4–£5. Cheesy music old and new with a little bit of house and electro thrown into the mix. FREE The Disc Co at CC Blooms. 28 Jul, 11pm–3am. Dale Lush plus DJ Michelle and guests a mash-up of kitsch and current house and disco. FREE Rockeoke at Opium. Weekly 10pm–3am. A metal/rock take on karaoke. Tuesday Edinburgh
FREE Deliverance at Opium. Weekly 10pm–3am. Industrial and EBM night for a mix of metal and dance beats. ■ Hector’s House at Cabaret Voltaire. Weekly 11pm–3am. £3–£5. Dedicated to house in its many forms, from vocal to progressive via disco, electro and Chicago grooves. FREE Soul Jam at Sneaky Pete’s. Weekly 11pm–3am. Old school, real deal soul, funk and hip hop. Wednesday Edinburgh
FREE Cookie at the Hive. Weekly 10pm–3am. Wednesday night cheesy pop and indie. ■ Tribe at the Liquid Room. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £5 (£4). Students’ night for partying. FREE Witness at Sneaky Pete’s. Weekly 11pm–3am. The freshest cuts in bass music, house, garage, funky & grime with residents Ross Blackwax and Fault Lines plus a big guest every month.
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HOUSE NUMBERS 11 WITH PAUL JOHNSON Sub Club, Glasgow, Fri 18 Jul.
That’s the thing about Numbers: they know how to throw a party. Turning 11 this summer, the label, founded in Glasgow but now straddling Glasgow and London in terms of the scope and attitudes of their parties and records, is enjoying another busy year, with huge releases from Deadboy, Darq E Freaker and Doc Daneeka. Thankfully, they’re not so busy as to overlook an excuse to book one of their long- time inspirations for dates in Glasgow and London to help celebrations along.
Releasing his first record 24 years ago – Overload on Dance Mania – Paul Johnson is one of the true Chicago originals to emerge from the city’s hallowed turn-of-the-decade scene. Whilst his first two albums, Bump Talkin and Feel The Music, were two of the most talked-about records of the time – one of the first to sample R&B tracks over his own beats, retrospectively tagging him as one of the founders of ghetto house – he was also releasing scores of underground EPs, the sort of records everyone in the scene had in their bags, but didn’t necessarily know came from Johnson.
And whilst for many in Europe it was the still-enormous house hit Get Get Down that cemented his name in their psyche, for Numbers it was another Dance Mania release, A Nite Life Thang, and in particular a track called Feel My M.F. Bass – ‘a jacking monster of a track which was the soundtrack to many a party for us’ says label head Richard Chater. ‘The B-Side, U So Silly, is also one of the most perverse things out there’.
With Numbers co-founder Spencer acting as DJ for the night, this
will be a happy birthday indeed. (Rosie Davies)
■ Saturday Night Beaver at the Annexe at the Liquid Room. 19 Jul, 10.30pm–3am. £3 before 11.30pm; £4–£5 after. SNB is back in the safe hands of Trendy Wendy, Mama D, The Funky Diva and Wee Taco Mel. ■ Souloco at 511. 19 Jul, 10.30pm– 3am. £5. Deep techy house and underground electronica. ■ Speaker Bite Me at Electric Circus. 2 Aug, 10.30pm–3am. £5 before midnight; £6 after. The Evol DJs take charge at this alternative disco night of indie, hip hop and a dash of electro, which features everything from Dizzee Rascal to The Cribs. ■ Tease Age at Citrus Club. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 after. This indie stalwart dishes up everything from swinging 60s hits to baggy Manchester faves as well as a host of current NME chart botherers with DJ ■ Motif at 511. 26 Jul, 10.30pm–3am. £6 in advance; £8 on the door. Fresh new club night event dedicated to bringing the finest underground house music to the capital’s subterranean party hotspot with special guest Kevin Over from Germany. ■ Outcasts at Sneaky Pete’s. 2 Aug, 11pm–3am. £5. We Own residents Kottis and Kirk Douglas launch their new shindig. ■ Pocket Aces at Cabaret Voltaire. 26 Jul, 11pm–3am. £5–£7. At Pocket Aces dancing is a priority with high energy disco, 80s electro, Afrobeat and house to the fore. ■ Pop Rocks at Electric Circus. 19 Jul & 16 Aug, 10.30pm–3am. £5 before midnight; £6 after. Night of 80s classics and 90s pop hits from the Beep Beep, Yeah! DJs. ■ Rewind at the Liquid Room. 12 Jul, 10.30pm–3am. £5 (£3). Mick Cool, Stevie C and Shuggy Bear return for this Edinburgh favourite of 70s, 80s and 90s hits. ■ Ride at Sneaky Pete’s. 26 Jul, 11pm–3am. £3. Electro, indie and hip hop from Lil Checks and Larry Grillz. ■ Run the Groove at the Mash House. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £3–£5. Two rooms of disco, breaks and mad funky joints from Anything Disco and Fabrika de Funk.