CLUBS
FREE Strobe at Electric Circus. Weekly 11pm–3am (Not Dec 25 & Jan 1). House, big room and electro in the main room. Chilled-out business in the UV room. ■ i AM at Cabaret Voltaire. Weekly 11pm (Not Dec 25 & Jan 1). £2–£4. Electronic music for the masses. Friday Edinburgh
■ Confusion at the Bongo Club. 19 Dec & 16 Jan, 11pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £5 after. Confusion is Sex spin-off. ■ Dark Room at Henry’s Cellar Bar. 2 Jan, 11pm–3am. Psytrance ceremony. ■ ECA present the Sculpture Party at Edinburgh College of Art. 12 Dec, 10pm–3am. £10 in advance (£15 on the door). Dan Juice and DJ Yves are here. ■ Four Corners at the Bongo Club. 12 Dec & 9 Jan, 11pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £5 after. Deep funk and future soul, hip hop and good-time reggae. ■ Madchester Boxing Day Bash at the Liquid Room. 26 Dec, 10pm–3am. £15. Annual celebration of all things baggy with another hectic Boxing Day special. Chart & Party ■ Broke at Cav. Weekly 10pm–3am. £2 before 11pm; £6 after (students £5). Chart indie, hip hop, dance anthems and drinks promos with DJ Gentleman Jonny and DJ Sparky. FREE Circus Lates at Electric Circus. Weekly 11pm–3am. Electric Circus opens its doors to cover bands, guest DJs, karaoke lovers and Guitar Hero freaks. FREE Misfits at the Hive. Weekly 9pm–3am. DIY indie, electro, punk, rock, chart dance and R&B.
Saturday Edinburgh
FREE Bears in the East at the Regent. 13 Dec, 9pm–1am. See LGBT. ■ Beep Beep, Yeah! at Electric Circus. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £5 before midnight
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(after midnight £6). 50s rock, 60s grooves and 70s psychedelia. ■ Big’n’Bashy at the Bongo Club. 13 Dec & 10 Jan, 11pm–3am. £4 before midnight; £6 after. Dubstep, reggae, grime, dancehall and jungle. ■ The Egg at Wee Red Bar. 13 Dec, 11pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £5 after. Indie, 60s garage, electro and ska.
✽■ HECTOR presents... at Sneaky Pete’s. 3 Jan, 11pm--5am. £5. More
festive fun for those looking to re-tox – a boutique version of the weekly rammed Cabaret Voltaire night. ■ Messenger Sound System at Bongo Club. 27 Dec, 11pm–3am. £6 before midnight: £7 after. Roots ‘n’ dub. ■ Mumbo Jumbo at the Bongo Club. 3 Jan, 11pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £7 after (£5). Headspin’s Steve Austin join forces with Tackno’s Trendy Wendy. ■ Outcasts at Sneaky Pete’s. 3 Jan, 11pm. £5 (members free). We Own residents Kottis and Kirk Douglas. ■ Pop Rocks at Electric Circus. 20 Dec & 17 Jan, 10.30pm. £5 before midnight; £6 after. 80s classics, 90s hits. ■ Ride at Sneaky Pete’s. 27 Dec, 11pm. £5 (members free). Electro, indie and hip hop from Lil Checks and Larry Grillz. ■ Soulsville at the Bongo Club. 20 Dec & 17 Jan, 11pm–3am. £5. A night of rapturous soul. ■ Spider’s Web Rockabilly Club at the Voodoo Rooms. 27 Dec, 8.30pm–1am. £10. Old school rockabilly. ■ Teesh at Sneaky Pete’s. 13 Dec, 11.30pm–3am. 10 Jan, 11pm–3am. £5. A brand new night from Sneaky’s regular. ■ Twisted Circus at the Mash House. Weekly 11pm–3am. £6–£8. Bouncing Balkan beats, swing and ska. ■ Wasabi Disco at Sneaky Pete’s. 20 Dec & 17 Jan, 11pm–3am. £5. Disco, new wave, punk and New York grooves.
✽■ Waxxxmas with Richy Ahmed at the Liquid Room. 20 Dec, 11pm--
5am. £10. Hi-octane house from one of the Hot Creations crew.
Chart & Party ■ Magic Nostalgic at Electric Circus. 27 Dec, 10.30pm. £7 before midnight; £8 after. ‘The Wheel’ decides the playlist. ■ Smirnoff’s Big Night Out at Cav. 13 Dec, 10pm–3am. £7. One night only. FREE Hive Tuesdays at the Hive. Weekly 10pm–3am. Rock, emo, punk. ■ I Love Hip Hop at the Bongo Club. Weekly 11pm–3am. £3. Hip hop classics. FREE Soul Jam at Sneaky Pete’s. Weekly 11pm–3am. Soul, funk, hip hop.
Sunday Edinburgh Wednesday Edinburgh
FREE Fifty Fifty at the Bongo Club. Weekly 11pm–3am. Disco, funk, house. ■ Rise at Opal Lounge. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £6 (students £4). Johnny Frenetic mashes up funky house. Monday Edinburgh
FREE Nu Fire at Sneaky Pete’s. Weekly 11pm–3am. Showcase of underground hip hop, drum & bass. FREE Rockeoke at Opium. Weekly 10pm–3am. Metal / rock karaoke. Chart & Party ■ Flare at Why Not?. Weekly 10pm– 3am. £4–£5. Cheesy music old and new. FREE Mixed Up Mondays at the Hive. Weekly 10pm–3am. Cheese, 90s. ■ Rewind at the Liquid Room. 15 Dec, 10pm–3am. £5 (£3). 70s, 80s, 90s hits.
Tuesday Edinburgh
FREE Deliverance at Opium. Weekly 8pm–3am. Industrial and EBM night. ■ Hector’s House at Cabaret Voltaire. Weekly 11pm. £5 (£3). Dedicated to house in its many forms.
■ The Caves Edinburgh Hogmanay Party at the Caves. 31 Dec, 10pm. £16.87. Ceilidh and fun. ■ The Detroit Motown Disco at Summerhall. 31 Dec, 9pm–3am. £22.50– £27.50. The Soul Foundation present DJ NormaJean, DJ Ruffin. ■ FourbyFour & Pulse Hogmanay Special at Studio 24. 31 Dec, 10pm– 5am. £tbc. Techno special. ■ Hogmanay Hoot at Corn Exchange. 31 Dec, times tbc. £42 (VIP £52). Ghillie Dhu Ceilidh Band, DJ Scott, karaoke. ■ Sounds of Soul at DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Edinburgh City Centre. 31 Dec, 7pm–2am. £25. Natasha Kitty Katt. ■ Vegas! Grand Hogmanay Ball at the Voodoo Rooms. 31 Dec, 9pm. £28.12. Easy listening and burlesque. ■ Wee Dub Hogmanay! at Studio 24. 31 Dec, 10pm–5am. £21 in advance; £25 on the door. Prince Fatty & Horseman. Chart & Party ■ Enchanted NYE at Silk. 31 Dec, 9pm–5am. £15–£20. Sensual journey. ■ Hed Kandi Edinburgh Hogmanany at City Nightclub. 31 Dec, 10.30pm. £16.80. HK hits, anthems.
TECHNO TEN YEARS OF ANIMAL FARM Sub Club, Glasgow, Sun 28 Dec
It began with techno. Or, more specifically, two friends bonding over Richie Hawtin’s Decks, EFX & 909, a Dave Clarke mix recorded at Fuse, Belgium, and frequent visits to a night called TEST at the Art School: ‘a random find in the Metro one weekend,’ says Darren Quail, the club’s co-founder alongside Chris Lamb. They started out the way so many do: the enthusiastic accumulation
of decks, vinyl and friends willing to show up to bar gigs, an unholy amount of energy, and a willingness to terrify said bars’ patrons with the harder side of techno. When Charles Turtle, who ran a few nights at Glasgow’s infamous Soundhaus, got involved, the name was a given. Animal Farm was go. In 2009, they got their regular Sub Club night. ‘After the Soundhaus
closed, we weren’t sure if we should continue the club route or just go back to DJing in bars,’ says Quail. ‘We’d spoken to the Sub Club about a possible one-off, just to see how it went, so we decided to go all out, recruiting the then fairly unknown Ben Klock on a Monday, as well! The night was a complete success and reinvigorated us in terms of running nights. We really couldn’t imagine anywhere better to hold Animal Farm.’ In such a competitive city in terms of bountiful club offerings, it’s no mean feat that the trio have kept the night going for such a long time. Quail is positive about the future of techno as a crowd-puller. ‘Techno is by far and away on the up in Glasgow and Scotland in general,’ he states. ‘It’s taken the last three to four years to finally come back round again, but we’re noticing younger people attending ours and other nights, purely for the music. It really is something you have to be into to appreciate, but once people get the bug for it, they tend to dive into the scene . . . ’ (Rosie Davies) ■ Read the full interview at list.co.uk.