Clubs and Drum & bass

Clubbers' Decktionary: Liquid Funk

Drum & bass sub-genre originated by Fabio and LTJ Bukem

2 Feb 2012

Liquid funk aka Liquid drum & bass or just plain Liquid, proper noun: drum & bass sub-genre, so generally very much up-tempo (160-180 bpm), taking influences from soca, Latin, disco and jazz as well as funk, featuring more live instrumental parts and…

Crate digging: London Elektricity picks 5 top tracks

Hospital Records head returns to Xplicit

24 Aug 2011

From the 1976 Big Terror Movie Themes album, Geoff Love & His Orchestra ‘Three Days of the Condor’ (Music For Pleasure) is an amazing piece of lounge dirty funk. I was Geoff Love’s roadie on his tour of Gibraltar in 1986. Along with the orchestra’s horn…

Richard Charter of Numbers - Full interview transcript

Innovative Glasgow club Numbers reaches eighth birthday

20 Jul 2011

How has this year been for you? A lot of things have been amazing this year. Being able to release new records from Redinho, Deadboy, Jamie xx and Lory D was a major thing for us because everyone involved put so much into it and the records really show…

Cabaret Voltaire venue launches Cab Vol Stars clubnight

New club helmed by Cab Vol employees from bar staff to cleaners

29 Jun 2011

Residents A rolling selection of Cabaret Voltaire employees from bar staff to cleaners Guests It will be a different line-up every month but as an example Prof, Dimi and Cunnie host this July date Music policy It really is a mixed bag, from…

Ms Dynamite, Yasmin, Niki & The Dove announced for RockNess 2011

Yet more names join this year’s bill

31 May 2011

Garage MC Ms Dynamite who recently collaborated with both Katy B and Magnetic Man (who also appear at this year’s RockNess) leads the latest additions to the line-up. Joining her is female British rapper Yasmin, Highland singer-songwriter James…

Drum & bass duo Artificial Intelligence to headline Split's eighth birthday

Glenn Herweijer talks to us ahead of their headline slot

14 Apr 2011

Split has been rocking the Cab’s Tuesday night, based around a sound that encompasses drum & bass, dubstep, electro, breaks and techno. Now for their eighth birthday they have Artificial Intelligence guesting, and even with this drum & bass duo manning…

Laidback Luke, Derrick Carter, Andrew Weatherall, Beardyman, Nero and many more join 2011’s RockNess line-up

7 Apr 2011

Tons and tons of new names have been announced for this year’s RockNess. Laidback Luke, The Japanese Popstars, The Boxer Rebellion, Morning Parade, Twilight Sad, Nero, Skrillex, Beardyman, Sub Focus (live), Sons & Daughters, Broken Records, Chapel Club…

5 reasons to go to... Deadly Rhythm

Alex Surguladze's brand new dubstep, grime and garage night opens at La Cheetah

7 Mar 2011

1. It’s a brand new night, sort of ‘It’s an extension of a night I ran down in London,’ says promoter Alex Surguladze. ‘As the three of us who ran it have moved around the country [he’s in Glasgow to study] we’ve taken it with us, so there’s still a…

Wonky features guests Dam Mantle and Asazi Space Funk Explosion

Hip hop, broken beat, dubstep, Afrobeat and drum & bass from Trouble

16 Feb 2011

Wonky is the latest club night to come from the Trouble stable, which also brings you Limbo and Devil Disco Club, and grows from its much respected, now defunct, Trouble night. ‘Devil Disco Club is a streamlined version of what we were doing at Trouble…

Big’n’Bashy and Electrikal team up to bring Pitch Black’s Reso to Bongo Club

Edinburgh bass-heavy club night collaborate with artist collective

11 Jan 2011

Edinburgh is the hot destination on the clubbing calendar in January as bass-heavy clubnight Big’n’Bashy get together with the masters of parties Electrikal soundsystem. Expect nothing less than a full-on, no-holds-barred night of hedonistic…

DJ Marky

17 Sep 2010

Sometimes Xplict books guests that are just too big for the Bongo Club to contain, such as the irrepressible drum & bass sounds of Brazil’s hottest export since Pele, DJ Marky. At the forefront of the South American D&B scene, Marky almost gave up on…

5 Questions - Xplicit

13 Aug 2010

Xplict are Scotland’s prime purveyors of hard drum & bass and they don’t disappoint with their Festival date as they are joined by Shy FX, who helped to transform early hardcore into the drum & bass we know today with tracks such as ‘Jungle…

Soma night makes a rare visit to Edinburgh for the Festival

13 Aug 2010

Soma Records Night DJ duo Slam are rare visitors to the east coast, but the Edge Festival has tempted them across to the festival once again. Headlining a showcase for their seminal record label, Soma, formed back in 1991 and releasing Slam’s own…

Big'n'Bashy: P-Money and DJ Magic profile

24 Jun 2010

Name: P-Money and DJ Magic Where are they from? London. South and West, respectively. Occupation: Not a duo but old team-mates appearing on a double bill here together, the pair unite grime and dubstep styles within their sounds, the…

Xplicit welcome club favourites NOISIA

14 May 2010

Proving your old friends are your best friends, Xplicit welcome club favourites NOISIA back to the capital for yet another triple bill event at Edinburgh Uni’s Potterrow. ‘The first time they played for us was back in 2006,’ says promoter Simon McGrath.

Q&A: Beardyman

15 Apr 2010

The London musician, Beardyman, aka Darren Foreman, is considerably less hirsute than the name might suggest, and also proud to have been the UK beatbox champion two years in a row. Here, he talks taxes, Batman and gold statues... First record you…

Labels of Love: Restless Natives

31 Mar 2010

Established January 2004 in Edinburgh Roster DJ Kryptik, DJ Samurai, DC Breaks and Mazzini (pictured) Boss DJ Kid, aka Peter Symington In a nutshell Created and controlled by Scotland’s most vehement drum & bass ambassador, Restless…

Profile: The Bang Bang Club

31 Mar 2010

Residents Corneilius Pierce (also the promoter) and Stephen Donkin, who go by the names The Baron and The Regent. Guests This time out it’s occasional BBC irregular Jetboy, with visuals provided for the club’s many screens by Lorde Awesome. Recurring…

Xplicit

19 Mar 2010

Over the last five years Xplicit have become a powerhouse for bringing drum & bass action north of the border. Once again they excel themselves with a special Hospital Records showcase for a night of liquid funk and intelligent D&B and featuring Danny…

New Glasgow drum & bass night Jungle Nation to hit Stereo

4 Mar 2010

With the demise of Pangea, a rather large gap in Glasgow’s drum & bass scene looks set to be filled with the launch of Jungle Nation, which has been running for 13 years in Aberdeen. ‘We have been looking to do something in Glasgow for a while but the…

Andy C set for Xplicit show in Edinburgh

18 Feb 2010

Hooked on the rave and hardcore scene in the early 90s, it was Andy C’s formation of Ram Records back in 1992 that really helped secure his place as a D&B superstar. Specialising in the harder end of the spectrum, with names like Sub Focus, Chase…

DJ Friction, Dillinja and Spor set for Xplicit Fifth Birthday Party

12 Jan 2010

Scottish club brand Xplicit is still carrying the torch for drum & bass, putting on one of their best line-ups to date for this month’s fifth birthday event. David Pollock speaks to guest DJ Friction and promoter Simon McGrath It’s 7pm on Friday…

Hitlist: Clubs

The best nights out this fortnight

15 Oct 2009

Definition, Soul Weekender, Men & Machines, Fortified, Pinup Nights, Come and Playdate, Kreep vs Bleep, Spectrum, Vegas

Death Disco

A Glasgay special

2 Oct 2009

Glasgow’s favourite electro party joins forces with Glasgay! for an all out spectacular. There’s too many names involved but even the highlights should have you salivating at the electronic disco excess on offer. French tastemakers Ed Banger host their…

Who Are LuckyMe?

The people behind the music

1 Oct 2009

Who's involved? Who are you? Claude Speeed of American Men (along with Paul Carlin and Ali Lloyd). Where do you come from? We live in Edinburgh, Manchester and Glasgow, but Paul spends most of his life in various hotels and tour buses…