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2 Oct 2008
Ten years is considered pretty damn successful in this game and not many clubs have lasted anywhere near as long as Scotland’s own superclub Colours as they celebrate Streetrave’s 19th birthday. Starting way back in 1989 there’s plenty of reason to…
It’s funny how guests at Headspin quickly become regulars, (names like The Psychonauts and DJ Yoda instantly spring to mind). Must be the attention to good music, a top crowd and an open mind. No wonder Tom Middleton feels so at home and is back for…
18 Sep 2008
HOUSE ‘It’s a really exciting time for us right now,’ says Tokyoblu founder and DJ John Hutchison. ‘After six years of constant, hard-at-it aiming to get somewhere, we’re only now starting to approximate what our plans were back then.’ Tokyoblu…
15 Sep 2008
David Pollock selects the top ten club nights you cannot afford to miss. Residents Hobbes and Erik D’Viking DJ all over town, but the eclectic party night Trouble is still their biggest deal. Diversity is key; since the start of 2007, Rob Da Bank…
David Pollock selects the top ten club nights you cannot afford to miss. OPTIMO Riding the crest of a wave for the best part of a decade now, JD Twitch and JG Wilkes’ Optimo (Espacio), which borrows the aesthetic of early 80s New York nightlife and…
4 Sep 2008
‘Last month, a guy from London came up to us and said, “this is exactly what I remember the old Basement Jaxx parties being like”,’ says Teamy, co-promoter and DJ at Sleazy’s finest basement party since it won itself a late licence. ‘That’s just what…
Famed for his soundtrack work on the likes of Ocean’s 13 and Out of Sight and his ever eclectic approach to DJing, David Holmes is one of the world’s most consistently excellent and interesting DJs. Veering from techno through funk and punk rock you…
Credited with inventing acid house with the release of their Acid Tracks EP back in 1987, Phuture (or Phuture 303 as they are known these days) helped shape dance music as we know it today. The three man team of DJ Pierre, Spanky and Herb J added the…
This first-ever instalment of dance music festival Parklife should take attendees back to the mid-90s glory days when T in the Park was still young and finding its feet, and Strathclyde Country Park was big enough to contain it. It’s not like the Park…
21 Aug 2008
When you call a night Legends you had better have the talent to back up the name. And if it’s superstar DJs you’re after they don’t come much bigger than Paul Oakenfold. Oakenfold has been at the forefront of DJing culture since the 80s with his…
Name Paul Woolford Also known as Bobby Peru (also Willem Defoe’s character in David Lynch’s Wild at Heart), Hip Therapist (just a pun, really) and more. Occupation ‘Picking the cultural zeitgeist like a bogey’, says his MySpace headline. Ick. We…
7 Aug 2008
The Telefunken team are joined by an acknowledged master of Chicago house in the form of DJ Sneak, for his first Edinburgh show in five years. Moving to Chicago from his native Puerto Rico in 1983 he quickly soaked up the sounds of Frankie Knuckles…
‘It’s pronounced “am”,’ says Kristian Beyer, one half of Karlsruhe electronicists Âme. ‘All the time people pronounce it “ami” or “Amy”, but it’s “am” – the French word for soul.’ In which case the duo are well-named, because Âme produce a beautiful…
Over the years the guys behind Headspin have built up an enviable reputation on the Edinburgh club scene. Seamlessly mixing the retro with the futuristic on their no-holds-barred four-deck set-up, which splices hip hop, funk, disco, house and other…
Glasgow clubbing institution the Sub Club has been honoured with a place in respected dance magazine Resident Advisor’s Top 10 list. The Sub Club was placed inside the worldwide Top 10 in three out of four categories, including Atmosphere, Programming…
31 Jul 2008
Ultragroove has invited a dance music polymath to help launch this year’s Festival in style. Jimpster (aka Jamie Odell, aka Audiomontage) not only DJs, he also produces and remixes for Freerange Records (of which he is co-head) on a selection of future…
3 Jul 2008
Musika brings yet another Scottish debut as they are joined by Canada’s rising tech-house star Mark Mendes. Picking up his first set of decks at the age of 16 and inspired by his uncle, Matteo di Marr (aka M1), Mendes moved into production releasing a…
19 Jun 2008
DISCO HOUSE After Dark at Stereo, Glasgow, Sat 21 Jun When the teenage Todd Terje’s big sister said she liked disco, he didn’t really believe her. He thought she was being ironic, because she was hanging round with DJs on the Oslo scene and had heard…
It’s always nice to big up some serious homegrown talent, and Stereotype will be doing just that for Glaswegian Milton Jackson, who is currently making all the right noises in the world of house. Counting Nic Fanciulli, James Zabiela and the inimitable…
22 May 2008
It’s almost not worth pointing out that Pressure is one of the leading lights when it comes techno and house in Glasgow. As per usual Slam hosts an enviable line-up with Derrick Carter, Len Faki, Damian Lazarus (pictured), Tom Middleton, Marc Ashken…
Starting as a low-key pre-club get together back in 2004, Telefunken’s love of deep, underground house soon led to the night hosting full-on club events to rave reviews. Back again to prove their love of the origins of house, the club has booked Chicago…
8 May 2008
Has it been just long enough since the superclub was declared dead that we can start to look back on them with something approaching nostalgia? Or maybe we all know that the superclub will never, ever die; it’s just that the whole culture has been…
24 Apr 2008
Still a relatively new player on the Edinburgh house scene Moovn returns for its eighth party with the one of house music’s most respected names, Kenny ‘Dope’ Gonzales. One half of the world famous Masters at Work (alongside Lil’ Louie Vega) Gonzales…
Name Laidback Luke Occupation DJ/producer Location Aalsmeer, Holland A Dutch guy playing house music – you must be having a giraffe . . . Understandably when you think of Dutch dance music you instantly think ‘trance’. Ferry Corsten…
10 Apr 2008
Fantasylands is undeniably the biggest dance event in Scotland this month. With five live acts and 40 DJs, if you love trance, hard house, old skool and house you’ll be in hog heaven with Fantazia, Tidy, Musika, Luvely and Kissdafunk hosting arenas…
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