Clubs, House

Paul Oakenfold

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…

Profile - Paul Woolford

21 Aug 2008

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…

DJ Sneak

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…

Âme

7 Aug 2008

‘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…

Headspin

7 Aug 2008

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…

Tasty sub - Glasgow Sub Club honoured in Resident Advisor poll

7 Aug 2008

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…

Student guide: Clubbing hitlist - Edinburgh

4 Aug 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…

Jimpster

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…

Student guide: Clubbing hitlist - Glasgow

29 Jul 2008

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…

Mark Mendes

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…

Todd Terje

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…

Milton Jackson

19 Jun 2008

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…

Pressure

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…

Telefunken

22 May 2008

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…

Renaissance for superclub culture

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…

Moovn

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…

Profile - Laidback Luke

24 Apr 2008

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…

Fantasylands

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…

DJ Hell

13 Mar 2008

TECHNO/ELECTRO/HOUSE Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, Fri 14 Mar DJ Hell will perhaps always be associated with the electroclash scene, after his International DeeJay Gigolos label spearheaded the sound that changed UK clubbing in the late 90s. However…

SoCo Social Mardis Gras

28 Feb 2008

New Orleans-flavoured night of DJ skills and live music. Steve Angello (pictured) mixes up electro, techno and house influences while Henry Ralph mashes hip hop, rock and disco. Plus, there’s a live set from the Hot 8 Brass Band (also playing the Voodoo…

Introducing . . .Satisfied

31 Jan 2008

The best new nights in town. This month: Satisfied Residents Brett King and Brian Dempster (pictured), whose combined CV includes most of Edinburgh’s most respected gay and house nights. Guests None at the moment, although the pair won’t rule out…

Trouble

31 Jan 2008

Expect a heady dose of late 80s and early 90s acid house, electro and electronic funk as Paddy Freeform joins the Trouble crew this month. Plus there’s a full live show as Dollskabeat (pictured) fronts her own band bringing her electronic pop creations…

Headspin's 10th Birthday

17 Jan 2008

It was the winter of 98, and, inspired by fellow leftfield institution Messenger Sound System, Allan Dunbar and Steve Austen landed themselves a brand new club night at the old Bongo, determined they were going to put on something a little different…

Derrick Carter - profile

13 Dec 2007

Name : Derrick Carter Occupation Original innovator from the late 80s Chicago House era, still going strong two decades later. Where did it all begin? At the age of nine, so the story goes, at family parties. It was there that Carter would spin…

DJ Funk

13 Dec 2007

Following his riotous performance at the Sub Club in June, Numbers, Monox and Kaput! have invited booty bass bampot DJ Funk back to Glasgow to headline their Hogmanay party. For the uninitiated, Numbers has been operating since 2003 under the mantra…

Q-Burns

29 Nov 2007

HOUSE Vacuum, Studio Warehouse, Glasgow, Fri 30 Nov The man they call Q-Burns Abstract Message (aka Q-BAM aka Michael Donaldson) is no stranger to Glasgow’s Studio Warehouse. This is the fourth time he’s bringing his unique brand of infectiously…

Optimo turn ten

15 Nov 2007

The main problem with Optimo (Espacio), to give the club’s full title, is that it’s almost impossible to categorise in one handy soundbite. Keith McIvor (aka Twitch, pictured left) and Jonnie Wilkes (pictured right) both came from a techno background…

John Spacey

15 Nov 2007

HOUSE Karnival at Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, Sat 24 Nov Having enjoyed increasing success as a DJ under his BeGoodMusic banner, house DJ John Spacey is making something of a comeback gig here. Spacey (real name John Brownlie) is originally from…

Bamboo Fifth Birthday

15 Nov 2007

HOUSE Bamboo, Glasgow, Sat 24 Nov Despite being a commercial club in the heart of the city, Bamboo’s music policy doesn’t just pander to the mainstream, so it’s definitely worth shouting about the fact that they are five this month. A three-room…

Marcus Worgull

15 Nov 2007

The Sub Club’s other great institution, Subculture, keeps things fresh with a set from German house pioneer Marcus Worgull. Having caught the dance music bug at the age of 15 he creates deep soulful house but adds a sprinkling of techno and broken-beat.

Gareth Sommerville

1 Nov 2007

Given the often niche-based appeal of many of Edinburgh’s most enduring clubs past and present – from techno (Pure) to drum & bass (Manga) and retro (Big Beat) – it makes a change to be able to celebrate the life of a night with broad appeal, and which…

Crazy P

20 Sep 2007

DISCO HOUSE Ultragroove at Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, Sat 22 Sep With a new album recorded and all-but mixed, the artists formerly known as Crazy Penis have toned down to appeal to the popular market. ‘Yeah, the Penis has gone,’ says singer…

Tom Findlay at SoCo Social

20 Sep 2007

HOUSE/FUNK/SOUL The Buff, Glasgow, Fri 28 Sep There is a now an alternative to the customary quick drink after work and it comes in the form of the SoCo Social, a series of free gigs in Glasgow that run from 6pm until 10pm. The first event took…

Jimmy Van M

Techno/House clubbing

6 Sep 2007

The DJ known only as Jimmy Van M is a man with a nomadic history. Born in Belgium and currently based in Barcelona, he first made his name as a DJ in Florida, after his family moved to the Sunshine State when he was ten years old. ‘A friend of mine…

Stereotype Live

23 Aug 2007

Just when you thought it was safe to kick back for a traditionally sleepy September in Edinburgh along comes Stereotype Live with its one-long-night bash that promises to fuse live electronic performance and rare DJ sets in one last Festival blow out.

Tokyoblu

1 Aug 2007

Tokyoblu is more than just a club night. It’s not just about DJ skills (which it has in abundance), it’s an all encompassing, jazzed up, funked out, discotastic house experience featuring a full-on eight-piece band every month.

Erick Morillo

Profile

16 Jul 2007

PROFILE Name: Erick Morillo Occupation: New York-based polymath of popular house styles; DJ; producer; label owner; allegedly one of the world’s top five (highest-paid) DJs. Background: Born in New York and raised in New Jersey…

Departure Lounge

16 Jul 2007

JAZZ/HOUSE/DRUM & BASS/LATIN/GLOBAL DEPARTURE LOUNGE The Caves, Edinburgh, Fri 20 Jul (Image: DJ Junior) Too many clubs assume one style of music will keep you entertained. Fair enough if you crave a night of heads-down techno or…

Sugarbeat in the Gardens

2 Jul 2007

HOUSE/BREAKS (Image: Utah Saints) When SugarBeat started in Leeds in 2000, it wasn’t intended as any sort of major new career move for the sometime Utah Saints partnership of Jez Willis and Tim Garbutt. The duo, who were described as ‘the first…

The Basement

2 Jul 2007

TECHNO/HOUSE Organic clubbing is alive and well in the form of the Basement, a night dedicated to house, electro and techno at the Soundhaus. The event literally started in a basement in the Southside of Glasgow and has grown into a club night to be…

Ultragroove

21 May 2007

HOUSE (Picture: Dennis Ferrer) It says a lot for Ultragroove that it was one of the only club nights to survive the cull when Cabaret Voltaire was bought over two years ago, the petite basement venue now ranking as possibly the best in Edinburgh.

Greenskeepers

7 May 2007

FUNK HOUSE

Tom Middleton

Headspin at The Bongo Club, Edinburgh, Sat 21 Apr

9 Apr 2007

HOUSE/ECLECTIC To read Tom Middleton’s wilfully genre-dropping biography is to understand how much he makes a feature of his eclectic nature. Growing up as a surfing and street sports enthusiast who loved The Police and Prince in Cornwall, the…

Timo Maas

Motel at Liquid Rooms, Edinburgh, Sat 17 Mar

12 Mar 2007

TRANCE/HOUSE ‘I’m having the best time ever as a DJ from a personal point of view. I can play what I love and the people go crazy, what more can you want?’ Timo Maas is one happy bunny and remains fully aware that he’s still living the dream after…

Ivy Weekender, The

The Ivy Weekender

12 Feb 2007

HOUSE/DANCEHALL/BREAKS A new intimate clubbing space is set to open its doors at the end of February in Glasgow. The Ivy has been born out of the ashes of the Old Repertoire bar on North Street next to the famous Michell Library and with the help of…

Musika

12 Feb 2007

THE BEST NEW NIGHTS IN TOWN This month: Residents Derek Martin and a rotating roster of local house heads including Gav Grant, Warner Powers and Dean Newton. Guests Toolroom Knights World Tour with Mark Knight and Martijn Ten Velden for the…

Sophistifunk

12 Feb 2007

John Hutchinson (Tokyoblu) has been in charge at Sophistifunk over the last three years. A party week in week out with its mix of funky house, disco, electro, accessible remixes and mash-ups. However on Saturday 17 February they up the glamour and glitz…

Burn

The Buff Club, Glasgow, weekly, Mondays

19 Dec 2006

DISCO/FUNK/ELECTRO/HOUSE If you were to walk into Burn at the Buff Club, the first thing you may notice is that it doesn’t seem like you are at a Monday night club and the second thing is the freshness of the night after 12 years of partying. Burn…

Bring in the House

7 Dec 2006

Once again Ocean Terminal will be reeling to the sounds of the best in house this Hogmanay. This time around the team from Progression link up with Ministry of Sound to glam it up down in Leith. Sebastian Ingrosso (pictured) and Chris Lake provide the…

Bamboo's Fourth Birthday

Bamboo, Glasgow, Sat 25 Nov

11 Nov 2006

HOUSE/SOUL/ELECTRO/INDIE In November 2002 Bamboo opened its doors for the first time. Four years on it celebrates its birthday with a night hosted by the people that made it what it is, residents, the Bamboo All Stars. When Bamboo first opened its…