Clubs, Issue 655

Velvet re-launch party

PREVIEW CLUB Velvet Re-Launch Party The SpeakEasy, Edinburgh, Sat 8 May Velvet ladies have more than one reason to celebrate this fortnight. Not only is the much-missed club night for gay and bisexual women and their male LGBTI buddies returning…

Rahaan plays Million Dollar Disco

Also known as His full name, Rahaan Young Occupation Disco-house mogul of more than 20 years’ experience. Where did he come from? Chicago, Illinois, where he first became involved with music in 1987 as part of battle dance crew The Chuck…

Tiga's Planet Turbo Tour

It must be a good position, to be so on top of your own game that one of the only things left to achieve is helping others to success. That isn’t quite what Tiga’s doing here, but his own label Turbo Recordings is no vanity project, and he’s as hands on…

Rebel Waltz’s Murray Richardson returns to Tokyoblu

Tokyoblu has become one of Edinburgh’s most reliable house nights, dishing out the best in house grooves on a monthly basis. And while some clubs may have crumbled when their eponymous house band called it a day, the resident DJ team of John Hutchinson…

Glasgow trio Moon Unit play at Harsh 70s Reality

‘One of the worst questions someone can ask you while you’re DJing is “can you play something I know?”’ says John Petrie, promoter of Stereo’s new monthly night Harsh 70s Reality. ‘To me, that just defeats the purpose of this. I don’t want to play the…

DJ Kon-Tempt and Johnny Frenetic guest at Rise

Ruled over by the fast paced mash-up skills of Johnny Frenetic, Rise hosts a special bank holiday soundclash as DJ Kon-Tempt guests for a multi-genre head-to-head neon party. No genre will be safe as house, electro and club classics are fused with…

Bamboo Season of Sound

They’ve had indie stars and DJs aplenty, and now Bamboo’s Season of Sound welcomes Nick Grimshaw’s first Glasgow DJ appearance. Radio 1 host, T4 presenter and Annie Mac cohort on The Switch, expect future pop, indie rock and electro nuggets. Bamboo…