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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…

Balkanarama

8 May 2008

BALKAN/FOLK Studio 24, Edinburgh, Fri 9 May Saska Haramina, who organises Balkanarama, tries to sum up the night: 'It evolved out of a celebration of the Balkans' cultural diversity reflected in its musical diversity; upbeat riotous gypsy brass…

Cotton Cake

8 May 2008

TECHNO The Sub Club, Glasgow, Fri 16 May Although it’s been a fixture of the Glasgow scene for three years now, Cotton Cake has only recently discovered what it wants to be. Launched at the Glasgow School of Art by Mehdi Dadrass and Jamie Young as a…

Profile - Cajmere

8 May 2008

Name Cajmere Also known as Green Velvet, Curtis Jones (his real name), many others. Occupation Godfather of what broadly, briefly, became the electroclash sound, alongside Felix Da Housecat, Fischerspooner, Larry Tee, etc. Recently rediscovered…

Radioactive Man

8 May 2008

Another high quality guest at Inner City Acid as Radioactive Man puts in a live set of wonky techno and freaked-out electro showcasing his new album, Growl. As one half of Two Lone Swordsmen (alongside Andrew Weatherall) he knows his way round a…

Bebado

24 Apr 2008

Zero db (aka Chris Vogado) makes a guest appearance at Bebado for this bank holiday special. The Ninja Tune signing is known for his no-holds-barred mash up of Latin beats, global rhythms, electronica and jazz eclecticism as showcased on his album…

High Tech Soul

24 Apr 2008

DOCUMENTARY (E) 64 min Subtitled the ‘Creation of Techno Music’ this documentary sets out to detail just that very subject, going back to the roots of the Detroit scene, the birthplace of techno as we know it today. The film aims to position the…

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…

MSTRKRFT

24 Apr 2008

ELECTRO Art of Parties at the Arches, Glasgow, Sun 27 Apr What they do is very 2001 in its electro simplicity, but there’s also something about the music of MSTRKRFT (pronounced ‘Masterkraft’) which isn’t likely to go out of style any time soon.

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…

Triptych Club Nights

24 Apr 2008

For the last ever Triptych, performance is more crucial than ever. It’s nothing new to declare bands who find their natural habitat in clubs as a developed and established trend over the last couple of years. What does seem worth commenting on, however…

Alter Ego play last minute Glasgow show

21 Apr 2008

German techno duo Alter Ego are to play Glasgow's Sub Club on Sunday night, 27 April. The last-minute show, held by the Subbie's Optimo night, sees Alter Ego replace Chrome Hoof, who were forced to pull out of their Triptych date at the club last week.

Santogold to play Scottish date

17 Apr 2008

New York-based singer and producer Santogold is to play a one-off Scottish date at Glasgow's Sub Club on 30 May. The gig will be part of the Kinky Afro club night. Santogold, real name Santi White, releases her debut album on 12 May, and is tipped to…

Aberdeen's Snafu wins bar award

17 Apr 2008

The Theme awards' Best Late Night Bar In Scotland title was presented this week to Aberdeen venue Snafu. Beating off stiff competition from Edinburgh and Glasgow venues like Moskito, One Up, Cabaret Voltaire and Lulu in the regional heat, the venue will…

Soundhaus 10th birthday

10 Apr 2008

Located in an industrial unit near Anderston, on the other side of the M8 from the city centre, Glasgow’s Soundhaus has blended all the comforts of a mainstream club with the off-the-beaten-track allure of a warehouse party for ten years. The club has…

Substance

10 Apr 2008

TECHNO Henry’s Cellar Bar, Edinburgh, Sat 12 Apr Perhaps the greatest thing about electronica is that it’s a forward thinking genre that reaches for the future, combining man and machine into new forms of sound. Techno in particular has always looked…

Don Letts

10 Apr 2008

DUB/REGGAE Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh, Sat 12 Apr What would you do if a voice of a generation ran off with your girlfriend? In the case of Don Letts, who introduced reggae to snotty nosed punks during his year zero residency at The Roxy, he…

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…

Re-introducing . . . Spit Fire

10 Apr 2008

Residents Spit Fire mainstays Keith Martin, Scott McCluskey and Colin Cameron. Guests ‘We’ve never had any guests,’ says Martin. ‘We just get on with it. We think our taste’s good enough without trying to use a name to sell the club.’ Music…

Soma Skool is back

10 Apr 2008

Big Scottish music industry names are confirmed for the educational event Soma Records' Soma Skool returns to Glasgow this month. Dave Clarke, DJ Sneak, Anja Schneider, Vic Galloway and music managers Dee Bahl and John Williamson take to the Arches…

Wighnomy Brothers

10 Apr 2008

Robag Wruhme and Monkey Maffia (aka the Wighnmoy Brothers) guest at Sensu with their own brand of minimal techno aimed at the dancefloor, or as they call it ‘raving with a reason’. Hooking up in 1989 in their native Germany they went on to launch their…

Live and DJ line-up announced for Global Gathering

31 Mar 2008

Moby and Mark Ronson head the bill at this year's Global Gathering dance festival. Other names include Armin Van Buuren, Tiesto, Robyn, Roisin Murphy, Etienne de Crecy, Sam Sparro, Erick Morillo, Sasha, Above & Beyond, Ferry Corsten, John Digweed…

David Holmes reschedules Edinburgh set

28 Mar 2008

David Holmes' DJ set at the Voodoo Rooms - which was due to happen on Saturday 29 March -- has been postponed. 'Regrettably, due to David Holmes contracting an illness he is unable to perform as scheduled,' explained the events manager at the…

Social Club scene

27 Mar 2008

Social clubs were first established in Victorian times as places for working class men to relax, drink and listen to music. Today, they are fast shaping up as the best venues for an unpretentious, unusual night out, the perfect shabby-chic alternative…

Club promoters get heated over fly posting

27 Mar 2008

Club promoters and police are at loggerheads over the increasingly heated issue of fly posting in the capital. Club promoters told the The List they feared the increasingly ‘heavy handed’ approach of the police could have a detrimental effect on the…

Dave Angel

27 Mar 2008

A perennial favourite on the UK techno scene, Dave Angel guests at Glasgow’s techno bastion the Soundhaus. ‘Hard, funky techno, that’s the way I’d put it,’ explains Angel of his formidable mixing style. ‘Techno is all about experimenting with music…

Hudson Mohawke

27 Mar 2008

GLITCH-HOP Twisted Wheel, Glasgow, Fri 28 Mar As the world of music as we know it continues to fragment and more DIY genres bloom online, the idea that any musician can be defined as truly zeitgeist-grabbing slips further away. If we were to try and…

Introducing . . . BumFunk

27 Mar 2008

The best new nights in town. This month: BumFunk Residents Miss Chris, Marco Smith (both ex-Taste) and Kaupuss (Fever). Guests Although big-name guests aren’t planned for the night, the aim is to corral a selection of established and rising…

Modern Lovers

27 Mar 2008

PSYCHEDELIC SOUL The GRV, Edinburgh, Fri 28 Mar It’s always nice to hear that promoters – some of them at least – don’t just book guests because they hear tills ringing in their ears. ‘I’ve always been a fan of Teenage Fanclub,’ says Modern Lovers…

Radioclit

27 Mar 2008

Sugarbeat shake things up once again as they welcome the ghetto sounds of Radioclit who have helped spearhead the Baltimore sound in the UK. Building a loyal and rabid following through their podcasts now tearing down walls across the country, plus…

G1 Group ditch plans for Botanics nightclub

20 Mar 2008

Following a nine-month campaign by the Save Our Botanics Group and extensive political pressure from MSPs across the spectrum, the G1 Group, which owns a number of bars, restaurants and nightclubs in the Glasgow area and beyond, has dropped proposals to…

Richie Hawtin and Aphex Twin Confirmed for T in the Park

20 Mar 2008

The Slam Tent is famed as the biggest dance tent on the European festival circuit, and this year it will be hosting two of the biggest names in electronic music. Richie Hawtin and Aphex Twin are both confirmed to be appearing in the 12,000 capacity…

Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso reschedule cancelled date

20 Mar 2008

Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso's double header date at Musika in Edinburgh (15 March at Ego) was cancelled at the last minute due to an unforeseen problem with Angello's passport at Stockholm Airport. However, the DJ appearance has been…

New Young Pony Club, Linus Loves and Mystery Jets sign up for Smirnoff event

18 Mar 2008

Live music and clubbing collide with Smirnoff's Electric Cabaret featuring live sets from new ravers New Young Pony Club, quirky indie popsters Mystery Jets and garage rockers Pete & the Pirates. Maximo Park will be taking to the decks along side…

Wotever

13 Mar 2008

CLUB, FILM & WORKSHOP Various venues, Glasgow, Thu 27 & Fri 28 Mar The name may bring to mind the nonchalant brush-off of disaffected youth, but Wotever is in fact a lively, long-running London-based club and arts movement run by LGBT performers and…

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…

Fortified Sessions

13 Mar 2008

DUBSTEP Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Fri 21 Mar Gradually emerging from the soundsystems of London and Bristol and combining elements of dub, UK garage, jungle and rave, dubstep is sinuous and slow, juxtaposing intricate, syncopated hi-hat and…

Hercules & Love Affair

13 Mar 2008

So this is where the disco-house revival starts, hopefully. After the garish indie-aided excesses of new rave in 2007, wouldn’t it be a beautiful thing to see and hear classic dance music stand proud again? Certainly, with his/their gorgeous debut…

Profile - Hospital Records

13 Mar 2008

Name Hospital Records Occupation Record Label Location West London, UK OK, give me the brief Hospital Records was started by Tony Colman and Chris Goss back in 1996. Today it has grown to be one of the most successful independent labels in…

The Fratellis

13 Mar 2008

Glasgow’s favourite delinquent sons are on hand for the latest of the Bunker Session, which bring indie stars to the DJ box. The Fratellis unleashed an unholy racket of upbeat and instantly infectious indie goodness with their debut long player…

Trevor Nelson

13 Mar 2008

One of a rare breed of DJs to have secured an MBE, Trevor Nelson is still the public face of R&B in the UK. Nelson started out playing warehouse parties and on Kiss FM (when it was still a pirate radio station), and, over the years, has proved his…

Kasabian, Ian Brown, Fatboy Slim, Tiesto and more announced for Creamfields

10 Mar 2008

Dance festival Creamfields has announced a bumper line-up with a heavy emphasis on live acts as well as superstar DJs for its tenth anniversary date, Daresbury, Halton, Cheshire. The bill as announced so far includes Kasabian, Fatboy Slim, Ian Brown…

Vegas! cancel 8 March Glasgow date

4 Mar 2008

Glamorous swing and big band club night Vegas! have had to cancel their next Glasgow date, which was due to take place this Saturday 8 March. A spokesperson for Vegas! said: 'We have been informed (via the Ferry) by Glasgow City Council and their…

Richard H Kirk

28 Feb 2008

Richard H Kirk is talking about how his old band inspired the names of not one, but two clubs. The fact that Cabaret Voltaire, the electronic pioneers formed by Kirk in 1970s Sheffield with Stephen Mallinder and Chris Watson themselves took their name…

Autechre

28 Feb 2008

EXPERIMENTAL Numbers, Glasgow School of Art, Sat 1 Feb ‘The same thing only now’ runs the tagline for Autechre’s ninth and latest album Quaristice. Whoever came up with that one was having a good day at the office, for the album continues the…

Nathan Fake

28 Feb 2008

TECHNO Kapital and the Caves, Edinburgh, Sat 1 Mar Kapital’s headliner at this Border Community (James Holden’s rather fantastic record label) special is none other than Nathan Fake, a 25-year-old producer who makes stripped down techno tracks bathed…

Introducing . . . Backstage

28 Feb 2008

The best new nights in town. This fortnight: Backstage Residents and guests A rotating line-up of regular Club Noir DJs, to keep every night feeling fresh and special. Music policy In keeping with Noir’s ethos, a cross-section of the sexiest music…

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…

Soul Biscuits

28 Feb 2008

The SB crew step back to the 80s for one more ‘Superboogie Breaks’ special. So expect plenty of b-boy action from the tracks that helped shape the face of hip hop, from Run DMC to Public Enemy. As if that wasn’t enough excitement, there’s also a live…

DJ Format

14 Feb 2008

Three years since the last album and having apparently denounced hip hop while throwing himself headlong into DJing and re-editing duties you might be surprised to find that DJ Format, aka Southampton-born Brightonian Matt Ford, has been quietly…

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