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Scottish festivals 2013 - An A-Z of the best summer festivals

The best festivals of music, film, food, cycling and more taking place in Scotland 2013

When it comes to festivals, Scotland really doesn’t hold back. From Orkney to Byres Road, muddy fields to stately homes, the growing number of them cater to all tastes, styles and budgets. Our A-Z guide profiles Scotland’s best summer jamborees, the…

Misadventures in Wonderland: Rock'n'Roll Ping Pong

Our intrepid columnist Alice tells us what she learned at Bongo Club's table tennis club night

1. I’m not entirely negative. Before all my previous challenges for this column, I’ve been a real dick about it. I don’t know if it was the vast amount of attention I was getting from telling people that I was going to an amateur ping pong night in the…

The Vaccines set to perform at RockNess 2013

Henry Northmore talks to The Vaccines as they lead the charge of the indie brigade at this year’s Ro

RockNess started out as a dance music festival but over the last few years it’s started to evolve into a mixing pot, as rock rubs shoulders with trance and hip hop stars share a stage with acoustic acts. Rock’n’roll rabble rousers The Vaccines take the…

Matias Aguayo set for Electric Frog 2013 set

DJ and producer whose live sets make use his voice as singing and percussive instrument

‘Travelling to different countries and meeting people who speak other languages and have different codes of behaviour, has made me more flexible in the way I communicate and act towards others; I think this is somehow, unintentionally reflected in the…

New announcements for RockNess 2013 include Lianne la Havas, Rolando and Kerri Chandler

Reverend & The Makers, Dog is Dead, Henrik Schwarz and more join the line up

The latest additions to 2013’s RockNess festival include soul singer Lianne la Havas; upbeat indie poppers Dog is Dead; Sheffield’s Reverend & The Makers fronted by the outspoken Jon McClure; Detroit techno master Rolando (Underground Resistance/Soma…

New young producer Koreless mixes dreamlike ambience and 2-step beats

The breaking electronica/dubstep producer returns to the city where he first made his name

‘I developed an obsession with music after getting a computer filled with all sorts, from Ali Farka Touré through to AR Rahman, off my uncle Gareth,’ says Lewis Roberts, the currently-breaking-through 21-year-old producer who dug a first foothold under…

Container, Dalhous and The Orpheus Choir set for Glasgow club night Collapse

Off-beam US techno producer Container makes loud, rhythmic techno

How plans to bring off-beam US techno producer Container to the UK transformed into a cutting edge electronica night

Jackmaster, We Were Promised Jetpacks and Kevin Saunderson set for Aberdeen festival The Big Beach Ball

Festival season kicks off with mix of DJs, electronica and indie at Beach Ballroom

After a storming debut last year we’re pleased to announce that the Big Beach Ball is back with their handpicked boutique festival line-up featuring Jackmaster, We Were Promised Jetpacks, Kevin Saunderson and more playing across indoor and outdoor…

French producer Vitalic takes live band on road for UK tour

Latest album Rave Age fuses disco with rock

In the near two decades since he started making and playing music, Pascal Arbez has managed to surf the waves of taste without being trapped in the hole of typecasting to any particular scene or genre. Discovered by Michael Amato, aka The Hacker, and…

Clubbers' Decktionary: Jackin'

New strain of house popular in north of England as played by DJs Tom Zanetti, Nick Hannam & Ryan Ja

Jackin’, or Jacking, aka Jackin’ House, proper noun, a ‘new’ strain of house music which has emerged over the last couple of years predominantly in clubs around the north of England and the Midlands. The focus is very much on bouncy, energetic, bass…

Podcast review: Resident Advisor

As the best online-only dance magazine in the world, there are many reasons to visit Resident Advisor. They do international club listings, ticket sales, features on new and established artists, short documentaries, a forum and an aggregated news feed…

Crate Digging: Richard Fearless selects six of his current favourite tracks

DJ and co-founder of Death in Vegas starts new night Drone at Glasgow’s Berkeley Suite

'578’ Gunnar Wendel (FXHE Records) is a stunning, melodic, trance-inducing piece of techno. Lauded by the likes of Mr Andrew Weatherall, it's been remixed by the genius that is Omar S, a man who can do no wrong in my eyes. It's truly sublime, with…

S-Type - King Tuts Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow, Sat 30 Mar 2013

The LuckyMe-signed producer shows why US hip hop labels are after him

The Blessings’ Martyn Flyn and Dominic Flanagan and the acts on their LuckyMe label are more familiar with organising and playing at club nights, so it’s something of a surprise to find the duo hosting a gig at King Tuts, a venue better known for…

Interview: Todd Edwards set for Electric Frog Easter Weekender 2013

Line-up features Simian Mobile Disco, Andrew Weatherall, Todd Terje and Pan-Pot

Easter and resurrections go together, in which case Glasgow’s finest serious clubber’s weekender has chosen the right time to stage a comeback. Just when it looked like the two-day Electric Frog event as was had given up the ghost in the face of…

2020Vision label boss Ralph Lawson comes to Edinburgh's No Strings Attached

The house/techno DJ is the man behind Leeds' Back to Basics night and 2020Soundsystem

‘It’s had its ups and downs,’ says Ralph Lawson of his more than two decades at the heart of dance music in the UK, most notably as the long-running resident of Leeds’ fabled Back to Basics, label boss of 2020Vision and driver of live production outfit…

Clubbers' Decktionary: IDM aka Intelligent Dance Music

Trouble's DJ Hobbes gives us a guide to the myriad genres of clubbing

IDM aka Intelligent Dance Music, proper noun, myriad styles and tempos; abstract electronic music designed more for listening and/or a home environment than the dancefloor. Much like its bastard offspring, EDM, this much-maligned term has always been…

Interview: Basement Jaxx perform at RockNess 2013

London duo prepare to headline RockNess for a second time

It’s Basement Jaxx effortless ability to bring seemingly disparate elements together that makes them such a fascinating live act. Techno is welded to Latin while house tangos with calypso from the upbeat mania of ‘Red Alert' to the punk funk delirium of…

RockNess 2013 Bluffer's Guide

Guide to the wide array of musical genres present at this year's RockNess

Musical genres can be tricky things at the best of times so here’s out cut out a keep guide in case you find yourself out of your depth while chatting to a musical trainspotter Techno Do Say: ‘While you have to respect the innovations coming out…

Gays in Space promises LGBT-friendly clubbing with a cosmic theme

DJ Space Cadette talks us through the disco night's ethos

‘What’s in a name?’ your man Shakespeare once said. Well, a lot apparently, if you are Gays in Space, one of Glasgow’s newest gay nights. ‘People’s initial reaction is often a bit confused, thinking the name sounds really stupid,’ admits organiser Hazel…

Sophie Kromholz, one of the founders of TYCI, shares the group's Record Store Day plans

The women's collective is hosting performances by Jo Mango, Siobhan Wilson and Kitty the Lion

Like many good stories, the tale of TYCI starts in a bar. A group of witty wild things were in the throes of discussion (and beverages of various alcoholic percentages), when the following issue was raised: people still make a really big deal out of…

Marcus Intalex launches new house and techno identity Trevino

Underground house and techno from DJ and producer known for drum & bass

‘It’s underground house and techno,’ explains Trevino, a new alias for a name that will be more familiar to most clubbers as drum & bass don Marcus Intalex. This isn’t a new secret identity with Intalex trying to keep his involvement confidential; he’d…

Crate Digging - Truss/MPIA3

DJ and producer shares some of his favourite tracks ahead of set at Unseen’s first birthday

Truss (also known by his ‘aggressive brutal electronic’ alter ego MPIA3) shares some of his favourite tracks ahead of his guest set at techno night Unseen’s first birthday. My first pick is DJ Richard ‘Leech (White Material). I was chatting to Bill…

Legendary Edinburgh house night Truth to return for one-off party

Ultragroove's Gareth Sommerville and Colin Cook resurrect the vinyl-only basement party

Residents Gareth Sommerville and Colin Cook. Guests This is more of an intimate shindig than a big name guest-led party. Music policy Top quality, old fashioned, underground house music. What they say Let us set the scene. It’s 1993 and Sommerville…

The organisers of Glasgow LGBT club night Birdcage discuss their

Birdcage is a new alternative gay night in Glasgow, organised by the motley crew of Mia Knani, Caity Cooper, Jenny Redpath and Fiona Robertson. The List caught up with the ladies for some quick-fire questions

Brooklyn’s Mr Saturday Night share their love of Glasgow’s Optimo

Eamon Harkin talks about the New York duo's origins and 'community dance culture' ethos

Talk to Eamon Harkin of underground New York party Mr Saturday Night and you can tell he isn’t an original Brooklyn scenester. Originally from Derry, his partner in MSN is North Carolina’s Justin Carter, and he readily admits they’ve got very different…