Clubs, Techno

Wrong Island

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…

DJ Pierre and Phuture 303

4 Sep 2008

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…

David Holmes

4 Sep 2008

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…

Parklife - Brand new dance

4 Sep 2008

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…

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…

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…

Dopplereffekt

5 Jun 2008

TECHNO/ELECTRO Numbers at the Sub Club, Glasgow, Fri 6 Jun It seems curiously prophetic that a track named ‘Alleys of Your Mind’ would inspire the young James Stinson and Gerald Donald to form Drexciya, who would eventually become recognised as one…

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…

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…

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…

Alex Under

7 Dec 2006

Freq have secured a live set from CMYK label manager Alex Under. His output spans the world of techno from minimal to hard, fast and aggressive. There is a depth and intelligence at work here, creating complex beats, which draw on elements of jazz 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Introducing . . . Fabrikken

5 Jun 2008

Residents Steve Glencross of Stavia fame and Ryan McDonald from Irdium/Stick 430. Guests ‘We have a few guests we’re planning on putting on after this first date with Martin Mackay from RubADub,’ explains Glencross. ‘The next date will be with Dave…

Studio 24’s 13th Birthday Weekender

5 Jun 2008

TECHNO/METAL Studio 24, Edinburgh, Fri 13 & Sat 14 Jun ‘We don’t usually celebrate birthdays here,’ says Studio 24’s manager Gill McArthur, ‘but I’m superstitious, so I couldn’t ignore our 13th.’ She would do well not to invite any more bad luck…

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…

Derrick May

17 Jan 2008

TECHNO Pressure at the Arches, Glasgow, Fri 25 Jan ‘Trying to save the world from bad music.’ That’s the motto Derrick May lives by these days. Arguably he’s already done that though, given that, alongside his old Belleville, Detroit high school…

Relentless

1 Nov 2007

TECHNO Sub Club, Glasgow, Fri 2 Nov Relentless by name, but, alas, not quite relentless by nature, the techno club that first put Ben Sims on a stage in Glasgow is hanging up its headphones after one final bash at the Sub Club, the club’s home for…

Billy Nasty

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28 Sep 2006

Name Billy Nasty Occupation Purveyor of fine electro and techno Location London UK Show me the small print! Billy Nasty was one of many DJs to realise that working in a record shop is generally the first stop en route to international DJ…

DMX Krew

3 Jul 2008

Inner City Acid continues to forge new roads into cutting edge electronica with a guest slot from DMX Krew. This particular Krew is in fact one-man bass pioneer Ed DMX, who crafts synth grooves, techno and electro on vintage equipment. Releasing early…

Numbers 5th Birthday

3 Jul 2008

TECHNO The Sub Club, Glasgow, Fri 4 Jul; Club 69, Paisley, Sat 12 Jul. As they say, there’s strength in numbers. After all, there’s a small army of people involved with genre-straddling Glasgow club promoters Numbers, including Richard Chater, Adam…

Profile - Marco Bailey & Percy X

19 Jun 2008

Names Marco Bailey & Percy X Who that? Bailey is Belgium’s premier techno DJ/producer and CEO of record label MB Selektions. Percy X is Glasgow’s own Soma stalwart, also a DJ/producer, again fronting his own label edit-select. What’s the story?

Supermayer

22 May 2008

TECHNO The Black Rabbit Whorehouse, The Sub Club, Glasgow, Fri 23 May Michael Mayer and Aksel Schaufler have both achieved more over the past decade than most producers and DJs will in their entire career. Mayer’s Kompakt Records has become one of the…

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…

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…

Neil Landstrumm

1 Nov 2007

It’s a live set from Edinburgh techno master Neil Landstrumm at this month’s ‘Ravestep’ special at Trouble. Landstrumm’s latest album, Restaurant of Assassins mashes together his classic crooked techno with dubstep and hip hop beats, to create his own…

MNX Recordings

7 May 2007

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CJ Bolland

Wild horses

12 Mar 2007

CJ Bolland is a very busy man. DJing, collaborating, remixing and even recently turning his hand to screenwriting. The Yorkshire-born, Belgium-based lad is a one man creative machine who shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon. Bolland started his…

Access

Access

11 Nov 2006

Two quality techno/electro nights return for this one off dust up in the capital. Each is joined by a quality guest to get down and dirty on the dancefloor. Inner Rhythm have the mighty Rolando from the legendary Underground Resistance collective while…

Kinky Afro

Sub Club, Glasgow, Fri 27 Oct

10 Oct 2006

Techno/Dub-step Kinky Afro turns seven this month. Not bad for a night that started out by accident. Matt Roberts, DJ and one half of the club’s promotional team (along with Dougal Pearman) explains all. ‘We were trying to raise money to send a…

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…

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…

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…

Green Velvet

Pressure, The Arches, Glasgow, Fri 30 Mar; UFreak,

26 Mar 2007

TECHNO/ELECTRO He is the experimental post-Chicago house producer and relentless dance floor mugger behind such inventive, infectious and downright dirty sermonic bombs as ‘Flash’, ‘Answer Machine’ and ‘La La Land.’ The original electro-punk Curtis…

DJ Bone

Inner Rhythm at the Liquid Room, Edinburgh, Sat 9

1 Sep 2006

TECHNO Following the up-coming closure of Progression as a regular night, it’s heartening to see that the Liquid Room has found itself another event dedicated to respectable dancefloor action. Following on from their opening night at the more…

Jackhammer

14 Aug 2008

It's a serious techno double bill at this month's Jackhammer. Gracing the decks will be none other than Kevin Saunderson (pictured) with back up from Ben Sims. Saunderson is one of the three originators of techno – alongside Juan Atkins and Derrick May…

Spirit Aid

14 Aug 2008

Numbers and Monox team up for a good cause, raising funds for Spirit Aid, a Glasgow-based charity which aims to ‘alleviate suffering children, whose lives have been devastated by war, poverty, genocide, ethnic cleansing and all forms of abuse at home…

Profile - Marco Bailey and Percy X

19 Jun 2008

Names Marco Bailey & Percy X Who that? Bailey is Belgium’s premier techno DJ/producer and CEO of record label MB Selektions. Percy X is Glasgow’s own Soma stalwart, also a DJ/producer, again fronting his own label edit-select. What’s the story?

Rob Acid

17 Jan 2008

Starting his career under the moniker Acid Warrior, making his live debut at Sven Vath’s legendary Omen club in Frankfurt, you kind of know what you’re letting yourself in for at Cotton Cake as Rob Acid (aka Robert Babicz) puts in a two-hour live set.

Neil Landstrumm

4 Jan 2008

TECHNO Miso at The Ivy, Glasgow, Sat 12 Jan ‘I tend to focus in on something for a while, then I go through a period of extreme laziness before I start another project,’ says Edinburgh techno polymath Neil Landstrumm. ‘I wouldn’t call myself a…

The Black Dog

4 Jan 2008

TECHNO Clutter House, Studio 24, Edinburgh, Fri 4 Jan Studio 24 will forever be associated with techno in Edinburgh. Hosting nights such as Sativa and Dogma through the years (and still home to JakN) there are now two new nights gracing the decks.

Alex Smoke

13 Dec 2007

The master of intelligent techno and diverse electronica Alex Smoke is putting in a live set as he joins forces with Jim Hutchinson (putting in a DJ set) to launch their Hum + Haw record label. Smoke’s monster techno beast ‘Vaporub’ will be the…

Andrew Weatherall

20 Sep 2007

If you know dance music you already know Andrew Weatherall. He’s been at the forefront of the scene since the early days of acid house. He’s one of the most respected DJs in the world, his techno mixes often veering off into new undiscovered…

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…

Morphos

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19 Dec 2006

Name Morphos Location Edinburgh, Scotland Occupation Producer of loud, banging noise. Info please Morphos aka Graeme Marshall had a simple yet logical path to becoming one of Scotland’s most respected underground techno producers. As the man…

LFO

Seismic at Glasgow School of Art, Fri 17 Nov

11 Nov 2006

TECHNO This night is a bit of a coup for Glasgow techno barons Seismic, in that they’ve managed to procure one of Britain’s leading techno originators for the occasion. Having seen the style emerge in Detroit at the end of the 80s, LFO - and in…

Neil Landstrumm

18 Sep 2006

Nice introduction to the city for all the new students as one of techno’s most innovative producers, Neil Landstrumm (Tresor/Scandinavia), guests at Glasgow School of Art’s Freshers Ball. Expect a unique take on electronica with elements of blues, dub…

Pussypower

The Soundhaus, Glasgow, Sat 23 Sep

18 Sep 2006

TECHNO Glasgow veterans of the underground house and techno scene Pussypower’s Jason and Terry, along with friends such as fellow techno-fausts of the time Twitch (Pure/Optimo Espacio) and Hamish (My Machines), are playing a one-off party at the…