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The Rizla Riverboat Shuffle on the Waverly Steamer

The Rizla Riverboat Shuffle on the Waverley Steamer

Optimo and Melting Pot DJs play second set on board landmark Glasgow landmark boat

30 Jul 2010

David Pollock climbs aboard the Waverley Steamer as Melting Pot and Optimo set sail on another Rizla Riverboat Shuffle It wasn’t meant to be more than a one-off party in a unique location, but the DJs from Glasgow’s Optimo and Melting Pot nights had…

R-P-Z at Stereo

R-P-Z at Stereo

Stereo, Glasgow, Sat 28 Aug.

19 Aug 2010

No sooner has Glasgow’s long-running Art School Thursday nighter R-P-Z closed than it’s back in a brand new monthly incarnation for a new venue. ‘The main reason it’s moved is that my DJing partner Bonjour Boi [aka Tom Straughan] has moved to Stockholm…

Clubbers' decktionary: Italo

Clubbers' decktionary: Italo

A guide to the myriad genres of clubbing

4 Mar 2011

Italo (disco), adj. style of disco music commonly attributed to records of Italian origin, c.1978-1985. Essentially electronic disco made with synthesisers and drum machines, Italo has a very white, rigid, European feel compared to its much looser…

Slo-Mo and La Di Da bring disco, house and funk to Glasgow

Slo-Mo and La Di Da bring disco, house and funk to Glasgow

14 May 2010

‘After being stuck in Edinburgh for 12 years,’ says club promoter and blogger Chef De Party (not his real name, you might have guessed), ‘moving through to Glasgow is like finding the promised land.’ Which is a bit harsh on the capital, but then Chef is…

Exposure: Den Haan

Exposure: Den Haan

18 Dec 2008

At the best of times, a live slot at Glasgow’s trailblazing, cross-genre club night Optimo is to be prized by any band. Even more than that, though, a gig at the club’s Hogmanay Party is the Holy Grail. One of the bands to have hit the jackpot on the…

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