Subculture

Crate Digging: Harri of Subculture

The long-term Sub Club resident picks five tracks that have served him best over the years

17 Apr 2012

Sandee ‘Notice Me’ (Fever Records) came out years ago [1988] and it sounded amazing at the time: the production, the sound – hundreds of people have sampled it since. It’s vocal house, but dubbed out and with wee bits of acapella and lots of things to…

Chris Duncan of Sub Club discusses plans for the venue's 25th anniversary

9 Jan 2012

You’ll probably be hearing a lot more about this as the year progresses, but it doesn’t do any harm to draw your attention to two anniversaries happening in Glasgow in 2012 – one big and one absolutely enormous, and both under the same roof. This is the…

Music festivals 2010: Festival profiles

28 May 2010

Big or small, loud or quiet, dry or muddy – we love festivals whatever their size, sound or likelihood to leave you soaking wet. Over the next 20 pages we'll give you the lowdown on every major fest hitting Scotland this summer, and information on a few…

Sensu, Monox, Jackhammer and Substance reinforce Scottish techno scene

31 Mar 2010

Scotland has always been a stronghold for techno clubbing. Clubs like Pure, Atlantis and even Rez have become legendary, and this fortnight is particularly strong for fans of hard electronica as techno-heads are spoilt for choice with some seriously…

Subculture vs Sensu Detroit Weekender

9 Dec 2009

Isn’t every weekend a Detroit weekend at the Subbie in one way or another? It helps, of course, that this party in two parts will see techno innovator and one of the original ‘Belleville Three’ Derrick May make another of his regular appearances at the…

Harri - Subculture

30 Apr 2009

‘God, it doesn’t feel like 15 years,’ says Harri, key member of the DJ team behind the Sub Club’s decade-and-a-half old house institution Subculture. ‘It’s flown in, and I was there back when the Sub Club was Lucifer’s more than 22 years ago. I used to…

Carl Craig

19 Mar 2009

It’s fair to say that Carl Craig helped shaped modern dance music. Without his input in the early days of electronica coupled with his expansive approach to music (especially with his Innerzone Orchestra and Paperclip People projects), house and techno…

Hogmanay 2008 - Clubbing

11 Dec 2008

‘It’s on’ is the simple motto which Glasgow überclub Optimo are using to promote their famous Hogmanay special – it’s at the Fruitmarket again, and will see Twitch and Wilkes joined by Glasgow Italo-punks Den Haan and laptop-wielding Parisian show-offs…

Subculture

13 Nov 2008

PREVIEW TECHNO & HOUSE Studio 24, Edinburgh, Fri 14 Nov. This fortnight Subculture comes to Edinburgh after Studio 24’s manager, Gill McArthur, witnessed their programming of T in the Park’s Bacardi B-Bar by chance and felt she could make the night…

Âme

7 Aug 2008

‘It’s pronounced “am”,’ says Kristian Beyer, one half of Karlsruhe electronicists Âme. ‘All the time people pronounce it “ami” or “Amy”, but it’s “am” – the French word for soul.’ In which case the duo are well-named, because Âme produce a beautiful…

Live at Loch Lomond

31 Jul 2008

Another festival for the Scottish calendar, now in its second year, Live at Loch Lomond offers up a solid dance line-up. Subculture and Death Disco host a tent on Saturday and Sunday respectively, while names such as UNKLE, Groove Armada, Morcheeba and…

Hitlist - The best dancefloor action

7 May 2007

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Club Class

27 Mar 2007

Optimo and Subculture sprang up in the Sub Club’s hallowed basement space and Slam first made their mark there with their legendary Atlantis night. It can’t be coincidence that three of the most important clubs in the country all evolved in one space.

Spirit Catcher

12 Feb 2007

Belgian duo Jean Vanesse and Thomas Sohet (AKA Spirit Catcher) are putting in a live set at Subculture this fortnight. Vanesse grew up in a world of music, as his father was a sound engineer, moving to electronic production in his early teens, while…