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Devil Disco Club

No wave, vintage disco, electro funk, proto house and New York classics from the Trouble DJs and Giles Walker.

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Clubbers' Decktionary: Cosmic

Clubbers' Decktionary: Cosmic

DJ Hobbes guides us through clubbing's myriad genres

25 Aug 2011

Cosmic (disco) adj/proper noun. aka Afro Cosmic, also Space Disco. Originally an highly eclectic, mid-tempo (9-105 BPM) style, which nowadays generally exhibits a lot of space, reverb and echo/delay in the production, bubbling synths, delicate keys…

Clubbers decktionary: Balearic

Clubbers decktionary: Balearic

What exactly is the definition of 'Balearic' in music

29 Jun 2011

Balearic, or Balearic beat adj: Spanish origin but formally cultivated by British DJs, Balearic came to be identified with a certain kind of mid-tempo (i.e. 100 - 120 BPM) dance music. Origins Pioneered by key DJs on London’s nascent acid house…

Clubbers' Decktionary: UK Funky

Clubbers' Decktionary: UK Funky

Hobbes, resident at Devil Disco, guides you through the myriad genres of dance

27 May 2011

UK Funky, aka ‘funky’, proper noun: British, characterised by syncopated, African rhythms, R&B-style vocalising, MCs and a four-four beat, c. 2006 – present day; influenced by (and often classified with) UK garage, grime, dubstep, jungle, rave…

Clubbers' Decktionary: Lovers Rock

A rough guide to the genre of music known as Lovers Rock

Clubbers' Decktionary: A guide to the myriad genres of clubbing

15 Mar 2011

Lovers Rock adj. romantic style of reggae music cultivated on the London reggae scene, c. 1975-1985. While contemporary strands of reggae (dub, roots, rocksteady etc) were becoming increasingly politicised and serious, Lovers Rock maintained a…

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…

Devil Disco Club host HRH, Simonotron and Kris Wasabi

Devil Disco Club host HRH, Simonotron and Kris Wasabi

7 Jul 2010

The Trouble duo of Hobbes and Erik d’Viking welcome us back for yet more seedy backstreet disco thrills and edgy glamour, courtesy of brand new Edinburgh electro-pop band HRH and regular DJs Simonotron (Club For Heroes) and Kris Wasabi (Wasabi Disco)…

Devil Disco Club

Devil Disco Club

22 Mar 2010

A night which combines all that’s best about Edinburgh’s recent clubbing history and its current, vibrant incarnation, Devil Disco Club is described by its co-promoter Hobbes as ‘the new Trouble’. Not so much a virgin night as a rethought, re-energised…

Hitlist: Clubs

Hitlist: Clubs

2 Oct 2009

Devil Disco Club, Mudhoney, Pulse, Telefunken, Sensu is 5, The B^stard Dancehall, Pest Control Records, Mount Heart Attack, Death Disco, Numbers, Ultragroove

Devil Disco Club

Devil Disco Club

13 Aug 2009

Are you sick of clean, safe clubbing and shiny superstar DJs? Well ‘Trouble’s back in black’ with the perfect antidote where it’s all about the buzz of hearing great new music, be it soul, rap, disco, electro, house or boogie. Joined by London’s…

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