Ampbox: Turn it up

Ampbox was founded by Rob Morrison in Oct 07 after he moved from Glasgow to the capital. It currently runs at Edinburgh's Wee Red Bar, and occasionally at the Glasgow School of Art. Rob felt that "the capital was missing out on a lot of good music. I wanted to start a club where people went to dance and enjoy themselves, that wasn't limited to specific genres". He was led to the Wee Red Bar, which he describes as a small venue with a "great atmosphere... more like a party than being in a night club".

The playlist experiments with a variety of "different takes on dance music: from straight up electro house, techno, glitchy hip-hop from Warp-signed Hudson Mohawke, 90s UK rave, Detroit electro, acid house from DMX Krew, sexed-up Rnb from Steve Mason's Black Affair, acidic dancehall from the Sleepless Crew, garage, grime, and bassline from Bok Bok & Manara". We'd definitely call that a mixed bag!

Taking a break while the club is packing it out each month and attracting top notch guests may seem like an odd move, but rest assured it is not permanent. "From month to month I'm always worried about how the next one will go… not really sure how people will like something that they're not used to, or expecting to hear, but it's the atmosphere of the place that carries it through... To me it's what clubbing is about - being somewhere with your friends and listening to new, exciting music; not standing around looking good".

"I'll be spending four months in Tokyo over the summer so that's why the club is taking a break. Hopefully [I'll] come back refreshed with some new ideas. With our last night on 6 June, Zombie Disco Squad (Get Rude) are coming up from London, and Pro Vinylist Karim (Rub-a-Dub), and John who runs Big Toes HiFi will be playing. Ampbox has had a lot of different music over the months so decided for the last one we wanted to have some really good party DJs - which these guys are - playing reggae, dancehall, hip-hop, funk, baltimore, ghetto house, booty bass, techno and more, right across the board".