Death Disco: Quite Frankly

 

Many club nights claim to be 'new and improved' after making the smallest of changes to their running. However, Death Disco recently underwent a significant reinvention which justifies such sloganeering, keeping their eye-catching posters and winning booking policy but putting a stronger emphasis on up and coming live acts. The Playroom is now open for every event and will present bands who sit well with the tone of the evening. Last month, as Brodinski played an energetic set that whipped the main arch into a frenzy, Filthy Dukes made their debut appearance in the Playroom to great success.

This month, every possible space is being used to maximum effect in order to accommodate one of the finest line-ups the night has offered this year. Radio One's Annie Mac headlines the Main Arch along with a DJ set from the Mystery Jets. Furthermore, Glasgow's very own exceptional talent Twitch will appear with Freeform Five, who are regulars to The Arches after years of extensive touring.

This month's Playroom act is Frankmusik, otherwise known as Vincent Frank from Croydon or the former beatboxer who went by the name of Mr. Mouth. Currently setting some areas of the music world alight with his bleep-laced robo-pop, the man describes himself as an \"intensely neurotic, glamorous, electroavid, self-edited, self-selected, self-focussed, madly dedicated new pop star\".

The former ballet school attendee and art school drop out promises to deliver a spell-binding set at his Death Disco debut where he aims to challenge the crowd. “I hate the idea of splitting music into genres,\" frowns Frank, \"as if you can only like a certain type of music because it's in your favoured genre. What the music I love always has in common is that it works not because it's in a particular genre but because it's great pop produced in an inventive way. I don’t want to belong to a particular genre, because that seems to reduce what I do. I make pop as fantastically as I can for people who like fantastic pop of whatever style and however they hear it, buy it and play it.”

What is certain is that The Arches landmark night isn't resting on any laurels over its rigid status as a popular spot on the Scottish clubbing map. By securing bold and challenging new acts such as Frankmusik to combine them with the big guns, Death Disco remains a must on a Saturday night.