Black Strobe, Death Disco, The Arches, Aug 19

Death Disco as a night should be applauded for injecting fun and affordability into the Glasgow club scene. The crowd are a fascinating mix from Arches regulars to art school fashionistas; anything goes and everything does. Resident Mingo-go helped breed this party atmosphere as she enthusiastically danced behind the decks to her mix of italo, disco and electro. Guesting in the second arch, Optimo's Twitch warmed up the crowd with a variety of techno, from minimal right through to the harder KLF and Nitzer Ebb: perfect preparation for Blackstrobe. Unfortunately, Blackstrobe were not as much fun. Their better-known songs went down a treat, the use of live instruments allowed them to play about and tease the crowd with repeating melodies, but the latter half of their hour long set bore too much resemblance to industrial metallers Rammstein - perhaps not what clubbers were expecting at 2am. Death Disco is still worth the entry fee though, just for the atmosphere and just to see Mingo-go dance! [Keira Sinclair]