Superpitcher, Boys Noize and Luxury Car, Cotton Cake, The Arches, Oct 6

After a September face-off with Pressure, Cotton Cake made a solo and more intimate return to The Arches inviting German producer and Kompakt-label artist Superpitcher to join bi-monthly resident Boys Noize. Known as Aksel Schaufler to friends, his Superpitcher full-length 2004 debut, 'Here Comes Love' was a wide-screen, emotionally-charged epic that strayed from the characteristic, Kompakt minimal-techno template. His last Cotton Cake appearance saw him chart a brooding and sinisterly-tinged, yet up-tempo path. Replacing the very capable Residents Anima and Mehdi, Schaufler's set was at once both sweeping and stripped-back, combining melodic and minimal techno-house strands to concoct a successful, dance-floor friendly formula. The second arch featured the Franz Ferdinand-like sounds of Luxury Car playing live, with Boys Noize later taking over with their electro-punk style. After another successful Arches event, Cotton Cake look set to carve their own long-term niche in Glasgow clubland. [Colin Chapman]