The House of Techno

Edinburgh turns up the heat with a couple of huge nights this month. First up, Solescience meet Sugarbeat - guests are DJ Yoda with his full live audio-visual show, and electro-funk legend Greg Wilson on the decks, alongside both clubs' usual resident teams (Cabaret Voltaire, Dec 8, £10). Massive. Meanwhile Darren Emerson, Underwater Records chief and former Underworld band member, returns to the capital for a one-off No Strings Attached (Liquid Room, Dec 9, £14). And when it comes to Hogmanay, forget the second mortgage - support your local DJs instead by getting your arse to the NYE parties at Stereotype (Berlin, £TBC) or JakN (Studio 24, £TBC). Top local house and techno for £15. Meanwhile in Glasgow... one of Spain's top techno/house producers Alex Under guests at Freq for a full 2 hour live set - expect minimal proper here, from this man of the moment (Sub Club, Dec 15, £10). Optimo's sporadic Black Rabbit Whorehouse side-project returns to present a yet-to-be-announced guest, at what's rumoured to be its last-ever night (Classic Grand, Dec 15, £TBC). And for a Hogmanay you'll remember for a long time, don't consider going anywhere but Numbers, with special guests the genre-crunching, cap-wearing, speaker-destroying funsters Modeselektor live (Art School, £TBC).