Arts & Entertainment
The latest arts and entertainment highlights, previews, reviews, music and film features and opinion pieces from The Skinny writers.
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DJ Hell - International Deejay Gigolos CD Ten
Minimal house throbs, distortion, electronic washes, and pumping retro synth are the key ideas, jangling and squelching CD Ten into a favourite spot in your music collection Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
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Maps - It Will Find You
Nicely produced and crisp sounding, this record will do as well as the album Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
ClubsMr Hudson & the Library remixed by Sway - Ask the DJ
Mr. Hudson has penned an anthem for anyone who has ever had a partner lacking in musical knowledge Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
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Yvonne Stevens aka Taka - Special
Irresistible funky house vibes wriggle all over Special. Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
ClubsLottergirls - Right On
Desperate for your attention, Lottergirls exude punk-attitude and
electro-dynamism Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
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Ade Fenton Top 10 DJ Chart
Ade Fenton: UK techno star, Atomic Jam resident, and now Gary Numan's cohort, has just released his debut album. Having entwined his frankly disturbing and thundering techno sound with harder, and yet, more melodic industrial facets in his new projects, his next venture is to produce Gary Numan's new album later this year. Ade's new album Artificial Perfect is out now on Submissive Records. Read more »| 10 Jun 2007
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V/A - Volume 1
On the whole the album is extremely varied, and luckily the only thing which doesn't change is the consistent production quality and raw talent throughout Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
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Meg Baird - Dear Companion
making records like this, in this day and age, is frankly ridiculous Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
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Indian Summer Comes to Glasgae!
Leader: Nu-cosmic-disco maestro, 'Prins' Thomas Hermansen will be on hand to stimulate festival feet at Indian Summer on Saturday 14 July.
Pull Quote: ""What you expected to be 5000 people with their hands in the air can suddenly turn into a muddy and dark tent with 50 people waiting to hear the folk act after you... I'll just bring lots records and CDs and take it from there!"" Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
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Galchen: Instrumental Stimulation
Leader: With sweeping soundscapes, and kick-ass rhythms underscoring instrumental music, a wonderful new talent has emerged.
Pull Quote: ""One of the big struggles for us over the years has been trying to get across to people, that we are not Mogwai!"" àIain of Galchen. Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
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Prince Fatty - Milk and Honey
If you like the classic early dub sound, and you appreciate the less freaked-out pioneers of the bass, you'll probably have no trouble enjoying his work. Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
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The Go Go, Studio 24, Edinburgh, 2 June.
The Go-Go promises to be a vibrant, groovalicious evening not to be missed Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
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Volume, Cocteau Lounge, Ego, Edinburgh, 9 June
Riding on a high after their five star review in May's Skinny, Volume are back with another stellar local line-up. Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
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Darren Emerson, Sugarbeat, Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, 29 June
All good things electronic guaranteed! Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
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Daniel Bell, Freq, Sub Club, Glasgow, 22 June
His 7th City label continues to release extraordinary techno, while Bell has emmersed himself in Germany, and the Berlin scene; one he helped to create while living in another continent. Read more »| 10 Jun 2007