Clubbing Highlights – April 2013

April's clubbing highlights offer a heady and intoxicating mixture of homegrown techno selectors and international legends, French electro superstars, hardtek and house troublemakers and eclectic beats du jour.

We kick off on 2 Apr with those cheeky chappies iAM, who offer some Tuesday techno shenanigans with Sub Club stalwart Harri taking on Jasper. Expect deep, tribal grooves. The same night over in Edinburgh, get on down to Henry's Cellar Bar for an explosion of hardtek and breakcore from local lads Zonk, Alias23 and friends at Wonky.

On 5 Apr, Animal Farm take on La Cheetah for an evening of techno headed up by Berlin's Mike Denhert, head honcho of Fachwerk Records. Over in Edinburgh at the Liquid Room, Pulse and Karnival unite to bring you the maestro of French electro, Vitalic. Over at Studio 24, Dogma mainstay Nomad joins the Unseen crew for a bout of pitch-dark techno.

On 6 Apr, always-excellent Detroit legend Carl Craig joins the Musika crew for a session of deep, classic techno, while the Melting Pot crew return to their regular spot at The Admiral for a very special tribute night to the DJ behind the seminal Paradise Garage, Larry Levan – expect extended house and disco edits and a permissive, anything-goes atmosphere.

On 12 Apr, Kapital welcome former Black Strobe member and seminal electro producer Ivan Smagghe, who is joined by Fabric / Phantasy regular Daniel Avery. The hedonistic chaps at Nosleep celebrate their third birthday at Make Do with DJs Mr G and Organ Grinder, while Andrew Weatherall and Sean Johnston go back-to-back at their revered A Love From Outer Space night at The Berkeley Suite. Over at the Subby, Fabric's Craig Richards joins the Return to Mono crew for some tech-house shenanigans.

Amsterdam deep house maestros Tom Trago and Detroit Swindle join the Naïve crew at The Berkeley Suite on 13 Apr, while on 19 Apr respected house and techno purveyors Slabs of the Tabernacle return to Glasgow for a night at The Big Joint, with a headline set from Madrid's Svreca.

On 20 Apr, join the Italo-loving Gasoline Dance Machine crew at Edinburgh's Cabaret Voltaire for a set from synth-lover Stephen Fassano, better known as The Magician. On the same night, Notsosilent welcome rising house music stars Huxley and Sei A to Make Do, alongside local heroes Mia Dora. Saint Judes meanwhile welcome Germany's Session Victim, mixing up house with disco, hip-hop and soul influences.

As the month draws to a close, don't miss the chance on 26 Apr to catch another Detroit legend, Juan Atkins, joining the iAM boys at the Subbie. If you prefer your four-four beats progressive and dreamy, head down to Musika for an appointment with deep house supremo Sasha. Alternatively, check out Jackhammer at the Liquid Room, who have Gary Beck and Dustin Zahn manning the decks. Finally, a quick shout out to the dedicated Subculture faithful – on 27 Apr they welcome Deetron, a veteran Swiss DJ with releases stretching back to the late 90s, who plies a Detroit-influenced techno seam. That's it for this month – and we even resisted using any Easter egg puns. See you down the front...