Clubbing Highlights – November
After spending the last month gliding around the darkened streets in my strictly imagined 1973 Chevrolet Chevelle listening to the Drive soundtrack on repeat and making a point of avoiding elevators I’ve decided it’s time to turn my back on all that and get back to clubbing.
Is there a better place to start than Subculture, which continues to secure some great names – this month is no different with Julio Bashmore making an appearance on Sat 12 Nov at The Sub Club. Bashmore’s sound is inspired by those South-Easterly zephyrs that blew in from the golden era of mid 90s French house with a touch of added bass. His single Battle for Middle You is a fine embodiment of this warm, hazy sound combined with a hypnotically charged stomp.
Pressure’s 13th birthday on Fri 25 Nov will only be unlucky for those who can’t get tickets as this Glasgow institution lines up an impressive array of names, the most notable being Vitalic. Since descending on Glasgow three years ago to promote his last album Flashmob, things have been rather quiet from the French producer whose incendiary and equally stylish debut OK Cowboy is still regularly sought out for a guaranteed assault on the dancefloor. With Chris Liebing and Radio Slave also on call at The Arches and, naturally, with SLAM headlining this should be nothing short of massive.
Layo & Bushwacka begin what is destined to be a very special bi-monthly residency at Chambre 69 on Sat 26 Nov. Shake It, named after the London warehouse party project they set up with Laurent Garnier, will be all that you need in terms of absolutely rock solid, groove infested house as they deliver an epic four hour set. Nomad celebrate their first birthday on Sat 5 Nov with former Minus main man and one of Items and Things' key architects, Troy Pierce. Topping off what is set to be one of the best nights of the end of the year is a supporting set from Glasgow wonderkid Hans Bouffmyhre to lure you into the eye of the storm.
You’ll have to be quick to catch him but Nathan Fake, a prodigy of James Holden’s and often cited as an ‘heir to the electronic music throne‘ headlines Substance’s 5th Birthday at Bongo Club on Fri 4 Nov. With the tantalising prospect of a new album on the horizon (slated for release next year) it should be one hell of a party. If deep house and techno are your thing then Musika residents Derek Martin, Laurie Neil, Kirk Douglas and Jamie McKenzie will be taking everyone on a journey at The Liquid Room on Sat 19 Nov and if you get there early it’s a mere £5 on the door.
Erol Alkan: you just can’t keep the man down, right? He and Annie Mac will be doing a double header at Annie Mac Presents at The Arches on Sat 5 Nov. He brings this set to Gasoline Dance Machine for what is a rare, if not even a first, outing in Scotland on Sat 3 Dec at Cabaret Voltaire.
The electronic music video website EQTV have stepped out from behind the cameras and will be hosting their own parties from now on, the first of which will feature Hot Flush label head honcho Scuba on Fri 9 Dec at Chambre 69. Having released his ridiculously catchy Adrenaline EP just a couple of months ago and with a new album in development the attention is only going to keep growing. Finally, Azari & III, interviewed in this month’s issue, play live at The Arches on Sat 12 Nov and they will also be DJing at Heavy Gossip & Ultragroove at Green Room/Below the Stairs later that night which, if it is anything like their record, will be crammed full of late 80s and early 90s house classics.