PREVIEW: BEATS

Article by Andrew Cooke | 15 Jul 2006
6 of the best CLUB NIGHTS in EDINBURGH

Saturday Night Fish Fry @ The Jazz Bar, July 1, £5, free b4 11.30pm
The 1st birthday party for d'Viking & Astroboy's Fish Fry. Special guests are down-under's modern funk band of the moment, The Bamboos.

Step It Up @ Wee Red Bar, July 6, £4 (£3)
DJs Mark Thomson, Skeetz and Cedric Minel on a mission to promote positive reggae music and fancy dancin'.

Access @ Cabaret Voltaire, July 7, £10
French electro-goth The Hacker returns this time for a live set, plus support from Goodlife's Jerome D & Split's Pyz with Dropout DJs & Rob Dylan in the wee room.

Boxwars @ Studio 24, July 10, £5
The battle of the clans! Boxwarriors fight to the sounds of Big Hand & Dick Dangerous and The Love Bastards.

TrocaBrahma @ Usher Hall, July 28, £18
Celebrating the spirit of Brazil with a mixture of Brazilian and UK stars. Featuring a full live samba set from Rio's Seu Jorge, UK hip hop from Sway, jazz from Soweto Kinch, Drumagick and of course Gilles Peterson is never far away.

Summer Classics Party @ Cabaret Voltaire, July 29, £8 (£7)
Gareth Somerville digs out the best of the past 17 years in house music for a truly classic summer party.

6 of the best CLUB NIGHTS in GLASGOW

David Mancuso @ CCA, July 1, £12.50
Creator of the infamous Loft parties in New York City, the legendarily fussy David Mancuso plays one of his 6-hour sets of pure rhythm.

Doublespeak @ The Hold, July 13, £6
Detroit's stupidly talented Jimmy Edgar presents his glitched-up hip hop, electro, techno and IDM live set with support from Hudson Mohawke & Konx-om-Pax.

Tronic Institution @ The Brunswick Hotel, July 14, £5 (£3)
Heavy summer special as Tronic team up with The Institute For Electronic Artists for a night of live electronics from Glasgow's underground scene. Performing artists include Rob Park, Sean Kerwin, Chikuma & I Am Blip.

Subculture @ The Sub Club, July 22, £10
Following on from his incredible collaboration with fellow Innervision artists, Henrik Schwarz plays a deep and refined live set alongside the Subculture crew.

Robot Disco Terror presents The Summer Sound System, July 29, £12
Still location unknown, killer cybernetic sounds from iamelectron (Mighty Robot Recordings), Metropolis (RDT), Tim Hamblin (Manchester) & Martin McKay (Rub-a-Dub/Club 69) with special guests I-F & Legowelt live!

Sensu @ Liquid Lounge, July 29, £10 (£8)
Troy Pierce & Marc Houle (Clonk/Minus) set the standards in real low-slung minimalism.