Top 6 Nights in Edinburgh and Glasgow
Top 6 Edinburgh
Tweek @ Po Na Na, Dec 6, £0
Bruno F-K and Ian Brandon return for another night, a completely free night may we add, of breaks, techno, electro, house and whatever takes their fancy! Pyz (Split / Access)and Ibrahim (Dogma/Split/Fat Mess) will be joining the fray to help kick off the last month of the year loudly.
Eclectro @ Wee Red Bar, Dec 15, £4 b4 12am/£5
It does what it says on the tin, branching out to house, techno, minimal and more 'eclectic nonsense' with DJ Quirky.
Mr Scruff @ Cabaret Voltaire, Dec 15, £11 (adv.)/£13
The fish and tea-obsessed Mr Scruff makes a welcome return to Edinburgh for what will no doubt be another sell-out gig.
Sequential @ Studio 24, Dec 29, £10
Simon 'Bassline' Smith (Technique Recordings) will be dropping the jungle, and need we say it, drum & bass, with Slowmotion Ninja (Alphabreaks) and live vocals from Harlequinade. Get along for some festive d&b!
Solescience @ Cabaret Voltaire, Dec 29, £3 (adv.)
This is what we like to see - prices that won't dent the bank balance after the money absorbing holiday we call Christmas! Residents Rob Mathie and Nick Yuill take control of the decks for a retrospective of house in 2006 and special guest Grant Maclean delivers a Detroit flavour.
Departure Lounge @ The Caves, Dec 31, £20 (adv.)
A simmering pot of latin, leftfield, funk, samba, and wordly beats to kick off 2007 from Moishe's Bagel (live), Roots Rising (live), Edinburgh Samba School (live) and DJ sets from Sidewinder and Astroboy with Cammy on percussion.
Top 6 for Glasgow
Techmas @ Soundhaus, Dec 29, £5/£3 members
The third Techmas party is moving through to Glasgow this time for six hours of techno and breaks from a bumper line-up: Acid Fairy (live), Kenny Breaks, Junior Lazarou, Luka, Malky, Morph (live), Morphos (live), R-Tech, and Bill Spice.
Pressure @ The Arches, Dec 29, £20 (adv.)
Pressure continue their adventure in trying to consecutively top their own night with their pre-Hogmanay bash. King of techno Derrick May will rounding off a night of varied techno from Magda, Radioactive Man (live), Lee Van Dowski, Quenum (live), Steve Bug, and Slam.
Club Noir @ Classic Grand, Dec 31, £20 b4 Xmas Eve/£25 after
Not quite club music, but a dance event like they used to hold. That's if Golden Oldies, swing and pop was played at your grandmother's fetish parties. See in a raunchy New Year with DJ Loveless and 'The Story of Burlesque'.
Death Disco @ The Arches, Dec 16, £12
Their Xxxmas party brings Erol Alkan back to The Arches for more blended electro, acid house and indie, with support from Cajuan, DJ Mingo-go and Silent Disco in the Playroom.
Loose Change @ The Arches, Dec 15, £6/8
With a line-up longer than we have room for print, Loose Change is pulling out all the stops. Jack Wherry (Herbaliser), First Rate (Scratch Perverts), Boom Monk Ben, and Rob Red Alert (Fabric) secure the main arch, while the Playroom is filled to bursting point with Renaissance Records, Shizzle, and DJ Ironik to name a few.
Atlantis @ Sub Club, Dec 30, £tbc
The pre-cursor to Slam's career was a weekly night called Atlantis that finished twelve years ago, and it's been resurrected for a very special re-visit to the night that started it all.