Interviews
The Skinny brings nightlife out of the dark, shining a light on the hottest local clubs with interviews with DJs, electronic musicians and promoters. Here you can find all the info you need to leave scorch marks on the dance floor.
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InterviewsSpotlight On...The Bongo Club
Continuing our series profiling Scotland's best nightclubs, we take a look at relaunched Edinburgh favourite, The Bongo Club... Read more »| 26 Apr 2013 -
InterviewsDie Harder: Underachievers Please Try Harder
After five years and 99 clubnights, Underachievers Please Try Harder go out in style with two final blow-outs in April. The Skinny celebrates that rarest of parties: an indie disco with teeth Read more »| 05 Apr 2013 -
InterviewsNumbers: In Their Prime
Jackmaster and Spencer reflect on a decade of Numbers and introduce the Pleasure Principle Weekender, which launches in Cornwall this month Read more »| 03 Apr 2013 -
InterviewsBeneath The Label: All Caps
Beginning a new series exploring some of the best record labels around, we quiz Glasgow-based selector, Bake, on the label he co-runs with Ryan Martin and Matthew Muir Read more »| 02 Apr 2013 -
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Spotlight on... The Sub Club
In the first of a regular feature for the Clubs section, we'll be taking a look at some of Scotland's best nightclubs. Where better to start than with the world-famous Glasgow institution that is the Sub Club... Read more »| 01 Apr 2013 -
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Sounding Out Matthew Herbert
As he prepares to release a 130-track retrospective compilation of early house tracks, it seems the restlessly innovative producer has far from reached the end of his sonic exploration of the world around him Read more »| 05 Mar 2013
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Festivals
Space is the Place: Techno pioneer Jeff Mills introduces his live score to Fritz Lang's Woman In The Moon
As Jeff Mills' new 'cine-mix' for Fritz Lang's Woman In The Moon premieres at Glasgow Film Festival, we caught up with the world's most inventive DJ to talk about space travel, the origins of his unique sound, and his new audiovisual label, Alpha Centauri Read more »| 01 Feb 2013 -
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Late Flowering Lust: Andrew Weatherall on The Asphodells
Andrew Weatherall has abandoned the rock and roll of his last album to create The Asphodells with Timothy J. Fairplay, a glorious celebration of post-punk and electronica inspired by John Betjeman, AR Kane, and his club night, A Love From Outer Space Read more »| 15 Jan 2013 -
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Subcity: The Next Generation
Subcity Radio, the student-run station based in Glasgow University, has been broadcasting for close to 20 years. We caught up with newly-appointed Station Manager Niall Morris to ask about his plans for this cultural landmark... Read more »| 07 Dec 2012 -
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Burlesque, Beats and BDSM: Torture Garden at The Caves
As the annual Edinburgh Torture Garden bash approaches, The Skinny talks to its Scottish organiser Dee Itsy about burlesque, beats and BDSM Read more »| 07 Dec 2012 -
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Motor City Electronics
Ahead of the final night in La Cheetah's series of Detroit celebrations, The Skinny talks to key Motor City players Juan Atkins, Eddie ‘Flashin’ Fowlkes and Keith Tucker Read more »| 30 Oct 2012 -
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The House That Lil' Louis Built
Being at the vanguard of house music from its inception was much less pleasure than pain, as DJ, producer, writer and now filmmaker Lil' Louis launches the world's first house music exhibition Read more »| 03 Oct 2012 -
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Philanthrobeats: A Force For Good
Charity no longer starts in the home; it now begins in the club. We find out about a unique clubbing project bringing together good causes and some of Glasgow's best DJs Read more »| 31 Aug 2012 -
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Click Box - The Boys From Brazil
The Glasgow debut of the inimitable Brazilian duo Click Box marks another in a long line of exemplary bookings for underground DIY club nights in the city Read more »| 30 Aug 2012 -
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Com Truise: "I do like to pretend I'm at NASA Control, launching space shuttles"
As Com Truise releases his rarities compilation and prepares for a return to Scotland, he talks to The Skinny about sci-fi, synthesisers and his home at Ghostly International Read more »| 03 Aug 2012