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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Interviews
The Hive: Buzzing With Action
Standfirst: The Honeycomb is under new management for a new era. The Skinny catches up with Kenny Breaks to find out the Hive's buzz.
PQ: ""The Hive should be a much sought-after club contender in Edinburgh.""
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Bridging the gap
SF: He's been nominated for an Ivor Novello award, toured the world, and set alight the charts; The Skinny chats to Nick Bridges from Bodyrox
PQ: ""DJing has always been number one for me. Producing is also great but there's nothing like a buzzing club."" Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
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Spooky Affair: Haunted House Party
SF: The band trying to prove the stereotypes wrong: meet Haunted House Party.
PQ: ""If you could prolong that feeling and bottle it you could sell it as a very nice drug."" Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
InterviewsOdd Nosdam: Music for the advancement of shoegazing
"I have a lot of emotions inside of me that can get pretty intense, art is the only thing I can do to keep myself sane." Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
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Hexstatic - Arigato Mr Roboto
Robin Brunson and Stuart Hill are the VJ / DJ legends behind the Zen TV Tours and 2000's classic Rewind LP, but can even Hexstatic save us When Robots Go Bad?
Pull Quote: ""We weren't too concerned about what hardcore Ninja fans were going to think about it."" Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
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Ny - Finally Some Female Grime!
Rhythm & grime is the latest genre to captured the mind's eye in music media south of the border. Twenty year-old Ny has merged the two elements of music together to create a potent style of her own. Like the 50 Cents of the world, Ny took to mixtapes in order to unleash her sound on the ears of the UK.
Pull Quote: ""If you listen to my CD, you can hear a range of influences... from Beres Hammond, to Peter Tosh, to Blondie, to Simon and Garfunkel - to me it's simply music."" Read more »| 09 Aug 2007
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Marcus Intalex takes on Fabric
Now, let's not beat about the bush, Fabric is one of, if not the, most talked about and well-respected underground clubs in the UK. Marcus Intalex tells The Skinny how he took on the Fabric challenge.
Pull Quote: ""I'm just going to do exactly what I do without worrying about trying to conform."" Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
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Aesop Rock - No Story Goes Untold
Leader: Once upon a time in the days of yore, Aesop Rock painted The Skinny a picture of how creativity abounds when you turn your life upside down.
Pull Quote: ""I was trying to capture these different time periods, these moods of somebody from birth to age 30."" Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
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Back To Bizznizz - Lethal Bizzle - USE THIS VERSION NEW INFO
Lethal Bizzle is no stranger to attention. He's been pushing his talents on the world for years, trying to get us to listen to what he has to say. Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
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Tokyoblu - Funkin' Along Nicely
The Skinny chats with John Hutchison from Tokyo Blu about their upcoming milestone 5th birthday and where the club is heading.
""There's definitely loads of life left in the club, if anything the whole Tokyoblu concept is still in its infancy"" - John Hutchison Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
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EDINBURGH FEATURE: Sweet E: Underground Exposure
Since the age of 13, Sweet E has been making hip-hop with her brother as Northern Exposure. With an upcoming 12"", festival appearances, and collaborations with Skinnyman's Mud Fam, NrnExpo are creeping out of the underground. Meet Edinburgh's answer to Lauryn Hill. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
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Glasgow feature - Kaput!: They Do Things A Bit Different
Leader: Rejecting the familiar Saturday night club formula for something a little more esoteric is Kaput! The Skinny gets the lowdown
Quote: ""We play the wilder, less commercial side of rock 'n' roll - from the proto-disco of no-wave and the urgency of post-punk, to krautrock and the droning waves of post-rock... all the while professing love for Ivor Cutler, soundtracks and any strange outsider music recording we can get our hands on."" - Colin/Kid Twist Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
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SugarBeat: Garden Kuts
throwing you six artists isn't enough, say SugarBeat Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
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Alex Smoke: Getting The Balance
The Skinny chats with Alex Smoke about city differences, future plans, and his intention to storm the Kapital.
Pull Quote: """"People will go with the trend, but those who like good music, make good music - and they're not particularly bothered whether it's called this thing or that thing"" - Alex Smoke Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
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Neil Landstrumm: Raving Bull
Leader: The Skinny electronically chats with Neil Landstrumm about his return to Edinburgh, and why Restaurant of Assassins is not a mere continuation of key popular sounds.
Pull Quote: ""I've always been into heavy bass."" - Neil Landstrumm Read more »| 10 Jul 2007