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
Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid - Speaking another language. (print version)
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It's time for The Skinny to knock six bells out the phone bill with international interviews with Steve Reid and Kieran Hebden, the masterminds/loons behind The Exchange Sessions, and their newest release, Tongues.
Pull quote: ""I think the planet would have been destroyed if it wasn't for the music over these years. There's no blood on the music, that's all I got to say about that."" Read more »| 12 Mar 2007 -
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Amon Tobin: Ever Falling
I suppose I look at all recorded sound as source material. How it works in music is really down to how you then manipulate it. Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
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One Hell of a Time
Die hard Bayern Munich fan and qualified football coach, fashion icon and occasional Versace model, prolific producer, club owner, and record label kingpin. Helmut Josef Geier AKA DJ Hell is more than just a DJ: The Skinny talk electro-house, that minimal house craze, where it all began and where it's going with Europe's hottest DJ. Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
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Curios? Sunday Joint - A Little Curios?
Leader Line: Another week, another weekend, and while many Edinburgh punters go on the quest for dimmed lights and ear shattering beats on the traditional Friday or Saturday night they should be aware that there are always other options out there.
Pull Quote: ""The childlike qualities are at the heart of my ethos... the idea of directly integrating play into a social setting for adults."" (Malx) Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
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4 Hero - The Evolution of Music
better leader or pull quote needed alex brain no worky: An adorable modern soul classic Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
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Blitzkrieg Bop: Pulsating To The Back Beat
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Blitzkrieg Bop provides a visual and musical mash-up that defines the wonderful variety of the Glasgow club scene.
Pull Quote: ""We're definitely developing a niche night, with fresh, edgy acts, and programming the night with a very creative head on."" Read more »| 10 Feb 2007
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Semiconductor: Mistaken Identities
Pull Quote: ""We're not hiding away in the art scene, we like to engage a bit more and communicate what we do."" Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
InterviewsConversations with christ.
Scotland's leading ambient artist christ. talks to Bram Gieben about why he isn't taking the Lord's name in vain, and gives us the skinny on his new LP. Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
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Return To Atlantis - ONLINE ONLY
Leader line: One of Glasgow's most influential nights makes a welcome return to the club scene during the upcoming festive period.
Pull Quote: ""Atlantis was part of an era which acted as a catalyst for the scene we have now."" Read more »| 11 Jan 2007 -
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Cappablack's Counterattack
Leader: Cappablack talk to Liam Arnold and The Skinny on why there can never be more than two of them, the troubles with classical piano, and their second LP Facades and Skeletons.
quote: ""I never breakdanced, but hiphop culture is ingrained in me.""
Read more »| 11 Jan 2007 -
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Seismic - Records and Numbers on the Glasgow Rick-tor Scale
Leader: For years the Glasgow club scene has been dominated by big nights like Pressure and Optimo. However, like it or not it's time to make way for something fresh and special in 2007
pull quote: ""Crucially we're all about creating a mental party atmosphere."" Read more »| 11 Jan 2007 -
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Egebamyasi has Acid Indeggestion (USE ME)
Leader line: Please bear with us as we enter the eggstremely strange and acidic world of Egebamyasi. Normal English will return in a few minutes.
Pull quote: ""What is missing is more records decks to eggsplode when bad records come on, or maybe the DJ could just blow up instead."" Read more »| 11 Jan 2007 -
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Roots Manuva: A Poetic Pallette (PRINT ONLY - SHORT)
Leader : The Skinny talks with Roots Manuva about his role as ""the guy on the corner with the Super T"" as he prepares to put together a new band and take them on the road.
Pull Quote : ""I always tried to project this image of a goody-two-shoes but then I'd be upstairs on the sex line.""
Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
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Death Disco: Disco-ing All The Way
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Four to the floor is left at the door as Glasgow's favourite Death Disco becomes a clubbing heavyweight.
Pull Q: ""Our unofficial motto is 'Hot Beats, Good Times,' pronounced in a dodgy european accent."" - Tiernan Kelly, DD Promoter Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
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Neil Templar: Diggin' the Dirt (PRINT VERSION)
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The Skinny talks to Dogma's much-missed Neil Templar about his Dirt project, emigration, and the difference a change makes. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006