Beautiful Soup, Bloc, Glasgow, Aug 19

This new fortnightly offering from the Audio crew sees DJ Aldo and friends spin a seamless mix-up of all things electronic to a placid but receptive drinking crowd. Aldo's early set focused on the minimal end of the dance music spectrum, serving up groovy glitch house with the confidence and dynamism to take in everything else along the way (Moroder a definite highlight). DJ Spud provided a harder but no less varied selection of house and techno. However, the increasing liveliness of the punters illuminated the venue's shortcomings: with no dancefloor per se, those compelled to boogie were limited to the small space between the bar and the DJ box; at times, a perilous endeavour. Nevertheless the crowd made the best of it, and the beats and reasonably priced booze were bountiful. If you're looking for a cheap Saturday night with refreshingly good music, Beautiful Soup is certainly worth a try. [Calum Rodger]