Clubs
The Skinny guide to clubs in Edinburgh, Glasgow and across Scotland. Discover the best club nights in Scotland with our monthly highlights; find great new music with our DJ charts and playlists; and hear from some of electronic music's best new producers in our regular interviews.
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Highlights
Drum and Bass Curriculum
At last spring is upon us, bringing us Easter eggs, bank holiday weekends and a healthy dose of forward thinking clubnights. We begin with Az-Tech's 1st birt... Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
Interviews
Capitol 1212 in the Capital
SF: The Skinny investigates closer to home to determine the health of home-grown beats, checking in with Capitol 1212
PQ: ""I'm never bored by the talent and creativity I see... people should always look closer to home for their music."" - Professa Fresh Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
Interviews
On Track With Smith N Hack
SF: Errorsmith and Soundhack manage to take a few minutes out of their sound check to tell The Skinny how the past influences their mission to push dance music into the future.
PQ: ""We had one track we played in Glasgow where we incorporated a Donna Summer track; people went mad for it because they knew how we had combined our track with the sample. You don't often find that knowledge about music in other parts of the world."" - Errorsmith Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
Highlights
Hip-hop Core Highlights
Well as the nation drags itself from the despair of winter and into the alleged joys of spring there's only one major talking point of the hip-hop calendar t... Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
Reviews
Slam - Staccato Rave
Everything in this track blends together nicely, and images of a packed dancefloor throbbing to this song easily come to mind Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
Highlights
House of Techno Preview, March 2008
Far more intoxicating than getting back on all the things I gave up for lent, and instilling more joy than the possibility of some actual sunshine is the fac... Read more »| 06 Mar 2008
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Interviews
You Don't Know Pt 2: Cadence Weapon
In our continuing feature, we take the opportunity to check in with Cadence Weapon, another new and upcoming artist on the Big Dada label Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
Interviews
Simian Mobile Disco: Still Our Friends
PQ: One of the biggest success stories on the dance scene of 2007 was the rise of Simian Mobile Disco. The Skinny catches up with James Ford a year later to find out how their career and music is progressing.
SF: ""I think everybody who makes dance music nowadays has to have been influenced at some point by Daft Punk!"" Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
Interviews
I want M.A.N.D.Y.
SF: The new Fabric compilation (number 38 in the illustrious catalogue) is now out, put together by German techno maestros M.A.N.D.Y. The Skinny's RJ Thomson asked them what makes it, and them, work so well.
PQ: ""It's more than talking about music. It's more like soul talking."" àPatrick Bodmer, on talking about food
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Dj Charts
DJ Chart: Absolute Chancer's Top Ten Bangers 'n' Mash
Wonky Wallpaper and Clutter House promoter and resident, Absolute Chancer, gives us his top ten Bangers 'n' Mash. Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
Reviews
QueerMutiny, The Forest, 18 Jan
unpretentious, positive, fun and welcoming Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
Highlights
Vex'd and Clark, Ballers Social Club, The Glasgow School of Art, 8 Feb
Chris Clark will be touting his electronic concoction of all that is crisp, acidy and thoroughly space age as the perfect airborne counterpart to Vex'd gritty subterranea Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
Highlights
Hip-hop Core Highlights
Four Corners, kinda like Headspin but with an African/Latin twist, is turning three-years-old next month, turning up the live drums and beats for another Bon... Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
Reviews
Black Pocket - Black Pocket The Album
This record represents a real challenge yet when bearable evokes relaxing late-nights in smoky sitting rooms... Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
Reviews
Zurich - Diamonds
Raising the bar for sleazy minimalism everywhere, this is one hell of a tune Read more »| 05 Feb 2008