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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Interviews
Chloe: Paris in the Autumn
SF: The electro scene eagerly anticipates Chloe's Parisian masterpiece, the aptly named The Waiting Room, and The Skinny finds out how she finds her balance between sleazy beats and intimate songwriting.
PQ: ""The Waiting Room is the continuity of my work and an important part of my artistic expression."" - Chloe Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Reviews
Hezekiah - I Predict a Riot
A glorious offering Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Highlights
Xplicit, Three multi-city events in three weeks
The line-up on each occasion stands shoulder to shoulder with some of the greatest the scene in Scotland has ever witnessed Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Reviews
Tomboy - Flamingo Remixes part. 2 (Trentemöller / Rodion rmxs) (Gomma)
For straight-up, crunching electro-house, his remix is nigh-on unbeatable Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Interviews
Hip Hop? Dinnae Stop!
Before we forget, remember the tea-lovin' Mr Scruff? Of course you do; he's back in Edinburgh on 18 Oct Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Interviews
Edinburgh Feature: Skream If You Want To Go Faster
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Tempa Records ingénue Skream is a young producer who is going places. As he prepares to drop some serious sub-bass on Edinburgh's Volume!, we ask him how his sound has evolved since he witnessed the birth of dubstep.
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""The term dubstep came about because it was the best way to describe it, but some of it has no relevance to dub... it's just the instrumental part that carries that association. I just play what I play."" Read more »| 08 Oct 2007
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Highlights
Simon Baker, Infant Record Night, Off The Record and Animal Farm, The Soundhaus, Glasgow, 6 Oct
Glasgow will be treated to another dark and dirty house night Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Reviews
To Rococo Rot - ABC123
A dizzying but pleasant claustrophobia Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
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Rodion - Tu Mi Turbi
Via Lactea even sees Rodion throwing in Balearic keys to counterpoint a hefty organic bass, before building into another computer-game breakdown Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
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Mathias Kaden - Myal EP
Three tracks laden with simplistic tribal beats
BACK TO ED - QUOTATION NOT ATTRIBUTED Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
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Golden Bug - We Love Tokio/Horses
The song rolls, building and falling as the Prince-like vocal style, continued references to working girls and Bug's trademark vocal tampering combine to make the track jar in your mind Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
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Azzido da Bass feat. Adrian Holtz - So Wrong
This is something of a new direction for da Bass Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Interviews
Cobblestone Jazz: Rounded Techno
SF: As the backlash against the minimal techno sound gathers pace, the productions of Cobblestone Jazz have offered a warmer, analogue alternative to their more digital-driven counterparts. The Skinny investigates.
PQ: ""The three of us, we're playing analogue instruments, mixing it all live; in some ways this can make it sound raw, more human"". Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Reviews
Luisito Quintero - Percussion Madness Revisited
This album would be a good accomplice for a house DJ wanting to put something with real drums and a bit of groove in their set Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
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Lee Burridge - Balance 012
Maybe someday Crimes Against Art will be on the statute, and we will have our justice Read more »| 08 Oct 2007