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
DUBSTEP: Skream If You Want To Go Faster
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. Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
ReviewsDaedelus - Fair Weather Friends EP
A simply stunning EP of pop-flavoured experimental dancefloor madness Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Interviews
Big Dada - Ten Years Deep
Well Deep – Ten Years of Big Dada Recordings marks the anniversary of one of the UK's finest hip-hop labels. Will Ashon, the label's founder, talks to The Skinny about how he built a home for the likes of Roots Manuva and Diplo; while his latest signing Cadence Weapon, tells us about bringing hip-hop to the electroclashers.
Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
InterviewsPrefuse 73: A Profuse Talent
Guillermo Scott Herren is a producer and multi-instrumentalist who lives and breathes the music he performs through various guises. Dave Kerr talks to Herron... Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Highlights
House of Techno October 2008
Ebay's a fucking letdown. Apparently I can't flog one of my kidneys, even when I offer it as a gourmet food item (lightly pan fried, a little seasoning. Ya w... Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
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Rubens - Carnivalesque
Their conception is translated into an emotionally evocative album Read more »| 08 Oct 2007
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Highlights
Underworld, The Academy, Glasgow, 13 Oct
Don't let the size of the venue fool you, this is a low-key affair but in terms of anticipation this is a festival scale event Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Interviews
MNX - Aggro and Allegro
Continue to get to know your local labels with our ongoing series of specials: this month it is the Glasgow/Scottish-based label MNX (pronounced Monox), who are fast making a name for themselves in techno circles. Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Reviews
Gravious & Monochrome, Oscillate, The Ivy, Glasgow, 24 Aug
Pushing for a suitable climax, his closing number, a remix of Prodigy's No Good (Start The Dance), unapologetically steals the show Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
Interviews
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 -
Reviews
Felix Da Housecat - Future Calls the Dawn
Two very different tracks from the Chicago disco king to enjoy here Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
ReviewsGroove Armada - Song 4 Mutya (Out of Control) Pt. 2 (Columbia)
Prince's influence on the track is abundantly clear from the start in the lyrics alone Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
ReviewsLil' Mama - Lip Gloss
Lil' Mama's voice and command of the material here bodes well for future releases Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
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Muddyloop - Girl on Girl
If a horny guy growling about lesbian action is your thing, fair enough, but it's otherwise best avoided Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
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Robyn with Kleerup - With Every Heartbeat
Trance pop for the aficionados, at its best. Read more »| 08 Sep 2007