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
Twenty Years On...
Leader: The first week of April marks the 20th anniversary of a Glasgow institution, The Sub Club, an impressive achievement when you consider that the venue has always put cutting-edge music at the forefront of its operations.
Pull quote: ""Its success is largely due to fact that it's never followed fashion, but above all else, it's down to the people who've come to the club over the years that have really made it what it is."" Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
Reviews
Justin Robertson, Death Disco, The Arches, Glasgow, 17 Mar
The excellent Justin Robertson helps a mediocre Death Disco come up trumps Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
Highlights
DJ Academy, City Nightclub, Edinburgh, Saturday afternoons, Apr 2007
Ok bedroom DJs, if you've had the decks for three years now, and still haven't progressed past beat-matching, then perhaps you need to hand over tutelage to ... Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
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Fabio & Grooverider, Xtrabass 07 and Xplicit, Art School, Glasgow, 9 Mar
Glasgow is gifted another ladle full of Xplicit drum and bass Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
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Groove Armada - Get Down feat. Stush
Groove Armada have come over sounding all Basement Jaxx Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
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Shadow Orchestra - Shadow Orchestra
Boldly pushing the boundaries of laptop music, composer/producer Chris Bangs and his four-piece orchestra have created one of the most genuinely uplifting an... Read more »| 11 Apr 2007
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A Piece Of Havana, Fruitmarket, Glasgow, 24 Feb
Triangulo Escuro seem to go down well with the massed revelers, but it's hard to escape the thought that they might not be able to hold their own in another setting Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
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Cortney Tidwell - Don't Let the Stars Keep Us Tangled Up [Ewan Pearson remix]
Pearson plays up the beats and streamlines the synths and keys into hypnotic electronica, which is generally uplifting Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
ReviewsMotor - Unhuman
The acid sound gets an electro-house re-birth on Unhuman, fitted around jackin' beats, vocodered lyrics, and erratic clicks. Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
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Trashed
Amid a flurry of changes to the Edinburgh scene (the closure of Sala, opening of Destination's women's night, and the relocation to Studio 24 of Velvet and Z... Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
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Niyi - 808 Klap / Ur Mummy
Niyi is equal parts Wiley, Timmy Mallett pop dross and breakbeat hardcore Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
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France Copland, DPLSPK, Maggie May's, Glasgow, 17 Mar
An entire array of cleverness Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
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Roll Deep - Rules & Regulations
For true, grimy Roll Deep, seek the mixtapes àbut if you're put off by grime's spiky harshness, this album will definitely be more compatible with your ears. Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
Interviews
Glasgow - Triptych (print)
Leader line: Triptych's line-up this year has warped convention even further than previous years, throwing the ravers in with the radical artists and putting the face-munchers amongst the chin-strokers. Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
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Rawkus Reloaded
Standfirst:
Having parted ways with Geffen, Rawkus are back with a new roster that breaks new ground while respecting the label's history. The Skinny talks to Kidz In The Hall about the new Rawkus, and their debut, School Was My Hustle.
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""Rawkus has a history for making real hip-hop stars in an organic way."" àNaledge Read more »| 11 Apr 2007