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
Luke Slater: From Mute To Mote Evolver
Standfirst/ Luke Slater comes to Access on 16 Mar - in sweaty and feverish anticipation, Omar Kudos takes a look at the career of one of UK techno's founding fathers.
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Slater's approach to production is one of experimentation and exploration, while his DJ sets retain a crowd-pleasing, solid consistency Read more »| 12 Mar 2007 -
Reviews
LCD Soundsystem - North American Scum
This is perhaps not the strongest track from James Murphy and co's new LP The Silver Room, but it has enough of the familiar DFA cowbell and handclap action to grab your attention. The rest of the LP pushes the envelope, and this revisits past glories without sounding tired. Read more »| 12 Mar 2007 -
ReviewsMr. Hudson and the Library - Too late, too late
Mr. Hudson's posh autobiographical whine is tough to begin with, but a pleasing eclectic hip hop/reggae groove complemented by soft steel drums soon appears. Reminiscent of such 90's bedroom one-hit wonders as White Town's Your Woman. Hudson and co. are annoyingly catchy enough to win amazing chart success Read more »| 12 Mar 2007 -
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Sprit Catcher (Live), Subculture, The Sub Club, Glasgow, Feb 17
Think Metro Area with bigger balls and you're nearly there Read more »| 12 Mar 2007 -
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Manga 11th Birthday with DJ Craze, MC Armani, TC & MC Jakes, Edinburgh, Feb 9
DJ Craze was sure to put on a show - and what a show it was Read more »| 12 Mar 2007 -
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Loki - Friendly World
He's open as hell about the way he feels about everything, and more importantly, he's a lot better at this rap shizzle than he thinks Read more »| 12 Mar 2007
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Nafees: Bohemian Rap-Soldier
Leader: Glasgow's Nafees has been pushing the boundaries with his mixtape, The Art of Keeping It (Sur)real, and our own Dalai Dahmer just neeeded to find out more about his new direction.
Pull quote: ""They were kinda surprised when I said Queen, Freddie Mercury, was my biggest influence. They said hip hop and grime MCs are all about this hard macho street image""
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Leon Jean-Marie - Scratch/Make It Right
Scratch / Make It Right showcases the young Londoner's talents mixing everything from Bill Withers to Nirvana and many more inbetween. Read more »| 12 Mar 2007 -
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Dr Rubberfunk - Taking Over
If it's not broken do not fix it and that is very much the case for Dr Rubberfunk, keeping to what he knows best by creating music out of mixing samples and live instrumentation. Read more »| 12 Mar 2007 -
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Zero dB, Freq, The Sub Club, Glasgow, Fri 16
There was some great dancing to be had, albeit with what felt like one of the most uncertain crowds seen in the Subby since that night the door staff gave us all a fiver. Read more »| 12 Mar 2007 -
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Danton Eeprom, Mind the Gap, The Arches, Glasgow, Feb 16
The elegant Danton is a treat live, and deserves a far greater crowd for his deep, melodic brand of futurist electro Read more »| 12 Mar 2007 -
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V/A - Eight Ball Mixtape Vol. 2
An underground hip-hop directory of UK headz to watch, here the Scottish scene stands proud with the best the rest of the island can offer Read more »| 12 Mar 2007 -
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CSS (Cansei De Ser Sexy) - Off the Hook (Sub Pop/Warners)
From the get go you are immediately immersed into CSS' world, have a listen to the song for yourself and try to refrain from singing along with the chorus. Read more »| 12 Mar 2007 -
Highlights
Damian Lazarus, WEA, Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, Mar 14
The mastermind behind label City Rockers and more recently Crosstown Rebels, is bringing his unique brand of deep and dirty electro-house to We Are... Electric Read more »| 12 Mar 2007 -
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Azymuth, Four Corners, Bongo Club, Edinburgh, March 2
For an explosive, exhilarating, booty-shaking, ""beat-breaking mash-up of all things global"", immerse yourself in the vibrant, all-encompassing experience of Four Corners. Read more »| 12 Mar 2007