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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Reviews
The Education - Vultures/Secret Admirer/Weirdo
The future of music, abstracted in ten minutes of antagonistic impetuosity. Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
ReviewsJohn Legend - Once Again
Once Again' follows simple formulas and reaches consistently impressive conclusions. Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
ReviewsJay-Z - Kingdom Come
Nobody expects hip-hop stars to actually retire. Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
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The Roots, Carling Academy, 17 Dec
if only they'd dig a little further into their own back catalogue rather than that of an entire genre Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Highlights
Top 6 Nights in Edinburgh and Glasgow
Top 6 GlasgowJohnny Violence, Digital Harlot's Violent Valentine Masquerade, Strathclyde Uni Student Union, Feb 10It's a romantic 'pimps n'Ho's' theme at Dig... Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Highlights
House of Techno February 2007
Early on Rob Da Bank is heading back to the Capital on Feb 2 with Paddy Freeform (Bestival FM) and Surface EMP at Trouble (Cabaret Voltaire) - eclectic house... Read more »| 10 Feb 2007
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InterviewsConversations with christ.
Scotland's leading ambient artist christ. talks to Bram Gieben about why he isn't taking the Lord's name in vain, and gives us the skinny on his new LP. Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
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No Model, No Tool - Luciano (Cadenza)
Re-inventing the 'DJ Tools' notion, Cadenza launch their Split Composition series; a challenge to DJs to create new sounds and images from stripped down basics Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Dj Charts
DJ Chart - JD Pyz
If you're an Edinburgh clubber, chances are the mighty Pyz has slaughtered a dancefloor that you've been on. Promoter and resident at Access, the city's premier night for European electro and techno, he is also one of the brains behind wildly successful midweek freefest Split. Unafraid of big poppy hooks, but dedicated to pounding drums and elctro bass, Pyz is a true crowd pleaser. He's just changed his name - he is now JD Pyz, so expect some Optimo-like weirdness from his January top ten. Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Highlights
Jeff Mills, Alex Smoke and Vakant Records, Pressure, The Arches, Glasgow, 23 Feb
Pressure sets the standards as ever by welcoming back Detroit legend Jeff Mills
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Basement Breaks, 13th Note, Glasgow, 21 Feb
With more acts and nights appearing every month, the time seems ripe for a night that can give folk a hand finding the acts they should be feeling Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
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Solescience Annual Bang-Off, Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, 12 Jan
The soup kitchen for Edinburgh's weather-beaten house-heads Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
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Mingin'Studio 24, EdinburghDec 15
Mingin' - queer clubbing for adults - has returned after a four-month hiatus following the closure of The Venue. Studio 24 has a large seating area set back ... Read more »| 11 Jan 2007 -
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Surface Emp, Celtic Connection, The Hold, Glasgow, Feb 8
This is a night of EXCLUSIVELY homegrown joints, from the best that Scotland and Ireland have to offer. Read more »| 11 Jan 2007 -
Highlights
6 of the Best Clubs: Glasgow & Edinburgh
GLASGOWNumbers @ The Brunswick Hotel, Jan 12, £tbcThe French kings of booty - Goon & Koyote (Arcade Mode / Diamond Grills) fuse filth with dirty south, ba... Read more »| 11 Jan 2007