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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ReviewsFaithless - To All New Arrivals
It follows their last release, Forever Faithless àThe Greatest Hits, in 2005 and the title was originally conceived when Rollo had just had a baby and Sister Bliss was due in the next few days Read more »| 11 Jan 2007 -
Interviews
Egebamyasi has Acid Indeggestion (USE ME)
Leader line: Please bear with us as we enter the eggstremely strange and acidic world of Egebamyasi. Normal English will return in a few minutes.
Pull quote: ""What is missing is more records decks to eggsplode when bad records come on, or maybe the DJ could just blow up instead."" Read more »| 11 Jan 2007 -
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V/A - 'Split EP3'
Terse, twisted and terrific, this checks all the boxes needed for an electro EP. Read more »| 11 Jan 2007 -
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My Robot Friend - Rapture
The man who has more than a flirtation with the idea of being a robot is back, disassembling Rapture by cutting-edge pop meisters Blondie and re-composing in the style of robo-disco electro with Chicago house keyboard and painstakingly constructed 'dictionaraoke' vocals. Read more »| 11 Jan 2007 -
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Lee Van Dowski & Quenum - Ultimate Desert Ambassador
Taken from their LP 'As Told On The Eve Of…', Ultimate Desert Ambassador is the product of two weeks in the remote Swiss alps, pulsing along with blunt and echoed stabs of sound; tinged with Hakan Lidbo and Hawtin's Closer To The Edit. Read more »| 11 Jan 2007 -
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Avitas - Remixes Vol 1
A collection of energetic tech and vocal house, Balearic sun-kissed beats and funk flavours Read more »| 11 Jan 2007
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Panda Bear - Bros
A lovely sprawling twelve minutes of magic from Panda Bear
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Mukul - You Don't Know Me
A lurching, catchy sex monster. Read more »| 11 Jan 2007 -
Highlights
Skinnyman, Soul Biscuits, Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, Jan 19
Soul Biscuits' comeback is guaranteed to be a funkalicious night, just as it is a certainty that Nasty P and Skinnyman will have something special in store for the mighty return Read more »| 11 Jan 2007 -
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Si Begg and Cursor Minor, Inner City Acid, The Soundhaus, Glasgow, 13 Jan
The excellent Inner City Acid night provides some more underground gems to get 2007 into its stride Read more »| 11 Jan 2007 -
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Marc Van Linden, Synergy, The Soundhaus, Glasgow, 6 Jan
The launch of a new night at the Soundhaus on the 6th is a bold move, although judging by the interest Synergy seems to have generated, attendance will be no issue Read more »| 11 Jan 2007 -
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Dave Clarke, Robert Hood, Tim Middleton and more, Pressure, The Arches, Glasgow, 26 Jan
Pressure provide another list of must-see DJs as they set out their stall for 2007 Read more »| 11 Jan 2007 -
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Seismic - Records and Numbers on the Glasgow Rick-tor Scale
Leader: For years the Glasgow club scene has been dominated by big nights like Pressure and Optimo. However, like it or not it's time to make way for something fresh and special in 2007
pull quote: ""Crucially we're all about creating a mental party atmosphere."" Read more »| 11 Jan 2007 -
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House and Techno column
Si Begg had a few problems with the snow last time, though it looks like fuck all could stop the electronic throbs of Cursor Miner; a tweed-suited trekkie with a nazi armband. Read more »| 11 Jan 2007 -
Interviews
Cappablack's Counterattack
Leader: Cappablack talk to Liam Arnold and The Skinny on why there can never be more than two of them, the troubles with classical piano, and their second LP Facades and Skeletons.
quote: ""I never breakdanced, but hiphop culture is ingrained in me.""
Read more »| 11 Jan 2007