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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Highlights
Peter Hook, The Messy Sessions, Guru, Glasgow, Oct 19
Some may recall his last appearance in 2004 at Tom Tom, where he tanned a bottle of Absolut, blagged cigarettes from the bar staff, blew five speakers and (metaphorically) tore the roof off the place! Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Hospitality, The Bongo Club, Edinburgh, Sept 29
many clubbers frequently travel hundreds of miles to catch the vibe at the unique parties Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Interviews
Soom T-ing Unique
A truly inspiring artist, whose range of music will have something for everyone and retains all of the grit, honesty and energy that makes her Glaswegian to the bone Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Reviews
Pete Rock - Underground Classics
A chilled, soulful vibe predominates - Pete Rock is a hip-hop purist. Samples are dusty and worn, the scratches understated and funky, rhymes tending towards the slick rather than the harsh. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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LeToya - LeToya
This is bimbo hell and should be consigned to the flames. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Jamelia - Walk with Me
She deserves to take herself more seriously as a female artist and aim higher than pop starlet material and image. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006
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Top 6
Top 6FC Kahuna @ We Are… Electric, Cabaret Voltaire, Oct 11, free b4 12 or members/£2Electro, house, ska, funk – is it electric? Then this club wi... Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Dimitri from Paris and The Unabombers, Ultragroove, Cabaret Voltaire, Sept 23
Dimitri started early and had the music savvy flocking towards the decks. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Aim, King Tuts Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow, Oct 27
British hip-hop has long been regarded as a rather London-centric genre with limited wider relevance or appreciation, and only a few artists have really broken free from that stereotype. One exception is Manchester based producer Andy Turner, AKA Aim. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Mr V - 'Welcome Home'
Just when you start to relax into the groove, it ups and moves onto the next track. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Justin Timberlake - 'FutureSex/LoveSounds'
Initially adorned with alternative funk/hip hop flavours and a sharp pop attitude, it degenerates into R&B balladry fit for your average screaming, hysterical, oversexed girlie.
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Four Tet - 'Remixes'
Tweaked, pinched and nudged until another side of the music is revealed Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Darc Mind - 'Symptomatic of A Greater Ill'
They don't make 'em like this anymore. A lost classic, resurfacing at just the right time Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Interviews
East Coast Aesthetics: Penpushers, Swingingman Records, Sweet E & ODC Get Serious
If we all moved to Hawaii we would make a soft rock album or a funky house album... The Brain, Penpushers Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Drummed and Bassed (Column)
free entry to anyone who comes dressed as Tarzan Read more »| 13 Oct 2006