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
Sweet Urban Beats: East Coast Aesthetics (Web version)
Alex Burden and Ian Brandon talk spirituality, television presenting and growing up in Westerhailes with brother and sister hip hop group Sweet E and ODC. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Fast!, The Bongo Club, Edinburgh, Sept 8
The resident DJs kept things lively with a mix that ranged from the obscure to classic to contemporary Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Lupe Fiasco - Daydreamin'
Lupe Fiasco, rising star of anti-thug hip-hop, chops out a single that looks set to follow his debut Kick Push onto radio playlists everywhere Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Part-time Heroes - Realise EP
These two producers have chucked out an enjoyable four-track EP which flashes with moments of inspiration, but never actually catches flame. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Hot Chip: Over and Over
Club anthem? More apt as soundtrack to that last spliff of the night before falling asleep àon a weeknight at that! Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Deaf Stereo - EP1
House On Fire is a powerful, almost marching electro-esque song sung with a hint of arrogance Read more »| 13 Oct 2006
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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 -
ReviewsPete 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 -
ReviewsLeToya - 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 -
Highlights
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