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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HighlightsDJ MikeQ @ Killer Kitsch, Buff Club, 16-17 October
The re-emergence of musical sub-genres usually requires a willing ambassador at the helm, taking the sound beyond its original parameters and geographical bo... Read more »| 08 Oct 2012 -
InterviewsThe House That Lil' Louis Built
Being at the vanguard of house music from its inception was much less pleasure than pain, as DJ, producer, writer and now filmmaker Lil' Louis launches the world's first house music exhibition Read more »| 03 Oct 2012 -
HighlightsClubbing Highlights – October 2012
October's clubbing highlights run the gamut of electronic music, featuring Floating Points, Boys Noize, Dave Clarke, and Ben Butler & Mousepad... Read more »| 01 Oct 2012 -
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Optimo Espookio @ Sub Club, 28 Oct
One of the annual highlights of the Scottish clubbing calendar is Optimo's Halloween bash, Espookio. The Optimo regulars are famed for their outlandish dress... Read more »| 01 Oct 2012 -
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Floating Points @ Melting Pot, The Admiral, 6 October
For the last 11 years and counting, Melting Pot have been purveyors of the finest house and disco, and come Saturday 6 October they welcome none other than S... Read more »| 01 Oct 2012 -
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Al Doyle (Hot Chip / LCD Soundsystem) @ Wrong Island, The Berkeley Suite, 5 October
Multi-instrumentalist, DJ and circulating member of Hot Chip, LCD Soundsystem and New Build, Al Doyle's reputation as a man who knows his classic electronic ... Read more »| 26 Sep 2012
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Casual Violence @ Unseen, Studio 24, 5 October
If you looked up the word 'uncompromising' in the Dictionary of Techno, you might well expect to see a picture of Manchester's Casual Violence on display. Me... Read more »| 24 Sep 2012 -
HighlightsThe Warehouse Project, Trafford Park Road, Manchester, 28 Sep-1 Jan
At this time of year thoughts of winter once more begin to cloud our otherwise carefree minds but, as the sun makes its annual latitudinal shift southward, a... Read more »| 10 Sep 2012 -
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Qabalala! with Dave Maclean (Django Django) @ The Third Door, 16 September
With live sets from Rudi Zygadlo and Auntie Flo getting things off to a smashing start back in April, Qabalala! returns this month for a much anticipated sec... Read more »| 10 Sep 2012 -
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The Psychedelic Forest Carnival @ Kelburn Castle and Country Park, 15 September
Wrapping up a trio of events being held over the summer at Kelburn Castle is The Psychedelic Forest Carnival, a party inspired by the sounds of Africa, Latin... Read more »| 10 Sep 2012 -
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CODE presents Juan Pablo Pfirter @ La Cheetah, 15 Sep
On the back of his Sessions EP release earlier this year, Juan Pablo Pfirter re-visits the La Cheetah basement to combine forces with CODE in a repeat of las... Read more »| 10 Sep 2012 -
Interviews
Philanthrobeats: A Force For Good
Charity no longer starts in the home; it now begins in the club. We find out about a unique clubbing project bringing together good causes and some of Glasgow's best DJs Read more »| 31 Aug 2012 -
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Animal Farm Label Launch with Bleak @ Sub Club, 7 Sep
Originally just four degenerates with decks, Animal Farm have now been running parties and filling dance floors in nightclubs for almost eight years. Survivi... Read more »| 31 Aug 2012 -
Interviews
Click Box - The Boys From Brazil
The Glasgow debut of the inimitable Brazilian duo Click Box marks another in a long line of exemplary bookings for underground DIY club nights in the city Read more »| 30 Aug 2012 -
Interviews
Com Truise: "I do like to pretend I'm at NASA Control, launching space shuttles"
As Com Truise releases his rarities compilation and prepares for a return to Scotland, he talks to The Skinny about sci-fi, synthesisers and his home at Ghostly International Read more »| 03 Aug 2012