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
Chris Liebing, Rehab, Byblos, Glasgow, 18 Apr
Liebing is originally from the techno uber-city that is Frankfurt and his tough musical style reflects this. Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
ReviewsEstelle feat. Kanye West - American Boy
Ticks all the right boxes for a stylish, fresh and unique conceptual record. Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
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Hundred Strong - Gravestones / How Good It Is
The overall effect is a little dozy. Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
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Metronomy - My Heart Rate Rapid
The synth melodies are sweet, but the squeaky choruses are worryingly close to irritating. Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
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Plies feat. Akon - Hypnotized
Plies has succeeded in bringing absolutely nothing new to the hip-hop table Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
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Simian Mobile Disco - Clock
All becomes frenetically agitated before dying down again. Read more »| 01 Apr 2008
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Tetine - I Go To The Doctor
This is very much a club groove and fills out its purpose admirably. Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
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World on The Beat, Apr 08
Welcome to World on the Beat. This column hopes to draw you towards music with the delectable flavour of another land àit may be fruity and tropical, or sometimes spicy and mystical, but almost always something you can jump, whirl, or generally get down to Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
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The Drum and Bass Curriculum April 2008
We begin this month's clubnights with Xplicit at The Bongo Club on 4 April for a Scottish exclusive. Offkey label boss Raiden will be travelling up to Scotla... Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
InterviewsSoma Skool: Learnin's never been so fun!
Glasgow's biggest label pulls out another cracker with the return of the Soma Skool Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
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House of Techno April 2008
Digital Harlot is back to wreck the Barfly in Glasgow on the 19th (11pm–3am, £tbc) with b... Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
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Hip-Hop Core Highlights
For those of you out there thinking it's about time we had a regular, reliable Scottish hip-hop night in Glasgow – wonderful news. For the third month ... Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
Interviews
DJ Krush: A Short History
The Skinny looks towards the East and to DJ Krush, one of the finest Japanese turntablists and an instrumental player in the scratching scene Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
Dj Charts
DJ Chart: DJ Fly-T Top Ten (Capitol 1212)
DJ Fly-T and Professa Fresh make up Edinburgh hip-hop outfit, Capitol 1212. Their Raw and Disorder EP is out on Kool Kat Records next month, along with their 45 on reggae label Big Toes Hi-Fi. Below are the top ten tracks that DJ Fly-T is listening to and playing out this month! Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
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Feadz & Smith N Hack, Numbers, Sub Club, Glasgow, 1 Feb
Combining Moroder-ish basslines, vocodered vocals and electro squelches it reaches a brilliant climax with their own incessant, brass-blasting re-rub of Herbert's Moving Like A Train Read more »| 06 Mar 2008