Hello there folks. How are you? All good i hope. I'm feelin pretty chipper this week after quite a nice chilled and relaxing weekend, working away down in the Scottish Borders. I'm back down there again this weekend too so this weekend should be equally as refreshing. Plenty of goings on in clubland though for those of you looking to go crazy and party all weekend again. From The Kingdom Of Fife right across to Glasgow there are some really interesting nights on worth takin a look at so lets get right in aboot it.
THURSDAY 25th MARCH 2010
Equalised
@ The Halt Bar, 160 Woodlands Road, Glasgow
For those of you wanting to start your weekend a day before everybody else, the Equalised guys are throwing another of their free parties at The Halt Bar on Woodlands Road here in Glasgow on Thursday night. Resident Bobby Wilson is on warm up detail from 8pm and is followed by one of Glasgows new breed of talented young djs, in the form of part time Sub Culture resident Telford. The 22 year old has been wowing crowds at Scotland's longest running house institution recently and with his clinical djing style coupled with a growing catalogue of very nice productions and with Harri and Domenic as his mentors its no wonder the lad is gaining confidence and skills. Definately a name to watch for the future.
Launch Party
@ Mamasan, Bath Street, Glasgow
Elsewhere on Thursday Mamasan on Bath Street are havin a launch party for their new look weekend line ups. With Djs from such Glasgow Clubbing institutions as Cotton Cake, Ooft Music, Tronicsole, Animal Farm and Dance Dance Dance! Mamasan looks set to become a rather cool place to hang out if you're looking for great music and atmosphere but you're on a tight-ish budget. Every Friday and Saturday night one of the aforementioned clubnights will take turns to host the party. Customers can enjoy some really tasty food from Mamasan's evening menu before letting their hairdown on the dancefloor in this beautifully decorated, boutique venue which has just been kitted out with a nicely tweaked Martin Audio soundsystem. Taking their lead from European clubbing experiences such as La Fabrique in Paris and The Supper Club in Amsterdam, Mamasan hope that you will find its ambience and soundtrack the perfect antidote to a hard working week and that it will become a one stop shop for your entire evening's entertainment. Entry is free all night and doors are open from 9pm with free cocktail giveaways and asian tapas available too. Also, if you sign up for their loyalty card you can grab yourself half price drinks on certain lines every week.
Friday 26th March 2010
on Leith 98.8fm
This week's Vinyl Club show features a guest mix from Glasgow's Darren Quail, co-promoter and resident of Animal Farm, the clubnight which he runs with Chris Lamb and Charles Turtle. Since its launch at the Halt Bar on Woodlands road back in 2005, Animal Farm has grown steadily and gained a healthy following amongst Glasgow's more discenrning techno and house music fans. After a couple of venue changes the party is now held at the city's most notorious and legendary clubbing institution at 22 Jamaica Street. Animal Farm continues to pull in a regular crowd of clued up ravers and its no wonder considering the calibre of guest djs the guys have been booking. From 3 Channels and Marcel Dettmann to Slam and Detroit legend Mike Huckaby to Ben Klock who rocked the famous Subby System with an absolutely blazing set before proclaiming that it was his best gig of 2009. Animal Farm is back at The Sub again next month and will feature a live set from techno gods Function aka Regis and Sandwell District so if you wanna see what all the fuss is about tune in to The Vinyl club for a sneaky preview of how Animal Farm throws it down.
Slovenian tech house pioneers Flow Session will be rockin out the second half of the show with there trademark solid beats and bass for your listening pleasure.
@ Sneaky Pete's, Cowgate, Edinburgh
Edinburgh's fresh new record label specialising in dirty electro and tech house, hosts the first in a series of random parties to be held at various venues across the city, this Friday. Audiablo Records was founded by Ricky Palys and Mark Price and they've also recently been joined by Tokyo Blu's Ian Gibson. With over 30 years experience of djing and promoting events between them and coupled with a great deal of studio experience the guys hope to give Edinburgh's talented dj/producers the chance to get their tracks out to the global market. The label plans to host a whole bunch of parties across the city to help promote their growing rosta of artists and djs firstly in Edinburgh but they're also looking further afield.
This party sees Ricky, Mark, Ian and longtime friend Kev Wright take to the turntables for an evening of intense beats and rampant, twisted bass. Doors open at 10:30pm till 3am and entry is free before midnight and £4 or £5 after.
Return To Mono
@ Sub Club, 22 Jamaica Street, Glasgow
Over here in the west Return To Mono return to.. well The Sub Club, for another night of glitchy techno, twisted electro and some weirded out psychedelic house music this friday in another Smirnoff assossciated night. This month Parisian Ivan Smagghe stars alongside the legend that is Andrew Weatherall for what will surely be the hottest party in the country on Friday night.
Over here in the west Return To Mono return to.. well The Sub Club, for another night of glitchy techno, twisted electro and some weirded out psychedelic house music this friday in another Smirnoff assossciated night. This month Parisian Ivan Smagghe stars alongside the legend that is Andrew Weatherall for what will surely be the hottest party in the country on Friday night.
As France’s most wanted radio host and selector, Ivan Smagghe stands at the crossroads between glamorous parisian hype and musical integrity. His Test radio show and compilations imposed a new vision of leftfield electronica on Radio Nova and his programming for the two past years has been a faultless example of quality eclecticness. Though Smagghe hails from the early days of the Parisian underground – both through his connection with the defunct Rough Trade record shop and remixing contributions on various formats – he just recently came back to music production by launching his own Set imprint in early 2001.
Initially a freelance music journalist (using both his own name and the pseudonym "Audrey Witherspoon"), Weatherall's first studio work was alongside DJ Paul Oakenfold on the Club remix of "Hallelujah" for the Happy Mondays. Other remixes followed, including "World in Motion" by New Order and "Loaded", a hit remix of Primal Scream's earlier track "I'm Losing More Than I'll Ever Have". He joined fellow scenesters Terry Farley and Pete Heller to form Boy's Own, initially a magazine commenting on football, fashion, records, etc. They also did parties, and had a record label under the name of Boys Own Recordings (which went on to be called Junior Boy's Own in 1992 upon Weatherall's departure). Along with engineer Hugo Nicholson and singer Anna Haigh, they released two singles as Bocca Juniors on Boys Own Records, "Raise (53 Steps to Heaven)" and "Substance".
He formed the electronic music trio The Sabres of Paradise in 1993. He has promoted the Bloodsugar and Sabresonic club nights. In early 1996, after shutting down Sabresonic, Weatherall and Keith Tenniswood became Two Lone Swordsmen, signing to Warp Records label and setting up Rotters Golf Club for their own dancefloor-orientated work. He has produced such artists as Beth Orton, Primal Scream and One Dove, and has remixed the work of Björk, Siouxsie Sioux, The Orb, The Future Sound of London, New Order, Manic Street Preachers, My Bloody Valentine, Saint Etienne, James and many others.
In late 2006, he released his debut solo single "The Bullet Catcher's Apprentice", followed by his debut solo album "A Pox On The Pioneers" in 2009. Both were released on his Rotters Golf Club imprint.
Initially a freelance music journalist (using both his own name and the pseudonym "Audrey Witherspoon"), Weatherall's first studio work was alongside DJ Paul Oakenfold on the Club remix of "Hallelujah" for the Happy Mondays. Other remixes followed, including "World in Motion" by New Order and "Loaded", a hit remix of Primal Scream's earlier track "I'm Losing More Than I'll Ever Have". He joined fellow scenesters Terry Farley and Pete Heller to form Boy's Own, initially a magazine commenting on football, fashion, records, etc. They also did parties, and had a record label under the name of Boys Own Recordings (which went on to be called Junior Boy's Own in 1992 upon Weatherall's departure). Along with engineer Hugo Nicholson and singer Anna Haigh, they released two singles as Bocca Juniors on Boys Own Records, "Raise (53 Steps to Heaven)" and "Substance".
He formed the electronic music trio The Sabres of Paradise in 1993. He has promoted the Bloodsugar and Sabresonic club nights. In early 1996, after shutting down Sabresonic, Weatherall and Keith Tenniswood became Two Lone Swordsmen, signing to Warp Records label and setting up Rotters Golf Club for their own dancefloor-orientated work. He has produced such artists as Beth Orton, Primal Scream and One Dove, and has remixed the work of Björk, Siouxsie Sioux, The Orb, The Future Sound of London, New Order, Manic Street Preachers, My Bloody Valentine, Saint Etienne, James and many others.
In late 2006, he released his debut solo single "The Bullet Catcher's Apprentice", followed by his debut solo album "A Pox On The Pioneers" in 2009. Both were released on his Rotters Golf Club imprint.
Doors open 10:30pm -3am tickets are £14 available from Slam Events.
The ticket also allows you entry to Pressure at The Arches (Only after 3am) where Jeff Mills and Dave Clarke are headlining this month.
@The Bongo Club, Holyrood Road, Edinburgh
Back over on the eastide, Edinburgh's Devil Disco Club has been causing quite a stir since its conception at the tail end of last year. This new bi-monthly night of serious, genre-hopping beauty has really hit the ground running and has already ammassed an army of loyal supporters. Led by Andrew "Hobbes" Richardson of the infamous Trouble brand, the night is a step back to the basic fundamental principles of good people, having a good time and listening to some of the best in groundbreaking dance music, mashed up with plenty of classic dance tracks from across the whole musical spectrum. Taking in soul, funk, hiphop, afrobeat, latin, jazz, disco, house, boogie, italo and anything else they can find, the clubs sound appeals to musical conniesseurs, clued up students and to an extent a slightly older than usual clientele.
One of the original resident line up, Nick Yuill has decided to leave D.D.C to focus on his production skills as well as a new project he's just launched with Craig Smith. To take his place they've invited one of the city's finest disco superstars Simonotron from Club For Heroes. His eclectic tastes and his penchant for camped up disco sleaze will no doubt prove to be a huge hit amongst the Devil Disco faithful.
Also on the bill this month Glaswegian electro and synthpop merchants Nevada Base will be dropping by for a full live set before Aberdonian, Giles Walker takes over on the ones and twos to close the night with some more eclectic niceness to tickle your audio tastebuds. Giles has been a key figure on the granite city's clubscene for a number of years now, holding down residency's at the likes of Mixtape, Hush Hush and Everything Else Sucks as well as doing regular guest slots in Glasgow, Edinburgh ,London and various other places around the country. He's one of the Trouble Djs' favourite Scottish spinners and they're really looking forward to having him join them for this hootenany. Doors Open from 10:30pm-3am and Entry just £3 before midnight or £5 after.
SATURDAY 27th MARCH 2010
@ 6th Floor Argyll Chambers, 36 Buchanan Street Glasgow
A huge slice of vintage Noo Yoik City will establish itself in the heart of Glasgow on Saturday as the mighty Supermax club teams up with Che Camille fashion house and one half of the Optimo machine.
Che Supermax is a huge project incorporating a fashion show featuring some of Ché Camille's latest creations. Followed by a crazy, sexy, disco party hosted by HRH Billy Woods and Johnny Wilkes. The pair will be rockin out some proper block-party disco joints mixed up with classic soul, funk boogie hip hop and a sprinkle of house music on a mind boggling, high fidelity sound system, built and installed by Bob Balmain of We Enjoy Sound and featuring what is widely regarded as the world finest dj-mixer from Bozak.
The Fashion show starts at 10pm then there will be a debut live performance from local band Culture And Leisure from 10:30 till around 11pm. The band describe their sound as "bermuda triangle disco". I'll let you try and work that one out for your self! Billy And Johnny take over on the wheels of steel from 11-3.
An initial run of just 200 tickets for this sold out in rapid time so another 25 have just been released due to the huge demand. If you haven't got one yet, get one NOW! They're available from Tickets Scotland priced £10 plus booking fee. Doors open from 9pm and everyone must be in before 10pm.
Autodisco
@The Reading Rooms, Dundee
If any of you happen to be in Dundee on Saturday night, get along to The Reading Rooms as Autodisco welcomes 6th Borough Project for an evening of super-heavy-hitting house music. Edinburgh's Craig Smith will be laying down some thick and syrupy soulful house for the Dundee massive and showing off 6th Borough Projects heavy arsenall of exquisite productions which they've been knocking out at an obscene rate for the past year or so. Tracks like Miss World, How Can I Show You? Hang On, Do It To The Max and Just a Memory have become absolute must have's for all serious house music djs recently due to their unparalled beauty and mouthwatering arrangements.
Craig has also been busy in the studio recently with another Edinburgh legend, Ricky Reid, producing some more absolute gems under their Soul Renegades moniker and many of these track are also essential items for the house connieseur. Craig's reputation as a world class spinner has been pretty solid for a good few years now and his latest barrage of collaborations and solo productions have further cemented this status.
Autodisco starts at 10:30pm till 2:30am and costs just £8. First hundred peeps in will recieve a free mix cd from residents Dicky Trisco and Iamelectron.
SUNDAY 28th March 2010
Sunday Circus
@The Courtyard, West Nile Street, Glasgow.
If you're not completely burst by Sunday, or if you are but need some hair of the dog therapy Sunday Circus return to The Courtyard in Glasgow for another bonkers afternoon of deep house and techno. This Month they've called in Sub Culture legends Harri and Domenic to assist on dj duties. Warming up for them as always will be Ronnie Muirhead and Affi Koman.
The party kicks off at 5pm till 11pm then there will be the usual afterparty shenanigans which are staying secret till Sunday. Tickets are on sale now at £7 and they usually always sell out so get yours sharpish if you don't wan to miss out.
Ear Candy
Here's another bunch of delicious mixe. Food for the soul.
A sweet blend of deep and dreamy breakbeats and syrupy, souful vocals.
Issac Hayes-Ellie’s Love Theme
Hooverphonic-2 Wicky
Rae & Christian-The Hush
The Rebirth-Sinking
Joi-Maybe
Ben Harper-Faded (4 Hero’s Dollis Hill Groove)
Tricky-Slowly
Rae & Christian-Vai Viver a Vida
Dzihan & Kamien-Colores
Loess-Schoen
Damiak-Este es mi Secreto
Savath & Savalas-Rolls and Waves of Acknowledgment
Snooze-Down For Mine
Ticklah vs Axelrod featuring Vinia Mojica-Deception
Sonic Boom Feat. Tamara-Painful Dub
Kruder & Dorfmeister-Boogie Woogie
Alpha-Saturn In Rain
Moloko-The Time is Now (Bambino Casino Mix)
Dzihan & Kamien-Smile
Spacy disco, house and edits.
King Errisson – Space Queen – Venture
Roy Buchanan – You're Not Alone – Atlantic
Promo Only – Rong
Osmonds – I'I'I – Mercury
Imagination – Music & Lights – R&B
DJ Duke – Music Cinema – Henry Street Music
Stage Two – Let's Be Mo Mo Okamatik – Philosomatik
Palm (Bakazou Mix)
Ytre Rymden Dansskola – Full Pupp
Slow & Groovy
Slow & Heavy
Out Of Control
Permanent Vacation
Roy Buchanan – You're Not Alone – Atlantic
Promo Only – Rong
Osmonds – I'I'I – Mercury
Imagination – Music & Lights – R&B
DJ Duke – Music Cinema – Henry Street Music
Stage Two – Let's Be Mo Mo Okamatik – Philosomatik
Palm (Bakazou Mix)
Ytre Rymden Dansskola – Full Pupp
Slow & Groovy
Slow & Heavy
Out Of Control
Permanent Vacation
Well that's about it from me this week guys. Thanks again for reading The Chef's Special's. Hope you have a crackin weekend and please remeber to rave safe!
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