Punters rejoice!

You guys should really count yourself lucky...the sheer volume and choice of quality nights happening in Glasgow at the moment is truly inspiring. On Tuesday night you had the choice of Detboi at Killer Kitsch which was by all accounts heaving and also new weekly night I AM at the Sub Club. I popped down to the latter briefly and I can confirm they've definitely got something good going on down there.

Forget your cheesy student knock abouts on Sauchie Hall St, if you want GOOD music, exceptional visuals, and a truly welcoming atmosphere I suggest you get yourself along to one of the two nights mentioned above. You could do one week about or something. Point is, they're doing it for the right reasons so get involved!

I caught part of Barrientos' set at I AM and it was truly rocking, pity I'm not a student and have to get up and work the next day otherwise I would have been getting a sweat flex on no bother.

Here's a wee video Megamegaman made of the night:

I AM iamclub.co.uk launch night from Christopher Stevens on Vimeo.

I AM: a highly credible week night alternative

You may have noticed I AM's enticing marketing campaign about Glasgow recently, where other cheese ridden student nights make a song and dance with garish branding and repulsive propaganda I AM entrigues with simple slogan's: 'Here's to writing Wednesday's off', they simply present an alternative, it's up to you whether you want to take it.

Commandeering the incredible Sub Club every Tuesday night and packing it with the finest DJ's, visuals, photographers, cool kids...Glasgow has to offer I AM is a true week night alternative. Launching back at the start of September they've since seen the night get busier and busier with the likes of Matthias, Peace and the Vitamins crew all joining residents Beta & Kappa for some proper decent Tuesday night tunage.

Tonight they celebrate the launch of their website iamclub.co.uk with Synth favourite Barrientos (check out his mix in a recent post) & Roose, plus the mystery vj's. Once again it's looking like it will be a jam-packed event with students in the know jostling for position on the dancefloor.

Check out this recent video by multi-talented Glasgow lad Hahaha for an idea of whats to come:

I AM Launch by HaHaHa from I AM on Vimeo.

You can also get some pre-party action in at Hillhead Book Club as Matthias & Beta warm your cockles with some lovely, warm electronic action and pure-decent chat. I'll be heading along to the launch later so will report back with some conclusive statements which will mainly be irrelevant.

Details:

IAMCLUB.CO.UK launch @ the Sub Club
TONIGHT / £4 entry or free with student id before 12am
BARRIENTOS & Roose, Beta & Kappa + Mystery VJ's
FACEBOOK EVENT

Autumnal flavas...

I've decided I'm quite excited about the onset of autumn now. The nights are getting longer for a start, who can honestly say they didn't get pissed off this summer when they got back to an afterparty at 4am only to have to shut the blinds half an hour later because the light pouring in was making you feel like a complete waster. There's also of course the influx of parties to look forward to seeing as there's nothing better to do when the weather is undecidedly shit. So with that in mind, here are some Autumnal beats to get you warm:

BLOG BURNER:

If there's one track that is getting people into a tizzy at the moment it's Jamie Woon's windswept masterpiece 'Night Air'. Blasted by the likes of Pete Tong and the rest of the dance music fraternity at Radio 1 the original is already getting huge attention. Here Ramadanman gives it a Burial esque re-fix, which at 7mins long is what I'd class as proper trip.

Jamie Woon - Night Air (Ramadanman Re-Fix)



I've already declared Tensnake as my producer of the year after 'Comacat' literally wanked all over the summer, and here he solidifies that statement with another exceptional remix on the Scissor Sister's new single 'Any Which Way'. Echoing some of the original elements of 'Comacat' and elevated by a truly Balearic breakdown this is nothing short of brilliance.

Scissor Sisters - Any Which Way (Tensnake Remix)



And here's something a bit funky for you, hot off the press from Riva Starr (the biggest name in house right now?), is his piano laden remix of London based songstress Lauren Pritchard. It's standard Riva business on this one, vocal chops galore, irresistible loop action and a groove made for smiling (I'm aware how cheesy that sounds).

Lauren Pritchard - Not The Drinking (Riva Starr Remix)



Finally, Mumdance have given UK G classic 'Battle' by Wookie a new lease of life this winter by enlisting the help of Esser for this rather classy cover version. If you were too young to catch this first time round, then rejoice as this cover is pretty faithful to the original and Esser has done a reet good job on the vocals. Nuff respect yo.

Mumdance - Battle ft/ Esser

Local producers unite!

LOCAL HERO:

Ok, so check it...here are four of the hottest locally produced tunes cutting about my hard drive this week, starting with my Local Hero Salvador Navarette who has created this haunting slice of dub-plate drama with a track called 'Ballet', a cosmic journey through the inner workings of the soul (or something to that effect). You may also know Sal as Peace, a name he uses when creating his disco-electro ditties and whipping crowds into a frenzy when DJ'ing. Catch him

Salvador Navarette - Ballet



Next up, a cheeky re-working of the current DJ Fresh banger 'Gold Dust'. It's drum & bass for the masses when DJ Fresh is involved but that is by no means a bad thing as the track is currently enjoying a lengthy top 40 chart position. Here Hahaha runs a big dirty electro current through it to add extra dancefloor vibrancy. Look out for Hahaha's 'Evil EP' which is due out on October 30th. Quality stuff yo.

DJ Fresh - Gold Dust (Hahaha Remix)



A quick stop at devastation station next as Itch resident Mia Dora bangs in your face with a dubstep monster which will haunt your dreams for the next week. Appropriately titled 'Snatch You From The Woods' this 6 minute beast boasts Prodigy style old school rave stabs, plus enough sub bass to make you shit yourself twice over. Feel that...

Mia Dora - Snatch You From The Woods



Finally, main man Mausr and I AM resident has produced a freaky-naughty, bad-boy beat which is sure to not only get the crowd moving but also send them into full blown riot mode. With a half broken-beat, half four to the floor spinal structure, plus a corrosive breakdown which ensures that spine loses vital fluid (what the hell am I talking about?) this will definitely singe your techno-tache.

Mausr - The Ark

Synth on Subcity: Mega tunage, shite chat

I'm not even going to lie, keeping this blog regularly updated is hard, I kinda feel like calling child services it's so outright neglected sometimes. Anyway, thought I should do a quick post about the return of Synth to Subcity Radio seeing as we've been back on air for two weeks now!

Going out between 6-8pm every Wednesday evening the show is about rounding up the very best music I've heard, downloaded or been sent over the last week. This can range from drum & bass to house, dubstep to disco, anything that's good basically! We like to represent the local heat too, giving Glasgow producers as much air time as possible.

Here's the official spiel yo:

"Synth is your official mid week mash up, rounding up the hottest new dance music and squeezing it into two hours of highly concentrated energy. We like big, fun club music from across the board, whether it be explosive drum & bass, bass-grumbling dubstep, jacking French filter house, cosmic electro or synth splattered indie....

Features include a 20min guest mix of 'Mash Up Madness' from some of Glasgow's finest DJ talent, a 'Local Hero' award presented to the hottest locally produced track to land in my inbox this week, an official 'Blog Burner', putting the spotlight on one particular track which is lighting up the blogs, plus a Tea Time Rave Off and run down of all the best parties going on in Glasgow at the weekend...."

It was another BIG show this week! Can't tell you how happy I am with the new slot this year, 3am on Sunday morning was just dangerous on so many levels but a 6-8 on a Wednesday evening is just perfect (mainly because I'm not off my tits). So this week, new music came from the likes of Tiga, Toddla T, Russ Chimes & Screendeath while our Local Hero award was given to Salvador Navarette for his haunting track 'Ballet'.

This week's official Blog Burner came from Passion Pit with a hot new mix from Grum on 'Sleepyhead', while we also encouraged you to get messy with your alphabetti spaghetti in our Tea Time Rave Off. Finally, MGCK of Mixed Business provided this week's 20Min Mix Of Mash Up Madness. Nothing but big tings!

Check it out here: Synth on Subcity

P.S The picture above is from the recent Subcity Says: Stay Fresh party at the SWG3 Warehouse. Look out for more big events soon!