Following another SCORCHER to kick off the year with FINDO GASK on Friday 29th January and our take-over of WASABI DISCO (Sneaky Pete's) on Saturday 20th February, TROUBLE'S DEVIL DISCO CLUB has hit the ground running in 2010 and is on a proper roll just now.

Friday 26th March sees Aberdeen Troublemaker GILES WALKER (Snafu, Origin / Aberdeen) spread his wings and fly south for a headline set. Performing LIVE are Glasgow's hot-to-trot NEVADA BASE, who have been creating a royal stir in their city's live music scene and, bearing more than a passing resemblance to Edinburgh stars XVECTORS, look and sound every bit like the perfect Devil Disco Club live outfit.

Trouble is sad to announce the departure of NICK YUILL from the fledgling DDC DJ fold. Nick's bowing out to focus on his studio production work and will be replaced by Simon Eilbeck, aka SIMONOTRON (Club For Heroes). Club For Heroes has caused no small fuss among those in the know, with residencies at Edinburgh's Wee Red Bar and GRV over the last two years, so Simon should fill Nick's shoes admirably.  See below for much more info on all the acts, plus links to sample (and download!) the sounds of the Devil Disco Club DJs for yourself.  

Check the Facebook action for the night right here

GUEST DJ: GILES WALKER
 
Wee KRIS WASABI is off on his South American travels (until summer), so we've invited Aberdonian Troublemaker GILES WALKER (Snafu, Origin) down to help plug the gap. Giles is one of a number of DJs to have hosted the Trouble DJs on tour in Aberdeen's notorious SNAFU nightclub (at his own Mixtape night) and he's also one of the best DJs we've worked with in Scotland.

Check out a mix-tape from Giles right here

http://www.myspace.com/beezerholmes

http://electriqueboutique.blogspot.com

http://www.clubsnafu.com

PLAYING LIVE: NEVADA BASE

NEVADA BASE are a Glasgow-based electro-pop band made up of Albert (vocals, guitar), Andy (bass, guitar, vocals), Gus (synthesisers, vocals) and Jay (synthesisers, drum machines and “more cowbell”). They formed in August 2008 and played their first show in October that year.

 
The music is inspired by the usual songwriting suspects (need we list giants like the Beatles or the Smiths?) with sounds adapted from 80s synthpop – Human League, Depeche Mode, New Order – and, of course, Kraftwerk. References have also been made to the likes of Talking Heads, the Cure, Joy Division and Gang of Four. Recently, notions of early 80s Italo Disco, early 90s sampling mayhem and even elements of late 90s trance have crept in, almost by surprise. We share a potent fondness for local DJ superheroes Optimo as well as anything touched by DFA Records. And the occasional hint of (good) dubstep.

 
The songs are about noise-control officers, mental illness, robotics, geographical obstacles, mysterious women from space, electricity, love and the importance (or otherwise) of timeliness. The end result is about making heartfelt, thoughtful - danceable - pop; aspiring to that noble goal of music both for the head and the feet. However, if this leaves you confused as to whether you should dance or think, then just dance. The band supported LATE OF THE PIER at PINUP NIGHTS in January and are supporting FENECH SOLER at King Tuts in February...

 
http://nevadabase.co.uk http://www.myspace.com/nevadabase http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=27638169567&ref=ts

"...a slippery electro-eel. You'll see." - A New Band A Day

"...one of Scotland's hottest new bands" - Heaven or Las Vegas

http://nevadabase.co.uk

http://www.myspace.com/nevadabase

Nevada Base Facebook page

 
RESIDENT DJs

HOBBES & ERIK D'VIKING (Trouble DJs, getintotrouble.com)

SIMONOTRON (Club For Heroes)

KRIS WASABI (Wasabi Disco)

MORE INFO:

SIMONOTRON (CLUB FOR HEROES)

SIMONOTRON is on a neverending mission to blow minds and move feet through the power of his heavy disco sounds. After spending several years playing underground parties in central Scotland, where he was affectionately known as 'the Larry Levan of Stirling' Simonotron came to Edinburgh in 2004 and has been rocking the capital ever since.

 
People really started taking notice when Simon played regular guest slots at the debauched Glaswegian queer disco Utter Gutter, which inspired him to start the much-loved Club For Heroes in Edinburgh in 2008. The open-minded music policy and mixed crowd of beatniks, homos, geeks, ravers and goths attracted guest DJs from clubs such as Optimo, Death Disco and Melting Pot.

 
Simon doesn't limit himself to one style of music, and his definition of "disco" is basically anything that makes him want to dance. Kick-drums, high-hats and hand-claps rule the Simonotron school. His sets are a wild sonic spectrum of gay high-NRG, acid house, electro, and left-field pop classics, mixed together in a way that always makes perfect sense on the dancefloor.

 
Top 10 Simonotronix for March 2010

1. Pilooski: AAA (RVNG)

2. Cosmic Boogie: Heads (Disco Deviance)

3. Lindstom and Christabelle: Baby Can't Stop (Smalltown Supersound)

4. Heaven And Earth: Prescription Every Night (Running Back)

5. Gichy Dan's Beachwood #9: On A Day Like Today (Todd Terje edit)(Strutt)

6. Hot Chip: One Night Stand (The Vinyl Factory)

7. A Made Up Sound: Wire (Clone Basement Series)

8. Audion: Push (Spectral Sound)

9. Friendly Fires: On Board (Joakim remix)(XL)

10. Ray Mang: Bulletproof (DFA)

 
HOBBES & ERIK D'VIKING (TROUBLE DJs)

In eight of hosting Edinburgh's Radio 1 award-nominated Trouble club night (originally Trouble At The Bluenote) and holding down spots all over Scotland (Cabaret Voltaire, Bongo Club, The Voodoo Rooms and the Jazz Bar/Blue Note in Edinburgh; Slabs Of The Tabernacle/Glasgow; Snafu/Aberdeen; The Reading Rooms/Dundee), Trouble DJs have also toured the globe, from tiny sweat-boxes and after-hours affairs in London to super-clubs in Shanghai and Beijing, Rob Da Bank's massive Big Top tent at Bestival to wee hot-spots in Warsaw, Sardinia, Vienna, Paris, Berlin, Derry, Ghent, Zadar (Soundwave) and Belgrade, not to mention other UK festivals such as the Big Chill, T in The Park, Knockengorroch and Secret Garden Party.

Trouble DJs have worked with myriad names from across the soul/dance spectrum: Marlena Shaw, Horace Andy, Ashely Beedle, Norman Jay, Jazzie B (Soul II Soul), Daddy G (Massive Attack), Dego (4hero), Fat Freddys Drop, The Black Seeds, Mr Scruff, Greg Wilson, Gilles Peterson, Rainer Truby, The Unabombers, Mark Rae, Jazzanova, Crazy P, The Nextmen, Quantic, Alice Russell, Horse Meat Disco, The Herbaliser, Aim, Ben Westbeech, Dixon, Ame, The Revenge, Bugz In The Attic, DJ Vadim, Kyoto Jazz Massive, Domu, Mark Pritchard (Harmonic 313), Kirk Degiorgio, Ian O'Brien, The Bays, Patife, Drumagick, Fernanda Porto...See the full list here:http://www.getintotrouble.com/acts_staged.php

Espousing a broad music policy at Trouble, that's simply 'future-retro', Trouble DJs know exactly how to rock the party and always recognise a good groove when they hear one, no matter what musical pigeon-hole people are stuffing it into this week. Hobbes is also one half of the brains behind Limbo (and the Limbo Live compilations), which was recently described as 'a barometer of pop' by the press and is widely recognised as the best place to see the most exciting new bands in Scotland right now. Hobbes also does the odd bit of studio production, with a bunch of releases in the pipeline for this year.  Check out the demos on his Soundcloud.

http://black-spring.com/limbo

http://limbolive.co.uk

http://twitter.com/Hobbes_is_a_dj

http://soundcloud.com/hobbes

KRIS WASABI (WASABI DISCO)

Kris Walker, aka Kris Wasabi, cut his teeth as tour/support DJ for Edinburgh's acclaimed and innovative (new) new wave progenitors, XVECTORS, before going on to provide support DJing for Optimo's first forays into the capital at The Venue and then Ego, some four-five years ago and then moved west to Glasgow, where he held down a monthly Saturday-night spot at the city's world-renowned live music boozer, Nice N Sleazy's. Since moving back to Edinburgh in 2007, Kris has rekindled his own clubbing fires, with the ace, wee Wasabi Disco ('disco that's hot n spicy!') night doing the honours for Sneaky Pete's since late 2008. Kris's penchant for the dirtiest, scuzziest punk, funk, disco and soul alongside the rawest beats is the perfect foil for some of the smoother sounds espoused by the rest of the crew on occasion and also a good companion piece to Hobbes's subversive side (as one half of the Black Spring DJs behind the capital's acclaimed 'live music dance party', Limbo). In short, Kris makes up this brand new DJing quartet with all guns blazing and more aces in the hole than a poker champion.

http://myspace.com/wasabidiscoclub

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11pm-3am.  The Bongo Club, 37 Holyrood Road, Edinburgh EH8 8BA.  Tel 0131 558 7604

Entry £3 b4 12, £5 after

Advance tickets from:

The Bongo Club: | www.thebongoclub.co.uk

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"DDC DJs totallly rocked Sneaky Pete's.  They're a must-see!" (Nick Stewart, Sneaky Pete's, Feb 2010)

“Sick of clean, safe clubbing and shiny superstar DJs? Top Embra duo Trouble are back 'in black' and promising the perfect antidote. Their dark new night is all about the buzz of hearing great new music, be it soul, rap, disco, electro, house or boogie.” The List, August 2009

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TROUBLE DJs' MIXES CAN ALL BE STREAMED FROM THESE SITES: http://www.mixcloud.com/hobbes http://www.mixcloud.com/erikdaviking --------------------------------------

LIVE RECORDINGS OF PREVIOUS DDC DJ SETS ALSO AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD HERE: http://www.divshare.com/download/9874885-474 ------------------------------------

TROUBLE'S DEVIL DISCO CLUB - NEXT TIME: FRI 21ST MAY: THE RETURN OF HORSE MEAT DISCO!! | RBRBR (LIVE)

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