Technoheads should make a beeline for Jackhammer at Club Ego, where house DJs CJ Hardtime and Gee Dub welcome Samuel L Session for a special one-off performance. Scenesters know all about Teasage by now, and it's business as usual tomorrow at the Citrus Club, where DJ Monkee Mickee serves up more of the same swinging 60s hits and baggy Madchester anthems. The big man might have rested on the seventh day, but try telling that to the girls at Playgirl Mansion, Club Lulu, where Trendy Wendy and friends crack out a selection of cutting edge electro-disco and classic house.
Elsewhere on Sunday, DJ Dale Lush, Simmone Black and Isla Blige oblige with a mix of R B, hip hop, soul and funk at Medina club's Booty. There's no need to stop the party just because it's Monday, either. At least, not according to the folks at Code Red, who provide a selection of rap, R B, soul and Polish hip-hop at this weekly club situated in the heart of the Cowgate.
HAVING warmed up for soul star Jill Scott at the Barrowlands in Glasgow a few years back, Edinburgh-based DJ Paul Atherton (aka DJ P45) knows a thing or two about working crowds. "It wasn't your usual club gig and it was nice that she noticed we were playing a lot of music from her home town of Philadelphia, which she seemed to really enjoy," recalls Atherton, who is originally from Yorkshire but has been living in the Capital for more than a decade. An obsessive record collector from an early age, Atherton, who mans the decks at brand-new weekly early-nighter Bellini Fridays, made the decision to become a full-time DJ when his record box started to spill over.
"I've always been a lover of music and I've been collecting records since I was a young thing," he smiles. "Becoming a DJ just seemed like a natural progression to me. My music collection was growing and growing, and my vinyl addiction getting more out of control.
" The most satisfying thing about the craft, says Atherton, is the reaction of the crowds. "Seeing people in the club enjoying themselves to your music, that's a such great feeling," he beams. "It's ultimately up to you to get the crowd going, and I really love to do that.
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