Promoters
This section includes details of event promoters, shops, distributors, club nights and festivals.
The descriptions have either been supplied by the organisations or have been sourced from a relevant location (usually their website).
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Analogue
The gem in the otherwise vomit-stained environs of Edinburgh's Grassmarket. A shop selling books, clothes, records and other contemporary ephemera.
Arika
We create underground mudic and film festivals and tours. We work with some ofthe most exciting venues in the country to produce Shadowed Spaces, Instal, Kill Your Timid Notion, and Music Lovers Field Companion.
Boa Melody Bar
Glasgow-based distributor of anything you can think of and loads more besides. "Gayle is known for many things in this little world of ours. She first came into the spotlight as a member of Electroscope and by printing the lovely Boa fanzine... Boa eventually morphed into the premier European/UK dealer of all types of music." foxydigitalis.com
Dialogues
www.dialogues-festival.org/qFactor
Edinburgh's only annual festival of electronic music. Dialogues brings together artists working in different ways and in different contexts. The festival also aims to take electronic music into diverse spaces - previous years have featured a video event on a bus, while in 2006 Dialogues took place in various Edinburgh venues including Inverleith House in the Botanic Gardens.
Fimbulvetr
Edinburgh-based dark atmospheric music club, playing a wide range of styles, including dark/black ambient, industrial, noise, neo-folk, neo-classical, post-rock,experimental electronics, extreme/ambient doom and related genres. Monthly at the Pleasance Cabaret Bar - see the website for details, and forum.
Forced Exposure
Large selection of underground music CDs and records, including reissues, from around the world.
Le Weekend
Annual experimental music event held at the Tollbooth in Stirling. Part of Scotland's experimental music partnership.
Miso
Miso presents a wide variety of electronic artists of the highest calibre on the first Saturday of every month in Glasgow. Previous visitors have included Venetian Snares, To Rococo Rot, Tape, Marcia Blaine School For Girls, Frog Pocket, Greg Davis, etc, etc. Miso also have a radio show on www.radiomagnetic.com every Tuesday 3pm - 4.30pm.
Monorail
A brilliant, if wallet emptying, combination of vegan orientated bar/restaurant and utterly excellent record shop in Glasgow.
MRW44
Promoter, label and mail order based in Edinburgh. Live shows feature a mixture of local artists and established international acts making electronic, experimental and post-rock music. Past gigs have featured bands such as Guapo, Venetian Snares, Khanate and Sunburned Hand of the Man.
Negative Care Outcome Distro
www.myspace.com/negative_care_outcome
Interested in distributing underground music, especially demos, labels with good stuff out get in touch with wholesale prices. I am also interested in picking up some good zines
Nuts & Seeds
Nuts and Seeds promote independent music in Glasgow. We have been in existence in one form or another since 2002 putting on gigs for bands touring the UK. All the money made on the door going to covering costs and paying the bands and consequently there are no guestlists. Every effort is made to keep music inclusive, cheap, anti-elitist and fun.
The Organisation
www.myspace.com/thisistheorganisation
since 2008 'the organisation' has been held responsible for various club nights, gigs and community events occurring mainly around Glasgow, Scotland (However they're believed to have international affiliations). 'the organisation' are accused of highlighting new sound-centric music to new audiences in eclectic and surreal settings. They are seen as a danger to mass consumerism and profitable recreation. Be aware, 'the organisation' are everywhere. the organisation meets on the last thursday of every month
Rub-a-dub
A fine record shop in Glasgow. Subscribe to the weekly mail out - give us a call on 0141 221 9650.
Scottish Music Centre
The Scottish Music Centre is a one-stop shop for information for anyone interested in music and is home to an enormous archive of nearly 30,000 items, ranging from copies of 18th Century song-sheets and Scottish contemporary classical scores to the latest CD releases from traditional, rock, jazz and indie bands. Visitors to the Centre can also use computers with a range of the latest music software, including Sibelius 4 and Garageband, and read a variety of specialist music publications, directories and magazines relevant to all musical styles and interests.
Sound
North East Scotland’s festival of new music presents an eclectic and broad range of new music in Aberdeen City and Shire. In 2008 it will take place from 21st October to 17th November.
Synergy Concerts
Consistently excellent promoters of shows in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Past scalps have included Shellac, Khonnor, Battles, Smog, Wolf Eyes, etc etc etc.
Throb
Glasgow based promoters of underground/experimental/weird music.
Tronic
http://www.myspace.com/tronicglasgow
Based in Glasgow Scotland, our idea is to bring the best of the underground electronic scene together for one off live electronic performances. The styles are very eclectic within the 'Tronic' scene and we aim to cover the full spectrum of electronica, ranging from Techno, Ambient, Experimental, Breaks, Hardcore, Glitch, House and Electro.
Volcanic Tongue
Premier source for new, secondhand and rare underground LPs, CDs, CD-Rs, cassettes, lathes, and associated sub-cultural ephemera.
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