Tue 24th Jul 2007

Black Tape This Friday 27th July Sneaky Pete's, 73 Cowgate, Edinburgh, EH1 1JW

It’s been a strange couple of months. People leave, people arrive, people leave again. The rain hasn’t stopped. Clubs have been unpredictable. But the sun is shining (well it is right now, dunno how long it will last) and the Festival is coming. So to get you in the mood…

This month we have the Dogtooth girls DJing for us. Dogtooth is an “Ultra-fashionable new wave night-spot” according to the NME. They like all that new/nu rave stuff. We kinda do, but we like our old skool rave too. So there’s going to be a little DJ battle, Dogtooth vs Black Tape, nu vs. old skool, good vs. evil, etc etc. It will be fun. Bring yr dancing shoes, and yr day-glo too (if you must).

Before that we have Ally and Ewan, aka Men and Machines. As well as decks they DJ using laptops and all kinds of machines that we aren’t all that familiar with, and they have strobes and stuff. They play pretty banging electro to dance your ass off to. You may have seen them before at Black Tape.

And before that will be some seriously odd DJing from the Black Tape Usherettes. They’re the ones that give you the free confectionery, cake, and knowing looks. They like their indie and dance music, but they also like their pop. Gets people dancing.

And right at the start you’ve got residents playing some new stuff they want to give an airing, as well as some old familiar favourites. So get down early.

We hope to see you all there

Forthcoming Events
5th Jun 2009 /   Sneaky Pete's, 73 Cowgate, Edinburgh, EH1 1JW

Live: My Latest Novel/Copy Haho/Mitchell Museum

DJs: I Fly Spitfires/Nick AKA/Laura Dogtooth/This Is Music/more to be announced

Bands 8-11pm £6.50 adv - Tickets from Ripping, Ticketweb.co.uk or Sneaky Pete’s

Club 11-3am FREE

Black Tape is coming to an end. It’s been a messy, chaotic and amazingly fun two and a half years, but if there’s one thing we’ve learned, and wish Guns ‘n’ Roses had too, it’s to stop before you get shit. So on Friday 5th June, we’ll hold our last ever club night.

It will feature 3 great bands from Bonnie Scotland, followed by a dance party in which we and all our friends will play our favourite records, and the aforementioned mess, chaos and fun will ensue.

Playing live for us will be the quite brilliant MITCHELL MUSEUM, along with Stonehaven’s finest, the wonderful COPY HAHO, and to launch their forthcoming second album on Bella Union, MY LATEST NOVEL.

Yes, we did a little wee too. It’s a rather formidable lineup, and you’d probably be wise to join us at Sneaky Pete’s for the occasion.

Indie / electro / punk / soul / dance / hip hop / blah blah blah

We are giving half-hour DJ slots to anyone that wants one - providing you can make an impression and make people dance. If YOU want to DJ at Black Tape, please with a sample list of tunes you might play.