Clubbing Map August 09; clubbing.

Byline: andy everett

Musika, Sat 29th @ The Picture House,Lothian Rd 10pm - 5am, pounds 20,musikanights.comGuests: Felix Da Housecat, The Japanese Popstars, Slam, Smokin Jo Residents: Derek Martin, Jamie McKenzie Summary: A monster line-up to round off the Edinburgh Festival in style.

Axis, Sat 22nd @ Cabaret Voltaire, Blair St 10.30pm - 5am, pounds 15,thecabaretvoltaire.comGuests: Adam Freeland, Darrell Harding, Andy Problems Residents: Anarkid, Kai Davidson, Oxygen Junkies, Iain Rogers Summary: Expect lots of top breaks and electro from headliner Freeland.

THIS MONTH'SESSENTIAL PARTY

EH1 Music Festival, Sat 15 th @ The Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston 12pm - 6am, Event only pounds 49.50, Event + camping pounds 69.50, eh1musicfestival.com Acts: Orbital, Carl Cox, Roger Sanchez, Above & Beyond, Sander Kleinenberg, Way Out West, Frankie Knuckles, Derrick May, Hernan Cattaneo, Josh Wink and more. Summary: Colours and Streetrave have an all-star line-up for Scotland's biggest dance music event of the year.

Sugarbeat, Fri 28th @ Cabaret Voltaire, Blair St Doors 10.30pm, pounds 12 in adv, thecabaretvoltaire.comGuests: Krafty Kutz, Askillz Residents: Utah Saints Summary: Two of the best and most highly-skilled breaks DJs under the one roof at the same time plus the ever-excellent Utah Saints. Nice.

Wizard Festival, Fri 28 th & Sat 29th @ New Deer Showground, New Deer, Aberdeenshire. Weekend: pounds 70+bf / Sat: pounds 45 +bf, wizardfestival.com Acts: The Japanese Popstars, Harri, Streetlife DJs, Giles Walker, Funky Trans-port.Summary:Excitingguestsand toplocaltalent.

Bank Holiday Beach Party, Sun 2nd @ Karbon, Buchanan St 8pm - 3am, pounds 5/3 (free in beachwear), karbonuk.com Residents: Kevin McFarlane, Stephen Lee, Iron III Summary: Get the bikinis, shorts and flip flops out and head along to Karbon for some Balearic beats and BBQ action. Who needs to jet off to Ibiza anyway?

Soma Records Party, Fri 14th @ Cabaret Voltaire, Blair St 11pm - 5am, pounds 8, thedgefestival.com Guests: Black Dog, Mr Copy, Gary Beck, Master H, Edit Select. Summary: The Edge festival showcases stars from Soma.

The Deep End, Sat 15th @ Club Snafu, Union St Doors 11pm, pounds 5 in adv, clubsnafu.comGuest: Master H Resident: Funky TransportSummary: Master H takes you through deep house with a futuristic Parisian swagger. Also plays at The Sub Club and Cabaret Voltaire on the 13th.

DeathDisco, Sat 22nd @ The Arches,Midland St 11pm - 3am, pounds 14/7,deathdisco.info Guests: The Bloody Beetroots, His Majesty Andre Residents: DD Residents Summary: Masked-wearing Italian electro duo, The Bloody Beetroots, know exactly how to rock a party with their upfrontsounds.

Boys Noize, Thu 27th @ City Nightclub, Market St 10.30pm - 5am, pounds 18,theedgefestival.comGuest: Boys Noize Summary: The uber hot German electro-tech producer and DJ brings his unique style of party techno to Edinburgh for a very specialone-off gig.

Tronicsole, Sat 22nd @ The Admiral, Waterloo St 11pm - 3am, pounds 7/5, tronicsole.co.uk Guests: Ronnie Muirhead, See T, Euan SResident:Summary: Tronicsole is fast becoming one of Glasgow's top underground house parties. This month they have some of the finest up-and-coming DJ talent hailing from the city. Deep house grooves all night long baby.

How's Your Party, Fri28th@TheSub Club, Jamaica St 11pm - 3am, pounds 10 in adv, subclub.co.ukGuests: Sinden, Duke Dumont Resident: ALaFu Summary: More forward thinking beats, breaks and bleeps from the HYP crew and star guests.