Divine!
General Info
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Genre: Funk / Psychedelic / Soul
Location GLASGOW, UK
Profile Views: 70787
Last Login: 2/4/2011
Member Since 6/9/2006
Website www.divineonline.co.uk
Record Label www.resonancestore.com/divine
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Bio
A retro club night, happening on the FIRST SATURDAY of every month, in the VICTORIA CAFE at the GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART, 168 Renfrew Street. Doors: 11pm-3am. Entry: £4 (students) / £5 (guests) / FREE for GSA students before midnight! ........ .."Andrew "Divine" Symington has steered Glasgow School of Art's soul, funk, reggae and jazz extravaganza, Divine, for over 15 years - rendering it Glasgow's longest-running club night - and an exigent, one-stop institution for lovers of northern soul, 60s grooves, psych-jazz, hipster Mod and Motown" (TRIPTYCH FESTIVAL 2006) .."Officially the city's, if not Scotland's, longest running clubnight" (THE METRO) ..Glasgow's DIVINE! brings you a monthly dose of the greatest in northern soul, heavyweight funk, Tamla Motown, sixties freakbeat, dynamite ska, E-Z listening and psychedelic soundtracks - a unique blend of established classics and new discoveries... .. Mr. Divine is constantly excavating new musical nuggets, adding gems to the Divine Sound Archive for your listening and dancing pleasure on the first Saturday of every month in the Glasgow School of Art's Vic Bar. Over these past 18 years DIVINE! has consistently brought great music and fantastic guests to Glasgow's shores. .. Recent special guests have included Cheeba Cheeba (Manchester), Twitch (Optimo Espacio), Chris Geddes & Bob Kildea (Belle and Sebastian) with previous appearances from David Holmes (13 Amp), Andy Smith (Dynamo Productions), Andy Votel (Twisted Nerve/B-Music), Andy Lewis (Acid Jazz), Stuart Braithwaite (Mogwai), Tim Gane (Stereolab) and Bob Stanley & Pete Wiggs (St. Etienne). Check here for all the latest info... -
Members
RESIDENT DJS: Mr. Divine & regular special guests -
Influences
DIVINE PLAYLIST: .. ...... ..> Tyrone Davis, Bettye Lavette, Bettye Swann, Frank Beverly & the Butlers, Dusty Springfield, Curtis Mayfield, Evie Sands, Marlena Shaw, Terry Callier, Candi Staton, Ruby Andrews, Nicole Willis & the Soul Investigators... ........ ..> James Brown, Ernie & the Top Notes, Eddie Bo, The JBs, Funkadelic, Charles Wright, Third Guitar, Dyke & the Blazers, The Mohawks, Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, The Soul Swingers... ........ ..> The Kinks, The Small Faces, Black Sabbath, The Beatles, The Beatstalkers, The Velvet Underground, Rolling Stones, Love, The Motherhood, The Stooges... ........ ..> The Skatalites, The Upsetters, Prince Buster, Jackie Mittoo, Joe Gibbs & the Professionals, King Tubby, Horace Andy, The Blues Busters... ........ ..> The Sonics, Them, Link Wray, The Stooges, The Hunger, The Jerms, Thee Headcoatees, ? and the Mysterions, The Bees... ........ ..> The Poets, The Craig, The Game, Hipster Image, The Gods, The Pink Floyd, Richard Kent Style, Oscar... -
Sounds Like
.............. .. ............DIVINE anniversary compilation CDs available from RESONANCE STORE. Check link below.....
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5 Songs | Sep 21, 2008
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The Absolude 3 years ago
The Privates Hammond Or… We are very proud to announce the release of our new 45 "The Chop"!
Hear it for yourself on our profile and find out more on our Myspace blog.
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3 years ago
10 of 253MoreCheers a lot for the add!
All the best
The Absolude (Japan)
The 45 is currently available from the Starla Records blogspot at http://starlarecords.blogspot.com/
Still the finest club in Glasgow. Thanks for the add, Andrew.
We've finally uploaded some songs to our page.
Let us know what you think.
Black Sparrow: 10 DJs playing 45s for 45 mins each. 5.30pm-1am
£1 Donation at Door - All proceeds to Cash For Kids
Djs for this:
Andrew Divine
Gerry Lyons
JD Twitch
Craig Moogroove
David Barbarossa
Billy Woods
Stevie Elements
Neil McMillan
Bosco
Chris Geddes
Amazing sets last night.... possibly my favourite Divine ever! Xx
Samples of our new Record Kicks single “I’m Sorry (Can I please come home)” & ”The Battle of Yoker” are now up on our Myspace for your delectation. Have a listen!
we can't stop dancing if you keep spinnin!
hope to make it along to the 19th anniversary or catch u on a thursday night with snafu!
funk it up!!
peace love & jalapenos
Flyin Jalapenos crew
Glasgow and beyond
Nice new flyer Andrew, looking forward to the big birthday weekend! Celebrations all round! Xx
Ta, see you in a week? Coming to the EWO?