SLAM

Despite the dizzying array of international talent that can be found in the city’s clubs each weekend, sometimes it’s the appearance of a local legend that can for the most memorable nights.

Tomorrow, at the Sub Club, veteran Glasgow duo Slam embark on a four-hour set at their monthly house and techno night Return to Mono.

They need no introduction: they’ve been tearing up clubs across the world since emerging in the late ‘80s, bringing their tough, uncompromising techno to stages big and small.

They’ve been curating T in the Park’s Slam Tent – whose crowd is among the most savage in the world - for 18 years, making it very much their own in the process.

And their monthly techno-fest Pressure is known as one of the finest club nights in the country.

Expect a smorgasbord of ambient, dub, house and techno from two of electronica’s finest operators.

On Saturday, things get a little looser as Londoners Horse Meat Disco return to Jamaica Street.

Dealing in all things classic funk, disco and house, they straddle the golden age of ‘70s New York while keeping an eye on the present with shimmering, cosmic freak-outs.

This is one to lose yourself in.

• Return to Mono with Slam, tomorrow, Sub Club, 11pm – 3am, £8

• Horse Meat Disco, Saturday, Sub Club, 11pm – 3am, £10

Abyss Warehouse Party

BERLIN techno DJ Monika Kruse is riding the crest of a wave at the moment.

She’s been racking up the air miles this summer: taking her Chicago and Detroit-influenced techno on tour to Toronto, Chicago and all over Europe.

From slaying Ibiza opening parties to Belgium’s Tomorrowland festival, Kruse is a DJ at the peak of her powers – which is good news for Abyss, and everyone with a ticket for their second birthday party on Saturday.

Support comes from Fraser Stuart, Lyndsay and Kendal, and the Abyss residents.

• • Abyss Warehouse Party, Saturday, SWG3, 9pm – 2am, £10

BROKEN ENGLISH CLUB

Oliver Ho is better known as Raudive, the name under which he’s been recording experimental techno since the mid ‘90s.

His new project, Broken English Club, goes deeper into industrial territory: this is intense, shadowy stuff that’s not really for the casual listener.

It is, however, ideal for serious fans of the genre and this is a stellar booking from Highrise, back at La Cheetah after a short summer break.

• • Broken English Club, tonight, La Cheetah, 11pm – 3am, £5

WAX FACTORY

More techno. There just doesn’t seem to be much else happening this weekend.

Fans of the harder stuff will find much to enjoy at 69 Below over the next few nights.

Tomorrow, Scotland’s very own “techno ambassador” (goodness knows which embassy he’s been posted to) Neil Landstrumm brings his homegrown, analogue sounds to Nelson Mandela Place.

He’s joined by Edinburgh’s Nomad, Kenny Campbell, Paul McNair and Kenny Mulligan, who are all of a similar bent.

The following night, retro hardcore brand Bonkers holds one of its regular reunions in the same venue.

It features Roberta Childs making a live personal appearance, with Noble “Bonkers” Whitelaw, Gonzo and Paul Norval bringing the fist-pumping nostalgia.

• • Wax Factory with Neil Landstrumm, tomorrow, 69 Below, 10pm – 3am, £10

• • Bonkers, Saturday, 69 Below, 10pm – 3am, £6

TYCI

Feminist collective TYCI’s monthly night moves across Renfield Lane to the Old Hairdressers this Saturday. A smaller venue, sure, but the its lineup remains undiminished.

Singer-songwriters Martha Ffion, Emma Pollock (of indie rock’s The Delgados) and Katie Harkin (of Sky Larkin and, more recently, a touring member of Sleater-Kinney) play live, with the latter also spinning tunes into the wee hours.

At the Flying Duck, indie kids can relive the epic Britpop battle of 20 years ago as Common People puts Blur and Oasis head-to-head.

They’ll be playing classics all night long, with a healthy smattering of Gallagher and Albarn tunes.

A vote held throughout the night will determine whether Roll With It or Country House is the last song of the night.

For anyone who lived through those heady times and witnessed it first-hand, this is a must.

• • Common People: Blur v Oasis, tomorrow, The Flying Duck, 9pm – 3am, £5

• • TYCI, Saturday, The Old Hairdressers, 8.30pm – late, £5