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SCMP Reporter

CLUBS HIGHLIGHTS - THIS WEEK Sasha Saturday 22 July, 11pm-8am.

Regal Airport Hotel, Chek Lap Kok.

Tel: 9776 1446.

Tickets $450 advance (HMV) / $600 door.

Long-serving UK DJ, Sasha, is still kicking up a storm, most recently in the US with his brand of progressive house. Now he's back in the SAR and sure to play some big tunes. Even a few old ravers who thought they were past it are likely to drag out their glo-Zimmer-frames. Joel Lai, Blackjack and Teng Boon provide local support.

Tank Girl Saturday 22 July, 11pm-late.

Home, 2/F, 23 Hollywood Road, Central.

Tel: 2545 0023.

Entry: $120 (with one drink).

Billed as a night ' for girls who prefer girls', DJ B and her girl-power guest spin house at Central's 'in' venue.

AND THE REST....

CE Top, 3/F & 9/F Chuang Hing Commercial Building, 37-43 Cochrane Street, Central. Tel: 2544 3581.

Funk, breakbeat and tech house at Club Elements on Friday with DJ Joel Lai plus guests, 9/F. Hear No Evil is on the third floor from 4am with DJs Christian and Banana. $100, including one drink.

Club 97, 9 Lan Kwai Fong, Central. Tel: 2186 1819 Resident DJ Janva spins hip-hop/latin on weekdays, techno and house on weekends. Cosa Nostra oozes jazz and funk on Thursdays.

Tues-Weds, 9pm-2am; Thur, 8pm-4am (free); Fri, 6-10pm gay happy hour, 11-6am ($100); Sat, 11-7am ($100).

ING, 4/F, Renaisance Harbour View, Convention Plaza, 1 Harbour Road, Wan Chai. Tel: 2824 0523.

DJs Paul Baynham and Jeff play R&B, soul, funk, jazz, hip-hop, dance hits and house every Thursday when its ladies night (free entry and drinks to women). DJs Chris and Bruce play on the other nights. On Wednesdays there's a salsa night.

Mon-Sat, From 10pm. Cover: $100, Mon-Thurs, $200, Fri-Sat.

JJ's, Grand Hyatt Hotel, 1 Harbour Road, Wan Chai. Tel 2588 1234 (ext 7323).

DJ Adam Rowley, from England, has previously played at Henry J Beans in Shenzhen. Mon-Thurs, 10pm-2am; Friday: 10pm-3am; Saturday: 10pm-4am; Sunday: closed. Cover charge starts 8.30pm: Mon-Thurs: $100 including one drink; Fri-Sat: $200 for two drinks.

New Club Star, 3/F, 382 Lockhart Road, Wan Chai. Tel: 2574 4388.

Established all-night hang out for the hard partiers.

Mon-Thurs, Ladies Night, no DJ. $80, free for women, including one drink; Fri, Purple Night. House DJ Murphy Kwan plus guests spin pop, trance and hip-hop ($120 including one drink). Hours: Mon-Fri. 5pm-midnight happy hour and karaoke; midnight-9am disco; Sat: 9pm-9am disco.

Phi-b, Lower basement, Harilela House, 79 Wyndham Street, Central. Tel: 2869 4469.

A club serving up different sounds every night in central with guaranteed late hours. Kulu kicks off the week on Mondays, DJ Glen plays soul and funk on Tuesdays, with DJ Steve Yao on Wednesdays. Thursdays get harder with hip-hop and drum n bass from Johnathan, while Eric and Jean-Paul's mix of house funk, breakbeat and tech house take over on Fridays and Saturdays respectively.

Mon-Thurs, 5pm-2am; Fri-Sat 5pm-5am. Free. HH: 5-9pm.

Propaganda, 1 Hollywood Road, Central. Tel: 2868 1316.

Popular gay disco, though everyone welcome. Resident DJ Ricky lays down tunes from pop to progressive, trance, and hot-house, depending on what the crowd seems up for.

Mon-Thurs, 9pm-3:30am; Fri,9pm-5am;Sat, 9pm-6am.

Cover: Mon-Wed, free; Thurs, $80 (with drink); Fri, $70 before 10.30, $120 after; Sat, $120 before 10.30, $220 after.

Stix, 310 Gloucester Road, Causeway Bay. Tel: 2839 3397.

Resident DJ Steve Bamford spins house techno, breakbeat and progressive house, deep house, no special nights. Ladies nights on Thursday. Mon-Wed, 5pm-1am; Thur-Fri, 5pm-2am; Saturday, 6pm-3am. Cover: $100 after 10pm.

Yellow Frog, 35 Peel Street, Central. Tel: 9103 5080.

DJs Eric, Ricci, Jason, Matt the Hat, plus guests serve up an upbeat mix of house, funky house, and some trance.

Tues-Sat, 2pm - early hours. Free.

LIVE HIGHLIGHTS The Anthony Fernandes Latin Jazz Ensemble Star Alliance Theatre Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Road, Central.

Tel: 2521 7251.

Get down and boogie to the finest Latin jazz and salsa in town at this special tribute concert to the late Tito Puente. July 21, 8pm. Tickets $150 ($120 concessions).

Primal Scream Hong Kong Exhibition Centre, China Resources Building, Wan Chai.

Rock and rave on to your heart's content with the Scottish masters of acid dance-rock. Support from Dry and Heavy and Adrian Sherwood Sound System. July 27, 8pm. Tickets $380; call 2815-1516 or 2805-2804, or see www.ticketcity-asia.com. Also available from HMV. Note: a two-day pass also covering the Leftfield concert at the same venue on July 28 is on sale at $780.

Jane Eliz Nokia Gallery Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Road, Central.

Tel: 2521 7251.

The talented Australian singer, songwriter and guitarist bids farewell to Hong Kong, for the time being, with a free concert. July 22, from 10.30pm.

Motion 11: Jun and Friends Shouson Theatre Hong Kong Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Road, Wan Chai.

Tel: 2582 0200.

Award-winning Hong Kong drummer and singer-songwriter Jun (who is also talented enough to play keyboards, guitar and bass) gathers his collective together to prove that the local Chinese music scene is about much more than just Canto-pop. Jazz may be his first love, but as in all Jun's performances, experimentation is the key. July 22, 8pm; tickets $90.

AND THE REST ...

Beach Pub, Beach Resort Hotel 1780 Tai Mong Tsai Road, Sai Kung. Tel: 2791 1068 R&B and pop classics at the water's edge, every Sat from 9pm, with the Boys on the Beach.

Blue Note Jazz Bar, Mezzanine floor, Kowloon Shangri-La, 64 Mody Road, Kowloon.

Tel: 2721 2111.

Vocalist Eden Atwood and pianist Jeremy Monteiro perform some of the smoothest jazz in town; Monday to Sat, 8.30pm-12.30am.

China Coast Bar & Grill, 9 Cheong Tat Road, Chek Lap Kok. Tel: 2286 8888.

One-man band Akostika dishes out rock, pop, R&B and folk. Tues-Sat, 8.15pm-1am.

Club Shanghai, The Regent, Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui.

Tel: 2313 2355. Folk songs and pop classics from Mainstream. Mon-Sat, from 9pm.

Cococabana, 7 Mo Tat Wan, Lamma. Tel: 2328 2138.

Latin sounds every Saturday from sunset with the Havana Libre Quartet.

Cubana Bar & Restaurant, 47 Elgin Street, Central.

Tel: 2869 1218.

Cuban salsa, again from the Havana Libre Quartet, Thursdays and Sundays from 8pm; $100, ladies free.

Grappa's Country, LG/F, Jardine House, Connaught Road, Central.

Tel: 2521 2322.

Jazz from the Allen Youngblood Trio, every Sat from 8pm.

Jazz & Blues Club & Bar, 2/F California Entertainment Building, 34 D'Aguilar Street, Central. Tel: 2845 8477.

Tonight, jazz fusion from guitarist Eugene Pao, at the head of his quintet; jazz, blues and soul from Larry Hammond Inc. tomorrow, followed by a solo set from master improvisational guitarist Guy Le Claire on Tuesday. Jazz vocalist Elaine Liu takes the stage on Wednesday, with the Dave Packer Trio doing the honours on Thursday. All from about 9.30pm. Call for ticket details.

JJ's, Grand Hyatt, 1 Harbour Road, Wan Chai. Tel: 2588 1234.

'World' music in Wan Chai, courtesy of a Canadian six-piece Saint O, which mixes a heady brew of reggae and calypso with Latin and salsa. In association with the Coco Bango DJ party. Mon-Thur 9.45pm-1.30am; Fri and Sat 10pm-3am.

Ned Kelly's Last Stand, 11A Ashley Road, Tsim Sha Tsui.

Tel: 2376 0562.

Jazz from the Kelly Group, every night from 9.15pm-1am.

Peak Cafe, 121 Peak Road, The Peak. Tel: 2849 7868.

Jazz in the garden every Thursday, with saxophonist Benny Inot, bassist Paul Candelaria and singer Jo Jo Monroy; 7.30-10.30pm.

Planet Hollywood, 3 Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui. Tel: 2377 7888.

R&B, jazz and pop from the six-piece Hollywood All-Stars; Tues-Thurs 9pm-1am; Fri and Sat 9.30pm-1.30pm.

Someplace Else, The Sheraton basement, Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui. Tel: 2369 1111 Cool calypso Kowloon-side - plus soca and reggae - from Buddy Ray's Sweet Beat Band, the outfit with the loudest shirts this side of Jamaica. Mon-Sat, 6.30-11pm.

Speed Sports Bar and Grill, Hong Kong Stadium, 55 Eastern Hospital Road, So Kon Po.

Tel: 9106 45656.

Flamenco and Latin jazz from Red Taurus, a Hong Kong collective of international musicians. Every Fri and Sat, 10pm-1am.

Fri-Sun Tango Martini, 3/F, 81 Lockhart Road, Wan Chai. Tel: 2528 0609.

Stave off those Monday blues in the company of The Sapphires: a three-piece Latin jazz outfit that will have you sinking into your sofa. Suns only, 9pm-midnight.

Tott's Asian Grill and Bar, 34/F The Excelsior, 281 Gloucester Road, Causeway Bay. Tel: 2837 6780.

Power chord-flavoured rock from Canadian outfit Cinderella Rockafella; Mon-Thur 9pm-1am; Fri and Sat 9.30pm-2am.

27 Restaurant & Bar, The Park Lane Hotel, 310 Gloucester Road, Causeway Bay. Tel: 2839 3327.

Classic jazz from pianist Roland Tabanera and vocalist John Labelle. Mon-Sun, 7pm-11.45pm.

BARS TEN OF THE BEST Brown, 30-32 Robinson Road, Mid-Levels. Tel: 2971 0012. HH: none. Cosy couches help make it a home away from home for Mid -Levellers.

Brsi, G/F 14B Yuen Yuen Street, Happy Valley. Tel: 2870 0630. HH: None. Almost too cool to be true.

Club Feather Boa, G/F 38 Staunton Street, Central. Tel: 2857 2586. HH: none. Part lounge room, part bordello, part the curtains and enter.

Cyrano, 56th/F Island Shangri-La, Pacific Place Tower Two, Central. Tel: 2877-3838. HH: 5-9pm. Soft seats, soft jazz and views to die for.

Felix, 28/F Peninsula Hotel, 18 Middle Road, Tsim Sha Tsui. Tel: 2920 2888. HH: none. Thin on atmosphere, but decor makes it one of the best.

La Vie, G/F 39 Yiu Wa Street, Causeway Bay. Tel: 2575 1881. HH: 5-8pm. If sake's your poison, dive in.

Mes Amis, G/F 35 Pottinger Street, Central. Tel: 2973 6167. HH: 4-9pm. Tucked away from Central's hustle and bustle.

Rice, Jervois Street, Sheung Wan. Tel: 2851 4800. HH: 6-9pm; $10 for all standard drinks from 6-7pm. Lounge around with some great cocktails.

Tango Martini, 3/F Empire Land Commercial Centre,81 Lockhart Road, Wan Chai. Tel: 2528 0855. HH: none. A lounge lizard's paradise - and the best martinis in town.

Wolf, G/F 11 Lan Fong Road, Causeway Bay. Tel: 2895 0331. HH: 5-9pm. Space and comfort.

Groovers and shakers Bartender of the week: Neil Jones.

Age: 29.

Home ground: Chasers, Shop 2, G/F Carlton Building, 2-3 Knutsford Terrace, Tsim Sha Tsui.

Job Description: I'm a bar supervisor, but I have to do a little bit of everything.

Favourite drink/mix: Make mine a Stella Artois! Pet hate: People who swear at me.

Worst pick-up line heard: A mother and her daughter came into the bar. Not sure which one to target, the bartender asks 'Are you two sisters?' 



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