Club Welto
Welcome to the Club Welto myspace. Club Welto is a sporadic get-together for those that like to listen to the best in new live music and spoken word in an intimate setting. Club Welto strives to cater to all tastes so whether you like to listen to folk, twisted electronics, spoken word or funky house then Club Welto is where you should be. Club Welto takes place on random Fridays at the The Village , 16 South Fort Street, Leith, Edinburgh, EH6 4DN and entrance fee is the grand total of no pence! That's right, it's free so there's no excuse to not come down and check out the best new live acts in Edinburgh.
How to get there :
You can find The Village on South Fort Street, off the Leith end of Ferry Road.
Buses 7, 14, and 21 will drop you within spitting distance.
Click here for a map .
If you are interested in playing at a future club Welto night, or want more information, please drop us a line. If you just want to enjoy yourself why not put on your dancing shoes and pop down to sunny Leith for the next one.
Remember ........ it's free!!!!!!!
Details of forthcoming Club Welto nights :
Watch this space!
Details of previous Club Welto nights :
Club Welto Edinburgh Festival Special @ The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West
Register Street Edinburgh EH2 2AA - Fri 22nd Aug 2008 - 10pm-3am
Club Welto ventured once more out of Leith and into the big bad city with another FREE showcase of live music, spoken word and djs to amuse and entertain you at The Voodoo Rooms , 19a West Register Street, Edinburgh EH2 2AA. Here are a handy cut-out and keep list of the top turns who played for your musical delight -
* Operator
* CB Radio
* Randan Discotheque
* Meursault
* Rodney Relax
* Nick E Melville
* Headspin DJs
* DJ Stevie Wanless
Club Welto 6 @ The Village Bar, Leith, Edinburgh, Fri 6th Jun 2008, 8pm-1am
Club Welto 6 was another storming night with great music all round and the addition of a smoke machine and flashing lights to boot. What more could you have wanted especially with the following acts playing for your delectation:
* Sanna - organic-electronic, layered melodies, effects and beats
* Keser - electronica / ambient / progressive / post-rock
* Emily Scott - acoustic / folk / country
* Ex-Lion Tamer
- fizzing electronics - 80s pop / electronica
* The Shellsuit Massacre - found texts / social commentary / guitar techno
* DJ Stevie Wanless (Taste / Sumo / Frisco Disco)
Club Welto 5 @ The Village Bar, Leith, Edinburgh, Fri 11th Apr 2008, 8pm-1am
The Welto returned to the Village with the following top turns performing for your delectation for absolutely nothing unless you wanted to chuck a couple of quid in the bucket to help us cover the cost of putting on the night! Thanks to everyone who did.
* Sanna - organic-electronic, layered melodies, effects and beats
* C.B. Radio - funky, experimental hip hop and electronica
* Nick E. Melville - spoken word
* Randan Discotheque - folk, electronica and dub
* Zorras - poetry-music fusion weirdness
* DJ Stevie Wanless (Taste / Sumo / Frisco Disco)
Club Welto Presents ...... @ The Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, Fri 29th Feb 2008, 6pm-10pm
Taking advantage of the leap year's extra day, Club Welto took a wee trek across town to Edinburgh College of Art's Wee Red Bar for another fun-packed night of free music. As usual, entry was FREE plus the drink was CHEAP and lots of Weltos took advantage of the early start and kicked their weekend off the Welto way alongside:
* Sanna - organic-electronic, layered melodies, effects and beats
* Gand-Eye
* Iona Marshall - imaginative & original songwriter with a Celtic tinge
* Gray Fox
* The Shellsuit Massacre - found texts / social commentary / guitar techno
* Ex-Lion Tamer - fizzing electronics
* Headspin DJs
Club Welto 4 @ The Village Bar, Leith, Edinburgh, Fri 8th Feb 2008, 8pm-1am
Following the amazing success of last November's night which saw the Village's bar takings record broken, Welto returned to its spiritual home on February 8th 2008 for another top evening of live music, spoken word and DJs featuring :
* HMS Ginafore ( Fence Records )
* Wounded Knee ( Benbecula Records ) - experimental vocal loops and effects
* Sanna - organic-electronic, layered melodies, effects and beats
* Rodney Relax - spoken word
* DJs Stevie Wanless (Taste / Sumo / Frisco Disco)
and Kenny McAlpine
Club Welto 3 @ The Village Bar, Leith, Edinburgh - Fri 23rd Nov 2007, 8pm-1am
Club Welto returned to the Village for another round of free live music, spoken word, DJs and general Weltoness with the following acts performing for your listening pleasure :
* Ex-Lion Tamer
- fizzing electronics
* Iona Marshall
- imaginative & original songwriter with a Celtic tinge
* Sanna - organic-electronic, layered melodies, effects and beats
* Nick E. Melville - spoken word
* DJ Stevie Wanless (Taste / Sumo / Frisco Disco)
The Welto Compere by Scotty B
Back in November, in this very spot
Stood a drunken Welto, whose name was Scott
I'd given them plenty of warning of my inebriated state
I'd been drinking since four, on a leaving night for Kate
My job was the compere, to keep the night flowing
But I'd had too many shandies and god was it showing
The first act was ready and I took the mic
But I forgot the act's name, what the f*ck am I like?
It was downhill from there, for the drunken tw*t
Two Flatliners wi big Mark Made sure of that
When the next act was ready, I was nowhere to be seen
Thank f*ck for Nobby, at least he was keen
The rest of the night, well it's a bit of a blur
But a good time was had, I'm sure you'll concur
The moral of the story, I'm sure you'll agree
If you're needing a compere, for f*ck's sake dinnae ask me!
Club Welto 2 @ The Village Bar, Leith, Edinburgh - Fri 14th Sept 2007, 8pm-1am
Moving on from the Roseleaf Bar the first Club Welto at The Village featured :
* Teak Veneer - live electro stylings with added scratching from Colin Millar
* The Shellsuit Massacre - spoken word and techno beats
* Sanna - organic-electronic, layered melodies, effects and beats
* DJ Stevie Wanless (Taste / Sumo / Frisco Disco)
Club Welto 1 @ The Roseleaf Bar, Leith, Edinburgh - Fri 17th Aug 2007, 8pm-1am
The first ever Club Welto happened at the award-winning Roseleaf Bar and featured :
* Sanna - organic-electronic, layered melodies, effects and beats
* The Shellsuit Massacre - spoken word and techno beats
* Teak Veneer - live electro stylings with added scratching from Colin Millar
* Rodney Relax - spoken word
* Nick E. Melville - spoken word
* Duality Bytes featuring Chico Mendez - acoustic guitar v live sax in a fight to the death
Please take time to check out some of the above links to the myspace pages of some of the acts that have previously played Club Welto and help support new live music in Scotland.
