Yearly archives: 2012

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Reptile New Year’s Eve 2012

DJ Setlist

With Reptile’s New Years Eve set complete, my 2012 DJing comes to a close in the most successful way imaginable. A lot of personal favourites in there, plus a decent dose of requests.

11pm – 11:30pm

Project Pitchfork – Timekiller
VNV Nation – Joy
Covenant – Figurehead (Plain)
Front 242 – Tragedy >For You<
DAF – Der Mussolini
Depeche Mode – Photographic (Some Bizarre)
OMD – Enola Gay

4:30am – 5am

Skinny Puppy – Assimilate
Diary Of Dreams – Chemicals
Laibach – Tanz Mit Laibach
And One – Techno Man
Nitzer Ebb – Murderous
Kraftwerk – Radioactivity (The Mix version)

5:20am – 5:35am

New Order – True Faith
Ultravox – Hymn (Single Version)
Depeche Mode – A Question of Time
Dead Or Alive – You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)

Alternative Bring’n’Buy Sale – December 2012

DJ Setlist

Once again, I operated the early shift at the Alternative Bring and Buy Sale, with Scott and Miss Jade covering the other sets. And also once again, I dreamt up another way of ‘doing’ the opening phase, plus my once-a-year journey into trad-goth!

10:30am – 12noon – Dambience, IDM and various electronic things

Archon Satani – Fleshseed
Brighter Death Now – Slaughterhouse
Atrium Carceri – Knowledge Of The Few
Ah Cama-Sotz – Lix Tatrax
Boyd Rice and Fiends – Worlds Collide
Synaesthesia – Wasteland
Future Sound Of London – My Kingdom
Enigma – Sadness Part 1
Aphex Twin – Aegispolis
µ-Ziq – Hasty Boom Alert
Add N To (X) – Revenge Of The Black Regent
Komputer – Looking Down On London
Metroland – Harry Beck
Kraftwerk – Numbers
Crystal Castles – Untrust Us
Goldfrapp – Number 1
Ladytron – Ace of Hz
Depeche Mode – Never Let Me Down (Aggro Mix)

2pm-3pm – Play Some Goth

Dave Gahan – Dirty Sticky Floors
Sisters Of Mercy – First And Last And Always
Inkubus Sukkubus – Heartbeat Of The Earth
The Horatii – Body Of The Fish
The Birthday Party – Release The Bats
Two Witches – Spirit Sacrifice
Flesh For Lulu – Laundromat Kat
The Cure – Primary
New Order – Dreams Never End
This Ascension – Fuego Cayendo
Skeletal Family – Promised Land
Rome Burns – Co-ordinates Of Control
Rhombus – 4472
Grooving In Green – A New Vessel
Forthcoming Fire – Feuer
Diary Of Dreams – Retaliation
Diorama – Child Of Entertainment
Deine Lakaien – Return

5pm-5:30pm – Jonny vs Scott Tag Team

Because it’s something of a tradition……especially at Christmas time, where there is an extra excuse to get silly. Scott’s tracks are in italics.

Reverend Horton Heat – Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
Placebo – Daddy Kool
Twisted Sister – We’re Not Going To Take It
No Doubt – Oi To The World
Motorhead – Ace Of Spades
(Unknown Ska Version) – Frosty The Snowman
Animaniacs – Noel Song
(Unknown Cover) – It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of Year
Monty Python – Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life

The Frightmare Before Christmas

DJ Setlist

Time for a bit of pre-Christmas celebration. This was a three-club special, myself playing under the Neo-Noir banner, joined by Y34R Z3R0 (which I’d DJed at myself earlier this year) and Electric Dreams, with 2 DJs from each night playing. My own contribution came at 1:30am, and here’s what it sounded like.

Celldweller – Stay With Me (Unlikely)
Officers – Co-Education
Necro Facility – You Want It
Stromkern – Stand Up
Skinny Puppy – Worlock (Live In Dresden)
VNV Nation – Serial Killer (A+F V2 Version)
Front 242 – Motion
Militant Cheerleaders On The Move – Freaks
Depeche Mode – Something To Do
Echo and the Bunnymen – The Killing Moon
Joy Division – Isolation
Teardrop Explodes – Reward
Soft Cell – Bedsitter
Ultravox – Sleepwalk

Neo-Noir November 2012

DJ Setlist

Neo-Noir returns to it’s monthly pattern, now very much back at it’s original home of the London Stone, the last remaining eerie pub in London. Last nights music policy was best described as ’20th Century Alternative’ or ‘Party Like It’s 1999′. 5 DJs in total (so if I didn’t play it, they probably did), and my own sets were as follows.

Set 1 – 11:10-11:45

Laibach – Jesus Christ Superstar
16 Volt – Skin
Revolting Cocks – (Let’s Get) Physical
My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult – Kooler Than Jesus
Einstürzende Neubauten – Feurio!
Front Line Assembly – Mindphaser
Cobalt 60 – Bye Bye
Armageddon Dildos – East West
And One – Techno Man

Set 2 – 2:10-2:50

VNV Nation – Joy
Project Pitchfork – Requiem
Wolfsheim – The Sparrows And The Nightingales
Gary Numan – Are ‘Friends’ Electric? (Live 1987)
Depeche Mode – Photographic (Some Bizarre Version)
Simple Minds – I Travel
A Flock Of Seagulls – I Ran
Siouxsie and the Banshees – Happy House
The Stranglers – No More Heroes
Sparks – This Town Ain’t Big Enough For The Both Of Us

Let Them Eat Gak – Halloween Special

DJ Setlist

My musical selections tonight were based on both the style of the bands playing, and (later in the night) the nature of this particularly spooky occasion, hence the bizarre nature of the setlist later in the night.

Wendy Carlos – Title Music From A Clockwork Orange
John Carpenter – Halloween Theme
Alice Cooper – Welcome To My Nightmare
Sweet – Hellraiser
David Bowie – Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)
Iggy Pop – I Wanna Be Your Dog

Curve – Chinese Burn
Queen Adreena – Pretty Like Drugs
L7 – Shitlist
Hole – Celebrity Skin
Heart – Barracuda

Blue Oyster Cult – (Don’t Fear) The Reaper
Marilyn Manson – I Put A Spell On You
White Zombie – Thunder Kiss ’65
Gothminister – Thriller

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AlterRed – Emily
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Red Right Hand
Bobby ‘Boris’ Pickett & The Crypt Kickers – Monster Mash
Sheb Wooley – The Purple People Eater
Jumpin’ Gene Simmons – Haunted House
Dresden Dolls – Coin-Operated Boy
Katzenjammer – A Bar In Amsterdam

Ray Parker Jr. – Ghostbusters

….and since that ‘go home’ song didn’t work, I ended up resorting to:

Mötley Crüe – Shout at the Devil

Nightrain

DJ Setlist

Here’s my setlist from Nightrain. Be assured it is only a temporary deviation from the norm for me, not a sudden change in direction, but I did enjoy it, I do like ALL these songs and I would do it a few more times if the chance came up.

8:30pm-9:15pm – Album-Oriented Rock

No point playing the big anthems before everyone’s had a drink or two, so I decided to play what might otherwise be called ‘The Old Grey Whistle Set’.

Bob Dylan – Blowin’ In The Wind
Fleetwood Mac – The Chain
Eric Clapton – Cocaine
Alan Parsons Project – Eye In The Sky
Supertramp – Breakfast In America
Emerson, Lake and Palmer – Karn Evil 9 – 1st Impression (Part 2)
Genesis – Land Of Confusion
Van Der Graaf Generator – Theme 1
Deep Purple – Hush
Rush – The Temple Of Syrinx
Rainbow – Long Live Rock’n’Roll
ZZ Top – Sharp Dressed Man
Journey – Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)

12:15am-1:15am – Anthem-Oriented Rock

Had some beers and some live music, so no messin’ now. Solid gold rock anthems all the way.

Quiet Riot – Cum On Feel The Noise
Bon Jovi – Runaway
Van Halen – Ain’t Talkin’ Bout Love
Iron Maiden – Can I Play With Madness
Motörhead – Iron Fist
Pat Benatar – All Fired Up
Europe – The Final Countdown
Queen – One Vision
Ozzy Osbourne – Crazy Train
Alice Cooper – Under My Wheels
T-Rex – Telegram Sam
David Bowie – Ziggy Stardust
The Who – My Generation
The Kinks – You Really Got Me
Led Zeppelin – Rock and Roll
Argent – God Gave Rock and Roll To You

2:15am-3am – Any Other Rock? (Jonny vs Simon)

We ended the nights with 45 minutes of tag-team DJing, me on laptop, Simon Landmine on CDs, first putting in some anthems we’d missed earlier then winding things down with the last 3 songs.

Metallica – Enter Sandman
Megadeth – Symphony of Destruction
Guns’n’Roses – Welcome To The Jungle
Suicidal Tendencies – Send Me Your Money
Twisted Sister – We’re Not Going To Take It
Judas Priest – Living After Midnight
Black Sabbath – Paranoid
Anthrax – Got The Time
Mott The Hoople – All The Young Dudes
Pearl Jam – Jeremy
Rolling Stones – Sympathy For The Devil

Cybersonik 2012

DJ Setlist

Set from the Cybersonik festival at Elektrowerkz, with a little bit of unscheduled power noise afterwards to fill in until the industek floor DJs began – therefore becoming my first go at DJing the Slimelight club proper!

Cryo – Does It Hurt
Neuroactive – Inside Your Head
Cesium 137 – Echoes

Caustic – Pull The Pin
Synapscape – Who Painted My Cat Black
Winterkâlte – El Niño

Sero.Overdose – Missing
Colony 5 – Big Brothel
High Level Static – Shine (Four Simple Words)
Tenek – Submission

Pzychobitch – Breakdown
Zombie Girl – Blood, Brains and Rock’n’Roll
Sara Noxx – Colder And Colder

Cease2Xist – Tonight
Cenobita – Estrellas
Painbastard – Kein Vergeben
Hocico – Poltergeist
Punto Omega – Punto Omega
X-RX – Hit The Drums
Noisuf-X – Toccata Del Terrore

Sheep On Drugs – 15 Minutes Of Fame
Cubanate – Body Burn

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X-KiN – Believe In You (Darkmorte Mix)
Karl Bartos – 15 Minutes Of Fame (NOT the same song as earlier…..)
Fad Gadget – Ricky’s Hand
Depeche Mode – Ice Machine
Visage – Fade To Grey

Imminent Starvation – Tentack One
Converter – Death Time
Punch Inc – Arm Against
Sonar – Silk Shades
Terrorfakt – Arsenal
Asche – Kiss The Whip
P.A.L. – Concrete Rage (Vinal Version)
Noisex – Inarrogance

X-KiN & Non-Bio Music Video launch night

DJ Setlist

This night at the Elixir Bar was organised to launch two music videos by the bands X-KiN and Non-Bio. A third video by the band Eycromon was added to the billing later on. There were also several DJs, and some time between 11:45pm and 12:45 am, I played the following tunes.

Amduscia – Impulso Biomecanico
Dulce Liquido – Antichristiano
Project Pitchfork – Steelrose (Apoptygma Berzerk Remix)
Covenant – Figurehead (Plain)
VNV Nation – Fearless
Alpha Point – Alive
Hurts – Better Than Love
Client – Price Of Love
A Split-Second – Flesh
Front 242 – In Rhythmus Bleiben
Diary Of Dreams – Soul Stripper
In Strict Confidence – Set Me Free
Garbage – Supervixen
Placebo – Nancy Boy
O.Children – Dead Disco Dancer

Neo-Noir – September 2012

DJ Setlist

A return to Neo-Noir’s original venue, and a midnight set from me. Due to requests prior to the night and various ‘Ibiza Floor’ discussions during the previous week, I decided to focus (for the first half at least) on 90s dance crossover classics. The second half of the set focused on more scene-focused output, including (amazingly!) my first airing of a track from VNV Nation’s seminal ‘Empires’ album.

808 State – In Yer Face
Orbital – Chime
The Grid – Texas Cowboys
Underworld – Cowgirl
Empirion – Narcotic Influence 1
Editors – Papillon (Tiesto Remix Edit)
Faithless – God Is A DJ
Code 64 – Leaving Earth
NamNamBulu – Memories
VNV Nation – Kingdom
Ivory Frequency – Today
Rotersand – War On Error (Declaration)
Pakt – Freiheit
AutoDaFeh – Divided We Fall

Renaissance III Festival

DJ Setlist

Fresh (?) from the Alternative Bring’n’Buy Sale upstairs, I headed down to the Boston Music Rooms to DJ at the Renaissance III festival.

BB Blackdog Support

King Crimson – 21st Century Schizoid Man
Amorphous Androgynous – The Mello Hippo Disco Show
Pink Floyd – High Hopes
Tool – Schism

Drilling Spree Support

NFD – Light My Way
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The Cult – Fire Woman

Ariel/Ghostfire Support

Irrlicht – Porquoi
The Creatures – 2nd Floor

Jordan Reyne Support

Current 93 – Black Ships Ate The Sky
How To Destroy Angels – The Space In Between
Dead Can Dance – Enigma Of The Absolute
Unto Ashes – One World One Sky

The “Go Home” Song

Kenny Rogers – The Gambler