December 2017 – Terminates Here

Daancing and Larfing

DJ Setlist

My final set of 2017 was at the Daancing and Larfing event, a former Manchester-based night revived in South London for one night to celebrate the birthday of the founder, Nathan Clemence (aka DJ Nathan Nothing from Tragedy >For Us< and various other events). There were four comedy acts followed by two live music acts – Black Light Ascension and Special Love. DJ-wise, with DJ Matt The Mo opening up and Getrud Stein closing, my sets were during and after the bands.

Between The Bands

Batch ID – EBM-Girl
Blitzmaschine – Useless Pain
Bloodygrave und Die Lust – Hass & Spass
End Of Data – If I’m Not A Killer
A Thousand Societies – EBM! (A Thousand BPM)
Amnistia – Prosperity
Bakterielle Infektion – Actors on Stage

After The Bands

Depeche Mode – Ice Machine
Robert Görl – Playtime
Cabaret Voltaire – Just Fascination
Front 242 – No Shuffle
Liaisons Dangereuses – Los Niños del Parque
Absolute Body Control – Figures
Eleven Pond – Watching Trees
Fad Gadget – Collapsing New People
John Foxx – No-One Driving
B-Movie – Remembrance Day
Ultravox – All Stood Still
Human League – Empire State Human
Kraftwerk – Radioactivity (The Mix)
Nitzer Ebb – Join In The Chant
Skinny Puppy – Smothered Hope
Leæther Strip – Strap Me Down
Front Line Assembly – Plasticity
Project Pitchfork – K.N.K.A. (Climax Version)
Laibach – Tanz Mit Laibach
DAF – Der Mussolini
Gary Numan – Metal
OMD – Maid of Orleans
Jean Michel Jarre – Oxygene IV

Yesterday’s Shadow – December 2017

DJ Setlist

The last YS of 2017 was an ‘invitational’ where all DJs who’d played the event during the year were invited back for one more go. I was of course up for it as ever, though the 8 DJ line-up meant sets were necessarily short and an early start the next day also meant an midnight end for me. I’m still amazed about how much I fitted in, though!

Set 1 – 9:00pm

Front 242 – Geography I
Laibach – Alle Gegen Alle
Kraftwerk – Pocket Calculator
Robert Marlow – The Face of Dorian Gray
Arbeid Adelt! – De dag dat het zonlicht niet meer scheen
Siglo xx – Individuality
Durutti Column – Sketch For Summer
Young Marble Giants – Include Me Out
XTC – Science Friction

Set 2 – 11:30pm

In an era when Whamageddon is actually a thing, cheesy Christmas hits were banned at this event. Foul-mouthed punky ones? They’re still OK. But first better get something tuneful in……

David Bowie – Sound And Vision
Levellers – One Way
Waterboys – The Whole Of The Moon
Big Country – In A Big Country
Adam Ant – Stand And Deliver
Killing Joke – Eighties
Slaughter and the Dogs – Situations
Undertones – Teenage Kicks
UK Subs – Hey Santa
The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing – God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Comfort And Oi!)

DJ Terminates Here vs DJ The Scott – December 2017

DJ Setlist

By now, the worst of the snow had cleared and hence we had a decent turnout for our final post-ABBS Open Request List of the year.

Set 1

Manic Street Preachers – Motorcycle Emptiness
Killing Joke – Eighties
Depeche Mode – Wrong
Kirlian Camera – Blue Room (7″)
Deine Lakaien – Reincarnation
Colony 5 – My World
Apoptygma Berzerk – Non-Stop Violence
Light Asylum – Dark Allies
Ladytron – Destroy Everything You Touch
Einstürzende Neubauten – Die Interimsliebenden
Eisbrecher – Ohne Dich
Gary Moore – Friday On My Mind
Exploited – Punk’s Not Dead
Virgin Prunes – Baby Turns Blue
Pink Turns Blue – Walking On Both Sides

Set 2

Alphaville – Big In Japan
Talk Talk – Such A Shame
Depeche Mode – Never Let Me Down
Talking Heads – Psycho Killer (the all-time Aces Sunday favourite!)
Blondie – Atomic
Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart
This Ascension – Megan
Tones On Tail – Performance
Inspiral Carpets – Saturn 5

Set 3

Thin Lizzy – The Boys Are Back In Town
The Rolling Stones – Beast Of Burden
Fleetwood Mac – Go Your Own Way
Black Sabbath – Evil Woman
Pearl Jam – Even Flow
Soundgarden – Rusty Cage
Tool – Stinkfist
Lindemann – Praise Abort
Front 242 – Headhunter (Live Moments)
Soft Cell – Sex Dwarf

Final Tag-Team

Scott’s tracks are in italics.

Nick Cave – Deanna
Depeche Mode – Blasphemous Rumours
Jesus and Mary Chain – April Skies
Bauhaus – Dark Entries
William Shatner – Common People
The Pogues – A Pair Of Brown Eyes
Johnny Cash – Rusty Cage
Buddy Holly – That’ll Be The Day
Link Wray – Rumble
Ian Dury – What A Waste
Leonard Cohen – The Future

Outro: Spectra*Paris – Stille Nacht

Alternative Bring’n’Buy Sale – December 2017

DJ Setlist

The December edition of the ABBS was hit by snow on the morning of the event, but despite a thinner crowd than normal, we still carried on as usual. Scott handled the early part of the DJ, whilst DJs Grimorg and Demondaz played later on. This left me with:

12 noon-1pm – Lunchtime Selection

On this occasion, a good old mix-of-all-sorts-of-stuff.

John Carpenter – Assault on Precinct 13 (Main Theme)
Rick Wakeman – Catherine Of Aragon
Hans Zimmer – Rain Man Theme
Freudstein – Live This Lies
VCMG – Lowly
Ascii.Disko – Strassen
Potentia Animi – Vive La More
Eminence Of Darkness – Pet
Frozen Autumn – Ashes
Beborn Beton – Another World
Psy’Aviah – Infected
Obszon Geschopf – Rue Morgue Creature
Out Out – E&E
Acumen (Nation) – Anchorite
Unheilig – Herz Aus Eis (played with great irony…..)

3pm – Shoegaze, Alt Rock and Crossover Dance

I’d agreed with Scott that we’d try a role-reversal set today – he played EBM and industrial, and I played the things he normally did.

Tricky – Overcome
Zola Jesus – Manifest Destiny
Bat For Lashes – In God’s House
Cranes – Can’t Get Free
My Bloody Valentine – Only Shallow
Slowdive – Sleep
Ride – Vapour Trail
Jesus and Mary Chain – Just Like Honey
Chapterhouse – Falling Down
Lush – Ladykillers
Sonic Youth – Kool Thing
Pixies – Debaser
Smashing Pumpkins – Zero
Garbage – When I Grow Up
Primal Scream – Rocks
Fatboy Slim – Right Here, Right Now
Shamen – Phorever People

And then handed over to Demondaz to finish off here whilst we were over the road….