Monthly archives: May 2018

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Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2018 – Darkflower Set am Freitag

Wave-Gotik-Treffen, the biggest scene festival in the world, takes place in Leipzig every Whitsun.  Many of the cities venues participate, including the legendary Darkflower nightclub.

I played a set on the Friday night.  Joining me were DJs Mike Tzulan and Stromtod from Austria. This now means I’ve played DJs sets at both my favourite music festivals (WGT and Infest) and in both of my favourite countries to watch live music (Germany and Belgium). It was also a good chance to finally get in another out-and-out club hours set – it’s been a while!

9:15pm-10pm

32Crash – Slow Crash
Haujobb – Dead Market
Velvet Acid Christ – We Have To See, We Have To Know
Placebo Effect – Slashed Open
Seven Trees – Going Down
Second Disease – Desire
Forma Tadre – Looking Glass Men
Finkseye – Deadweight
Suicide Commando – See You In Hell!
Acylum – Crazy

12am-1am

Straftanz – Straftanz (Ost)
Eisenfunk – Pong (600XL Remix by Xotox)
Noisuf-X – Toccata Del Terrore
Tactical Sekt – Xfixiation (:SITD: Remix)
Funker Vogt – Machine Zeit
VNV Nation – Electronaut
Sebastian Komor – Game Of Thrones Theme
Front 242 – Tragedy >For You<
Armageddon Dildos – East West
Agrezzior – Hardcore Generation
Klinik – Moving Hands
Spetsnaz – Apathy
Nitzer Ebb – Join In The Chant

3am-4am

Xotox – Eisenkiller
Punch Inc. – Arm Against
This Morn’Omina – One Eyed Man
Feindflug – Glaubenskreig
Grendel – Soilbleed (v3)
Front Line Assembly – Plasticity
Cat Rapes Dog – American Dream
Leæther Strip – Antius
Die Krupps – Robo Sapien
The Invincible Spirit – Push!
Project Pitchfork – Requiem
Skinny Puppy – Smothered Hope
Covenant – Figurehead (Plain)

Front 242 – A Listeners Guide

On one hand, I’m pleased that the shot-callers in the club scene have finally worked out and acknowledged the significance Electronic Body Music (EBM) had on the development of various contemporary dance music genres. But simply name-checking an early 242 single doesn’t make you an expert in the style.

Conversely, I once had a conversation with a noted goth/industrial/whatever-we-call-it DJ who simply wasn’t aware of any notable 242 tracks pre-Headhunter. Which was better than some DJs, who thought that one song was the only thing by them worth playing. Or the fact that my corporate social networking profiles all feature a ‘242’ in the username and no-one’s spotted the relevance yet.

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