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Yesterday’s Shadow – April 2016

DJ Setlist

I returned to Yesterday’s Shadow after last months last-minute set. This time there were six DJs, including the return of Paul Sticks to the UK. As a result of this and the 10pm timing of my set, I adopted an ‘avoid the obvious’ policy.

Shriekback – My Spine Is The Bassline
Der Plan – Tanz der Gummitwist
Classix Nouveaux – Guilty
ABC – Tears Are Not Enough
Laid Back – High Society Girl
Fad Gadget – Ricky’s Hand
SPK – Metal Dance
Killing Joke – European Super State
Department S – Is Vic There?
Blitz – New Age
Alternative TV – How Much Longer?
Stiff Little Fingers – Alternative Ulster

Yesterday’s Shadow – March 2016

DJ Setlist

At very short notice, I was invited to join the DJ line up at the 3rd Yesterday’s Shadow event, held at The Pack and Carriage (formerly The Elixir Bar). Jonny Haart and Demondaz were hosting the event, whilst my regular Bring’n’Buy DJ partner-in-noise Scott was also on the evening’s bill. Here’s what I ended up playing.

Set 1 – 9:30pm-10:15pm

Yellow Magic Orchestra – Firecracker
Pink Industry – What I Wouldn’t Give
Opera Multi Steel – Ils S’eloigent
Naked Lunch – Rabies
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – Messages
B-Movie – Remembrance Day
Thomas Dolby – Europa and The Pirate Twins
Revenge – Pineapple Face
Talk Talk – Life Is What You Make It
The The – Uncertain Smile
The Pretenders – Stop Your Sobbing
Danse Society – Heaven Is Waiting
Clan Of Xymox – Creep

Set 2 – 12:30am-1:15am

Ultravox – Sleepwalk
Gary Numan – Are ‘Friends’ Electric?
Depeche Mode – Photographic (Some Bizarre)
Front 242 – Headhunter (Live Moments)
Killing Joke – Requiem
Dead Kennedys – California Uber Alles
New York Dolls – Personality Crisis
Public Image Ltd – This Is Not A Love Song
Joy Division – Transmission
The Sisters of Mercy – Alice
The Cult – She Sells Sanctuary
The Mission – Wasteland

DJ Terminates Here vs DJ The Scott – March 2016

DJ Setlist

After the Alternative Bring’n’Buy Sale, it was straight over the road to Aces and Eights, and more DJing with Scott. As usual, this one was ‘Open Request List’, so all but the first few and final stint were requests.

Set 1

Jesus and Mary Chain – Just Like Honey
The KVB – Always Then
Karl Hyde – Shoulda Been A Painter
Dead Can Dance – Opium
Love And Rockets – No Big Deal
Fields Of The Nephilim – Moonchild
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (with Karen O) – Immigrant Song

Set 2

Jefferson Airplane – Plastic Fantastic Love
Hawkwind – Silver Machine
Rush – The Spirit Of Radio
Led Zeppelin – Black Dog
Def Leppard – Pour Some Sugar On Me
Motörhead – Iron Fist
Megadeth – Symphony Of Destruction
Iron Maiden – Run To The Hills
Metallica – Master Of Puppets

Set 3

Offspring – All I Want
Lard – The Power Of Lard
Eisbrecher – Leider
Type O Negative – Christian Woman
Blutengel – You Walk Away
New Order – True Faith 94
The Cure – A Forest
Japan – Quiet Life
Bauhaus – She’s In Parties
David Bowie – Diamond Dogs

Tag Team Finale

After Scott’s post-punk and new wave set, we realised it was time to mellow things down a bit.

Malaria – Kaltes Klares Wasser
Nick Cave – The Mercy Seat
Bob Dylan – Subterranean Homesick Blues
The Velvet Underground – I’m Waiting For The Man
Canned Heat – On The Road Again
Fleetwood Mac – Gold Dust Woman
Van Der Graaf Generator – Refugees
Iron Butterfly – In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Alan Parsons Project – Eye In The Sky
Radiohead – Paranoid Android
Leonard Cohen – First We Take Manhattan
Johnny Cash – The Man Comes Around

Outro: Angelo Badalamenti – Twin Peaks Theme

Alternative Bring’n’Buy Sale – March 2016

DJ Setlist

Once again back to the Dome for the Alternative Bring’n’Buy Sale. Joining myself and Scott this time was Jonny Haart/Grimorg, who handled all the goth classics. With Scott on various brands of alt rock, this left me with…..

Set 1 – 10:20am-11:45am

With an early start and no technical hitches, I decided to soundtrack setup time with some classical and folk tunes before returning to melodic synth territory.

Handel – Sarabande
Purcell – Music For The Funeral Of Queen Mary
Elgar – Nimrod
The Protagonist – Zoroaster
Triarii – Neuropa
Ambre – Khan
Fire and Ice – Rûna
Sol Invictus – Angels Fall
The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath A Cloud – Amara Tanta Tyri IV
The Soil Bleeds Black – In Days Of Victory
Duivelspack – Unser Lieber Fraue
Dunkelschön – Bacchus
Wolfenmond – Tourdion
Mediæval Bæbes – Ecci Mundi Gaudium
Ataraxia – Elevazione
Conjure One – Centre Of The Sun
Emilie Autumn – I Want My Innocence Back
Empathy Test – Here Is The Place
RBN – Faithless (Full Length Original)
Zynic – Dream In Black And White
Vanguard – Rage
Sinestar – Rise and Fall
Chvrches – We Sink

Set 2 – 2pm-3pm

Even after so many attempts, I still find something different to play here.

Calva y Nada – Rascheln
yelworC – Sacred City
Arzt + Pfusch – Better Than You
Will – Crowning Glory
Scapa Flow – Egoism
DAF – Der Mussolini
EkoBrottsMyndigheten – Eine Tasse Jäger
Nitzer Ebb – Let Beauty Loose
Click Click – Sweet Stuff
U-Tek – Der Automatist
Speed Tribe – ….While Driving Between Raindrops
Implant – C.C.C.P.C.C.T.V.
iVardensphere – Jigsaw
Ultraviolence – Adultery
Apollo 440 – Stop The Rock
The Grid – Texas Cowboys
Faithless – Take The Log Way Home (Epic Mix)

3-Way-Tag-Team Finale

Had to rush off to the next set, but still time for a bit of fun.

The Buggles – Video Killed The Radio Star
Warpaint – Ashes To Ashes
Midnight Configuration – Into The Groove
Opening Theme from ‘Red Dwarf’
Stealer’s Wheel – Stuck In The Middle With You
Action Pack – Gothic Party Time

Reptile – February 2016

DJ Setlist

10:30pm-11:00pm

David Bowie – Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)
Eisbrecher – This Is Deutsch
Die Krupps – Robo Sapien
Diary Of Dreams – Kindrom
The Crüxshadows – Deception
The Eternal Afflict – San Diego (Tragical)
Wolfsheim – Once In A Lifetime

1am-1:30am

Project Pitchfork – Timekiller
Apoptygma Berzerk – Non-Stop Violence
VNV Nation – Honour 2003 (FDR Version)
Front 242 – Welcome To Paradise
Underworld – Cowgirl
Leftfield feat. Lydon – Open Up
The Prodigy – Everybody In The Place (Fairground Edit)

DJ Terminates Here vs DJ The Scott – December 2015

DJ Setlist

After the Alt Bring’n’Buy, we headed over to Aces & Eights for our quarterly ‘Open Request List’ event. Compared with earlier in the day, this one went off without a glitch! Most of the tracks played here were requests.

Set 1

Diamond Head – Shoot Out The Lights
Dio – Holy Diver
Girlschool – Race With The Devil
Iron Butterfly – In-a-gadda-da-vida
Led Zeppelin – House Of The Holy
ZZ Top – Smart Dressed Man
Ramones – I Wanna Be Sedated
Southern Death Cult – Moya
Switchblade Symphony – Bad Trash
Rammstein – Sonne

Set 2

Qntal – Glacies
Cinderella Effect – To Keep The Golden Mean
Deine Lakaien – Dark Star
Front Line Assembly – Mindphaser
K-Bereit – Fist Of Fire
Project Pitchfork – God Wrote
Ministry – Reload
Pantera – Mouth For War
System Of A Down – Tentative
Nirvana – About A Girl
Alice In Chains – Would?
Stone Temple Pilots – Creep
The Cult – She Sells Sanctuary

Set 3

King Crimson – Three Of A Perfect Pair
Poison – Look What The Cat Dragged In
Kiss – Detroit Rock City
Skid Row – Monkey Business
Mike Oldfield – Shadow On The Wall
T-Rex – Life’s A Gas
The Mission – Garden Of Delight
Weissglut – Etwas Kommt In Deine Welt
Tanzwut – Bitte Bitte
Moby – New Dawn Fades
Maz Romeo and the Upsetters – Chase The Devil

Tag Team

As ever, we finished on alternating tracks.

The Who – Baba O’Reilly
Queen – Killer Queen
Alice In Chains – Down In A Hole
Soundgarden – Black Hole Sun
Blue Oyster Cult – Don’t Fear The Reaper
Argent – God Gave Rock’n’Roll To You
Black Sabbath – Children Of The Grave
The Beatles – I Am The Walrus
Jefferson Airplane – White Rabbit
Fleetwood Mac – The Chain

Outro: Vangelis – Tears In Rain

Alternative Bring’n’Buy Sale – December 2015

DJ Setlist

7 years after the Terminates Here debut set, and back to the Dome, joining DJ The Scott for more daytime DJ adventures. Only issues with the PA meant we didn’t play any music until nearly halfway through the event. What I actually played in the end is listed below.

1:30pm-2:15pm

Eisenfunk – Jinglefunk
Heimatærde – God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
[De:Ad:Cibel] – Rain of Gold
Siechtum – Meinungsindustrie
Hypnoskull – Down Again
Proyecto Mirage – Baila Entre Las Ruinas De Madrid
Imminent – Vinvyt
Haujobb – The Noise Institute
Data-Bank-A – I’ve Got A Plan
Fortification 55 – Wargames
Invincible Spirit – Everybody Should Know
C-Tec – She Left

After this, the charity single from The 404 Stormers – Having A Merry Funky Time was played before I handed over to Scott.

3pm-4pm

Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids – My Monkey
Fear Factory – Demanufacture
Gravity Kills – Guilty
Nine Inch Nails – Sin
BhamBhamHara – Kreislauf
Theme from ‘The IT Crowd’
VNV Nation – Beloved
Elegant Machinery – Save Me
Celluloide – This Aching Kiss
Xeno + Oaklander – Sentinelle
SPOCK – White Christmas
Telex – Moskow Diskow
Kim Wilde – Cambodia
Erasure – Gaudete
The Psychedelic Furs – Love My May
The Cars – Just What I Needed
Devo – Whip It

5pm Tag Team

With another set to start almost straight away, this was about as rapid as it gets.

The Ramones – Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want To Fight Tonight)
The Pogues – Fairytale of New York
Reverend Horton Heat – Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
Lovecraft Historical Society – I Saw Mommy Kissing You So Thoth
Twisted Sister – O Come All Ye Faithful

Ad:Rem 2015

DJ Setlist

Four weeks on from Renaissance and it’s back to Elektrowerkz to provide DJ support for another multi-band epic. This one features many artists and styles rarely heard in London, and several of the bands were making their UK debut. Myself and Nathan Nothing shared out the band supports, whilst Belgian DJ Danny Dup came over to play a 90-minute set at the afterparty. Here’s what I played.

Andrew King Support

Genocide Organ – Vive La Guerre
NON – Total War (Live In Osaka)
Blood Axis – Walked In Line
SPK – Mekano
Von Thronstahl – Heimatfreund-Staatsfiend
Of The Wand And The Moon – My Devotion Will Never Fade
Spiritual Front – Song For The Old Man
Ain Soph – White Guard
Strawbs – The Hangman and the Papist
Allerseelen – Sturmlied
Psychic TV – No Go Go
Einstürzende Neubauten – Sabrina

Institution D.O.L. Support

Whitehouse – Why You Never Became A Dancer
Converter – Slave
Brighter Death Now – I Wish I Was A Little Girl

(Note to Terminates Here regulars…..I’ve long since wished for a legitimate chance to play Whitehouse in a DJ set. Itch scratched!)

Lizard Smile Support

Arzt+Pfusch – Better Than You
yelworC – Sacred City
(note these two played in fragments due to brief PA power outage)

Invasion of Female Logic Support

Babyland – Mindfuck
Youth Code – Consuming Guilt
Vomito Negro – No Hope No Fear
!Bang Elektronika – Elektronische Blitzkreig

Pantzer Fabriek Support

Ionic Vision – Back Again
Paranoid – I Dominate You
DAF/DOS – Wegen Dir
Jäger 90 – Dessau

5am Slimelight Afterparty Set

My original plan for a rhythmic noise afterparty set was abandoned as the crowd was thinning by this point, so I reverted to the ‘Terminates Here Greatest Hits’ for what was going to be my 3rd Slimelight set.

Project Pitchfork – KNKA (Climax Version)
Covenant – Figurehead (Plain)
VNV Nation – Joy
Front Line Assembly – Plasticity
Skinny Puppy – Smothered Hope
Kirlian Camera – Eclipse (Anniversary)
The Eternal Afflict – San Diego (Tragical)

Renaissance VI

DJ Setlist

Renaissance – The annual all day festival is now in it’s sixth year, now going from midday to midnight with countless bands, performance poets, art displays and video clips. I’ve undertaken some DJing at all but the first one, and here was no exception. A DJ setlist from the middle part of the day doesn’t come close to summing up the full story of the event, but as ever, I’m committing my contribution to the event here. Thanks to all involved (too many to list) for an epic experience.

Cyber Axis – The Prophecy
The Galan Pixs – Anuschka Corazon
Mindless Faith – Momentum
Killing Joke – Whiteout

Controlled Bleeding – Any Questions? (Crotch-Rock Mix)
Acumen Nation – Parasite Mine
Stahlhammer – Herz Aus Stahl
Stahlmann – Stahlmann (anyone seeing a theme?)
Sulpher – You Ruined Everything
Chant – Manifesto
Ministry – Rio Grande Blood

Radiohead – Just
Foo Fighters – The Pretender

DJ Terminates Here vs DJ The Scott – September 2015

DJ Setlist

Straight over the road from the Alt Bring’n’Buy for the evening set. Once again, Scott and myself played our ‘open request list’ style, where the patrons of the pub determined the music policy. Here’s (my half of ) the story – all but the first track and a few later in the night were requests.

Set 1

And Also The Trees – A Room Lives In Lucy
Talking Heads – Psycho Killer
Corpus Delecti – Saraband
Xmal Deutschland – Incubus Succubus II
Bauhaus – She’s In Parties
Killing Joke – The Death And Resurrection Show
Revolting Cocks – Do Ya Think I’m Sexy?

Set 2

Kirlian Camera – Blue Room (7″)
Deine Lakaien – Return
Das Ich – Destillat
Project Pitchfork – God Wrote
This Morn’ Omina – One Eyed Man
Parade Ground – Moans
Grauzone – Eisbaer
Clan Of Xymox – A Day
Death In June – The Calling (Mk II)
Fad Gadget – Ladyshave
Light Asylum – Dark Allies

Set 3

The Clash – This Is England
Agent Side Grinder – Into The Wild
Skeletal Family – Promised Land
Young Gods – Skinflowers
KMFDM – Godlike (Chicago Trax)
Slayer – Angel Of Death
Iron Maiden – The Trooper
Gary Moore – Back On The Streets
Eric Clapton – Cocaine

Jonny vs Scott Tag-Team Finale

This time, the nature of the request was such that Scott and myself played 2-3 song blocks instead of one song each.

The Mission – Wasteland
Christian Death – Romeo’s Distress
Echo and the Bunnymen – All That Jazz
Sisters Of Mercy – Vision Thing
Peter Murphy – Cuts You Up
Nine Inch Nails – Closer
PWEI – Ich Bin Ein Auslander
Ministry – NWO
Metallica – For Whom The Bell Tolls
Black Sabbath – Paranoid

And against all previous form, calls for an encore……

The Beatles – Revolution
Outro: Angelo Badalamenti – Twin Peaks Theme