Band Support

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Riotmiloo + more at The Beehive, Bow

A 4-band line-up headlined by Riotmiloo at The Beehive in Bow. I wasn’t actually planning to DJ this event, but circumstances meant I played last minute improvised set off my phone between the acts. Here’s what I came up with.

The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath A Cloud – Amara Tanta Tyri IV
Dernière Volonté – A Bout Portant
Qntal – Ad Mortem Festinamus

<Rotten Bliss>

Einstürzende Neubauten – Ich Gehe Jetzt
Coil – Love’s Secret Domain
Cabaret Voltaire – Nag Nag Nag
SPK – Mekano
Nocturnal Emissions – Never Give Up

<Cynthia’s Periscope>

Synth-Etik – Dimensional Construct
S.K.E.T. – God In A Gun
P.A.L. – Workout

<Riotmiloo>

Die Kur 20th Anniversary

Die Kur marked their 20th anniversary with a gig at The Dome – it was meant to be the Underworld but for technical reasons was moved to this bigger and better venue, with a six-band line-up covering a number of different metal styles.

I was originally meant to provide DJ support for a couple of bands earlier on, but technicalities also meant I ended up support DJing the whole show. This meant an unexpected airing of several styles I seldom play. But never afraid to throw a little variety in…..

Testament – Into The Pit
Amorphis – House of Sleep

<Max Dmyz>

Cannibal Corpse – Make Them Suffer
Morbid Angel – Immortal Rites
At The Gates – Suicide Nation
Amon Amarth – Gods of War Arise

<Anoxide>

Fates Warning – One
Queensrÿche – Revolution Calling
Tool – Schism

<Francesco Fonte Band>

Anthrax – Antisocial
Kreator – Pleasure To Kill
Nevermore – Final Product
Slayer – Angel Of Death

<Apothis>

Grave Digger – Rebellion (The Clansmen)
Iron Maiden – The Number Of The Beast
Black Sabbath – Heaven & Hell

<The Heretic Order>

The Chaos Engine – Employee Of The Year
The Clay People – Awake
NIN – Wish
Fear Factory – Self-Bias Resistor

<Die Kur>

Lizard Smile and Friends

DJ Teminates Here’s first-ever set outside the UK took place last night at Wommel within Fort II, just outside Antwerp. The event featured live sets from Lizard Smile and Spankraght and an afterparty for a couple of hours after. Here’s what I played.

Sisters Of Mercy – Vision Thing
The Cult – Fire Woman
Balaam and the Angel – Don’t Want Your Love
Mono Inc. – After The War
Samsas Traum – Endstation.Eden
HIM – Buried Alive By Love
Paradise Lost – Forever Failure
Type O Negative – Everyone I Love Is Dead
Pitch Shifter – To Die Is Gain
Author & Punisher – Cauterize
Decree – Fateless
Ministry – Flashback
Kill Switch…Klick – Decanonized
CHANT. – Brave New Apocalypse
Static-X – Love Dump
Fear Factory – Pisschrist
Blue Eyed Christ – Drown
3TEETH – Final Product

<Spankraght>

Christian Death – Church Of No Return
Dronning Maud Land – Hollow Eyes
Eternal Afflict – Kinski Is Dead
Girls Under Glass – Feuerengel
Star Industry – New Religion
Pink Turns Blue – If Two Worlds Kiss

<Lizard Smile>

Bauhaus – Dark Entries
The Cure – The Hanging Garden
Depeche Mode – Stripped
Front 242 – Tragedy >For You<
Klinik – Moving Hands
A Split-Second – Flesh
Kirlian Camrera – Eclipse (Anniversary Version)
Fad Gadget – Ricky’s Hand
Nine Inch Nails – Sin
Rammstein – Ich Will
KMFDM – Anarchy
Ministry – Just One Fix
Rob Zombie – Living Dead Girl
Skinny Puppy – Tin Omen
Front Line Assembly – Mindphaser
Borghesia – Ni Upanja, Ni Strahu
Laibach – Tanz Mit Laibach
Das Ich – Destillat
Project Pitchfork – Requiem
Covenant – Dead Stars
VNV Nation – Solitary
The Crüxshadows – Tears
Siouxsie and the Banshees – Happy House
Killing Joke – Love Like Blood (Extended)
Sisters of Mercy – Temple Of Love 1992

Renaissance VII

The Renaissance festival returned in 2017 in it’s new home of The Lounge (aka Nightclub Kolis) in Archway. The festival is a celebration of all forms of alternative culture, with art exhibitions, comic books, video clips and life drawing all featuring on this occasion, though the musical elements still occupy much of the day. There was a double-ended stage setup indoors (RAM and TWIN stages) and a small performance area outdoors (ARCHERS stage), and no less than 8 DJs filling in the gaps between the various performances. Here’s my contribution.

Archers Stage Set

New ground always being broken, this was my first ever DJ set outdoors. This accounts for the quite subtle nature of what I played.

Vernian Process – Sarabande
VNV Nation – Solitary (Orchestral Version)
Spiritual Front – My Kingdom For A Horse
Current 93 – Oh Coal Black Smith
Gae Bolg – Hymne
Faun – Punagra
Cinderella Effect – Timekiller
Deine Lakaien – Love Me To The End
Diary Of Dreams – AmoK (Acoustic Version feat. Torben Wendt)
Ego Likeness – I Live On What’s Left 2008
Silke Bischoff – On The Other Side ’93

RAM Stage Set 1

Kat5can – (Screaming Like A) Crack Baby
Battery – Meat Market
Krystal System – 26 Days
NIN – Heresy
Pitchshifter – Please Sir
KMFDM – Never Say Never

RAM Stage Set 2

Concrete Lung – Recovery Position
Fear Factory – Self-Immolation
Sepultura – Arise
Testament – Into The Pit

Ad:Rem 2016

The second Ad:Rem festival took place at Elektrowerkz. This event is dedicated to bringing over bands from the European scene that otherwise would not have a chance to play in the UK, as well as giving a few local acts a chance to play styles not often heard on London stages. As with last year, I was tasked with filling in the gaps between the bands. Here’s what I ended up playing.

NON – Fire In The Organism
Haus Arafna – You Don’t Believe Me
Death In June – Crush My Love
Psychic TV – No Go Go
Einstürzende Neubauten – Sabrina
Coph Nia – The Oath
Deutsch Nepal – Deflagration of Hell
In Slaughter Natives – Angel Meat

<Grimbergen>

Anenzephalia – A Tribute To..
Whitehouse – Why You Never Became A Dancer
Brighter Death Now – Hipp Hipp Hurray I Will Kill You Today
Lou Reed – Metal Machine Music (Excerpt…..like I could get away playing the whole thing)

<S.T.A.B. Electronics>

November Növelet – Free
Printed At Bismarck’s Death – O’ What Can Ail Thee
Cyan – A New God Is Born

<Lizard Smile>

Von Thronstahl – Heimatfreund-Staatsfiend
Blood Axis – Bearer Of 10,000 Eyes – Lord Of Ages
H.E.R.R. – The Fall Of Constantinople
Stalingrad – Neither Honour Nor Glory
Puissance – Grace Of God

<Triarii>

Am Not – Intervention
Sonar – Sonar
PAL – Agentenfister
Synapscape – Drastic Significance
Imminent Starvation – Lost Highway 45

<MDS51>

The Thought Criminals – Dirty Electro
FullContact69 – Below The Belt
Elm – Edge (Extended)
Old School Union – Stressi
Wulfband – Gewalt
SadoSato – Piefkemädchen

<Schramm>

Ad:Key – Pissed Off
Container 90 – Raise Your Finger
Deja Vu 2 – World Alert (2014 Mix)
Borghesia – Theme One (Resistance Mix)
Ionic Vision – Ave Maria (Pristine)

<Akalotz>

After this, DJ Danny Dup from Belgium came on to play an afterparty set, consisting of scene favourites from Front 242 to Rammstein to Sisters of Mercy. At 4:40am, I then returned to the booth to see the event out.

Project Pitchfork – Timekiller
Front Line Assembly – Mindphaser
Feindflug – Glaubenskreig
This’Morn Omina – One eYed Man
Xotox – Eisenkiller
Terrorfakt – Arsenal
Punch Inc. – Arm Against
Converter – Death Time
Asche – Riding On The Atomic ICE
P.A.L. – Gelöbnis
:Wumpscut: – Black Death (French Texture)
Suicide Commando – See You In Hell
Leæther Strip – Japanese Bodies
Skinny Puppy – Smothered Hope
Front 242 – Masterhit Pt 1+2
Outro: Vangelis – Bladerunner (End Titles)

Bleak Halloween Album Launch

I’d played in this venue before as part of Reptile, and I’d played plenty of slots supporting Bleak and Die Kur, but for Halloween 2016, it all came together to form the 100th DJ Terminates Here set at The Lounge (aka Nightclub Kolis) in Archway.

A line-up featuring 5 live bands, performance poet SP Howarth, an album launch for Bleak, a debut airing of the lead single from the rock musical ‘Rasputin Rocks’, and it was my job to glue it all together muscially. Here’s how it went.

Boston – Smokin’
The Zombies – Time Of The Season
Johnny Cash – I Walk The Line

<Soundcheck pause>

Nirvana – Come As You Are
Soundgarden – Black Hole Sun
Radiohead – Airbag

<Peter Von Toy>

Bat For Lashes – Horse And I
Garbage – When I Grow Up

<Hana Piranha>

Ice Ages – Endless Circle
Freudstein – Live This Lie
Velvet Acid Christ – We Have To See, We Have To Know
Leæther Strip – Halloween Theme
Skinny Puppy – Assimilate

<DJ Translight>

Rasputin Rocks – Mad Monk Rock (Debut airing!)
The Doors – People Are Strange
Screamin’ Jay Hawkings – I Put A Spell On You

<Bleak>

Chris Connelly – Stowaway
MaxDmyz – Corpse Ride
Rob Zombie – Living Dead Girl
Rammstein – Sonne

<Die Kur>

Wendy Carlos – Theme From A Clockwork Orange
Jean-Michel Jarre – Oxygene Part IV
Angelo Badalamenti – Twin Peaks Theme
Laibach – Mama Leone

(Note: The management requested that due to the late hour, the evening’s outro was to be low-key in nature – this did give the perfect chance to finish my 100th set with the same song that opened my 1st set, nearly eight years ago!).

Ad:Rem 2015

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

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

<Little Death Machine>

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

<Ventenner>
<Spoken Word by Fascimile>

Radiohead – Just
Foo Fighters – The Pretender

<The Tango Pirates>

Die Kur – ‘Manifesto’ Album Launch

Last night was the launch party for Die Kur’s new album ‘Manifesto’, a free entry event held at the Purple Turtle. Joining them on the bill were MaxDmyz, The Francesco Fonte Band and Death Valley Scars, plus a brief solo performance by Jerome Badoux from Drilling Spree and a club night afterwards. There were also 4 DJs, myself, The Scott, Vade Retro and Jester. Here’s how my own sets went.

Death Valley Scars Support

Ice Ages – Endless Circle
Yeht Mae – Alien Gruel
Skold vs KMFDM – Bloodsport
Katscan – (Screaming Like A) Crack Baby

Jerome Badoux & MaxDmyz Support

Anathema – Empty
Tiamat – Brighter Than The Sun
Theatre of Tragedy – Storm
Sabaton – Panzer Battalion

<Jerome Badoux>

Drilling Spree – (Emperor Cover)

Terminates Here vs The Scott

Later in the night, Scott and myself decided to deliver our lengthiest tag-team set yet. Had we been able to go on for longer, we would have probably made it back as far in rock history as The Rolling Stones. As it happens, punk rock was as far as we got. Scott’s selections are marked with (S).

System Of A Down – Sugar
Slipknot – Spit It Out
A Perfect Circle – Judith
Coal Chamber – Sway
Smashing Pumpkins – Bullet With Butterfly Wings
Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit
The Breeders – Cannonball
Metallica – Enter Sandman
The Cult – Fire Woman
The Sisters Of Mercy – First And Last And Always
Joy Division – Transmission
Killing Joke – Requiem
Siouxsie and the Banshees – Love In A Void
Buzzcocks – Orgasm Addict

Renaissance V

Renaissance is a once-a-year alternative all-day festival. This was my fourth time DJing the event, which has since relocated to Elektrowerkz, home of Slimelight. The new venue allowed for a second stage, resulting in the biggest line-up yet. 5 DJs were brought in to cover the gaps between the performances on mainstage (aka ‘Ram’ stage), and also on the second Archer (‘soloist’) stage in the bar area (Vade Retro, The Scott, Alan 69, Jester and myself). There was also a chance to DJ the Slimelight Goth/80s floor afterwards.

Archers Stage Sets 1-4

The Archers stage began live performance at 4pm, but I took the chance to play some more of the atmospheric tunes in my collection earlier in the day. This wasn’t continuous, leaving gaps when everyone was watching the bands in the other room, but at least it provided some contrast. This also saw my first real attempt at classical music DJing, following the Terminates Here rule that anything in my collection is viable setlist content!

Purcell – Music For the Funeral of Queen Mary: March
Handel – Sarabande from Suite No. 11
Bach – Bouree in B Minor
Beethoven – Adagio Canabile
Elgar – Enigma Variations (Nimrod)
Vivaldi – Winter – Allegro Non Molto

Stalingrad – The Road On Which You’ll Die
The Protagonist – Zoroaster
Hector Berlioz – Theme from The Shining
Ron Goodwin – March of the Children (From Village of the Damned)

Coil – Dark River
Ambre – Khan
Steve Roach – Infinite Shore

Death In June & Boyd Rice – Black Sun Rise
Current 93 – All The Pretty Little Horses
Jordan Reyne – Factory Nation
Strawbs – The Hangman and the Papist
Blood Axis – Reign I Forever

Ram Stage Sets

Now support DJing for the bands. Originally, Death Valley Scars were meant to do a PA immediately before Splendor, but as things transpired that wasn’t possible, so I ended up supported each band individually.

O.V.N.I. – Good For You
Soko Friedhof – Blutrünstiges Mädchen
OhGr – Shhh

<Death Valley Scars>

Foetus – Friend or Foe
Luxt – American Beast
Ministry – Lay Lady Lay

<Splendor>

Florence + The Machine – Kiss With A Fist
Apocalyptica – Quuatano
Diablo Swing Orchestra – Balrog Boogies
Vic Anselmo – Open Wide

<Maleficent>

Emigrate – Wake Up
Ost+Front – Mensch
Atrocity – Trial
Godflesh – Like Rats

<MaxDmyz>

Archers Stage Sets 5-6

At this point, I was brought in to support Howlin’ Anton from Bleak, whose full band I’ve support DJed for in the past. How to support Death Blues? Answer……

Nick Cave and the Bad Seed – Where The Wild Roses Grow
Johnny Cash – Hurt
Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath
Type O Negative – White Slavery
Rammstein – Seeman

And then back a little later. By this stage in the event, only real anthems fitted the bill on either stage. Cue anthems.

Sheep on Drugs – 15 Minutes of Fame
Lords of Acid – Out Comes The Evil
Prodigy – Everybody In The Place
Faithless – Salva Mea (Floating Mix)
Underworld – Born Slippy.NUXX
Robert Miles – Children
William Orbit – Barber’s Adagio For Strings (Ferry Corsten Mix)
VNV Nation – Joy
Front 242 – Headhunter (Apoptygma Berzerk Mix)
Project Pitchfork – Timekiller
Vangelis – Tears In The Rain (the lead out song….time for everyone to go and watch Die Kur)

Slimelight Goth/80s Floor

A little bonus set at the afterparty….performed off tablet for technical reasons, but only my second attempt at playing Slimelight (my first being 45 minutes on the Industek floor two years ago). Tonight’s set was somewhat more accessible!

OMD – Maid of Orleans
Depeche Mode – Ice Machine
The Human League – Empire State Human
Simple Minds – I Travel
Gary Numan – Metal
Killing Joke – Requiem
Gang Of Four – Damaged Goods
Magazine – Shot By Both Sides
Joy Division – Isolation
Chameleons – Don’t Fall
Sisters Of Mercy – Alice
Love and Rockets – Kundalini Express