Boston Music Rooms

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Renaissance IV

Renaissance IV – A total of 23 different bands, projects and solo artists played the event, as well as 6 DJs. Credit must go not only to all artists involved, but especially Ays from Die Kur for bringing such an ambitious project to fruition.

Anyway, my own DJ stint “filled the gaps” between the final three bands. A pretty diverse selection, but here’s how it all pieced together

Leaves Eyes – Norwegian Lovesong
Ostara – Bavaria
Blood Axis – The Hangman and the Papist
Death In June – The Calling Mk2

<Jordan Reyne>

Sunshine Blind – Regodless
Gitane DeMone – Stars Of Trash (Guitar Version)
Psychophile – Vice Girl

<Cold In Berlin>

AC/DC – Highway To Hell
Judas Priest – Breaking The Law
Metallica – Enter Sandman
Pantera – Mouth For War

<Die Kur>

ABBA – Thank You For The Music

Renaissance III Festival

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
<acoustic interlude>
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

Die Kur + Support

This DJ set was something of a curveball. I might have DJed for Die Kur several times before, but the other bands weren’t only new to me, but quite some distance stylistically from my ‘usual style’. But this was just an opportunity to dig out some tunes that I don’t normally get to play.

Rolling Stones – Sympathy For The Devil
Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath
Led Zeppelin – Black Dog
The Beatles – Helter Skelter
Lou Reed – Vicious
Iggy Pop – Lust For Life
Ian Dury – Spasticus Autisticus
David Bowie – Ziggy Stardust
The Damned – New Rose
The Sex Pistols – Pretty Vacant
Buzzcocks – Orgasm Addict
Killing Joke – Wardance

<London SS>

3 Colours Red – Pure
Metallica – Fuel
The Cult – Rain
Sisters Of Mercy – Vision Thing
Star Industry – Lost Generation
Fields Of The Nephilim – Preacher Man

<Drilling Spree>

Soulfly – Back To The Primitive
Fear Factory – Demanufacture
Samael – Jupiterian Vibe
Dimmu Borgir – Dreamside Dominion

<Themira>

Faith No More – Epic
Tool – Stinkfist
NIN – We’re In This Together
Rammstein – Mein Herz Brennt

<Die Kur>

The Smashing Pumpkins – Tonight, Tonight
The Pixies – Monkey Gone To Heaven
The Clash – I Fought The Law
New Model Army – Vengeance
Magazine – Shot By Both Sides

Renaissance II – Mischief Night Festival

A Halloween (or near-enough) festival held in the Boston Music Rooms. A hugely diverse 9-band bill, mixing local favourites with new discoveries. My second time DJing for Global Citizen and Die Kur, and my 4th (!!!) for MaxDmyz. This particular set called upon extreme corners of my collection, and with a few requests thrown in too, I really hope that this dispels any myth that I’m just an industrial DJ!

Wendy Carlos – Theme From A Clockwork Orange
Mike Oldfield – Tubular Bells Theme (Opening)
Radiohead – Everything In It’s Right Place
Smashing Pumpkins – Porcelina of the Vast Oceans
Seigmen – Slaver Av Solen
Earth Loop Recall – Like Machines

<Saville Row>

Legendary Pink Dots – The Soft Toy
Pink Floyd – Comfortably Numb

<BB Blackdog>

A Perfect Circle – The Hollow
Moonspell – Opium
Paradise Lost – As I Die
Tristania – Mercyside

<Calatrilloz>

Johnny Cash – Hurt
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – The Ship Song
The Velvet Underground – Venus In Furs
Leonard Cohen – First We Take Manhattan

<Bleak>

Gene Loves Jezebel – Desire
Virgin Prunes – Baby Turns Blue
Tiger Lillies – Hell
Johnny Hollow – This Hollow World
Rasputina – This Little Piggy
Dresden Dolls – Coin-Operated Boy
Revue Noir – The Gravediggers

<Ghostfire>

New Model Army – 51st State
The Clash – I Fought The Law
The Ramones – Somebody Put Something In My Drink

<Reskizio>

Tubeway Army – My Shadow In Vain (Band Req.)
The Cassandra Complex – VALIS
KMFDM – Anarchy
The Fair Sex – Not Now, Not Here

<Global Citizen>

Sepultura – Ratamahatta
System Of A Down – Revenga
Sex Pistols – Anarchy In The UK (Req.)
Rob Zombie – Superbeast

<MaxDmyz>

Orgy – Blue Monday
Rammstein – Pussy (Req.)
Ministry – Jesus Built My Hot Rod
NIN – Dead Souls (Req.)

<Die Kur>

VNV Nation – Nova

Jordan Reyne, MaxDmyz, Ventenner, Die Kur

A short-notice set it might have been, but a chance to DJ for a very mixed line-up. I’d actually support DJed for MaxDmyz 10 years previously at Imperial College Union. Also finally a chance to see Die Kur after playing them in sets a couple of times, and two interesting discoveries in Ventenner and Jordan Reyne.

Sulpher – One Of Us
Ministry – The Fall
Stahlhammer – Herz Aus Stahl
Weissglut – Etwas Kommt In Deine Welt
Stabbing Westward – Lies
Acumen Nation – Parasite Mine
Machines Of Loving Grace – Butterfly Wings
Electric Hellfire Club – Hypochristian
Mortiis – Decandent and Desparate
Gravity Kills – Guilty
Lard – Forkboy

<Die Kur>

Pop Will Eat Itself – Ich Bin Ein Auslander
Filter – The Best Things
NIN – The Beginning Of The End
Rico – Big Black Sea

<Ventenner>

Pantera – Mouth For War
Prong – Who’s Fist Is It Anyway?
Machine Head – From This Day
White Zombie – Electric Head Pt.2

<MaxDmyz>

Haggard – Herr Mannelig
Subway To Sally – Seiben
Letzte Instanz – Ohne Dich

<Jordan Rayne>

Blood Axis – Song Of The Comrade