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(Un)Common People – Terminates Here IrrEv #02b

After last November’s abortive attempt at running this event, we finally saw through (Un)Common People as IrrEv #02b, Thanks to Scott McMahon and Ross Liddle for their sets, here’s what I played.

Set 1

Note that the two songs in this set with the same title share only that – they aren’t covers of each other!

Massive Attack – Teardrop
Air – Sexy Boy
The Orb – Toxygene
BT – Love, Peace and Grease
Sash! – It’s My Life
DJ Quicksilver – I Have A Dream
Republica – Out Of The Darkness
Happy Mondays – 24 Hour Party People
Carter USM – Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere
No Doubt – It’s My Life
Radiohead – Just

Set 2

Terrorvision – Perseverence
KLF – 3am Eternal
Utah Saints – Something Good
Faithless – Insomnia
Josh Wink – Higher State Of Conciousness
Underworld – Cowgirl
Leftfield – Phat Planet
Prodigy – Everybody In The Place (Fairground Mix)
Aphex Twin – Come To Jonny
Chemical Brothers – Block Rockin’ Beats
Bomb The Bass – Megablast
Blur – Song 2
Placebo – Pure Morning
Lightning Seeds – The Life Of Riley
Supergrass – Alright
Pulp – Common People

Vs – Terminates Here Irregular Event #03

The third Terminates Here irregular event was a Bank Holiday DJ battle between myself and Scott McMahon. Two concepts adopted were frequent changeovers and a music policy that let the request list decide the playlist. Whilst we generally tried to make sure each song in some way followed the last, the number of different subgenres we covered is illustrated (well, my half is), below.

And yes, I now officially play Iron Maiden more often than VNV Nation.


8:30pm-9pm

Jean Michel Jarre – Chronologie VI
Kraftwerk – Radioactivity
Parade Ground – Strange World
DAF/DOS – Wegen Dir
OMD – Red Frame White Light
Fad Gadget – Ricky’s Hand
Devo – Whip It
Pink Industry – Not Moving
Psychic TV – No Go Go

9:30pm-10pm

Faith and the Muse – Cantus
Sisters Of Mercy – You Could Be The OneXandria – Sisters Of The Light
Iron Maiden – Can I Play With Madness
AC/DC – Highway To Hell
Motörhead – Ace Of Spades
Mötley Crüe – Smokin’ In The Boys Room
Skid Row – Monkey Business
Beatles – Revolution

10:30pm-11pm

Blur – Girls and Boys
Apoptygma Berzerk – In This Together
Psychedelic Furs – Love My Way
Depeche Mode – Wrong
Yazoo – Nobody’s Diary
Falco – Rock Me Amadeus
Nine Inch Nails – Terrible Lie

11:30pm-12 Midnight

Aphex Twin – Come To Jonny (that’s what I call it)
Prodigy – Voodoo People
Chemical Brothers – Hey Girl Hey Boy
Front 242 – Headhunter V1.0
Nitzer Ebb – Join In The Chant
Spetsnaz – Apathy

Closing Half-Hour – Scott vs Jonny Tag Team

Pulp – Common People
Moby – James Bond Theme
White Lies – To Lose My Life
Monaco – Sweet Lips
White Stripes – Seven Nation Army
Filter – The Best Things
Rocky Roberts and Luis Bacalov – Django
Monty Python – Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life

Elixir Bar Set

A DJ set from a birthday party at the Elixir Bar. My agreed remit for the night was old-school rock and metal, so no EBM or industrial this time, but instead everything from power ballads to full-on thrash.

8pm-8:30pm

Nico – Frozen Warnings
Jefferson Airplane – White Rabbit
Poison – Every Rose Has It’s Thorn
Uriah Heep – Lady In Black
Boston – More Than A Feeling
Whitesnake – Ain’t No Love In The Heart Of The City
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Freebird

11pm-12am

Rolling Stones – Paint It Black
The Who – My Generation
Led Zeppelin – Black Dog
Girlschool – Race With The Devil
Heart – Barracuda
Van Halen – Jump
Bon Jovi – Livin’ On A Prayer
Twisted Sister – We’re Not Going To Take It
Iron Maiden – Run To The Hills
Dio – Holy Diver
Diamond Head – Starcrossed (Lovers Of The Night)
Judas Priest – Breaking The Law
Motorhead – Ace Of Spades
Megadeth – Holy Wars…The Punishment Due
Slayer – Raining Blood
Testament – Over The Wall

Elixir Bar Set

A birthday party set held at the Elixir Bar, and my first of two sets to be played on the night of 2 Feb 2013.  The second was across town at Neo-Noir.

The Long Set

Mediæval Bæbes – Salva Nos
The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath A Cloud – Amara Tanta Tyri IV
Sol Invictus – Looking For Europe
Fire + Ice – The Wind That Shakes The Barley
The Soil Bleeds Black – A Song For Thy Lady, Fair and Chaste
Ataraxia – Elevazione
Duivelspack – Unser Liebe Fraue
Cultus Ferox – Götterdämmerung
Cornix Maledictum – Devil Dance
Dunkelschön – Herr Mannelig
Feuerschwanz – Ich Will Tanzen
Schandmaul – Der Letzte Tanz
Ingrimm – Vogelfrei
Subway To Sally – Sieben
In Extremo – This Corrosion (yes, a Sisters cover!)
Saltatio Mortis – God Gave Rock’n’Roll (yes, an Argent cover!)
Tanzwut – Toccata (yes, a J S Bach cover!)
Delain – Frozen
Epica – Never Enough
Visions Of Atlantis – Lost
Within Temptation – Mother Earth
After Forever – Emphasis
Nightwish – Wish I Had An Angel

The Short Set

Dream Theater – Another Day
Iron Maiden – Can I Play With Madness
Gary Moore – Over The Hills and Far Away
Pat Benatar – Hit Me With Your Best Shot
Slade – Cum On Feel The Noise
David Bowie – Ziggy Stardust

Nightrain

Here’s my setlist from Nightrain. Be assured it is only a temporary deviation from the norm for me, not a sudden change in direction, but I did enjoy it, I do like ALL these songs and I would do it a few more times if the chance came up.

8:30pm-9:15pm – Album-Oriented Rock

No point playing the big anthems before everyone’s had a drink or two, so I decided to play what might otherwise be called ‘The Old Grey Whistle Set’.

Bob Dylan – Blowin’ In The Wind
Fleetwood Mac – The Chain
Eric Clapton – Cocaine
Alan Parsons Project – Eye In The Sky
Supertramp – Breakfast In America
Emerson, Lake and Palmer – Karn Evil 9 – 1st Impression (Part 2)
Genesis – Land Of Confusion
Van Der Graaf Generator – Theme 1
Deep Purple – Hush
Rush – The Temple Of Syrinx
Rainbow – Long Live Rock’n’Roll
ZZ Top – Sharp Dressed Man
Journey – Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)

12:15am-1:15am – Anthem-Oriented Rock

Had some beers and some live music, so no messin’ now. Solid gold rock anthems all the way.

Quiet Riot – Cum On Feel The Noise
Bon Jovi – Runaway
Van Halen – Ain’t Talkin’ Bout Love
Iron Maiden – Can I Play With Madness
Motörhead – Iron Fist
Pat Benatar – All Fired Up
Europe – The Final Countdown
Queen – One Vision
Ozzy Osbourne – Crazy Train
Alice Cooper – Under My Wheels
T-Rex – Telegram Sam
David Bowie – Ziggy Stardust
The Who – My Generation
The Kinks – You Really Got Me
Led Zeppelin – Rock and Roll
Argent – God Gave Rock and Roll To You

2:15am-3am – Any Other Rock? (Jonny vs Simon)

We ended the nights with 45 minutes of tag-team DJing, me on laptop, Simon Landmine on CDs, first putting in some anthems we’d missed earlier then winding things down with the last 3 songs.

Metallica – Enter Sandman
Megadeth – Symphony of Destruction
Guns’n’Roses – Welcome To The Jungle
Suicidal Tendencies – Send Me Your Money
Twisted Sister – We’re Not Going To Take It
Judas Priest – Living After Midnight
Black Sabbath – Paranoid
Anthrax – Got The Time
Mott The Hoople – All The Young Dudes
Pearl Jam – Jeremy
Rolling Stones – Sympathy For The Devil

X-KiN & Non-Bio Music Video launch night

This night at the Elixir Bar was organised to launch two music videos by the bands X-KiN and Non-Bio. A third video by the band Eycromon was added to the billing later on. There were also several DJs, and some time between 11:45pm and 12:45 am, I played the following tunes.

Amduscia – Impulso Biomecanico
Dulce Liquido – Antichristiano
Project Pitchfork – Steelrose (Apoptygma Berzerk Remix)
Covenant – Figurehead (Plain)
VNV Nation – Fearless
Alpha Point – Alive
Hurts – Better Than Love
Client – Price Of Love
A Split-Second – Flesh
Front 242 – In Rhythmus Bleiben
Diary Of Dreams – Soul Stripper
In Strict Confidence – Set Me Free
Garbage – Supervixen
Placebo – Nancy Boy
O.Children – Dead Disco Dancer

Black Celebration September 2010

My second go at DJing the Black Celebration Depeche Mode night at The Elixir Bar. Not much chance to get eclectic this time. The best bit was being able to fade out Everything Counts and still hear the singing.

Set 1

Depeche Mode – Barrel Of A Gun
Recoil – Missing Piece
Depeche Mode – The Dead Of Night
Rosetta Stone – An Eye For The Main Chance
The Chameleons – Don’t Fall
Depeche Mode – A Pain That I’m Used To
Depeche Mode – Happiest Girl (Jack Mix)
Ashbury Heights – Anti-Ordinary

Set 2

Depeche Mode – Something To Do
Nitzer Ebb – Let Your Body Learn
Front 242 – Welcome To Paradise
Depeche Mode – The Sun And The Rainfall
Depeche Mode – Photographic (Some Bizarre)
Project Pitchfork – Timekiller
Diary Of Dreams – Butterfly:Dance!
Mesh – Crash
Depeche Mode – A Question Of Time
Depeche Mode – Personal Jesus
Depeche Mode – Everything Counts (Live 101)
Ministry – Stigmata
Skinny Puppy – Smothered Hope
Depeche Mode – Ice Machine

Black Celebration August 2010

As very much a last-minute thing (so last minute I didn’t get much chance to advertise the fact I was playing beyond a rush of Facebook invites!), I DJed the Black Celebration night at the Elixir Bar. As it’s a Depeche Mode themed night, you might notice a certain band from Basildon occuring quite frequently in the setlist.

9:15pm to 10:30pm – Early Mode, European New Wave, Old EBM

I wanted a concept to base my first set round, so decided to play some of the earliest Mode tracks alongside a number of other bands who also helped shape the sound of electronic pop in the early 80s.

Depeche Mode – Oberkorn (It’s A Small Town)
Pyrolator – Nordatlantik
Malaria – Kaltes Klares Wasser
Depeche Mode – Puppets
Fad Gadget – Ladyshave
Depeche Mode – Ice Machine
Absolute Body Control – Do You Feel It Inside (Re[Wind] version)
Telex – Rock Around The Clock
Depeche Mode – Get The Balance Right
Opera Multi Steel – Ils S’eloigent
Martin Dupont – Just Because
Depeche Mode – Work Hard
Cabaret Voltaire – I Want You
Depeche Mode – People Are People
Front 242 – Body To Body
DAF – Der Mussolini
Depeche Mode – Photographic (Some Bizarre Version)
Nitzer Ebb – Join In The Chant
Orange Sector – Dynamit
Depeche Mode – Master And Servant

12:05 – 1:05 – 80s Anthems With Metal For Dessert

After a midnight airing of ‘Pimpf’, I decided to do a DM heavy pure 80s set. Well, until I got some very enthusisatic requests for metal towards the end and prompty did a quick direction change. If you plan to play a set of crowd-pleasers, you gotta please the crowd!

New Order – True Faith
Depeche Mode – Everything Counts (Live 101)
Ultravox – Hymn
Depeche Mode – Precious
Tears For Fears – Mad World
Soft Cell – Tainted Love
Depeche Mode – Just Can’t Get Enough
Yazoo – Don’t Go
Dead Or Alive – You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)
Depeche Mode – Never Let Me Down
Depeche Mode – Sea Of Sin (Tonal Mix)
Rammstein – Engel
Type O Negative – Black No.1
Depeche Mode – Blasphemous Rumours

Reception

A set from a wedding party held at The Elixir Bar.  As a result, most of this is requests.

6:30pm-7pm – Entrance Music

Rik Schaffer – Dark Asia
Vangelis – Blade Runner End Titles
Vernian Process – Down In The Park
Arcana – Chant Of The Awakening
Nine Inch Nails – Something I Can Never Have

7:40pm-8:20pm – Mittelater and Darkwave

Der Blutharsch – Time Is Thee Enemy II
Corvus Corax – Venus Vina Musica
Omnia – Wytches Brew
Qntal – Cupido
Deine Lakaien – Over And Done
Diary Of Dreams – King Of Nowhere
Fortification 55 – And Tommorow Atlantis
L’âme Immortele – Gefallen
She Wants Revenge – These Things

9:40pm-10:20pm – Bleep Anthems

The Crüxshadows – Winterborn (This Sacrifice)
Project Pitchfork – Timekiller
Suicide Commando – Hellraiser
Combichrist – This Shit Will Fcuk You Up
Deviant UK – Raptured Saints
VNV Nation – Joy
Covenant – Call The Ships To Port
Angels + Agony – One (R)
Little Boots – Earthquake

11:40pm-12:20am – Rifftastic

Metallica – Enter Sandman
Tool – Stinkfist
System Of A Down – Chop Suey
Nine Inch Nails – Wish
Type O Negative – My Girlfriends Girlfriend
Deathstars – Blitzkreig Boom (B)
Marilyn Manson – Cake And Sodomy
Rammstein – Links 2 3 4
In Extremo – Vollmond
Nightwish – Nemo (B)
Lacuna Coil – Swamped