Neo-Noir

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Neo-Noir – The Final Countdown

The final Neo-Noir event occured at the London Stone. With two of the regular DJs absent, it was down to myself, Wozza and Paladin to provide the music. Despite early technical issues, we ended up seeing the club out in some kind of haphazard style.

Here’s what I played – as it was the last night, I took the chance to play a few ‘unexpected’ songs that wouldn’t normally feature at the event. It was a real ‘what the hell, let’s have some fun’ kind of event – after a run of genre-specific events, it was a great chance to let rip and see what worked.

Set 1 – 11pm-Midnight

Ultraviolence – Hardcore Motherfucker (the next two songs were mixed into this songs intermissions…..)
Dive – No, Nothing
Klutae – Desert Storm
System:FX – Stay In Your Home
XPQ-21 – Rockin’ Silver Knight
Ohgr – Pore
Blitzmaschine – Useless Pain
Nitzer Ebb – Let Your Body Learn
SPOCK – Klingon 2000
Mesh – Firefly (Too Fast and Too Short Live Version)
De/Vision – Try To Forget
Beborn Beton – Another World
Pet Shop Boys – It’s A Sin
Erasure – Sometimes
Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Two Tribes

Set 2 – 1am to 2:15am

Laibach – The Final Countdown
Underworld – Born Slippy.NUXX
Robert Miles – Children
IAMX – Think Of England
The Big Pink – Dominos
Interpol – Obstacle 1
White Lies – To Lose My Life
Asylum Party – Sur La Route
U2 – I Will Follow
Undertones – Teenage Kicks
Buzzcocks – What Do I Get?
Crisis – PC1984
Wat Tyler – English Pride
Sham 69 – If The Kids Are United
Killing Joke – Requiem
Ministry – Thieves
Nine Inch Nails – March Of The Pigs
Type O Negative – My Girlfriends Girlfriend (Cheese Organ Mix)
Metallica – Enter Sandman
Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit
Twisted Sister – We’re Not Going To Take It
Bon Jovi – Livin’ On A Prayer

Neo-Noir February 2013

Neo-Noir returned with it’s first event of 2013. I’d already played a party set across town earlier in the evening, but here’s what occurred here.

Nena – 99 Luftballons
The Human League – The Sound Of The Crowd
A Flock Of Seagulls – I Ran
John Foxx – Underpass
DAF – Der Mussolini
Die Krupps vs Nitzer Ebb – Machineries Of Joy
Front 242 – Masterhit (Parts 1&2)
Borghesia – Ni Upanja, Ni Strahu (No Hope, No Fear)
Prodigy feat PWEI – Their Law
Leftfield feat John Lydon – Open Up

A second set was planned but due to an earlier-than-scheduled closing I only had time for 2 songs. Still got the dancefloor moving, so for the record they were:

System:FX – Destroyer (Bitcrusher Remix)
Cat Rapes Dog – American Dream

The Frightmare Before Christmas

Time for a bit of pre-Christmas celebration. This was a three-club special, myself playing under the Neo-Noir banner, joined by Y34R Z3R0 (which I’d DJed at myself earlier this year) and Electric Dreams, with 2 DJs from each night playing. My own contribution came at 1:30am, and here’s what it sounded like.

Celldweller – Stay With Me (Unlikely)
Officers – Co-Education
Necro Facility – You Want It
Stromkern – Stand Up
Skinny Puppy – Worlock (Live In Dresden)
VNV Nation – Serial Killer (A+F V2 Version)
Front 242 – Motion
Militant Cheerleaders On The Move – Freaks
Depeche Mode – Something To Do
Echo and the Bunnymen – The Killing Moon
Joy Division – Isolation
Teardrop Explodes – Reward
Soft Cell – Bedsitter
Ultravox – Sleepwalk

Neo-Noir November 2012

Neo-Noir returns to it’s monthly pattern, now very much back at it’s original home of the London Stone, the last remaining eerie pub in London. Last nights music policy was best described as ’20th Century Alternative’ or ‘Party Like It’s 1999′. 5 DJs in total (so if I didn’t play it, they probably did), and my own sets were as follows.

Set 1 – 11:10-11:45

Laibach – Jesus Christ Superstar
16 Volt – Skin
Revolting Cocks – (Let’s Get) Physical
My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult – Kooler Than Jesus
Einstürzende Neubauten – Feurio!
Front Line Assembly – Mindphaser
Cobalt 60 – Bye Bye
Armageddon Dildos – East West
And One – Techno Man

Set 2 – 2:10-2:50

VNV Nation – Joy
Project Pitchfork – Requiem
Wolfsheim – The Sparrows And The Nightingales
Gary Numan – Are ‘Friends’ Electric? (Live 1987)
Depeche Mode – Photographic (Some Bizarre Version)
Simple Minds – I Travel
A Flock Of Seagulls – I Ran
Siouxsie and the Banshees – Happy House
The Stranglers – No More Heroes
Sparks – This Town Ain’t Big Enough For The Both Of Us

Neo-Noir – September 2012

A return to Neo-Noir’s original venue, and a midnight set from me. Due to requests prior to the night and various ‘Ibiza Floor’ discussions during the previous week, I decided to focus (for the first half at least) on 90s dance crossover classics. The second half of the set focused on more scene-focused output, including (amazingly!) my first airing of a track from VNV Nation’s seminal ‘Empires’ album.

808 State – In Yer Face
Orbital – Chime
The Grid – Texas Cowboys
Underworld – Cowgirl
Empirion – Narcotic Influence 1
Editors – Papillon (Tiesto Remix Edit)
Faithless – God Is A DJ
Code 64 – Leaving Earth
NamNamBulu – Memories
VNV Nation – Kingdom
Ivory Frequency – Today
Rotersand – War On Error (Declaration)
Pakt – Freiheit
AutoDaFeh – Divided We Fall

Neo-Noir – February 2012

My first chance to play at Neo-Noir with DJs Miss Bleep and Wozza. I think I’d refer to this as the nearest I get to an ‘everything set’. In the spirit of the club, there were quite a few requests .

Set 1 – 11pm-Midnight

The last two songs in this set reflected the date, 24/2. It’s EBM day!

Suicide Commando – See You In Hell (R)
:Wumpscut: – Soylent Green (R)
Hocico – Poltergeist (B)
Frontline Assembly – Plasticity
Project Pitchfork – Timekiller (R)
Calva Y Nada – Rascheln
Cephalgy – Engel Sterben Nie
Diary Of Dreams – The Plague
Star Industry – The Look (Roxette Cover)
Duran Duran – Save A Prayer
Fischerspooner – Emerge (R)
Depeche Mode – Photographic (Some Bizzare Version) (B)
DAF – Der Mussolini (R)
Front 242 – Tragedy >For You<
Auto Da Feh – Divided We Fall

Set 2 – 1am-2am

Chemlab – Exile On Mainline
Birmingham 6 – Birmingham 6
Nine Inch Nails – Sin (Short)
Sheep On Drugs – 15 Minutes Of Fame
System:FX – Overdrive (Rmx) (R)
Prodigy – Omen
Apollo 440 – Krupa
Bomb The Bass – Megablast
Nitzer Ebb – Let Your Body Learn
Militant Cheerleaders On The Move – Freaks
Spahn Ranch – Heretics Fork (Belief mix) (R)
Editors – Papillon (Tiësto Remix Edit) (R)
IAMX – Think Of England
VNV Nation – Nova (B)