The Minories

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Reptile New Year’s Eve 2013

For the second consecutive year, I finished my DJ year at Reptile. Whilst I was originally scheduled to do three sets, power supply issue caused the night to end an hour early and hence only two sets were completed (the final set was going to be a run of 80s synthpop classics, if you were wondering). The two sets I ended up playing went like this – as it was New Years Eve, nothing less that undisputed classics made it in.

11pm-11:30pm

Diary Of Dreams – The Plague
The Cruxshadows – Deception
Clan Of Xymox – There’s No Tomorrow
Wolfsheim – The Sparrows And The Nightingales
New Order – True Faith 94
Gary Numan – Are ‘Friends’ Electric? (Live Version)

3:30am-4am

Leftfield feat. Lydon – Open Up
Underworld – Cowgirl
Front 242 – Welcome To Paradise
Die Krupps vs Nitzer Ebb – The Machineries of Joy
Front Line Assembly – Mindphaser
DAF – Der Mussolini

Reptile New Year’s Eve 2012

With Reptile’s New Years Eve set complete, my 2012 DJing comes to a close in the most successful way imaginable.  A lot of personal favourites in there, plus a decent dose of requests.

11pm – 11:30pm

Project Pitchfork – Timekiller
VNV Nation – Joy
Covenant – Figurehead (Plain)
Front 242 – Tragedy >For You<
DAF – Der Mussolini
Depeche Mode – Photographic (Some Bizarre)
OMD – Enola Gay

4:30am – 5am

Skinny Puppy – Assimilate
Diary Of Dreams – Chemicals
Laibach – Tanz Mit Laibach
And One – Techno Man
Nitzer Ebb – Murderous
Kraftwerk – Radioactivity (The Mix version)

5:20am – 5:35am

New Order – True Faith
Ultravox – Hymn (Single Version)
Depeche Mode – A Question of Time
Dead Or Alive – You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)

Reptile January 2012

I post my setlists to capture some of the feel of the event I played at. On this occasion, it’s impossible to do so. The dozen songs listed below might just look like a fairly average setlist for me, but they don’t sum up the atmosphere of the night as a whole. This was something special. Having put in some darkwave classics early on, for the second set, I aimed for a kind of ’90s Full Tilt Revival’ sort of concept – which actually worked.

Set 1 – 11:15pm-11:45pm

In Strict Confidence – Set Me Free
Die Krupps – Bloodsuckers
Das Ich – Destillat (VNV Nation Remix)
:Wumpscut: – Christfuck
Project Pitchfork – God Wrote
Diary Of Dreams – AmoK

Set 2 – 1:00am-1:30am

Cubanate – Oxyacetylene
Front 242 – Happiness (Re:Boot Version)
Underworld – Cowgirl
VNV Nation – Solitary
Apoptygma Berzerk – Love Never Dies Pt.1
Depeche Mode – Everything Counts (Live 101)

Reptile March 2011

Reptile is a monthly club held at the Minories at Tower Hill, playing a mix of gothic, industrial, rock, metal, 80s and various other alternative styles. It’s something of a regular of mine and many of my friends, so to get a chance to DJ there, and on my birthday at that, was a particularly special occasion. We’d agree beforehand that I’d be focusing on the industrial/electronic area, which could mean a lot of things to a lot of people. To me, it meant this…..

11pm-11:30pm

The Crüxshadows – Tears
Diary Of Dreams – The Curse
Spahn Ranch – Heretics Fork
Velvet Acid Christ – Futile (Nazi Bastard Mix)
Front Line Assembly – Mindphaser
Leæther Strip – Strap Me Down

12:30am-1am

Laibach – Tanz Mit Laibach
Nitzer Ebb – Let Your Body Learn
Front 242 – Welcome To Paradise
Die Krupps – Goldfinger
Skinny Puppy – Smothered Hope
Project Pitchfork – Timekiller
Depeche Mode – Photographic (Some Bizarre Version)