Yesterday’s Shadow

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Yesterday’s Shadow – November 2019

My return to Yesterday’s Shadow after a couple of years, now a quarterly event at The Other Place (basement bar of The Albany).  Also my first (and probably only) late-night set of 2019.  Here’s what I played.

Set 1 – 10pm-10:30pm

The Monochrome Set – The Monochrome Set
The Fall – Totally Wired
Toyah – I Want To Be Free
Act – Snobbery and Decay
Altered Images – I Could Be Happy
Peter Schilling – Major Tom (Coming Home)
Visage – Der Amboss
Camouflage – The Great Commandment
Nitzer Ebb – Let Your Body Learn

Set 2 – 12:30am-1am

Depeche Mode – Everything Counts (Live 101)
OMD – Enola Gay
Ultravox – Sleepwalk
Front 242 – Welcome To Paradise
Fad Gadget – Ricky’s Hand
Killing Joke – Requiem
Talking Heads – Psycho Killer
The Undertones – Teenage Kicks
The Ramones – I Wanna Be Sedated

Yesterday’s Shadow – December 2017

The last YS of 2017 was an ‘invitational’ where all DJs who’d played the event during the year were invited back for one more go.  I was of course up for it as ever, though the 8 DJ line-up meant sets were necessarily short and an early start the next day also meant an midnight end for me.  I’m still amazed about how much I fitted in, though!

Set 1 – 9:00pm

Front 242 – Geography I
Laibach – Alle Gegen Alle
Kraftwerk – Pocket Calculator
Robert Marlow – The Face of Dorian Gray
Arbeid Adelt! – De dag dat het zonlicht niet meer scheen
Siglo xx – Individuality
Durutti Column – Sketch For Summer
Young Marble Giants – Include Me Out
XTC – Science Friction

Set 2 – 11:30pm

In an era when Whamageddon is actually a thing, cheesy Christmas hits were banned at this event.  Foul-mouthed punky ones?  They’re still OK.  But first better get something tuneful in……

David Bowie – Sound And Vision
Levellers – One Way
Waterboys – The Whole Of The Moon
Big Country – In A Big Country
Adam Ant – Stand And Deliver
Killing Joke – Eighties
Slaughter and the Dogs – Situations
Undertones – Teenage Kicks
UK Subs – Hey Santa
The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing – God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Comfort And Oi!)

Yesterday’s Shadow – November 2017

A return to DJing after a couple of months off, and back to Yesterday’s Shadow. By now you might know what to expect from me, but even here were a few surprises. One was the quite-unexpected request for Dernière Volonté (couldn’t resist that one). The other was the loss of Malcolm Young of AC/DC earler that day – with his brother George also having left us a few weeks ago, I felt duty-bound to get some kind of tribute into the evening’s proceedings.

Set 1: 10:15pm

The Skids – Into The Valley
The Ruts – Babylon’s Burning
Richard Hell and the Voidoids – (I Belong To The) Blank Generation
Wire – I Am The Fly
David Bowie – Breaking Glass
Blondie – X-Offender
Psychedelic Furs – Love My Way
Depeche Mode – Something To Do
Front 242 – Until Death >Us Do Part<
DAF – Der Mussolini
Death In June – The Calling (Mk II)
Dernière Volonté – Au Travers De Lauriers
Empathy Test – Here Is The Place
Deine Lakaien – Return

Set 2: 1:10am

Harold Faltermeyer – Axel F
Jan Hammer – Crockett’s Theme
OMD – If You Leave
A Flock Of Seagulls – (Wishing I Had) A Photograph Of You
Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Two Tribes
Yes – Owner Of A Lonely Heart
AC/DC – Highway To Hell
The Cult – Rain
Sisters of Mercy – Vision Thing
Bauhaus – Lagartija Nick

Yesterday’s Shadow – September 2017

At last I returned to Yesterday’s Shadow at The Pack and Carraige to join DJs Demondaz, Jonny Haart, Scott and Ana Necrogoth in a night dedicated to (mostly) 80s.

Set 1 – 10:45pm

Subway Sect – Ambition
Elvis Costello – Watching The Detectives
David Bowie – Up The Hill Backwards
Savage Republic – Next To Nothing
Pere Ubu – Street Waves
Ausweis – Eva
Killing Joke – Love Like Blood
Psychedelic Furs – India
Naked Eyes – Promises, Promises
The Associates – Party Fears Two
Information Society – What’s On Your Mind (Pure Energy)
Berlin – Metro

Set 2 – 2:05am

Front 242 – Tragedy >For You<
DAF – Der Mussolini
Depeche Mode – People are People
Spandau Ballet – To Cut A Long Story Short
A Flock of Seagulls – I Ran
B-Movie – Remembrance Day
OMD – Enola Gay
Gary Numan – Metal
Kraftwerk – The Model
Human League – Empire State Human
John Foxx – Underpass
Jean Michel Jarre – Oxygene IV

Outro: Monty Python – Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life

Yesterday’s Shadow Before Christmas

I returned to Yesterday’s Shadow for a Christmas party refreshingly clear of the obvious cheesy hits. In an attempt to bring together the best of this event in 2016, we had a total of seven DJs playing. Here’s my contribution to the evening’s music:

Set 1 – 10:40pm

Red Lorry Yellow Lorry – Monkey’s On Juice
Cocteau Twins – Lorelei
Pet Shop Boys – Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots of Money)
Erasure – Stop!
The Communards – Disenchanted
Depeche Mode – People Are People
The Human League – Blind Youth
Fad Gadget – Love Parasite
Joy Division – Isolation
The B-52s – Planet Claire
The Cramps – Drug Train
Bauhaus – Lagartija Nick

Set 2 – 1:20am

OMD – Enola Gay
Nena – 99 Luftballons
David Bowie – Sound and Vision
Killing Joke – Eighties
Sham 69 – If The Kids Are United
Madness – Our House
New Order – True Faith

Yesterday’s Shadow – August 2016

Last night, I returned to Yesterday’s Shadow, my fourth time playing there and the eighth running of the event. Here’s what I played.

Set 1 – 10:40 pm to 11:20pm

Siouxsie and the Banshees – Hong Kong Garden
The Slits – Typical Girls
999 – Emergency
Killing Joke – The Wait
The Chameleons – Don’t Fall
Tubeway Army – My Shadow In Vain
Simple Minds – Promised You A Miracle
Heaven 17 – I’m Your Money
Propaganda – Dr Mabuse
Howard Jones – What Is Love?
Psychedelic Furs – Love My Way
Strawberry Switchblade – Since Yesterday

Set 2 – 2am to Close

DAF – Der Mussolini
Front 242 – Welcome To Paradise
Absolute Body Control – Figures
Fad Gadget – Ricky’s Hand
Depeche Mode – Master and Servant
OMD – Genetic Engineering
Ultravox – Hymn
Tears For Fears – Mad World
Jan Hammer – Crockett’s Theme
Harold Faltermeyer – Axel F
Outro: Vangelis – Chariots of Fire (Main Titles)

Yesterday’s Shadow – July 2016

I returned to Yesterday’s Shadow at The Pack and Carriage to play a couple of sets alongside Demondaz, Jonny Haart, The Scot and The Count. Even in a genre I play as often as this, I still like searching for fresh things to play, and I like to think that the first set in particular is a good example of this.

10pm-10:40pm

Genesis – Land of Confusion
Roxy Music – Love Is The Drug
The Police – Roxanne
Talking Heads – Life During Wartime
Aztec Camera – Oblivious
The Fixx – One Thing Leads To Another
Ideal – Blaue Augen
Abwärts – Computerstaat
Gang of Four – At Home He’s A Tourist
Wire – Ex-Lion Tamer
B-52s – Planet Claire
Mission Of Burma – That’s When I Reach For My Revolver
O.Children – Dead Disco Dancer

1:20am-2:00am

The Chameleons – Don’t Fall
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry – Monkey’s On Juice
The Creatures – Exterminating Angel
Cocteau Twins – Sugar Hiccup
Heaven 17 – (We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thang
Duran Duran – A View To A Kill
Pet Shop Boys – Suburbia
The Associates – Party Fears Two
Alphaville – Big In Japan
OMD – Electricity
Depeche Mode – Everything Counts (Live 101)

Yesterday’s Shadow – April 2016

I returned to Yesterday’s Shadow after last months last-minute set. This time there were six DJs, including the return of Paul Sticks to the UK. As a result of this and the 10pm timing of my set, I adopted an ‘avoid the obvious’ policy.

Shriekback – My Spine Is The Bassline
Der Plan – Tanz der Gummitwist
Classix Nouveaux – Guilty
ABC – Tears Are Not Enough
Laid Back – High Society Girl
Fad Gadget – Ricky’s Hand
SPK – Metal Dance
Killing Joke – European Super State
Department S – Is Vic There?
Blitz – New Age
Alternative TV – How Much Longer?
Stiff Little Fingers – Alternative Ulster

Yesterday’s Shadow – March 2016

At very short notice, I was invited to join the DJ line up at the 3rd Yesterday’s Shadow event, held at The Pack and Carriage (formerly The Elixir Bar). Jonny Haart and Demondaz were hosting the event, whilst my regular Bring’n’Buy DJ partner-in-noise Scott was also on the evening’s bill. Here’s what I ended up playing.

Set 1 – 9:30pm-10:15pm

Yellow Magic Orchestra – Firecracker
Pink Industry – What I Wouldn’t Give
Opera Multi Steel – Ils S’eloigent
Naked Lunch – Rabies
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – Messages
B-Movie – Remembrance Day
Thomas Dolby – Europa and The Pirate Twins
Revenge – Pineapple Face
Talk Talk – Life Is What You Make It
The The – Uncertain Smile
The Pretenders – Stop Your Sobbing
Danse Society – Heaven Is Waiting
Clan Of Xymox – Creep

Set 2 – 12:30am-1:15am

Ultravox – Sleepwalk
Gary Numan – Are ‘Friends’ Electric?
Depeche Mode – Photographic (Some Bizarre)
Front 242 – Headhunter (Live Moments)
Killing Joke – Requiem
Dead Kennedys – California Uber Alles
New York Dolls – Personality Crisis
Public Image Ltd – This Is Not A Love Song
Joy Division – Transmission
The Sisters of Mercy – Alice
The Cult – She Sells Sanctuary
The Mission – Wasteland