Terminates Here v3

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

A night brought to you from the Living On Video people, this time focusing on classic industrial and old-school synths.  A total of 8 DJs played and my own set occurred 2am-3am or thereabouts.   Numbers had thinned by this time, but those who remained got to dance to the following.

OMD – Red Frame/White Light
Depeche Mode – Ice Machine
Human League – Blind Youth
Front 242 – Body To Body
Snowy Red – Nowhere
Cabaret Voltaire – Why Kill Time When You Can Kill Yourself?
BiGod 20 – It Doesn’t Matter
Eco – Hass Und Liebe
Dive – Sidewalk Sinner
A Split Second – Flesh
Hard Corps – Clean Tables
Ministry – Everyday Is Halloween
Laibach – WAT
Skinny Puppy – Smothered Hope

Living on Video returned in 2013 with an event at Elektrowerkz upstairs room.  Three bands (Hotgothic, Luxury Stranger and Partly Faithful) and six DJs, with myself and Robert Cowlin (of Terminal Gods) guesting on this occasion.  My own set came at midnight – short but sweet, and technically one of the most satisfying sets I’ve ever played.

Red Lorry Yellow Lorry – Monkey’s On Juice
The Jam – Eaten Trifles (that’s what I call it)
The Fall – Mr Pharmacist
Wire – I Am The Fly
Gang Of Four – Damaged Goods
Blondie – X-Offender
Heaven 17 – I’m Your Money
Japan – Quiet Life
Visage – Damned Don’t Cry
Soft Cell – Memorabilia
Kraftwerk – It’s More Fun To Compute
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – Electricity (Hannet and Cargo Studios Version)

A setlist from a birthday party in South London.  I was the only DJ on, which meant 6 hours of near-continuous music (the celebrations did allow me two short breaks).  My longest ever set, covering almost, but not quite, my entire remit.

Conjure One – Tears From The Moon
Kirlian Camera – Eclipse I
Die Form – Cantique 1
Enya – May It Be
Dead Can Dance – The Host Of Seraphim
Arcana – Chant Of The Awakening
Arditi – Ploughshares Into Swords
Blood Axis – The Gospel Of Inhumanity
Der Blutharsch – Time Is The Enemy II
Deutsch Nepal – Deflagration Of Hell
Coil – The Anal Staircase
Einsturzende Neubauten – Die Interimsliebenden
SPK – Contact
Section 25 – Dirty Disco
James White and the Blacks – Contort Yourself (August Darnells Remix)
Killing Joke – Tomorrow’s World
PIL – This Is Not A Love Song
Magazine – The Light Pours Out Of Me
Joy Division – Isolation

<Break 1>

Bauhaus – Dark Entries
Chameleons – Don’t Fall
The Sisters Of Mercy – First And Last And Always
Depeche Mode – Walking In My Shoes
Nine Inch Nails – The Wretched
Sulpher – One Of Us
Gothminister – Hatred
Melt – Worm
Deathstars – Blitzkreig Boom
Rammstein – Du Riechst So Gut
Zeromancer – Clone Your Lover
Umbra Et Imago – Sagt Nein
Unheilig – Machine
Die Krupps – Fatherland
Panzer AG – Battlefield
The Retrosic – Ground Zero
:Wumpscut: – Wreath of Barbs
Skinny Puppy- Assimilate
Suicide Commando – Bind, Tortune and Kill
Project-x – Reminder
Funker Vogt – Tragic Hero (Haat Klaap Remix)
Decoded Feedback – Bio-Vital
Interlace – Under The Sky (Club)
Hocico – Instincts Of Perversion
Komor Kommando – Hasta Luego
Covenant – Figurehead (Version)
Kraftwerk – Numbers
OMD – Metroland

<Break 2>

Ladytron – Burning Up
Crystal Castles – Not In Love
Celluloide – This Aching Kiss (D-Side)
Client – Price Of Love
Golden Boy With Miss Kittin – Rippin Kittin
Mechanical Cabaret – Cheap and Nasty
Kloq – We’re Just Physical
Front 242 – Headhunter v1.0
Nine Inch Nails – Head Like A Hole (Clay)
Rammstein – Bück Dich
KMFDM – Never Say Never
Genitorturers – Lecher Bitch
Luxt – American Beast
Zeromancer – Doctor Online
Project Pitchfork – Existence
Diary Of Dreams – The Curse
Seelenkrank – Domina Dance
Qntal – Ad Mortem Festinamus
Technoir – Manifesto
Android Lust – Kingdom Of One
Implant feat. Anne Clark – Tune Up Your Chips and Circuits (Sero.Overdose Remix)
Vitalic – La Rock 01
Rotersand – Almost Violent
VNV Nation – Chrome
Suicide Commando – Bind, Torture and Kill (Reprise)

My 2nd DJ set occurred four hours and a trip across Central London after the first one.  Neo-Noir returned with it’s first event of 2013.

Nena – 99 Luftballons
The Human League – The Sound Of The Crowd
A Flock Of Seagulls – IRan
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

An early hours setlist from the Elixir Bar in Camden.  This was a private party, but was packed out nonetheless, and since people had questions about the setlist, here is is.  Whilst I was originally intending to do a couple of hour-long sets, in the event I did one long one and one short one.  Afterwards it was off to 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

My first DJing act of 2013 was at a free gig upstairs at the Intrepid Fox.  Joining me tonight DJ-wise was Vade Retro and DJ 69.  In the end, there was time for me to play 3 short slots – one before Drilling Spree and a couple of quartets after the show.

Drilling Spree Support

Black Sabbath – Evil Woman
Kiss – Hotter Than Hell
Aerosmith – Love In An Elevator

After-Show Set 1

Nine Inch Nails – March Of The Pigs
Danzig – 7th House
Ministry – Just One Fix
The Damage Manual – Damage Addict

After Show Set 2

Eisbrecher – Leider
Rammstein – Sehnsucht
Mortis – You Put A Hex On Me
Rob Zombie – Dragula

It has long been an ambition of mine to DJ at a New Year’s Eve event.  And there could have been no better opportunity than at Reptile.   A nine-hour event with 6 DJs – Club founder and promoter Vade Retro, DJX, Scott McMahon, Sinbad, Jo The Waiter and myself.  My own remit was based around the more electronic styles, and given the nature of the event, I kept the setlist to classic anthems plus a number of requests (particularly in the later sets), including a double helping of ‘the Mode, me being an Essex boy and such.

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)

Back to Tufnell Park to the event where it all began four years ago, proving the soundtrack to this alternatively-themed indoor market.  Once again, I operated the early shift, with Scott and Miss Jade covering the other sets.  And also once again, I dreamt up another way of ‘doing’ the opening phase, plus my once-a-year journey into trad-goth!

10:30am – 12noon – Dambience, IDM and various electronic things

Archon Satani – Fleshseed
Brighter Death Now – Slaughterhouse
Atrium Carceri – Knowledge Of The Few
Ah Cama-Sotz – Lix Tatrax
Boyd Rice and Fiends – Worlds Collide
Synaesthesia – Wasteland
Future Sound Of London – My Kingdom
Enigma – Sadness Part 1
Aphex Twin – Aegispolis
µ-Ziq – Hasty Boom Alert
Add N To (X) – Revenge Of The Black Regent
Komputer – Looking Down On London
Metroland – Harry Beck
Kraftwerk – Numbers
Crystal Castles – Untrust Us
Goldfrapp – Number 1
Ladytron – Ace of Hz
Depeche Mode – Never Let Me Down (Aggro Mix)

2pm-3pm – Play Some Goth

Dave Gahan – Dirty Sticky Floors
Sisters Of Mercy – First And Last And Always
Inkubus Sukkubus – Heartbeat Of The Earth
The Horatii – Body Of The Fish
The Birthday Party – Release The Bats
Two Witches – Spirit Sacrifice
Flesh For Lulu – Laundromat Kat
The Cure – Primary
New Order – Dreams Never End
This Ascension – Fuego Cayendo
Skeletal Family – Promised Land
Rome Burns – Co-ordinates Of Control
Rhombus – 4472
Grooving In Green – A New Vessel
Forthcoming Fire – Feuer
Diary Of Dreams – Retaliation
Diorama – Child Of Entertainment
Deine Lakaien – Return

5pm-5:30pm – Jonny vs Scott Tag Team

Because it’s something of a tradition……especially at Christmas time, where there is an extra excuse to get silly.  Scott’s tracks are in italics.

Reverend Horton Heat – Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
Placebo – Daddy Kool
Twisted Sister – We’re Not Going To Take It
No Doubt – Oi To The World
Motorhead – Ace Of Spades
(Unknown Ska Version) – Frosty The Snowman
Animaniacs – Noel Song
(Unknown Cover) – It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of Year
Monty Python – Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life

December 1st, and time for a bit of pre-Christmas celebration.  Tonight 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