Recap: Hell (11.4) & Haven (11.17)

[seedarklyxero]

HELL; November 4

I'm always thrilled to hear feedback from Club Hell's Fetish Night crowd. They really enjoy the mix and the differing style of music between DJ Dank Coma and myself. It's a lot of fun! It's also funny because no one I know seems to know I'm even spinning there until I'm done. Once they find out they are always complimentary so I don't mind being somewhat anonymous knowing that they really are enjoying it.
We were working on two different cd players (a Pioneer vs. a Numark) and I'm finally getting a real sense of the difference of utility between the two brands. My own decks are Numark so I have enough familiarity with the brand to function with them adequately, but I'm finding Pioneer to be superior in a lot of ways. Though I could see how some of Pioneer's intuitive utility could make me a lazier DJ. Maybe it's me, but I like to feel like I'm working when I spin. It just feels more rewarding when you do something well and you were working for it. Makes it more fun for me anyway.

I'm told I'll be back at Club Hell's Fetish Night in December, but I don't have a date yet. I'll post when I do.

Here is my set from Fetish Night at Club Hell:


9-11 set
Garbage - Alien Sex Fiend
Deftones - Hole In the Earth
Portishead - All Mine
Fiest - My Moon, My Man (mix)
Ayria - Bad List
12 Rounds - Something's Burning
Bjork - Bachelorette
InnerPartySystem - New Poetry
Meat Beat Manifesto - Paradise Now
Prodigy - Poison
Covenant - Bullet
The Faint - Hospital
Ugress - Queen Of Darkness
Melotron - Machinen Aus Stahl
Shiny Toy Guns - Major Tom
Oghr - Water
Enigma - 7 Lives
Spectra*Paris - Mad World
Wolfsheim - Once in a Lifetime
Rotersand - War On Error
Rotersand - Exterminate Annihilate Destroy
Ground To Dust - Digging My Way Out
Benny Bennassi - Who's Your Daddy
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll (John Roman mix)
A Perfect Circle - Counting Bodies Like Sheep
fin



HAVEN - Exotic Erotic Ball; November 17

I had a lot of fun at Haven's Exotic Erotic Ball and Bella Vendetta liked my pants! (non sequitur much?) It was the first time in a while I've worn vinyl, mostly because I avoid it during warmer seasons.

This was another of those nights where I had great song selection but had varying degrees of successful execution. It may be that few, if any, noticed. I noticed though and have to improve, even if the best of us have bad transitions now and again. There are elements I need to be better aware of for better blends and mixes; stuff like if a song ends cold or fades, etc... part of the problem is I don't "know by heart" every song I have in my library that I might pick to play, so sometimes that lack of familiarity can hinder my performance. Although sometimes that unfamiliarity can also end up conjuring something inspired.
Eh, DJing is so much less a "science" than, say "science" is, so it's not like there is a foolproof equation to get it right.
Overall I did well... I ran a few songs long on my second set so Damian Plague could host the contest and I managed to keep things up and moving despite my personal critiques.
Mothra loaned me a track I wanted to play but was missing from my library for some reason that night (thank you sir!)
We all managed to play Nine Inch Nails at least once per hour (which I found kind of amusing since 3 tracks played came from Pretty Hate Machine.)
I managed to dance a little bit here and there too. Physically I'm doing ok, but still feeling sensitive about my knee, so it may be a while after the next surgery before I can throw myself into a night-long dance experience again. I look forward to that day.

I return to HAVEN on December 1 for STOMP & SWIRL. DJs Azrael, Znuh, and myself will be dropping slow and body-moving beats!

I should be able to post a full run-down of my December DJ dates on December 1; just waiting on a few details myself. :)

Here are my sets from Haven's Exotic Erotic Ball:


9-10p set
Siouxie & the Banshees - Let Go
InnerPartySystem - This Empty Love
Puscifer — The Mission
Depeche Mode - Dirt
Jesus & Mary Chain - Teenage Lust (desdemoana mix)
Enigma - Seven Lives
Eisbrecher - Fanatica
Neurotic Fish - Suffocating Right
Covenant - Bullet (funky indian mix)
Nine Inch Nails - Sanctify
Wumpscut - Christfuck
Velvet Acid Christ - Lysergia


11:30p:
Garbage - #1 Crush (request)
REPO! - Zydrate Anatomy
Sneaker Pimps - Loretta Young Silks
Men Without Hats - Safety Dance
Panzer A.G. - Monster
Rob Zombie - Dragula (mix)(request)
[contest/performances]
Daft Punk vs. K.West - Stronger
Prodigy vs. Lil' Mama - Spitgloss (DJ Xero mashup)
fin

Comments

[lorele.livejournal.com]

Maybe I'll have the stamina to appear for one of your opener sets -- at Club Hell -- because you played Counting Bodies -- although I can tell you were playing a lead-in...

You'll have to hook me up with Grendel's Soilbleed if you want me to die on the dancefloor -- but I've gotta make sure I'm there, first!

[xanderxero.livejournal.com]

Well then hopefully you can make it!
Looks like it'll be Jingle Balls!