[DJing/Setlist] GVWI Halloween Party, The Old Nick, Holborn, Sat 12th Oct 2019

[dancefloorlandmine]

Due to a certain amount of calendar congestion towards the end of this month, the Gothic Valley branch (wing? regiment?) of the Women's Institute held their Halloween Party this weekend. Returning to the redecorated Old Nick in Holborn (where I had previously DJ'd for the GVWI in 2017), I set up my gear and the borrowed PA, as the venue staff added cobwebs to every available location, and the WI team added a variety of spookily-themed items. (This may be the first time that I've shared my 'booth' with a large neon-green spider as well as another DJ.)

Musically, it was mostly a case of providing some spooky atmosphere for the first part, with some intermittent dancing, and then following the raffle and auction with more in the way of dancing music, alternating with Adam (DJ traumahound) on a half-hourly basis.


1815-1910 - DJ Landmine
Corner Stone Cues - Requiem For A Tower
Shirley Bassey - Get The Party Started
Spray - I Am Gothic
Concrete Blonde - Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)
The Clockwork Dolls - The Ballad Of Black Jack Jezebel
Abney Park - Airship Pirates
Gypsy Nomads - House Of Cards
Johnny Hollow - People Are Strange
Esben & The Witch - Marching Song
Gerard McMann - Cry Little Sister
George Thorogood & The Destroyers - Who Do You Love?
Emiliana Torrini - White Rabbit
Amy Lee - Baby Did A Bad Bad Thing
Bat Country - Knockin' On My Coffin

1910-1940 - DJ traumahound
Zeal & Ardor - Devil Is Fine
Tom Waits - Hell Broke Luce
LOCKS - Wishbone
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Henry Lee
dEUS - Roses
The Golden Age of Nothing - The Fall Down
Swans - I Am The Sun (Request)

1940-2015 - DJ Landmine
Jordan Reyne - Factory Nation
Alixandrea Corvyn - Alice (Underground)
Inkubus Sukkubus - Heart Of Lilith
The Last Dance - Dead Man's Party
Dyonisis - Hunter
Screaming Banshee Aircrew - Hello Mr Hyde
The Ruts - Babylon Is Burning
Timbuk 3 - The Future's So Bright ...
David Bowie - I'm Afraid Of Americans (v1) [radio edit]
Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak (Request)

2015-2040 - DJ traumahound
Misery Loves Co. - Would You?
Paradise Lost - Shadowkings
Type O Negative - Love You To Death
Tiamat - Brighter Than The Sun
Gothminister - Angel
Iron Lung Corp. - Nemesis

2040-2110 - DJ Landmine
Killing Miranda - Discoteque Necromicon
Halestorm - Rock Show
Motion Static - Tokyo
Killing Joke - Millenium
Information Society - Ausoween v1
Celldweller - Cry Little Sister vs Hello Zepp
Uninvited Guest - Devil's Toybox

2110-2140 - DJ traumahound
Randolph & Mortimer - The Light
Solitary Experiments - The Dark Inside Me
Edge of Dawn - Black Heart [Alpha]
Boy Harsher - LA
Teeth of the Sea - I'd Rather, Jack
My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult - Devil Bunnies

2210-2230 - DJ Landmine
Garbage - Only Happy When It Rains
Pet Shop Boys - It's A Sin
Blur - Girls And Boys
Placebo - Nancy Boy
Ash - Girl From Mars
The Gossip - Standing In The Way Of Control

2230-2300 - DJ traumahound
pj harvey - 50ft Queenie
The Breeders - Cannonball
Bikini Kill - Rebel Girl
deux furieuses - Can We Talk About This?
Elastica - Connection
Goldfrapp - Train
Ladytron - Destroy Everything You Touch
Souxsie & The Banshees - Spellbound
Curve - Chinese Burn

Playout at 2300
Carter USM - The Impossible Dream

Adam's set can also be found here - www.amodelofcontrol.com/dj/6672/ (as can the rest of his informative and entertaining music blog - have a look around it!) - as he mentions, it was a hideously wet night, which meant that numbers were slightly lower than hoped, even if enthusiasm wasn't.

And then it was a quick rush to de-rig, pack the car, and get out of Denver central London before midnight, to avoid turning into a pumpkin being charged twice for the ULEZ.

(As a bonus, the tables we were using as a booth were a perfect height - no back-ache this morning!)

Comments

[miss_s_b]

That all sounds like lots of fun :)

[dancefloorlandmine]

It was! And, because we were behind tables rather than in a small booth, I had room to dance while DJing, which is also a win from my viewpoint!

[miss_s_b]

I have seen you do this and it increases enjoyment for the patrons to see you enjoying yourself :)