[DJing/Setlist] BiCon 2013, Edinburgh, Sat 20th Jul 2013

[dancefloorlandmine]

A four-hour set for the BiCon Ball this time. For the first time I was DJing almost an entire set from laptop (partly because I didn't fancy shifting several cases of CDs as well as everything else up to Edinburgh on the train). A couple of technical teething issues, which made me glad that I'd also specified having a set of decks as part of the mixer - and a couple of backup CDs to cover troubleshooting time. Think I've worked out what the issue was now, though. Even managed to fit in a number of requests from the DIY Disco submissions - though admittedly some were artists I'd have played anyway! And rather pleased that people kept dancing to Control, including people who I'm pretty certain hadn't heard it before.

Setlist
Jim's Super Stereoworld - Jim's Mobile Disco
Michael Franti & Spearhead - Soundsystem
The Specials - Ghost Town
Ingrid Michaelson - You And I (REQUEST)
Belle & Sebastian - Piazz, New York Catcher (REQUEST)
3 Daft Monkeys - Days Of The Dance (REQUEST)
Katzenjammer - A Bar In Amsterdam
Kool & The Gang - Celebration
Pet Shop Boys - Love Is A Bourgeois Construct (REQUEST)
Amy Macdonald - Barrowland Ballroom (REQUEST)
4 Non Blondes - What's Up?
Blind Melon - No Rain
Kirsty MacColl - In These Shoes? (REQUEST)
Talking Heads - And She Was
Aretha Franklin - Son Of A Preacher Man
Pink - Get The Party Started
The Damned - Jet Boy, Jet Girl (REQUEST)
Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Adam & The Ants - Prince Charming
Duran Duran - The Wild Boys
Blur - Girls And Boys (Interrupted by technical fault)
Placebo - Taste In Men (Emergency CD track)
Blur - Girls And Boys
The Breeders - Cannonball (REQUEST)
Culture Club - Karma Chameleon
Abba - Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight)
Bucks Fizz - The Land Of Make Believe
Cornershop - Brimful Of Asha [Norman Cook remix]
De La Soul - The Magic Number
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Summertime
James Brown - I Feel Good (Interrupted by technical fault)
Tom Robinson & Band - Power In The Darkness (Emergency CD track)
James Brown - I Feel Good
Fatboy Slim - Right Here, Right Now
The Chemical Brothers - Hey Boy Hey Girl
Propellerheads feat. Shirley Bassey - History Repeating
Nina Simone - Sinnerman [Felix da Housecat remix]
Leftfield & Lydon - Open Up
Chumbawamba - Tubthumping (REQUEST)
Levellers - One Way (REQUEST)
Queen - Don't Stop Me Now (Interrupted by technical fault)¹
Billy Bragg - Sexuality (Emergency CD track)
Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
Heaven 17 - Temptation
Garbage - Stupid Girl [Danny Saber remix]
ADD - Shack My Bitch Up [B-52s vs The Prodigy]
Rogue Traders - Voodoo Child
Dean Grey - Dr Who On Holiday
Rotersand - Exterminate Annihilate Destroy
VNV Nation - Control
The Kleptones - Voodoo Sabotage
Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams - Get Lucky
Utah Saints - Something Good
David Bowie - Fashion
Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)
Erasure - Sometimes
Frankie Goes To HollyWood - Two Tribes
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - I Love Rock N' Roll
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Iggy Pop - Lust For Life
Underworld - Born Slippy
Elvis Presley - A Little Less Conversation [JXL radio edit remix]
Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine - The Impossible Dream

¹ Ironic, really!

Comments

[ephemera]

4 hours sounds like a long set to handle solo, not to mention the technical challenges, so go team you!

[dancefloorlandmine]

Time-wise it's not bad - gives the opportunity to get eclectic, include requests, and still put in a couple of multi-track setpieces. Just have to make sure you have runners to go to the bar ... and possibly a couple of long songs ... [grin]