Last night Victorian Vampyres vs Steampunk Slayers put on another night at Electrowerkz - this time 'Hammer House of Hedonism', featuring cabaret stints from Darren Demondaz and Nigel Osner, live music from AlterRed, Gladstone and The Mysterious Freakshow and DJ sets from Darren, Scott McMahon and me.

I covered the opening set (as people were starting to show up), the first interval (between Nigel and AlterRed), the third interval (Gladstone to The Mysterious Freakshow) and then the final DJ set. The last set was slightly random as for much of it the room was virtually empty (the room, not just the dancefloor) - people had headed down for the fine weather, nicotine and conversation, and the free gig next door at Slimelight, and those who'd not paid for our bands earlier weren't allowed up to hear our DJs - which at least meant that I got to play a random selection of tunes that I fancied hearing over the big PA, targeted at the couple of people around, and if anyone wandered in and started dancing to what was playing (which happened several times), I switched to that as a genre.

Also had the personal win of a member of venue staff asking "What was that track you played straight after that band?" (Brunel by The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing) - followed by them handing me their smartphone so I could note it down for them. I like it when people like being introduced to new music.

( Sets )

Next DJ appearance: Shenanigans: One Of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing at Canal 125, Caledonian Road, on Saturday 31st August.

Last weekend Living On Video took over the top floor at Electrowerkz again. Last time we had steampunk, this time we had post-punk, with Hot Gothic, Luxury Stranger and Partly Faithful all playing live. With three live bands and two guest DJs (Rob Cowlin from Terminal Gods and Jonny Terminates Here), the DJ booth saw some pretty rapid handovers and short sets ...

Living On Video's musical theme is "dark 80s", but a rather looser definition of 80s than is applied for Whitby - as a result, tracks from around the 80s, or modern tracks that sound 80s are also allowed (Editors, I'm looking directly at you, there's no use hiding).

( My set )

Jonny's set is here.

The Next One ...
The next Living On Video event will be Reproduction, again at Electrowerkz, on Sat March 23rd. 8pm 'til 3am (possibly 4 if we keep the floor moving and drinking), £7 on the door, a live set from Futureperfect, and we're widening the genre box to include, and I quote "old school industrial anthems and dark electronic classics from 1978 - 1998" ... which means I'm already picking some crunchy favourites which may replace the punk numbers in my set ...
(For those of you on FaceBook, the event page is here.)

The second night of the Living On Video 80s' night, this time featuring Terminal Gods, with my set bracketing the band ...

( Setlist )