Monto Water Rats (23.06.08) Setlist

Enjoyed this gig. A toppers crowd which made me think on my feet a bit more. There’s more than a smattering of my Monto usuals in there but overall quite a few ones due for an airing on the decks too.
Leather – Death in Vegas
Trans Europe Express – Kraftwerk
A long time coming – Delays
Bluebells – [...]

Awesome Incisors

Well good news; the noise mongers that bowled me over with their support slot at the We Smoke Fags gig at Monto last Wednesday – FANGS have got back to me and said it’s ok for me to post up one of their RMXs. (Also big thanks to Marko for the kind words about my [...]

Monto Water Rats (18.06.08) Setlist

I love, love, love We Smoke Fags, who despite a couple of tech problems still sounded blinding. Make sure you pick up the new single Eastenders as soon as possible.
The main support The Fangs blew me away. the band very nicely gave me a copy of their re-mixes so hopefully full solo blog on them [...]

Sailors, Swift and Torture.

Thursday I went saw DIY electro shock rockers Miss Pain supporting The Chap at Artrocker (Brighton).
The Miss Pain three have a new stage show with cardboard Jonathan Swift scale romance novels as a backdrop and sailor costumes (obviously…) Their last live date until the Autumn, the trio will retire to bolster the single campaign [...]

Whip it Good

If you WordPress yourself you’ll know that one of the delightful advantages it gives you over other blog hosts is that it compiles all the stats for you.
It is by virtue of this blessed service that I can see that nearly a quarter of all people finding this page got referred to by typing BLACK [...]

Monto Water Rats (10.06.08) Setlist

Very enjoyable set this one. Not quite as heaving as Cage The Elephant but good crowd response to the tracks;
Computer Love – Kraftwerk
Home – Kyte
Soon – My Bloody Valentine
Metal – Gary Numan
Broken – Late of the Pier
Time of Songs – Tapes n Tapes
Memories – Clinic
I wanna be your Dog – The Stooges
Am I Wry? No. [...]

Packaderm Lock Up

Tuesday just gone I was hauled in last minute to DJ the sold out Cage The Elephant gig at Monto Water Rats. The night was bananas – I’ve never seen Monto so busy. Everyone was buzzing around, people had trecked from Cornwall and further for the show:- Very special atmosphere indeed.
Kentuckians CTE sound like [...]

Monto Water Rats (02.06.08) Setlist

Had a lot of fun at this one playing a few out that had been stuck away at the back of my collection for too long;
156 – Mew
Let’s make out – PRKR
Memories – Clinic
With me in mind – Cody Chestnutt
I was a lover – TV on the Radio
Definitive gaze – Magazine
7 Heures du matin [...]

Disktopic Wonders

A while back when I was doing the learning thing at Uni I came accross this guy playing electro in the Union bar. He was the only one plugging synth based stuff back then and certainly the only person dropping The Juan Maclean out in Reading.
Thankfully he didn’t stay satisfied with just DJ-ing for long [...]