Depeche Moded

I can probably count the number of truly great nights that I've DJ'ed on one, maybe two hands. A night ten years ago at Groovejet in Miami comes to mind (which I will likely blog about later), and a set I did on September 4th is definately another.

The evening started with going to see Depeche Mode in concert. I've honestly lost count of the number of times that I've seen them in concert, but that doesn't lessen the impact that each show has.

This show was punctuated by amazing visuals (which the attached iphone photos don't give justice to).

Dave Gahan's voice sounded a little weak, but it is understandable since the band has cancelled a

number of shows due to illness. My fiance and I were just happy that they showed up, since they had cancelled so many shows in the tour.

I rushed from the show to the Castle to host the Depeche Mode after party in the dungeon. The dungeon is the Castle's VIP room, and is open for special events. A Depeche Mode after party certainly qualified as a special event, and the room was packed with friends and people who were enjoying DM mixes, covers, and mashups. My friend Trey DJed with me and helped make it truly a memorable night.

The mix attached is what I handed out that night One of the tunes on the mix is actually my very first foray into making music. The tune is really nothing more than a Depeche Mode sample from Blasphemous Rumors, combined with layering canned beats and sound effects from Ableton Live. It's not anything original or special, but at least I can say it's mine. In the future I hope to invest more time in making music and risking ridcule by posting them online.

You can download the mix

here

tracklist:

1 depeche mode - everything counts intro (0:14)

2 loo and placido - still losing myself (3:14)

3 depeche mode and eurythmics - policy of sweet dreams (5:10)

4 señor dick - blasphemer (toxic chinese drywall mix) (1:40)

5 depeche mode - personal jesus (boys noize rework) (6:46)

6 depeche mode - wrong (thin white duke remix) (7:24)

7 depeche mode - told you so (mod axiom mix) (6:50)

8 depeche mode - enjoy the silence (rob dust remix) (6:09)

9 depeche mode - behind the wheel (lexicon ave remix) (7:33)

10 depeche mode - precious (matt crofford remix) (6:30)

11 depeche mode - peace (silinder remix) (7:01)

12 depeche mode vs new order - strange love triangle (6:55)

castle playlist 8/28/09

phonat - my paperhouse is on fire
cassettes wont listen - beatdown breakup
primitive radio gods - phonebooth
portishead - all mine
little axe - ride on
the orb - little fluffy clouds
Mirwais - Disco science
swayzak - speakeasy
tapping the vein - cornflake girl
the limousines - very busy people
my gold mask - bette davis eyes
mr scruff - music takes me up
parov stelar - love part one
anjulie - boom
the baldwin brothers - thats right
headman - catch me if you can
tiga - shoes
dragonette - i get around (kolt13 mix)
santogold - lights out
chemical brothers - believe
autokratz - always more
nine inch nails - discipline
she wants revenge - these things
siouxsie - the passenger
the cure - hot hot hot
love and rockets - so alive
iamx - spit it out
the illuminoids - get it on at le disko
meat beat manifesto - helter skelter 97
copycat-small town monday solution
electrosound - sweet motorcycle dreams
the knife - we share our mothers health
ladytron - seventeen
sebastien leger - the people
scissor sisters - comfortably numb
calvin harris - im not alone (deadmau5 mix)
benny benassi v depeche mode - satisfaction v master and servent
depeche mode - just cant get enough (dirty south mix)
daft punk - harder better faster stronger
evil nine - they live
everyones a crook - love will tear us apart
dunproofin - groove is in the girls
junkie xl - cities in dust
low fidelity allstars - battleflag
fleix da housecat - tweak
black eyed peas - i got a feeling (remix)
delerium - the silence 2000
chicane - saltwater 2009
faithless - insomnia
osymyso - zombie nation
beatles v NIN - come closer
queen v gwen stefani v tom jones - hollablack betty
a plus d - sexy peek a boo
roling stones - brown sugar

castle playlist 8/21/09

Yikes! I haven't posted these things in a while.

Moby - Hymn
Morcheeba. Trigger hippie
Hooverphonic. 2 wicky
a forest mighty black - rebirth
legowelt - run to the hills
madonna vs lindstrom - frozen space
wire - ambitious
amanda blank - might like you better
animal collective - my girls (mexicans w guns remix)
dj y - shut up and take me out
cassettes wont listen - need you tonight
Parov stelar. Love part 1

trey in da house

aphex twin - windowlicker
timo maas - first day
freeland - under control
the cure - hello i love you
gossip - heavy cross
bloc party - one more chance (alex metrix mix)
autokratz - always more

trey in da house

electrosound - sweet motorcycle dreams
copycat - a smalltown monday solution
Depeche Mode - wrong (thin white duke mix)
SMD - audacity of huge
the smiths - big mouth strikes again (david starfire mix)
impedance - tainted love
bowie - cat people
the cult - she sells anctuary
love and rockets - ball of confusion
unkle - reign (evil 9 remix)
NIN - the perfect drug (rmx)
new order - true faith (pink noise remix)
prodigy - breathe
everyones a crook - love will tear us apart
kings of leon - sex on fire (sharkey remix)
n then who knows