DJ: Guest: 002: Necroscope – 06-May 2004
My first guest slot in Huddersfield, standing in for a friend at the-then more “classic” metal night Necroscope.
/DJ/tcf/v1/007/03-May 2004
Bank Holiday Mondays – proof that they aren’t necessarily a good night to put something on, on.
/DJ/tcf/v1/006/26-April 2004
Sixth night, visitors from out of town, things picking up.
DJ: Guest: 001: Everfink – 22-Apr 2004
My first visit elsewhere to DJ, at Everfink. A pub thing, but much fun.
/DJ/tcf/v1/005/19-April 2004
Fifth night, slow start, better finish. This was the way with these kinda nights – it was rarely busy all night.
/DJ/tcf/v1/004/12-April 2004
The fourth night of tcf at the West Riding. Back to just me again, and maybe by this point there was already evidence of widening tastes.
/DJ/tcf/v1/003/05-April 2004
The third week, and it was my first guest DJ joining me, tanurai from Sheffield. Something I found important with my nights was to ensure that other people were involved, to widen the musical palate a little, and even to discover new music.
/DJ/tcf/v1/002/29-March 2004
From the time: “Last night was frustrating to say the least. “Technical Issues” delayed the start until after 2030, so lost a fair bit of time. Not too bad a turnout, but it is still early days yet.”
/DJ/tcf/v1/001/22-March 2004
My very first DJ set, which seems like a lifetime ago. This was in what was then Huddersfield’s rock pub, The West Riding (now long gone). I had been complaining about the lack of decent music (and DJing) in past weeks. So earlier in the year, I was challenged to do it myself.
But Listen: 008: Converter – Exit Ritual
The first truly new Converter album for a couple of years, this really is something else. It certainly isn’t a straight progression from Blast Furnace, but then it isn’t a total revolution either. With a few exceptions, everything has been slowed down to amazing effect, drawing you into 70 or so minutes of what can […]
But Listen: 007: Velvet Acid Christ – Pretty Toy EP
VAC’s first single in a few years, and surprisingly it lives up to expectations. Perversely, he has chosen to release a slow track as the first single, and it works.
But Listen: 006: Void Construct – Sensory Division
Nothing exactly anything new here, but as EBM goes this isn’t bad. Another band from the Cryonica stable, this album has a couple of good tracks and many that are just, well, ok. The first proper track (Rebirth) is probably the best, underpinned by a strong, driving beat, so would sound great in a club. […]
But Listen: 005: Killing Ophelia – Last Vision
One of four side projects from Aslan Faction, this sounds remarkably different. The band is Lee Lauer from Aslan Faction, and Karen King, who has appeared on an AF track previously and on tour.
But Listen: 004: Hocico – Disidencia Inquebrantable
Hocico are back, and it is like nothing has changed. The style is still the same – slightly distorted, off kilter beats, hissed vocals, and a barely restrained sense of fury. Well, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
But Listen: 003: Front 242 – Pulse
Kind of amazing it came to this, really. After years without a new album, the legacy intact as simply one of the godfathers of EBM-industrial, out of nowhere comes an album. As soon as it got announced I had a copy on order, and what a disappointment.
But Listen: 002: Chlorgeschlecht – Chlorgeschlecht
What the…? Without a doubt one of the oddest albums I have heard in my life, this album goes from extreme noise to thrash metal to the cut-up sound of someone pissing themselves laughing within the first three minutes.
But Listen: 001: Aslan Faction – Sin-Drome of Separation
These guys were a revelation at Infest last year, all hard beats, and some great visuals. So, I’m a bit disappointed with this. It is not a full album – it is five new tracks and then seven remixes, something that usually drives me nuts. Especially when there are four versions of one track (Hell […]
Memory of a Festival: 001: Infest 2003
[First appeared in Black Harvest issue #6 October 2003]