It was She Past Away Night in the New Wave vs. Darkwave room at Nocturno last night, so, if you were there, you heard a lot of them throughout the night. But, also, French Police’s new song, “Sugar Killer,” made it into the set early. It did pretty well for 10 p.m., so you’ll probably hear it again. “Nonstop Romance,” the title track from Mareux’s new album, was first played in the new wave vs. darkwave room at the last Nocturno party and, since it did well earlier in the night, I dropped it somewhere around 11:30 p.m. this time around and it did really well. “Reason to Stay” from Pixel Grip is a middle-of-the-night song now, which is good to see. “Wrong Floor” by Ultra Sunn, which someone requested last month, stuck around this month. I like that one a lot. And “Women Respond to Bass” from Sextile is basically this year’s summer song. I think that’s it for the new music from last night.
Overall, it was a fantastic night and the crowd was great, as well. Someone made two requests that were in the BPM ranges I was playing in, which never happens. I asked, “Are you a DJ?” No. “Are you a drummer?” No. Anyhow, it’s an impressive skill and it means that those requests landed in the set immediately instead of whenever I was able to raise the tempo or slow it down enough to fit the song into the set.
Anyhow, here’s what you heard last night.
Linea Aspera – Attica
Boy Harsher – Last Days
Mark Lane – Yelling at Cars
Night Ritualz – Take Me 2 the Crib
Molchat Doma – Kolesom
She Past Away – Kuruyordu Nehir
Eleven Pond- Watching Trees
French Police – Sugar Killer
Mareux – Lovers From the Past
She Past Away – Yamida
Boy Harsher – Country Girl
Glass Spells – Thrills
TR-ST – Sulk (request)
Crystal Castles – Celestica
Ultra Sunn – Broken Monsters
Twin Tribes- Cauldron of Thorns
She Past Away – Girdap
Sisters of Mercy – Lucretia
New Order – The Perfect Kiss
Boy Harsher – L.A.
Lebanon Hanover – Sadness Is Rebellion
She Past Away – Rituel
Twin Tribes – Monolith
Actors – Cold Eyes
Soft Cell – Sex Dwarf
Depeche Mode – Photographic
Bloc Party – Banquet
She Wants Revenge – Tear You Apart
Blood Club – No Quiero Bailar
She Past Away – Narin Yalnizik
Molchat Doma – Toska
Joy Division – Digital
The Cure – Primary
The Smiths – Bigmouth Strikes Again
French Police – Sueño Humedo
Boy Harsher – Give Me a Reason
Ultra Sunn – Wrong Floor
Sextile – Disco
Crystal Castles, Health – Crimewave
Mareux – Nonstop Romance
Pastel Ghost- Iris
Yaz – Situation
Boy Harsher – Machina
Nitzer Ebb – Join in the Chant
She Past Away – Sonbahar
French Police – Club De Vampiros
The Cure – The Walk (request)
New Order – Blue Monday
Trans X – Living on Video
Sextile – Women Respond to Bass
Vitalic – La Rock 01
Crystal Castles, Robert Smith – Not in Love
Lebanon Hannover – Gallowdance
She Past Away – Katarsis
Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart
French Police – HER
Twin Tribes- Sangre de Oro
Depresion Post Mortem – Yo Voy
She Past Away – Asimilasyon
Berlin – The Metro (request)
The Cure – Boys Don’t Cry
Mareux – The Perfect Girl
Boy Harsher – Pain
Kittin and the Hacker – Frank Sinatra
Pastel Ghost – Dark Beach
Pixel Grip – Reason to Stay
Crystal Castles – Vanished
New Order – Bizarre Love Triangle
Mr. Flagio – Take a Chance
Sextile – Contortion
Ultra Sunn – Keep Your Eyes Peeled
She Past Away – Agit
Q Lazzarus – Goodbye Horses
Glass Spells – Hechizos
Kontravoid – Losing Game
Depeche Mode – Strangelove
She Past Away – Durdu Dunya
The Smiths – There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
Soft Cell – Tainted Love
The Cure -Lovesong
Echo and the Bunnymen.- The Killing Moon
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Liz O. is an L.A.-based writer and DJ. Read her recently published work and check out her upcoming gigs or listen to the latest Beatique Mix. Follow on Instagram or Bluesky for more updates.
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