At maybe a quarter after 2 a.m., when I was waiting for my ride home from Nocturno, I heard “Afuera” coming from somewhere outside of Catch One and looked up to see someone sitting on the bus stop across the street from the venue, playing a conga drum along with the Caifanes classic while a couple danced. It was a good vibe for the end of the night.
And the vibes inside were good too. I was in the DJ booth in the new wave vs. darkwave room all night. It was Boy Harsher night, although there were quite a few requests for Ultra Sunn. Shout out to whoever asked for “Wrong Floor,” which came out about a week ago and is fire. The response on the dance floor was great, so that will probably be sticking around in my sets.
I did get to play “Nonstop Romance” from Mareux’s new album of the same name and the response was good, so I think you will hear more of that too. I also played “Blackmail,” a cool instrumental from Nonstop Romance around the time we opened. “Reason to Stay” by Pixel Grip seemed to do better than it did when I first played it in May and Sextile’s “Women Respond to Bass,” which you also heard in May’s Nocturno set, is probably in the running for this summer’s banger.
Set list is below. As always, thanks for dancing!
Chromatics – Famous Monsters
Mareux – Blackmail
Night Ritualz – Take Me 2 the Crib
Molchat Doma – Kloesom
Boy Harsher – Motion
Kittin, Goldenboy – Rippin Kittin
The Horrors – Something to Remember Me By
Boy Harsher – Last Days
Lebanon Hanover – Babes of the 80s
Cold Cave – Octavia
Depeche Mode – Strangelove
Pet Shop Boys – West End Girls
Book of Love – Boy
Boy Harsher – Send Me a Vision
Crystal Castles – Suffocation
Sextile – Contortion
Ultra Sunn – Wrong Floor (request)
Male Tears – Model Citizen
Ministry – Revenge
Depeche Mode – Get the Balance Right
Boy Harsher – Country Girl
Crystal Castles – Celestica
Pixel Grip – Reason to Stay
Twin Tribes – Cauldron of Thorns
The Cure – The Walk
Psychedelic Furs (Love My Way)
Echo and the Bunnymen – Lips Like Sugar
Duran Duran – Planet Earth
New Order – Perfect Kiss
Boy Harsher – Morphine (request)
Ultra Sunn – Keep Your Eyes Peeled
Kittin and the Hacker – Frank Sinatra (request)
Soft Cell – Sex Dwarf
She Wants Revenge – Tear You Apart
Molchat Doma – Sudno (Boris Ryzhy)
Joy Division – Digital
The Cure – Boys Don’t Cry
The Smiths – Bigmouth Strikes Again
French Police – Club de Vampires
Mareux – The Perfect Girl
Q Lazzarus – Goodbye Horses
Real Life – Send Me an Angel
Boy Harsher – Come Closer
New Order – Blue Monday
Trans X – Living on Video
Bronski Beat- Smalltown Boy (request)
Stacey Q – Two of Hearts
Lime – Babe, We’re Gonna Love Tonight
Dead or Alive – You Spin Me Round
Alaska y Dinarama – A quien le importa
The Flirts – Danger
Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams
Boy Harsher- Pain (request)
Sextile – Women Respond to Bass
Vitalic – La Rock 01
Crystal Castles, Robert Smith – Not in Love (request)
Pastel Ghost – Dark Beach
And One – Military Fashion Show (Request)
Depeche Mode – Personal Jesus
The Cure- Lovesong
Lebanon Hanover – Gallowdance (request)
She Past Away – Katarsis (request)
Twin Tribes – Monolith (request)
Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart
French Police – HER
Depresion Post Mortem – Yo Voy
Berlin – The Metro (request)
Human League – Don’t You Want Me
Boy Harsher – Machina
Crystal Castles, Health – Crimewave
Ultra Sunn – The Beast In You (request)
Nitzer Ebb – Join in the Chant
Yaz – Situation
New Order – Bizarre Love Triangle
Mr. Flagio – Take a Chance
Boy Harsher – Electric
Glass Spells – Hechizos
Mareux – Nonstop Romance
Crystal Castles – Vanished
Boy Harsher – Give Me a Reason
Echo and the Bunnymen – Killing Moon
The Smiths- There Is a Light
The Cure- A Night Like This
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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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