stripper music
Nov. 11th, 2003 06:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cpostropheA few years ago, at another job, I worked with this network security guy who used to be a bouncer at The Rat. He liked to joke about how his job never changed, except for the fact that he missed throwing people down flights of stairs and intercepting viruses didn't impart quite the same rush. When he found out that I had this DJ'ing sideline, he asked me if I could make a tape for a friend of his who was a "dancer", and I swear that he came this close to doing the finger quotes-y thing and if he did I probably would've turned him down, but he didn't so I just played along and asked, "I take it she doesn't want a tape of Swan Lake, then."
"No, 'course not. She just needs something new for her routine. Dancers, man, they go through tapes like crazy if they want to stay fresh. It can be steady work, if you're interested."
"Well, I'm not really interested in the steady angle <because frankly you get sketchier with every sentence that you pronounce> but I'll make you a tape as a favor."
"Awesome! Do you want any advice on songs and stuff?"
"I was thinking of maybe some Garbage and some Nine Inch Nails, and maybe I'll throw in a few surprises."
"You've done this before?"
and in the back of my mind, I was running through images of bodies clad in patent leather, swaying and moving to a midtempo Xorcist track, to the memory of a girl who was stripping to pay her way through Harvard Extension and the way she'd dance to Marilyn Manson, and I said, "no, not for strippers per se, but I've got a pretty good idea of what you're looking for."
I was thinking of that as I cued Nine Inch Nails on the decks last night, and watched the crowd be sexy for five minutes. That's what the song is -- basically an open invitation to the dancefloor to just "be sexy" and I'll totally own up to playing that track solely to see what sort of eye candy evolves. However, it was just one selection in a set that seemed to be building itself as the night wore on. The good nights behind the booth are when your instincts lead your fingers, and you know exactly what track you want to play without any second-guessing or doubt; when everything just fits and you can throw on odd requests and still have people on the floor. It's when you look up and you see someone giving you the finger with a big smile on their face because they've been dancing to your set all night long and they're tired and they want a break, but you just threw on another one of their favorite songs, you bastard. It's when friends pull you aside at the end of your set, and say, "waking up in the morning is going to suck,but thank you for making my morning horrible." It's when you realize that you keep some amazing company and it's a privilege to give them a good night out.
Last night was one of those nights.
setlist: ceremony 10 Nov 2003
dj rynsect
10-10:45pm
clint mansell / requiem for a dream remixed - deluxed (delerium)
bjork - all is full of love
rasputina - the new zero
ohgr - jako
i, parasite - spoke
vnv nation - further
covenant - we stand alone
funker vogt - subspace
:wumpscut: - soylent green (german vox ver)
chemlab - electric molecular (kmfdm death before taxes mix)
dj c'ris
10:45-11:30pm
skinny puppy - worlock (rhys fulber mix)
nine inch nails - slipping away
utah saints - lost vagueness
depeche mode - walking in my shoes
david bowie - I have not been to oxford town
siouxsie & the banshees - kiss them for me
my bloody valentine - soon
underworld - pearl's girl
amon tobin - chronic tronic
11:30pm-12:15am
numb - blood (crash and bleed edit)
pneumatic detach - untitled (c2 rmx)
haujobb - penetration (fuck the floor)
assemblage 23 - purgatory
soil & eclipse - exile (return to glory mix by m. o.)
razed in black - blush
project pitchfork - timekiller
neuroticfish - music for a paranormal life (intelligent tribal freak mix)
dj c'ris
12:15-1:00am
dinah washington - is you is or is you ain't my baby (rae & christian mix)
lamb - gabriel (nellee hooper mix)
massive attack - teardrop
x marks the pedwalk - sweephands
die warzau - all good girls
sisters of mercy - more
the cure - lullaby
boards of canada - hi-scores
sigur ros - track 8 from ()
italics denotes request
"No, 'course not. She just needs something new for her routine. Dancers, man, they go through tapes like crazy if they want to stay fresh. It can be steady work, if you're interested."
"Well, I'm not really interested in the steady angle <because frankly you get sketchier with every sentence that you pronounce> but I'll make you a tape as a favor."
"Awesome! Do you want any advice on songs and stuff?"
"I was thinking of maybe some Garbage and some Nine Inch Nails, and maybe I'll throw in a few surprises."
"You've done this before?"
and in the back of my mind, I was running through images of bodies clad in patent leather, swaying and moving to a midtempo Xorcist track, to the memory of a girl who was stripping to pay her way through Harvard Extension and the way she'd dance to Marilyn Manson, and I said, "no, not for strippers per se, but I've got a pretty good idea of what you're looking for."
I was thinking of that as I cued Nine Inch Nails on the decks last night, and watched the crowd be sexy for five minutes. That's what the song is -- basically an open invitation to the dancefloor to just "be sexy" and I'll totally own up to playing that track solely to see what sort of eye candy evolves. However, it was just one selection in a set that seemed to be building itself as the night wore on. The good nights behind the booth are when your instincts lead your fingers, and you know exactly what track you want to play without any second-guessing or doubt; when everything just fits and you can throw on odd requests and still have people on the floor. It's when you look up and you see someone giving you the finger with a big smile on their face because they've been dancing to your set all night long and they're tired and they want a break, but you just threw on another one of their favorite songs, you bastard. It's when friends pull you aside at the end of your set, and say, "waking up in the morning is going to suck,but thank you for making my morning horrible." It's when you realize that you keep some amazing company and it's a privilege to give them a good night out.
Last night was one of those nights.
setlist: ceremony 10 Nov 2003
dj rynsect
10-10:45pm
clint mansell / requiem for a dream remixed - deluxed (delerium)
bjork - all is full of love
rasputina - the new zero
ohgr - jako
i, parasite - spoke
vnv nation - further
covenant - we stand alone
funker vogt - subspace
:wumpscut: - soylent green (german vox ver)
chemlab - electric molecular (kmfdm death before taxes mix)
dj c'ris
10:45-11:30pm
skinny puppy - worlock (rhys fulber mix)
nine inch nails - slipping away
utah saints - lost vagueness
depeche mode - walking in my shoes
david bowie - I have not been to oxford town
siouxsie & the banshees - kiss them for me
my bloody valentine - soon
underworld - pearl's girl
amon tobin - chronic tronic
11:30pm-12:15am
numb - blood (crash and bleed edit)
pneumatic detach - untitled (c2 rmx)
haujobb - penetration (fuck the floor)
assemblage 23 - purgatory
soil & eclipse - exile (return to glory mix by m. o.)
razed in black - blush
project pitchfork - timekiller
neuroticfish - music for a paranormal life (intelligent tribal freak mix)
dj c'ris
12:15-1:00am
dinah washington - is you is or is you ain't my baby (rae & christian mix)
lamb - gabriel (nellee hooper mix)
massive attack - teardrop
x marks the pedwalk - sweephands
die warzau - all good girls
sisters of mercy - more
the cure - lullaby
boards of canada - hi-scores
sigur ros - track 8 from ()
italics denotes request
