Dark Rhapsody DJ-Free Club

As hinted at in posts prior to running on Saturday, May 31st was the last Dark Rhapsody for a little while as I will be putting it on hold. This break may be permanent, I don't know yet.

I'd just like to stress that I'm not being "forced out" by the venue. The management and staff of the Sly Fox hotel have always been very helpful and I have not received any indications at all from them that they do not want me to run there in the future. The new "no burnt CDs" rule there did have some bearing on my decision, but only played a small part - the main reasons for my putting things on hold are personal ones.

I'd just like to thank everyone who's helped and supported Dark Rhapsody - everyone who's contributed a set, designed a poster, come along to enjoy the night, and of course the Sly Fox people.

Dark Rhapsody may run again, but at this stage I can't promise it.

Thanks to everyone who braved the cold to join us and thanks especially to everyone who contributed their musical selections.

Set 1, 9:00-9:40 Dark Star

Brillig - Pretty In The Dark
Bell Hollow - Our Water Burden
Eleventh Hour Exile - Empty Places
Kirlian Camera - K-Pax [Re-Mix By Wumpscut]
Carfax Abbey - Evisceration
The Cruxshadows - Perfect
The Presets - This Boys In Love
Bronski Beat - Small Town Boy


Set 2, 9:40-10:20 dj23

Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Happy House
The March Violets - Walk Into The Sun
Alien Sex Fiend - Dead And Buried
Bauhaus - The Passion Of Lovers
The Sisters Of Mercy - Lucretia, My Reflection
The Birthday Party - Nick The Stripper
Joy Division - She's Lost Control
Psychedelic Furs - Pretty In Pink


Set 3, 10:20-11:00 DJ Gargantuwang

Nena - 99 Red Balloons
Ultravox - Dancing With Tears In My Eyes
Duran Duran - Planet Earth
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes
Clear Static - Dead Man's Party
The Birthday Massacre - Horror Show
Flesh Field - Beneath Contempt
Unter Null - This Is Your End [Headscan Mix]
Dr Steel - Planet X Marks The Spot
Polkadot Cadaver - Chloroform Girl


Set 4, 11:00-11:40 Binky

Seatbelts - Tank!
Zeromancer - Dr. Online
VNV Nation - Testament
Sim Ronan - Burgerperfect
Muse - Knights Of Cydonia
Genesis - Land Of Confusion
Nine Inch Goombas - Closer To Mario
Nine Inch Nails - Discipline
Monster Magnet - Space Lord
K.M.F.D.M. - Megalomanic


Set 5, 11:40-12:20 Dark Star

Qntal - Flamma
Resurrection Eve - Embrace
Opera Macabre - Fire In Ice
The Dreamside - In Longing
The Last Dance - Once Beautiful
Brillig - Truth Or Dare?
Behind The Scenes - Horizon
Paralysed Age - Cold Winds
IKON - Sunset At Golgotha


Set 6, 12:20-1:00 DJ DimSim

Ani Difranco - Untouchable Face
Bauhaus - Crowds
She Wants Revenge - Black Liner Run
Stone Roses - Fools Gold
The Cure - Burn
The Presets - If I Know You
Ladytron - He Took Her To A Movie
Nine Inch Nails - Dead Souls
The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
Joy Division - Shadowplay


Set 7, 1:00-1:40 Umbra

Jill Tracy - Evil Night Together
Inkubus Sukkubus - Paint It Black
Danse Society - Come Inside
IKON - Reality Is Lost
The Baroness And Love Lies Bleeding - House Of Pain
Pink Turns Blue - No More Reason (To Call Us Alive)
Black Ice - Elixer
The Merry Thoughts - Dreamland
The Fair Sex - Soulspirit: Antifascism
Autumn - How It Came To Be This Way


Set 8, 1:40-2:20 Lord Pukor

Nouvelle Vague - Bela Lugosi's Dead
Joy Division - Transmission
Mindless Self Indulgence - Bed Of Roses
The Butthole Surfers - The O-Men
LARD - Sidewinder
Dr Steel - Lament For A Toy Factory
The Blood Brothers - Under Pressure
Big Black - L-Dopa
Lawnmower Deth - If It Was Grey You'd Say It's Black (2-I Narcissus)
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Mystery Girl
Shakespeare's Sister - Stay


Set 9, 2:20-3:00 Jay

The Longest Day - The River
I Believe In January - Truth
Mum - Grasi Vaxin Gong
Hunters And Collectors - Curse
Asobi Seksu - Thursday
Blonde Readhead - 23
Silverbullit - Run
The Longest Day - The Voice Fell Silent


The DVDs played were the BBC production of Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere, and Dogma (I know, I know, I should have played Stardust and gone with a Neil Gaiman theme).

Just a reminder that Dark Rhapsody is running again this Staurday, and a note that after that Dark Rhapsody will be going on hiatus for a while, so don't miss it this time 'coz there won't be another one for a while.


Music selections this time by Dark Star, Jay, Umbra, DJ DimSim, DJ Gargantuwang, Binky, DJ23, Lord Pukor

The usual details:
Saturday 31st May, 9pm-3am.
The Sly Fox Hotel, 199 Enmore Rd, Enmore.
FREE entry.
Pub-priced drinks,
$6 cocktails just before the club from 6pm-9pm

Music selections this time by Dark Star, Jay, Umbra, DJ DimSim, DJ Gargantuwang, Binky, DJ23, Lord Pukor

The usual details:
Saturday 31 May, 9pm-3am.
The Sly Fox Hotel, 199 Enmore Rd, Enmore.
FREE entry.
Pub-priced drinks,
$6 cocktails just before the club from 6pm-9pm

Many thanks to Ziade for the flier/poster design.

I need someone to design posters/fliers for the next running of Dark Rhapsody in May. Since the club is free entry, I can't pay more than shouting you a couple of drinks on the night. I would need the designs by the end of the month to give me enough time to have them printed up before the next time Ascension runs.

We have a couple of slots available for people to contribute sets for the May 31 running of Dark Rhapsody, so if you'd like to have your favourite songs played in a "club", comment here or email me (bandiadudh-dr at yahoo dot com dot au). Guidelines for creating a set are here.

So ... Welcome to 2008. And a huge thankyou to everyone who came along to help us usher the new year in and especially to those who contributed sets. I hope everyone had as much fun as I did. So much crazy (of the good kind) in the air.

So these were the sets for the night:

Set 1, 9:00-9:40 Dark Star

The Rasmus - In The Shadows
Die Krupps - To The Hilt
Silex - Fields Of Grey
Seraphim Shock - Little Gothic
Icon Of Coil - Shelter
Slam - Lifetimes
Eisbrecher - Schwarze Witwe
Absurd Minds - Gedanken Reich
Tankt - Surveillance


Set 2, 9:40-10:20 Vialick

Clan Of Xymox - Consolation
Pink Floyd - Empty Spaces
Pink Floyd - What Shall We Do Now?
Action Pact - Gothic Party Time
Oomph - Viel Zu Tief
Cruel Angels Thesis (Neon Genesis Theme)
Snakeskin - I Am The Dark
Yoko Kanno - Rise
Front Line Assembly - Mindphaser
Skinny Puppy vs. Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Pro-Test


Set 3, 10:20-11:00 Bad Pauly

Fischerspooner - We Need A War (Dj Hell Remix)
New Order - Confusion [Koma and Bones Vocal Mix]
Celluloide - Somebody
Miss Kittin & The Hacker - Sweet Dreams
Chicks on Speed & Miss Kittin - Shick Shaving
Mindless Self Indulgence - Tight
The Clash - This Is Radio Clash (Dunproofin' Mix)
Fischerspooner - Emerge (Dave Clarke Remix)
Nirvana - Lithium Vs Fischerspooner - Emerge (Eric Adamo Remix)
Nirvana Vs Fisherspooner - Smells Like Emerge
Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus (Trentemoller Remix B)
Scandy - Me So Horny


Set 4, 11:00-11:40 Dark Star ***

Qntal - Flamma
Resurrection Eve - Embrace
Opera Macabre - Fire In Ice
The Dreamside - In Longing
The Last Dance - Once Beautiful
Brillig - Truth Or Dare?
Behind The Scenes - Horizon
Paralysed Age - Cold Winds
Ikon - Sunset At Golgotha


Set 5, 11:40-12:20 Neef

Subterfuge - Darkland Awakening
Swarf - Fall
Rosetta Stone - Deeper
All About Eve - Every Angel
Beborn Beton - Another World
Killing Joke - Love Like Blood
The Cruxshadows - Blackheart And A Hammer
Children On Stun - By The Wayside


Set 6, 12:20-1:00 Cernunnos

The Screaming Dead - Bubonia
Rosetta Stone - Adrenaline
The Jam - Funeral Pyre
Kas Product - So Young But So Cold
Screams For Tina - 11:11
Clan Of Xymox - Consolation
Modern English - Smiles And Laughter
Dead Can Dance - A Passage In Time
Death In June - Carousel
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Kiss Them For Me


Set 7, 1:00-1:40 Spider Cat

VAST - Touched
Bush - Mouth (Stingray Mix)
Garbage - #1 Crush
Filter And The Crystal Method - Trip Like I Do
Pain - On And On
Kittie - Brackish
Sepultura - Chaos B.C.
Rob Zombie - Dragula
A Perfect Circle - The Noose


Set 8, 1:40-2:20 Highlandish

Placebo - Without You I'm Nothing
The Smiths - How Soon Is Now
Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence
Joy Division - Dead Souls
The Pet Shop Boys - It's A Sin
New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle
Gary Numan - Cars
The Cure - I'm A Cult Hero
Pennywise - Tainted Love


Set 9, 2:20-3:00 Winterborn And Uko-Val

Hocus Pocus - Here's Johnny
Rammstein - Du Hast
Rob Zombie - Dragula
The Sisters Of Mercy - This Corrosion
Virgin Prunes - Baby Turns Blue
Linkin Park - In The End
ASP - Sing Child
The Cruxshadows - Winter Born (This Sacrifice) [Club/Radio Edit]
Snog - Corporate Slave


The movies had a bit of an anime-steampunk feel with Steam Boy and Luputa: Castle In The Sky.




*** Unfortunately, this set crapped out as Once Beautiful was playing, so I had to skip ahead to the next one :(

This is mostly for people coming to Dark Rhapsody this evening but also applies to party-ers in general ...

The Sly Fox managers asked me to let people know that the police have been dropping in to licensed venues a lot over Christmas, and it's expected they will do this same tonight. You all know what this means, I'm sure I don't need to spell it out. They're also making sure venues aren't serving people who are already intoxicated, so be prepared to be refused drinks if you get too squiffy.

Have a great New Year and I'll see you on the other side ...



X-posted.

For those still undecided on what they want to do on New Years Eve:

Music selected by Neef, SpiderCat, Winterborn & Uko-Val, Vialick, BadPauly, Cernunnos, Highlandish and DarkStar.

Monday 31st December, 9pm-3am.
The Sly Fox Hotel, 199 Enmore Rd, Enmore.
FREE entry.
Pub-priced drinks,
$6 cocktails just before the club from 6pm-9pm

Well, now that the crazy of Christmas is over, I can post a reminder that Dark Rhapsody is running New Year's Eve for anyone that is still undecided about what they are doing.

There's a slight change to the advertised line-up, with music selected by Neef, SpiderCat, Winterborn & Uko-Val, Vialick, BadPauly, Cernunnos, Highlandish and DarkStar.

Monday 31st December, 9pm-3am.
The Sly Fox Hotel, 199 Enmore Rd, Enmore.
FREE entry.
Pub-priced drinks,
$6 cocktails just before the club from 6pm-9pm

See the year out with us at Dark Rhapsody. Music this time will be selected by Neef, SpiderCat, Voodoo, Vialick, BadPauly, Cernunnos, Highlandish and DarkStar.

The usual details:
Saturday 31st December, 9pm-3am.
The Sly Fox Hotel, 199 Enmore Rd, Enmore.
FREE entry.
Pub-priced drinks,
$6 cocktails just before the club from 6pm-9pm


Many thanks to Ziade for the poster/flier design:

It was a bit quieter than usual on Saturday night with not as a big a crowd as I've come to expect, but I'm told that other clubs also had similar smaller number, so it seems as if many just decided to have a quiet night in. Despite that it was still a very enjoyable night. My thanks to those who did come and especially to those that contributed a set.

The movies playing on the screen continued the vampire theme from last time, but with added cheese with Buffy The Vampire Slayer (original movie), The Lost Boys and Underworld.

( And here are the setlists: )

Just in case you've forgotten, Dark Rhapsody is running tomorrow night

Music selected by Dark Star, Matt G, Dasien, Fleur du West, Sarafina, Cailleach Beara, and Eating My Own Tail

Saturday 22nd September, 9pm-3am.
The Sly Fox Hotel, 199 Enmore Rd, Enmore.
FREE entry.
Pub-priced drinks,
$6 cocktails just before the club from 6pm-9pm

A slight change to the advertised line-up, with music this time selected by Dark Star, Matt G, Dasien, Fleur du West, Sarafina, Cailleach Beara, and Eating My Own Tail

The usual details:
Saturday 22nd September, 9pm-3am.
The Sly Fox Hotel, 199 Enmore Rd, Enmore.
FREE entry.
Pub-priced drinks,
$6 cocktails just before the club from 6pm-9pm

Many thanks to chatondesse for the flier/poster design.

Here are the setlists for the Dark Rhapsody contribution to Under A Blue Tune on Saturday:


12:00 - 12:45 Cailleach Beara

Inga Liljestrom - Stardust
Cranes - Beautiful Friend
Tearwave - Lotus Flower
Swandive - Left
The Creatures - All She Could Ask For
Caroline Lavelle - Firefly Night
Mazzy Star - Fade Into You
Slowdive - Spanish Air
Mira - Cayman
Ostia - Rope



12:45 - 1:30 dj23

David Bowie - Heroes
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams
Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus
Orchestral Maneuvres in the Dark - Enola Gay
Alien Sex Fiend - I Walk The Line
Shriekback - All Lined Up
Sisters of Mercy - Black Planet
Joy Division - Shadowplay
Modern English - I Melt With You
Psychedelic Furs - Pretty In Pink
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Happy House
Peter Murphy - Cuts You Up


1:30 - 2:15 Binky

The Church - Ripple
Clan Of Xymox - Louise
Trisome 21 - The Last Song
Curve - Fait Accompli
The Tristan Chord - Freefall (Edit)
Cranes - Shining Road
The Mission - Dance On Glass
Peter Murphy - I'll Fall With Your Knife
Scarlet - Easy Prey
Iva Davies - Great Southern Land (2000)



2:15 - 3:00 Dark Star

The Cure - Charlotte Sometimes
The Awakening - The Dark Romantics
The Cruxshadows - Spectators
Immaculata - Breathless In The Wind
A Covenant Of Thorns - State Of Mind
Kirlian Camera - Blue Room
The Process Void - Lethargy
Resurrection Eve - Liberty
The House Of Usher - The Irreal Light Of The Sun
The Organ - Brother

A big thank you to the Delerium crew, Binky, Cailleach Beara and dj23 for representing Dark Rhapsody and to everyone who dropped by yesterday for Under A Blue Tune.

Just a reminder that we're running a cafe-style event in conjunction with Delerium tomorrow (Sept 1) as part of the Under The Blue Moon festival. Myself, Binky, Cailleach Beara and dj23 will be helping to create a chillout zone between Midday and 6pm at the Buzzbar, so hope to see you there.

In addition to our regular night coming up on 22 September, some of your favourites from Dark Rhapsody and Delerium will be creating a chillout space at the Buzzbar Cafe for Under The Blue Moon.

Firstly, there are still a couple of slots left for people to contribute sets for the September 22 running of Dark Rhapsody, so if you'd like to have your favourite songs played in a "club", comment here or email me (bandiadudh-dr at yahoo dot com dot au). Guidelines for creating a set are here.

Come August, Dark Rhapsody will have been running a year, which I'm mightily chuffed about. Now I'd like to get some feedback - which have been people's favourite sets? I've organised the poll below by date, with links to the posts for each set to jog memories, but don't feel constrained to cast one vote per night we ran. Perhaps there was a couple of really stand-out nights for you. On the other hand, please don't cast too many votes - the poll won't tell me anything useful then :)
( Vote for your favourite Dark Rhapsody sets for the last year )

Well it was another fun night. Despite the cold and the competition from ABDX, the Nekromantix gig and the Midwinter Festival in Katoomba, we still managed to pull a very respectable crowd of both core supporters and curious newcomers. The covers theme went down well and the music and ambience was well appreciated, as were the background movies and the decks of cards scattered around the place :)

In keeping with the covers theme, the movies that were played were "covers" of the classic Gothic novel "Dracula" - the 1922 version "Nosferatu", the 1931 version with none other than Bela Lugosi, and the 1992 Francis Ford Coppola version.

Funny moment of the night was looking around when "They're Coming To Take Me Away" was playing and noticing that pretty much every single person in the place was singing along with it. Warms the heart, it does :)

And just before I post the setlists, a note that anyone who wants to do a set can let me know by commenting here or sending an email to bandiadudh-dr@yahoo.com.au. I still have some slots available for the September night at this stage, and that one will be back to a "normal" unthemed Dark Rhapsody. Could those who expressed interest to me on Saturday night please contact me, as I was unable to take down names or contact details for you.

( And now for the sets: )