That was the birthday that was

[karohemd]

Thank you to everyone who came to the meal tonight and also those who later stayed for the Calling. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.

the_mendicant and robinbloke picked me up and we were far too early so we had a browse around the Asian supermarket. I picked up some chili oil and will have to go back there at one point for other supplies.
At the Cafe Adriatic, raggedy_man was already waiting and the others arrived soon, too, except Ola, who had a big deadline and couldn't make it. :o(
Masses of delicious and reasonably priced food were ordered and enjoyed by everyone. I had the smoked tuna carpaccio with rocket salad as starter, roast pig belly with onion smashed potatoes as main and the dark chocolate coffee cup as dessert with a very nice Barbera. It was all wonderful.
I immediately made the resolution to go there once every month until I've tried everything on the menu. :o)

Got a text from Calling John asking when I would be there. Apparently, I didn't have the last set so we had to scramble a bit to get out of the restaurant but I made it in time.
Apologies for screwing up the first track but bloody Loki had switched off the cross fader again which I noticed too late. Sorry about that.
It was quite quiet so I had the occasional empty dancefloor but on the other hand I was surprised how well some of the other tracks were received (especially some of the medieval ones like Drachenschiff, or Samsas Traum and Lluther) so woo for a non standard set that not only made a difference but was actually liked.
After my set, I chatted to vyvyan and razornet for a while and then caught a taxi home at about 1:40.
All good.

Trauma Pet - You Cannot Feel This (exclusive album preview, thanks to lineoutrecords)
Rotersand - Dare to Live
Leaether Strip - Suicide Bombers (in honour of the cancelled Grendel US tour)
Stillste Stund - Untertage
Letzte Instanz - Tanz
Corvus Corax - Fortuna
Schelmish - Ecce Mundi Gaudium
Van Langen - Drachenschiff
Cultus Ferox - Aufbruch (Tanzmix)
Heimataerde - Deus Lo Vult *
Combichrist - Happy Fucking Birthday *grins*
Xotox - Roboterkrieg
Unter Null - Martyr
ASP - Werben (Subtil Edit)
Samsas Traum - Endstation Eden
Lluther - Disconnect From me
Kreuzdammer - Walking Wounded
Rammstein - Benzin (Apocalyptica Remix)
Covenant - 20Hz ⁺
Cryo - Pain
Unheilig - Freiheit
Mediengruppe Telekommander - Kommanda
Dunkelwerk - Bastard (The Retrosic remix)
Feindflug - Ätherkrieg
Witt - Leben im Staub
Laibach - Final Countdown

* track request
⁺ band request

Comments

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Cheers!
Yeah, definitely one of my favourites on the album, too.

Heimataerde: Harsh Electro/Terror EBM/whateveryoucallitthesedays with medieaval influences/samples. New EP out in April, new album later this year.

[rivetmike.livejournal.com]

That might be why I passed on it then as the word medieval can send me running for the hills.

I'll try and preview a track or two to be sure though.

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Not all tracks are medieval or have bagpipe samples, though so you'll find some you might like, e.g. Mörder.

[rivetmike.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the tip.

I'll have a look about online :)