Here’s What I Played at Decadanse x Underground on July 5, 2024

Photo of full dance floor at Club Underground at Grand Star Jazz Club in Chinatown, Los Angeles on July 5, 2024
The scene at Grand Star Jazz Club for Decadanse x Underground on July 5, 2024

Decadanse x Underground was such a great time and I’m happy to have been a part of it. DJs Pierrot and Fifi LaRoux played French pop on vinyl downstairs. Larry G. and I brought the indie vibes upstairs. We switched off on the controllers about every half hour or so. 

“Amour Ex Machina,” from L’Impratrice’s new album, Pulsar, did pretty well for my first time playing it out. “Digitalism in Cairo,” the Digitalism track that samples “Fire in Cairo” by the Cure, made a reappearance after many years. People probably don’t recall it was a big track back in the ‘00s. 

Anyhow, I’ll be back at Underground next Friday, July 12, for Siouxsie x Yeah Yeah Yeahs Nite. Tickets are already available on Restless Nites, Dice and Eventbrite

Check out my set list from Decadanse x Underground at Grand Star Jazz Club on July 5, 2024.

Set One: 

Sally Shapiro — Rent

Human League— Seconds

Psychedelic Furs — Love My Way

Echo and the Bunnymen — Lips Like Sugar

Sisters of Mercy — Lucretia 

Chelsea Wolfe — House of Self-Undoing (Boy Harsher Remix)

Actors — Only Lonely

Set Two:

Depeche Mode – Everything Counts

Hercules & Love Affair – Blind

L’Imperatrice – Amour Ex Machina

Yaz – Situation

Boy Harsher – Machina 

Human League- Don’t You Want Me (Purple Disco Machine Remix)

Daft Punk – Around the World

Blur – Tracy Jacks (Andy Buchan Edit)

The Rapture – House of Jealous Lovers

Digitalism – Digitalism in Cairo

Set Three: 

Bronski Beat – Smalltown Boy

Trans X – Living on Video

Vitalic – La Rock 01

School of Seven Bells – Low Times

Crystal Castles, Robert Smith – Not in Love

Lebanon Hanover – Sadness Is Rebellion

Joy Division – She’s Lost Control

B Movie – Nowhere Girl

Soft Cell – Sex Dwarf

Bloc Party – Banquet

Liz O. is an L.A.-based writer and DJ. Read her recently published work and check out her upcoming gigs.

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