Tag: Feeling Gloomy Berlin

October 30, 2013

überlin DJing at Metal Meltdown!

by

James Glazebrook

Category: Music

If you’re a fan of metal and/or mental nights out, I have a special date for you to carve into your arm. On Friday 21st June, I will be joining Mike T West from Feeling Gloomy Berlin spinning Satan’s greatest hits in Neukölln k-hole Loophole, at the after party for Wasted Rita’s solo exhibition at idrawalot gallery next door.

Entitled “Human Beings – God’s only mistake”, the Portuguese artist’s Berlin exhibition is inspired by “too many hours spent in a religious college, an adolescence distorted by Black Flag and a massive willpower to take over the world.” Our suitably nihilistic soundtrack of metal, hardcore, punk, thrash, grind, emocetera. kicks off at 11:30pm and ends when our bangovers kick in.

Scroll down for full deets, and to hear a little bit of the horrors that await you. If you have song requests, add them to this collaborative Spotify playlist, and I may even play them, come witching hour. The whole thing I think is sick!

METAL MELTDOWN \m/ Wasted Rita After Party
Loophole: Boddinstrasse 60, Neukölln, 12053 Berlin
Friday 21st June, 11:30pm – ?
FREE!
Facebook event

Tags: Feeling Gloomy Berlin, idrawalot, Metal
September 10, 2013

Win guestlist spots for the next FluxFriday BLOG PARTY

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James Glazebrook

Category: Photos
[EDIT: this competition is now closed. Click here to see if we’re running any open competitions]

We’re DJing nineties and noughties hip hop and RN’B at this Nordic by Nature event – plus we have 2 x 2 guestlist spots to give away!

How can you argue with that flyer? Grumpy Cat, Kells in tears and our blog buddies immortalised as the stars of 90s hip hop and pop! For the record, that’s me as Biggie Smalls and Zo as Missy Elliott, with the rest of our DJ crew rounded out by: Lucy vs. the Globe, Nordic by Nature, Ponydanceclyde (together, the Spice Girls) and Mike from Feeling Gloomy Berlin (Lil Wayne).

Back by popular demand, we’re throwing another ghetto fabulous blog party next Friday (20th September) at FluxBau on the Spree. The last edition was super-crowded, so make sure you reserve your place on the dancefloor by buying tickets here. Or scroll past this long-forgotten G Funk standard to find out how to win a pair of guestlist spots:

HOW TO WIN 2 X GUESTLIST SPOTS FOR BLOG PARTY AT FLUXBAU ON 20TH SEPTEMBER:

Get this party started! Leave a comment below and post us a link to your favourite hip hop/RN’B anthem from the 1990s.

If it gets our booties shaking, you win! And we might even play it on the night…

You have until 6pm on Wednesday 18th September to enter. Good luck!

The Boring Bit (yawn, RULES):

1. You must be 18 years or older to enter.
2. ONE ENTRY PER PERSON!
3. Our favourite track wins. Simple as.
4. Remember to include your full (real) name or we won’t be able to put you on the guestlist!
5. We will announced the winners via our Facebook page on Thursday 19th September.

Full event details over on Facebook. Tickets availble at koka36.de.
9 Responses to “Win guestlist spots for the next FluxFriday BLOG PARTY”
1. ebe says:
  
  September 18, 2013 at 9:36 am
  
  Haddaway’s “What Is Love” for the German-American win!
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhrBDcQq2DM
  
  In an extra weird twist, Digital Cosmonaut told us Haddaway played American Football for the Cologne Crocodiles in the late 80s – early 90s. I think Germans have an internal catalog of every famous German.
  
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  James Glazebrook says:
  
  September 18, 2013 at 9:37 am
  
  haha! I wonder if he sang “baby don’t hurt me” at the opposition’s defensive line?
  
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2. Claudio Baroncelli says:
  
  September 17, 2013 at 2:49 pm
  
  I bet you are shacking your hips already!
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR03WCEEvSs#t=42
  
  shaft- Mucho mambo (sway)
  
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3. Gaga Reflux says:
  
  September 16, 2013 at 2:15 pm
  
  Damn, 90s in the speakers for the rest of the afternoon.. Thank you…
  
  Here’s a goodie:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFxRJ-sqbfI
  
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4. Dennis Schade says:
  
  September 11, 2013 at 4:21 pm
  
  Eddie Murphy ft. Michael Jackson – Whatzupwitu
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMQ3jwqH_lU
  
  <3 <3
  
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5. Lucy says:
  
  September 11, 2013 at 3:48 pm
  
  If you steal this, I’ll kill you. N.E.R.D. She Wants To Move: https://www.tape.tv/musikvideos/NERD/She-Wants-To-Move
  
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6. Matthias S. says:
  
  September 11, 2013 at 3:45 pm
  
  here it is:
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omOFIq_jzdI
  
  MOP….
  
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7. Isabel Nazare says:
  
  September 11, 2013 at 3:23 pm
  
  My favourite is definitely ‘No Diggity’ by Blackstreet. Many covers have been made but the original is still the best.
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uofvhrhRf_0
  
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8. Laura de Vries says:
  
  September 10, 2013 at 9:52 pm
  
  My friends & I like to dance to this track at the party! Just like in the 90s when we were together in high school.
  
  The Notorious B.I.G. – Juicy
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R96d5-iBDOo
  
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Tags: Competition, Feeling Gloomy Berlin, Lucy vs. the Globe, Nordic by Nature, Ponydanceclyde
April 22, 2013

Music Montag: Joy Division

by

James Glazebrook

Category: Music
Wow guys, thanks for coming out to BLOG LOVE IS CREW LOVE last Friday. Shit was Off. The. Chain.

This week I’m DJing AGAIN (sorry!), but at a very different kind of party: Feeling Gloomy Berlin, ”the club that brings a tear to your eye.” I’m going to be playing Madchester classics, from New Order to the Happy Mondays, so, to cast you into a suitable Northern gloom, here’s a minimix I made and a Joy Division video someone pieced together from vintage footage of Berlin.

Full event details here – see you on Saturday, dancing with tears in your eyes! ;_(

Joy Division – Shadowplay from Napoleon Bonaparte on Vimeo.
5 Responses to “Music Montag: Joy Division”
1. hellcat says:
  
  April 23, 2013 at 5:32 pm
  
  Feel like a party for me
  
  Free Entrance ?
  
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  James Glazebrook says:
  
  April 23, 2013 at 5:34 pm
  
  Cheeky! I think it’s about €6 to get in, but I’ll check…
  
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  James Glazebrook says:
  
  April 24, 2013 at 7:51 am
  
  I was right – it’s €6. See you on the dancefloor!
  
  Reply
2. papaerk says:
  
  April 22, 2013 at 10:24 pm
  
  Loved the Berlin video and music from the top one …unsure when that footage would have been taken!!
  As for the northern gloom music its good and very interesting as it changes quite a bit and before you realise your listening to something different which is cool.
  Well done James well put together and very entertaining.
  
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  James Glazebrook says:
  
  April 23, 2013 at 8:26 am
  
  Thanks Eck, glad you enjoyed it
  
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October 1, 2012

Music Montag: Radio Friendly Unit Shifters

by

James Glazebrook

Category: Music
Nick Catchdubs by Ian Meyer

Music Montag bonus beats WHAT? While burning CDs for Feeling Gloomy Berlin’s 2nd Birthday Party this Friday, I discovered that my favourite mixtape is actually a SERIES of mixtapes. Nick Catchdubs and Mr Drucker’s “Radio Friendly Unit Shifter” cuts up classic grunge (Nirvana, Temple of the Dog), Tarantino movie samples (“dick dick dick dick dick dick dick”), one-hit wonders (“Detachable Penis”!), live hip hop (Cypress Hill at Woodstock ’94, A Tribe Called Quest at Free Tibet) and that most 90s phenomenon, the hidden track. And the best thing about it? It’s just one of FOUR slacktastic alternarock compilations!

Why am I telling you all this? Well, because I’m planning a set just like this (although mixed more poorly) at Feeling Gloomy Berlin’s 2nd Birthday Party at Roter Salon in Volksbühne. Expect 90s grunge, indie, Britpop and assorted miserabilia. If you have any requests, pop them in the comments below and I’ll see what I can do ????
4 Responses to “Music Montag: Radio Friendly Unit Shifters”
1. Papaerk says:
  
  October 2, 2012 at 9:58 pm
  
  what happened to that urban thing guys?
  
  Reply
  
  James Glazebrook says:
  
  October 3, 2012 at 6:11 am
  
  The what-now?
  
  Reply
2. Wilson says:
  
  October 1, 2012 at 7:40 pm
  
  Can we have some Rage Against The Machine please?
  
  ‘Killing in the name’ to be precise!
  
  Reply
  
  James Glazebrook says:
  
  October 1, 2012 at 8:02 pm
  
  I wrote RATM in my notebook just before you requested this. Great minds!
  
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October 24, 2011

Music Montag: Halloween Monster Mash Up

by

James Glazebrook

Category: Music
BOO!

All Hallow’s Eve is still a week away, but we started celebrations early at the Halloween edition of Feeling Gloomy Berlin. DJing at Feeling Goolish gave me a chance to dust off my most diabolical dancefloor-fillers for a set full of questionable choices like playing Slayer’s borderline Nazi-sympathetic “Angel of Blood”. In Berlin. In makeup that, in a certain light, looked like I had a swastika on my forehead. My defence? I was playing the DJ Ayres “Fuck Off Nazi Punks” remix… obviously.

Anyway, below is a home recording of said set. See if you can guess which tracks I left out to spare the sanity of the crowd, and which ones I decided to play anyway ;).

As a bonus for everyone with access to Spotify (sorry again Germany!), here is a playlist to get you in the mood as you apply the grease paint and fake blood for whatever Monster Bash you are going to this weekend: Warm Up The Dead.

PS: can you guess who I was dressed as?

Feeling Goolish Berlin by James Glazebrook on Mixcloud
4 Responses to “Music Montag: Halloween Monster Mash Up”
1. benperry.net » BPX Empty Streets Mix says:
  
  October 31, 2011 at 2:50 pm
  
  […] by überlin’s excellent Monster Mix and my adoration of Fever Ray’s Keep the Street’s Empty for Me (the first song and the […]
  
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2. Ben says:
  
  October 25, 2011 at 9:06 pm
  
  Shameless always commendable in a party set. And, yes, would appreciate a heads up on your next gig.
  
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3. Ben says:
  
  October 25, 2011 at 1:59 pm
  
  You guys both look pretty great. I kinda hope you just keep doing that every weekend lol. Sad to have missed the gig, but this mix is an excellent Ersatz (even made me appreciate Evanescence, which speaks to how good the mix is, haha).
  
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  James says:
  
  October 25, 2011 at 2:11 pm
  
  Danke sehr. Peeps went crazy for Evanescence, and I have no shame about playing poppy gothy emo – love a bit of it! Will let you know when I next have an excuse to play a gig like this!
  
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