OK, first, I know that Duckie, that bizarre electro/retro/arty/queer Vauxhall club, isn’t in Shoreditch, but I was aiming for a slightly edgier vibe to the mix that usual – and yet not be po-faced.

Soooo, when the lovely Ant invited me to his 40th birthday a couple of weeks ago and encouraged me to DJ, I thought I’d make him a mix that he would like. He’s a Duckie boy, and we’ve not yet had a chance to go there together (it’s not really Andrew’s thing, you see. Duckie is an acquired taste, it seems!).

Anyway, this is the suite of songs I began with. Not funky house as usual, more edgy, but not frighten-the-horses edgy. Even still, a chap asked if I could please play some Freemasons because this was ‘thrash metal’ (not looking at anyone in particular, Soulwax).

See what you think, and happy birthday once again, Ant!

Tracklist

• Destroy Everything You Touch * Ladytron
• Heartbeats (Rex The Dog Remix) * The Knife
• Let’s Make Love And Listen To Death From Above  * Cansei De Ser Sexy
• Crazy Logic * Arty Fufkin (mashup of Gnarls Barkley, Supertramp, Rockwell & The Who)
• Collarbone * Fujiya & Miyagi
• Jimmy * M.I.A.
• I Feel Love * Usha Uthup (utterly deranged ‘cover’ of Donna Summer classic)
  
• One More Try (feat. Antony) * My Robot Friend
• Young Folks (feat. Victoria Bergsman) * Peter Bjorn and John
• Bonnie And Clyde * Serge Gainsbourg & Brigitte Bardot
• The Eraser * Thom Yorke
• What Else is There? (Trentemøller Remix) * Röyksopp
• Standing In The Way Of Control (Soulwax Nite Version Mix) * The Gossip
• E Talking * Soulwax
• Hustler * Simian Mobile Disco (a track of the year?)
• Frank Sinatra * Miss Kittin & The Hacker
• Overpowered (Seamus Haji Mix) * Róisín Murphy
• I’ll Be By Your Side * Sally Shapiro 

Download Shoreditch Trauma (Remastered mp3 76mins, 75MB) [mediafire link]