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BigSexyLand #22:
Friday, 11th May 2007 at The Phoenix, Cavendish Square, London

With our minds still smarting from our debut night at the Albany a year and a half earlier (when only four of our friends, an angry dutch woman with a buzz cut and someone sheltering from the rain turned up) it was no wonder that tensions were high amongst the Big Sexy crew on the day of their big move. Luckily with the application of natural sedatives (red wine, lager top, severl hundred cigarettes) nerves were banished. The mirror ball was turned on for the first time and the volume turned right up.

Luckily The Phoenix turns out to be much more like its namesake spaceship from ultra-cool Japanese cartoon Battle of the Planets than the work premises of one Brian Potter. With it's cool bar staff, booming sound system and intimate vibe we started to feel at home immediately.

As obviously did some of our most valued customers - who immediately started harranging us voiciferously for New Order all night. On realising that the veteran Mancunian synth rave rock outfit had in fact just split up (again), we dropped 'Bizarre Love Triangle' only to be rewarded by people dancing like like a group of implausibly glamorous Mogwai who had just been watered after midnight.

Thanks to everyone for coming down and making it such a special first night. Here's to many more.

And John D especially would like to say how happy he was to see so many lesbians dancing to David Bowie.

* indicates exclusive BSL remixes, edits and bootlegs

John D:
LCD Soundsystem 'Someone Great'
OMD 'Joan of Arc'
The Fall 'Hit The North'
Mondays vs Eric and Rakim 'Wrote For Soul'

John T:
The Knife - You Take My Breath Away
Amerie - One Thing
Patrick Wolf - Accident And Emergency
New Young Pony Club - Hiding On The Staircase
Prince - Shockadelica
Elektrons - Dirty Basement ft Eska
Space Cowboy - My Egyptian Lover (Space Cowboy remix)
Sons & Daughters - Dance Me In (JD Twitch And The Truffle Club Optimo Mix)
Groove Armada - Song 4 Mutya
Maddonna vs LFO - Like a Freak *

John D:
The Human League '(Keep Feeling) Fascination'
!!! 'Heart of Hearts'
Justin Timberlake 'What Comes Around' Sebastien Leger mix
PiL 'This Is Not A Love Song'
The Chemical Brothers 'We Are The Night'
Outkast vs Grandmaster Flash 'White Lady'
Clor vs Underworld 'Bruce Lee's Magic Touch'

Michael G:
The Associates – Party Fears Two
David Bowie – Be My Wife
Animotion – Obsession
Breeders vs Africa Bambata – Get Up and Splash
Datarock – Fa Fa Fa
Justice – D.A.N.C.E (edit)
Kate Nash – Caroline’s A Victim
Japan – Quiet Life
LCD Soundsystem – Us v Them
Gang of Four – To Hell With Poverty (Go Home mix)
Digitalism – Pogo (Mentalism version)
Friendly Fires – Your Love
Calvin Harris – Acceptable in the 80’s

John T:
Pink - Get The Party Started (a cappella)
The Sounds - Tony the Beat (Rex the Dog Disco mix)
Planet Funk - Who Said
Gary Numan - Metal (BSL remix) *
Britney Spears - Toxic
The Tigerpicks - Disco Punk Electro Funk
Robyn - Konichiwa Bitches
The Young Knives - The Kids In America
Girls Aloud vs The Knack - My Good Advice *
Digitalism - Pogo
Los Super Elegantes - Dance

John D:
Beastie Boys 'Intergalactic'/Justice 'Waters of Nazareth' Erol alkan mix
Hot Chip 'Over and Over' Nuam Gabo mix
Fede Le Grande 'Hands Up For Detroit'
Mylo 'Drop The Pressure' (Spank Rock mix)
Rapture vs Kelis 'House of Jealous Milkshakes'
Suede 'Filmstar'
Freelance Hellraiser 'A Punk Rock Version Of God'
Frankie Goes To Hollywood 'Two Tribes' Total Anihilation mix
The Gossip 'Standing In The Way Of Control' Soulwax nite version)

Michael G:
Riot In Belgium – La Musique
Holy Hail – Born of a Star (Shir Khan remix)
Cut Copy – Hearts on Fire
New Order – Bizarre Love Triangle (Richard X mix)
The Similou – All This Love
Sugababes – Overload
Sebastian – Ross Ross Ross
Interpol – Evil
Pigbag – Papa’s Got A Brand New Pigbag
Punks Jump Up – Dance To Our Disco
Klaxons – Gravity’s Rainbow (Soulwax remix)
Irene Cara – Breakdance
Glass Shark – You Got Served Again (sharkatack remix)
Rick James - Superfreak

John D & John T:
Prince - U Got The Look (BSL edit) *
MARRS - Pump Up The Volume
'Baby's Got Cars'
Roxy Music 'Same Old Scene' Glimmers Mix
Bowie 'Sound and Vision'
LCD Soundsystem 'North American Scum'
Prince - Girls And Boys
Blondie - Union City Blue

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