Erol Alkan marks 18 years of Trash ending by sharing traditional 2002 DJ set
Erol Alkan has marked the 18th anniversary of the London indie and electro membership evening Trash closing down by sharing his traditional DJ set from 2002.
Trash was greatest identified for its connections to the 2000s scenes just like the storage rock revival, electroclash and new rave.
Bands like Yeah Yeah Yeahs, LCD Soundsystem, Scissor Sisters, Bloc Get together and Klaxons carried out there early on of their careers. It was first positioned in Soho, earlier than shifting to the West Finish.
Alkan, the DJ and producer who ran the enduring evening, performed classics from artists like Peaches, Missy Elliott, Primal Scream, The Remedy, Nirvana and Kylie Minogue in his set, and you may take a look at the tracklist right here:
- ‘Set It Off’ – Peaches
- ‘Attractive Lady’ – 2raumwohnung
- ‘ID1’
- ‘Work It’ – Missy Elliott
- ‘ID2’
- ‘Hazard! Excessive Voltage (Soulchild 12 Blitz Combine)’ – Electrical Six
- ‘Autobahn’ – Primal Scream
- ‘Silver Display Bathe Scene (Static Revenger Combine)’ – Felix Da Housecat
- ‘The Stroll (Razormaid Remix)’ – The Remedy
- ‘Grown Males Don’t Fall In The River, Simply Like That’ – Liars
- ‘Machine’ – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
- ‘You Know You’re Proper’ – Nirvana
- ‘Emerge / Come Into My World (Fischerspooner Combine)’ – Kylie Minogue
- ‘The Good Kiss’ – New Order
- ‘Planet Earth (Evening Combine)’ – Duran Duran
Alkan defined in The Guardian in 2006, weeks earlier than Trash would shut its doorways, “Had somebody informed me on the primary evening that it might run for 10 years, I’m not too certain that I’d have believed them. And as a result of new commitments I’ve taken on, it might be unfair to try to preserve the membership going.
2ManyDJs paid tribute to Trash when talking to NME in 2022, too. Discussing their work underneath the moniker – brothers David and Stephen Dewaele are additionally members of the digital band Soulwax – they stated: “We began speaking to [Alkan] about all of the music we appreciated and if it felt like we knew him however had by no means met him. He requested us to play Trash on a Monday evening – which is already loopy – and we opened up his report field and we had very related information. He had ‘Rollin’ & Scratchin’ by Daft Punk, a Blur report, one thing by Elastica or Aphex Twin.”
He continued: “We used to play ‘Ace Of Spades’ as a result of we fucking love that track, after which rapidly Lemmy is stood in entrance of the DJ sales space throwing the horns. I bear in mind we each checked out one another and stated, ‘That is the good place on this planet – these are our individuals!’”
When requested if one thing like Trash may ever come about once more, Stephen stated: “I don’t assume so. It was a complete factor the place Peaches may play, Soulwax may play, in addition to LCD Soundsystem and Yeah Yeah Yeahs. You need to have all of this stuff for it to have the ability to exist, but it surely was a extremely large factor for Dave and me. You’d play everywhere in the world and in Mexico you’d discover all these varieties who beloved dance music but additionally The Smiths. All of those worlds may come collectively.”
In 2018, NME’s Leonie Cooper described Trash as “the best indie crossover disco of all time,” writing: “The very definition of eclectic, DJ and founder Erol Alkan’s playlist – who ran the membership from 1997 till 2007 – would skip round gleefully from punk to pop through rock and disco, and the membership additionally grew to become one of many first locations to worship on the uneven fringe of electroclash.”
You’ll be able to stream Alkan’s set on Apple Music now.