I flew up to SF to spin at the San Francisco Art Institute commencement reception last weekend. It was a glorious day (so glorious that I got the first sunburn I have ever had in the city), and a lot of fun. I knew this would be a different gig from prior parties, and creating ambiance would be just as important as getting people to move their feet. So I wanted to work in more disco, 80s and non-electronic tracks in order to resonate with as much of the multi-generational crowd as possible.

The three hour set gradually built from mellow and groovy while people were strolling in to the regular OoC indie bangers once the event was in full swing (to whatever I felt like by the end once there were only a few of us left). I felt good about my efforts to match the tunes to the reception atmosphere, and at least a handful of people were dancing pretty much throughout the event. Gave out some cards to peeps who were especially digging it, too.

It was also good to spin for such an extended period. The macbook has weeks worth of music on it (most of which I’ve spent the last year picking track by track), but for some reason I used worry about running out of songs to play. Quite the opposite in reality, as the tracks/genres progress and evolve fluidly over the course of things. I could have played for another three hours…

The only downside of the gorgeous vista views of the bay from the campus was when the winds picked up and started actually blowing the needles off the records. So there are a few screw ups from ill-timed gusts, but front row seats to the fog rolling in and swallowing Alcatraz was well worth a few environmental hurdles.

Big thanks to Byron for setting it up and Cryptic for making it happen!

Track Listing:

Feist - Inside & Out (Sumo remix)
Grand Master Flash & Furious Five - The Message (Datashat remix)
Simply Red - Sunshine (remix)
Laura Branigan - Self Control
Chromeo - Gangsta (Playgroup remix)
Mark Ronson - Just (remix)
LCD Soundsystem - Someone Great
Bakazou - Snake Hip Shuffle
U-Tern - Gwen Guthrie vs. Daft Punk (club version)
Oliver Cheatham - Get Down Saturday Night
Waldorf - You’re My Disco
Daft Punk - Face to Face
Human League - Don’t You Want Me
The Rapture - Get Myself Into It
Michael Jackson - Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough
Xavier - Give Me the Night (ATOC remix)
New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle (extended dance mix)
Coconut Records - Nighttiming (RAC remix)
Gorillaz - DARE (Junior Sanchez remix)
Blur - Girls & Boys
Shitake Mushroom - I’m Gonna Take U Home (The Glass remix)
The Gossip - Listen Up! (MSTRKRFT remix)
Daft Punk - Around the World
Roisin Murphy - I Know You Better (Nightmoves remix)
Klaxons - As Above, So Below (Justice remix)
Heads We Dance - My Heart is Set on You (Combo remix)
Death from Above 1979 - Sexy Results (MSTRKRFT edit)
Treasure Fingers - Cross the Dancefloor
The Ting Tings - Great DJ (Calvin Harris remix)
Calvin Harris - Acceptable in the 80s
Animotion vs. Tabledancers - Obsession (Stan remix)
Villains - Rock It
Vandalism - Never Say Never
Datarock - Fa-fa-fa (Skateboard remix)
Guns N Roses - Sweet Assed Child O’ Mine (DJ Donna Summer remix)
Digitalism - Pogo (Shinichi Osawa remix)
Dirty Secrets - 5 Feet Snow (Miami Horror remix)
Rihanna - Don’t Stop the Music (LAZRtag club remix)
MSTRKRFT - Bounce
Hot Pink Delorean - Badonkadonk
Kid Sister vs. The Outrunners - Pro Nails (Them Jeans blend)
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Chew Fu refix)
Jackson 5 - I Want You Back (Chew Fu Big Room refix)
Black Star - Definition
Ol’ Dirty Bastard - Got Your Money feat. Kelis
Justice - D.A.N.C.E. (Benny Blanco mix feat. Mos Def)

Unlike most prior gigs, I actually remembered to record this one. Here it is in its unadulterated three hours of glory. iTunes is set to remember playback position for your listening convenience.

Out of Controller - Live at SFAI, 5/17/08