Not even mortal injury can keep Miss Death from the Sounds of Seduction.

Miss Death and Jay Katz in seductive mood

For 10 years, exotica institution the Sounds of Seduction has been teetering on the edge of Sydney's clubbing scene with barely contained chaos.

Under the glow of lava lamps or flickering images from the organisers' cult film collection, dancers gyrate to anything from oddball soundtrack records to live acts.

The nights are run by eccentric couple Jay Katz (aka Jaimie Leonarder from SBS's defunct Movie Show) and Miss Death (wife Aspasia). Recalling countless nights at their first venue, the Lansdowne Hotel, Aspasia says mayhem always threatened as 500-plus people let loose.

For DJ Leonarder, the venue holds other vivid memories, such as the night Miss Death almost lived up to her name.

During a record shopping trip the day before, he noticed his wife bleeding.

"When I said to her, 'Darling, it looks like you're actually hemorrhaging - you're dying on me here,' she said; 'Hold on, I've got to finish flicking through this record box!'"

It's this kind of dedication that pushes the pair to extraordinary lengths to decorate each venue. As well as making costumes for her troupe of go-go dancers, Aspasia also builds themed sets that rival those of Cecil B. DeMille.

"She [ended up] in Royal Prince Alfred Hospital," Leonarder says.

"I was so worried about not having her there [that] at some point I looked up at the Lansdowne's front door and could see all this smoke and coloured lights outside. I thought, 'Oh my god, I've set up the smoke machine and the lights on the street!' "

In fact, it was a footpath vendor's barbecue that had caught on fire, requiring the fire brigade.

Further pyrotechnics for this weekend's volcanic, 10th anniversary South Seas theme haven't been mooted. Aspasia says punters are encouraged to wear "Hawaiian shirts, grass skirts or animal-skin loincloths".

"You won't see me in a loin cloth," Leonarder says.

Regardless, "everyone will get a lei from Miss Death", Aspasia says, much to Leonarder's surprise. Realising her blooper, she chuckles. "You better not print that; it'll turn into a big gangbang!"