The Horrorist @ Full On Attack 20-02-2016

Live Dj-Set by The Horrorist @ Full On Attack (QXT’s Night Club, Newark, New Jersey, United States) 20th February 2016

Tracklist
01. The Horrorist – Here Comes The Whip
02. June – Attraction
03. No Sleep By The Machine – Old Track
04. The Mover – The Emperor Takes Place
05. The Horrorist – Programmed
06. Ministry – We Believe
07. Pure Ground – Poison
08. Digital Poodle – Work Terminal (Solvent Revision)
09. Stechschritt – Zucht, Ordnung & Disziplin
10. Hypnotizer – Normality Is Insanity
11. 14anger – Rave Planet
12. Thomas P. Heckmann – Welt In Scherben I-2
13. Mescalinum United – We Have Arrived
14. Jäger 90 – Wie Du
15. Absolute Body Control – Is There An Exit?
16. Volt – Stahlwerk (EBM Storm)
17. Klangstabil – You May Start

The Horrorist @ Wreck Room (Bushwick, Brooklyn) 24-05-2013

Friday night I did a DJ set at the Wreck Room in Bushwick. Bushwick has been transforming from a war zone to partly artist area for a while. Arriving on the block of the venue it reminded me of going out in the East Village in the late 80s. The Wreck Room is awash in red lights and graffiti with a long bar as soon as you enter. The sound system is wack as in not much bass but it’s loud enough and distorts in a way that feels more punk than just plain cheap. While I have been making DJing mixes for a long time I rarely play as a DJ out. I’ve been solely focused on my live act but this event signals a push to add DJ gigs to my overall repertoire. In fact I purposely didn’t promote Friday night because I wanted a warm up gig. I plan on playing a few different styles depending on where I can play. Im working on an old school EBM set and an cold wave obscur synthpop set. The first style I have ready is purely techno. You can hear about 30 minutes of what I did on Friday on Mixcloud. Track selection is really important to me and I’m spending a huge amount of time finding not only what I like but tracks that fit a certain danceable mindset. DJing and playing live feel and are very different to me. However, I do have an F1 Controller (like a little Monome) and I plan on deconstructing some of my own songs and playing them “live” in my DJ sets too. Thanks for Josh, Bill Kraemer and the others who played with me (Shawn O’ Sullivan & SSPS). To see more photos from the event on flickr.

Outside, the streets bump and buckle like 1980s beirut but inside, thanks to car part light fixtures, a pressed-tin ceiling and the rose brocade wallpaper, this cavernous, bare-brick space conjures up an atmosphere of languid libertinism that’s more like 1890s new orleans. as the name suggests, wreck room is something akin to a punk-rock community center: a pool table offers stimulation on those rare nights when djs aren’t spinning slinky industrial jams or when bands aren’t playing gritty trash rock. during the latter nights (mostly weekends), a double-doored buffer confines the din to the back room with its delightfully over-the-top tropical mural and thereby leaves the eerily indistinguishable boys and girls in black t-shirts to their earnest, tallboy-fueled conversations about the art of making ‘zines.”
– nymag.com

Tracklist
01. Radical G – Sinner (Original Mix)
02. Truncate – 2.1 (Original mix)
03. Raffaele Attanasio – From Shade To Stardom (Psyk Edit)
04. Sintek – Deep Shine (Michael Schwarz Remix)
05. Loco & Jam – Titus (Original Mix)
06. Space DJz – Intrusive Nostalgia (Audio Injection remix)
07. Joy Orbison & Boddika – Mercy (Boddika VIP)
08. A. Mochi – Squeal 3 (Original Mix)
09. Radical G – Shadowdancing (George Lanham remix)
10. Petter B – Second Coming (Original Mix)
11. Mihalis Safras – Lula (Stefano Noferini Remix)
12. Dj Sneak – Special K (Shlomi Aber Remix)
13. Adriano Canzian – My Boyfirend Is Very Sexy (Millimetric Remix)
14. Johannes Heil – Heiliger Bimm Bamm (Original Mix)
15. Drumcell & Brian Sanhaji – Structure (original mix)
16. Seismal D. – Narkos (Audio Injection Remix)
17. Blackasteroid – Pressure (Len Faki Repressure)
18. Roberto Capuano – Inversion (Original Mix)
19. Boys Noize – XTC (The Chemical Brothers Remix)

[TTC-CD5] The Horrorist – Fire Funmania

I am extremely pleased to tell you my fourth full length album has been released and it’s called Fire Funmania. These are the ten best songs I have recorded in the past eighteen months. This album is more like my first album Manic Panic and the album cover image and colors purposely reflect that. Like Alex in Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange I have returned to my evil self here.

Releasing a full length album is a huge deal for any musician. Saturday is my birthday and getting this released is my gift to myself. To celebrate I’m playing in Aachen, Germany. The event called DODT is very synthpunk and underground. I can’t wait to get on stage. Another way I’m going to celebrate the release of Fire Funmania is to write about each of the songs. A few songs are quite clear in their meanings but I love to talk about the technical side of production. I used a lot of vintage and new hardware on this release. Other songs such as Kissing Anne I think would benefit from some discussion or at least make a good read. No matter the content I believe all music is art. It should be a human right to freely express yourself without fear. Song writing is one of the most important things in my life.

If you like my music or just like reading Wire to the Ear the best way to say thank you is to buy this release. The digital release is available today on iTunes, Beatport and Amazon MP3. In the coming weeks there will be a CD a limited edition 12″ vinyl and cassette.
OLiver Chesler, the 17th January 2013 on wiretotheear.com

Label: Things To Come Records
Cat#: TTC-CD5
Released: 14 January 2013
Written & Produced by Oliver Chesler
© Copyright 2013 Things To Come Records
Published by Things To Come Records, Basart Music Publishing B.V. / Strengholt Music Group

01. Enter the Sex Game – 6.37 (108.0 BPM)
02. Kissing Anne – 3.12 (126.0 BPM)
03. The Man Master – 3.23
04. The Darkness that was Meant to Be – 5.02 (130.0 BPM)
05. Haywire – 4.15 (137.0 BPM)
06. Heart of Steel – 3.24 (120.0 BPM)
07. Starving for You – 6.54 (102.0 BPM)
08. Kissing and Burning – 4.03 (134.0 BPM)
09. Incredible – 3.16 (122.0 BPM)
10. Take This Step – 4.17

[TTC022] The Horrorist – Haywire

“the 3rd single from the upcoming Horrorist album Fire Funmania.
This time chesler goes back to his aggressive roots with a very in your face track! The lyrics are amazing on this one.
Remixes by Panacea, Al Ferox and Tymon. 10/10!”

Label: Things To Come Records
Catalog#: TTC022
ISRC: TC-ABK-12-28125
Artist: The Horrorist
Format: Digital, 4 x file, Remixes Single
Released: 06 November 2012
Written & Produced by Oliver Chesler
Published by Things To Come Records, Basart Music Publishing B.V., Strengholt Music Group

1. Haywire – 4:15
2. Haywire (Al Ferox Remix) – 6:08
3. Haywire (The Panacea Remix) – 4:47
4. Haywire (Tymon Remix) – 5:23