Oliver Chesler
Musician. Blogger. Energy Services.
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- My music alias "The Horrorist" printed on an upcoming Analogue Solutions spring reverb circuit board: http://t.co/ZDPXiYvY #nerdcred #red
- I need to take these pills ASAP: http://t.co/10D25k9B
- @Agraled Stand by....!
- New issue of TapeOp! http://t.co/R4axC7Cj
- SID Machine: http://t.co/QwYV9kqt
- Official Disney T-Shirt based on Joy Division's Unknown Pleasure's album (now pulled from their store)… instaclassic: http://t.co/rYZxRkkQ
- NYkers will remember this one: http://t.co/onSBnPgS
- Pix Pix Pix http://t.co/49sZyvAe
- ⚡RED⚡ http://t.co/sgLRAx8R
- Screaming....!!! http://t.co/t8SCsVPw
- Univox SR-95 doing it with Electrocomp-101 http://t.co/nkgaC1F9
- NAMM 2012 through the eyes of the Trash_Audio crew: http://t.co/HcFlQwZT
- The RIAA's not going to like this… print (or replicate) your own vinyl record: http://t.co/9RJHh5An #future #futuristic
- Sugar, chocolate, coffee beans, good. http://t.co/Z8Jdekh0
- Trader Joe's Lime & Chile Nuts. HOT! http://t.co/Icm8RvFc
- Yeah I'm laughing at the name. http://t.co/drZL61OJ
- 1984 Commodore 64 audio software called FastFingers and the interesting person who created it: http://t.co/2seGSUqv
- @Chris_Randall good choice picking up the ESQ… I've been loving mine since getting it on eBay last year. The synpad preset which pans… joy.
- Berlin Traffic audio recordings… 55 audio takes, 10 Ableton scenes: http://t.co/zSwU8uvF
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- 10 tracks (37:23)iTunes: http://bit.ly/m1ui94
Amazon MP3: http://amzn.to/irU4fi
Amazon CD: http://bit.ly/amazonjoyless
"The Horrorist new album “Joyless pleasure” is out today on Things to Come records. Softer and surprisingly romantic but still full of energy and extremely tortured. You can't put one style tag on the album. In the 1st track “Modern” the voice will make you think of Ian Curtis, Joy Division. “Joyless pleasure” has a high Depeche Mode feel with ultra pure and detailed synths sounds and effects. “Darkling Lullaby”, “Love sick” and “Lovely Sweet” are 3 own in The Horrorist universe as they are not dance tracks. “Hostage” takes us on an electroclash direction and “I stand with you” in pure EBM style with a Nitzer Ebb impression. An album more mature than ever, more melancholic. Even if we can compare some songs to other people's sounds, there is one thing that will always belong to The Horrorist and be unique like this album: it's his strange stories. Joyless Pleasure is like a jewelry piece but in electronic music. " - morganistik.com - 47 tracks (1:23:47)A sample of some of the music you can find on Oliver Chesler's music label Things to Come Records.
- 5 tracks (02:46)Here's a few recordings I made with 5 iOS music creation apps. Many of these apps I've owned on the iPhone but never really used because the screen was too small. On the iPad these are all quite joyful.
- 17 tracks (27:51)"Minimal Techno, gnarly experimental escapades and the anarchistic pioneering spirit of the early Eighties combine to create wonderfully weird snapshots and trash fantasies." - musicnonstop.co.uk
"The Horrorist combines untamed creativity with a tongue-in-cheek delusion of grandeur - a character like that will not be satisfied with anything less than total world domination." - stormingthebase.com
"The Horrorist nimmt sie ernst. Bei jedem einzelnen der 17 Tracks wird deutlich, dass sich hier eben nicht wieder einmal jemand einfach nur an seinen Rechner gesetzt und bei der Sound-Software Ableton den "Hit"- Button gedrückt hat. Der Horrorist präsentiert uns stattdessen allerfeinstes Soundwriting. So lässt sich "Attack Decay" auch nicht einfach mit einem Wort beschreiben. Elektro wäre zu einfach, für traitionellen Techno gibt es eindeutig zu viele Experimente, für die experimentelle Schublade ist der Kram viel zu tanzbar und rau. Diese Tracks sind cool..." - radio.3headz.de
"Já com respeitado historial, este criativo artista arremessa “Attack Decay” em direcção a um novo sucesso global. O álbum entrega 17 incursões electrónicas nas mais diversificadas vertentes. É uma espécie de Techno-Minimal unido a experimentações, devaneios e uma alma anárquica dos anos 80." - elegyiberica.com
"А до этого момента вам предстоит услышать множество поучительных историй, коими так любит делиться владелец Things to Come rec." - topdj.ua
"Le urla e i suoni dell’electronic-body-music si rincorrono in “Now Destructor” e “Wire To The Ear” dove, più di qualcuno, potrebbe (giustamente) vedere influssi di Nitzer Ebb. Ma Oliver Chesler dimostra di saper fare altro come l’inselvaggita electro-punk di “The World Will Know Us” e “Room Of Posers” che tanto strizzano l’occhio agli Adult. o il noize funereo di “Es Ist Alles Aus” o ancora la romantic-electro di “Pain And Pleasure”." - technodisco.it
"Attack Decay est un disque à hautes raisonnances, qui ne vous laissera pas indifférent. Attack Decay est un cri, une alerte sur notre pouvoir de destruction." - beradio.net
"Tanz Den Doberman. Alternative oder Elektronik? Körper und Köpfe, denn das Album bietet mehr als renitente Tanzmusik." - piranha-media.de
"Estro a manetta insomma per l'artista che sinora si era fatto avanti prevalentemente con brutali sequenze di ritmi che in quest'occasione ricorrono solo per "Automatic", "Where's Adam" e "The Grip Of The Cobra". Impugnando una vecchia drum-machine poi compone "You Are Disturbing" (ove un apparente carillon viene sporcato dal low-fi) raggiunta dalla jackin' acid di "Shopping List" (una furia alla Traxx), dall'electro 80s macinata dal bassline alla Bobby Orlando ("13 Dobermans") e dalla rave-techno di "Body To Body"." - disc-jockey.it
"Le New Yorkais confirme qu’il est bien la meilleure personne pour faire le lien entre deux dimensions parallèles : la scène electro-goth et celle des clubs techno." - loudbox.fr
"Gar nicht zimperlich allerdings die zentralen Themen der Songs. "Sex, Gewalt, Ordnung, Macht und Perfektion, was braucht es sonst?"!" - zillo.de
"Avec en point d'orgue un "Body to Body" tencho-EBM survolté, en hommage á Front 242, le moins qú on puisse dire ´cest qú on est complétement comblé et qú Attack Decay est le premier album d'électro tour en un." - d-side.org
"Doch ganz in Ernst: Diese Album ist einfach ein Must-have!" - sonic-seducer.de, Françios Duchateau
"Trotz düsterer Allmachtsphantasien, urbanem Wahnsinn und apokalyptischen Szenarien sind es jedoch sehr reale Probleme, die ihn beschäftigen." - raveline.de
"Am ehesten trifft noch das Attribut "aufgekratzt" den Charakter dieses Werkes - erfrichend ander, wenn auch ziemlich anstrengend und ungewohn. Diese Tatsache hebt Attack Decay äußerst wohltuend von Allerlei des Marktes ab." - orkus-online.de - 17 tracks (13:45)"Hard to be naughtier than Oliver Chesler, aka The Horrorist. Behind this Vaudevillian pseudonym lurks some kind of Marilyn Manson gone techno, set within the movie "Kids" by Larry Clark about New York middle-class teens who beat boredom with copious doses of drugs and horror. Clearly inspired by gothic-electro bands such as Front 242 or Skinny Puppy, Oliver Chesler can be as twisted as a hardcore version of Belgium EBM from the late 80's. However, once you listen past his all-too-obvious liking for synth melodies and thumping beats, you discover his genius storytelling about the streets, drugs and murderous mayhem, told over slower, unsettling arrangements such as "One Night in NYC", "Wet & Shiny" or "Mission Extacy". Standing somewhere in-between hyperrealism and humor, this ultra-violent Green Velvet is so maliciously good. " - Liberation Newspaper (France)
"TOP 10! A grimly hilarious trip through rave culture's underbelly. Imagine The Gangs of New York as written by the Prodigy" - New York Magazine
"un disque pour danser, pour rire, ou prendre peur face aux penees noires de son auteur. 10/10" - Coda (France)
"Pas complique et mechmment efficace, il transporte le corps dans une autre dimension et peut perturber les plus sensibles...Album du mois" - DJ mix (France)
"le New-Yorkais revient cette ana avec un hardcore lent martial et oppressant..." -Trax (France)
"Une fusion Texte/techno qui ne sombre pas dans les pires affres... Une vraie rauussite." -Nova Magazine (France)
"Endlich die umfassende Kollektion von einem der bekanntesten, internationalen Electroacts! Die meisten von Euch kennen Oliver Chesler aka The Horrorist als den Punk der auf der 101 Tour von Depeche Mode ein Kontest gewinnt und anschliessend die Band quer durch das Land zum legendaren 101 Konzert im Bus begleiten darf. Was fur ein Start in die Musikerkarriere! Heute ist "The Horrorist" ein gefragter Liveact im Techno und Dancebereich. Oliver Chesler hat zahlreiche 12" auf renommierten Dancelabels veroffentlicht und Chartentries in verschiedenen Landern gefeiert. Unvergessen ist sein Hit "One Night in NYC" der uber Superstar/Universal mehr als 40.000 Einheiten verkaufte und selbst als Video bei MTV rauf und runter lief! 26 durchgeknallte Tracks auf 2 CDs! Die Hammermischung aus Aggro-Electro, Techno und Industrial! Naturlich mit dem Hit "One Night in NYC", "Can you hear the sound" und vielem mehr!" - DepecheMode.de (Germany)
"Coming from New York's hardcore techno scene, Oliver Chesler aka The Horrorist is offering here his first full-length. Although Manic Panic isn't your common hardcore techno CD, it's with cold and raw electro that The Horrorist makes his statement.Influenced by Front 242, The Klinik, Skinny Puppy and Depeche Mode (it's noted in the booklet), Oliver Chesler has assembled a surprising album where rough takes on electro meets his powerful dancefloor hits Mission Extacy, the excellent Flesh Is the Fever and Can You Hear the Sound?. Both in his music and his lyrical work, Chesler is violent and, to say the least, straightforward, but often flirting with the ironic side. Little New York stories about rape (his most famous hit One Night In NYC), drugs and crimes just to name a few is the content of most of his songs for Manic Panic and gives the album its own character.Musically, Manic Panic might not be the most complex electronic album and sounds pretty straigthforward compared to some current releases. But, that's what makes Manic Panic such an addictive album. The rhythms are heavy and loud, the beats are pounding and the rough, looped, electronics adds aggresiveness to the whole treat; without mentioning Chesler's sarcastic vocals.All in all, Manic Panic is a refreshing album. It hits hard and at the right place; The Horrorist won his bet. So, are you ready to hear the sound?" - electroage-music.com
"Fantastische sechs Sterne fur ein fantastisches Album!" - www.medienkonverter.de - 9 tracks (04:56)Some clips of my Yamaha RX11 vintage digital drum machine and Ekdahl Moisterizer spring reverb, LFO and filter box.
- 4 tracks (02:16)TTC-008 from 2003. "Extremely dark EBM techno tools from Sonic Groove's Adam X. Demonic sounding additional mixes from Acrosome (Things to Come) and Al Ferox aka Alessandro F." - Sub Strata
- 1 tracks (06:54)Here's two songs I recorded this week leading up to my 40th birthday.
- 6 tracks (03:43)For more info: http://thingstocome.com/2002/11/04/acrosome-futureman/
- 6 tracks (03:52)For more info: http://thingstocome.com/2000/01/20/acrosome-until-tomorrow/
- 5 tracks (04:12)It was the making of this record when my confidence as a musician solidified. I was now able to create pretty much any song I thought of in my head. I remember Cubase VST24 was released around the time I make this music. VST enabled musicians to record vocals and add effects to their voice all inside any Mac or PC. I also used the technology to record layers of my Electrocomp-101 synthesizer loosely throughout the title track "Run for Your Life". The lyrics of this EP include themes drugs, suicide and a future war. I think these songs still hold up quite well today. In fact, I still start my live show with "Can You Hear the Sound?".
- 6 tracks (05:15)The Horrorist and Miro Pajic together created this unique Darkwave single recorded in New York and Frankfurt in 1998. "Dark Germany" tells a strange spy story from the narrator's perspective with a surprise ending. Innocent Minds explores the wicked pain deep inside a troubled sole. Move Don't Stop and In the Midnight Hour both are fancy dance tracks perfect for any discotheque. Molecule Man is classic Electronic Body Music. By the Fire is strange new wave style "romantic" cut.
- 4 tracks (18:03)If you are looking for my very latest creations here they are.
- 9 tracks (01:41)Samples from D16's TR-606 clone Nithonat and Devastor distortion plug-in. For more info: www.d16.pl
- 5 tracks (17:50)The first release on Things to Come Records from 1996. You can view all the artwork (stickers, inserts, repress stickers) here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/thingstocomerecords/sets/72157620368813051/
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- Director of Operations at ENVEN Energy Services, LLCRenewables & Environment | Greater New York City Area, USExperience
- Mar 2010 - PresentDirector of Operations / ENVEN Energy Services, LLCWe help small businesses in the New York area save money and the environment.
- Dec 1997 - PresentPrinciple Owner / Things to Come RecordsThings to Come Records is a popular independent record label. The label specializes in electronic music and has produced several chart hits and annual world tours.
The recording studio owned by the label has been involved with several high profile advertising campaigns including voice overs for Jamster and music for Absolut Vodka.
Things to Come Records has a publishing deal with Strengholt Music Group (The Netherlands). - Mar 2009 - Feb 2010Project Manager / Energy Management SolutionsCommercial energy audits. Renewable energy sales. CO2 reduction services. Internal web services and marketing.
Education-
1990 - 1994State University of New York College at PurchasePolitical Science, Music
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Honors:#1 on the German Dance Charts (DDC), Song: "One Night in NYC", 2001 #1 on the German Alternative Chart (DAC), Album: "Manic Panic", 2004 #4 on the German Alternative Chart (DAC), Album: "Attack Decay", 2007
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