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Sunday, December 12, 2010

The Horrorist - One Night In New York City (2004)

The Horrorist is a stage name for Oliver Chesler , who is a native New Yorker and is known for his innovative electronic music. He is the owner of the Things to Come Records. He has live performances all around the world but is particularly popular in Germany. Many remember him as the punk styled kid in D.A. Pennebakers concert film "101", featuring Depeche Mode.
The 2001 release "Manic Panic" contains tracks that describes some aspects of life in New York City, or any major (western) metropolis. The album features, what sounds like, actual samples of the answering machine of Oliver Chesler (aka. The Horrorist), giving the album a feel of being auto-biographic. On August 30, 2004 the album was re-released on Out of Line Music with a bonus disc containing an additional nine songs. The re-release went to No. 1 on the Deutsche (German) Alternative Chart on October 1, 2004. The album had four singles associated with it: "One Night in NYC", "Flesh is the Fever", "The Virus" and "Mission Ecstasy".

"One Night in NYC" describes the experiences of a young innocent suburban girl during a night in New York City. It's a scary downbeat track, and what is described in the lyrics, could happen each and every night year round, a notion that makes the track even eerier. The single hit No.1 on the Deutsche Dance Charts the first week of January 2001. In May 2001 for UK magazine MixMag, Pete Tong reviewed "One Night in NYC" and said, "Big records demand your attention, and this is bound to get yours... Love it hate it, you will certainly know when you've heard it.  (source : wikipedia)

video link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVgjC5Gw8y0

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