Experiment Haywire started in late 2004, destined to explore chaos in a way that went beyond what had unfortunately become typical. As an avid listener and DJ of electronic, punk, industrial, and noise music (Deconstructed, QXT's Diva Weekend, Abstraction, etc.) it was only a matter of time before Rachel gave birth to her own musical explosion. Experiment Haywire would express themes of political dissent, female empowerment, war, (internal and external) torture, insanity, contradictory aesthetics, the devaluing of the human condition, and a post-apocalyptic future in this game called life.
Influenced by artists ranging from Einstürzende Neubauten, The Plasmatics, Atari Teenage Riot and S.I.N.A. Rachel decided to form an all female industrial band in New York City called Nuclear Riot Party. She began playing at well known venues such as the Knitting Factory and the Continental and quickly gained a devoted cult following among the local (de)population.
Fed up with the group mentality of the Nuclear Riot Party, Rachel soon decided to get back to Experiment Haywire. While Haywire was originally an avant-garde noise project based on desolate field recordings at weird hours of the morning (banging, stomping, smashing, kicking, screaming, scrap metal, railroads, broken glass, metal fences, generators, etc.) it soon turned into a rhythmic industrial invasion that incorporated these elements into the harsh and abrasive sound of an electronic punk assault.
The first Experiment Haywire single, "Army or Two," was released on a 3 CD compilation entitled Women Take Back the Noise. (also featuring Cosi Fanni Tutti, VyL8, and Dark Muse). In 2006 she performed at Digital Hardcore Fest in Toronto with Phallus Uber Alles. Simultaneously, World War 23, her first collection of songs was distributed in limited release and received favorable reviews.
Soon Rachel was playing for wider audiences in bigger cities (aside from New York) such as San Francisco, Washington DC, Miami, and Denver along acts such as Informatik, Cesium 137, God Module, Alter Der Ruine, Boyd Rice, (NON) and Z'EV.
In early 2007 Experiment Haywire began working with Producer/Engineer Xris Flam of Mindswerve Studios, NYC. Having worked with a variety of artists such as KMFDM, Mindless Self Indulgence, DJ Spooky, Merzbow and Public Enemy he produced the controversial 4-song EP known as Cooler Than Genocide. He also produced her new full length album Annihilation Chic.
In late 2007 Rachel founded machineKUNT Records , a new label for independent females creating dark electronic, noise, and industrial music.
Rachel is also a published author who is featured in the Disinformation anthology Generation Hex. Her first full length book is called Acidexia which is an authentic, highly personal coming of age autobiography and a cultural artifact documenting the fringes of culture at the dawn of the Information Age.
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Discography: (albums available through The Haywire and machineKUNT )
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[ Comp: "Extreme Women in the Dark Future" song: "Mean Enough Hot Enough" ]
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Annihilation Chic
[Full length album - order your copy today!]
Tracklisting
1. Mean Enough Hot Enough
2. Stereotype
3. Occult Casualty
4. Overrule
5. Sociopathic
6. Dark Discordia
7. Game Called Life (XP8 mix)
8. Decapitation (Ambassador 21 mix)
9. People Killing People (kAlte fArben mix)
10. Cooler Than Genocide (Caustic Oi Vey mix)
11. Annihilation Day
Cooler Than Genocide
[25 out of 250 copies left - comes with patch!]
Tracklisting
1. People Killing People
2. Game Called Life
3. Decapitation of the Nation
4. Cooler Than Genocide
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[ Comp: "Endzeit Bunkertracks - Act III" song: "Game Called Life" ]
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