Ambassador 21, Android Lust, Angelspit, Atari Teenage Riot, Babyland, Coil, Consolidated, Download, Einstürzende Neubauten, Emilie Autumn, Front Line Assembly, Hanin Elias, Hole, Jack Off Jill, Laibach, Lydia Lunch, Nic Endo, Nitzer Ebb, The Plasmatics, Proyecto Mirage, Pzychobitch, S.I.N.A, Skinny Puppy, Snog, SPK, Throbbing Gristle, yelworC, and all of my friends who were doing this before me
-The freedom to hate as a female in a pathetic society where hate is considered a non-female perspective
-The need to rip a hole in the fabric of sound because ripping a hole in the fabric of reality was getting way too fucking easy
Sounds Like
"Some of the worst shit I've ever heard. That stupid bitch should do the entire world a favor and kill herself." -Scenester
"I didn’t expect it to be danceable, and as a result, so damn subversive. It’s a good thing to see such a fiercely creative woman generating dark industrial minus the gothy-emo undertones." -Alterati Magazine
"There is a distinct militancy as if we are all serving in Rachel Haywire’s own private fucked-up army." -Heathen Harvest
"Full of attitude, aggression, and dystopian mechanic sounds, Experiment Haywire puts the punk back in cyberpunk." -Liar Society
"Returning to a more old-school EBM sound reminiscent of acts like SINA and Suicide Inside, Rachel (Experiment Haywire) brings real attitude to the scene, breaking and shattering things, dominating and flogging people in the audience, and generating a torrent of irreverence and intimidation. Her live performances are thoroughly amusing and engaging." -David Callaham at DC show
"Take Kenji Siratori, Takashi Miike, Throbbing Gristle and Laibach. Add a feminine militant touch and you get The Haywire. -DJ TeKslave of Synthetike Kakophonie
"Being a bit of a fan of the Fluxus and Dada movements I'm always interested in seeing what their intellectual counterparts are doing today. Good to see they've branched out into such wonderful places." -Loosifah Productions
"What is this crap? It sounds like you're rapping over rave music!" -Random Metalhead
"Your music inspires 'girls-kick-ass' sentiments all over. Thank you for keeping us out of the kitchen." -Odium from Brisbane
"When I listen to your music I feel like I am locked up in an insane asylum. I mean this as a compliment." -Winter Fiend Magazine
Other discography:
[ Comp: "Wounds of the Earth" song: "Toxic Hospital Revolt" ]
[ Album: Sold out: 50 copy limited release ]
[ Comp: "Women Take Back the Noise" song: "Army or Two" ]
[ Comp: "Tune to a Dismembered Channel" song: "Crush it All Away" ]
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.
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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