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Mindswerve is a Recording, Mixing, Mastering & Production Studio. Rock.Metal.Industrial.Electro.Techno.NewWave.Coldwave.Darkwave.PunkRock.DeathRock.Noise..
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Mindswerve Studios, NYC is a Recording, Mixing, Mastering and Production Studio in New York City

we pride ourselves on variety: Rock.Metal.Industrial.Electro.Techno.NewWave.Coldwave.Darkwave.Ambient.Illbient.Noise.Funk.PunkRock.DeathRock.Goth.TripHop.HipHop.Downtempo.DigitalHardcore.Jazz.....

some of the artists + projects that have been worked at Mindswerve:
Metallica, Korn, DJ Spooky, Meat Bea

06/11/2021

getting ready to "DJ in Germany" once again!  STIMULATE Fridays hosts the [InsertScaryNameHere] "48 HOURS of Darkness IV” Pre-Party then Festival TONIGHT June 11,
8pm E.D.T. twitch.tv/STIMULATE_nyc ⚡️⚙️⚡️
 at midnight we continue on to .
twitch.tv/InsertScaryNameHere 
and the festival continues for “48 Hours” through Sunday 🎉 📺 🎶.

NYC ‘brings the Darkness’  Xris SMack! DasKreestof DJ • Johanna Constantine  and our shiny Dancer Beatrix Devine  along with our DJ friends around the world! 🌎
please join me and 38 DJs from 9 countries and 3 continents -
“One World One Community” 🦇 💀 🦇 .

i'll be transmitting from Mindswerve Studios, NYC 🎧 🎶 🎚🎛🎚 📡

[ AUSTRALIA ] 
Anarki • Eris • @DJ_PoisonDwarf

[ EUROPE ]
@COLD_TRANSMISSION_official • @ARRICC • @CYB3RELLA • @DJ.DARK.WANDERER • @DJ_COLDTRACK • @DonLeviKS • @DJMarcUrban • Mortasha @D_J_Kinski • @DjPadrigg ! • @Dj_Steve_Weeks (of @Slimelight_official ) • @MattHart3808 @DJDavidBanner • NeroDom • Jay_SmithHiller • @HairyScaryMark • GeisterweltNights

[ NORTH AMERICA ]
NYC: @SeanTemplar ( @RedParyNYC ) • @Xris_SMack! • @Johanna_Constantine ( @STIMULATE_nyc ) .
@DjBabyBerlin • @Evilyn13 • @JoeVirus23 • @MeltGirl • @ViktorNovatron • @DJ_Pandemonium • @RLexTheRobot • @DjRedVamp • @Sea_Wraith • @MizMargo • @DJScottDurand_DarkIndulgence • @Define.Human •

#InsertScaryNameHere #Goth #GothGoth #GothGothGoth #GothicFestival #GothicLivestream #Industrial #DarkIndustrial #DarkElectro #Darkwave #XrisSMack #STIMULATEnyc

Proud to have a track on Furnace records “Black is the New Black: The Power & Privilege” Industrial Culture Compilation....

05/21/2021

Black is the New Black: The Power & Privilege Industrial Culture Compilation, by Furnace Records

Proud to have a track on Furnace records “Black is the New Black: The Power & Privilege” Industrial Culture Compilation. Curated, compiled and produced by my friend Darryl Montgomery-Hell - All for a good cause!

Xris SMack! & The Amatory Murder “Cruelty and a Secord Death [Mindswerve Mix]  mixed and produced at Mindswerve Studios, NYC

  Available here:  https://furnacerecords.bandcamp.com/  

also featuring: 
Consolidated • Test Dept • The Joy Thieves [feat. Chris Connelly] • Dead Voices on Air • Cenotype • Stoneburner • Anatomy • Alizeh Winter [Vore Aurora] & JD Tucker [Grendel] • Anatoly Grinberg & Mark Spybey • Riotmiloo • Dre Robinson • San Kazakgascar [feat. Josefin Thell & Ethan Port] • Magic Sound Butcher • Sprawl • DJ Bigbrand 1 • Muta-scuM  every penny donated will go to the Radical Monarchs.

You keep purchasing and they will keep getting :)
(details in the post below)

17 track album

05/14/2021

TONIGHT! 5/14: it was ONE YEAR AGO STIMULATE started "Streaming in Cyberspace" when the pandemic had forced everyone into Quarantine.
as we emerge from these Dark Covid Times to Physical events again, we would love to 'see you' in our livestream to reminisce about the past and be hopeful for the future 🎉🎂 🎶

Please Join in 8pm E.D.T. - Resident DJs Xris SMack ! DasKreestof and Johanna Constantine plus Shiny Dancer Beatrix Devine will titillate and tantalize! 💃💥

please Follow the channel and Join Us!
http://twitch.tv/STIMULATE_nyc
where you can chat and interact with us  🙂🕺🏽🗣👨‍🎤👸🏻🧛🏻‍♀️👽

our livestream transmission broadcasts from Mindswerve Studios, NYC  🎚🎛🎚🔈📡
Please FOLLOW + SUPPORT!

01/21/2021

DJ/VJ Xris SMack! live from Mindswerve Studios, NYC

watch/listen here: http://twitch.tv/DjDarrylHell
6 Simultaneous Livestreaming Performances at the HELLROOM - Operaton Mindwipe: Election Day / Eviction Day Special Event

01/06/2021

Just Fascination, by NOIR

Happy to have worked on yet another NØIR release!
Xris SMack! at Mindswerve Studios, NYC
via Athan Maroulis : "Just Fascination" by NØIR was officially released today as a Bandcamp exclusive with remixes by We Are Temporary, Push Button Press and ÆON RINGS
https://noirnyc.bandcamp.com/album/just-fascination

track originally released on the Cabaret Voltaire Official Compilation "Why Kill Time (When You Can Cover Cabaret Voltaire)" on Metropolis Records

4 track album

12/04/2020

Mastering by Xris SMack ! at Mindswerve Studios, NYC 🎚🎛🎚
Cleopatra Records “The Unquiet Grave” 2020 compilation is a 20 year tradition!
liner notes and compilation Produced by Athan Maroulis (of Spahn Ranch and NØIR ) ✏️

album available here:
https://theunquietgrave2020.bandcamp.com/album/the-unquiet-grave-2020

Special Record Release party for the album tonight 12/4 in STIMULATE's Twitch Livestream at 9pm E.S.T.
http://twitch.tv/STIMULATE_nyc

Artists Featured:
A Cloud Of Ravens • Ships In The Night • I Ya Toyah • Blood Bells • Dead Blood Cells• Dead Souls Rising • Double Echo • Double Eyelid • The Kentucky Vampires • Ghostfeeder • Ghost Painted Sky • The Mystic Underground • Eva X • Funeral DJs • Red This Ever • 51 Peg • Evil Symbols • Dispel Death • ITheVirus • Grey Gallows • Makes My Blood Dance • NoExitsLA • Horror Diaries • • Null Device • Cables_For_Clouds • The Unquiet Void • The Shyness of Strangers • The Skeleton Closet • Ritual Encens • Jaka’s Story

09/26/2020

⚡️@STIMULATE_nyc ⚡️celebrates their 12 Year Anniversary TONIGHT! 🎉 💥.
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Sad we cannot all celebrate together in person, but hope you will join us for this very special livestream Transmission, 📡 starting at 5:30pm E.S.T. (NY time) with @Stahlschlag_official from Germany 🇩🇪 and continuing with @SpankTheNun ⚙️ plus your DJs @Xris_SMack ! @Johanna_Constantine @DasKreestof and guests @SeanTemplar of @RedPartyNYC and @JoeVirus23 from @TheChurchDallas Texas 🤠 .
🎧 🎧 🎧 🎧 🎧 .
and our resident shiny dancer @BeatrixDevine 💃.
we have a special surprise in store,
Please tune into twitch.tv/STIMULATE_nyc 📺 🎶.
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#STIMULATEnyc #Anniversary #XrisSMack #Industrial #EBM, #Coldwave #Darkwave #Gothwave #Goth #GothicRock #Deathrock #DarkElectronic #SpankTheNun #FetishDancer

NATIVE INSTRUMENTS new release TODAY of the MASCHINE+ !! STANDALONE PRODUCTION AND PERFORMANCE INSTRUMENT "The workflow....

09/09/2020

MASCHINE PLUS

NATIVE INSTRUMENTS new release TODAY of the MASCHINE+ !! STANDALONE PRODUCTION AND PERFORMANCE INSTRUMENT "The workflow. The sounds. No computer necessary"
https://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/maschine/production-systems/maschine-plus/

MASCHINE+ is a standalone groovebox and sampler for production and performance, combining an iconic workflow with premium instruments and effects.

09/09/2020

Happy August! STIMULATE presents a special music streaming benefit event on 8/8 “808 Day” celebrating Roland
's legacy/technology with a benefit for #SaveOurStages . 
the Music Industry has been devastated by the Covid-19 pandemic. MANY MANY great live venues have closed down for good and musicians, DJs and artists are suffering great hardships during these trying times - If we want events to go back to when this virus has passed, WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT! 🎶 🦠 🙏
RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/188192428917980
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Coming together to help fight the crisis are our featured artists
AL1CE
Android Lust
Angelspit
Collide
Cyanotic
Eva X
Mankind Is Obsolete
w/Jon Siren
(IAMX
)
SYSTEM SYN
plus DJs Xris SMack! DJ Pandemonium, DasKreestof DJ & Johanna Constantine
and more to be announced! 🎤 🎹 🎸 🥁   📺 7pm E.S.T. you can watch, listen and participate/interact with us at  twitch .tv/STIMULATE_nyc
🗣WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT! 
Please LIKE and SHARE the event with all your friends!
💵 Donations to N.I.V.A. (National Independent Venue Association) can be made here: SaveOurStages .com
and on the day of the event during our livestream
NIVA - National Independent Venue Association
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Roland
/ Roland Corporation U.S. • Mechanismus
Festival •
STIMULATE
• Mindswerve Studios, NYC
please contact me if you want to help out in any way!
- Xris SMack! event coordinator

08/03/2020

TONIGHT I’ll be doing an interview on @_RadioDarkTunnel_ #Situation47’s Radio show with @Meloywhore and @Sapphira.official 🎤 talking about my history in the Music Industry, producing music and events, remixing, DJ’ing and everything in between. we’ll also be playing tracks I’ve worked on - Please tune in! 🎶🎹⚙️.
8pm at Radio-Dark-Tunnel.net .�.�@Xris_SMack at @Mindswerve.nyc Recording Studios .
🔊🎚🎛🎛🎛🎚🔊.
.�.�#XrisSMack #Mindswerve #MindswerveStudios #Recording #Mixing #remixing #ProducingMusic #EventProduction @STIMULATE_nyc

07/12/2020

Feeling SINful? JOIN DJs @Evilyn13 @DJ_Pandemonium and yours truly @Xris_SMack ! TONIGHT at @SinCityFetishNight Online for some Se###y Music and Debaucherous times -Live DJ Stream and Zoom V.I.P. club
⛓📺🤐😈😵🎶.
8pm P.S.T / 11pm E.S.T. on @twitch /RestrictedEntertainment .
Xris DJ/VJs from @Mindswerve.nyc Studios 🎚🎛🎚
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#SinCity #FetishDJ #XrisSMack #Evilyn13 #DjPandemonium #VancouverFetishWeekend

07/07/2020

Dark Nouveau, by Various Artitsts

via Athan Maroulis : My band NØIR contributed a track to the fantastic Metropolis Records compilation Dark Nouveau last year featuring She Past Away, Ash Code, Twin Tribes, Skeleton Hands, Paradox Obscur, Antipole, Hante., Push Button Press, CANTER, Seeming, Dancing Plague, The Harrow, IAMTHESHADOW, Weird Candle and many more of the best international Darkwave bands. For the month of July only, this 24 song collection is available on Bandcamp for "name your price" (which is free or for a small donation). Check it out and spread the word. Crisply mastered by Xris SMack! with dreamy artwork by Martine Rothstein.

24 track album

07/04/2020

Distribution of Power: A Remix Project For The American Civil Liberties Union

Happy 4th of July! what more appropriate way is there to celebrate Independence Day than to show support to the ACLU :) I’m Very Proud to have contributed a track to this Benefit Compilation - “Distribution of Power: A Remix Project For The American Civil Liberties Union“ �featuring 25 remixes of Dead Agent tracks from independent electronic artists:
Aldus • Aphorism • Bixlee • Black Agent • Blæc • Chandler Grace • Diablo Syndrome • Eva X • From The Mouth Öv Belial • G&T • Hepster Pat • Klubovader • Machines With Human Skin • Melodywhore • Microwaved • phreaksik • SapphiraVee • spankthenun • Stefan Koopmanschap • Wandering Stars • @Xris SMack! - “Sadist” (Mindswerve Masochist Mix)

Donate/Available here:
https://music.deadagent.net/album/distribution-of-power-a-remix-project-for-the-american-civil-liberties-union

For nearly 100 years, The ACLU has defended our freedom, preserving the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and the laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country.
https://www.aclu.org/

12/28/2019

Christmas Nocturne, by Sue Hutton and Athan Maroulis

Happy to have worked on this with Athan Maroulis and Sue Suzi Hutton, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone!
- Xris SMack!

4 track album

09/10/2019

Roland

Happy #909day ! the Roland TR 909 is one of my favorite Drum Machines, and the most used one in the world over ;)
#Roland Roland #DrumMachine

Happy #909DAY!

Celebrate with us and tag your favourite TR-909 stories, photos and images with the tag #909DAY.

Learn more about the Roland TR-909 on our new story page: https://www.roland.com/us/promos/roland_tr-909/

08/23/2019

Show Us Your Junk! Ep. 23 - Steve Albini (Shellac, Electrical Audio) | EarthQuaker Devices

words of wisdom from one of the worlds best recording engineers, Steve Albini :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwkF3-JmSeA

Steve Albini has recorded hundreds upon hundreds of bands spanning three decades. He has probably engineered one of your favorite records. His organic, non-m...

06/08/2019

TODAY 6/8 + 6/9 6th Brooklyn Synth Expo - FREE RSVP! Join me in checking out gear from teenage engineering, Elektron, ROLI Roland Corporation U.S., Native Instruments, KORG, Akai Professional, and much much more! it's also the @Brooklyn StompBox Exhibit & GuitarPedalExpo - ALL FREE!
https://www.facebook.com/events/170467253889209/

03/10/2019

great time with Symon JC and Matt of teenage engineering at their demo in Brooklyn at Space Ninety 8!
happy to be a part of it and always spreading knowledge :)

12/29/2018

Indarra - Turn The Light Within (Official)

Xris recorded Athan Maroulis at Mindswerve Studios, NYC for Indarra's "Turn the Light Within". turned out great!

via Athan: "I recorded vocals for Metropolis Records artists Indarra on their song "Turn the Light Within." Vocalist Sue Suzi Hutton (ex-Rhea's Obsession) and I cut a duet nearly 20 years ago, then again recently in Pittsburgh where we shot some of the video shown here. Produced by impresario Kelly Litzenberger and directed by J Aaron Hager""

Indarra "Turn the Light Within" From the album Walk on Fire Director: J. Aaron Hager at Available Light - www.captureyourlight.com Director of Photography: J...

05/09/2018

May 10th: Special Novation Masterclass at Sam Ash DJ / Electronic Production / Sam Ash Music Stores with Producer Nick Hook!
Join us: Novation Launchpad Masterclass with Nick Hook
RSVP: facebook.com/events/1579301665519783/

03/29/2018

Thurs March 29th: anyone interested in this should come down to Sam Ash Music Stores / Sam Ash DJ / Electronic Production - Akai Professional will be there with Music Producer Ski Beatz doing a workshop and answering Music Production questions :)
•$• FREE •$•
RSVP: facebook.com/events/225625337995426

03/10/2018

Mindswerve Studios, NYC presents
a NATIVE INSTRUMENTS TRAKTOR Symposium
RSVP: facebook.com/events/493337581059916
covering all aspects of Traktor -
installing, operation, managing library,
using with controllers (S2, S4, Z1, F1 etc)
on a laptop (Mac & PC)
and iPad/iPhone (Traktor DJ App)

plus Traktor Scratch with timecode vinyl
and integration with Maschine,
Ableton Link synchronization and more if we have time...

native-instruments.com/en/products/traktor/dj-software/traktor-pro-2/

bring your questions and let's all share knowledge and get better at this
please plan ahead and save the date!!

bring your laptop / iPad and controller with you also

** RSVP for FREE ADMISSION **
special thanks to Caffeine Underground and DJ Ian Ford for letting us host our workshop there :)
facebook.com/CaffeineUnderground
447 Central Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11221
(near the Myrtle - Wyckoff stop on the L Train)

Mindswerve Studios NYC:
facebook.com/mindswerve
mindswerve.com/beta

01/14/2018

Future DJ Software Could "Demix" Finished Tracks Into Playable Stems - DJ TechTools

We have a very good clue at what could be next from NI based on their sponsorship of a scientific community project, SiSEC (Signal Separation Evaluation Campaign). One of goals of this project is to divide completed audio tracks back into their original stems, with just a computer algorithm.

12/14/2017

NATIVE INSTRUMENTS Demo / Workshop December 14th for their newest line of products: MASCHINE mk3 • Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol - Fanpage mk2 and KOMPLETE 11 ultimate - at Sam Ash Music Stores / Sam Ash DJ / Electronic Production 333 West 34th St. New York City!
see you there!
RSVP: https://facebook.com/events/517963715238654
Native Instruments Workshop

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Website

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