Russell Brand put it best when he said, "My life is just a series of embarrassing incidents strung together by telling people about those embarrassing incidents."
My name's Ilyssa, though you might know me better as DJ Totentanz. I'm originally from Philadelphia, USA, but travel back and forth between there and Western Europe, where I am working on relocating to. I've been a working Pro DJ for nearly 11 years and music is my first love. Chances are, if you live between DC and NYC or in a sizeable chunk of Central Europe, you've probably seen a flyer with my name on it. When I'm not behind the decks, I'm pretty much a big dork who loves video games, playing bass, cooking, and reading lots of crazy history books.
Ultimately, this is really just a small personal page for me and an extra way to keep up with what I'm doing besides the usual Website/Facebook channels.
2012 TOURING/GIG SCHEDULE 1/14: Overdose @ b.lack, Salzburg AUSTRIA 1/21: Schwarzflug: Female Special @ Club Pi, Vienna AUSTRIA 1/28: Cyber Heresy VI @ Batelier, Bratislava SLOVAKIA 2/3 Assimilate @ XO Lounge, Philadelphia PA 2/9: Asylum 13 @ Mojo 13, Wilmington DE 2/17: Kulture Shock @ Xo Lounge, Philadelphia PA 3/2: Assimilate @ XO Lounge, Philadephia PA 3/10: Midnight @ The Meeting Place, Washington DC 3/24: Defcon @ The Pyramid, New York City NY 3/31: Cyberia @ Tivoli De Helling, Utrecht NETHERLANDS 4/5: Cryotec @ The Classic Grand, Glasgow UK 4/7: Resistanz International Industrial Music Festival @ Corporation, Sheffield UK 4/21: Record Store Day @ Digital Ferret, Philadelphia PA 4/28: Cybertron @ Gramercy Theater, New York City NY 5/4: Assimilate @ XO Lounge, Philadelphia PA 5/17: Kinetik Festival @ Metropolis, Montreal CANADA 6/2: Tracy's B-Day Bash - INVITE ONLY @ Rector, Gent BELGIUM 6/9: Slimelight @ Electrowerkz, London UK 6/16: Dominion @ Murray's Bar (The Cellar), Dublin IRELAND 6/23: Existanz feat. Modulate @ An Cruiscin Lan, Cork IRELAND 6/29: Club Antichrist @ The Colosseum, London UK 6/30: Cyber Heresy VII @ Batelier, Bratislava SLOVAKIA 7/7: Schwarzflug @ Club Pi, Vienna AUSTRIA 7/13: Bassturbation @ Rector, Gent BELGIUM 7/14: Vampire Party @ Den Aalmoezenier, Antwerp BELGIUM 7/28: Summer Darkness Festival @ Tivoli Oudegracht, Utrecht NETHERLANDS
8 bit, Ableton Live, Amphi Festival, Anime (selectively... I like it dark and violent), Apple/Macintosh, Art History, Asatru, Asian and European Cult Cinema, Audio Engineering, Austria, Bass (4 and 5 String), Beer, Belgium, Castles, Clubbing, Club Pi (Vienna, AT), Coffee, Cooking, D and D, Dario Argento, DJing, Dynasty/Samurai Warriors Series, Edinburgh, Electronic Music, Elizabeth I, European History (c. 800 - 1650), EVP, Foreign Languages, Freedom of Choice, Freedom from Religion, Gaming, Ghost Hunting, Glasgow, Hard Thumping Beats, Haunted Places, Illuminated Manuscripts, I Love Industrial (Philadelphia, PA), Logic Studio 8, Meat, Medieval Calligraphy, Medieval History and Mysticism, Medieval and Renaissance Art, MIDI Fighter, Mythology, Native Instruments, Non-Fiction Literature, Old-School Nintendo, Overdose (Salzburg, AT), Paranormal Phenomena, Photography, Pioneer DJ Equipment, Playstation, Pyramid Head, Rapid Wien, Reason 3.0, Resistanz, Retro Game Systems, RPGs, Running off to Europe, Scotland, Serial Killers, Slovakia, Sucking at Pool, Summer Darkness Festival, Synthesizers, Tattoos, Technology, Traktor Pro 2, Transformers, Travel, Ukrainian Culture and Heritage, Vampire Party (Antwerp, BE), The Vikings and their Legacy, Vinyl Records, Wave Gotik Treffen, Wine, Women, World of Warcraft, Writing, Xbox, Zombie Films, etc...
And that unmistakable feeling of Euphoria that comes from pounding basslines and a filled danceflor at 2am...
Dislikes
Air Travel (even though it's a necessary evil), A large chunk of Drum n' Bass (some's good though!), AngelSHIT, Crappy white boy cover bands like you get stuck with in bars, Cruelty to animals, "DJane"... seems to be mostly a German thing but I dislike it and don't care to use it for myself, Doomsday "prophecies"... LAME!, Fake asshats who only want to be friends with you for their own personal gain, Hard Drugs, Homophobia, Hospitals, Idiocy, "Industrial Dance" (sorry guys, I just don't like this style), J-Rock... J anything really, Militant Vegans (non-militant vegans are cool in my book... just don't give me a hard time for being an omnivore), My own shyness on occasion, "Nazitru", Opponents of free choice in assorted forms, Politics and everything to do with it, Religious fanaticism and fundamentalism, Sexism, Stupid People, Tequila... except occasionally with Red Bull, "Text Speak" or whatever the hell that sorry excuse for language some people use on the internet is (if you want to contact me, PLEASE write to me in proper English... or German... or even French), Unnecessary Drama, When my music software decides to be completely retarded.
Favorite Music
Coldwave (the good kind, not guitar industrial), Darkwave, Dubstep/Drumstep, EBM/Industrial, Electro House, Fidget, Hard Dance/Hardstyle, Metal (Black, Doom, Folk, Viking), Neo-Folk and Neo-Classical, Old School Gothic Rock and Deathrock, Post Punk, Post Rock, Rhythmic Noise, Witch House, The Darker side of Indie Rock, and Classical/Opera. A list of bands would take way too long.
hey i know this comment is going to be stupid but my name is amanda. i think you're absoultely goregous and i wanted to see if you'd ever consider getting to know someone in los angeles, california?
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