Tess LaCoell (Violet Wanda/Exposure Kills)

For those new, I'm Tess, aka Violet Wanda, Exposure Kills, Lesbian Dance Theory, and I also do more liquid/organic DnB under my pseudonym Tess LaCoell. I do industrial (futurepop), DnB, electro-pop, synthpop, electrohouse, etc)... 1/?

10 years ago if you told me I would be making essentially "Kpop if it was written by Rush" - I would have told you were crazy. But Kpop, Prog Rock and Jazz fusion have a lot more commonalities than you would think.

because of some issues with my distributor - Social Contract will be out in a few weeks. We'll keep you all updated!

9/25 with a remix by @stabbedbyprongs.bsky.social ... Then stay tuned for Blasphemies III on Outer Darkness Records for remix war goodness in mid-October!

Today's album that never got officially released, and is about as much of a banger that could have ever been produced is Splashdown's Blueshift. The lore behind why the album didn't get released is wild. You can listen to it and other Splashdown on.soundcloud.com/rXCu4VLuhATa...

New music by Sorrow Stories with Christopher Hall Stabbing Westward is on it's way very soon...🎼🎹🎸🎤🎧 Are you following Sorrow Stories on Bandcamp yet? [link below]

Thanks! <3

Thanks ReGen!

Out today. I really enjoyed doing this cover, I figured others might enjoy it! exposurekills.bandcamp.com/track/the-is...

Promotion by my good friends at Regen Magazine...

Awwww, we gotta stick together y'know? and while we're at it, Gabi has a fantastic voice, and y'all need to check out @stabbedbyprongs.bsky.social 's latest. There's like 4 versions of Pyromancer that Gabi sang on, and they are all soooo good.

Coming Out Friday - Bandcamp Only! Since I don't have Friday finished, and I'm pushing back it's release to December, I'm giving people a Pendulum cover to tide them over.

Thank you for the kind words, @absynth.space ! <3 Everyone else, don't sleep on my debut EP as Exposure Kills.

April 24th.

FInally ready to annnounce the project that @uwu-underground.bsky.social inspired for me. Featuring remixes by @lunarpaths.bsky.social and @dharmata101.bsky.social, as well as stellar vocals by Rebecca Bammer. Pre-order at exposurekills.bandcamp.com/albums/no-sa...

News: Stabbed By Prongs releases first single from sophomore album, featuring remix by Violet Wanda regenmag.com/news/news-st...

News: Helvete Inc. returns with new album, featuring Dan Milligan, ThirteenRavens, and Violet Wanda regenmag.com/news/news-he...

Almost done writing my album. I have some vocal sessions to do with my vocalists, and I'm still looking for a vocalist (or ideally 3 vocalists. but one that can sing several different character voices would work too) that can do a Maria Brink or Lazzy Hale type vocal. (if that's you, DM me!)

RIP Bobby. Once upon a time, the Grateful Dead was a huge band in my life. 1990's Tour Vet. youtu.be/b9BMfIQAiz0?...

A remix I did a while ago is on this, and @matthart3808.bsky.social was gracious to include it. It's actually "early" Violet Wanda, before I "gitted gud" - but it was all a process. Happy to finally have it released! It's actually pretty good, just not up to my current quality standards.

For those that don't know, I do post-production mixing and mastering for all kinds of albums. I'm just finishing up a banger of an album by @stabbedbyprongs.bsky.social. I have reasonable rates and discounts for marginalized communities. Feel free to reach out if you need an album mixed/mastered!

As 2025 comes to a close, I have to say that I am grateful for all the artists I've worked with as an engineer, and vocalists and collaborators I've worked with as an artist. Looking forward to the album release this upcoming year. Have some great folks on it. <3

This weekend I return to Eorzea, the hero of yore. I play at 3 pm Eastern on Saturday. Honored to have been asked to return even if only for a 1 hour set. It's been a long time since I DJ'd in XIV, but I was there at the beginning of the DJ Revolution. SInce then I've become quite a Producer.

I mixed and mastered most of this - its really a good collection. It casts the best light on the music. Plus a collaboration track that hits hard (remix to follow, just not sure *when* - I need a break after working so hard on this :) )

Violet Wanda/Exposure Kills returns to the decks tomorrow night from 7-9 Eastern to support LOUD! and the Stonewall Community Foundation! twitch.tv/violetwanda I'll be playing a bunch of critically acclaimed, award winning and new material, as well as some old faves.

@arclighthalo.com @violetwandamusic.com

I've been insanely busy lately, and I don't do a ton of social media anymore. But some things in the works: A couple collaborations, a few official remixes for the Violet Wanda project and I'm working on an Exposure Kills original album. It's a concept album about a superhero "blue team".

I do the B-side remix for this, and it's literally one of the best things I've ever done as Violet Wanda. I took a creepy mid-tempo synthpop track and made it 180 bpm sinister industrial drum n bass. Check it out on Nov 14th, presave here.

On the plane on my way home from DEFCON (and the tail end of STLV with my brother). I am soooo tired and need to sleep like a day. However, evidently Scott Bakula sent a message to my mother on stage at STLV and told her she could cash on her hall pass with him (what?!?!)

I mean....

A little travelling music for my hacker friendos. www.mixcloud.com/houseoftess/...

For new peeps. Here's a playlist of all my Exposure Kills Remixes. soundcloud.com/tess-lacoell...

I am obsessed with this movie. These two remixes are fun :) on.soundcloud.com/3hfhZq4mmASG... on.soundcloud.com/LRcPTq9M6qlv...

This actually hits the nail right on the head.

Just psyops shit...

So ready for DEFCON - 8 Days til I leave! Barbie Bitch Cult Does DEFCON! on.soundcloud.com/vae6ZqBz7KTq... @sudox.bsky.social @uwu-underground.bsky.social @defconmusicorg.bsky.social @defcon.bsky.social

Lawsuit in the dark. Cockroach scuttles toward the light— Steps on self. Appeals.

New release yesterday! Dancefloor DnB. Enjoy! music.imusician.pro/a/U-_68VvR

RFK Jr. is a public health biohazard in a Kennedy mask. Took his grandkids swimming in raw sewage, pushes anti-vax bullshit, downplayed a measles outbreak. I’m trans, autistic, ADHD, a TTI survivor, watching this shit drains my spoons. He’s not rebellious. He’s the system, cosplaying as dissent.

The revised edition of Cult of the Dead Cow is coming this December! New cover, new members, new urgency. Cow more than ever!

She's only on for the next hour, but if you like Drum n Bass, one of the OG's is on Twitch right now, and I'm going on right after her. Y'all gotta get in there. www.twitch.tv/jordana_offi...

Not to mention, this guy lives in the AR game they call MAGA, he actually believes their fictional tales of a universe where Biden had "Open Borders" A bit of a fish out of water for BlueSky, feel free to tell him where he can go find people that will feed into his fiction.

LOL. Duuude go back to Truth Social.

Coming soon...

New DJ set up, all self-produced tracks: This is actually a good introduction to my work. :) Has Exposure Kills, Violet Wanda and Tess LaCoell tracks. Setlist in description. www.mixcloud.com/houseoftess/...

I really needed this laugh this morning. Phishers gotta step up the game, Yo.

I am advocating, nay... DEMANDING that ALL HUMANS recieve due process. Everywhere on earth, not just the US. Sebastian Gorka is a traitorous Nazi fuck. RFK? idiotic traitor Nazi fuck. Noem? Dog-Killer Nazi Fuck Hegseth? Drunk Morokn Nazi Fuck. I can go on....