DJ Chris Ewen

Cambridge/Boston based DJ/Musician (ManRay: "HEROES", CRYPT, FANTASY FACTORY), Xmortis, + PRETTY IN PINK Tea in P'town. Keys/Synths in The Magnetic Fields.
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I am an electronic musician & DJ, a recording & touring member of The Magnetic Fields, composer/instrumentalist for Future Bible Heroes (whose members include TMF's Stephin Merritt & Claudia Gonson) and former keyboardist for Figures On A Beach. As a DJ, my events are currently:
• CRYPT: Goth & Industrial (Resident DJ / Founder / Promotions) every Wednesday at ManRay (Cambridge MA) 9pm-1am.
• FANT

ASY FACTORY: ManRay's legendary Fe**sh night is back (Resident DJ) every 3rd Friday at ManRay (Cambridge MA) 9pm-2am.
• XMORTIS: Goth/Industrial (Resident DJ) every 2nd Friday at The Middle East (downstairs - Cambridge MA) 9pm-2am.

• "HEROES": 80s/electro/post-punk night (Resident DJ / Founder / Promotions), every Saturday at ManRay (Cambridge MA) (9pm-2am)

• PRETTY IN PINK Tea: 80s New Wave & Classic Synth Pop (DJ) Wednesdays at the Boatslip Resort in Provincetown MA during the Summer Season (4-7pm). I've appeared as a guest DJ at Ceremony Boston, Superstition, Fifty Four, Rogue Burlesque (OBERON), Trani Wreck (OBERON), & several other Boston/Cambridge events, spun alongside Lol Tolhurst (Hojoko), have been on the bill as DJ in Boston and Cambridge with Marc Almond (The S*x Cells tour) (Paradise), Book Of Love (Brighton Music Hall), She Wants Revenge (The Middle East), VNV Nation (Paradise 2x, Royale, ManRay), Gary Numan (Paradise 2x), Peter Murphy (The Middle East, Paradise 2x), OMD (Paradise 2x), Chameleons Vox (Middle East 3x), Modern English (Middle East), Nitzer Ebb (Paradise), Skinny Puppy (Avalon), Echo & The Bunnymen (Paradise 2x), Ladytron (Paradise), Covenant (Paradise & Brighton Music Hall, ManRay), IAMX (TT The Bear's Place 2x), The B-52's (Tanglewood, Boston Symphony Hall), The Crüxshadows (the original ManRay, The Middle East), and several bands who performed live at the original ManRay, including Alien S*x Fiend, Su***de, Faith & The Muse, Bella Morte, Apoptygma Berzerk, Wolfsheim, And One, ohGr, Christian Death, KMFDM, Pigface, Meat Beat Manifesto, Consolidated, Dead Or Alive, etc., and DJ'd many nights at former local Cambridge hotspot River Gods. DJ History:
• Detroit in the early to mid 80s: I spun records at Todds and The Asylum.
• Cambridge/Boston: I DJ'd at punk/industrial/goth club Ground Zero from around '89-'91, started spinning records at legendary underground nightspot ManRay in 1986 and later became head resident DJ until its closing in mid 2005. Since then, "HEROES" has maintained residences at Toast (Somerville MA), Axis (Boston), TT The Bear's Place (Cambridge), Brighton Music Hall (Boston), Machine (Boston), The Middle East (Cambridge), and Sonia (Cambridge). "HEROES" now falls to Earth every Saturday at ManRay (Cambridge). AS A MUSICIAN: I appear on The Magnetic Fields’ most recent Nonesuch releases "Quickies" & "50 Song Memoir" as well as the 3CD opus “69 Love Songs”. I've recorded 3 albums and 3 EPs with Future Bible Heroes (Merge), contributed the title music for Neil Gaiman’s “A Short Film about John Bolton”, played synths & keys with Figures On A Beach on 3 indie-released EPs and 2 albums (Sire/WB), and have remixed tracks for Koishii & Hush, Freezepop, The Crüxshadows, My Favourite & Boy In Static. "HEROES" won the 2014 Boston Music Award for "Best Dance Night", The Boston Phoenix's "Best Dance Night - Retro" (2010), and "Best Dance Night - Weekly" (2011), and I won "Best DJ" (2012) in the annual Boston Phoenix BEST Readers Poll.

11/06/2024

ManRay’s weekly Goth / Industrial Dance Night
CRYPT
happens *tonight* Wednesday, November 6th, and
DJ Chris Ewen is back to mix the music for you!
Your Bartendrix Extraordinaire Terri (Teresa Niedzwiecki) mixes your elixirs.

Doors at 9pm. $7 before 10pm, $10 after.
DRESS CODE: Dress to impress, creative attire encouraged!
At the very least wear all black.

40 Prospect Street, Central Square, Cambridge MA

10/14/2024

The Magnetic Fields are about to embark on some US "69 Love Songs" 25th Anniversary concerts, and we fly to Washington DC tomorrow! Claudia and John will be with us for the DC shows, and we can't wait to see you in Washington DC, Austin TX, Boulder CO, Portland OR and Seattle WA. These will be our final shows for 2024! You can get more information at the link in the Magnetic Fields bio and at http://www.houseoftomorrow.com/calendar

10/10/2024

HEROES Saturday October 12th is coming up at ManRay -
LET'S DANCE!
80s New Wave, Electro, Post-Punk & a bit of old-school Goth + Industrial with resident DJ Chris Ewen.
Bartendrix Xtraordinaire Terri (Teresa Niedzwiecki) mixes cocktails and attitude in her Dominion Lounge, w/ your Hostess Xtine!
9pm - 2am, $12 before 10pm, $15 after. 19+. No Dress Code, but creative attire is encouraged.

"HEROES" falls to Earth every Saturday at ManRay. This week's invite: https://www.facebook.com/events/900432934799490

40 Prospect Street, Central Square, Cambridge MA

10/10/2024

Xmortis Monster A-Go-Go is *this* Friday October 11th!
DJ Chris Ewen & DJ Howie Disco Rivet mix Goth, Industrial & Darkwave w/ some Deathrock, Horrorpunk & Psychobilly mixed in while our Gory Go-Go-Ghouls get you Go-Go-Going on the dance floor!
+ CANDY!CANDY!CANDY!
Middle East Restaurant and Nightclub (down - Brookline St. entrance)
Xmortis is 18+ $15 Doors at 9pm ($13 before 10pm).
The invite: https://www.facebook.com/events/1172867990641619/

The fine print:
STRICT DRESS CODE: Goth, Industrial, Deathrock, Trad, Gothabilly, Scream Queen, Graveyard Greaser, Gothic Lo**ta, Dark Cosplay, Creative Attire Encouraged. MINIMUM ALL BLACK! (*Xmortis is not a costume party but cool spooky outfits & cosplays are encouraged)👻

Proper ID is REQUIRED for Entry! (A valid, state-issued photo ID/Passport - NO PAPER/TEMP or EXPIRED ID!). No presale - CASH at the Door! NO OUTSIDE BEVERAGES!

10/09/2024

Catch me at ManRay twice this week before I head out on tour again with The Magnetic Fields for the following 3 weeks.

ManRay's weekly Goth / Industrial Dance Night
•CRYPT•
is *tonight* Wednesday October 9th, w/ DJ Chris Ewen mixing the music. Bartendrix Extraordinaire Terri mixes your elixirs.
Doors at 9pm. $7 before 10pm, $10 after. DRESS CODE: Dress to impress, creative attire encouraged! At the very least wear all black. The CRYPT invite: https://www.facebook.com/events/564163379500739

I'll also be behind the decks for
•"HEROES"• this Saturday October 12th.
80s New Wave, Electro, Post-Punk and a bit of Goth & Industrial.
Let's DANCE! The "HEROES" invite: https://www.facebook.com/events/900432934799490

40 Prospect Street, Central Square, Cambridge MA

10/08/2024

Beborn Beton LIVE is *tonight* Tuesday October 8th!
German Synthpop / EBM legends
Beborn Beton are playing LIVE w/ special guests André Obin, Sean Drinkwater & DJ Chris Ewen.

From international hits like "Another World" to current dance floor fillers "Dancer In The Dark" & "Burning Gasoline" from their newest album "Darkness Falls Again", this concert is *not* to be missed!

Doors: 8pm. Show Starts at 8:30pm. Cover $25 (at door only). 19+. No dress code.
ManRay: 40 Prospect Street, Central Square, Cambridge MA The invite: https://www.facebook.com/events/1142092913544326

10/03/2024

MY dear friend Anthony Kaczynski and I have been making music together since ... 1981? He's been a very special person to me over all these years. In 2018, his ex-wife of 23 years, friend and business partner Michelle received a diagnosis of early onset dementia/Alzheimer's disease. She entered assisted living in November of 2019. Tony has been the one making sure she's cared for, and has been bearing the financial burden all of this time. Right now, the situation is critical, and he's in desperate need of funds. I'm posting the GoFundMe page he's set up to try to help with this. Here's his message and the link below.

"Michelle Kaczynski still needs your help. Every donation counts. We are perilously close to running out of funds to keep her at Rogerson House, and I am still actively engaged in trying to find a Medicaid/MassHealth approved long-term care facility for her.
Thank you for your continued support, and please share this GoFundMe widely amongst your friends and colleagues.
Link to GFM: https://gofund.me/6c505451 "

https://www.gofundme.com/f/bridge-the-gap-for-michelles-care?attribution_id=sl:2bb71757-4f07-439e-92ec-422967ca15d3&utm_campaign=pd_ss_icons&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link

Michelle Kaczynski is my ex-wife of twenty-three years, my friend of over forty y… Anthony Kaczynski needs your support for Bridge the Gap for Michelle's Care

10/02/2024

Tonight I'll be mixing the music at CRYPT Wednesday October 2nd, ManRay's weekly Goth/Industrial night.
Terri (Teresa Niedzwiecki) will be mixing your elixirs.
Stop on by!
Doors at 9pm. $7 before 10pm, $10 after.
DRESS CODE: Dress to impress, creative attire encouraged!
At the very least wear all black.
ManRay: 40 Prospect Street, Central Square, Cambridge MA

The invite: https://www.facebook.com/events/544820844582743/

09/25/2024

CRYPT
is happening *tonight* Wednesday September 25th at ManRay, and I (DJ Chris Ewen) am back to mix an evening of Goth & Industrial tracks for you!
Your Bartendrix Extraordinaire Terri (Teresa Niedzwiecki) mixes your elixirs.
Doors at 9pm. $7 before 10pm, $10 after.
DRESS CODE: Dress to impress, creative attire encouraged!
At the very least wear all black.

ManRay: 40 Prospect Street, Central Square, Cambridge
https://www.facebook.com/events/3726410100936477

09/20/2024

I'm back in the US and will be mixing the music at ManRay *twice* this weekend, starting tonight!

• Friday September 20: Fantasy Factory - HOT FOR TEACHER. It's back-to-school season, and you know what that means! Teacher's got a lesson all ready for YOU.
DJ Static (James Cuddyer) and DJ Chris Ewen
https://www.facebook.com/events/825681886379411/
• and •
• Saturday September 21st: "HEROES" - LET'S DANCE! 80s New Wave, Electro, Post-Punk & a bit of old-school Goth + Industrial!
https://www.facebook.com/events/1201262781199264

09/20/2024

The Magnetic Fields have returned to the US from our month of "69 Love Songs" 25th Anniversary concerts in the UK & EU. It was an incredible adventure, a glorious time, and a thrill to play for you. A *huge* thank you to everyone who attended our shows. ❤
We start our next tour of the US on October 17th in Washington DC (it’s paradise to me). There are still tickets left for a couple of those shows ( more info: http://www.houseoftomorrow.com )

Here's our "class photo", taken at the Bremen Teater in Copenhagen on the final day of this tour. From left to right: Neil Robert Young (stage sound / monitor god), Shirley Simms (vocals, ukulele), Anthony Kaczynski (vocals, guitars), Stephin Merritt (vocals, Micro Freak, percussives), Rob Thomson-Fernandes (tour manager, and so much more), Sam Davol (cello), Chris Ewen (that's me - keyboards, electronics), and Y-Mike Yesenosky (front of house sound guru).
📸

08/19/2024

!! Clubland Update !! DJ Chris Ewen here.
While The Magnetic Fields are on tour in the EU & UK, the club events I DJ at will, of course, continue, stronger than ever, with incredibly talented DJs to mix the music for you!
Here's the rundown, with links to all of the events!

• PRETTY IN PINK TEA at the Boatslip Resort in Provincetown:
DJ Brian Halligan will be behind the decks (4-7pm) *tomorrow* Tuesday August 20 for this year's Carnival Edition, and then Wednesday August 28, Wednesday September 4 & Wednesday September 11.

• CRYPT at ManRay
DJ Arcanus continues his Wednesday residency on
*August 21: https://www.facebook.com/events/1475305113866098
*August 28: https://www.facebook.com/events/474175928754441
*September 4: https://www.facebook.com/events/517589327519543
*September 11: https://www.facebook.com/events/1725527451567082
*September 18: https://www.facebook.com/events/7929784847135398

"HEROES" at ManRay
*Saturday August 24: DJ James 808 https://www.facebook.com/events/478063938450731
*Saturday August 31: DJ Brian Halligan
https://www.facebook.com/events/553160503708809
*Saturday September 7: DJ Brian Halligan
https://www.facebook.com/events/1166376487772434
*Saturday September 14: DJ James 808
https://www.facebook.com/events/502717678973022

I'll be back at ManRay for FANTASY FACTORY on Friday September 20 with DJ Static (James Cuddyer), "HEROES" on Saturday September 21, and then CRYPT on Wednesday September 25.

See you soon! 🖤

08/17/2024

Hello!
"HEROES" is tonight Saturday August 17th @ ManRay. Let's Dance!
Here's the invite: https://www.facebook.com/events/843995957350593

08/09/2024

Xmortis Olde Skool - Summer School is *tonight*, Friday August 9th!
DJ Chris Ewen spins Old School Goth, Industrial, Deathrock, & Darkwave with guest DJ Faust (PVD)!

DRESS CODE: Goth, Industrial, Fe**shwear, Deathrock, Tradgoth, Nugoth, Summergoth, Dark Cosplay, Gothic Lo**ta, Pastel Goth, or MINIMUM ALL BLACK!

Xmortis is 18+ $15 Doors at 9pm ($13 before 10pm) Proper ID is REQUIRED for Entry! (A valid, state-issued photo ID/Passport - NO PAPER/TEMP or EXPIRED ID!). No presale - CASH at the Door!

Middle East Restaurant and Nightclub Downstairs (Brookline St. entrance) CAMBRIDGE, MA
https://www.facebook.com/events/361856210027075

08/03/2024

HEROES Saturday August 3rd is *tonight* at ManRay, so
Let's Dance!
80s New Wave, Electro, Post-Punk & a bit of old-school Goth + Industrial with Resident DJ Chris Ewen.
Bartendrix Xtraordinaire Terri Teresa Niedzwiecki mixes cocktails and attitude in her Dominion Lounge. Your Hostess: Xtine!
9pm - 2am, $12 before 10pm, $15 after. 19+. No Dress Code, but creative attire is encouraged.

"HEROES" falls to Earth every Saturday at ManRay.
40 Prospect Street, Central Square, Cambridge MA
This week's invitation: https://www.facebook.com/events/795719256098474/

07/27/2024

HEROES Saturday July 27th is *tonight* at ManRay!
Let's Dance!

The invite: https://www.facebook.com/events/924318552694241/

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40 Prospect Street
Cambridge, MA
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http://www.manrayclub.com/

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A Closer Look at Chris Ewen’s Career.

As a Musician: I appear on The Magnetic Fields’ most recent Nonesuch release "50 Song Memoir" as well as the 3CD opus “69 Love Songs”. I've recorded 3 albums and 3 EPs with Future Bible Heroes (Merge), contributed the title music for Neil Gaiman’s “A Short Film about John Bolton”, played synths & keys with Figures On A Beach on 3 indie-released EPs and 2 albums (Sire/WB), and remixed tracks for Koishii & Hush, Freezepop, The Crüxshadows, My Favourite & Boy In Static.

As a DJ: I'm currently involved with 80s/electro/post-punk night "HEROES" (Resident DJ / Founder / Promotions), currently at Sonia (Cambridge MA), the monthly goth/industrial event Xmortis (Resident DJ - The Middle East (downstairs), the new post punk/industrial/goth dance night The BACK ROOM (with Scott Heim) at the Middle East (upstairs), make seasonal DJ appearances for Electric Dreams Tea (80s New Wave & Classic Synth Pop) at the Boatslip Resort in Provincetown MA, and preside over occasional Boston area ManRay reunions and Halloween events.

I've appeared as a guest DJ at Ceremony Boston, Superstition, Fifty Four, Rogue Burlesque (OBERON), Trani Wreck (OBERON), & several other Boston/Cambridge events, spun alongside Lol Tolhurst (Hojoko), have been on the bill as DJ in Boston and Cambridge with Marc Almond (The S*x Cells tour) (Paradise), Book Of Love (Brighton Music Hall), She Wants Revenge (The Middle East), VNV Nation (Paradise 2x, Royale, ManRay), Gary Numan (Paradise 2x), Peter Murphy (The Middle East, Paradise 2x), OMD (Paradise 2x), Chameleons Vox (Middle East 3x), Modern English (Middle East), Nitzer Ebb (Paradise), Skinny Puppy (Avalon), Echo & The Bunnymen (Paradise 2x), Ladytron (Paradise), Covenant (Paradise & Brighton Music Hall, ManRay), IAMX (TT The Bear's Place 2x), The B-52's (Tanglewood, Boston Symphony Hall), The Crüxshadows (ManRay, The Middle East), and several bands who performed live at ManRay, including Alien S*x Fiend, Su***de, Faith & The Muse, Bella Morte, Apoptygma Berzerk, Wolfsheim, And One, ohGr, Christian Death, KMFDM, Pigface, Meat Beat Manifesto, Consolidated, Dead Or Alive, etc., and DJ'd many nights at former local Cambridge hotspot River Gods.

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