Blending styles as different as pop, blues, industrial, and cabaret, this album is ready to attack. With catchy hooks, pulsing beats, sharp harmonies, and thought provoking lyrics, this "half-man half-animal poet" has exceeded all expectations (2B Mag.).

I Know

This "half-man half-animal poet" has exceeded all expectations (2B Mag.). A sultry beat, a dense Southern sound fresh from the True Blood Soundtrack. Join me and be a wild thing, too. 

Wild Things (feat. Daniel Lockhart)

The Sun Is Up

A love letter, a war letter, a Dear John letter...a sincere good-bye. 

Blending styles as different as pop, blues, industrial, and cabaret, this album is ready to attack. With catchy hooks, pulsing beats, sharp harmonies, and thought provoking lyrics, this "half-man half-animal poet" has exceeded all expectations (2B Mag.).

To My Love (feat. C.C. Trubiak & Olexandra Pruchnicky)

For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge (Instrumental Film Version)

Love is an act of War. And as with any war, there are winners and losers, each dictated by the strategies they employed during battle. A "blitzkrieg" is a battle strategy where an attacking force spearheads a breakthrough in the enemy's rear flank through a series of deep cutting attacks, then circles and destroys the remaining defenses through speed and surprise. Is the warfare of love any different? Do we not attack our lovers at the weakest points and bulldoze through their defenses? It is this concept of "love as warfare" that Danniel Oickle has explored on his much anticipated new release, Blitzkrieg!. 
	Oickle revels in genres as different as pop, industrial, blues, and cabaret and blends them to create a cohesive yet "genre-busting" signature style (Simpson, The Ottawa Citizen, 2012). Taking inspiration from WWII recordings and imagery, Blitzkrieg! has been divided into two equal parts: The Attack and The Aftermath. The Attack (songs 1-7) is focused on beat driven anthems, direct and empowered lyrics, and culminating in a climax of vocal harmonies. The Aftermath (songs 8-14) is more raw, stripped of the calculated bite of The Attack, wallowing in the different subtle shades of the emotions surrounding love, and finally closing the album with an instrumental version of the vocal climax of part one. After the battle of lovers, there is nothing left to say.
	Oickle carefully selected three cover songs to add to the original work on the album. Marilyn Manson's "The Dope Show," takes a classic glam-rock anthem, peppers it in doo-wop, and draws out the concept of love of fame and fortune, the 15 minutes of self-love that Warhol believed everyone would experience. In "How Insensitive," Oickle takes the classic jazz number and forms a direct stand on the lyrics with monotone style vocals and minimalistic music. Lastly, "Sex and Candy" completes the trifecta and leaves the performance naked and raw, with only a hollow antique piano tinkling in an empty hall. 
	Containing many collaborations, Blitzkrieg! is Oickle's most ambitious, yet cohesive, release to date. From employing vocal cloning of his sister on "The Dope Show," a-tonal repetitions by Bon Bon on "How Insensitive," deep creole inspired harmonies by Emmanuel Simon on "My Heart Has Teeth," the masculine-vs-feminine counterbalance of C.C. Trubiak and Olexandra Pruchnicky on "To My Love," to "Wild Things" written through a pen-pal relationship with multi-musician Daniel Lockhart, Oickle was inspired to create an album ripe with variety and yet resolute in its presentation. 
	The "Electro-Poet" has outdone himself (Julien, RG Magazine, 2011). Blitzkrieg! is destined to be considered a seminal work for a controversial artist who refuses to be ignored. As the last breath on "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge" fades out, you'll want to start the battle all over again and let the music find every chink in your armor.

My Heart Has Teeth (feat. Emmanuel Simon)

The Bed

DJ Dan Valin's pounding tribal club mix of Danniel Oickle's underground hit song "The Bed."

The Bed (Dan Valin Club Remix)

A 12 year old recording of Danniel Oickle performing the role of Berger in the revival of HAIR at the Great Canadian Theatre Company.

Goin' Down (Live At The GCTC)

A delicate piano ballad about making changes in your life in order to open the doors to possibility. 

Start Of A New Day

Born into the glitz and glamour of the 80s, but coming of age in a staunchly religious household, Danniel has a unique sensitivity for the intricacies of music. Armed with his audacious creativity and unmistakable powerhouse vocals, Danniel is gaining a reputation as an “electro-poet." His new release, "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge," is being praised as a blistering ballad of sexual awakening and prowess, and remarkably Danniel's most accessible release to date. Dynamic controlled vocals drive the pulsing beat, pulling the listener to the final electrically charged climax. This marks a new musical provocation for an artist that refuses to be ignored. [Danniel's previously released twin albums "The Corruption of Flesh" - EP (2011) and “Poison Apples & Other Delicacies” (2011) are a culmination of tactile beats, thought provoking lyrics, and intense performances highlighting the theatrical style of his music.]

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