VHS Lives: Pre-orders available now!

An update on the VHS Lives documentary: Mid-March I received word that the UK-produced documentary had secured distribution on DVD via WWMD, and this past weekend the DVD was announced being available to pre-order! You can order your copy via WWMD direct here, Forbidden Planet here and iTunes here.

The documentary, featuring myself and Videogram's music, as well as Jörg Buttgereit, Troma's own Lloyd Kaufman, and Josh from Lunchmeat VHS Fanzine, and others, goes deep into the psyche of VHS collectors, SOV filmmakers, and VHS-inspired musicians/producers, and shows why the old VHS tapes you have rotting away in your loft are becoming antique collectors pieces!

Awesome way to relive the 80's!
- Starburst Magazine

More information via Vestra Pictures on Facebook here, you'll find the documentary Facebook page here, and on IMDB, complete with a full listing of the cast and crew, here. The trailer (featuring He's Still Out There that appears on the digital version of my Camp Blood EP):

Ch-ch-check it out!

 

Cineploit just made it official on their Facebook, so feast your eyes on the coming Camp Blood pic disc 10" EP! Featuring artwork by Andy Grail and a photo courtesy Cursed Camp Studios, this vinyl release will be released on Friday, November 13th! Five tracks in total, the EP features all-new tracks plus a remixed and re-recorded version of the 2014 digital single Camp Blood.

This one both looks and sounds great and I can't wait to see it released. Many thanks to the artists that helped put amazing visuals to my music. Check out Andy's portfolio here, you'll find Cursed Camp Studios here and their Facebook pages can be found here and here.

Radio-Aktivität II

Check out the interview I did on WCUW's Radio of Horror last week! Covering mainly Videogram, we also get to talk about H.R. Giger as well as my coming Cineploit album and Camp Blood EP. Check out their website here and give them a like on Facebook here!

More radio-aktivität can be found via XWave Radio that'll start playing select cuts from my previous albums next week. Check them out here.

Interview with Trash Mutant

Check it out. Did an interview with Trash Mutant earlier this week (what a great name!) covering all sorts of topics like the all-new Cobretti EP, my influences, punk rock past and the 1980s VHS explosion to name just a few.

I enjoyed this one and think it came out great! Read it here and give them a like on Facebook here. And tell them I sent ya!

The EP has received more reviews and shout-outs. Bloody Good Horror, Bucketlist Music Reviews and The Action Elite have all been giving this project some much-appreciated support. And Six Foot Plus aired Camp Blood during their recent Friday the 13th-themed show, so make sure to give it a spin here.

Update

As February is coming to a close I figured it was time for an update: The second physical Videogram release is in the works right now as I finished up my end of it this past week.

Both Lunchmeat VHS Fanzine and Doc Terror/Horror Sexy are in on this, Loud Comix' Jamie Vayda did the artwork and I don't wanna ruin the surprise, but it's gonna be a pretty insane one that I hope will make people as psyched as I was creating it. Teasers will be posted later on!

The Cineploit album is coming along quite nicely. I've been mixing a lot of drum tracks this past week (I just finished up one tonight) and soundwise this one's gonna be a pretty beefy album - if you liked my Camp Blood single this'll be right up your alley.

For those wanting a taste there's probably gonna be a digital EP released soon-ish featuring one album track with some exclusive bonus tracks - including one that has some choice synths courtesy D.A. Medina. Stay tuned!

Camp Blood Reviews II

So, second week in on the release of the Camp Blood single it's time to collect the latest reviews and plugs it's been receiving. Once again, I'm pretty damn stoked by the reception and am keeping my fingers crossed this'll continue until October 31st.

Rue Morgue gave it a nice plug on their website, urging their readers to "grab your hockey mask and spear gun and check it out", The Broke Horror Fan added you should play it if you "Want the trick-or-treaters to dance to your door", The Horrormovies Blog gave it a much-appreciated plug and UK's The Rotting Zombie gave it a nice plug calling the video editing "really well done" and the track "a catchy little three minutes." Links are below so make sure you check them out.

While on the subject of the Halloween track, it's now available via both Deezer and Google Play. Get it here and here.

Rue Morgue review
The Broke Horror Fan plug
The Horrormovies Blog plug
The Rotting Zombie review

Camp Blood Reviews

Well, the first week since the launch of Camp Blood has passed and I figured I'd make a round up of the initial batch of reviews that's been coming in. The response to the track has been thrilling to say the least. It seems like both the horror community and fans "got" the song immediately, which is great 'cause that was my ambition.

The Year of Halloween gave it a plug in the October news post Something Wicked This Way Comes, Friday the 13th: The Franchise called the track "great" and summed up the video as "gold", Horror Sci-Fi & More wrote a short-but-sweet plug stating it is a "special Halloween treat for the Friday the 13th fans out there" and I really like The Horror Movie Maniac's pretty humorous blurb "filled to the brim with screams and plenty of thrills that'll allow you to show off your "killer" dance skills."

Next came Bloody Disgusting's Get Your Jason Voorhees Groove On With Videogram's "Camp Blood" that really had my Bandcamp stats exploding, summing up the track as "catchy", "total 80's horror synth" and "perfect for your Halloween party!" The Scream Review wrote a nice piece about the single, calling it a "gem" "that really sets the tone for horror inspired music", and earlier today Cinema Slasher posted a review calling it "even more hilariously awesome than you'd probably expecting it to be." Check them all out!

The Year of Halloween: Plug.
Friday the 13th: The Franchise: Review.
Horror Sci-Fi & More: Plug.
The Horror Movie Maniac: Plug.
Bloody Disgusting: Review.
The Scream Review: Review.
Cinema Slasher: Review.

Camp Blood single

I don't always ch ch ch, but when I do I ah ah ah... October's finally here and I am stoked to announce to release the Camp Blood single. Not only 'cause I think the track turned pretty cool, but also as a fellow horror fan 'cause it's just one big "nudge nudge, wink wink" for the Friday the 13th fans.

Available as of now via my Bandcamp, plus iTunes and Amazon (my provider is a bit so-so meaning other streaming services will be added later on), you can also check out the video on my YouTube and give the track a spin on my SoundCloud as well.

Bandcamp: http://goo.gl/NDcVP7
iTunes: http://goo.gl/T3hJQu
Amazon: http://goo.gl/IKOvs8
SoundCloud: http://goo.gl/uzUYMF
YouTube: http://goo.gl/d9li9R

Camp Blood video

The all-new video for my coming Halloween track Camp Blood is online. Using footage from Sisworo Gautama Putra's Indonesian 1981 Friday the 13th knockoff Srigala, I think this one turned out pretty funny.

The track will be available on iTunes, Bandcamp etc. on October 1st. Check it out, spread the word and watch the other videos on my official YouTube channel here.