Altered States!

July 24 sees the launch of my all-new digital single "Altered States," the 27th release since the start of this project in 2014!

Drawing inspiration from Ken Russell's S/T sci-fi / horror classic, the two-track single sees an expansion of the Videogram sound, adding a heavier Space Synth influence to the mix, with nods to iconic electronic outfits such as Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream and Giorgio Moroder.

Available to stream and download on all streaming services (Bandcamp adds a bonus track).

The Shape!

Just in time for October I decided to release a lil' teaser by adding an all-new track to the 2018 "Michael" digital single on Bandcamp. Check out "The Shape"!

The track, initially part of the 2018 sessions with Australian musician Jesse Breckon-Thomas, was unfortunately never finished, but I decided to unearth it, give it the Videogram treatment and release it for Halloween.

You can download the two-track digital single exclusively on my Bandcamp page here, and check out the official audio streaming on my YouTube channel here. Happy Halloween!

Friday the 13th!

Happy Friday the 13th! This weekend, get Acid Washed's remix of Voorhees Stomp as pay-what-you-want via my official Bandcamp page. Download includes the fantastic Jason X-flavored sleeve by U.S. poster artist Jesse Philips. Get it here.

Lunchmeat VHS!

September 2019 marks the five-year anniversary of the creation of my Lunchmeat VHS Fanzine tape! Released in May that following year, the original 30-minute version offered faux 'trailers' for every track off my S/T album - utilizing footage from cult movies considered to be in the public domain - with a 3D version added as a bonus courtesy James 'Doc Terror' Harris!

Updated with the remixed and remastered versions off my Videogram Redux album, you can stream the video it in all its 4:3 glory on my YouTube channel here. Videogram Redux, featuring the original S/T album, with previously-unreleased bonus tracks, is available on all streaming services as well as my Bandcamp page here.

Papaya!

I couldn't be more excited to announce that the remixes I did for One Way Static Records back in 2017 have just been released!

The Papaya digital single features two plunderphonic remixes utilizing tracks culled from the remastered stereo tracks of Stelvio Cipriani's 1978 Papaya: Love Goddess of the Cannibals.

The single sees Cipriani's lounge exotica meet rhythm-heavy disco funk, with the title track adding sultry sax and female vocals to enhance the original work, backed with a bare-bones instrumental version, creating a fun, catchy and danceable reinterpretation worthy of inclusion to the collection of any fan of the 1978 movie and soundtrack!

Out now and available exclusively via my Bandcamp page here. Teaser videos on YouTube, Facebook and Instagram.

VHS Lives! Music From the Vestra Pictures Documentary

Yeah, don't be like Day of the Dead's Dr. Logan, let Bub listen to his Videogram tapes! A new quarter has arrived and I'm stoked to announce that my VHS Lives! Music from the Vestra Pictures Documentary has finally been released.

The three-track single features all the tracks that appears in the Vestra Pictures documentary - remixed and remastered! - wrapped in an old school Xerox fanzine-inspired sleeve! Streaming now on all music services.

The DVD and VOD of the VHS-themed documentary is available via MVD Entertainment Group. Check out He's Still Out There making its debut on Artefaktor Radio here.

OUT NOW: VHS Lives 2!

And it's out! Pretty stoked to announce that WWMD released the VHS Lives 2 documentary on DVD yesterday! Available via WWMD direct here,  the DVD is distributed exclusively by MVD Entertainment, so you can buy it at Best Buy, Deep Discount, and TCM Shop, to mention just a few. If you want VOD, you can stream, rent and buy it via Amazon Prime, iTunes, Microsoft, and Vimeo - the latter is U.S. only.

Which brings me to the next subject! Announced earlier, I'm releasing the Videogram tracks that appears in the documentaries - remixed and remastered! The sleeve has been updated with artwork that I felt was more fitting, going for an old school xeroxed fanzine aesthetic. Stay tuned for more info!

VHS Lives 2: Street Date

Exciting news! Yesterday MVD Entertainment Group shared photos of the DVD version of Vestra Pictures' documentary VHS Lives 2: Undead Format on their Instagram page. The street date is February 12, with the DVD being available for store orders as of now. The first installment in the series can be found at Target and Forbidden Planet, so it won't be hard to track down. Check it out!

While on the subject, if you got Instagram, you can follow me at https://www.instagram.com/videogramswe/!

First quarter of 2019!

Here's a mammoth update for the first quarter of 2019! First off, the two-track Gladiatori dell'Apocalisse (edit) digital single, originally released for Groupees.com's California Wildfire Benefit, is now available to stream and download! 

Featuring two previously unreleased tracks, the long-play single sees me revisit and finalize an Italo-flavored outtake from the 2016 Gladiatori dell'Apocalisse 12" EP sessions, with Andrew Claristidge (of Acid Washed) providing a remix of the b side track The Ravagers. Available via Bandcamp and all streaming platforms, teaser video here.

Second, the physical version of my six-track EP tribute to John Carpenter's iconic 1982 classic The Thing - Outpost 31 Isn't Responding - is finally available! 

Originally released in the fall of 2015, the 2018 ’redux’ version saw the digital single completely remixed and remastered, and expanded with session outtakes, one freshly-penned track, plus my reimagining of Ennio Morricone's Humanity Pt. 1 added as bonus tracks!

Manufactured on snow-white cassettes with full color A and B side stickers, the "cassingle" comes with a wrap-around sleeve featuring Van Davis' gorgeous original artwork printed on premium recycled card stock. Available via Bandcamp! Teaser videos here and here.

Finally, having received the news that my Test Subject 011 EP is mentioned in Kevin J. Wetmore Jr's book Uncovering Stranger Things, I decided to print up a limited-edition sleeve for the 7" vinyl version to celebrate! 

The VHS-inspired alternate artwork, featuring Stranger Things character Eleven in an action pose, is printed on 130 gram folded paper stock, comes in a plastic sleeve and is hand numbered to 50 copies! 

Only available via Bandcamp here, it includes a download of the digital EP version that now adds the alternate mix of Test Subject 011 (from the Choice Cuts 2014 - 2018 album) as a bonus track!

Uncovering Stranger Things!

Pleasantly surprised to get the news Videogram and the Test Subject 011 EP being mentioned in Kevin J. Wetmore Jr's book Uncovering Stranger Things: Essays on Eighties Nostalgia, Cynicism and Innocence in the Series!

This collection of 23 new essays explores how the show reduces, reuses and recycles '80s pop culture--from the films of Spielberg, Carpenter and Hughes to punk and synthwave music to Dungeons & Dragons--and how it shapes our understanding of the decade through distorted memory.

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing, the book is available via Amazon and Target, to mention just a few. Check it out!

California wildfire benefit

Make sure to check out Groupees' all-new California Wildfire Benefit Bundle that was launched today. With more than a dozen releases by a wide variety of artists and labels, plus Markosia Enterprises comics, this campaign is a benefit to California wildfire victims.

My contribution is a two-track single revisiting the 2016 Gladiatori dell'Apocalisse 12" EP, finalizing and remixing one outtake, with Acid Washed's own Andrew Claristidge providing a remix of The Ravagers. Both tracks are previously unreleased and exclusive to this benefit.

The bundle is available for a minimum of $1 with 100% of all sales being donated to the United Way's Southern California Disaster Relief Fund, who will support low-income households whose lives have been affected by the current wildfires in Southern California. Please donate here.

EDIT: The Damn Fine Network were kind enough to give both the single and the Groupees benefit campaign a shout-out on the latest episode of the Damn Fine Cast. You can stream it on SoundCloud (below), Stitcher, Libsyn, and iTunes. Check it out.

The Damn Fine Cast!

Many thanks to Tony Giles for including me and Jesse Breckon-Thomas' Michael in the 111th episode of the Damn Fine Cast!

The episode, which leans on the horror side of things, also includes tracks by maestro John Carpenter (taken from the recent 2018 Halloween), a taste from Colin Stetson's Hereditary score, and two tracks from the Blair Brothers' work for the Netflix horror/thriller Hold the Dark!

Italian composer Bruno Nicolai and the iconic Jerry Goldsmith wraps up the 53-minute episode with the former's Morricone-esque tunage for Westworld and the latter's work for the 1976 sci-fi classic Logan's Run - quite fine company indeed!

Streaming now on iTunes, Libsyn, and Stitcher, you can also check it out on DFN's official SoundCloud below:

Bundle of the Damned!

It is the spookiest of seasons so get your thrills on with Groupees' special Halloween-themed Bundle of the Damned! Launching today, the bundle includes game titles from Joystick Knights, Seven Sails, Igrodelsky, comics from Antarctic Press, and tracks culled from my Stranger Things-themed Test Subject 011 EP as well as the all-new Jesse Breckon-Thomas collaboration Michael!

For the next two weeks, the bundle is available here for a minimum of $3 - with some of the proceeds benefiting charities. Check it out!

VHS Lives 2 release date and pre-order!

Vestra Pictures just announced the street date and pre-orders for the VHS Lives 2: Undead Format DVD! Available on February 12th, 2019, you can pre-order the VHS-themed documentary via Amazon.com and MVD Entertainment.

Amazon orders comes with a pre-order price guarantee: Order now and if the price decreases between your order time and the release date, you'll receive the lowest price. Official IMDB page here.

Artefaktor Radio!

Many thanks to Artefaktor Radio for including me and Jesse Breckon-Thomas' all-new collaboration Michael on their Sneak Peek New Music Preview earlier this week! Airing on Mondays at 8 PM (CET), the show features tracks with Gary Numan, Gunship, and Rusty Egan, among others. You can stream it in full here. Get the teaser taste single track via Bandcamp, Deezer, Google Play, and iTunes. Video on YouTube here.

Michael

It's October 1st, Halloween's around the corner, and I couldn't be more excited to release a surprise teaser taste from my ongoing collaboration with Australian composer Jesse Breckon-Thomas!

The all-new track, titled Michael, is a musical nod to both John Carpenter's iconic title track opening the 1978 classic Halloween, as well as the original boogeyman Michael Myers himself. It's a hard-hitting instrumental that blends classic retro-sounding horror synths with more modern influences, delivering an explosive three-minute effort that's dark and uncompromising.

The collaboration, which began late summer of 2018, has me and Jesse revisiting and reworking demos I created back in 2015 for a U.S. documentary on John Carpenter that never got off the ground. The sessions are in progress and the expected release of the TBA-titled effort on SelectaVision is early 2019. Stay tuned!

Buy and stream Michael via Bandcamp here, and check out the Halloween opening titles-esque video on YouTube and Facebook.

Radio Virus!

How's your Swedish? Many thanks to Michael and Ronny at Radio Virus for including Marauder Pt.1 off my Choice Cuts CD in last night's show! Broadcasted weekly at Radio Eskilstuna 92.7, you can stream the show here (choose '2018' and '2018-09-17', scroll down and press play underneath "Lyssna på hela programmet") and download it here. Tusen tack!

Outpost 31 Isn't Responding (redux)!

September 24th sees the third release in the Videogram redux series: The Outpost 31 Isn't Responding digital EP/cassette! Originally released in the fall of 2015, the EP is my tribute to John Carpenter’s iconic 1982 sci-fi horror classic The Thing.

The 2018 ’redux’ version sees the original two-track single completely remixed and remastered, and expanded with two previously-unreleased session outtakes, one all-new freshly-penned track, plus my reimagining of Ennio Morricone’s Humanity Pt. 1 added as bonus tracks, making for one twenty-minute EP's worth of ice-cold horror synth!

The physical version comes on an six-track "cassingle" manufactured on snow white cassettes with full color A and B side stickers, and a wrap-around sleeve featuring Van Davis' gorgeous original artwork printed on premium recycled card stock. Available only via my official Bandcamp page! Digital via all streaming and download sites worldwide.

TRACKLIST:
01: Outpost 31 Isn't Responding
02: 27,000 Hours*
03: First Night of Winter*
04: Antarctica
05: Assimilation / Who Goes There?**
06: Humanity Pt. 1 (Mutated)***
* 2015 outtake
**all new track

***cassette and Bandcamp-only bonus track

VHS Lives 2: Undead Format!

Not that much info to share at the moment, but earlier this week Vestra Pictures producer Tony Newton posted the great-looking poster art for VHS Lives sequel VHS Lives 2: Undead Format online! To be released soon on DVD and VOD. Get updates via the official IMDB page here and their Facebook page here.

Speaking of which: I received my screener copy of VHS Lives in the mail not that long ago. Distributed by MVD Home Entertainment, the DVD is available via WWMD direct here, as well as major retailers such as CD Universe and Target. The digital VOD version is available via iTunes, Amazon and similar streaming sites. Check it out!

Texas Chain Saw Massacre Day!

”August 18, 1973…” For the fifth consecutive year in a row, starting in 2013 to coincide with the 40-year anniversary, it’s time to wish every horror fan a happy 'Texas Chain Saw Massacre Day'! The 'tragic events which befell a group of five youths' in Tobe Hooper's 1974 iconic horror classic took place on this day 45 years ago.

This year, open up your hearts and wallets for The Duge, Mr. John Dugan, Grandpa himself, who’s battling some health issues at the moment. You can donate to his family's Go Fund Me campaign directly here, or purchase Atomic Cotton’s limited-edition ”Go Get Grandpa” t-shirt, with 100% of the proceeds being donated to John and his family, here.