ZOMBIE RAVE

HIYA
So today I just wanted to make a note of my appreciation for the Zombie Rave mixtape series, from none other than ℑ⊇≥◊≤⊆ℜ of Mater Suspiria Vision.

I've been a big fan of these mixes for a long time now, and follow them as much as possible. Honestly, a series which puts out such incredible remixes as this is gonna be close to my heart.

But what exactly is Zombie Rave? I guess my best explanation would be to leave a cassette full of remixes of various pop songs out in the sun for a few days, and play them at half speed.

It's amazing.

But the main reason, I guess, that I made this post would be to highlight two things. 

1: The incredible limited edition shirt I received from Phantasma Disques (the record label behind these mixes with some amazing releases that you should Totally Check The Fuck Out)

2: This awesome mix they did for Tales From The Crypt

Mater Suspiria Vision and Phantasma Disques have been integral to the witch house scene for a long time now (well, since at least 2009?). My involvement in this music scene has really been integral in my developing to be who I am today. I still remember, back in 2011, a friend telling me to check out a band formed of "three heroin addicts who make the worst music ever". That band was Salem, one of the founding groups of the music scene. 

I remember their sound hitting me like a brick to the face, and I quickly set about discovering more and more artists - from CRIM3S to Blvck Ceiling and Ic3peak. This music spoke to who I am as a person - it itself was a roughly stitched together mix of references to so many genres - r'n'b and industrial's lovechild, shoegaze and crunk's wild affair. So far, so post-internet. 

I see myself as a wild mesh of clashing ideals, which I guess is my point. I love being contradictory, both mocking and praising everything around me. This music seemed to take the same approach.

Further through the years, I started working on my own music, joining the band Garmonbozia to approach the genre of witch house from a new direction. I didn't last all that long in the group, due to emotions flying wild between us, but what I did make as part of the project, I am proud of. Discovering witch house led me to create something new myself, which has always been an aspiration of mine, and as such I cannot understate how grateful I am for it's existence.

I'll leave you with Garmonobozia's cover of Echo and the Bunnymen's "The Killing Moon". Some say it sounds like a gothed up PS2 game. I'll leave you to decide.