Blood Music

Record label, releasing albums by Emperor, Perturbator, Strapping Young Lad, Moonsorrow. Also, the video game VirtuaVerse.

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a couple of troublemakers, living in separate continents, pressing buttons at home hit #1 on the Billboard dance albums chart.

We also charted in the UK. Similar happened on "Non Paradisi." I even submitted that record to the Grammy Awards. Of course, no one called us back😂

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Gost and Blood Music were both bedroom projects.

I think James worked out of his garage or a room in his home.

And I worked either from bed or my sofa.

There was one brief moment in the timeline of this universe where ...

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This was right after the release of "Non Paradisi," "The Uncanny Valley," "The Rigel Axiom," and Tommy '86 "Transhumanism" (he also performed).

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GosT backstage with Perturbator and Dynatron in Helsinki, 2016.

The gig sold out in 48 hours and was literally the top-selling concert in the entire country at that time (shown on the ticket seller's website).

Many people flew to Finland from around Europe to attend.

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"We played in front of 1000 people in Belarus"
"We played in front of 2 people in Switzerland"
"Some fan asked me to sign their passport"

Before this, it was just a series of bedroom projects, mostly visible in YouTube views and Bandcamp collections.

Photo by Veronika Gusieva.

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GosT performing in front of a sold out crowd in Kyiv, exactly 10 years ago.

AFAIK it was the first synthwave tour.

GosT toured with Perturbator and Dan Terminus in a sketchy van with lots of strange experiences along the way.

I remember getting random messages everyday:

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@stellarvermin You must be in Germany, Switzerland or Austria. I apologize about this, we had an issue with our distributors there. It's still available everywhere else, but it will come back online very soon there directly through us!

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Here's an outtake of James from the Gost "Possessor" album cover shoot. I don't believe this was ever published anywhere.

On this album, he wanted to shift the character of Baalberith into something less cartoon-like - and more mystical and dark.

Photo by Jason Woodward.

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Gost's family setup a fundraiser to deal with funeral and other expenses.

I donated on behalf of Blood Music.

I encourage others to give $5 or $10 if you have extra to spare and if James's music ever touched your lives.

https://t.co/JlsrSqvYic

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I'm reminded of James every single day.

This morning, I compiled a folder of photos of GosT - probably some outtakes that were never published. Maybe I will post them over time.

❤️

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James Lollar's passing is very hard to process.

We were close from 2014-2019. He's the musician I talked with the most during the busy years of the label.

We chatted through Facebook, sharing music and talking about life.

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And this has sent me spiraling through that whole era of early synthwave/darksynth and the kind of scene all of us built together.

I have the original art for "Behemoth" hanging in my living room, as well as the original art for "Non Paradisi" and "Possessor" in my bedroom.

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Perturbator represses are now released worldwide on frosted clear and black vinyl.

They can be bought from record stores around the world. Distributors are listed below, and you can ask your local store to get them in stock.

UK - Plastichead
EU - Season of Mist
US - The Orchard

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@atfdc26 It went quickly.

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Our USA warehouse found a couple boxes of records.

1-2 copies of most of these, and it's our last copies of anything in stock. Many of them are quite rare now. All prices well below Discogs.

Ships to USA only.

https://t.co/3dx5cYuB0Z

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Our USA warehouse found one Kauan "Pirut" first press blue LP. Now added to US shop, way below Discogs price. And all remaining hardcore records dropped to $4.99.

We will close the store down in 24 hours. This is truly the last stock we have on hand besides the test pressings.

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@Playcore22 Sorry!

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.@DynatronSynth "Escape Velocity" 2024 remaster is now available on all digital platforms. 😊

Thanks to those of you that've already supported on Bandcamp or purchased / streamed it elsewhere!

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.@DynatronSynth releases a fully-remastered version of his breakthrough record "Escape Velocity" tomorrow with 3 bonus tracks. 🚀

It's been 12 years since original release! One of the very first synthwave albums.

12:00 CET via Bandcamp and other digital services soon as well.