UnicaZürn performing live at Schiphorst Avant-Garde Festival, 22nd June 2012!

I'm very happy to announce that UnicaZürn - David Knight and myself - will be playing at the forthcoming Schiphorst Avant-Garde Festival this summer, on Friday June 22nd. In case you're unaware of this festival (shame!) it's organised every year by Jean-Hervé Peron of Faust and his indefatigable wife Carina Varain. Dave and I played there in 2007 with The Amal Gamal Ensemble and I can vouch for what is probably the most enjoyable, intimate, friendly and musically out-there weekend of music I've ever attended. A great vibe, constant artistic stimulation, and the chance to meet and talk to the artists with no snotty 'us-and-them' attitude, just easy-going attendees and STRANGE STRANGE MUSIC!

Check out the programme this year at the Festival website: http://www.avantgardefestival.de/

Fabio Frizzi's ZOMBI 2/ZOMBIE FLESH-EATERS soundtrack released on vinyl!

I'm thrilled to be associated with a new release ON VINYL of Fabio Frizzi's peerless score for Zombie Flesh-Eaters, aka Zombi 2 (the original Italian title) or Zombie (in the USA). I've provided sleeve notes for the album, alongside notes by the composer himself (who by the way is one of my all-time strongest musical influences). The artwork for the LP cover is by the marvellous UK poster artist Graham Humphreys, responsible for the original posters for The Evil Dead, Return Of The Living Dead, Santa Sangre and the Nightmare On Elm Street series, as well as the 'Fulci's Box of Terrors' DVD set from Shameless and numerous Arrow DVD releases.

Death Waltz Records is a brand new London-based company created by Spender Hickman of Rough Trade Records. Their release schedule is already impressive (see below) and promises high quality vinyl pressings, extensive liner notes from the composers and newly commissioned artwork. Each release will feature a limited edition of 300 copies pressed on colored vinyl, a numbered print and a poster featuring the new artwork. A black vinyl edition with an A2 poster will also be available through record stores.

Future releases include: Escape From New York (composer: John Carpenter), House of the Devil (composer: Jeff Grace), Let the Right One In (composer: Johan Söderqvist), and Donnie Darko (composer: Michael Andrews).

Follow @deathwaltzrecs on twitter for release dates and ordering information.

PS. I've been in regular touch with Fabio Frizzi himself recently, so look out for extensive interview material with him in a future edition of Beyond Terror (just don't ask me when that's coming, but I promise it will happen one fine day!).