contact: otismacmusic@gmail.com

The sounds of Shuggie Otis and Michael McDonald inspired a man to write a song. A couple of Mondays later, that song inspired an Identity. The name is Otis McDonald. The mission? Good Music. 

From the mind and ears of producer/multi-instrumentalist, Joe Bagale, comes a sound that is fresh but tangibly rooted in nostalgia. When taking a listen, one may recall the soul of the 60s or the funk of the 70s. Or perhaps it’s pop radio from the 80s or the boom bap beats of the late 90s. What ever it may be, Otis McDonald is the sound of an artist who manifests a lesson in versatility and growing perspective.

The production can be dense at times, yet through it’s syncopated rhythms and unexpected harmony, Bagale is able to find the space that counts. Starting out as a studio experiment, Otis McDonald was developed over a 3 month period which found Bagale writing short snippets of music, playing all of the instruments, sampling those snippets, playing more instruments and and eventually creating entirely new songs. 

Musically it’s both playful and emotive, while giving listeners a sense of optimism and joy. Just because it’s rooted in the blues, doesn’t mean it has to have the blues. There are beats that’ll make you wanna sweat on the dance floor. A thumpin’ bass that inspires folks to make love. Synths, guitars and horns that’ll cut through to your core, and a voice that reminds us all what it’s like to be human. 

In 2015, Bagale put out 30 tracks for free, under the name Otis McDonald. Released as copyright free music, exclusively through the YouTube audio library, these tracks have been downloaded over 5 million times, streamed over 10 million times and already have appeared in thousands of youtube creators’ videos. Take a second and search Otis McDonald on YouTube and you’ll find pages upon pages of videos featuring these songs. This being a very unusual way to release music, it may be the best music nobody has ever heard. Funny how the business works. As of 2016, Bagale has formed the Otis McDonald live experience, featuring some of San Francisco and Oakland’s finest players. He’s recorded new music, soon to be released for sale and for streaming, and at least 10 new free tracks for the YouTube audio library, due out later this year.

Combining the skills of a musician, with the power of both old and new technology, the sound of Otis McDonald was born, reminding us that music is a universal language that will always have a past and always have a future. 

This started out as a side project of dark artist, designer and entrepreneur Chad Savage in 2003. The Challenge: Create some sound loops that (a) would create a genuinely creepy atmosphere in a haunted house, (b) looped seamlessly and were long enough not to get repetitive, and (c) didn't utilize the same 20 sound effects that every haunted house / Halloween tape/CD had been using for the preceding 3 decades.

SinisterSonics are audio collages that pull from a variety of sources: Sound FX, movies, TV, music, you name it. You might recognize something, but most of it has been mutated and twisted out of true (as much to avoid copyright infringement lawsuits as anything else!).

Each track is designed to work as a self-sustaining loop that can be used in a room at a haunt or Hallowe'en party. They can also be played end-to-end to create a sort of audio journey through a nightmare soundscape.

Download and use them as you like - haunt your house, your party, your neighbors, whatever!

"MURDER CHANNEL" is independent music label&party from Japan.based in Tokyo since 2004.

Shawn Perez - Keyboards, Synths, Drum Machine & Computer. Programming: FL Studio, Logic Pro X, Garageband. Gear: AKAI MPK Mini Black, Yamaha Portable Grand DGX-640, DigiTech RP80 Pedal.

The Milkshake Daddy has been recording music since the 1990s, but mostly more recently 2008-2012. The new band name is Kurohitsugi.

Making your life nastier since you've met us ;)

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Mondo Music is a global leader in soundtrack distribution, fuelling renewed and broader interest in a genre that was long thought of as a specialist haunt.  “Jaw dropping attention to detail” (Pitchfork). 

Since 2010, Mondo & Death Waltz have blazed a trail in the field of music, asserting a position as the market leader in the collectible soundtrack market. Working directly with directors such as David Lynch, Brad Bird and composers as varied as Angelo Badalamenti, Clint Mansell and John Carpenter, the two labels have created a definitive catalogue and led a resurgence in collectible vinyl through the iconic releases of such classics as The Iron Giant, Halloween, Black Swan, Jurassic Park, Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan and The Back To The Future Trilogy. In addition to collaborating with the world’s leading creative talent, we have built successful partnerships with major studios (Disney, Universal, Fox, Paramount) and fiercely independent distributors (Magnet, Annapurna, Spectrevision, Laika) alike.

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