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Tiki Motel 2 by Swamp Music Players Out Now

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Swamp Music Players TIKI MOTEL 2 🍹🗿

‘Swamp Music Players’ : Victoria/Canada : Label Swamp Music Players, Inc.

Are ecstatic to finally release ‘Tiki Motel 2’ the followup to our overachieving lofi-EP ‘‘555 Tiki Motel’ that received significant airplay on 14 Canadian radio stations during the heights of the pandemic and charted on CFUV Victoria.

Swamp Music Players – EP/Album ‘Tiki Motel 2’ will be released on music streaming and to college radio across North America on October 27th 2023. Join us at the sun bleached Tiki Motel where love, suspicion and vibes intersect. An EP/album of retro-futuristic stylized American music genres of Swamp Pop, Alt Rock, Alt synth Pop and Blues.

Tiki Motel 2 was mixed and mastered by Steve Greene at the Battle Chamber as well as some added instrumentation, on various tracks.

Give Tiki Motel 2 a listen via all streaming platforms.

 


RECENT PRESS

The track, Ice Machine recently received an excellent write up via Death Or Desire.

Introducing Swamp Music Players with “Ice Machine”. With its moody, sad ambiance, the song joins the ranks of similar artists like Chromatics, Kandle, Electric Youth, and College.

What sets “Ice Machine” apart is its unique blend of synthwave and jazz we think personally, highlighted by a subtle soft snare percussion. Written by Hollywood’s Sugar Parks, the track spins a haunting tale set at the infamous Tiki Motel in California—most notably known as the seedy location in the 1980s film ‘The Terminator.’ The narrative is a pretty gripping one too, following a woman who takes the life of her spouse’s lover. As she grapples with her actions and thoughts, she becomes increasingly aware that the police are closing in on her. The music captures this tension and internal turmoil masterfully, turning “Ice Machine” into a mini-noir film for the ears. This emotionally charged single paired with the compelling musical backdrop makes “Ice Machine” more than just a track, but an experience.

RECENT PRESS

INDIE AM

Saturday October 28, 2023. – https://groover.co/

Alejandro Balcazar

“Tiki Motel 2” is an album of alternative Swamp Rock and Swamp Pop songs inspired by the atmosphere of the Tiki Motel. These American musical genres merge into a retro-futuristic underground style. Join us at the sunny Tiki Motel, where love, intrigue and vibes intertwine. The release date of this album is October 27, 2023.

Swamp Music Players is an international collective with roots in Canada, who share a passion for retro music. Our music has been broadcast on college radio stations in Canada and has gained extensive exposure on FM radio stations in Europe and Latin America. Additionally, we have contributed to independent film projects and are excited about our participation in the independent film “Ninja Commando 2” that will be released in 2024.


There was a visualizer video created for the track, Free Color TV (featuring Hilary Beckett) via the Swamp Music Players YouTube channel.

For other tracks by Swamp Music Players and other artist that have worked with Steve Greene, visit the Sounds page.

The Movie Channel Xtra showing New York Ninja

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New York Ninja will play on Showtime Network’s, The Movie Channel Xtra on Monday, February 6 at 11:45pm. The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to New York Ninja, by Voyag3r, was recorded, mixed at mastered here at the Battle Chamber by Steve Greene.

Don’t miss this chance to catch the unique film that is New York Ninja! To subscribe to The Movie Channel Xtra, go here. To listen to some tracks from the New York Ninja score, click our Sounds page.

From The Movie Channel Xtra website: The peaceful life of average working man, John, is shattered by the brutal murder of his pregnant wife. Disillusioned by the police’s slow response, John takes to the streets as a sword-wielding vigilante hell bent on cleaning up New York City crime and corruption. But as his quest for justice gains notoriety, a mysterious villain known only as the Plutonium Killer sets his sights on the New York ninja. This over-the-top cult classic was recently restored thirty-five years after being abandoned during production.

Rated TVMA • 93 minute

Written by Arthur Schweitzer, John Liu, & Kurtis M. Spieler
Directed by John Liu
Re-Directed by Kurtis Spieler
Music by Voyag3r

New Swamp Music Players EP out. Mixed and Mastered here a the Battle Chamber

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New music from Swamp Music Players the EP/Album ‘555 Tiki Motel’
Pre-Order Now! On Bandcamp! New music from Swamp Music Players the EP/Album ‘555 Tiki Motel’.
https://swampmusicplayers.bandcamp.com/album/555-tiki-motel

For our fans and supporters a special Discount and Early released only via the Bandcamp preorder! Get our lead track ‘Vacancy’ featuring Joseph Gearheart now and get the 5 track album on Nov 1st ahead of the Nov 9th official release! Please support your friendly neighbourhood Swamp Music Players!

Our EP is inspired by the Tiki Motel most famous as a key location as the protagonists hideout in ‘The Terminator’. We were inspired by the idea of the last days before the internet and the stories of people finding refuge or pausing at a sun bleached motel in a forgotten corner of 1980s Los Angeles. ‘555 Tiki Motel’ is our most mature album yet with three brooding heartfelt songs and two swampy b-side-tracks. Virginian Americana singer-songwriter Joseph Gearheart is the featured artist while the Swampers Damn Lieutenant Evert , Earl Jr Jackson Black , Geoff Mason, Don Jon and Romantic Ronan from Europe and Canada form the Swamp Music Players. A thoughtful and strange EP it harkens back to 1980s Americana and Retro Rock. Mixed and Mastered in Detroit at the Battle Chamber by Steve Greene it has a very American feel. Please pre-order on Bandcamp today!

Future wins Best Score and more at 2017 Genre Blast Film Festival

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The film Future, produced by Get Super Rad and directed by Rob Cousineau, got its world premiere at the 2017 Genre Blast Film Festival in Winchester, VA on September 10. Future also received three awards including the fests’ Founders’ Award, Best Actor (Josh Cousineau) and lastly, to Steve Greene for Best Score. The score to Future was recorded and mixed at the Battle Chamber by Steve Greene.

Future has more film festival appearances scheduled.

Hell’s Half Mile Film Festival in Bay City, MI – September 28 – October 1, 2017
http://hhmfest.com

Halloween International Film Festival in Kill Devil Hills, NC – October 26-28, 2017
http://obxentertainment.com/halloweek/

Future to have world premiere at GenreBlast Film Festival

future-score-steve-greeneThe feature length sci-fi film, FUTURE, produced by Get Super Rad, directed by Rob Cousineau and starring Joshua P. Cousineau and Conor Sweeney (Manborg, Father’s Day & The Editor) gets its world premiere at the GenreBlast Film Festival in Winchester, VA. Sunday, September 10 at 4:30pm. More information at GenreBlast.

The film was scored by Steve Greene who also recorded and mixed the music at the  Battle Chamber in Detroit, MI.

Future is Get Super Rad’s first feature length film and was written by starring actor Joshua P. Cousineau (brother of director Rob Cousineau).

New Voyag3r track recorded and mixed at Battle Chamber for The Rise of the Synths companion album on Lakeshore Records

Brand new Voyag3r song Appearance Of The Mysterious Traveler, recorded exclusively for The Rise of the Synths companion album is being release on on May 1 via Lakeshore Records Bandcamp. Produced, engineered and mixed by Steve Greene at the Battle Chamber and mastered by Carl Saff.

Lakeshore Records will release two official companion EPs for the upcoming documentary The Rise of The Synths this spring. THE RISE OF THE SYNTHS EP 1 features tracks from Giorgio Moroder & Raney Shockne, Dance With The Dead, OGRE, Lazerhawk, Mega Drive, Voyag3r, and Carpenter Brut’s “Night Stalker”, which was released earlier this year. The EP will be released exclusively through Lakeshore Records’ Bandcamp on May 1 and through all digital providers on May 12.

The Rise of The Synths is a documentary film project exploring the synthwave music scene. The filmmakers are interviewing both new artists and classic composers who helped to create the genre. The film is currently in production after a successful Indiegogo campaign. THE RISE OF THE SYNTHS EP 2 will be released in June. Stay tuned for more album details! See the EP 1 track list below.

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Track List for THE RISE OF THE SYNTHS EP 1:
01 Giorgio Moroder & Raney Shockne: “Triage”
02 Carpenter Brut: “Night Stalker”
03 Dance With The Dead: “Dead of Night”
04 OGRE: “Rebar (Prologue)”
05 Lazerhawk: “A Hero’s Journey”
06 Mega Drive: “Stargate”
07 Voyag3r: “Appearance of the Mysterious Traveler”

 

ABOUT THE RISE OF THE SYNTHS
The film is a travel in time towards the roots of a worldwide grass-root music scene known as Synthwave, an irresistible blend of modern electronic composition with 80s pop culture’s nostalgia, that over the last two years has transformed from a whisper on selected internet hubs, to an ever-growing scene, expanding rapidly as we speak. Accounting millions of plays on social media, devoted fans are legion, but nobody in the mass media knows about them.

Thousands of synthwave composers around the world are living out double-lives. Away from their normal everyday life they spend another half-life behind a faceless musical avatar, creating and uploading their own renditions of 80’s-styled film scores, sharing them with the world – surging the wave. They belong to an endless army of watchers for the master’s legacy: the sound that Edgar Froese, Paul Haslinger, Giorgio Moroder and John Carpenter created in the late 70s.

A time travel into the universe of creating sounds. A love letter to human fascination and the collective memories of a universe that never existed.