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Whilst in Prague recording orchestras with Harold Faltermeyer and Derrick Green (from Sepultura) for his upcoming Maximum Hedrum project, Sam took a minute to sit down with the fine folks over at The Creators Project to give a glimpse into the weirdly wonderful Stop The Virgens world that he helped to create with Karen O, Nick Zinner, etc. etc.  Check out the interview and a few candid pics right HERE!

On the “if you don’t know, now ya know” side of things, our #1 home girl and incredible vocalist, Barbie Hatch, has an amazingly beautiful album out via our very own Spectrophonic Sound label called Hypertrophic Heart.  Scoop it up on iTunes right HERE.

The big news we’d love to share with you is that the video for the lead single “Stars” hit the streets this week.  It’s directed by the enormously talented Lauren Graham and was filmed right here in Echo Park at our studio with a bunch of wild n’ crazy kids.  Check it out right HERE or by clicking on the picture below!

As you know by now, our main man Sam Spiegel served as the co-music director (along with Nick Zinner) for the mind blowing “psycho-opera” Stop The Virgens; spearheaded by close friend and front woman of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Karen O.

Stop The Virgens’ highly stylized blend of music and theater was a big hit at St. Ann’s Warehouse in DUMBO Brooklyn this past October as a focal point of the incredible week-long Creators Project: New York Event produced by our good friends at Vice and Intel.

The opera serves as a live version of the album that Sam wrote with Karen and a host of others a few years back. With big names such as Money Mark, the YYY’s drummer Brian Chase, and Jack Lawrence and Patrick Keeler of the Greenhornes/Racanteours contributing to the music, sound design by Andres Velasquez, costumes by Christian Joy, acting by Lily Taylor and direction by the amazing Adam Rapp, this “original live experience” was destined for absolute greatness.

Today we’re happy to announce that The Creators Project now has an intimate behind-the-scenes documentary for you all to check out in order to get a real sense of how it all came to be and what it took to pull it all off with such success.  You can peep the 2 part documentary right HERE or just click on the video link below.  Enjoi!