Join me at the edge of the woods, my darling

And he was never seen again

*Designed for headphones.

**Recommended for fans of hauntology.

Written, produced, performed: the spectre collector

Mastering & design: the spectre collector

"Disappear" - the hokey video to the song.

I pulled this hokey video together for the spectre collector song "Disappear". Hope you like it.

Disappear (May you) - a curse

the spectre collector - the dark park

The dark park

Get down and get creepy with “The dark park”. It’s toe-tappingly monstrous. It’s hellishly hummable and frighteningly FREE! It’s the 2nd single from the album “MONSTTERS” to be released end of September. You may never walk through a park at night again…

Sleep Walkers

Just realeased - "Sleep Walkers". This is the first single from the album "MONSTTERS", which will be released in late September.

Transported Through Twilight

With his new 6-track album ‘Transported through twilight’, Ron Jon takes us to strange and distant shores by way of the duduk. This ancient double-reeded instrument is made of apricot wood and delivers a sad, warm, beautiful and smooth tone. The duduk is used in these songs to enhance their mystical moods.

"Old Dark"

I chose this lovely artwork by Louis-Léopold Boilly called "Tartini's Dream" for the album cover. There is something perversely comforting about having the devil play the violin to lull you to sleep and accompany you in your dreams.

"Cowboy clown in a meat suit"

This is the first in my series of lunatic lockdown albums! Each week for 5 weeks I’ll be releasing a new album for barely a farthing. This first one has a theme running through it.

Yes, there's a theme running through some of these uncomfortable tracks. I'm sure it's easy enough to figure out.

"PARASITES!"

This is the first in my series of lunatic lockdown albums! Each week for 5 weeks I’ll be releasing a new album for barely a farthing. This first one has a theme running through it.

Demons Like Us

*** For these micro-horrors the spectre collector went back to basics. Nothing too tricky, too fancy. Keep them short, sharp and creepy.

Father Fungi

In these two brief new spectral tales, a priest proves to be more just your average father and a dream house suddenly comes on the market.

the stranger wore a pig mask

the soft hands of the puppet

Mother Spectre's Cursery Rhymes

These are not sweet rhymes for the kiddies.

There are no jolly dancing pigs here, no cows that jump over moons and certainly no happily-ever-afters.

There is just the dimly lit world of Mother Spectre’s Cursery Rhymes.

The album is out now on Bandcamp!

*dolly

"Not all dolls are for children."

Songs of beauty and terror

It’s that lovely time of the year again when the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead are blurred. And to celebrate the spectre collector has a special Halloween treat for you.

From 28 Oct to 2 Nov, 2020 you can listen, stream or download for free the spectre collector’s new Halloween 4 x tracker – ‘Songs of beauty and terror’.

So get in the mood, light the candles and lend an ear to the tastefully disturbing tunes of the spectre collector.

"Swagman"

Swagman
He stood in the dark corner of my room. Tall and thin, straggly beard, with his pack and bedroll. Smelt like a dog.
When I was a kid, back on the farm, some nights the swagman came to visit.
Told me he hung himself from the big old red gum down by the creek. Wanted to show me where …and how. Silly bugger.
Swagman.

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