There's a new Super Haters story kicking off on Monday, written by me and featuring fantastic art from Brandon Williams of Dedford Tales.

I made a trailer for our short story, using my Nik Furious music to set the mood:

Here's an mp3 of the Manga Haters trailer music:

Manga Haters trailer music [ 0:29 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

This song has an interesting history. It was originally written and recorded in a few hours one afternoon in January 2012. Inspired by the capabilities of my new fretless bass and my excitement for the relaunch of the Glory comic book, I made an impromptu Glory theme song. You can listen to it here.

I emailed the track to artist Sophie Campbell. Sophie dug the song and shared it with writer Joe Keatinge, but that was it. I didn't do anything else with it until last November, when writer Kelly Thompson contacted me about putting together some music for a book trailer about her novel, The Girl Who Would Be King.

I spent a lot of my November working on songs for both Kelly and Kaylie McDougal's PonyGasm project. And while Kaylie's theme song materialized according to my vision, the guitar riff I'd spent hours writing just didn't gel when it came time to record the song for Kelly. So I decided to remix my Glory track into a theme for The Girl Who Would Be King trailer. You can listen to that here.

Unfortunately, the song didn't capture the sound Kelly wanted and she used different music for her final trailer. But when the time came to make an exciting theme for my Manga Haters story, I knew I wanted to rework the remix into a shorter, tighter blast of energetic music that would accentuate the awesome action in Brandon's art. And the Manga Haters trailer theme was born!

UPDATE: That unused remix I did for Kelly? It's gonna get used. More news soon!

UPDATE 2: An extended, remixed version of this song is available on the Super Wet EP as the track called Brave.

My friend Kaylie McDougal has created a surreal erotic comic book called PonyGasm and I recorded three PonyGasm theme songs:

This is a 3+ minute mix of the acoustic demo, the fuzzy electronic version, and the bathroom floor remix. You can also download or listen to the plain audio here:

PonyGasm theme song sampler [ 3:13 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Kaylie and I began discussing the possibility of a PonyGasm theme song late last October. For the next few weeks, I worked out a chord progression and basic melody on my acoustic guitar. I recorded an acoustic demo of the song to give Kaylie a feel for the rhythm and mood I had in mind.

While I was absolutely thrilled with the emotion and tone of the acoustic demo, Kaylie and I had agreed that the final theme should be in my signature Nik Furious electronic funk style. So I reserved a day in late November to record the PonyGasm theme and another song for a friend (sadly, the latter just didn't gel).

A few days later, I moved out of my Pittsburgh apartment and began my trek to California via Boca Raton, Florida and San Antonio, Texas. I diligently worked on the fuzzy, sensual mix of the full PonyGasm theme song. About a week after that, I sent Kaylie a finished version of the track.

But I'd poured so much passion into the two PonyGasm themes that I just couldn't get the song out of my system! The bathroom floor remix was recorded in the family room of my girlfriend's family home using an old school Yahmaha keyboard...

...and the beat up electric guitar in the corner of the room near the TV. I'd wanted to play it for years, and recording this raw version of PonyGasm seemed like the perfect opportunity to take it for a ride. I plugged it into my mini mixer and created some overdrive by cranking the guitar volume and mixer inputs up to 10.

And that's how the PonyGasm themes were born!! Personally, I've poured a lot of myself into them and I'm really proud of the mood and emotion of the songs. I hope you dig 'em too 😀

Currently, the only way you can get your grubby little mitts on the full mp3 versions of these three PonyGasm themes is by pre-ordering the PonyGasm comic through Indiegogo. So go order a copy now!!!

UPDATE: Kaylie ran into some problems with the raciness of her PonyGasm Indiegogo campaign and it was taken down. TOO HOT FOR CROWDFUNDING!!! Right now, she's thinking about dropping the project entirely. Personally, I hope she changes her mind and posts the comic online. But only time will tell...

UPDATE 2: The PonyGasm comic is for sale on Etsy. As for the theme songs, well... I dunno yet!! I'll drop another update soon.

UPDATE 3: The first two tracks from this sampler made it onto my second album, 7 Star Sky Flash Kick. The "PonyGasm acoustic demo" is now called Sultry Storm and the "PonyGasm theme song" is now called Smells Like Cupcakes.

UPDATE 4: The third and final song I composed for PonyGasm can be heard on the Nik Furious mixtape, Smart Bomb.

I've got a new Super Haters story debuting next Monday, written by me and arted by E.D. of Peculiar Comics.

E.D. made a trailer for our story and used one of my Nik Furious songs as the background music.

This is currently an in-progress song off of my next album, 7 Star Sky Flash Kick. It doesn't even have a name yet!

Kid Raptor trailer music [ 0:23 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

There'll be more Super Haters trailers in the future and they'll all have Nik Furious music. In fact, I'll be back with a new Furious trailer track in February.

UPDATE: An extended, remixed version of this music is available on the Super Wet EP as the song Le Fever.