Today, Zero Zero Enterprises has launched a Kickstarter for an immersive auditory collaboration featuring Japanese horror legend Junji Ito and two-time Grammy-nominated artist Poppy.
Junji Ito’s iconic horror story, In Old Records (1997), is now exactly that: a fully produced immersive audio experience on a vinyl record, with Poppy bringing a spine-tingling English vocal performance that breathes life into the adaptation.
Fans can now experience In Old Records in a whole new way, adapted by Ryan Cady (The X-Files, MAGDALENA) and performed in English by Poppy and Shoko Nakagawa (Gurren Lagann, Dragon Ball Z) in Japanese.
The story follows a long-lost record of singer Paula Bell’s final song and the terrible curse that befalls anyone who listens. This isn’t just a collector’s item; it’s the story going meta and breaking free from the page, becoming the very nightmare it warns against.
Poppy’s album Disagree garnered her first solo female artist nomination for the Grammy for Best Metal Performance. She’s previously collaborated with Knocked Loose, Bad Omens, Babymetal, and Evanescence’s Amy Lee.
The Old Records vinyl ships in a jacket designed by Acky Bright, featuring Junji Ito’s actual bloody handprint as part of the artwork. The Kickstarter campaign will offer multiple variants of the vinyl; The Blood Splatter Variant is a Kickstarter exclusive. The Ghost Blue Edition (500 copies) and Glow in the Dark Edition (100 copies) will both be signed by Poppy. The Complete Collector’s Bundle includes all three variants signed by Junji Ito, but act fast: only 10 exist.
Back the Old Records Kickstarter campaign here and watch the ominous teaser trailer below that sees Junji Ito give his stamp of approval.
But listeners beware: The curse of Paula Bell’s final tune may linger beyond the trailer’s end…
