Reviews in the Press
 
The Crime in Your Coffee:
listed in the top 10 free album downloads of 2006!

drewmckinney.net:
"This is some excellent Halloween music, not corny like your typical Halloween music but scary and full of dark vibrations and sinister rhythms. I’m only on track seven of thirty-one and I’m already worried that I won’t be able to sleep."

Visible Procrastinations:
"A soundtrack to scream along with.... Feeling creepy yet? "

Jinkies at Club Mom:
"Looking for the right music to set a truly creepy atmosphere this Halloween eve? Well look no further than the compilation CALLING ALL FIENDS."

Boing Boing
Boing Boing
:
"Spooky Hallowe'en mix-disc... [from the people] who put together last year's world-beating Hallowe'en mix-disc"

[ Mr. Otis Fodder put together the Ghouls with Attitude 2-CD release in 2004. Boing Boing credited Oddio in 2005. Oddio only hosted and created the website.]

Internet Archive
What's New at the Internet Archive
:
"Scary Music for Halloween. Looking for some dramatic music for your Halloween party? Or maybe you’re just looking to scare the beejeebies out of some trick or treaters? Check out Calling All Fiends, a compilation of Halloween-inspired songs released by OddioOverplay.com. "

Free Albums Galore [by mail]:
reaction: "Downloaded the Halloween album last night and listened to it with all the lights off. Awesome!"

review: "Want a scary Halloween for a change? ...Calling All Fiends, a spine-tingling two hours of spooky and terror-crazed sounds.... If your idea of Halloween is 'Monster Mash' and pumpkin pinatas, you might want to pass this up. But if your perfect Spook Night is watching horror movies in the dark, you are going to love this twisted musical scare-fest. Listen to it tonight, but don’t blame me if you have to sleep with the lights on."

PCL Linkdump
Pop Culture Linkdump
:
"Katya has gathered friends and fiends from all over the world (I have been told that one or two of these artists actually recorded their music from 6 feet under...) for the realization of this fiendish comp.

"Scary titles included are 'Devil's Candy Shop', 'Half-Eating Baby Lions Nightmare', 'Big Orange Monster', 'Metempsychosis' and 'Very Scary (Part 2)'. The last two titles by my dutch friends Splogman and Weirdomusic.

"Check it out! Hold my hand as we listen. I am here."

Portable Media Watch:
"... just the scary sounds and music you need. So now you have no excuse for not having that scary sound or music at your house on Halloween"

Rustedeye:
"Here's a compilation of musicians who contributed to CALLING ALL FIENDS, 31 tracks of creepy crawly music. Forget the cutesy novelty tunes of the 50s & 60s (if I hear Monster Mash one more time someone's gonna get stabbed).""


Our Lady of Perpetual Obsolescence Vinyl Rescue Mission and Orphanage
:
"If you haven’t already, Pastor McPurvis is urging everyone to download this seriously scary and awesome set of tracks brought to you by the fine folks over at Oddio Overplay. 31 frightening tracks (not a novelty song in sight) to set the mood for the 31st. Don’t listen to it with the lights out!"

FlightDynamics at Offnominal Audio:
"There are actually scary sounds here."

Musings of a Post-Modern Hippie:
"a fantabulously 'frightening, damaging and disturbing' collection of scary music for your Halloween delectation"

Ain't No Party Like A Terry Party:
"genuinely frightening music, as opposed to your typical novelty Halloween ditties"

Wirsind.net [plus free skeleton paper toy]:
"gratisGrusel : halloween compilation bei oddiooverplay!! hier was hübschiges für die bastelstunde mit den kleinen, gleichzeitig ein link zur brandaktuellen geisterstundenbeschallung. liebevoll arrangiert von katya bei oddiooverplay, inclusive zweier horrorszenarien von meiner wenigkeit"

Rock Star Journalist:
"Oddio Overplay has two compilations for download, both of which are guaranteed to get your party rocking from dusk 'til dawn. There’s CALLING ALL FIENDS, which is 'frightening, damaging, and disturbing' Halloween music or GHOULS WITH ATTITUDE, a slightly more traditional, 'fun' mix."

WWdN: In Exile:
"... a very cool and spooky Halloween compilation out this year called CALLING ALL FIENDS. Unlike all the cool Frankie Stein and His Ghouls 1960's fun stuff that I have, this compilation is actually very creepy and occasionally quite scary. It sets a very nice mood that (I hope) goes with Room 302 [story written by the author]...."

Candied Pop:
"... will help intensify that perfect Halloween mix. The on-line collection is divided up into three beastly sections. The first sixteen songs are Cinematic and Soundscapes based and some would be perfect to play as hair-raising background music for a Haunted House....

"I suggest throwing in the following spine-chilling cuts from the series. A frantic robotic-like techno track by Click Click Click (not to be confused with Chk Chk Chk) entitled 'Romance Keys'. The DVDs led by 6 year old David G, dispense the scary tale of the 'Big Orange Monster', think They Might Be Giants, but led by a kid. A northerner's tale of 'Southern Gothic' is sung/spoken by Bureaucratica, AKA Matt Love of multiple DIY bands.

"Sink your fangs into horrifying hypnotic mixes of synthesized sounds such as 'Trickertreat' by Lenkei, a graphic designer based out of of New York City and 'the Pit' by The Threshold People. Also check out Martinibomb and the Coconut Monkeyrocket’s monstrous remix of the Munsters Theme they call 'Munster Beat', it will entice you to get your ghoulish groove on, so I suggest putting this on right up front."

Ollapodrida:
"cooking up another demented cauldron of ghoulish audio delights, artwork and more"

Hidden City:
"Oddio Overplay has put together some of the best Hallowe'en compilations I've found. The real treat, though, is that they are free to download."

undomondo:
"... if you’re interested in bizarre music, eerie soundscapes, or offkilter rock, with funny vocal snippets, laughters and ghouls, I suggest you download.... Thanks for the fringe fun guys."

FCD#3:
"The DVDs - Big Orange Monster (a very cute song on the Calling All Fiends compilation about a little kid and his friendship with his closet monster"

774 El Blog de Garfi:
"Ah! claro se me olvidaba, ¿que seria de una noche de miedo sin el ambiente creado por una "dulce" melodía?, nada nada, que no se diga que no estáis preparados..."




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Visitor Comments
 
Blogio Oddio
visitor comments at Blogio Oddio
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"confession time. oddio overplay with all its happy friendly robots and colorful pages surprises me again. i had no idea that site could make something so dark and gothic. most of the music surprises me too because it is actually dark. bravo on a creepy release. i'm turning the lights back on and getting my teddy bear. too scary."

"Hurried over as soon as I read the word. It has been playing all day and I love it. You ghouls are filling the office with fright. Thanks and happy halloween."

"that is some creepy stuff! the cats are scared up in here."

"you have daniel johnston on here? amazing. that guy's had feature films made about him."

"it's so wonderful. adding just the right amount of eeeevil to my work-day."


 



Internet Archive Listener Reviews [source]
 
Reviewer: Prof.dink - 5 out of 5 stars
Subject: A Ghoully Golly Goodtime
"Web's most excellent audio signpost goes into overdrive with this year's totally bananas Halloween Mix, now a tradition in our pad....Peace, Record Brother"

Reviewer: Garcia/Kimock Fanatic - 5 out of 5 stars
Subject: Wicked!
"This is the best Halloween compilation I've ever heard. My sons are gonna love this when I play it at home tonight. What a great way to get everyone into the spirit of Halloween! Great job!"