The Witzard

I first heard about Petridish a few months ago, as extremely prolific Florida-based label Illuminated Paths re-released his Jan. 2018 collection, 358 as 358 VHS + CASSETTE + DIGITAL + DVD! which is now completely SOLD OUT. Not long after, I reached out to Petridisch, known on "the streets"as one Thor Maillet, and we lined up a track to be exclusively premiered/streamed at The Witzard; a piece highlighting "GLASS: Music In Contrary Motion (for Farfisa, Synth & Vocaloid)" composed by Philip Glass was run at The Witzard soon after to wide-spread acclaim. Since "GLASS: Music In Contrary Motion," Petridisch has issued a number of equally out-there Bandcamp releases including Variations On Die Dreigroschenoper By: Kurt Weill, "A Fixed Point (Tryptophan)" and GLASS: Another Look at Harmony Part IV. Now, Thor Maillet has announced he's starting his own small-batch rarities cassette label, Fish Prints, which will strive to continually release ...

Petridisch (@petridisch) describes himself as a "mainly Electronic music composer on the Darkwave side, who loves VOCALOID / sometimes plays a reverbed-out guitar" hailing from Boston . Petridisch is a mysterious creature, also know as Thor Maillet , who has issued a staggering 26 individual releases, since first launching his project on Bandcamp in 2015-16. Just in 2017, Petridisch released four full-length albums: Wired , Classical Vocaloid, Monolith , Split—re-released on Amazon , Spotify, and Apple Music as An Interrogation —and most recently, 358 , as well as limited edition 358 VHS + CASSETTE + DIGITAL + DVD! combo-packs on Illuminated Paths , as well as a unique "video album" crafted in collaboration with Broken Machine Films Presents... However, Thor Maillet has personally, been making music since 1995 as part of various bands, collaborative projects, and solo endeavors, including, but not limited to, Cryostasium / Thor Maillet , CTM, Petridisch ...