Peter Litvin

Peter Litvin (born April 20, 1985) is an American actor, music producer, film maker, audio engineer, composer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based in New York City.[1] Litvin is best known for his lead role as Hectic Knife in the film Hectic Knife, which was picked up for distribution by Troma Entertainment in 2016.[2][3] He was discovered and mentored by music engineer Bob Ebeling who has worked with artists like Eminem, Rufus Wainwright and Phish.[4][5] Litvin acted as a producer on JJ Brine's studio album President of Mozambique, and as a composer for Jeff Krulik's musical documentary, Heavy Metal Picnic, in 2010.[6][7] He is also the founder of Revolution Studios, a recording studio in New York City.[8]

Peter Litvin
Background information
Birth namePeter Litvin
Born (1985-04-20) April 20, 1985
Mount Clemens, Michigan, United States
GenresAlternative rock
Occupation(s)Musician, songwriter, producer, actor
Years active2006-present
Associated actsJJ Brine, Jeff Krulik, Greg DeLiso

Early life

Litvin was born in Mount Clemens, Michigan on April 20, 1985. At the tender age of 8 he began playing music on an old guitar. Soon he played music that he composed. As Litvin reached adolescence, his understanding of how music works was fine tuned as he worked with Scott Lyon. Litvin attended Eisenhower High School,Shelby Twp, Michigan,where he befriended American filmmaker and long-time collaborator Greg DeLiso. He earned Associate of Arts degree from Macomb Community College in Sterling Heights, Michigan in 2005. He received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Rochester College in 2006. In 2013 Litvin played live at the Library of Michigan with two other Jazz artists in support of the history of Jazz. In 2014 he played live Christmas Carols with guitar at Somerset Mall in Troy, Michigan. He was accompanied by a pianist as well. He played without pay, for the shoppers that December.

Career

Litvin started recording music at the early age of 12, recording his own compositions using Multitrack recording software. At age 13 he started a band called Inner Stellar with Seth VanderVlucht, Matt Dewitt, and John Budgery. Litvin was the youngest member, the other members being 18. Litvin wrote the music for their debut album entitled Fish Hospital. At age 18 he was also the guitarist for another band featuring Jesse Wozniak, Chris Cundiff, and Kent Kohler. In 2006, he started recording other artists professionally and moved to New York City where he opened a recording studio, Revolution Studios, in 2008.

In 2008 Litvin also produced an EP called Prone to Wilting for Detroit based artist Emily Rose. The EP was later included as part of the album Cocoon Stew in 2009.

In 2010, he worked with filmmaker Jeff Krulik, composing the score for his musical documentary Heavy Metal Picnic. He then worked with Greg DeLiso on DeLiso's next two projects, first composing the score for Canada's Best Kept Secret,[9] a feature-length documentary about Canadian author and naturalist R.D. Lawrence. Litvin then worked with DeLiso on Fake Henrik Zetterberg, a 12-episode web series about the bumbling doppelgänger of Swedish NHL player Henrik Zetterberg.

Litvin worked with artist/musician JJ Brine in 2011-2012, producing the albums Code Cracker (2011) and President of Mozambique (2012, DrugLord Records). Litvin also briefly worked at Mike E. Clark's Electric Lab Studio in 2011.

Litvin started working with well known YouTube personality TryHardNinja in 2012. Since then Litvin has produced well over 100 songs for TryHardNinja, which have amassed over 350 million hits on Youtube and include the song "It's Me."  "It's Me" went on to be the #14 most downloaded dance song on iTunes for four weeks straight in 2015.

In 2010, while Canada's Best Kept Secret and Fake Henrik Zetterberg were in production, Litvin and DeLiso had begun working on the feature-length, horror-comedy Hectic Knife, which starred Litvin as a knife-wielding vigilante determined to rid his city of crime. DeLiso and Litvin finished Hectic Knife in 2015, and secured distribution via Troma Entertainment shortly after its completion. Hectic Knife premiered[10] at the Druid Underground Film Festival in Brooklyn, New York at a screening hosted by Troma Entertainment co-founder Lloyd Kaufman.[11][12]

Litvin has produced over 12 music albums as a solo artist.[13]

Discography

With Inner Stellar
  • Fish Hospital (1999)

With Space Cake
  • Broken Abyss (2000)
  • Beyond (2001)

With The Hourly Continuum
  • The Hourly Continuum (2001)
  • Meditation Medication (2001)
  • Vitamin Troll (2002)

Released as Corpse Smoke
  • Corpse Smoke EP
  • Radical Return (2003)
  • 4 Year Old In My Trunk (2004)
  • Anti-Crotch Dream Sequence (2005)
  • The best of Corpse Smoke Vol 1 (2006)

Released as Peter Litvin
  • Kick the clouds (2005)
  • Gypsy Kiss self titled (2006)
  • Melodies Fade (2009)
  • Sing Along (2009)
  • Gonna get you pregnant (Single 2010)
  • Love Spectacle (2010)
  • School (2012)
  • Teleportation (2015)
  • Dreamland Magic Spells (2015)
  • Hectic Knife Official Soundtrack (2016)
  • Instruments of Pain (2018)

References
  1. "Troma Now Presents: The World Premiere of Peter Litvin's Music Video "Gunz Up!" featuring Lloyd Kaufman – Horror Society". www.horrorsociety.com. Retrieved 2017-03-22.
  2. Litvin, Peter; Haege, Georgia Kate; Brine, J. J.; Munnelly, John (2016-07-28), Hectic Knife, retrieved 2017-03-21
  3. Carson, René (2016-07-13). "Troma Entertainment nabs Hectic Knife". www.filmfetish.com. Retrieved 2017-03-21.
  4. Discovered and mentored by Bob Ebeling and association with prominent music artists. Retrieved on 17 June 2016.
  5. Ebeling's profile at gikacoustics.com Retrieved on 17 June 2016.
  6. Working with JJ Brine, at Sputnik.com Retrieved on 17 June 2016.
  7. Heavy Metal Picnic directed by Jeff Krulik Retrieved on 17 June 2016.
  8. Founder of Revolution Studios Retrieved on 17 June 2016.
  9. Canada's Best Kept Secret cast and crew Retrieved on 24 June 2016.
  10. "Troma Entertainment Brings Blood, Babes, and Bagels to the Big Screen with Hectic Knife". Horror Society. 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2017-01-29.
  11. Collaborating with Greg Deliso Retrieved on 17 June 2016.
  12. Hectic Knife released by Troma Entertainment. Retrieved on 17 June 2016.
  13. Peter Litvin at allmusic.com Retrieved on 17 June 2016.
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