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RIFF Underground // Chris Purdie
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Filmmaker / Musician / Film Nerd
The Grey, featuring Grady Avenell of Will Haven, Live at Arctangent 2025

#postmetal
October 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Been working on lighting set ups for a short film I'm working on.
Top image in the inspiration, bottom two are the results. Close enough for a first attempt.
October 10, 2025 at 12:35 PM
CODESPEAKER - ARCTANGENT 2025

Quality UK Post-Metal.
Second time I've caught them and each time I was left floored. Great band.
Only grabbed a few shots but still had enough for a quick mini-film.

#postmetal #arctangent
October 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
OMO - Arctangent 2025

Sonically in line with Burning Witch or early Cathedral, with a buckfast gulping clergy-man rubbing his nuts while spouting hellish sermons for the end of the world.
Brilliantly heavy and brilliantly Scottish.

#doommetal #arctangent
September 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Barbican Estate live in Hackney for Baba Yaga's Hut.

Full film on our YT channel.
Link in comms.

#livemusic #psychrock

@babayagashut.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
MICHAEL live at No90, Hackney, London 2025, for Baba Yaga's Hut's birthday bash.
Full film can be seen on the tubes or in the comms below 👇

#noiserock #punkrock #rockmusıc
August 21, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Intensely blue.
August 14, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The Eagle has landed.
ATG, bring it on.
August 13, 2025 at 7:57 PM
PART CHIMP - LIVE at NO90 Hackney for Baba Yaga's Hut 19th Anniversary Celebration 🥳

Very pleased to have captured this. I love Part Chimp and it's great to finally record them with good sound - no mean feat considering they're one of the loudest bands around.

Full film in the comms 👇👇👇
August 11, 2025 at 12:35 PM
HELP - New Cross Inn 2025

#punkrock
June 10, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Todays listening

Sodom - Agent Orange
June 9, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Black Shape, The Dev, Camden 2025

#sludgemetal
June 4, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Black Shape were as good as ever last night at The Dev. Love a good'ol sing-along about the bin juice 😆🗑️

#noiserock
May 31, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Many thanks to anyone who liked, shared, or was lucky enough to even SEE the mini-live-vid of Whores the other day. If you missed it, you can still see it on YT and IG.
May 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Today's listening.
For real, if anybody wants to start a band like CORRUPTED, give me a shout because i am so down for that.

#doommetal
May 4, 2025 at 7:43 PM
UPGRADE.
The eternal mission to see in the dark takes a big leap forward with my new 35mm - 150mm f/2-2.8 lens.
I've always favoured insane close-ups to safe wides, and this just about covers everything i need to achieve that, now with twice the aperture to boot
April 23, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Michael
New River Studios 2025
April 9, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Bloody Head
New River Studios 2025
April 8, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I didn't see The Monkey.
I saw Day Of The Dead.
Long live the PCC.
February 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
New showreel is up.
Only allowed to show a minute on here, but you can watch the full film on all of my other channels (my preference is for YT)

#showreel
February 20, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Self Portrait
2025
February 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
New showreel finally ready!
So many things got in the way of this last year, but it's finally done and ready to roll out over the next couple of days.

Keep'em peeled, folks.
February 6, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Northampton, that was class.
Human Leather, Shrykull, Hideous Crawling Abomination and Interferencex2 (with Joe & Josh from 72%) were all brilliant.
Great sound and crowd.
Big up James for putting on another great night at The Lab.

Keen to play more gigs
Ebow / Doom / Drone / Movies

Book Us!!
February 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Nosey cat gonna be nosey.
January 29, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Feeling some fatigue with filming bands recently. Not that I don't enjoy the work but FB+IG have really been choking engagement and it just feels a bit pointless.

I definitely prefer linking vids here, but there are too few people at the moment so it still feels kinda pointless.

🤷
January 22, 2025 at 11:56 AM