Om Records presents something extra funky for Halloween revelry with the debut single from PillowTalk’s Shane one alongside Om Records founder Chris Smith under his Shiny Objects moniker. ‘Spooky Dookie’ is just that, funky eerie nasty sh*t for Halloween dance-floors. This is deep and dirty house for the undead. Get down!
For more on how Spooky Dookie came to be, read on!
The track was initially recorded as a studio experiment in 2015 by unlikely music partners and longtime friends, Shiny Objects (Chris Smith) and Shane one (Shane Duryea). Chris, founder of Om Records, spent two decades releasing tracks defined by his deep, minimal, and techy grooves while Shane’s reputation is built on eclectic maximalism— blending house, disco, and rare groove in his mixes and production work with PillowTalk.
What Chris and Shane made in the studio that day was difficult to categorize, so they code-named it “cute and spooky” because that’s what it sounded like. The now- officially named “Spooky Dookie” has been in the vault for over a decade but its intoxicating wobbly synths and smart percussion were dying to get out and show the world just how freaky a minimal house track can get. The spooky mood hits even before the snare when horror legend Vincent Price cackles his way through the intro. The rubbery, monosynth bassline layered under delicate marimba-like chimes makes for a compelling dialogue that’s hard to ignore after all these years.
“We had no intention of making a Halloween track, of course,” Chris explains. “But we always thought it had a spooky vibe and only recently decided to lean into that.”
The track officially began its next life this past August when Chris and Shane played an all-night wedding reception for a close friend.
Shane elaborates, “Chris and I were going back to back. It was a very special occasion at about 4am—this is when Spooky Dookie usually makes an appearance. And though we have played it a bunch over the years, this time it felt right. We decided to put it out.”
Chris continues, “From there it was a quick turnaround. The majority of the work was done but we needed to commit to the sound with a vocal. That’s what gave the track permission to be what it always was...spooky.”
Shane adds, “Plus, with how big Halloween has become for DJs and promoters, we need something new to freshen up all those Thriller edits.”
Looks like the witching hour has finally arrived with Spooky Dookie. Musically, the record is anything but a novelty act. Part underground banger, part spooky season curveball, and entirely the product of two friends messing around in a studio—the track is perhaps best understood as a decade-long haunting that accidentally became a solid dance record.