Peter Litvin

Early life

Litvin was born in Mount Clemens, Michigan on April 20, 1985. He attended Eisenhower High School in Michigan in Shelby Township, where he befriended American filmmaker and long-time collaborator Greg DeLiso. He earned Associate of Arts degree from Macomb Community College in Warren, Michigan in 2005. He received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Rochester College in 2006.

Career

Litvin started recording music at the early age of 12, recording his own compositions using multi-track recording software. 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 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, 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.

In 2011 and 2012, Litvin worked with artist/musician JJ Brine in 2011-2012, producing albums Code Cracker (2011) and President of Mozambique (2012, DrugLord Records).

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 at Druid Underground Film Festival in Brooklyn, New York at a screening hosted by Troma Entertainment co-founder Lloyd Kaufman.

Litvin has produced over 10 music albums as a solo artist.

Released as Corpse Smoke

Released as Peter Litvin