Stubborn God Productions (SGP) is the musical and audio production imprint of Nevekari Enterprises soundtrack “department” as well as representing the extended aural endeavors of Ira Aron Rosenblum's musical alter-ego, 391 & the Army of Astraea. This appellation includes both collaborative and solo musical endeavors, and in its earliest incarnation dates back to 1983. Since that time 391 & the Army of Astraea has created hundreds of demo recordings and hundreds of others that have appeared in film and audio releases.
As SGP has evolved, it has come to envelope several other aspects, including general audio production, as well as the forging of amiable relationships with a network of composers, studio personnel, and session musicians who work in either the acoustic or electronic arenas of soundtrack production.
Recent Activities
Stubborn God was largely responsible for the composition, creation and production of the soundtrack work featured on the Partisan Earth Promotional DVD and CD, both of which were completed in May of 2012 and re-mixed in December of 2015.
In the aftermath of the Partisan Earth project, two unreleased full-length albums, “Music Inspired by Primordial Insects and Extremeophiles” (2014), and “Fuaim: 391 & the Army of Astraea Soundtracks and Instrumentals” (2016) were recorded, and tracks from those albums have appeared in Nevekari Enterprise’s film projects, “Isolation Room” (2017) and “The Dark Wood” (“Soundtrack From The Motion Picture”), also in 2017, and in the promotional video “Nevekari Talks: The Supplicant” (2018). In late 2018 SGP also released a 391 & the Army of Astraea 24 track compilation of Industrial-Electronic “Online Give-Away” tracks entitled “Sweetmeats For Little Turks”.
In early 2019 a number of tracks were included in Nevekari Enterprises narrated “creepy pasta” horror short release “Scrimshaw - A Dark Tale of the Sea”, and the ongoing composition of songs continues for an intended 391 & the Army of Astraea Singer-Songwriter Folk-Rock album prospectively entitled “Full Body Halo”.
Creative Principle Biography
IRA ARON ROSENBLUM - Born in New York City and a graduate of the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music and Art with a degree in Studio Art, and Ithaca College with degrees in History, Art History and Music, Mr. Rosenblum was involved with the music industry for a number of years, and has written, been interviewed in, or has consulted for editorial and review articles that have appeared in such newspapers, magazines, and online journals as: timessquare.com, The Ithacan, newyorksidewalk.com, Global Rhythm, Irish Music, and Billboard. In addition, he served as a buyer, purchasing consultant and copy writer for companies such as the Empire Music Group and Musicrama. In 2004, he consulted and authored sections of the critical work: “World Music: The Basics” by Richard Nidel (Routledge / Taylor & Francis). In 2008, he turned his attention to his own writing and soon completed the manuscripts for his first two novels and novellas. As the manager, composer and sound designer of Stubborn God Productions, his purview has included expanding Nevekari Enterprises scripts in the audio and visual aspects of media. As of 2019 Mr. Rosenblum has edited, co-edited, and sound edited over sixty promotional videos and films, as well as recording well over three hundred music tracks, of which more than eighty have appeared on Nevekari Enterprises film project soundtracks or have been released online. He and his wife Michelle are the proud parents of two: Amalia and Joshua. They maintain residences in NYC and Michigan.
Film / Audio Release Discography
PARTISAN EARTH: PROMOTIONAL DOCUMENTARY
(22 Tracks: In-Industry DVD & CD Releases: May 2012 / Re-Mixed December 2015)
(Digital Film Releases (10 Tracks): June 2012-November 2013)
IMMACUGENE COMMERCIAL: CLASSICAL IDEAL FILM TEASER
(1 Track: Digital Film Release February 2016)
AMERICAN RAGA: LIVE MUSIC VIDEO
(1 Track: Digital Film Release March 2016)
OTIS REDIOHEAD - CREEP ON THE DOCK IN THE BAY: MASH-UP MUSIC VIDEO
(1 Track: Digital Film Release September 2016)
391 & THE ARMY OF ASTRAEA - BANDCAMP / GAUNTLET OF BALTHAZAR ELECTRONIC MUSIC PIECE OF THE DAY GIVE-AWAY
(52 Tracks: Digital Audio Releases October 2016-Present)
THE DARK WOOD: NARRATED SHORT FILM / THE DARK WOOD: SOUNDTRACK FROM THE MOTION PICTURE
(4 Tracks: Digital Film Release October 2017 / Audio Release June 2018)
ISOLATION ROOM: SHORT FILM / WEB SERIES EPISODE
(2 Tracks: Digital Film Release November 2017)
NEVEKARI ENTERPRISES YOUTUBE CHANNEL TRAILER
(1 Track: Digital Film Release January 2018
NEVEKARI TALKS: “SUPPLICANT” PROMOTIONAL VIDEO
(4 Tracks: Digital Film Release November 2018)
SWEETMEATS FOR LITTLE TURKS: FULL LENGTH COMPILATION ALBUM
(24 Tracks: Digital Audio Release November 2018)
SCRIMSHAW TRAILER
(1 Track: Digital Film Release February 2019)
SCRIMSHAW: NARRATED SHORT FILM
(12 Tracks: Digital Film Release February 2019)
Unreleased Audio Discography
391 & THE ARMY OF ASTRAEA: ARCHIVE VOLUME ONE – PICABIA’S SUITCASE
(18 Tracks: 1984)
NAME AND ADDRESS WITHELD BY REQUEST – SUMMERTIME EP
(4 Tracks: 1985)
391 & THE ARMY OF ASTRAEA: ARCHIVE VOLUME TWO – TOTENGEIST
(11 Tracks: 1985)
BOB IRALEX: BOB IRALEX’S GREATEST HITS
(12 Tracks: 1986-1989)
391 & THE ARMY OF ASTRAEA: ARCHIVE VOLUME THREE – UNSTABLE
(11 Tracks: 1986)
RESEARCH & DESTROY: VOLUME ONE – SCHADENFREUDE
(10 Tracks: 1987)
391 & THE ARMY OF ASTRAEA: ARCHIVE VOLUME FOUR – STRANGLE
(10 Tracks: 1987)
FGN: THE NATURE OF BEGGING
(14 Tracks: 1987)
391 & THE ARMY OF ASTRAEA: ARCHIVE VOLUME FIVE – PARAFIN GARDEN
(9 Tracks: 1988)
RESEARCH & DESTROY: VOLUME TWO – INTRA-CAUSITIVE ANALOG QUANTIZATION (10 Tracks: 1988)
391 & THE ARMY OF ASTRAEA: ARCHIVE VOLUME SIX – SILVER SLIVERS IN THE MIASMA (9 Tracks: 1989)
RESEARCH & DESTROY: VOLUME THREE – TWO BLIND MICE
(9 Tracks: 1989)
391 & THE ARMY OF ASTRAEA: ARCHIVE VOLUME SEVEN – OP**TE
(9 Tracks: 1990)
391 & THE ARMY OF ASTRAEA: ARCHIVE VOLUME EIGHT – EXILE
(11 Tracks: 1996)
391 & THE ARMY OF ASTRAEA: SEVEN PERSIAN NIGHTS DEMO FOR CONGREGATION B’NAI JESHURUN
(5 Tracks: 1997)
MATT TURK / MAZIN CHAMI / IRA ROSENBLUM & FRIENDS: HINEY MATOV – LIVE AT CONGREGATION B’NAI JESHURUN
(3 Tracks: 1997)
WALL OF DECAY: TOTAL ECONOMIC COLLAPSE
(1 Track: 2008. Later Included on the PARTISAN EARTH DVD / CD SOUNDTRACK)
391 & THE ARMY OF ASTRAEA: MUSIC INSPIRED BY PRIMORDIAL INSECTS AND EXTREMEOPHILES
(21 Tracks: 2014)
391 & THE ARMY OF ASTRAEA: DEMO EP
(6 Tracks: 2015)
391 & THE ARMY OF ASTRAEA: FUAIM – 391 & THE ARMY OF ASTRAEA SOUNDTRACKS & INSTRUMENTALS
(22 Tracks: 2016)
391 & THE ARMY OF ASTRAEA: LOST TRACKS - GUESS I’M FALLING IN LOVE / THE TATTOOED LADY
(2 Tracks: 2017)
391 & THE ARMY OF ASTRAEA: FULL BODY HALO DEMOS (40 Audio / Video Tracks: 2015-2018)
