I love the remix of "Last Night A DJ Saved My Life". It's like the DJ saved her life by turning her into a vampire - "I used to be heartbroken but now I just dance all night and drain the blood from my victims."
― Tim F, Thursday, 10 July 2008 12:44 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah! Amazing label. But the IDIB acts many not appeal to many pop fans. It's too dark a sound and an aesthetic.
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 10 July 2008 13:26 (fifteen years ago) link
simonetti is djing at love tonight in nyc
― max, Thursday, 10 July 2008 13:29 (fifteen years ago) link
i don't dislike it cuz it's too dark, i dislike it because it's too dull
― lex pretend, Thursday, 10 July 2008 13:50 (fifteen years ago) link
i picked up the glass candy/chromatics albums following the ilm love.
so far i'm struggling to get it, both albums have therefore been left unloved on the shelf.
if anything, its not dark enough for me ..
― mark e, Thursday, 10 July 2008 13:53 (fifteen years ago) link
You know what's really awesome? There's this bootleg (I think) release of Last Night a DJ Saved My Life with a Shep Pettibone mix that's just the vocals over a drum machine. I have to dig that one out, I remember it being pretty awesome.
― dan selzer, Thursday, 10 July 2008 14:29 (fifteen years ago) link
One person's dull is another person's exciting and vital. De gustibus non est disputandum.
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 10 July 2008 14:40 (fifteen years ago) link
Daniel, that's outrageous. Lex is citing a fact. You're only contributing to the indie chancers' conspiracy of tedium and inertia. CAN'T YOU HAVE ANY FUCKING FUN?!
― Savannah Smiles, Thursday, 10 July 2008 16:10 (fifteen years ago) link
Savannah Smiles, you've just become an agenda item at the next Indie Chancers' Conspiracy Meeting.
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 10 July 2008 16:13 (fifteen years ago) link
i think the chromatics are a snooze, but i love most of the glass candy ive heard (holding my complete support at bay until i decided on this sweater-dress issue) and the two tiedye songs are fucking jams
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 10 July 2008 16:14 (fifteen years ago) link
When is Farah's full-length debut being released?
I love that Law Of Life song. And, for Lex's benefit, I'll mention that my wife thinks that song is tedious and boring.
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 10 July 2008 16:15 (fifteen years ago) link
at once i am relieved and disappointed that someone already posted the madonna pic. i mean i guess it's too obvious. but she looks so damn good!
― Surmounter, Thursday, 10 July 2008 16:17 (fifteen years ago) link
Previous discussion:
I LOVE YOU "THE CHROMATICS" Glass Candy - "Iko Iko"
― caek, Thursday, 10 July 2008 16:19 (fifteen years ago) link
i still think mirage has most potential out of all the idib acts, especially if he has more songs like "loving you" from his myspace page (which even in demo form is sublime, a slo-mo, hyper dramatic, diva led piano jam with those synthetic string sounds that were all over the menace ii society soundtrack or from a bone thugs track or something and crystalline tear-drop arpeggios - also maybe the funkiest thing johnny jewel has done yet). i didn't buy the tiedye 12" because it seemed like a complete rip off and i was broke, though it sounded aight in the shop
― r1o natsume, Thursday, 10 July 2008 16:34 (fifteen years ago) link
while it's been out a while, I still love Law Of Life and the midnite remix from the 12" is reminiscent of a sally shapiro reinterpretation with the electric piano lines. i dunno chromatics and glass candy aside i dig about 3/4 of the After Dark LP.
― san frandisco, Thursday, 10 July 2008 16:44 (fifteen years ago) link
It's weird I picked this up like a day ago, I'd had it on my mp3 player for ages but it's one of those records that needs to be a record y'know?
― I know, right?, Thursday, 10 July 2008 16:55 (fifteen years ago) link
Also glass candy are great, and their dead aesthetic is one of the reasons the whole italians thing is so intriguing. Ice blonde and everything.
― I know, right?, Thursday, 10 July 2008 17:02 (fifteen years ago) link
So go suck a fuck or whatever
Previous discussion:I LOVE YOU "THE CHROMATICS" Glass Candy - "Iko Iko"-- caek, Thursday, July 10, 2008 9:19 AM (3 hours ago)
-- caek, Thursday, July 10, 2008 9:19 AM (3 hours ago)
much better threads TBH.
― Steve Shasta, Thursday, 10 July 2008 20:10 (fifteen years ago) link
kinda intended for this thread to start off talking about how great Tiedye are
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 10 July 2008 20:42 (fifteen years ago) link
i don't really understand what baeleric music is.
but this one song sounds kinda nice.
― M@tt He1ges0n, Thursday, 10 July 2008 20:54 (fifteen years ago) link
i guess balaeric music is like if The Edge played in a disco band?
― M@tt He1ges0n, Thursday, 10 July 2008 20:55 (fifteen years ago) link
wait now it sounds kinda miami vice
like dire straits brothers in arms guitars
is axel f balaeric?
― M@tt He1ges0n, Thursday, 10 July 2008 20:56 (fifteen years ago) link
i like this song.
Whoa that is some hammy guitar on "Nothing Else Matters".
― lou, Thursday, 10 July 2008 20:57 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah the guitar is total schlock but that's what's so great obv
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 10 July 2008 21:00 (fifteen years ago) link
i don't really understand what baeleric music is
judging by your next few posts .... yes you do
― dmr, Thursday, 10 July 2008 21:03 (fifteen years ago) link
I don't think I can stomach it.
xpost
― lou, Thursday, 10 July 2008 21:03 (fifteen years ago) link
this stuff is kinda cool.
like half of me thinks i should be dancing.
half of me thinks i should be watching martin riggs from lethal weapon have a dark night of the soul.
― M@tt He1ges0n, Thursday, 10 July 2008 21:07 (fifteen years ago) link
he did once, kinda http://www.discogs.com/release/31585
― dmr, Thursday, 10 July 2008 21:12 (fifteen years ago) link
Is that record any good because the line-up makes it sound awesome?
― jim, Thursday, 10 July 2008 21:15 (fifteen years ago) link
I bought that a couple decades ago just because of The Edge (I had no idea who the other people were at the time). Wish I still had it.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 10 July 2008 21:16 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah no doubt i'd never heard of that?
― M@tt He1ges0n, Thursday, 10 July 2008 21:16 (fifteen years ago) link
I used to hate that record (cause it doesn't sound like Can, lol) but now that my taste is all balearic beardoed out I think it's awesome
― dmr, Thursday, 10 July 2008 21:25 (fifteen years ago) link
me too, but i sold it a while back :(
even has lyrics by arthur russell.
― jaxon, Thursday, 10 July 2008 22:18 (fifteen years ago) link
label is fucking good
― winston, Friday, 11 July 2008 04:21 (fifteen years ago) link
just heard that edit tiedye did of tom petty. love it.
― t_g, Saturday, 12 July 2008 09:28 (fifteen years ago) link
The TieDye track is brilliant, by the way, by some distance the best thing I've heard on this label.
― Matt DC, Saturday, 12 July 2008 16:12 (fifteen years ago) link
That record sounds so cool. I really want to go record shopping right now.
― I know, right?, Saturday, 12 July 2008 16:16 (fifteen years ago) link
Produced by KEVORKIAN?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW9qZNcZTQ8
― I know, right?, Saturday, 12 July 2008 16:17 (fifteen years ago) link
this is great actually
― I know, right?, Saturday, 12 July 2008 16:18 (fifteen years ago) link
didn't mean to derail this into a Snake Charmer thread but it seemed on topic at the time :)
so all that stuff on Tiedye's page you can download free! very cool. I think the Italians 12" is out of print anyway (won't be re-pressed in case it attracts the wrath of Lars)
― dmr, Saturday, 12 July 2008 16:27 (fifteen years ago) link
Actually Tiedye stuff is really cool, nice warm drum sound
― I know, right?, Saturday, 12 July 2008 16:34 (fifteen years ago) link
really dry sounding
back to the matter at hand, did anybody snatch a copy of the after dark 3xlp??
― winston, Saturday, 12 July 2008 19:07 (fifteen years ago) link
I had to stop being completist with them, already bought the After Dark CD and have a couple of the 12"s so I took a pass on that one. ditto the Tiedye 12", I saw it in a store once but it was 10 bucks for a one-sided record. I do like the track though.
(on the other hand I would buy an LP version of Glass Candy's "Beatbox" in a heartbeat to get Candy Castle and Digital Versicolor on vinyl ... )
― dmr, Saturday, 12 July 2008 19:49 (fifteen years ago) link
DMR: That TieDie single is available on eMusic, FWIW.
― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 12 July 2008 19:50 (fifteen years ago) link
Thanks, tipsy! Yeah that closer track - “Pegaso” - is actually a short edit of the full track found here: templo.bandcamp.com/album/professor-genius
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Saturday, 3 April 2021 12:26 (three years ago) link
Oh love your songs on that comp! I think they really sold the concept at that point and somewhat rare for the label in that they’re synthwave. Discovered the silver & kane remix of Pegaso a couple of months ago via some spotify playlist and that one is great too.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 3 April 2021 15:10 (three years ago) link
Thank you! To be honest at the time they were made I was swimming in Italo and Cosmic sounds as influences. Synthwave is a term I’ve only come across in the last couple of years reading stuff online but I’d be hard pressed to tell you what it sounds like. It’s just electronic music to me.“Nu Disco” was the term used in press and some shops for this stuff then (‘07, ‘08).
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Saturday, 3 April 2021 15:18 (three years ago) link
But Mike S and Johnny championed my stuff from the beginning and were excited about putting it out there. I think it was a case of the right place, right time :)
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Saturday, 3 April 2021 15:19 (three years ago) link
Yeah I love “pegaso”!! That one squiggly italo synth lead part makes my heart sing
― brimstead, Saturday, 3 April 2021 16:36 (three years ago) link
thread delivers.had no idea re the ILM vs IDIB connections.to have a couple of tracks on such a seminal compilation like AD vol 1 is quite a thing.and yeah, as others have said, they are cracking tracks CJV.been loving AD vol 3 today.
― mark e, Saturday, 3 April 2021 16:55 (three years ago) link
There’s other connections. Mike might deny it but I’d say I contributed a great deal to mike and by extension probably Jonny’s interest in italo. I mean they both like to deny the influence of Italo on Italians do it better but that’s just silly anyway.
― dan selzer, Saturday, 3 April 2021 17:12 (three years ago) link
xpost Thanks fellow ILMers. Making hearts sing is what it’s all about ! Very happy to know the music means something to you!
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Saturday, 3 April 2021 17:30 (three years ago) link
late to the convo, but after dark vol 1 is connected to a lovely time in my life and "pegaso" in particular is connected with a special memory of playing it at one of the first big parties i ever DJ'd, i have incredible images in my mind of my friends dancing to that song as fog and light spill out of the back of a moving truck in the woods :)
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Monday, 5 April 2021 15:39 (three years ago) link
RIP Chromatics 🙁
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 10 August 2021 17:09 (two years ago) link
1. After a long period of reflection, the three of us have made the difficult decision to end Chromatics. We would like to thank all of our fans and the friends we have made along the way – we are eternally grateful for your love and support. #Chromatics #ThanksForTheMemories pic.twitter.com/y7nkKUmUTe— Adam Charles Miller (@MrAdamMiller) August 10, 2021
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 10 August 2021 17:10 (two years ago) link
I have been receiving emails all morning from media people asking for a statement about Chromatics breaking up. All I have to say is, I’ve known about this for months, and im genuinely happy that they are out of there. @chromatics— Mike (@MikeSimonetti) August 10, 2021
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 10 August 2021 17:20 (two years ago) link
Johnny Jewel’s love life always seemed a bit sketchy to me - he has pretty much had a romantic relationship with every one of his collaborators/signed artists: Ruth Radelet, Ida No, Megan Louise - to name the most important ones. It almost seems to be a requisite to date him if you want to be in his label/band/production credits
tbf, couldn't it just be the other way around? As in, he likes to involve the people he's romantically or socially involved with in his music? Which, if true, is pretty cool
― Paul Ponzi, Tuesday, 10 August 2021 17:23 (two years ago) link
As much as I would like to spill the tea, It is not my place. If Ruth, Adam, and Nattie want to tell their story, that is up to them.— Mike (@MikeSimonetti) August 10, 2021
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 10 August 2021 17:24 (two years ago) link
the statement very much gives the impression that the others didn't want to deal with jewel anymore. he's never given the impression of being the easiest to work with
― ufo, Tuesday, 10 August 2021 19:15 (two years ago) link
so i guess Dear Tommy is never coming out
― bon ivermectin (Murgatroid), Tuesday, 10 August 2021 19:25 (two years ago) link
I mean Mike Simonetti has had a beef with Johnny Jewel for years now:
https://www.factmag.com/2016/11/02/mike-simonetti-says-johnny-jewel-owes-money/
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 10 August 2021 21:00 (two years ago) link
I wouldn’t really trust what he has to say on the breakup. He has also thrown snide remarks at Adam and Ruth as well so I doubt they talked often if at all.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 10 August 2021 21:09 (two years ago) link
Not taking Johnny’s side as we don’t really know what happened there, but honestly those series of tweets don’t really make me root for his side of the story.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 10 August 2021 21:13 (two years ago) link
The most telling thing is Jewel's own statement, which says he's proud of his work with "the project" — not even "the band," just another Johnny Jewel project. That kind of thing could grate on anyone. (Especially since it wasn't his band to start with.)
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 11 August 2021 01:59 (two years ago) link
(Not blaming Jewel for that, tbh I think of Chromatics primarily as a Johnny Jewel project too. But that plus dicking around forever with releasing/not releasing an album, it's not hard to imagine frustrations)
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 11 August 2021 02:00 (two years ago) link
i have no idea about the other albums but the rest of the band all have writing credits on various kill for love tracks, so i'd guess the creative process was probably somewhat more collaborative than jewel has often implied
― ufo, Wednesday, 11 August 2021 02:14 (two years ago) link
JJ definitely took over once he and Adam hooked up. Those first two Chromatics albums are DRASTICALLY different.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 11 August 2021 03:50 (two years ago) link
Dear Tommy is now Chinese Democracy 2.0
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 11 August 2021 05:59 (two years ago) link
Glass Candy's Body Work has been teased for more than 10 years now but I don't think Johnny Jewel has said anything about it since like 2013. Would be much more excited to hear that than Dear Tommy at this point
― J. Sam, Wednesday, 11 August 2021 17:51 (two years ago) link
glass candy is next— Mike (@MikeSimonetti) August 13, 2021
― groovypanda, Friday, 13 August 2021 06:28 (two years ago) link
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
― J. Sam, Friday, 13 August 2021 13:32 (two years ago) link
This Madonna covers compilation is both unnecessary and mostly enjoyable.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 18 August 2021 02:32 (two years ago) link
It's not on IDIB, but since she doesn't have her own thread, the new Tess Roby is out today and just as good as the first one.
― Doctor Madame Frances Experimento, LLC", Friday, 22 April 2022 17:26 (two years ago) link
Yes absolutely, loving it!
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Friday, 22 April 2022 17:51 (two years ago) link
Cool, I need to check that out. There is (allegedly) also a new Desire album coming out in early May. The singles I've heard so far are alright--competent renditions of the IDIB aesthetic but not too exciting. That's pretty much how I've felt about most of the JJ-produced material after After Dark 2 (though I love Chromatics' "Just Like You").
Since I've given up hope on ever hearing Glass Candy's Body Work the one IDIB thing I'm (tentatively) excited about is a Farah full-length, which seems like it might actually happen in the near future, but who knows. I love everything she's ever put out.
― J. Sam, Friday, 22 April 2022 19:02 (two years ago) link
quite liked telling me lies
― nxd, Friday, 22 April 2022 19:42 (two years ago) link
It is with immense pleasure & excitement that we share After Dark 4 with you this Friday.30 artists from 11 countries deliver 27 tracks for the endless summer of your dreams.https://t.co/f14NDpv9u4 pic.twitter.com/f5JFvEr78I— Italians Do It Better (@IDIB) August 9, 2022
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 9 August 2022 14:12 (one year ago) link
Is anyone going to the IDIB showcase in Oakland on Thursday?
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 9 August 2022 15:44 (one year ago) link
The Club Intl song is my favorite thing in here.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 13 August 2022 06:41 (one year ago) link
Good comp
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 13 August 2022 06:42 (one year ago) link
the website really does not make it easy to find new albums ! the causeway album sounds totally my thing.only heard about it via a dig around on discogs.no mention of it via the 'mp3' page.same re several other new album digital releases.that said, i shouldn't complain given how much a digital album costs.
― mark e, Wednesday, 7 December 2022 18:04 (one year ago) link
Adam Miller from the Chromatics put out a nice album of dreamy slow guitar stuff:https://mradammiller.bandcamp.com/album/gateway
― lets hear some blues on those synths (brimstead), Wednesday, 7 December 2022 18:22 (one year ago) link
The Causeway album is really good. I think there will be a vinyl release next Spring. Think a few IDIB vinyl releases have been caught up with pressing delays.
― brotherlovesdub, Wednesday, 7 December 2022 23:08 (one year ago) link