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Probably should get the tess album

Is it really industrial ?

not at all industrial, more of a folky indie electronic thing

from http://www.gorillavsbear.net/tags/tess-roby-takeover/

http://www.gorillavsbear.net/files/2018/04/4_01_Playlist-e1524188230920.jpg

only just seen nico on that list, there's definitely a similarity in their voices

Just got the Tess. Let’s fire it up

Oh wow, I'd not even heard of Tess Roby before, but this is a v nice record.

Ballad 5 was one of the best and most overlooked songs last year, check it out if it’s not on the album

Oh wow, I'd not even heard of Tess Roby before, but this is a v nice record.

― Johnny Fever, Saturday, May 12, 2018 4:06 PM (five hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Ditto. Thanks for the tip folks.

Sounds like
Some shit

Not what I was expecting

Windswept is so good. Anyone care to recommend another album that is solid “fake soundtrack” music. Barry Adamson comes to mind but I’m drawing blanks

Tess tony record really grew on me

lol tess tony xpost, sheesh

tess roby record is pretty cool - sort of like nico mashed with early nite jewel, with a more victorian twist/more guitars

i am really loving the Tess Roby album, it's perfect sunset music. it's bringing to mind Hannah Peel's Awake But Always Dreaming, Kate Bush's A Sky of Honey, and Emeralds' Does It Look Like I'm Here? which are all favourites

minor regret from this year is hearing the tess roby album immediately after she played a show

just re-ripping my IDIB cd collection and listening to the 'music to drive' compilation.
feeling the urge to dive back in and pick up the more recent stuff, but from their website other than the soundtrack stuff by johnny, i dont think i have missed out on that much actually.
seems to be mainly the tess roby/twisted wires/jorah chalmers releases.
or is there something i have missed via their hard work website?

yeah I think there's been a bit of a lull since Twin Peaks. Maybe they're saving their time and energy for Dear Tommy which they claimed several times was coming this year.

.@chromatics are releasing a new album—their first in seven years—tomorrow https://t.co/9qUIjKpq5Y

— Resident Advisor (@residentadvisor) October 1, 2019

Hmm...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUVy3MfVFaY

!

No.

nice playlist of recentish IDIB stuff

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2SvPXTfpvL18BXAnH6jQEq?si=rtJB_EqsSsqTd4rrXmHhIQ

After Dark 3 out Friday.

Excelente

wait....Guy Gerber?!

Such a great compilation. Watched the twitch stream a couple nights ago. Loved the Causeway song, the Desire cover of Boy, the Orion track and both Chromatics songs the best, but the Gerber track was good too. Reminded me of a softer Orbital from the early 90s.

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/777809883 - here's the twitch stream. Causeway is at 50mins. Kind of like Anything Box with more eyeliner but less hairspray.

it's on Spotify today:

https://open.spotify.com/track/6CNlEHjmcyGP2JBjPhcTsi?si=UWRob6C2Ruy1DaJVW9Uk2g

Yeah, this is a great compilation. Everything I love about IDIB basically.

Also very adequate time of the year to release anything IDIB related.

Definitely. Got the windows open to a rainy fall night. All I need is a little neon and I'd be good to go.

Worse Things Than Feeling Lonely = anthem for our times

lovely little record
think it's better than 2

its still mad how this label still sells the digital editions of their releases for $1 no matter what.
ep, single, expanded album etc.
all $1 each.
guess they know their market is all about the vinyl editions.
(very similar business model to the synthwave, blood music, crew i guess.)

New Causeway single 'Hide and Seek' is pretty good. Wonder if they'll release an album. Two very catchy singles so far.

why are you mad about that?

this is still one of the better run labels that I ever engage with. Love ordering from them, love their packaging, they are super responsive and all their shit looks great.

cos its insanely brilliant how they have priced their digitals for those of us who purchase etc.

(and yeah, even when i have ordered cds etc, they have always added extras into the package .. )

FTR he said “it’s” not “I’m”

ahh.
cheers evan.
the penny drops as to that response.
i was wondering etc.

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. And he bounced between these projects involving his set of ex-wives/ex-lovers as if it’s business as usual. It’s too much of a red flag.

That said, I really hope there’s no weird abusive powerplays for anyone involved because I really love the musical / aesthetical aspect going on in every one of the projects in this label.

l didn’t have to date him to be on the label at one point! :D

Come on - he’s truly one of the sweetest, most genuine dudes running a label. Has always been nothing but nice when we communicate. Why do some folks always look for the worst?

I’m honestly very relieved to read that coming from a direct source. It’d be painful to hear otherwise. I think he’s lowkey a musical genius and it’s easily one of my favorite labels of the past 20 years.

What’s your band/project name?

He's honestly a very nice guy from my dealings with him.

I had a few things on the label as Professor Genius - one of their first 12"s and After Dark Vol.1 - and have released a bunch of stuff on other labels under that name since.

Had no idea! I like your tracks on After Dark 1, especially the closer.

Thanks, tipsy! Yeah that closer track - “Pegaso” - is actually a short edit of the full track found here: templo.bandcamp.com/album/professor-genius

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.

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).

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 :)

Yeah I love “pegaso”!! That one squiggly italo synth lead part makes my heart sing

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.