a thread for Italians Do It Better

another nite jewel 12" i think?

digging the twisted wires stuff ive heard so far, they were pg when i saw them at lpr but didnt leave a huge impression

not sure about releases but there's a tiedye / rune lindbaek edit up on the blog. downloadin now

you can hear all the Bottin tracks on his myspace fwiw. there's a video for No Static on youtube

famous internet blog discohorror located at http://discohorror.blogspot.com has an exclusive bottin remix of a codebreaker track up right now

by "exclusive" i mean "not exclusive at all"

that tiedye/linbaek edit from simonettis blog is nice btw

I was wrong - the Twisted Wires 12" is now on iTunes as of this week... sounds great. There's also a Tiedye remix of a DJ Kaos song on there, too, which sounds nice.

I wonder whatever became of Farah - I loved those tracks on the comp.

(I realize almost every single one of my questions can be easily answered with Googling; I just creepily like to keep this thread around)

I wonder whatever became of Farah - I loved those tracks on the comp.

^^^^ This. She was supposed to have a full-length disc released by the label, I think.

Related: Since the initial "big" three IDIB discs debuted on eMusic (the comp, the Chromatics and Glass Candy), nothing but two singles plus an odd-and-sods collection from Glass Candy. I'm just bummed eMusic hasn't received more from the label.

There's also a Tiedye remix of a DJ Kaos song on there, too, which sounds nice.

― Shannon Whirry & the Bad Brains, Tuesday, May 26, 2009 11:50 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

posted abt this in the DFA thread -- its AWESOME

You mean this?

that's the one

There's an Italians Do It Better night this coming Thursday at Koko in London: Glass Candy / Twisted Wires / Desire / Lindstrom / Mike Simonetti...

Is anyone going to this tonight?

I was just about to post the same thing.

Yes. Really looking forward to it.

I was expecting people to, given the size of the Lindstrom thread, and the Glass Candy one.

Still not heard Desire or Twisted Wires.

Still tickets left, by the way
http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_london&query=detail&event=319541&interface=koko

Q: will Twisted Wires be releasing an album in 2009?

Twisted Wires
http://www.myspace.com/twistedwiress

i detect Cabaret Voltaire / The Aloof / New Order / Finitribe / Fluke / 23 Skidoo / The Wire circa Ideal Copy influences

this track: is sublime

Twisted Wires - Oh Hell
http://hypem.com/track/809467/Twisted+Wires-Oh+Hell

i detect Cabaret Voltaire / The Aloof / New Order / Finitribe / Fluke / 23 Skidoo / The Wire circa Ideal Copy influences

yeah that's pretty much how they sounded live. like a dancier Indian Jewelry.

i think they made ari sick that night we saw them dave

awww. maybe she was allergic, I think there's shots u can get

Did anyone go on Thursday?

gotta say i'm not really feeling this desire record. the production is actually kinda lame, and the vocalist sorta gets in the way of any potentially great moments

JESUS CHRIST THE DESIRE CD HAS NINE SONGS ON THE BACK AND EIGHT TRACKS

Going by Itunes and the lengths of songs on their Myspace player, I think "Oxygene" just doesn't appear on the album despite being listed. I'll have to listen to the demo of the song on Myspace once I've heard the album and see if I heard it somewhere...

Ah well. At least it's not FSOL's goddamn Dead Cities.

are you sure you havent picked up the 8 track sampler simonetti was punting from his blog? Different versions of the tracks. ive probably listened to the desire record more than anything else this year. Not really straying far from the chromatics/glass candy sound but the quality of the actual songs and vocals really blasts in into space

"Oxygene" isn't listed on the tracklisting on any of the download versions of the album eg http://www.junodownload.com/ppps/products/1442354-02.htm

Haven't bought this yet but I really enjoy the rest of the Italians Do It Better stuff.

they closed with a weird hip-hoppy version of Iko Iko using the Isaac Hayes loop from that Geto Boys song

― dmr, Monday, 9 March 2009 03:17 (5 months ago)

from the IDIB blog:

Wednesday, August 05, 2009
Glass Candy "Geto Boys" 12" OUT NOW
After months of mastering issues (the bass was so heavy
it was making the needle jump), legal issues, and remixing
issues. We are excited to say that the Glass Candy "Geto Boys"
12" is finally in stock. And even better...it's a double A side.
They've Been destroying this song on tour all year. Samples
the hip hop classic "Mind Playing Tricks On Me" from Houston
legends, GETO BOYS (who sampled Isaac Hayes). The flip side
of the record features the Deep Gems burner "Animal
Imagination". If that wasn't enough, the record contains 12"
instrumental versions and vocal edits of both songs. <<<

LOL!

Wait I thought that's been released for like a year???!?!?! Or is this just a remaster? Wha...?

They've been playing it in shows for at least 2 years... hmmm

It was out on a CD but now it's a 12".

the bass on IKO IKO is much heavier than on GETO BOYZ imho.

huh! never heard the CD version. that show was the first time I've seen em live. probably gonna see em again on Saturday at Brooklyn Bowl

oooops it's next Saturday. durr

we did end up bowling tho!

what you score? I bowled for the first time in like 8 years last week for a bachelor party at chelsea piers...scored 123 on my game! The fun thing though with the new hi-tech systems that record the speed is seeing how fast you can bowl. I broke 20 mph.

I am in New York next week and am looking forward to that Brooklyn Bowl show.

wish I could sell you my tix, I'll be out of town! I don't think I can though, it's will call and you have to show ID/credit card. argh. should be a good show. they were fun at LPR.

dan I think I got a 102 on my first game, worse on my second. Brooklyn Bowl is pretty cool, it's such a big space. huge dance floor / stage area adjacent to the lanes (and people actually danced), big bar area, there's a restaurant in there ...

long wait for a lane but probably wouldn't be too bad on a weeknight.

Really pumped to see desire, was just the soundtrack of my croatian roadtrip and it melted all my girlys hearts

Scala Saturday 07 November 2009
MAGIC & MEDICINE PRESENTS
DIZ-GO-TREK
Feat: Italians Do It Better with GLASS CANDY LIVE plus DESIRE LIVE plus MIKE SIMONETTI

RM 1
LIVE ;
Mountain Of One
Italians Do It Better presents ;
Glass Candy
Andy Blake (DISSIDENT )
Desire
DJ -Mike Simonetti
Dan Beaumont ( Disco Bloodbath)

RM2
HOT BOY DANCING SPOT with
Lovely Jon Jo
+ others tbc

RM3
BAD PASSION PROJECT

www.residentadvisor.net
Phonica Records

Dear Mike Simonetti,

Chicago DOES suck. 2 Many DJ Clowns.

bummer,
Bummed.

^^^^ what the fuck. glad i stayed home sick. i heard he was only booked for an hour??

Ha. I think I misread one of his twitters -- I thought he wrote that Chicago let him down, but he actually wrote "Chicago has YET to let me down." Maybe it was a good night after all but I stayed away. Last time I saw him in Chi was at the Empty Bottle and no one was there. Still if he only played a one hour set it would not have been worth sitting through the 4 (!) other DJs booked to play last night.

leavitt, barry

yeah ive missed him both times thru
tho to be honest if id been up to going out last night i would have probably hit up omar s instead

i will say its probably unlikely that a DJ who expects to tour again in the future is gonna decide to trash major metropolises on twitter

Lots of good goodies news: http://vivaitalians.blogspot.com/2010/01/feeling-without-touching.html
Farah 12" (Gay Boy) & album!! New Chromatics album! And a new label sampler a la After Dark.
Can't wait to hear the Farah stuff.

These will definitely go to the top of my 2010 release watch list. I'd really like the Chromatics album to be a killer.

sooooo is anyone going to this discoteca thing on Saturday?
and can I go with you? :D

amazing song. and the instrumental version...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6pD3qSZ9JM

Man - the new Farah track is creeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeepy weird.

ugh she sounds fucking horrible on it.

http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=287559

The new Glass Candy EP is amazing. The one with the saxophone solo...

love the concept, hate the delivery