17/5/2013
After Dark 2 from the ever-brilliant Italians Do It Better is now available digitally on itunes (hardcopy around the corner apparently, test pressings not up to scratch).
(via discosciencertr)
16/5/2013
Free download of the new Mirage song. And After Dark 2 (IDIB sampler) out this Friday!
“Let’s Kiss” was written the same week as “Under Your Spell” in November 2008. After a bizarre & beautiful twist of fate, I walked into a remote bar in Montreal where I met the love of my life. The next morning… Ida & I had to leave. We flew to France for a handful of sweaty club shows. On the train out of Paris, I realized my whole world had been permanently turned upside down. The rain was crashing against the windows… & I decided I wanted to make a record that felt like that moment frozen in time… “For Ever Ever”. That’s when After Dark 2 was born. The last five years have been a blur of art & parties. This record represents the people we’ve connected with along the way…in Moscow, in Mexico, in Barcelona, in London, in Portland, in Montreal, in Melbourne, in Houston, in Berlin, in Beijing, in Los Angeles, in Dublin, in Athens… I am so excited to finally be sharing it with you. In 20 minutes, Ida & I get on a plane to Warsaw for our first tour overseas with Chromatics. Even though she is on crutches thanks to a brutal Roller Derby pile up on Sunday… we can’t wait to see all of you again… it’s been way too long. After Dark 2 is out this Friday.
It’s 78 minutes & 16 seconds.
See you on the train!
xo
Johnny Jewel
(via french---kiss)
15/5/2013
GLASS CANDY + CHROMATICS After Dark 2 Tour 2013
For the first time ever… Glass Candy & Chromatics will be touring Europe together this month to celebrate the release of “After Dark 2” on Italians Do It Better.
(Source: simbenia)
01/4/2013
Nightswimming Ep. 11 for Space Invader Radio
New Nightswimming episode (4th Thursday of the month, 7 UK time) with lots of musical goodies, from new Depeche Mode to old Cerrone. 1 hour of synthpop, new disco and electronica mixed by yours truly.
Enjoy
Tracklist
Chromatics - These Streets Will Never Been The Same
Blende - Fake Love (Chordashian remix)
Jutty Ranx - I See You
Jamie Lidell - I’m Selfish
Justin Timberlake - Suit & Tie (Aeroplane remix)
Satin Jackets - You Make Me Feel Good
Eleven Eleven - Escape
Gossip Culture - Just Fine With You
Gin Joints - For Tonight (Neon Workout REMIX)
B.W.H. - Stop
Cerrone - Supernature
Ladyhawke - Magic (The Swiss Remix)
Tesla Boy - 1991 (Soundsam remix)
Depeche Mode - Broken
Glass Candy - The Possessed (Runway edit)
19/12/2012
Nightswimming Ep. 8 for Space Invader Radio
Here we are at the last episode of 2012. I decided not to feature a best of the year but a mix of new songs and oldies…but can you tell which is which without looking at the playlist?
Of course Chromatics are featured (definitely my favourite record of the year) with two tracks from the upcoming vol. 2 sampler of the Italians Do It Better label (one of which is a fab New Order cover). Also unexpectedly - as i compiled the mix a week ago - the Pitchfork song of the year, Oblivion by Grimes (yay for my taste, I guess?) and foulmouthed newcomer Chlöe Howl.
Enjoy!
And happy holidays!
Kit
PS: the Space Invader Radio mix will return in January 2013 with a new schedule (and a new Nightswimming avatar). will keep you posted.
03/12/2012
Black & White / Autumn Mix by Johnny Jewel (download here)
01. Lamuka (Johnny Jewel Edit) / Zazou Bikaye Cy1
02. The Fading Faces / Symmetry
03. Nuit / Xeno & Oaklander
04. The President Is Gone / John Carpenter & Alan Howarth
05. Dans Mes Reves (Test Pressing) / Desire
06. One Night At The Raw Deal 12”/ Twisted Wires
07. Ceremony (16 Track Demo) / Chromatics Feat. Ida No On Lead Guitar
08. Stars & Houses (Feeling Without Touching 12”) / Glass Candy
09. It’s More Fun To Compute (Symmetry Edit) / Kraftwerk
10. Home Is In Your Head / His Name Is Alive
11. Alone In The Ring / Bill Conti
12. As We Could Ever / His Name Is Alive
13. Boy Girl / Blonde Redhead
14. Afraid / Nico
It’s been a crazy couple of weeks…After Paris & Amsterdam…Chromatics flew from London to Australia for two weeks of festivals…Then Natty & I hopped on a plane from Brisbane…to Singapore…to Abu Dhabi…landing in Berlin 30 hours later in time to have breakfast with Ida…Symmetry played our first show that night opening up for Glass Candy in Berlin at Karl Lagerfeld’s book release party…Patron with Oko…then Night Flight to Quebec…Brazil in the morning…Glass Candy throws a party in Sao Paulo for Bazaar’s birthday. After looping the globe twice…We’re finally back in Montreal for one of my favorite times of year. It’s the end of Autumn, & all of the Reds, Greens, & Yellows have disintegrated into Black & White. Everything is buried by the snow…Perfect weather for locking yourself in the studio with a synthesizer & your favorite records…I put together a collage of songs that, for one reason or another…always remind me of Autumn.
Something Old.
Something New.
Something Borrowed.
Something Blue.
In other news…The last couple of mixes for After Dark 2 are finally done. Five years in the making…Wow! It seems like a blurry dream. I just got the fully remastered test pressings for “BEATBOX” & the first “AFTER DARK” today via Canada Post. We’re doing limited runs on Crystal Clear Vinyl with foil covers. We are also adding two new beautiful Chromatics T Shirts & a hot new “After Dark 2” T Shirt into the store in a few days…XS,S,M,L,XL…and if you live in the southeast…Make sure you catch our last party of the year. Chromatics in Miami For Art Basel next week.
Enjoy the music!
xo
Johnny Jewel
26/11/2012
Nightswimming Ep. 7 for Space Invader Radio on Mixcloud
Brand new episode of Nightswimming for Space Invader Radio at 7pm CET (6 UK time) every third Tuesday of the month, with the freshest nu disco and synth pop. A brand new Chromatics song is featured as well as Moullinex and Wild Nothing. But we open with Maestro Moroder and one of his most famous soundtracks.
Enjoy.
Tracklist:
Giorgio Moroder – Night Drive
Chromatics – Looking For Love
Eleven:Eleven – Mesmerize
Sohight & Cheevy – You Never Know
Moullinex – Sunflare
Goldfrapp – Believer
80’s Stallone & Chelonis R. Jones – I Don’t Know
Viceroy – Chase Us Around (Jay Lamar & Jesse Oliver Remix)
Pheromones – Gold Night (BoogiePop Phantomz Remix)
LaRoux – Bulletproof
Desire – If I Can’t Hold You Tonight
Futurecop! (feat. Blaque) – Boom
Aimes – Stronger
Roxy Music – Don’t Stop The Dance (Ruben & Ra’s Cosmic Remix)
Wild Nothing – Paradise
benZel (feat. Jessie Ware) – If You Love Me
25/11/2012
CHROMATICS - “CHERRY”
new song from After Dark 2 label sampler
Download it from Johnny’s Soundcloud
http://www.soundcloud.com/johnnyjewel/chromatics-cherry
Filmed While Recording In Montreal (April 2011) & In Chromatics’ House In Portland.
(Source: youtube.com)
05/11/2012
Download Chromatics’ ‘Running From The Sun’ Mixtape
a quick mixtape featuring new songs and leftovers from the fruitful Kill For Love sessions.
Track Listing
Dreaming In Color (00:23-03:08)
Red Car (03.09-07:27)
Kill For Love (07:27-11:30)
Last Wish (11:31-15:01)
Running From The Sun (15:02-19:13)
Disintegration (19:14-22:31)
These Streets Will Never Look The Same (22:32-30:53)
Blue Moon (30:54-34:38)
31/10/2012
'Kill for Love': An Interview With Ruth Radelet of Chromatics
What’s next for you and Chromatics?
We will be focused mainly on touring for the rest of the year, and will be spending a lot of time in the studio this winter, working on the next album, as well as some soundtrack work. There will be a “Looking For Love” 12” coming out that has the full 17-minute version on one side, and the instrumental on the other. We also have three tracks on the upcoming “After Dark 2” compilation, including an Iggy Pop and James Williamson cover. Around Christmas we will be releasing a mail-order only LP called “Running From The Sun,” which has a few alternate mixes from the Kill for Love album along with 5 or 6 unreleased tracks. In 2013 we will be hitting the road again with Glass Candy, which we are really looking forward to.
11:14
DESIRE - “TEARS FROM HEAVEN”
new leek from Italians Do It Better!
DIRECTED BY ALBERTO ROSSINI FOR ITALIANS DO IT BETTER FILMS
FROM THE LABEL SAMPLER “AFTER DARK 2”
(Source: youtube.com)
30/10/2012
"Sometimes a great record is temporary." - 90mins with Johnny Jewel (Part 2) / Drowned In Sound
Johnny has always this candid and passionate take on all things music
11/10/2012
DOWNLOAD THIS NOW: Johnny Jewel, ‘After Dark’ (Remastered) label sampler originally from 2008
Over 5 years ago we released a slow-burning label sampler at midnight on my birthday. The original pressing was a demo CDR that Ida No colored with markers & glued cutouts of my hand spraypainting our names on the world. It was supposed to be a limited edition of 237 copies meant for the merch tables of Texas & California. It exploded overnight. 77 minutes of analog electronic music mutating through Italo Disco, Krautrock, Electro, Giallo Cinema, & Pop. By now, After Dark seems like it’s in its thousandth pressing…(we lost track a long time ago). And as we prepare for the release of After Dark 2, we wanted to share with you where it all began. The last 5 years seem like a beautiful blurry dream. Since the October 15th release date was announced back in July, everyone has grown increasingly anxious for the hard copy. At that time, we didn’t know Karl Lagerfeld was going to commission Chromatics to choreograph 27 minutes of music for the Chanel runway. We also couldn’t have known that Symmetry was going to be asked to score a top-secret motion picture for 2013. There is so much music we can’t wait for you to hear. For the diehard fans, we’re going to start leaking tracks next week. After slowly chiseling away at it since the spring of 2008, After Dark 2 is finally right around the corner. Thanks to everyone for being so enthusiastic & patient. I promise it’s worth the wait. In the meantime, download the fully remastered version of the first After Dark here. I blended it together at 5 am this morning. Enjoy!
xo
Johnny Jewel
Glass Candy / Rolling Down The Hills (3:32)
Chromatics / Hands In The Dark (4:48)
Mirage / Last Nite A Dj Saved My Life (6:42)
Mirage / Lady Operator (5:37)
Glass Candy / Computer Love (5:37)
Professor Genius / La Grotta (6:33)
Chromatics / Killing Spree (1:19)
Farah / Law Of Life (7:28)
Chromatics / In The City (7:09)
Glass Candy / Miss Broadway (6:46)
Featuring Nat Walker / Saxophone & Eyvind Kang / Strings
Mirage / Lake Of Dreams (9:26)
Farah / Dancing Girls (5:36)
Glass Candy / The Chameleon (4:55)
Professor Genius / Pegaso (2:44)
Total Running Time (77:37)
(Source: self-titledmag)
12:04
Chanel Spring-Summer 2013 Ready-to-Wear runway show featured music by Chromatics! Evidently Karl Lagerfeld is a fan :-D
TRACK LIST
Tick of the clock
Lady
I want your love
Running up that hill
(Source: youtube.com)
24/9/2012
Download ‘Let’s Kiss’ / Sunday Morning Mix by Johnny Jewel
A lot of people have been asking us for a non interview version of the FYF mix from three weeks ago in Los Angeles.
I didn’t bother to record the mix…so i put it back together this morning at home with a space echo & holy grail for you while having breakfast.
I ran out of time in L.A. , so i didn’t quite get to all the tracks that i intended on sharing…so there’s a few extra songs at the end.
Enjoy!
xo
Johnny Jewel
Tracklist:
TANGERINE DREAM / LOVE ON A REAL TRAIN
SYMMETRY / OVER THE EDGE
TIM THALER / DAS BOOT
NICO / MY FUNNY VALENTINE
SYMMETRY / JACKIE’S EYES
TRISOMIE 21 / COMING FROM DARKNESS
FARAH / SHADOW OF A DOUBT (Sonic Youth Cover / Unrealeased Demo From The “Into Eternity” Sessions / November 2008)
SYMMETRY / BLOODSPORT
KRZYSZTOF KOMEDA / ROSEMARY’S BABY (Piano Theme)
PATTY WATERS / MOON, DON’T COME OUT TONIGHT
SYLVESTER MUSIC COMPANY / WATERFALLS
MOODS / TROPICAL BIRDS
TELEMUSIQUES / NO. 37
TWILIGHT SINGERS / DON’T CALL (Desire Cover)
HANDEL / SARABANDE SUITE NO. 11
(via drownedinsoundcloud)
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