BERLIN, LONDON this weekend

hello. long time no see? sorry the updates
have been so sporadic. its been the off
season for us- but we are back in tour
mode. this weekend we hit London and
Berlin. come check us out:

JAN 29 Berlin CTM festival w/ Glass Candy
Desire, Mike Simonetti and a million others

JAN 30 London @ MATTER Italians Do It
Better Showcase with GC/Desire/Mike as
well as our buddies Francois K, Jamie Lidell,
Disco Bloodbath, Metro Area, and Optimo
(yea its gonna be pretty awesome)...

FEELING WITHOUT TOUCHING

we are excited to announce that glass candy just finished
the 12" version of "FEELING WITHOUT TOUCHING".
we are releasing it as a 12" maxi single.
our first record of 2010.
it's being mastered right now! we should have the vinyl in about
a month and a half vinyl features full color two sided insert and
lyric sheet. glass candy's first official video is finished too.
directed by travis peterson in l.a. (he also shot amazing videos
for nite jewel, geneva jacuzzi & areil pink) shot the night before
they slaughtered coachella last year. we'll post it as soon as it gets
out of production. here's the track list for the 12" (26 minutes of
unreleased musick) :

Side One
FEELING WITHOUT TOUCHING (Video Mixx)
SUGAR & WHITEBREAD (2010)
COVERED IN BUGS (2010)
Side Two
SHINE LIKE GOLD & DIAMONDS (2010)
SUGAR & WHITEBREAD (Instrumental)
FEELING WITHOUT TOUCHING (Instrumental)

rumor has it that they are throwing a bonus mystery track on the
b side... also... the new farah "GAY BOY" 12" is done.
recorded in november of 2008, and mixed last week in montreal.
probably the strangest record we have ever heard. we've been
scratching our heads for over a year trying to figure out what to
do with this one. a cult classic for sure. imagine ll cool j's "i need
love" & the shangri las "leader of the pack" through the eyes of a
valley girl on lithium. an out take from the new farah lp "INTO
ETERNITY" suite 304 studio sessions. her debut full length lp on
the way this spring. desire just added another installment to their
ongoing tour photo blog.

Desire Blog

in other news...the two year chromatics hiatus is over.
rumors of break-ups etc...are all false.
johnny, ruth, adam, and natty have been back in the studio
working on a new 2 x lp. keep your fingers crossed...it
might be out in time for autumn! their darkest work yet.
maybe we can talk them into touring again.
according to mr. jewel, it covers 13 years of music written
between 1996 & 2009. touching on everything from the velvet
underground to kristopher komeda to gate. and for everyone
wanting "NIGHT DRIVE" on vinyl... good news... we should finally
have it this summer. the album as we know it was originally a
tour demo. we never expected it to blow up so fast, and they
never got the chance to properly mix or master it. the new vinyl
version is going to be a double lp with four unreleased bonus tracks!!!
we are pleaed to announce that the new italians do it better label
sampler is almost done. "INTO THE BLACK" (aka after dark pt. 2)
features new & exclusive tracks from desire, glass candy, chromatics,
mirage, farah, bottin, twisted wires, appaloosa... three years in the
making. it's going to be epic!!!

FOR TEDDY

one of the best voices of all time. will never be touched.

SHOULD WE BRING BACK KILLER KUTS???

i just looked through the old Killer Kuts from 2006, 2007
and realized how many killer kuts were in there... some
serious killer stuff and this was way before disco was cool!
should we bring it back?

Mike Simonetti djing in Chicago this weekend

come on down to Chicago Friday if you feel like taking
a day trip to the windy city:

new mix by MIKE SIMONETTI

hello. Mike found some time to do a new mix. Its
called BACK TO AFRICA and it was done for Cosmic
Disco website, one of our favorite sites. This was
made with old 45s and lps and even a few 12"s
thrown in.
You may remember the AFRICAN CONNECTION mix.
It is all African music (obv). This is part 2 of the mix.
Part 1 is still floating around the world wide web if you
use the Google. Anyway enjoy this mix. Try to find
these tracks! Enjoy these insane Afro cosmic sounds...

Mike Simonetti: Back To Africa mix on Cosmic Disco

direct link to mix

NITE JEWEL "Falling Far" 7" for sale

hello, we have a very small number of copies of the
new NITE JEWEL "Falling Far"/"Spiritual Nite Life" 7"
on the Japanese label Big Love. i believe 300 were
pressed. if you are interested in this record email
me at mike at troublemanunlimited dot com. We arent
putting it in the store because we dont have many
for sale. warning though, its a little pricey, being
an import and all that. THANX!

New mix from Anton Qlint (Tiedye)

Happy New Year. Sorry we've been out of touch.
We were busy gearing up for 2010, working,
sleeping, eating, buying records, making music,
playing with our kids, etc. 2010 is going to be
insane for Italians. expect tons of surprises on
every front, tons of live gigs and some great
news in the close future! Yes very cryptic for
now but it will all fall into place soon enough.

ANYWAY, here is our first mix to start off 2010
and its from our good friends and comrade
Anton Qlint from Tiedye all the way from Gburg
Sweden, one of my favorite places as you know!
Good luck with this one, its full of Scandanavian
rock that you will never be able to find!

Qlint Taximix