Thursday, September 13, 2007

FIRST BATCH OF ITALIANS 12"s - READY TO GO!!!

hello. sorry its been a while, been VERY busy. The first
three IDIB 12"s are ready to order. you can order them
  • HERE
  • for the time being until the IDIB website is up,
    which will be shortly. Take advantage of our "bundle"
    options in the STORE, where you can order the three
    singles and save a few bucks, or order the singles and
    the After Dark cd and save a few bucks! These singles
    are ltd to 1000 each, and we are pretty sure we wont be
    repressing them (unless the demand is REALLY high).
    Also, out distributor, Revolver will have them for
    the stores out there. In a few weeks we will have the
    Chromatics Nite Drive cd for sale, and a few weeks
    after that we will have the Chromatics In The City 12"
    ready to go. AND finally, we are printing some shirts
    as well, and will have them ready to go in about 2 weeks.
    The shirts will rule your world!!!

    The releases:

    Glass Candy "Miss Broadway" 12"

    Side A: Main Version (7:07)
    Side B: Instrumental (7:07)
    After Dark (7:13)

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    Farah "Law Of Life" 12"

    Side A: Main Version (8:11)
    Side B: Midnite Remix (8:05)
    Instrumental (8:11)


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    Professor Genius "La Grotta" 12"

    Side A: La Grotta (6:31)
    Side B: Hot Dice (5:43)
    Across The Spree (6:04)

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    Friday, September 07, 2007

    AFTER DARK officially in stores!

    hello
    the street date for the AFTER DARK compilation just passed,
    so it is finally in stores all throughout the world!!!

    Wednesday, September 05, 2007

    PS1 stream up

    hello. PS1 just posted the Italians afternoon party we
    hosted in August. Scroll down and there's a few links. one
    has the live Glass Candy set one has the Lovefingers dj set
    (which was KILLER btw) , and another has a small part of Mike's
    set. Mike played for like 2 and a half hours and i think the
    second half goes up soon. Mike became a trance dj that
    warm summer afternoon!

    note: you can also access other stuff from this summer, such
    as the Invisible Conga People live show from the DFA showcase.
    Italians are releasing their debut 12" in a few months! And
    our pal Tim Sweeney also has a nice one up there as well!



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  • Friday, August 31, 2007

    did another mix

    hello. sorry for the sporadic posts. been super busy. been listening
    to the mp3 torrent of the Cedric The Entertainer "Taking You Higher".
    shits FUNNY! track that shit down! anyway, i did a mix for
    allez-allez.co.uk. check it out. im stoked on it. its my "Summer
    2007" mix. hot summer songs for your global warming needs.

    peep it here:
  • Balaeric Sabbath

    been doing a lot of mixes for a lot of different people.
  • Tuesday, August 21, 2007

    205 club

    BASSMENT BANGERS @ 205 CLUB

    Special Guest 9/20: MIKE SIMONETTI

    205 Chrystie St. (Corner of Stanton St.)
    Lower East Side, NYC 10002
    21+ NO COVER

    Monday, August 20, 2007

    new mixes coming / dj gigz

    hello. been very busy, and in and out of town sporadically.
    have a few new mixes up on various websites , and once i
    get the Ok i will link them. the ps1 set will be up in a few
    days as well.
    will be playing 205 club in nyc in a few weeks , as well as
    London, Ireland and possible Berlin - schedule permitting.
    so yeah sorry for the lack of infos. . . .

    Friday, August 03, 2007

    AFTER DARK cd repressed!

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    yikes! we weren't expecting such a huge response
    to the AFTER DARK cd. we initially pressed 100 for
    Glass Candy's tour as a promo thing, but it really
    took off- thanks to Pitchfork.. ANYWAY, our sister
    label Troubleman has them in their store.
    order
  • TMU STORE

    it is in the NON TMU section
  • Thursday, August 02, 2007

    Mike's WFMU dj set

    hello. heres a link to the WFMU appearance. i drove 5
    minutes to play records on Jim's radio show. Let me
    preface this by alerting you to a few trainwrecks in
    this particular mix. Its tough to dj with 45's some
    times... but im not afraid to show my weaknesses...
    you only live once, as they say.
    :)
    anyway, the link is below... i start about 1:03 into
    the show, and go until the 2:15 mark- then we bullshit
    on the radio for a while, which is always weird, yet
    funny.



  • go for it
  • Thursday, July 26, 2007

    UPCOMING EVENTS TO TAKE NOTICE OF (pt 2)

    Mike Simonetti will be djing in the immediate future, and
    GLASS CANDY will be on the east coast playing shows!!! :

    Wednesday July 25 on WFMU on the Small Change variety hour. 2-5am.

    Friday August 3rd at Rubulad in Brooklyn from 2:30-6am
    (email me for infos)

    Friday August 10 at Studio B in Brooklyn (Glass Candy playing as well)

    Saturday August 11 at PS1 Warmup in LI City, Queens , with
    Glass Candy. (part of the Italians Do It Better "coming out party".)
    Lovefingers is our special guest. check the site:
    http://www.ps1.org/ps1_site/content/view/274/102/

    Saturday August 11 - PS1 / GLASS CANDY AFTERPARTY at Union Pool in Brooklyn. with your DJs, Mike Simonetti and special guest Johnny from Glass Candy as well. midnight-4am. FREE.


    Saturday August 18th - Mike Simonetti djing at Union Pool Brooklyn 10-4.

    also keep your ears peeled for a secret glass candy show in
    brooklyn as part of Andrew Porters bday celebration with yrs
    truly on the wheels of steel. the party will be happening on
    a roof in industrial Greenpoint. email me if
    you wanna come. shhhhh. dont tell noone.

    Monday, July 23, 2007

    KILLER KUTS #38




    Santana's classic lineup comes full circle at
    Woodstock. THey totally obliterate 300,000
    people while jamming Soul Sacrifice.
    Everyone cites then 19 year old Michael Shrieve's
    infamous drum solo as a high point of the
    performance. Indeed , the guy can shred.
    The entire song just blows open doors.
    Santana was a road heavy band, and it shows. They
    are simply superior musicians. In the movie,
    Sly And The Family Stone plays immediately after
    Santana, and as much as i like Sly Stone, theres
    just no comparingthe two. Its just that good.


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    Check out Santana shredding up Ed Sullivan in 1969.
    A KILLER medley of Persuasion and Jingo. HEAVY. Hard
    to think this was 1969.





    ..and a good live version

    KILLER KUTS #37

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    This record flew under the radar when it was released,
    and soon after it was released Buckingham and Nicks
    joined Fleetwood Mac, and the rest is history- as they
    say. The record was pretty much forgotten, and to this
    day hasn't even seen a cd release. But who cares about
    cds anyway- its a dying medium...
    The track FROZEN LOVE is my current favorite. The build-up
    RULES.

    so to this day it remains unavailable. You can track down
    the vinyl if you look hard enough. I suggest you do.


    you can download the record
  • here
  • Sunday, July 15, 2007

    Roma O' Morte

    back from Africa- i mean Italy. Its nice to visit
    the motherland. Hung out with Mirage in his deluxe
    studio on the resort island of Sardinia. We drank wine
    and ate cheeses until the night turned into day.
    Its hard to understand what he is saying thru his
    vocoder, but after a few drinks it was all good.

    SO did American Apparel copy the Italian Appeal
    logo? The mystery continues!

    mike's dj gigs /vinyl release news coming soon.
    also, due to overwhelming demand we are pressing
    the After Dark cd professional style for stores.
    More on that soon. BUT if you order from us
    direct you can get the special hand made version,
    which is much cooler, and VERY limited. the test
    pressings are here, and we expect vinyl in 2 weeks.

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    Friday, July 06, 2007

    Portland, Italy

    Portland was great. you all missed out on a great show.
    chromatics really stepped up their game. The new lineup
    is 100% solid. glass candy killed as usual. especially the
    Supernature cover. are live disco covers the new "edit"???
    off to Italy to hang out with Mirage for a week. i got an
    excellent gig at the foot of the Spanish Steps. cant wait!

    Will be back to update the blog in about 10 days so keep your ears
    peeled. New Italians 12"s test pressings are expected to
    arrive while i'm gone. i will be djing throughout the summer.
    maybe i'll post the dates if i can remember them... but
    at this juncture all i care about is fixing the leak in my
    roof and getting the dogs fed.

    Wednesday, June 27, 2007

    KILLER KUTS #36

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    been into this record lately. viva Brazil!

    Monday, June 25, 2007

    another link to Mike's mix

    hi
    apparently this is faster than megaupload:

    http://www.zshare.net/download/24215036cbadec/

    got a few people writing in with tracks, but
    you are still missing a lot of them!

    Saturday, June 23, 2007

    MIke Simonetti djing in Portland/Italian night

    hello. come out to Portland with me this coming
    weekend... but more importantly it is a show
    featuring two of Italians brightest stars!

    Thursday, June 21, 2007

    im back

    hi. sorry its been so long.. here's a new mix i did for a magazine.
    its a Megaupload link. copy the address below and it will ask
    you to type 3 letters in for verification. its about 75 minutes
    long. anyone who can guess the songs will get a prize!

    http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XRFNR6DO

    i'll be in Portland next weekend djing and i'm setting up an
    Italians Do It Better showcase at PS1 this summer with
    Glass Candy and yours truly on the dj duties.

    got tons of other shit lined up but im too lazy.

    oh YEAH! the first batch of Itaians Do It Better 12" releases
    are ready to "drop" in a few weeks!:

    Chromatics "Shining Violence"
    Glass Candy "Miss Broadway"
    Professor Genius "La Grotta"
    Farah "Law Of Life"

    Wednesday, March 21, 2007

    some dj gigs of note

    hello
    yours truly playing records:

    03/23/2007 12:00 AM - Mike Simonetti dj-ing
    Lit NYC
    Lit, New York
    US
    Cost: free
    Description: Mike Simonetti djs: 12-4 am downstairs


    March, 30 2007 at Mike Simonetti dj-ing
    Rubulad (Brooklyn), Rubulad (Brooklyn), New York
    Cost :

    please send me a PM for info on this party,

    as it is an "outlaw" type party and we cannot

    advertise it (and the pigs keep coming). im djing

    from 2-7 A.M. all by myself, my partner Chris is

    out of town.



    04/06/2007 11:00 PM - Mike Simonetti dj-ing
    POUSSEZ! POUSSEZ! party @ Zoobizarre
    Montreal,
    Canada
    Cost: N/A
    Description: at Zoobizarre, 6388 St-Hubert,
    Montreal www.zoobizarre.org myspace.com/zoobizarre

    04/07/2007 11:00 PM - Mike Simonetti dj-ing [Edit] [Cancel]
    SEVENTH HEAVEN @ White Orchid (Basement)
    Toronto,
    Canada
    Cost: cheap
    Description: 812 Dundas St W IN THE BASEMENT

    05/16/2007 11:00 PM - Mike Simonetti dj-ing
    Hurrah! @ Upatairs at Sals
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    US
    Cost: N/A
    Description: 12th and Walnut Philly.

    06/29/2007 10:00 PM - Glass Candy / Chromatics / Mike Simonetti dj-ing
    Nightclubing party at Holocene
    Portland,
    US
    Cost: N/A
    Description: with glass candy and chromatics!

    06/30/2007 11:00 PM - Glass Candy/ Chromatics/ Mike Simonetti dj-ing
    more info soon
    L.A., California
    US
    Cost: N/A
    Description: with glass candy / chromatcs

    Sunday, March 18, 2007

    MYSPACE round 3

    here we go again. yet another try at the myspace. join us.


    http://www.myspace.com/italiansdoitbetterrecords

    Sunday, March 11, 2007

    IM STILL HERE!!!

    people keep asking me via email if this is still a real blog.

    yes it is, im still around. been out of town a lot lately. i have
    some mixes for you as well. just got to get around to it.

    ill be in canada in a few weeks and after that UK and Italy.
    ill get the Canada info up once Alex gets off his ass and gets
    me the venue (HINT !) .. . . . .. .

    if anyone wants to hook me up with gigs overseas, you can
    email me direct rather than go through my booker.
    mike@troublemanunlimited.com

    its easier that way. but if you'd rather deal with the booker
    it is:

    www.support-agency.com
    (oliver)

    coming soon : the first Italians Do It Better releases.
    gonna be an awesome year for the label. literally stoked.