Sunday, January 02, 2011

POST CARDS

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check out some of ruth's photos from the chromatics tour
across europe last month. they did a guest posting on
desire's ongoing photo blog.
  • POST CARDS
  • Thursday, December 30, 2010

    Chromatics "Circled Sun" free download

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    Tuesday, December 28, 2010

    HERE ARE YOUR NEW YEARS EVE PLANS

    this NYE is going to be awesome. Me and Chris Burns (aka M+C)
    are djing together in DC at the Bohemian Caverns/LIV/Hominy
    11th & U WASH DC. get tickets early as it is almost sold out.
  • GET TIX HERE


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    UPDATE: Just heard from the venue the NYE gig is SOLD OUT.

    Wednesday, December 15, 2010

    CHROMATICS VINYL/MAILORDER UPDATE

    hello. Thanks everybody for all the orders. Color vinyl of Night
    Drive flew out the door, and sold out in under 3 days. We are
    also all caught up on orders for the most part, unless you
    ordered within the last 2 days. Weare happy with the new mail
    system and havent had any more mail issues. also we are running
    dangerously low on a few titles so if you need to stock up better
    do so soon: TERMINAL TWILIGHT 7", NITE JEWEL (both 12"S),
    and pretty much all the t-shirts. we have under 6 of every shirt
    in every size left. these will not be repressed
    so better move fast! also the T&K 12" sold out last week out of the
    blue. just an idea as to how fast stuff sells out! ;)

    Thursday, December 02, 2010

    Mike has a Soundcloud

  • SOUNDCLOUD

  • check it out... ton of free exclusive downloads for edits
    and mixes and all that stuff. he just put up a mix and
    another exclusive edit, both free for download.
    Mike Simonetti live at Rubulad summer 2010 by mike simonetti
    SPEEDBOAT CHASE (Mike Simonetti edit) by mike simonetti

    many people are asking how to hear about new ltd IDIB stuff
    before it hits the blog. if you want to be the first to hear
    about ltd IDIB stuff like color vinyl and limited edition
    warehouse finds, Mike usually tweets/facebooks about
    it first for the diehard followers, so follow him on his
    personal facebook or twitter to get dibs on stuff.

  • TWITTER

  • Mikes personal facebook


  • and finally, the Chromatics Night Drive 2lp is almost all sold
    out on color vinyl. we were slammed with orders yesterday.
    over a hundred orders came in within a few hours. thanks for
    all your support! we should have all the mail out by the end
    of next week.

    Wednesday, December 01, 2010

    NIGHT DRIVE 2lp OUT NOW

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    Celebrating the long awaited vinyl release of Night

    Drive ... We have the "Night Drive" 2xLp & "In The

    City" Lp together in a bundle for only $20. Over 115

    minutes of music on three discs of vinyl. As an

    added bonus, the first 100 mail orders get their

    copies of "Night Drive" on Delicious Raspberry

    Vinyl (Record 1), & Royal Blue Vinyl (Record 2).

    They are going fast ... So hurry!

    Also...we were able to get a few shirts from the

    band on their way to Europe last week.

    And for all the diehards out there we have about 25

    copies of the newest Mike Simonetti edit 12". only

    300 were made of that one and its already sold out.

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    Sunday, November 28, 2010

    Spread Your Wings edit by Mike Simonetti

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    Mike did this edit at the kids table on Thanksgiving
    afternoon amidst provolone towers and gravy boats.
    Enjoy this freebie! Happy Holidays, etc...

  • LOW RES MP3 DOWNLOAD

  • HI RES AIFF DOWNLOAD
  • Thursday, November 18, 2010

    comments section

    you may have noticed we turned off our comments
    option to block the crazy Chinese spammers. we
    turned it back on but you have to join the blog to
    comment, so follow the blog! you also get first
    dibs on limited stuff!

    Wednesday, November 17, 2010

    MIKE DJING IN BOGOTA COLOMBIA THIS WKND

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    come on out to Bogota this weekend as Mike takes
    his traveling roadshow down south


    venue:radio berlin
    address: cra 6 # 26 -57
    cover: 20k
    date: nov 12 9pm


    see you there!

    Thursday, November 11, 2010

    MIKE djing in PHILLY THIS WEEKEND (w/ DJ Kaos)

    Mike is driving down to Philly to play with Dj Kaos
    (he is the K of T&K fame). Dennis Kaos is from Germany
    so be sure to come out and catch a rare overseas dj
    do his thing...

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    Thursday, November 04, 2010

    NEW 7 INCHES ADDED TO THE STORE

    Check out the store for some ultra rare Glass Candy singles, & a
    new single from our friends in Los Angeles, Terminal Twilight.
    Only 35 copies of each...so hurry!

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    Tuesday, October 19, 2010

    FALL IS HERE

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    After spending a few extra days in southern California last week
    (thankyou for stealing my passport)...I was able to enjoy an indian
    summer, catch up with some friends, & lose a lot of sleep. By the
    time they let me back through Canadian customs in Montreal, Fall
    was in full swing. When i got home, there was a huge stack of
    records on my porch. The Chromatics records finally made it.
    Apparently, Mike got his the same day in New Jersey. They're
    at the top of our mail order store as of late last night. They
    won't be officially available at record shops worldwide for
    about another month. This is when they'll hit at the same
    time as the "Night Drive" double lp. We'll have both "In The
    City" & "NIght Drive" Lps in the store for $20 as a bundle in two
    weeks. If you are worried about us running out of "In The City",
    don't be. We made sure we have enough to last until the bundles
    are available. But if you just can't wait, pick it up now for $10.
    The vinyl version comes with free mp3 download codes including
    a bonus unrealeased track called "The Long Road Home". It was
    recorded in 2007 originally intended as the closer for "Night
    Drive". But a blatant lift of Francois Hardy's voice made it
    impossible to release in time. Enjoy !

    Friday, October 15, 2010

    THANKS FOR COMING OUT!

    It was great to see everyone on the west coast. Seattle, Portland,
    San Francisco, Los Angeles, Tijuana and San Diego. We apologize
    to all the people who couldn't get into the shows due to sell out.
    We'll be back in the spring with "AFTER DARK 2". Check out these
    photos Sadie Mellerio took from the show in San Francisco. It all
    seems like a blur now.

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    Monday, October 04, 2010

    CHROMATICS

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    On Saturday, i brought back two suitcases of stuff on the Portland /
    New Jersey direct flight. As you know...this weekend we threw two
    crazy parties in Seattle & Portland. Sold Out insanity for Chromatics,
    Glass Candy, & yours truly. It was the unofficial release parties for
    the two Chromatics cds out in a few weeks. "Night Drive" Deluxe
    edition & "In The City" mini album. Both albums feature 5
    unreleased bonus tracks each. Archiving the bands work in Portland
    between 2004 & 2006. Remastered over the summer from the
    original tapes. We were also able to grab 19 more copies of the
    elusive "Black & White" magazine. The first batch of 50 we had sold
    out in less than 6 hours in the middle of the night... so get them
    while you can. We also raided Johnny's studio & got 9 copies of the
    "Nite" 12" from 2005. We'll have vinyl copies of "Night Drive" & "In
    The City" in two weeks... but if you can't wait that long, you can
    pick up the cds for $5 each in our mail order store before they hit
    record shops. In three days we leave again to hit california. Come
    out and see us all live, Chromatics'
    & Glass Candy's new songs are sick by the way!!!

    Saturday, September 25, 2010

    ITALIANS DO IT BETTER WEST COAST PARTIES

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    We are excited to announce the Italians Do It Better
    family hit the road in full force next weekend.
    Chromatics is back on stage for the first time in
    over two years. Glass Candy will be giving us a
    sneak peak from their new album, & yours truly
    will be spinning before, between, & after the live
    sets. If that wasn't enough... We have friends making
    cameos in each city. We'll also be traveling with a merch
    store. 12"s & cds for $5, Lps for $10, & shirts from Glass
    Candy & Chromatics. We're bringing limited quantites of
    some hard to find Italians vinyl so come see us at the merch
    table early. The tour also marks the double release of two
    Chromatics albums. "NIGHT DRIVE" CD analog remastered
    with 5 bonus tracks clocking in at over 78 minutes. & "IN
    THE CITY" CD / LP analog remastered with 5 unreleased
    tracks including the instrumental version. "NIGHT DRIVE"
    double lp couldn't get done in time for tour due to printing
    delays...But we'll have everything in the store in a couple of
    weeks so stay tuned...Come out & say hi. This is the first
    time we've ever thrown a label party in Los Angeles so you
    know it's going to be sick. Get your tickets cheap & early.
    Here's the links for the tickets :


    THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 30
    SEATTLE / CHOP SUEY
    Ticketweb.com $10 adv.

    FRIDAY OCTOBER 1
    PORTLAND / ROTTURE

    THURSDAY OCTOBER 7
    SAN FRANCISCO / RICKSHAW STOP
    http://www.rickshawstop.com/

    FRIDAY OCTOBER 8
    LOS ANGELES / CLUB 740
    http://italians2010la.eventbrite.com/

    SATURDAY OCTOBER 9
    TIJUANA

    SUNDAY OCTOBER 10
    SAN DIEGO / SODA BAR
    www.frontgatetickets.com

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    Monday, September 20, 2010

    Mike heads south--- then west

    Mike will be taking his act on the road this weekend.

    check it out:

    WEDS 22: EL PASO @ El Pisto
    (have never djed in El Paso so come down)

    THURS 23: LOS ANGELES @ The Central (Santa Monica)
    w/ Paul T (Sarcastic) & Travis TK Disco hot new club alert...

    FRI 24: SAN FRANCISCO @ Face (best party in SF)
    w/ Eug & J Montag

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    Thursday, September 16, 2010

    the Italians backstock purge!

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    hello. over the next few weeks we will be putting some
    old stuff for sale in the store that has been sold out for
    quite some time. these arent represses, these are our
    personal copies that we have accumulated
    over the years. All sealed like new copies. You may notice
    round one is up with the Tiedye, the elusive Chromatics In
    The City 12" and Life After Sundown 12"s.

    Those are our own personal stash of stuff we found in Ida's
    basement in Portland a few weeks ago. Keep checking back
    all the time because we are putting up some really cool stuff
    by Chromatics, Glass Candy, Tiedye, Invisible Conga People,
    and some other surprises. We have limited quantities of
    this stuff. Some we have 20 copies, some we have 5 copies!

    Also we have some more Chromatics books leftover from
    some people who never paid. if you are interested email
    mike at troublemanunlimited dot com.