POST CARDS

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

Chromatics "Circled Sun" free download

You may have noticed the vinyl of Night Drive was missing the track "Circled Sun" on the download card. Here is the track for free download for everyone. We will keep it up for a few weeks then take it down, so download it fast!!! Chromatics "Circled Sun" by mike simonetti

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

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

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM ITALIANS DO IT BETTER! ! !

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! ;)

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.

NIGHT DRIVE 2lp OUT NOW

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.

Spread Your Wings edit by Mike Simonetti

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

CHROMATICS EUROPE 2010 TOUR DATES

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!

MIKE DJING IN BOGOTA COLOMBIA THIS WKND

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!

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...

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!

FALL IS HERE

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 !

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.

CHROMATICS

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!!!

ITALIANS DO IT BETTER WEST COAST PARTIES

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

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

the Italians backstock purge!

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.

Mike djing this weekend in Minneapolis