MIKE SIMONETTI AND BEN MANZONE djing in NYC this weekend

this Friday the 28th of Jan, 2011 Mike and
his good friend BenManzone are djing
together in NYC at the Standard Hotel. This
is a rare appearance by Mike in NYC seeing
as he hasnt played a solid 3 hour set in over
a year due to traveling so much. its also free!
(just say you are on Mikes list at the door).

PARIS THIS WEEKEND @ SOCIAL CLUB

mike is djing all 1970's music.

Polizei Motion mix for Italians Do It Better

one of our favorite websites, Polizei Motion sent us this
exclusive mix for your enjoyment. click download if you
want to play it on your home theatre system.. from the man
himself: "Mike Simonetti asked me to put together a mix for
IDIB in the style of Polizei Motion. I went a step further and
made it "police-themed." Lots of OST cuts, library grooves
and weirdo 45s.check out." the site as well, its great. Mike
is doing a mix for them
so, keep an eye out for it:


also Mike is djing in Paris Friday at Social Club. Try
to come out if you can!

last night's party

ITALIANS WINTER PARTY IN NYC (happy birthday Mike)

Attention NYC...Come celebrate Mike Simonetti's
18th birthday this Friday at Webster Hall. He asked
his favorite bands to play. Mike's Djing too. It will
be the first time Chromatics & Desire play New York,
& the first time all three bands have ever shared a
stage together. We will be bringing a ton of merch
from our store. Cds & 12"s for $5! Lps & Double Lps
for $10! Use this link to RSVP. Get there early & only
pay $5 to get in.

RSVP

THE MAIN ROOM OPENS AT MIDNIGHT.

also Chicago and NYC people, Bottin is in town:
playing Smart Bar chicago (1/14) and Le Bain NYC
saturday (1/15. be sure to make it out . . .

JOHNNY JEWEL'S ON SOUNDCLOUD

JOHNNYS SOUNDCLOUD

MUNK FUNK MIX TAPE

Munk from Gomma did a nice two part mix of obscure stuff
for us, just how we like it! Here it is. enjoy the first mix of 2011.

Munk - Hot Port Funk Mix Part 1 by Gomma Records on Mixcloud

Munk - Hot Port Funk Mix Part 2 by Gomma Records on Mixcloud

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!