Three years in the making, Symmetry - the project that began as a conceptual tangent between Glass Candy, Chromatics, Mirage, & Desire's more abstract sides - finally sees its release this month. Themes For An Imaginary Film is two hours of claustrophobic cinematic bliss compiled for Painters, Writers, Photographers, Designers, Cruisers, Night Walkers, & Dreamers. Adrenaline drips thick like syrup across a horizon where memories become blurred scenes behind the windshield & yesterday's faces fade as the road strobes to aggressive rhythms. Romantic melodies linger in the rearview mirror as chimera bells saturate the electric fog that's slowly rolling in.
With repetitions in theme like hi hats dressed as stopwatches, and bass lines mimicking the pumping of blood, the statement of Symmetry is in the understatement. Dueling themes permeate & mirror the entire album. Feminine / Masculine. Space / Density. Bass / Treble. Tension / Release. Love / Isolation. Taking cues in texture & ambiance from American composers John Cage, Morton Feldman, & Glenn Branca, while applying the more cascading & visual concepts of European composers Maurice Ravel, Gyorgy Ligeti, Erik Satie, & Karlheinz Stockhausen. We hear all of these elements through the veil & color of analog synthesizers & rhythm machines from the early 1970s, resulting in the suspenseful & patient territory pioneered by the hands of John Carpenter, Claudio Simonetti, Wendy Carlos, Klaus Schulze, & Krzysztof Komeda. Symmetry is not Pop. Stripped to its most primitive & visceral core, this is music written for picture. Your life is the film & this is the soundtrack.
Themes For An Imaginary Film Recorded April 2008 Through May 2011
Musicians
Johnny Jewel / Piano, Synthesizer, Treatments, & Rhythm Machine
Nat Walker / Sequencer, Synthesizer, & Drum
Adam Miller / Guitar
Ruth Radelet / Voice
Achille Vettessi / Orchestral Percussion
Simone Adonai / Bassoon
Petrovka Makarow / Cello
Adriana Esposito / Viola
OUT NOW ON ITUNES.
HARD COPY DOUBLE CD & TRIPLE LP WILL BE OUT IN THE NEW YEAR.
LISTEN TO THE ENTIRE ALBUM HERE ON JOHNNY'S SOUND CLOUD
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AWESOME.
That is all.
when is into eternity going to be out????
it's freaking awesome!
EXCITED!
also...
i second anonymous, when can we have more Farah music???
'Cruise Control' is part of Farah's 'Fairytale' demo...
deep, really good. this is interesting music. enthrilling, disturbing and yet accessible and alive like night drive.
Thank you for this.
WOW! GOOD EAR ANONYMOUS. CRUISE CONTROL IS FROM THE FAIRY TALE DEMO THAT WAS LEAKED ON MYSPACE IN 2008. THAT TRACK ISN'T ON THE FARAH ALBUM THOUGH. WE MIGHT SEE A TRACK OR TWO FROM HER LP ON THE NEW AFTER DARK COMP. OTHER THAN THAT...WE WILL SEE THE FARAH LP IN THE LATE SPRING / EARLY SUMMER. IT'S REALLY HEAVY STUFF. SOUNDS LIKE NOTHING ELSE OUT THERE. DEFINITELY GOING TO BE OUR STRANGEST RELEASE. MORE OF A SPOKEN WORD RECORD WITH DISTURBING ELECTRONICS. XO
Press text may try to tell us it's not the DRIVE soundtrack. But I'm damn sure it is. I guess lawsuit would knock at Jewel's door, if he was claiming what everyone of us can clearly hear ;)
Brilliant stuff! And exactly what DRIVE should have sounded like.
ha ha. if anyone should be getting sued it should be the movie people. anyone read the novel by james salis? it's completely different. no electro or slick noir. it's mexicana based music throughout the book set in los angeles and arizona. they adapted the whole movie based on chromatics' "night drive". just listen to "the telephone call" & "lady vocoder" (kavinsky knicked it) or chromatics old live demo of "i'm on fire" (college knicked it). or check out the hot pink italians esque fonts. they used glass candy in bronson three times too. and ryan gosling has openly said he's obsessed with mirage, desire, and glass candy. it's cool to see italians do it better getting some recognition finally. i just hope these hollywood people remember where it all started. symmetry is classic! can't wait to spin the vinyl. love to you all from indiana.
Wow! Jessica,
You just said what alot of my friends have been saying. Glad we're not the only ones thinking it. It's a shame this stuff wasn't used for Drive. Mr. Martinez's score pales in comparison. Ouch!
you guys are killing it right now! this is just epic
FINALLY! been waitin' for this to drop. Classic
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EPIC!!!!!!!
i thought one part sounded like gangstas paradise!
this is definitely some rider music. too ill
When is the vinyl out?
What a great way to start the new year! This is my soundtrack right now.
are there dates for the Chromatics new album (was stated as Jan 12), Glass Candy "Body Work" and "After Dark 2"?? Seriously need those albums to be out there
HEY JESSICA, YOU SAID IT NOT US : )
BUT WE AGREE...IT'S PRETTY COMMON KNOWLEDGE NOW THAT THEY WERE REALLY INSPIRED BY THE IMAGERY OF "NIGHT DRIVE". WE HEARD THE STUFF JOHNNY & NAT DID FOR DRIVE.IT'S SICK...BUT IT'S MORE AMBIENT THAN SYMMETRY. CLIFF & JOHNNY WERE GIVEN THE SAME TEMP CUES. MOSTLY BRIAN ENO'S APOLLO & MUSIC FOR FILM, WITH A LITTLE BIT OF ANGELO BADALEMENTI IN THERE WHO WAS APPARENTLY THE ORIGINAL COMPOSER HIRED FOR THE JOB. XO
OUR VINYL PLANT IS CLOSED FOR ABOUT ANOTHER WEEK. WHICH IS SLOWING DOWN PRODUCTION FOR SYMMETRY & THE CHROMATICS ALBUM. SYMMETRY DOUBLE CDS WILL BE OUT IN TWO WEEKS AND THE VINYL SHORTLY AFTER. IT'S A TRIPLE LP SO IMAGINE THREE TIMES THE HEADACHES AT THE PLANT. CHROMATICS' "KILL FOR LOVE" LP IS SET FOR A VALENTINE'S DAY RELEASE. SINCE IT'S BEEN DELAYED A MONTH...JOHNNY & RUTH ARE TEAMING UP IN PORTLAND NEXT WEEK TO ADD AN EXTRA TRACK TO THE RECORD CALLED "CANDY". HOPEFULLY IT WILL MAKE THE CUT IN TIME. THE SONG IS SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL. AFTER DARK 2 IS STILL BEING MIXED. NAT WALKER IS FLYING TO MONTREAL AFTER THE GLASS CANDY & CHROMATICS PARTY IN MIAMI ON JANUARY 21ST TO HELP JOHNNY FINISH THE POST PRODUCTION / EDITING. BODY WORK IS LOOKING LIKE APRIL...GOING TO BE A CRAZY SPRING. FRED VENTURA LP & FARAH LP COMING TOO. IT'S INSANITY IN THE STUDIO RIGHT NOW & MIKE & JOHNNY JUST FINISHED A NEW MIX FOR PERSEO CALLED "DEJA VU". SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THAT REALLY SOON. XO
i thought this all was coming out last summer... lol more push backs. thats a bummer. i really want to hear a studio version of back from the grave.
Holy Smokes!!
Love it!
I just cannot wait for the new titles to be released, but I know that's what makes IDIB so special. Every single record is a classic, and I suppose that takes a bit of time to manage. London is ready for the new Chromatics classic. So hurry up : ) (But not really) Make it perfect!
Symmetry is so incredible. Any plans to tour?
Heard 'Blood Sport' on Radio 1 (UK) last night..
OMG! just what i needed to get through the icy winter. Ùsi CCCCold
perfect. italians do it again
<3 <3 <3
amazing!
brilliant
i think i just heard point of no return on a vw add.
is that possible?
not really adding anything new to the thread but i have been playing this nonstop since xmas. FLAWLESS!
i'm gonna study all day with these sounds in my ear...thanks:)
pfork should've given it at least a 9. but the review is super
HEY ALIEN GIRL,
YOU'RE RIGHT THERE WAS A ROUGH VERSION OF A SYMMETRY TRACK USED IN A UK COMMERCIAL A COUPLE MONTHS AGO. XO
some brave soul should mash this up proper with drive and host it so we can all see how it should have sounded. just sayin'
Chromatics release in Feb. and Glass Candy in April?? Plus another After Dark release?? 2012 is looking to be EPIC!
WOW! didn't know about all the new releases! so jazzed
If the Glass Candy, Chromatics, and After Dark albums are half as good as Symmetry record i'll be listening to nothing but IDIB this year..... any plans for any of those bands to tour England?
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need the vinyl of this now!!!!!!!!!!
Is the Chromatics cd still being released on 14 Feb? How soon can we preorder and when will Symmetry be on cd? The wait for these releases and Glass Candy, AD2 & Farah is a killer!!
hmmm, has johnny been listening to some pilotpriest?
...the whole idea...
cool music tho
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Just purchased on iTunes. Shame there is no digital booklet thing but I guess I have the images on here.
OMG, what a project!
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