Johnny Jewel just dropped his sprawling, excellent (and frankly somewhat overlooked) solo LP Windswept on vinyl earlier today, and the "cherry" red first vinyl pressing sold out in a matter of hours, so he's just released a second limited edition of 1000 records on "milk" white vinyl here...
Chromatics unveil another amazing new track from their long-awaited new full-length Dear Tommy, out soon on Italians Do It Better. Listen to the gorgeous, pulsing "I Can Never Be Myself When You're Around" -- which features backing vocals from Megan Louise of Desire -- below:
"Due To Popular Demand From Djs, Designers, Directors, Dancers, & Debutantes...
We're Posting The Instrumental Version Of "AFTER DARK 2" For Everyone To Cut Up For Their Mixtapes, Runways, Films, Stages, Parties, Etc...
"Jetée" is the beautifully lush + spacious new house single from London's Fort Romeau. Like all of the producer's best work, the track has a warm glow that's laced with just the right amount of late-night longing, and his label Ghostly correctly claims that it's "fit for both large soundsystems and epic summer travels...
If you don't have After Dark 2 yet, Johnny Jewel has generously upped a mixed version of the full comp -- one of our favorite releases of the year so far -- and it's a free download. Grab it:
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Tracklist after the jump. Get it on iTunes. Physical copies apparently "on the way..." Italians Do It Better on the slight discrepancy between the tracklist that's been floating around and the final tracklist:
"NIGHT SHIFT & JOHANNA WILL COME OUT EVENTUALLY. AND THE GLASS CANDY SONGS WILL BE ON "BODY WORK". JOHNNY HAD 27 TRACKS MIXED & MASTERED FOR AFTER DARK 2. BUT THESE 15 WERE WHAT HE SAID ..."COMPLETED THE ETIRE VISION OF THE RECORD"... FOR EXAMPLE, "CHERRY" & "LOOKING FOR LOVE" WERE BOTH RECORDED & MIXED BEFORE "KILL FOR LOVE" WAS RELEASED...BUT HE THOUGHT THEY FIT AFTER DARK 2'S PURPOSE MORE"
Another gem from After Dark 2, which is finally/officially out this Friday(!): this glorious 9+ minute vocoder jam from Mirage:"Let's Kiss" was written the same week as "Under Your Spell" in November 2008...
Here's an amazing/essential new mix for autumn from Glass Candy/Chromatics/SYMMETRY/Desire mastermind Johnny Jewel, featuring tracks from SYMMETRY, Glass Candy, Chromatics, Kraftwerk, Nico, and more. Johnny Jewel says:
"After looping the globe twice...We're finally back in Montreal for one of my favorite times of year. It's the end of Autumn, & all of the Reds, Greens, & Yellows have disintegrated into Black & White. Everything is buried by the snow...Perfect weather for locking yourself in the studio with a synthesizer & your favorite records...I put together a collage of songs that, for one reason or another...always remind me of Autumn.
Something Old.
Something New.
Something Borrowed.
Something Blue."
Another one from After Dark 2, directed by Alberto Rossini.
