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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. After a bizarre & beautiful twist of fate, I walked into a remote bar in Montreal where I met the love of my life...

Gorgeous new Glass Candy track from After Dark 2 that Johnny Jewel just premiered at a fashion show in Paris, Ida No breaks out the super #rare falsetto on the backing vocals. Video coming soon...

It's no After Dark 2 or Body Work, but Italians Do It Better just posted up Glass Candy's old Geto Boys/Iko Iko flip for free download in case you missed the demo version back in '07. "Recorded In 2008. Sampled From The Geto Boys 1991 Hit "Mind Playing Tricks On Me"...

We spent an inordinate amount of time listening to (and trying to make) mixes this year. Here's a collection of some of our favorites from the past 12 months, all of which were huge sources of discovery + inspiration for us. And we're always up for more, so feel free to hook us up with recommendations for any essential mixes we might have missed...

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

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Another absolute gem from Chromatics, taken from the After Dark 2 triple LP. Lyrics here + video coming in a few hours, according to Johnny Jewel: mp3:

Chromatics just dropped a free new album/"mixed collage" of unreleased material from the Kill For Love sessions, featuring alternate versions of a few album tracks + a handful of entirely new songs. According to Chromatics/Glass Candy/Desire mastermind Johnny Jewel: "After hours of tracking at the studio in Montreal, we'd clear the channels on the mixer, open a bottle of wine, &