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  Italians Do It Better Again on Long-Awaited 'After Dark 2' Compilation

  May 17, 2013 – Finally, Italians Do It Better released After Dark 2, the follow-up to 2007's compilation on Friday (May 17). The 15-track collection features material from several acts associated with synth virtuoso Johnny Jewel — including Chromatics, Glass Candy, Desire, Symmetry, and Mirage, among others — and it's on iTunes right now. …
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  'Drive' Soundtrack Refurbished for Double-Vinyl Reissue

  March 4, 2013 – SPIN recently dubbed the soundtrack to Drive, Nicolas Winding Refn's 2011 arthouse-noir vehicle, one of 40 Movie Soundtracks That Changed Alternative Music. …
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  Chromatics' Johnny Jewel Shares Autumnal 'Black & White' Synth Mix

  December 4, 2012 – Nothing says "welcome to the fall" like a fat stack of awesomely gooped, synthsizer-swole, mellow dance jams assembled by a bona fide expert thereof. At least, that's what Chromatics and Glass Candy main brain Johnny Jewel appears to be going for with his new free-to-download 45-minute set, Black & White: A Mix for Autumn. …
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  Chromatics Share Chilly, Mesmerizing 'After Dark 2' Song/Video 'Cherry'

  November 26, 2012 – Let's can it with the spaghetti references... capisce? When Italians Do It Better released the first After Dark compilation, way back in 2007, it came as a resurgence of interest in the synth-happy '70s-'80s European dance subgenre known as Italo disco was at its peak (after being kickstarted a few years earlier by Metro Area's Morgan Geist, among others). …
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  See Chromatics' 'Looking for Love' Score Chanel Fashion Show

  October 22, 2012 – Despite the band being from Portland, Oregon, Chromatics' music plays like a high fashion European dream — Teutonic-toned iciness combined with Italian Disco heat — so it's no wonder the quartet was invited by Karl Lagerfeld to play Chanel's Parisian runway show in early October. …
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  Chromatics' 'Kill for Love' Finally Hits Vinyl: Grab 'No Escape' Now

  August 27, 2012 – Chromatics' Kill for Love, which our reviewer Andy Beta described as "the perfect crime," has the hiss of vinyl built into its sound, but for months could only be purchased as a download or on CD. As Gorilla vs. Bear points out, the Italians Do It Better label is now finally offering Kill for Love on vinyl. …
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• Chromatics, 'Kill for Love' (Italians Do It Better)

  March 29, 2012 – In the winter of 2007, while being interviewed for a SPIN story on the disco revival, Johnny Jewel talked about how that genre — early-'80s Italo-disco, in particular — had influenced his bands Glass Candy and Chromatics, plus the Italians Do It Better label that he still runs with Mike Simonetti. …
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