Over 5 years ago we released a slow-burning label
sampler at midnight on my birthday. The original pressing was a demo CDR that Ida
No colored with markers & glued cutouts of my hand spraypainting our names
on the world. It was supposed to be a limited edition of 237 copies meant for
the merch tables of Texas & California. It exploded overnight. 77 minutes
of analog electronic music mutating through Italo Disco, Krautrock, Electro,
Giallo Cinema, & Pop. By now, After Dark seems like it's in its thousandth
pressing...(we lost track a long time ago). And as we prepare for the release
of After Dark 2, we wanted to share with you where it all began. The last 5
years seem like a beautiful blurry dream. Since the October 15th release date
was announced back in July, everyone has grown increasingly anxious for the
hard copy. At that time, we didn't know Karl Lagerfeld was going to commission
Chromatics to choreograph 27 minutes of music for the Chanel runway. We also
couldn't have known that Symmetry was going to be asked to score a top-secret
motion picture for 2013. There is so much music we can't
wait for you to hear. For the diehard fans, we're going to start leaking tracks
next week. After slowly chiseling away at it since the spring of 2008, After
Dark 2 is finally right around the corner. Thanks to everyone for being so
enthusiastic & patient. I promise it's worth the wait. In the meantime,
download the fully remastered version of the first After Dark from my
soundcloud. I blended it together at 5 am this morning. Enjoy!
xo
Johnny Jewel
Glass
Candy / Rolling Down The Hills (3:32)
Chromatics
/ Hands In The Dark (4:48)
Mirage /
Last Nite A Dj Saved My Life (6:42)
Mirage /
Lady Operator (5:37)
Glass
Candy / Computer Love (5:37)
Professor
Genius / La Grotta (6:33)
Chromatics
/ Killing Spree (1:19)
Farah /
Law Of Life (7:28)
Chromatics
/ In The City (7:09)
Glass
Candy / Miss Broadway (6:46)
Featuring Nat Walker / Saxophone & Eyvind Kang / Strings
Featuring Nat Walker / Saxophone & Eyvind Kang / Strings
Mirage /
Lake Of Dreams (9:26)
Farah /
Dancing Girls (5:36)
Glass
Candy / The Chameleon (4:55)
Professor
Genius / Pegaso (2:44)
Total
Running Time (77:37)
8 comments:
Yesss!
Thanks for this Johnny. Hopefully this will tide me over until next week. Sounds like you guys have been really busy so I'm guessing After Dark 2 won't be quite be ready next week, but I can't wait to hear the first leaked track. If it's even half as good as Kill For Love then it'll be a beautiful song
XOXO
Is the remastered version available for sale in the IDIB shop as the digital version?
http://italiansdoitbetter.bigcartel.com/product/after-dark-digital
YOU CAN GET THE DIGITAL HERE. THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT! ALSO, CRYSTAL CLEAR VINYL REPRESS OF TRIPLE LP COMING FOR AFTER DARK REMASTERED...AND NEW CDS COMING NEXT WEEK. IF YOU SEE AFTER DARK WITH A BLUE HAND, IT'S THE OLD VERSION. IF YOU SEE AFTER DARK WITH A LAVENDER HAND, IT'S THE REMASTERED VERSION.
XO
Just noticed that the After Dark I got last week is the lavender hand version - sounds VERY nice! Thanks!!!
Superior! You even include the track listing in the lyrics area of itunes. Much appreciated.
Johnny I love your music man. Keep it up.
Awesome!
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