Symmetry: “Over The Edge”

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January 16th, 2012 CATEGORIES:
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Directed by Alberto Rossini, here’s a nice driving video for “Over The Edge”. This track is taken from Johnny Jewel’s and Nat Walker’s (of Chromatics and Desire) “Symmetry – Themes For An Imaginary Film” project. It features 37-tracks of “claustrophobic cinematic bliss” and it was released back in December via Italians Do It Better. “Symmetry” isn’t Jewel’s score for Nicolas Refn’s latest film “Drive”. In case you haven’t heard it yet, stream the entire release here and drive through the night. Excellent release.

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Chromatics: “Kill For Love”

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October 25th, 2011 CATEGORIES:
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About time. Chromatics are back with their new album “Kill For Love”, which drops in January on Italians Do It Better. You can now watch the video for the first brilliant single “Kill For Love”, directed by Alberto Rossini. Excitement!

CHROMATICS / KILL FOR LOVE

Download the instrumental version of “Kill For Love” here.

The single is out now. Buy it here.

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La.Ga.Sta. Top 15 September 2011

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October 1st, 2011 CATEGORIES:
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It’s that time again, kids! Here’s the most downloaded 15 tracks of September on La.Ga.Sta. Check out the list below, and relive the magic of September’s most popular Mpfree’s. Enjoy the ride.

01. Chromatics: “Tick Of The Clock” (Drive movie edit)
02. Tensnake: “Congolal” [Tensnake Rework]
03. Toro Y Moi: “I Can Get Love”
04. Miami Horror: “Summersun” [Cadillac Remix]
05. Aeroplane: “Big Boys Don’t Cry”
06. Mark Ronson: “Record Collection 2012″ [Perseus Karaoke Mix]
07. Twin Shadow: “Changes”
08. Cherokee: “Take Care Of You”
09. Teeel: “Corduroy Swell” [Datassette Remix]
10. Lo-Fi-Fnk: “Boom” [Honom Remix]
11. The Juan MacLean: “Everybody Get Close”
12. Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs: “Garden” [Joe Goddard remix]
13. The Wombats: “Our Perfect Disease” [Plastic Plates Remix]
14. Pompeya: “Cheenese” [Lipelis Remix]
15. Ron Basejam: “Get Closer”

 

[Drawings for "Drive" via Desire's Blog]

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“Killing Spree” (Oscar Fonseca Edit)

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September 28th, 2011 CATEGORIES:
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Killing Spree (Oscar Fonseca Edit) – FREE DOWNLOAD by Apersonal Music

From the wonderful Barcelona-based Apersonal Music label, here’s Venezuela’s producer Oscar Fonseca edit “Killing Spree”, which uses parts from Chromatic’s “Killing Spree” and Trickski’s “Sweat” acapella. Enjoy!

Download here

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Chromatics: “Tick Of The Clock” (Drive movie edit)

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September 19th, 2011 CATEGORIES:
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Chromatics: “Tick Of The Clock” (Drive movie edit) [mp3]

Glass Candy’s Johnny Jewel is giving away the edit of the Chromatics track “Tick Of The Clock”, which is included in Drive’s excellent soundtrack. In his own words: “A lot of people have been asking about the different version they are hearing in the film. The original “Night Drive” version is around 15 minutes long. Nat Walker (Chromatics/Desire) & I reconstructed it from the original tapes in order to make it heavier in the theaters & cut it to the picture. What we didn’t know was…the soundtrack people weren’t going to let people get it individually. They are trying to rope you into buying the whole album… But all the kids really want is Desire, Kavinsky, & College… So here it is for free. Pass it on”. Let’s drive..

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“Drive” Soundtrack

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August 2nd, 2011 CATEGORIES:
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Nicolas Winding Refn’s white knuckle thriller “Drive”, one of our most highly anticipated movies for the rest of the year, gets a proper soundtrack release. The soundtrack features Cliff Martinez’s original score as well as Kavinsky’s “Night Call”, Desire’s “Under Your Spell”, College’s “A Real Hero” (feat. Electric Youth) and Chromatics’ epic track “Tick Of The Clock”, which runs over 15 minutes! The OST will be available digitally on September 6th. Until then, grab Desire’s “Under Your Spell” below and drive fast.

DESIRE / UNDER YOUR SPELL

Download it here.

College feat. Electric Youth – A Real Hero

Nightcall (feat. Lovefoxxx) by Kavinsky

Chromatics and Desire (Italians Do It Better) did 30 drawings for “Drive”. Check it out here.

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Events: December 2010

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December 1st, 2010 CATEGORIES:
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Lagasta’s recommended events of December in Athens/Thessaloniki:

PLISSKEN FESTIVAL 2010
Κέντρο Πολιτισμού ‘Ελληνικός Κόσμος’, Κτήριο 56, Athens, Dec 4
Ό,τι καλύτερο παίζει στην πόλη. Περισσότερα εδώ.

MONARCHY
Partizan, Thessaloniki, Dec 3
Για πρώτη φορά στην Ελλάδα από την ομάδα ‘Can You Relate?’. RELATED!

PILOOSKI
Bios, Athens, Dec 3
Η ομάδα του Night Vision υποδέχεται τον Pilooski. Έχουμε “συγχρονίσει” για τα καλά.

CHROMATICS
Bios, Athens, Dec 10 / Gaia, Thessaloniki Dec 11.
Chromatics do it better!

ΤAPE TO TAPE
Yoga Bala, Athens, Dec 11
Sally Spektra καλεί Λονδίνο. Μέσα!

THE DIVINE COMEDY
Gagarin 205, Athens, Dec 13
Πριν από 12 χρόνια είχαμε περάσει ωραία στο Ρόδον. Απο τότε πολλά έχουν αλλάξει…

MIGHTY MOUSE
Partizan, Thessaloniki, Dec 17 / Philipp Champagne Bar, Athens, Dec 18
Tην επόμενη μέρα θα τρέχεις να αγοράσεις καινούργια παπούτσια. Ντύσου γάτα!

Plisskën Festival 2010 Memorabilia Poster by One Man Show

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Chromatics: ‘Circled Sun’

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September 30th, 2010 CATEGORIES:
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Chromatics: ‘Circled Sun’ [mp3]

‘Circled Sun’ is one of the five unreleased bonus tracks on the new deluxe edition of Chromatics’ 2007 imaginary film soundtrack/LP, ‘Night Drive’. Both reissues of ‘Night Drive’ and the 2006 12” single for ‘In the City’, are available on iTunes right now. The band will release a brand new studio album in 2011.

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> Chromatics Live in Greece: 10/12 @ Bios, Athens, 11/12 @ Gaia, Thessaloniki.

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Gas Around The Web #8

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September 6th, 2010 CATEGORIES:
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La.Ga.Sta.’s weekly ride all over the internet. Let’s Go!

Black & White: A conceptual art poster magazine designed by Chromatics & Desire. Very limited edition. Buy your copy now.

Röyksopp x 2: Stream their new album ‘Senior’ in full here and download their latest track of the month, ‘Malangen Fra Bruhodet’, here.

Turn the lights off and stream Chromeo’s new album ‘Business Casual’ in full here. We really really love it! Enjoy…and buy it next week!

The Swiss did Triple J’s Mix Up on Saturday. They have now made it available for your downloading pleasure on Soundcloud. Groove on baby!

Lykke Li in the studio. Some exciting news to come later this week…

Unstaged: Watch the entire Arcade Fire show at Madison Square Garden directed by Terry Gilliam here.

Kieran Hebden, aka Four Tet, dropped a new mix for FACT. It’s only available for three weeks. Get it now here.

More Acid Washed. French duo released their September Mix. Download it here.

To celebrate the release of their brand new compilation, ‘Disco Circus 2′, Mighty Mouse are giving away the Chicken Lips remix of ‘Difficult Love’. It’s yours for free.

Belle & Sebastian’s new song, ‘Write About Love’, will be available from the band’s official website tomorrow (September 7) as a free download.

Munich-based record label Permanent Vacation will release, ‘Selected Label Works 2′, on September 10th. The second compilation features tracks by Tensnake, Azari & III, John Talabot, Midnight Magic, Sally Shapiro, Lexx and many more. Listen and pre-order here.

Girl Crisis (members of Chairlift, Class Actress, Apache Beat, Au Revoir Simone, Acrylics, Et Al) covers Taylor Dayne’s ‘Tell It To My Heart’. Watch it here. So sweet!

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New Glass Candy EP

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February 19th, 2010 CATEGORIES:
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Glass Candy, the duo from Portland, are back with their new EP “Feeling Without Touching” on Italians Do It Better (the label’s first release of 2010) and they shine like gold and diamonds! Glass Candy’s first official video, directed by Travis Peterson in LA, will be premiering soon. Listen to the new version of “Sugar & Whitebread” below. Gas up!

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Stream:> Glass Candy: “Sugar & Whitebread”

“Feeling Without Touching” EP is out now digitally. Buy here. The 12″ version will be available soon.

In other Italians Do It Better news:
Chromatics are back in the studio working on a new 2 x LP which is going to be released in the autumn. Their darkest work yet. Also, the new label samper “Into The Black” (aka after dark pt. 2) features new & exclusive tracks from Desire, Glass Candy, Chromatics, Mirage, Farah, Bottin, Twisted Wires and Appaloosa is coming soon and it’s going to be EPIC!

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