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Farah: “Rock Show” (2021)

It’s official: we have “Gay Boy 2021”. Eleven years ago, Farah was nerd-crushing for her gay fantasy over snap beats, dead-pan enthusiasm, and #1-ing all the stereotypical gay motifs with the charm of a nervous high-schooler. Now she’s partying it up in The Hills as the cutest hot-shit socialite groupie who just got carte-blanche for all-access general admission. Yet nothing much has changed from “Gay Boy” (’10) to the right now. Just like her first single, she hits all the targets on what comes to mind about ‘rock shows’: proper fan etiquette, wilding out, standing around all trendy, and going to after-parties in hopes to “get it on like spring time bunnies”. Yeah, she said it. Farah once again channels her vocal Aubrey Plaza with slow-tempo snap beats and minimal synth- / bass-lines which low-key emanate a dark and slick feel. With the Italians Do It Better label breaking lots of new artists and releasing new albums from their marquee acts, it’s nice to have Farah back.

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I’m a devout fan of Johnny Jewel and Mike Simonetti’s label Italians Do It Better, not only because the former releases music on the label for projects like Chromatics and Glass Candy, but because I tend to love everything else that comes from the imprint, too. Italo-disco, synthwave, cinematic synthpop, these are all quick routes into my heart. So when new signee ORION unleashed a first song on IDIB, I was quick to jump on the chance to listen to the track. Sure enough, the retro allure is strong with this one. TIME FOR CRIME is a nostalgic stream of synthwave and “cybernetic noir”, with an animated video inspired by vintage Nintendo games. Since I discovered TIME FOR CRIME and its music video yesterday, I’ve already listened to and watched this throbbing, pulsing treat countless times. According to IDIB, TIME FOR CRIME was recorded in a bedroom in Rhode Island and mixed by the man himself, Johnny Jewel. And it’s a glimpse from an upcoming full length from ORION.

AFTER DARK 3 - Presented By Johnny Jewel

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Desire - Boy

*Edit: Just watched the premiere with IDIB, and while their videos are always my choice aesthetic, this one really upped the anty

Highly anticipated After Dark 3 from the Italo Disco masters at Italians Do It Better pre-orders have dropped. Grab the phenominal third installment of essentially a showcase of the labels best to come. Out on 3XLP Slime vinyl, featuring many long time labels favorites like Johnny Jewel, Chromatics, Desire, and Farah along with exciting new comers like MOTHERMARY, Glüme, and Orion.

After Dark 3 on 3XLP 180g Slime Vinyl pre-order now.

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JOON - WATCH THE SKY

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Johnny Jewel: The Witch

From Johnny Jewel's 10th solo album, Holly (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is out Friday, October 13th via Italians Do It Better.

Holly is the first solo work Johnny Jewel shares with the public since 2018's "Themes For Television", featuring music he wrote for David Lynch's Twin Peaks. In a recent interview, Johnny & Fien discuss working on the film together. Mixed in Amsterdam in April 2023, Holly premiered last week in official competition at the Venice Film Festival. The film received five star reviews from the global press as well as a standing ovation from the audience.

"Throughout the film, vague hues overlap seamlessly like clouds constantly morphing. As the audience, we project meanings to the shapes that emerge from the chaos in what appear to be patterns. It's abstract enough to be unrecognizable, yet it's somehow familiar. Inspired by the masters of mood like Goblin's blood curdling chimes for Dario Argento, Tangerine Dream's spiraling synthesis for William Friedkin, & John Carpenter's hyper-minimalist approach to scoring his own films with Alan Howarth, I explored a genre-based language to trigger the audience's subconscious. Metallic synthesizers, celeste bells, mellotron flutes & detuned music boxes haunt the recurring musical motif. Like an inevitable storm rolling in, the soundtrack is eerily elusive & at times, almost formless. At other times, the music is so crystal clear & so sharply in focus you could reach out & touch it." JOHNNY JEWEL