Bottin – Live fast, dance slow [mp3 Fairtilizer]
01 Tony Orlando – Don’t Let Go (1978)
02 Black Super Man – Theme from the South Side of Krypton (1981)
03 Elemental 7 – Dancing Ghosts (1984)
04 Gilbert Montagné – Fous De Musique (1984)
05 Ronnie Jones – Cosmo Rap (1980)
06 Lake Shore Drive – The Disco Scene (1978)
07 Ago’ – You Make Me Do It (1981)
08 Vox Mystica – Callas (1990)
09 Radio Movie – Search (1984)
10 Kajagoogoo – Ooh To Be Ah (1983)
11 Hot Chocolate – Every1′s A Winner (1978)
12 Phil-Marilyn & Marilyn – Buggs-B-Skate (1980)
13 Tullio De Piscopo – Stop Bajon (1984)
14 D.C. LaRue – Hot Jungle Drums And Voo Doo Rhythm (1979)
15 Doctor’s Cat – Crash (1984)
16 Test-One – Dream (1983?)
17 Sticky Fingers – Party Song (1978)
18 La Bionda – Will She or Won’t She (1978)
19 Joe Harnell – Elias’ Radio (1983)

mid-tempo mix of laid back songs from 100 to 110 bpm
no genre rules
set your time machine to a random range between 1978 and 1990
from disco-funk to proto-balearic
and
from italo-boogie to very old school rap

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if you loved the Chromatics tour CD collection
thencheck this out
almost 600 Mb Glass Candy history is waiting for you @ Pukekos

go go  go if you haven’t got these yet!

When one thinks of the band Chromatics , they think of the italo/late night disco group fronted by the beautiful Ruth Radelet, but the band didn’t start out sounding like this. It would be impossible to try to figure the band out based on their record label releases. They’ve gone from dirty/sassy/no-wave punk to danceable/Giorgio Moroder-inspired disco. They’ve also gone through many line-ups with Adam Miller being the only original member. To truly understand how they’ve transformed into the present-day Chromatics, you would have to listen to all of their self-released tour cd-r’s. Since 2003, every time the Chromatics went on tour, they would sell cd-r’s made specially for the tour.

so, go to Contradefacto On Blast and get them all in one zip

Desire – If I Can’t Hold You [mp3]

Desire is the new project of  Johnny Jewel  (Chromatics and Glass Candy) and singstress Megan Louise. It’s so new that they even haven’t even got a myspace for it.  If I Can’t Hold You was officially leaked by Italians Do It Better as a teaser of the forthcoming Desire releases. I think it’s needless to say how great the song is. Discodust has more samples and you can read more about Johnny at the Portland Mercury.

Mike Simonetti – African Connection mix [mp3 Fairtilizer]

Italians Do It Better label boss Mike Simonetti released a new mix, this is the African Connection. Here is what Mike had to say about it: – …mostly African disco lps and 45′s mixed with some Caribbean and Jamaican tunes in there for good measure. no real mixing here, just kicking back and fading in and out for maximum early Spring vibes, so dont expect a dj spectacular here- its all about the selection… – and he continues – ...Anyone who can guess these tracks will get any three Italians releases of their choice. – This is a tuff challenge, but price is great so go and analysie me mix and comment your answers to Mike’s post. Here is the usual player after the jump.

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Bottin – When Italians Did It Better mix
[mp3 AudioPorn FM]
promo mix for the Italians Do It Better
1 le streghe – cosa mi Succedera (bottin edit)
2 kasso – brazilian dancer (bottin's razorblade edit)
3 David Zed – I'm Robot
4 Miss Plug Inn – zodiac (bottin remix)
5 Solange – Robots Are Un-American
6 Guido & Maurizio de Angelis – il cacciatore di squali (bottin edit)
7 Jimmy Ross – First True Love Affair (Bottin edit)
8 Capuano – Close encounters (bottin edit)
9 Heather Parisi – Disco Bambina (bottin edit)
10. bottin – pianeti 2008 (demo)

This is the third episode of our short, but intense Bottin series ;) Following his Disco Aestethics mixtape and the No Static video , here is Bottin's welcome mix for Italians Do It Better. A homecoming!

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Bottin – Disco Aesthetics (January 2009 mix)
[mp3 zSHARE]

Home of Glass Candy and Chromatics, the beloved Italians Do It Better label finally lives up to it's name by releasing 'no static' by italian producer and disco elitist Bottin. hear the track on his myspace, watch out for the vinyl and enjoy this mix with 40 minutes of elite disco mixed by Bottin. [via DISCODUST]

tracklisting and streaming is after the jump

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Nite Jewel – Suburbia [mp3 RCRD LBL]

Recently picked up by Mike Simonetti’s esteemable Italians Do It Better record house, Nite Jewel fits well among more seasoned label-mates Chromatics and Invisible Conga People; hers an Italo-glide built from both—the former’s low-slung glamor, the latter’s Cluster love—but mostly from images formed the warmer side of late-night bedroom windows, kohl-eyes staring in wonder at the sparkling edges of big-city skylines far from the order of Suburbia.

Mike Simonetti – Albuterol mix [mp3 zSHARE]

Mike ‘Italians Do It Better’ Simonetti’s Halloween present for you, read more about the mix, studio stories, cats, Portland rain and hip hop cutups at the Italians Do It Better blog.