For those of you that know me personally you already know that Chromatics has been my favorite band since I was 15. So for this post I've decided to share demos, live sessions, and songs that Chromatics have contributed for compilations. I'm only going share rare, hard to find tracks from the band, I won't upload any albums that are available for purchase.
COMPILATIONS Track Listing: 1. Antena - On the Boat (Chromatics Remix) 2. Curtains [Plaster Hounds era) 3. Fork YR Tongue [Chrome Rats era] 4. I Wanna Be Your Dog (Live) [Chrome Rats era)
DEMOS [Songs the band posted for download on their myspace page]Track Listing: 1. Pornography 2. House of Models 3. Ice Hatchets 4. Lady 5. My Only Love 6. Program 1 7. Program 8. Witness
LIVE (01-25-03) Track Listing: 1. Chalk Dust (Holy Water) 2. Ice Hatchets 3. Curtains 4. Untitled #1 5. Beach of Infants 6. Untitled #2 7. Love You 8. Fertile Future
Line-up: Adam Miller - Vocals, Guitar, Bass Nat Sahlstrom - Bass, Guitar
LIVE ON KXLU Track Listing: 1. Healer 2. Hands in the Dark 3. Ice Hatchets 4. Interview 5. Interview #2 6. Jade, Diamond, Rubies 7. Witness Line-up: Lena Okazaki - Vocals, Bass, Melodica Adam Miller - Vocals, Guitar, Drum Programs
Never in my life did I ever think I was going to have a chance to see Tom Waits live. It was just something I accepted. Then the "Glitter and Doom" tour was announced and with Bush giving everyone that stimulus check, the timing couldn't of been more perfect. I even traveled to Florida, a state I always told myself I would never visit, to see Tom Waits in the flesh. I could seriously go on and on about how magical that show was but I have a couple more post I want to publish before the night begins.
I bring you here an audio documentation (in high quality!) of a night from the "Glitter and Doom" tour. Recorded live on the last night of the U.S. tour in Atlanta's Fox Theater. This was originally streamed on http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92916923 Here's a track by track mp3 version of it.
http://www.zshare.net/download/59639319b24570b9/
Track Listing: 1. Lucinda / Ain't Going Down to the Well 2. Down in the Hole 3. Falling Down 4. Chocolate Jesus 5. All the World Is Green 6. Cemetery Polka 7. Cause of It All 8. Such a Scream 9. November" 1o. Hold On 11. Black Market Baby 12. 9th and Hennepin 13. Lie to Me 14. Lucky Day 15. On the Nickel 16. Lost in the Harbor 17. Innocent When You Dream 18. Hoist That Rag 19. Make It Rain 20. Dirt in the Ground 21. Get Behind the Mule 22. Hang Down Your Head 23. Jesus Gonna Be Here 24. Singapore 25. Eyeball Kid 26. Anywhere I Lay My Head
From the moment I first heard "Enmete" I knew I was going to love everything else Mulatu Astatke has released. This 10" ep, which I was lucky enough to find for 10 dollars!!!, was released on Soundway Records and is the best way to be introduce to the Ethiopian genius that is Mulatu Astatke. This is a guy that once you hear him, you think to yourself "How is it that I've gone this long without knowing who this guys is!" Highly Recommended!
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.
http://www.zshare.net/download/59398013a3f52720/ Rat Life Vol. 1
Track Listing: 01. (Intro) 02. Ice Hatchets 03. Beach of Infants 04. Curtains 05. Jesus 06. Fertile Future 07. Love You 08. Crabs of Sunset 09. Three Hearts 10. In the Garden 11. Monarch 12. Thanks we're KRMTX
Line-up: Adam Miller - Vocals, Guitar, Drum Programs,Percussions Nat Sahlstrom - Bass
Rat Life Vol. 2
Track Listing: 01. Healer 02. Surrogate 03. Three Hearts 04. City Beds 05. Witness
Line-up: Adam Miller - Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Percussion, Melodica, Drum Pograms Nat Sahlstrom - Guitar, Bass, Drum Programs
Line-up: Lena Okazaki - Vocals, Bass, Melodica Adam Miller - Vocals, Guitar, Drum Programs Johnny Jewel - Piano, Drums, Arrangements
Unreleased TMU Sessions
Track Listing: 01. Jade, Diamonds, Rubies 02. Mannequin 03. Magic 04. Untitled #1 05. Hands in the Dark 06. Untitled #2 07. Nite Delivery 08. Witness (12" Instrumental Mix) 09. At the Door 10. Healer (12" Mix)
Line-up: Lena Okazaki - Vocals, Bass, Melodica Adam Miller - Vocals, Guitar, Drum Programs Johnny Jewel - Piano, Drums, Arrangements
Shining Violence Demos
Track Listing: 01. Birds of Paradise 02. Nite 03. Mere Secret 04. Beach of Infants 05. The Guest 06. Date with a Vocoder 07. Glass Slipper 08. City Beds
Line-up: Adam Miller - Vocals, Guitar Lena Okazaki - Vocals, Bass Johnny Jewel - Drums, Synthesizer
Fall 2006 Demos
Track Listing: 01. Shining Violence 02. In the City 03. Lady 04. Hotel 05. At the River 06. The Price of Love 07. Hands in the Dark 08. Icey Jungle 09. The Gemini 10. Animal Nitrate 11. Lanterns Flicker 12. The Wanderer 13. Shining Violence (Reprise) 14. Baby 15. The Guest
Line-up: Adam Miller, Johnny Jewel, Ruth Radelet
Chromatics Discography: Beach of Infants 7" (Hand Held Heart) Cavecare EP (Hand Held Heart) Arms Slither Away 7" (K Records) Chromatics/Die Monitr Batss split 7" (Gold Standard Labs) Chrome Rats vs. Basement Ruts (Gold Standard Labs) Ice Hatchets 7" (Gold Standard Labs) Rat Life Vol. 1 (Self-Released) Rat Life Vol. 2 (Self-Released) Plaster Hounds (Gold Standard Labs) Tour CD-R 2004 (Self-Released) Unreleased TMU Sessions (Self-Released) Healer 12" (Troubleman Unlimited) Shining Violence Demos (Self-Released) Nite EP (Troubleman Unlimited) Fall 2006 Demos (Self-Released) In the City 12" (Italians Do It Better) Nite Drive (Italians Do It Better)
*I'll be uploading a video of an old chromatics show circa-2004 when i find the DVD*
