Showing posts with label chromatics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chromatics. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

CHROMATICS ON BLAST (AGAIN)

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

http://www.zshare.net/download/59641304bfb2abbc/

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

CHROMATICS ON BLAST

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





Tour CD-R 2004





















Track Listing:

01. Healer

02. Witness
03. Shining Violence
04. Ice Hatchets

05. City Beds


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
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8. 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*