Glass Candy is an American electro band from Portland, Oregon, United State… Read Full Bio ↴Glass Candy is an American electro band from Portland, Oregon, United States that formed in 1996. The band consists of vocalist Ida No and guitarist/synthesist/general producer Johnny Jewel.
While the band's early work blended noise rock with electropop, their later work incorporates Italo disco. The band is known for evolving through the years since their original collaboration, and experimenting with various musical genres.
They have released a number of albums since the early 2000s, their most recent being 2008's Deep Gems.
Glass Candy was formed by Ida No, from Vancouver, Washington and Johnny Jewel, from Austin, Texas, in 1996. The two began working together in Portland, Oregon, just across the Columbia River from No's hometown of Vancouver, Washington. No describes their early work as "droney and weird." Their first two singles, which they self-released under the name "Glass Candy & the Shattered Theatre", were "Metal Gods" (2001) and a cover of Josie Cotton's "Johnny Are You Queer" (2002). They toured with The Convocation Of... in 2001, and released a live album that year on Vermin Scum. Their first studio album, Love Love Love, was issued on Troubleman Unlimited in 2003. A second full-length followed on Troubleman the next year. Jewel founded Italians Do It Better with Mike Simonetti as a subsidiary of Troubleman. In 2007 Glass Candy released their third album B/E/A/T/B/O/X on this label to considerable critical praise. In late 2008, a rarities, b-sides and remix album was released under the name Deep Gems. In a review of Deep Gems, Spin Magazine referred to the band as "an eccentric Portland pair" that "spook the dance floor".
Glass Candy songs were used for a Chloe runway show, as well as used by Karl Lagerfeld for the Spring/Summer '08 Chanel Haute Couture fashion show and the Fall/Winter one of '08/'09.
Recently Glass Candy's "Digital Versicolour" was used in the soundtrack to Nicolas Winding Refn's feature length film Bronson.
Current members
Ida No - vocals
Johnny Jewel (formerly known as John David V.) - drums, programming
Former members
Avalon Kalin - drums
Jimi Hey - drums
Dusty Sparkles - saxophone and drums
Discography
Smashed Candy (Vermin Scum, 2001)
Love Love Love (Troubleman Unlimited, 2003)
Life After Sundown (Troubleman Unlimited 2004)
Iko (Troubleman Unlimited, 2005)
"I Always Say Yes (12" Main)" (Italians Do It Better, 2007)
B/E/A/T/B/O/X (Italians Do It Better, 2007)
Miss Broadway (Vinyl, 12")" (Italians Do It Better, 2008)
Deep Gems (Italians Do It Better, 2008)
While the band's early work blended noise rock with electropop, their later work incorporates Italo disco. The band is known for evolving through the years since their original collaboration, and experimenting with various musical genres.
They have released a number of albums since the early 2000s, their most recent being 2008's Deep Gems.
Glass Candy was formed by Ida No, from Vancouver, Washington and Johnny Jewel, from Austin, Texas, in 1996. The two began working together in Portland, Oregon, just across the Columbia River from No's hometown of Vancouver, Washington. No describes their early work as "droney and weird." Their first two singles, which they self-released under the name "Glass Candy & the Shattered Theatre", were "Metal Gods" (2001) and a cover of Josie Cotton's "Johnny Are You Queer" (2002). They toured with The Convocation Of... in 2001, and released a live album that year on Vermin Scum. Their first studio album, Love Love Love, was issued on Troubleman Unlimited in 2003. A second full-length followed on Troubleman the next year. Jewel founded Italians Do It Better with Mike Simonetti as a subsidiary of Troubleman. In 2007 Glass Candy released their third album B/E/A/T/B/O/X on this label to considerable critical praise. In late 2008, a rarities, b-sides and remix album was released under the name Deep Gems. In a review of Deep Gems, Spin Magazine referred to the band as "an eccentric Portland pair" that "spook the dance floor".
Glass Candy songs were used for a Chloe runway show, as well as used by Karl Lagerfeld for the Spring/Summer '08 Chanel Haute Couture fashion show and the Fall/Winter one of '08/'09.
Recently Glass Candy's "Digital Versicolour" was used in the soundtrack to Nicolas Winding Refn's feature length film Bronson.
Current members
Ida No - vocals
Johnny Jewel (formerly known as John David V.) - drums, programming
Former members
Avalon Kalin - drums
Jimi Hey - drums
Dusty Sparkles - saxophone and drums
Discography
Smashed Candy (Vermin Scum, 2001)
Love Love Love (Troubleman Unlimited, 2003)
Life After Sundown (Troubleman Unlimited 2004)
Iko (Troubleman Unlimited, 2005)
"I Always Say Yes (12" Main)" (Italians Do It Better, 2007)
B/E/A/T/B/O/X (Italians Do It Better, 2007)
Miss Broadway (Vinyl, 12")" (Italians Do It Better, 2008)
Deep Gems (Italians Do It Better, 2008)
RISE
Glass Candy Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by Glass Candy:
ANIMAL IMAGINATION Soft boundaries moving, can move you in Soft boundaries sli…
Beautiful Object In love's golden ocean No emotion Fake a smile for charity…
Brittle Women Love me not for my beauty, One day it will surely…
Candy Castle Let's take off our masks & be so naturelle Let's behold…
Computer Love Computer love Computer love Another lonely night Stare at t…
Covered In Bugs Oh Eva Yes Ida I can't relax Why Because I'm covered in bugs…
Digital Versicolor This is red, red, red, red, red This is orange, orange,…
Etheric Device Open our eyes/Our eyes are open Awake in the invisible morni…
Feeling Without Touching Feeling without touching Oh, feel us, we're all laughing W…
Introduction Keep going You're doing good Work that body, Come on And…
Life After Sundown Bad boys / Sad girls Death sure makes a fuss What are…
Life After Sundown (12") Bad boys / Sad girls Death sure makes a fuss What are…
Love Love Love Love is real, real is love Love is feeling, feeling love Lov…
Miss Broadway Well, I'm gonna get a job 'cause I need the…
Ms. Broadway Hey, Miss Broadway, you're walking up and down You got caugh…
NAKED CITY Smoke and mirrors The illusion called the city Sweat and tea…
Naked City (Acapella) Smoke & Mirrors The Illusion Called The City Sweat & Tears S…
Poison or Remedy City center to countryside This train ride guarantees Beat…
Rolling Down The Hills Rolling down the hills In yellow and white I see my figure…
Shell Game You have bump in into walls You like jumping into falls You…
Stars & Houses This is red, red, red, red, red This is orange, orange,…
The Beat's Alive Hey you, rock that body! I'm empty as a desert land I…
The Chameleon It can be suicide, Not to hide But show ones true colours …
The Message The party fell out of the window Laughing like a Marvel…
The Possessed Its all things to the menagerie We die and wait for…
Warm in the Winter Love is in the air love is in the air We're…
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Jack Transue
About 5 years back, Johnny posted this song to SoundCloud and I asked him if he used the legendary Univox Korg K1 on this bad boy. He gave me a really in depth answer to ALL the sound design to this song and even gave me some advice on how to properly mix some songs.
Thanks to him I was quickly able to land some awesome post production and sound mixing gigs as well as mix an awesome album soon after with that advice. I think of that every time I listen to this song. Thanks for paying my rent man!
Italians Do It Better Music
we are so happy to hear this jack! this was the first beat johnny made when he moved to montreal in the winter of 2009. so beautiful. mastered at the same studio as herb alpert's original too! xoxo
Das Falco
Johnny Jewel is a genius. met him in Tijuana in 2010. The guy is a legend!
javi parreno
I wish I could meet someone who feels the same way as I do when I listen to this.....I will always cherish and love you!
L O
It is the first time that i hear it, and of course i love it <3
Fenrir Fire
🔥💯🔥
Ricardo Werson
🖤
Alien Reggae
We are here!
Tim Anon
Well you've just met 563 people ...
Alien Reggae
You're going to hit soon no matter what. You can't keep making this kind of music and then go nowhere. You've been doing this for a while. Go all-in bro this song touches me like so many other of your songs but I have to say while listening to this 1 it rings eternity