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)
Silver Fountain
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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@paulantoni1046
OMg this along with the Hacker by Johnny Jewel, SO happy to hear these tracks in movies! ie Zeroville AHHH love it
@GT-lv7hq
My angel Ida
@laurentcote1151
always been hooked to this - is it the KR-55 ? the vocals are mesmerizing. i'm a gemini, my best friend is a libra and we dance to this song when it gets very late. also it reminds me of The Gate... I love that track so much.
@ItaliansDoItBetterMusic
great ear! the cymbals & congas are the 55b. johnny grabbed it while farah was in portland recording law of life. the kicks & snares are from johnny's modified 909. most of our roster is gemini or libra. love is in the air. the gate is an absolute banger too. the first time johnny experimented with backwards vocals & it has the distinction of the very first track he used a vinyl sample for. sebastien tellier borrowed the melody for "the look" with guy man from daft. classic track & deep cut xoxo
@laurentcote1151
@Italians Do It Better Music fascinating! thanks for the details & hope you are all well <3
@findoutthehardway
Please upload these artists for purchase on digital!
@MikeLong
I'm going to need that new album yesterday/stat/can'twaitanylonger...how come no one's heard this one?