An Italians Do It Better night in Berlin: DESIRE, JOHNNY JEWEL and MOTHERMARY.
DESIRE — born in Montreal in 2008, the synth-pop duo of vocalist Megan Louise and producer Johnny Jewel built a neon-noir world of cinematic longing and midnight glamour, where heartbreak glitters under disco lights. Their song „Under Your Spell“ became a defining moment of Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive and carried their dreamlike sound around the world; since then their music has moved through runways for Dior, Chanel and Bottega Veneta and been reimagined by artists like Kid Cudi. A fourth album is on the way.
JOHNNY JEWEL — composer, producer and founder of Italians Do It Better, the mind behind Chromatics, Glass Candy and Desire. His own set turns the room into a film: analog synthesizers, projected images and sweeping soundscapes from a catalogue that runs through Drive, David Lynch’s Twin Peaks: The Return („Shadow“) and scores for Chanel, Dior and Bottega Veneta.
MOTHERMARY — the electro-pop / darkwave project of twin sisters Elyse and Larena Winn. Raised in a strict Mormon household in Montana, they turn repression and rebellion into gothic-glam ritual: 1980s drum machines, cinematic synths and twin vocal incantations, suspended somewhere between club and church. Debut album I Am Your God out on Italians Do It Better.
