Podcast XLR8R Podcast - Mike Simonetti

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The XLR8R podcast series has featured a wide assortment of musical characters over the years, but few of them have had a musical history matching that of Mike Simonetti. These days, he's known primarily as a house DJ and the driving force behind the Italians Do It Better imprint, but Simonetti's backstory actually began in much different musical territory. Growing up in the New York and New Jersey hardcore scene during the late '80s and early '90s, he formed the Troubleman Unlimited label in 1993 and spent the next 15-plus years leading the expansive imprint through various strains of punk, post-punk, noise, and experimental sounds. It was through Troubleman that Simonetti linked up with Glass Candy and specifically Johnny Jewel, and as that band became more and more electronic and Italo-influenced, the two ultimately decided that a new label was needed, and Italians Do It Better was born.
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