9.6.2006

Crystal Castles

posted by Travis

Crystal Castles

I don’t know why — We’ve been kicking around Crystal Castles for a while trying to digest. There is something about their “Alice Practice” that is so perfect beyond words. Perfect. Perhaps had it fallen a slightly different way I would hate it, but the angular vocals, blips and beeps go against expectations and form something melodic. Like the video game has become nature. It would totally fine if this song lasted for thirty minutes. Or more.

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Crystal Castles – “Alice Practice” (mp3)

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Crystal Castles – “Air War” (mp3)

The 7″ is selling fast. Get it if you can.

Crystal Castles
  • http://tunetourist.blogspot.com TUNETOURIST

    HI there :) absolutely love your site, have added you as a link on my blog! When you have time please check out my site (TUNETOURIST). We comment on and review records that have been recommended to us by record shops worldwide and there is a podcast as well. If you like it (and if you want to) then please link to us on your page…that would be ace! cheers, justin.

  • http://www.flufftronix.com fluffy

    Hmm.. you might like Arboga Teenage Riot

  • north c

    why does tunetourist get to eat space purportedly allotted to responses to crystal castles?

    incidentally, upon having listened today for the first time, i am overwhelmed by the beautiful melody that bursts through–and almost in spite off–the atari chains that paradoxically tether and keep that Alice track so damned free

  • http://bibabidiboo.blogspot.com nik

    i actually just did an interview with crystal castles … check it out here.

    http://bibabidiboo.blogspot.com/2006/09/its-been-…
    and here
    http://bibabidiboo.blogspot.com/2006/09/crystal-c…

    he was surprisingly unresponsive, but still interesting …

  • ummmmm

    nik, i read the cc interview, it looks like he was responsive to me.

  • http://www.pileup.com/babyart/ trevor brown

    7" cover art is stolen from me! – used without permission. payment or credit

  • word.

    i actually saw your name creditted. go to the CC myspace page. your name is on the main page right beside your art.

  • Geoff

    Crystal Casltes is the balls of music.

  • CiLlA

    i love this its like the best..

  • Topher

    i love CC. but what does all this 7" and 12" come form. please tell me

  • http://daaareee Johnny tsunami

    HAHAHAHA.. kids these days, 7" is a vinyl single 12" is a vinyl EP or LP

  • http://myspace.com/johnny_sock_it_to_me bailey funk.

    HA i agree with Johnny Tsunami

    how do you not know what 7" and 12" come from?

    i'm only 17 and i've known that since i was like 12.

    get with it kid.

  • bobby dee

    they did pay trevor brown for it

  • http://www.pileup.com/babyart/ trevor brown

    wrong! – they paid me NOTHING what-so-ever! – they would not even give me a copy of their record

  • tracycodeine

    stop whining already

  • Wraith0

    LAWL PWND

  • http://arseylayer.blogspot.com/ ®Â&

    laul!

  • That_Person

    i can totaly relate , i just listend to their album..its just… (O_O)~ dunno~?

  • Christina

    I love them, and have for some time. My favs are Make it Hott, ALice Practice and the LittleOnes remix. We have a monthly dance party called Making Time here in Philly. There we get all sorts of fun electro artists. Anyone from The Presets, THe Raptsure, Digitalism, The Faint, Crystal Castles etc….

    http://www.igetrvng.com/

    http://www.myspace.com/davidpianka ( Founder of Making Time )

  • http://www.myspace.com/diotep diane wey !

    lovelovelove///cr//y//st///alC/astles

  • whiner

    shit that should be known about crystal castles

    http://www.pileup.com/babyart/blog/?p=81#comments

  • http://www.myspace.com/tina_tighsx tina

    its all about crimewave!

  • mart

    shut up "whiner" you are obviously just as stupid as everyone else on that blog who would believe that lying, screaming greedy moron.

  • mike

    THEY SUCK. THE DUDE DOESNT EVEN PLAY ANYTHING LIVE HE JUST PRETENDS TO PLAY THE DAMN MICROKORG.. THE LAPTOP PLAYS EVERYTHING. NO FUCKIN TALENT. MAYBE TOO MUCH GOOD COKE FOR THEM. WACK

  • frank

    yeah they act like fucking dicks. that ugly ass armenian dude is fucking old. look up his gay ass old band "kill cheerleader". fuckin wannabe guns n roses. he doesnt play shit on that keyboard, he just pretends to play and pushes a key with stupid pre set sounds for noise inbetween songs. that dumb dyke just gets drunk (obviously) and yells out like a dumb drunk bi polar retard. what fucking wannabe losers. get some talent ya fuckin pricks. dont pay to see them, they're not worth jack shit. and they did steal trevor browns album art look the facts up. they tried to get away with stealing shit but when they couldnt they gave up and are selling different shirts and changed the album cover to that stupid pic of them falling over like worthless moneyless druggies

  • me

    frank is really trevor browns gay lover CC rule

  • glomag

    In light of the new evidence of Crystal Castles stealing, not only artwork, but now apparently music as well, the above blog post might be seen in a slightly different light. I do not know Trevor Brown, and didn't think all that much of his claims previously. But now I am looking at this all very differently. I also like their music, but apparently, they are creeps who steal artwork and music as well. Follow the link to read about CC songs RELEASED on their new CD that contains uncleared pieces of other chiptune (8 bit) musicians’ tracks. In one case the chunk they took is quite long and makes up a large part of their song.

    “Ethan” (Claudio) from Crystal Castles, has distanced himself from the chiptune community in the past, claiming he wrote the music BEFORE he knew about the chiptune community. The sampled chiptune songs by Lo-bat and Covox show that this is a lie and it reveals his complete disrespect for the artists he is ripping off. Nice one Claudio. What an ass.

    Start here if you want to know about this:

    http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/05/05/chiptune…

    I have no doubt more will surface about them soon.

  • glow worm

    2 years later and it turns out the tracks with samples were never meant for release and it was fuss over some tracks the band wanted no one to hear in the first place. thanks for wasting everyone's time with your biased bullshit rant. big stereo looks great hyping CC with a Sept 2006 date stamp. always come here for the next level shit.

  • zack

    glow worm speaks the truth







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