Alex Yabsley’s music was once described as “drum & bass that sounds like making violent love to a Commodore 64.” That’s a kind of far-out explanation for what is essentially a mix of circuit bent Gameboy cartridges and abrasive drum machine beats.
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HEALTH’s “Die Slow” really flaunted the band’s trademark haunted melodies over spine-breaking beats*, so we’re rather impressed with Tobacco’s transmogrifying remix in which slapping on a gritty ‘90s era balm and turning down the screws resulted in this slowish, hip-banging anthem. Ever dance underwater? Try it below. The oft-lauded Crystal Castles collaborators are dropping their next, DISCO2, on June 22 through Lovepump United.
Further news of Crystal Castles’ sophomore album hit the web a couple of days ago and already a bunch of new tracks (apparently from a demo copy of the album) have hit the blogs. You can stream about half the album on Hype Machine, linked from a number of different sources. From listening to the few songs made public it sounds like Crystal Castles has evolved into a more pop friendly macabre-esque villain, ditching their glitch-y circuit bent keyboards for some shiny new tools to make themselves sound more accessible, but still moderately alienating themselves from the asserted disco audience.
…David Morris’ warped vocal brilliant light rippling out across a melange of toy keyboards and misfiring lasers…
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