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Crystal Castles

Crystal Castles

2008 · Electronic

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Crystal Castles by Crystal Castles

Crystal Castles is an Electronic album by Crystal Castles, originally released in 2008. On Gatefold: 21 pressings tracked, owned by 29 collectors.

About

Crystal Castles is the debut studio album by Canadian electronic music duo Crystal Castles; at the time of its release, the group consisted of producer Ethan Kath and singer Alice Glass. The two met each other in 2004 and both had an interest in noise music acts like AIDS Wolf & The Sick Lipstick. This inspired the two to start a project that made noise music, but instead of guitars, they would use electronic sounds made with a circuit-bent Atari 5200, which led multiple journalists to describe their genre of music as a chiptune style they did not intend it.

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Tracklist

  1. 1Untrust Us3:06
  2. 2Alice Practice2:41
  3. 3Crimewave4:18
  4. 4Magic Spells6:06
  5. 5Xxzxcuzx Me1:53
  6. 6Air War4:12
  7. 7Courtship Dating3:30
  8. 8Good Time2:55
  9. 919911:53
  10. 10Vanished4:02
  11. 11Knights3:13
  12. 12Love and Caring2:18
  13. 13Through the Hosiery3:06
  14. 14Reckless3:28
  15. 15Black Panther2:57
  16. 16Tell Me What To Swallow2:16
  17. 17Air War (David Wolf Remix)3:29

Sound DNA

  • Electronic
  • Synth-Pop / New Wave
  • distorted
  • chaotic
  • club

Album notes

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Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.

Mastered at The Exchange.
Track 1 contains a sample of "Dead Womb" by Death From Above 1979 (used with permission).
Track 4 contains a sample of "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five.
Track 6 contains a sample of Luciano Berio's "Thema-Omaggio A Joyce."
Track 8 contains a sample of "Good Times (Dance Mix)" by Drinking Electricity.
Track 10 contains a sample of the vocals and melody of "Sex City" as written and performed by Van She (used with permission).
Track

Credits

The people behind it.

Performers

  • Alice GlassVOCALS
  • HEALTHBACKING VOCALS BACKING VOCALS, WRITTEN BY VOCALS

29 collectors on Gatefold own this · 21 pressings tracked on Gatefold

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