The first official CC debut isn’t slated to drop until March 18, but we all know how much those dates mean. I never really gave CC much of a listen - I knew they were popular and I had a couple songs, but it was never an obsession. After giving the album a couple listens, I give it a fair grade but the song “Vanished” definitely sticks out in my eyes. Basically it’s a remix of the Van She song ‘Sex City’ (i.e. Vanished). (See Van She). The song is catchy and reworked in an awesome way.
For those of you who don’t know CC sound, they removed the chip from an Atari 5200 and placed it inside a keyboard. Overlaying those gameboy beeps with a drum machine and some distorted vocals, you basically get CC. Some of the trash music is too much in my eyes, but smart electronica is hard to dislike.
Listen: Vanished - Crystal Castles
Myspace
What do you think?
Justin Cudmore: cudmore2@gmail.com
the217
Sections
Buzz Magazine
Justin Cudmore
cudmore2@gmail.com
Ryan (Ryan) says:
(Posted March 16th, 2008 at 2:10 pm)
Yeah Crystal Castles seems to be growing pretty steadily. I heard about the whole Atari chip deal, it gives them a really distinct sound. Sometimes it’s too obnoxious for me. I’m not a fan of “Alice Practicing” or whatever. I have a remix of Atlantis to Interzone by them, it’s pretty crazy. I was thinking about going to see them in DeKalb, I think they are playing there this week. I like them, but not yet enough to truck my ass up to DeKalb haha.