Crystal Castles
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- neue75_bold0
I don't doubt they've been 'heavily influenced' but it's part of what I like about the album, I feel like I've heard it all before, but like 10 years ago and not from one artist/band...
I actually really like the warmth and tempo of the whole album except for the 3-4 agro tracks...
- ESKEMA0
I love 'em. first time I heard them was last year at a festival, they were only 25 min on stage and blowned everyone away.
great album, I don't care if they stole it
- neue75_bold0
- he kind of looks like he's not sure what button to presskelpie
- I'm sure they all make the same sound too... He's also wearing the same thing in every photo I've seen him in..neue75_bold
- Meeklo0
Crystal Castles are stealing their music from talented artist, this happened more than once..
http://createdigitalmusic.com/20…- not that the hipsters care about it, but I think it should be brought up to lightMeeklo
- subimage0
someone's been reading pitchfork. hipster!
- Meeklo0
From CDM
1. There is an unreleased track of Crystal Castles called ‘instecticon’ that borrows whole chunks of belgian artist lo-bat’s work.
Here is crystal’s track:
Insecticon
and here is lo-bat’s
My Little Droid Needs a Hand
Even tho the original track has been pitched down and chopped, there is no doubt it’s the same. Gameboy sounds are hard to get and the chances of getting the same complex sound lo-bat can get is absolutety zero.
The track is also featured on CC’s record label myspace
http://www.myspace.com/liesrecor…
and although it NOW says lo-bat Vs. CC, it wasn’t before the story got found out:
Another ‘unreleased’ track of them ‘bitter hearts’ is just a mash up of several lo-bat tracks with ugly drums on it.
- ross0
ahh, the hype machine and all its glory.
- Do you recognise Alice from GBC? She looks so familiar, well, her tits do at least...neue75_bold
- nope? did she go there?
i know the dude was in kill cheerleader before...ross - I dunno, I doubt it, but she looks alot like a girl that did go there and I thought her name was Alice, but that was so long ago..neue75_bold
- AGO..neue75_bold
- modern0
Also said in an interview they were the only ones capable of making that sound because they took a chip out of an old Atari console and stuck it in their keyboard. So full of shit and stupid lies its not even funny
- Meeklo0
failed on the links above, lets try again:
Here is crystal’s rip:
http://discodirt.10pm.org/audio/…Original by Lo-Bat
http://www.lo-bat.be/wauter/musi…Crsystal Castle rip 2
Original by Covox
http://www.covox.net/audio/covox…
- i_monk0
They came up on the Radio3 podcast, ah swears!
- brains0
Doye, and FMT!
- Meeklo0
for those who said I don't care..
Put yourself on the situation of the talented underground artist, probably not making money on their music, and then comes a group of thief and take over the entire crowd of urban outfitters / american apparel consumers, listening to this, they are growing by the minute...
I would be pissed too.
Is like one of your portfolio pieces got printed on a book by gestalten verlag, but instead of your name under it, it says
Design by logo king.think about that
- kelpie0
ok, read the tshirt thing. any explanation of this "Stole music from some chiptunes artist" ?
and do you have a personal thing against them? your tone makes it sound like it...
- neue75_bold0
Maybe this will bring more attention to the originators?
Look at what sampling in hip hop has done for all those one-hit wonders whose lives work had been shelved and forgotten... They're now sought after rarities...
Think all those samples have been cleared as well?
- ESKEMA0
in the music industry as in any industry, there is always resemblance to others work, but just because one do it better or get higher recognition for it over the other, it doesn't make it theft or stupid.
If you don't like the artist that's a different thing.
you only do something original until you find out that it has already been made...
As Einstein said, "The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources"
- Meeklo0
neue, I'm ALL FOR SAMPLING.
but there is a difference..stealing an entire track and singing over it, then call it your own, and even say you didn't steal it when you are called on it by people that don't drink pabst blue ribbon its different.
Go browse your old cds that have samples on it, they state : contains sample from blah blah blah.
Of course you can only do that when you get on a big label that has the push to clear your samples, but even so.. mention the artist or you are stealing.Think what would happen if you so one of your designs on logo kings website, and suddenly he got huge..
would you be ok with that?
- dibec0
Been Jamming to the Alb all weekend. Good stuff. Pretty creative to make a whole alb of Donkey Kong sound bits. Some tracks hit dry and very dry. There are also some real gems in there.
- totally_recalled0
i watched these dudes recently. that chick is fuckin mental. their strobe lights nearly gave me an epeleptic fit they were so over the top. but i liked. she has something about her.
- yes, that 'crazy bitch with nice tits' kinda appeal...neue75_bold
- kelpie0
"she has something about her."
wait a minute, I think that might be code for something...
- ^ oh yeah; that's itkelpie
- you certainly are a clever one kelpie. nuthin gets past you.totally_recalled