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The Crystal Method have gradually shed the glossy big-beat techno that made their name in the late '90s as one of the few mainstream American answers to the Chemical Brothers and Daft Punk, and they've also matured as producers, which has resulted in better albums (but fewer dancefloor-filling singles). They may still grab influences from the best in '90s dance music, but they've become increasingly adept at constructing albums with more ideas (and subtlety) than the usual dance act. Divided by Night is indeed varied and polished, and it includes guest features by the bucketful, but it reveals again that, more than anything, the Crystal Method are merely clever regurgitators of the past, particularly chained to making extroverted dance music that never innovates and rarely excites. (Granted, this has happened to virtually every dance act of their generation, from the Chemical Brothers to Fatboy Slim.) The title track opener is a promising slow-burn start, but instead of exploding into the next track, the Peter Hook feature "Dirty Thirty," the record sputters with pedestrian breakbeats. Matisyahu makes "Drown in the Now" moderately fresh, and the longtime L.A. man about town Justin Warfield attempts to channel Phil Oakey on the future shock "Kling to the Wreckage," but these are yet more danceable electronica of the paint-by-numbers variety. There's a feeble attempt at an acid-techno burner on "Double Down Under," and wasted opportunities for a pair of indie crossovers with vocals by Metric's Emily Haines and Grandaddy's Jason Lytle. As they've matured, the Crystal Method have become an act who can occasionally beguile listeners, but they've easily been lapped by far better contemporaries and even overtaken by younger acts like Simian Mobile Disco and the Qemists.
© John Bush /TiVo
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The Crystal Method, MainArtist - Ken Jordan, Composer - Scott Kirkland, Composer
(C) 2010 Tiny e Records (P) 2009 Tiny e Records
The Crystal Method, MainArtist - Ken Jordan, Composer - PETER HOOK, Composer, FeaturedArtist - Scott Kirkland, Composer
(C) 2010 Tiny e Records (P) 2009 Tiny e Records
The Crystal Method, MainArtist - Ken Jordan, Composer - Matisyahu, Composer, FeaturedArtist - Scott Kirkland, Composer
(C) 2010 Tiny e Records (P) 2010 Tiny e Records
The Crystal Method, MainArtist - Ken Jordan, Composer - Justin Warfield, Composer, FeaturedArtist - Scott Kirkland, Composer
(C) 2010 Tiny e Records (P) 2009 Tiny e Records
The Crystal Method, MainArtist - Ken Jordan, Composer - Scott Kirkland, Composer
(C) 2010 Tiny e Records (P) 2009 Tiny e Records
The Crystal Method, MainArtist - Ken Jordan, Composer - Stefan Gordy, Composer - Skyler Gordy, Composer - LMFAO, FeaturedArtist - Scott Kirkland, Composer
(C) 2010 Tiny e Records (P) 2010 Tiny e Records
The Crystal Method, MainArtist - Ken Jordan, Composer - Scott Kirkland, Composer
(C) 2010 Tiny e Records (P) 2009 Tiny e Records
The Crystal Method, MainArtist - Ken Jordan, Composer - Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton, FeaturedArtist - Emily Haines, Composer - Scott Kirkland, Composer
(C) 2010 Tiny e Records (P) 2009 Tiny e Records
The Crystal Method, MainArtist - Ken Jordan, Composer - Jason Lytle, Composer, FeaturedArtist - Scott Kirkland, Composer
(C) 2010 Tiny e Records (P) 2009 Tiny e Records
The Crystal Method, MainArtist - Stefanie King Warfield, Composer, FeaturedArtist - Ken Jordan, Composer - Scott Kirkland, Composer
(C) 2010 Tiny e Records (P) 2009 Tiny e Records
The Crystal Method, MainArtist - Ken Jordan, Composer - PETER HOOK, Composer, FeaturedArtist - Scott Kirkland, Composer
(C) 2010 Tiny e Records (P) 2009 Tiny e Records
The Crystal Method, MainArtist - Ken Jordan, Composer - Meiko, Composer, FeaturedArtist - Scott Kirkland, Composer
(C) 2010 Tiny e Records (P) 2009 Tiny e Records
The Crystal Method, MainArtist - D. Taylor, Composer - K. Swaby, Composer - The Heavy, FeaturedArtist - K. Jordan, Composer - S. Kirkland, Composer
(C) 2010 Tiny e Records (P) 2011 Tiny e Records
The Crystal Method, MainArtist - Ken Jordan, Composer - Andy Duguid, Remixer - Scott Kirkland, Composer
(C) 2010 Tiny e Records (P) 2010 Tiny e Records
The Crystal Method, MainArtist - Ken Jordan, Composer - Matisyahu, Composer, FeaturedArtist - Scott Kirkland, Composer - Danger Spy, Remixer
(C) 2010 Tiny e Records (P) 2010 Tiny e Records
The Crystal Method, MainArtist - Ken Jordan, Composer - Stefan Gordy, Composer - Skyler Gordy, Composer - LMFAO, FeaturedArtist - Scott Kirkland, Composer - Dunugoz, Remixer - Tha Roofas Breakz, Remixer
(C) 2010 Tiny e Records (P) 2010 Tiny e Records
The Crystal Method, MainArtist - Ken Jordan, Composer - Emily Haines, Composer, FeaturedArtist - Far Too Loud, Remixer - Scott Kirkland, Composer - Annie Nightingale, Remixer
(C) 2010 Tiny e Records (P) 2010 Tiny e Records
The Crystal Method, MainArtist - Ken Jordan, Composer - Emily Haines, Composer, FeaturedArtist - Scott Kirkland, Composer - Daniel Wanrooy, Remixer - Mark Green, Remixer
(C) 2010 Tiny e Records (P) 2010 Tiny e Records
The Crystal Method, MainArtist - Ken Jordan, Composer - Kaskade, Remixer - Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton, FeaturedArtist - Emily Haines, Composer - Scott Kirkland, Composer
(C) 2010 Tiny e Records (P) 2009 Tiny e Records
The Crystal Method, MainArtist - Stefanie King Warfield, Composer, FeaturedArtist - Ken Jordan, Composer - Scott Kirkland, Composer - Richard Durand, Remixer
(C) 2010 Tiny e Records (P) 2010 Tiny e Records
The Crystal Method, MainArtist - Stefanie King Warfield, Composer, FeaturedArtist - Ken Jordan, Composer - Scott Kirkland, Composer - Bubblegum Sci-Fi, Remixer
(C) 2010 Tiny e Records (P) 2010 Tiny e Records
The Crystal Method, MainArtist - Stefanie King Warfield, Composer, FeaturedArtist - Ken Jordan, Composer - Dresden & Johnston, Remixer - Scott Kirkland, Composer
(C) 2010 Tiny e Records (P) 2010 Tiny e Records
Album review
The Crystal Method have gradually shed the glossy big-beat techno that made their name in the late '90s as one of the few mainstream American answers to the Chemical Brothers and Daft Punk, and they've also matured as producers, which has resulted in better albums (but fewer dancefloor-filling singles). They may still grab influences from the best in '90s dance music, but they've become increasingly adept at constructing albums with more ideas (and subtlety) than the usual dance act. Divided by Night is indeed varied and polished, and it includes guest features by the bucketful, but it reveals again that, more than anything, the Crystal Method are merely clever regurgitators of the past, particularly chained to making extroverted dance music that never innovates and rarely excites. (Granted, this has happened to virtually every dance act of their generation, from the Chemical Brothers to Fatboy Slim.) The title track opener is a promising slow-burn start, but instead of exploding into the next track, the Peter Hook feature "Dirty Thirty," the record sputters with pedestrian breakbeats. Matisyahu makes "Drown in the Now" moderately fresh, and the longtime L.A. man about town Justin Warfield attempts to channel Phil Oakey on the future shock "Kling to the Wreckage," but these are yet more danceable electronica of the paint-by-numbers variety. There's a feeble attempt at an acid-techno burner on "Double Down Under," and wasted opportunities for a pair of indie crossovers with vocals by Metric's Emily Haines and Grandaddy's Jason Lytle. As they've matured, the Crystal Method have become an act who can occasionally beguile listeners, but they've easily been lapped by far better contemporaries and even overtaken by younger acts like Simian Mobile Disco and the Qemists.
© John Bush /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 22 track(s)
- Total length: 02:09:56
- Main artists: The Crystal Method
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Tiny e Records
- Genre: Electronic
(C) 2010 Tiny e Records (P) 2010 Tiny e Records
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