Crystal Method: The Tenacious D of Electronica?

beats me · Post by **beats me** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 4:59 am

I don't know how I came across this video or why I sat through it in it's entirety. They do plug Ableton towards the end. I've seen them live but I don't think I've ever "seen" them. A lot of Electronica artists are hiding behind a wall of gear or in their case a huge wall of fog. Anyhow, as I was watching it I couldn't help but notice how they remind me of Jack and Kyle of Tencious D (minus the comedy). I don't know why I have this image in my head that all Electronica dudes are tall and skinny with a shaved head.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZRzFK7DaOI

Am I wrong here? Maybe they'll do a Big Beat cover of Jesus Ranch. I would enjoy that.

chinney4321 · Post by **chinney4321** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 12:05 pm

hi man the crystal method are ace they got called the american chemical brothers here in the uk and i thought that was well unfair..i prefer em to the the chems to be honest

im not to sure what they use for their live stuff but i do know they use ableton and reason to write their stuff ..its worth buying some of their albums man

4.33 · Post by **4.33** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 3:53 pm

vegas is a masterpiece

JaySmuv · Post by **JaySmuv** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 9:00 pm

I saw them live a few years ago and was thoroughly unimpressed. I have heard their music, but never been a big fan.

For some reason, one of the guys had his keyboard over only one side of the keyboard stand and throughout some of the tracks he was kind of rocking it back and forth like a see saw. I guess that spectacle made more of an impression on me than the music.

funky shit · Post by **funky shit** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 5:39 pm

chinney4321 wrote:hi man the crystal method are ace they got called the american chemical brothers here in the uk and i thought that was well unfair..i prefer em to the the chems to be honest im not to sure what they use for their live stuff but i do know they use ableton and reason to write their stuff ..its worth buying some of their albums man

nah they dont use reason, they have a shit load of hardware synth and that.
they are spectacular, but i do prefere the chems. they should have a new album out soon.

check out their mix albums "community service" they are also great.

icedsushi · Post by **icedsushi** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 5:46 pm

Actually no you're wrong. They DO use reason. Check out this 2004 video from the M-Audio website:

http://www.m-audio.com/index.php?do=med ... 1d5de1a26c

In fact he's wearing a legend of boom tshirt so community service would have been released not too long before they came out this video, right?

So it's possible those release you thing are great could have been made with reason.

They said in there that they got so sick of updating software that it would take time away from making music. So for awhile there they just narrowed it down to using the same version of reason and never updating it.

I really liked that part. When everything is running perfect, I always want to keep it that way and never update my software. But something tantalizing always comes up and I give in....new features, bug fixes that affect me but then break other things in the process.

Vicious cycle....of not wanting to upgrade but then inevitably being forced to upgrade due to compatibility to other softwares, hardware configuration, etc. So I really enjoyed they said that, I could totally relate.

funky shit · Post by **funky shit** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 8:13 pm

holy shit, thanks for this, i totaly missed it.

OMG, acetone, the snare, from reason,

lol i feel like a spoon.

anyway yeah ive been a fan for ages, they have some class analog sounds in there albums, reccomend for all.

icedsushi · Post by **icedsushi** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 8:17 pm

Acetone? Not sure what you mean. Is that the name of a snare sample in reason or the name of a Crystal Method track?

BTW, these guys were originally from central PA not to far from me. I remember hearing them say that in an interview on the radio long time ago.

funky shit · Post by **funky shit** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 11:00 pm

icedsushi wrote:Acetone? Not sure what you mean. Is that the name of a snare sample in reason or the name of a Crystal Method track?

BTW, these guys were originally from central PA not to far from me. I remember hearing them say that in an interview on the radio long time ago.

Yeah its a track on legion of boom. its the track they are playing with in that video

rbmonosylabik · Post by **rbmonosylabik** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 1:06 am

That track is a really serious Reason sales pitch.

dango · Post by **dango** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 4:24 am

sorry, a horrible chop.

but man all 4 of them guys (cm and td) are some ugly mo-fo's. and the crystal method needs to put the glass pipe down and get out of the bomb shelter and get some sun

beats me · Post by **beats me** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 4:40 am

Thanks dango for both the picture and being the first person to comment on the whole point of my post. Next week I'll start a post titled "Prodigy" with just

for the body text and watch it spiral into a 17 page fanboy testimonial/gear speculation list.

I still love you guys.

funky shit · Post by **funky shit** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 10:58 am

beats me wrote:Thanks dango for both the picture and being the first person to comment on the whole point of my post. Next week I'll start a post titled "Prodigy" with just for the body text and watch it spiral into a 17 page fanboy testimonial/gear speculation list.

I still love you guys.

Im all up for that.
Infact...