mp-FREE: Crystal Castles - "Crimewave (Kilowatt remix)"
Sep 12, 08
Way too meta for our Friday morning, we got this track in our inbox and it's a remix of a remix. The original "Crimewave" was so ubiquitous because it was Ethan Kath from Crystal Castles' treatment of HEALTH's otherwise way too drummy and hard original track. But now, since it seems like everyone and their mother wants a piece of Kath and CC partner Alice Glass, most of the remixes we've heard have been watered down.
And while we loved the blippy Sinden version, Micprobes, a DJ from NYC who's been killing sets in front of us for a long time now, sent us his own remix of the remix and we have to say, it's unlike any of the other work people have been doing to the Castles. Under the Kilowatt moniker (Micprobes' production alter ego), "Crimewave" goes deep and stays there, turning an altogether 8-bit masterpiece into a darker, more manic version.
(mp3) Crystal Castles - Crimewave (Kilowatt remix)
Godspeed!
