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May 20, 2008

HEALTH//DISCO

Filed under: Bloc Party,Chk Chk Chk,Crystal Castles,Health,Love,Love Each Other,Radiohead,the faint — AZLTRON @ 10:05 am

I’ve known about HEALTH for a while now and that their music is pretty raw and edgy, but outside of their remixes I’d not heard that much of them. Recently I listened to both their original album and their HEALTH//DISCO albums and I have to say that while the original album is certainly interesting and has a cool groove occasionally I much prefer the remix CD. It seems that with punk and electro trying to find new ways of merging organically, the Health songs are perfect for attaching those electro beats and synths to. Seeing as it doesn’t get much more raw or punky than Health.

Health – Triceratops (CFCF Remix)

Some nice goth grooves and 80′s video game solos sure to excite any nu-rave fan.

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July 11, 2007

The Health of Crystal Castles

Filed under: Crystal Castles,Health — AZLTRON @ 11:39 pm

L.A. based noise band Health and Toronto based glitch band Crystal Castles are set to release a self titled split 7″ from Lovepump United. A well devised team up since both bands provide an assault on the ears that just rides the outer realm of listenable music, be it due to garbled electronics drowning out vocals or pounding beats and stabbing guitars. Health’s track “Crimewave” sounds like a gothed out Klaxons scoring a horror movie, while Crystal Castles’ “Mother Knows Best” is an 8-Bit assault that is at once violent and captivating and it ends far too soon. Anyway, this dual attack of raw artists creates that car wreck in slow motion kind of feel and I can’t turn away.