''Divided by Night'' is
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duo
The Crystal Method
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's fourth studio album.
The album was released on May 12, 2009. The first single, "Drown in the Now",
which features vocals by
Matisyahu
Matthew Paul Miller (born June 30, 1979), known by his stage name Matisyahu (; ), is an American reggae singer, rapper, beatboxer
Beatboxing (also beat boxing) is a form of vocal percussion primarily involving the art of mimicking drum mac ...
,
was released to the
iTunes Store
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on April 14, 2009, and the second single, "Black Rainbows" was released to the
Beatport
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store on April 28, 2009. On October 5, 2009, they released the third single, "Come Back Clean" also exclusively to Beatport.
The album was nominated at the
52nd Grammy Awards
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for
Best Electronic/Dance Album
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, but lost to
Lady Gaga
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's ''
The Fame
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''.
Background
After their album ''
Legion of Boom'' was released, Ken Jordan and Scott Kirkland decided to move into their new, state-of-the-art recording studio, called Crystalwerks. The time taken to prepare the new studio resulted in the loss of production time on the album, which is why it has taken so long to come out. They have also taken the time to bring in many guest artists to be featured on the album.
In early August 2008, The Crystal Method revealed their plans for the album.
Though the album was planned to release by the end of summer, the release date was pushed back to early 2009. They then released a free song on their website, which was a remix of their first single, "Now is the Time". The remix features samples of a
Barack Obama
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speech, and is called "Now is the Time (Vote '08 Remix)".
The Crystal Method was asked if "Now Is the Time (Vote '08 Remix)" would be on Divided by Night. They replied "maybe, just as a bonus track", though it has been confirmed that the song will not be on the new album according to the track listing, which was released in mid February 2009.
In October 2008, they released a series of tour dates for a DJ set tour across North America, which went further into the year, finishing on New Year's Eve, 2008.
They would play some of the music off of their new album to support the tour.
In December 2008, they set up a remix contest for the song "Double Down Under" on the new album, and released the name of the lead single, "Drown in the Now", which features vocals by
Matisyahu
Matthew Paul Miller (born June 30, 1979), known by his stage name Matisyahu (; ), is an American reggae singer, rapper, beatboxer
Beatboxing (also beat boxing) is a form of vocal percussion primarily involving the art of mimicking drum mac ...
.
During an interview in early 2009, The Crystal Method were asked the release date of the album, and Ken Jordan simply stated: "Spring". The Crystal Method later stated that the album would be due in stores on May 12.
In an interview with ''
The Boston Herald
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'', Scott Kirkland said:
A recent album preview by Mark Shemel of internedj.com indicated that the album was :
In March, 2009, The Crystal Method released the cover of the album, tour dates, a new website, and a pre-order sale on their online store. On April 14, the single, "Drown in the Now" was released onto the
iTunes
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store along with a pre-order for ''Divided by Night''. The pre-order on iTunes also comes with a bonus B-side, "Play for Real". This song is only available on the pre-order for iTunes, and (according to The Crystal Method's
Myspace blog) will not be released anywhere else.
In late April, 2009, The Crystal Method put one song from ''Divided by Night'' onto their Myspace page, "Sine language", which features the upcoming
hip hop duo, LMFAO. On the very same day that "Sine Language" was put on their Myspace page, The Crystal Method released the second single from ''Divided by Night'', the song, "Black Rainbows" (exclusively to
Beatport
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) which features vocals from Stefanie King Warfield, wife of
Justin Warfield
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In 1993, he released a hip-hop album titled '' M ...
, who also contributes to ''Divided by Night'' himself on the track "Kling to the Wreckage".
On May 5, 2009, while flying to their first show in
Boston
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via
Virgin Airlines, The Crystal Method set up a one-hour online
chat room
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that anyone could join for free. They answered various questions from fans and talked about ''Divided by Night''. The Crystal Method said that it is probable that they will do something like this again.
On May 7, the entire album ''Divided by Night'' was put onto
iLike
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for anyone to listen to. This includes the full versions of every song on ''Divided by Night'' (except for "Play for Real", released on
iTunes
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only).
''Divided by Night'' was finally officially released on May 12.
Album artwork
In mid March, 2009, The Crystal Method released the cover of the new album, which features a giant
globe
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made up of audio speaker heads hovering in mid-air. The artwork was created by Neil Ashby.
When asked about the cover, Ken Jordan said, ''"On a recent plane trip to a DJ gig, we caught an amazing sight. The sun was setting in the west. There were spectacular rich colors on the horizon, but on the ground below, it was night. We both were moved by this incredible contrast."''
Scott Kirkland added, ''"Divided By Night immediately popped into my head, not so much as an album title but as a metaphor for our lives. As I enjoyed this beautiful view from my cramped seat, I thought of my family in California and reflected on just how different these two worlds are."''
Reception
''Divided by Night'' reached more charts than any other studio album by the band, the
''Billboard'' 200, the ''
Top Electronic Albums
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'', and ''
Top Independent Albums
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''. It is, so far, the only album besides ''
Vegas
Las Vegas (; Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County. The city anchors the Las Vegas ...
'' which has not reached number one on the ''Top Electronic Albums chart'', it only reached number two. It was beaten by ''
The Fame
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'' by
Lady Gaga
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. It also reached number four on the ''Top Independent Albums chart'', the highest ever reached on that chart by The Crystal Method and only studio album to ever be on that chart (the only other albums by the band to hit that chart were their two mix albums, ''
Community Service
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'' and ''
Community Service II
''Community Service II'' is the second collaboration album from The Crystal Method, and features remixes from The Crystal Method and other Nu skool breaks artists.
Track listing
# The Crystal Method - Intro – 1:38
# PMT - Gyromancer (Elite ...
''). It also reached thirty-eighth place on the ''Billboard'' 200 on its opening week.
Singles
"Drown in the Now"
In December 2008, The Crystal Method released the name of their first single from ''Divided by Night'', "Drown in the Now". During the same interview, they said that the song would feature
reggae
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rapper
Matisyahu
Matthew Paul Miller (born June 30, 1979), known by his stage name Matisyahu (; ), is an American reggae singer, rapper, beatboxer
Beatboxing (also beat boxing) is a form of vocal percussion primarily involving the art of mimicking drum mac ...
, whom they had met earlier. Before playing a show in
British Columbia
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, Matisyahu's tour manager approached The Crystal Method and asked if they would be willing to play a show onstage with him. Matisyahu came by The Crystal Method's trailer and they (The Crystal Method) played the song "High Roller", from ''
Vegas
Las Vegas (; Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County. The city anchors the Las Vegas ...
'' for Matisyahu. Matisyahu thought it was great, and performed a show with The Crystal Method onstage an hour later. This performance can be found on
YouTube
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. After this performance, The Crystal Method knew that they wanted to work with him on their album. Scott Kirkland stated: "He
atisyahudelivered something unique that helped create a great vibe for the rest of the album."
During a December interview, The Crystal Method said the new single would be released in mid to late April. In a 2009 interview, Scott Kirkland stated that the song was "very dark and galvanizing" and that he thinks that fans will like it.
On March 21, 2009, DJ Demko played the entire song, "Drown in the Now" on his nightly radio show on Z-104.5, a
radio station
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in
Tulsa, Oklahoma
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. Two days later, the segment of the radio show when "Drown in the Now" was played was made into a video and uploaded onto
YouTube
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. "Drown in the Now" was released on
iTunes
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on April 14, 2009.
On April 22, the music video for the song was premiered on
Yahoo
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. The video was shot in black and white and partially animated. The video features
Matisyahu
Matthew Paul Miller (born June 30, 1979), known by his stage name Matisyahu (; ), is an American reggae singer, rapper, beatboxer
Beatboxing (also beat boxing) is a form of vocal percussion primarily involving the art of mimicking drum mac ...
, who is walking through the snowy abandoned streets of New York City. It features shortened edit of the song.
"Black Rainbows"
In an interview in early 2009, The Crystal Method said that they would feature vocals from
Justin Warfield
Justin Evan Warfield (born April 20, 1973) is an American musician and hip hop MC. He is the lead vocalist, guitarist and keyboardist of the darkwave duo She Wants Revenge, which formed in 2004.
In 1993, he released a hip-hop album titled '' M ...
. During the same interview, they said that Warfield's wife, Stefanie King Warfield, would also be on the album. On April 28, 2009, "Black Rainbows" was released as a single exclusively to
Beatport
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to be downloaded for $1.99.
"Come Back Clean"
The song features vocals by
Emily Haines
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. Ken Jordan announced via The Crystal Method's
Twitter
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account that "Come Back Clean" had multiple remixes by at least one artist,
Kaskade
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, and that he could not wait for fans to hear them. On October 5, 2009, "Come Back Clean" was released as their third single. It was exclusively released on Beatport.
"Sine Language"
"
Sine Language
''Divided by Night'' is electronic duo The Crystal Method's fourth studio album. The album was released on May 12, 2009. The first single, "Drown in the Now", which features vocals by Matisyahu, was released to the iTunes Store on April 14, 2009, ...
" is the fourth single from the album. The song features vocals by hip hop duo
LMFAO
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. The original music was written by Ken Jordan and Scott Kirkland including LMFAO.
It was announced more than a year after the release of the single "Come Back Clean", on November 4, 2010, when the band scored a video game called ''Blur'', and it was finally released on November 16, 2010, as a promotional
remix
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EP by the official site of the electronic duo, that could be downloaded from the site by joining it. LMFAO's raps are accompanied by a single edit and seven brand new remixes, including reworked versions by
Richard Vission
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Biography
He was raised in Highland Park, in Los Angeles, California, and graduated from Benj ...
, Future Funk Squad, Moonbeam, Datsik, Metasyn, Omega and Von Ukuf.
Its music video features a performance of LMFAO. All LMFAO or The Crystal Method footage was shot and filmed live in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Sine Language
''Divided by Night'' is electronic duo The Crystal Method's fourth studio album. The album was released on May 12, 2009. The first single, "Drown in the Now", which features vocals by Matisyahu, was released to the iTunes Store on April 14, 2009, ...
was included on
EA's soundtrack for the game ''
Need for Speed: Nitro''.
Tour
In early 2009, The Crystal Method said that they would go on a major national tour, their first in 5 years since ''
Legion of Boom''.
A sort of preview of the tour was on April 17, 2009 at the
Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
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. This concert has been said to be the first of the entire tour, though, according to the tour dates (which were released in late March), the first official concert is not until May 6. Supposedly, the new tour will bring in new elements that have never been seen from The Crystal Method live. Ken Jordan comments about the new tour: "This tour is going to be a completely new look. It's like tearing down your house and rebuilding it."
The Divided by Night tour spanned across the United States and part of Canada, from early May to mid June.
After the original tour was over, The Crystal Method decided to add several more tour dates to their list – and most of them span across Europe. The Crystal Method has played at the
Reading and Leeds Festivals
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, and will continue to tour Europe until early November 2009.
Setlist
The Divided by Night Tour had the same tracks and track order for each show:
#"Why So Serious? (The Crystal Method Remix)" originally composed by
Hans Zimmer
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and
James Newton Howard
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, from the film, "
The Dark Knight
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"
#"Divided by Night", from the album, ''Divided by Night''
#"Roll it Up", from the album, ''
Tweekend
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''
#"Vapor Trail", from the album, ''
Vegas
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''
#"Badass", from the EP, ''
CSII Exclusives''
#"Bound Too Long", from the album, ''
Legion of Boom''
#"Double Down Under", from the album, ''Divided by Night''
#"Come Back Clean", from the album, ''Divided by Night''
#"Blowout", from the album, ''
Tweekend
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''
#"Cherry Twist", from the album, ''
Vegas
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''
#"High Roller", from the album, ''
Vegas
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''
#"Wild, Sweet and Cool", from the album, ''
Tweekend
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''
#"
Born Too Slow", from the album, ''
Legion of Boom''
#"Now Is the Time", from the album, ''
Vegas
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''
#"
Keep Hope Alive
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", from the album, ''
Vegas
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''
#"
Busy Child
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Music videos
At least two music ...
", from the album, ''
Vegas
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''
#"Trip Like I Do", from the album, ''
Vegas
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''
Track listing
Featured guests
''Divided by Night'' has come to be known for having more featured guests than any other album by The Crystal Method – and most of these guest artists do not specialize in the electronic music genre.
*"Divided by Night" features additional
synths
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by
Jon Brion
Jon Brion is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and composer. He performed with the Excerpts, the Bats, 'Til Tuesday and the Grays before becoming an established producer and film score composer.
Brion has ...
.
*"Dirty Thirty" features
bass by
Peter Hook
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.
*"Drown in the Now" features vocals by
Matisyahu
Matthew Paul Miller (born June 30, 1979), known by his stage name Matisyahu (; ), is an American reggae singer, rapper, beatboxer
Beatboxing (also beat boxing) is a form of vocal percussion primarily involving the art of mimicking drum mac ...
.
*"Kling to the Wreckage" features vocals by
Justin Warfield
Justin Evan Warfield (born April 20, 1973) is an American musician and hip hop MC. He is the lead vocalist, guitarist and keyboardist of the darkwave duo She Wants Revenge, which formed in 2004.
In 1993, he released a hip-hop album titled '' M ...
and Stefanie King Warfield.
*"Sine Language" features vocals by
LMFAO
LMFAO (an initialism for Laughing My Freaking Ass Off or Laughing My Fucking Ass Off) are an American electronic dance music duo consisting of Redfoo and Sky Blu. Redfoo is the youngest son of Motown Records founder Berry Gordy and Nancy Le ...
and
marxophone
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by Jon Brion.
*"Come Back Clean" features vocals by
Emily Haines
Emily Savitri Haines (born 25 January 1974) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. She is the lead singer, keyboardist and songwriter of the rock band Metric and a member of the musical collective Broken Social Scene. As a solo artist, she has pe ...
and
percussion
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by
Samantha Maloney
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Early career
Maloney received her first drum-kit at ...
.
*"Slipstream" features vocals by
Jason Lytle
Jason Lytle ( ; born March 26, 1969) is an American musician best known for his work in the indie rock group Grandaddy. The group split in 2005, and Lytle continued to release music as a solo artist and in collaboration with other musicians. Gra ...
.
*"Black Rainbows" features vocals by Stefanie King Warfield.
*"Blunts & Robots" features bass by Peter Hook and a sample from the song "Gangsta Rap (Acapella)" by
Ill Bill
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.
*"Falling Hard" features vocals by
Meiko.
*"Play for Real" features the band
The Heavy's guitarist Dan Taylor and vocals by Kelvin Swaby,
trombone
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by Dave Hodge,
saxophone
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by Robert Marshall,
trumpet
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by Stewart Cole, and percussion by Samantha Maloney.
References
External links
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2009 albums
The Crystal Method albums