“We’re thrilled with our fans’ reception of Divided By Night,” said Ken Jordan and Scott Kirkland of The Crystal Method. “We’ve always done our own thing, making music that we love and we know our fans love.”
After their album Legion of Boom was released, Ken Jordan and Scott Kirkland (a.k.a. The Crystal Method) 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 their most recent album, Divided By Night, which is why it has taken so long to come out. They have also taken the time to bring in many guest artists to appear on the album such as:* “Divided by Night” features additional synths by Jon Brion.
* “Dirty Thirty” features bass by Peter Hook.
* “Drown in the Now” features vocals by Matisyahu.
* “Kling to the Wreckage” features vocals by Justin Warfield and Stefanie King Warfield.
* “Sine Language” features vocals by LMFAO and marxophone by Jon Brion.
* “Come Back Clean” features vocals by Emily Haines and percussion by Samantha Maloney.
* “Slipstream” features vocals by Jason Lytle.
* “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.
* “Falling Hard” features vocals by Meiko.
* “Play for Real” features the band The Heavy’s guitarist Dan Taylor and vocals by Kelvin Swaby, trombone by Dave Hodge, saxophone by Robert Marshall, trumpet by Stewart Cole, and percussion by Samantha Maloney
In early August 2008, The Crystal Method released plans on the new 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 one of their older songs, “Now is the Time”. The song features samples of a Barack Obama 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. 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, Scott Kirkland said: (pull)“The album is different. There are big, organic live drums and distortion and lots of bass and that sort of bombastic sound that we’ve been doing for so many years.(/pull) But lots of collaborations have taken it in lots of different directions. I think people are going to be happy with it.” A recent album preview by Mark Shemel of internedj.com indicated that the album was: “organic with live sounds pervasive throughout the album. There is also a sort of Hip Hop element infused in certain songs such as “Sine Language.” The group makes excellent use of distortion throughout the album. While some of the tracks were reminiscent of Crystal Method of the past, others seem to move beyond the style of music they pretty much pioneered. Regardless, the group has not lost contact with its roots, and their famous touch with music.” 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 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) which features vocals from Stefanie King Warfield, wife of Justin Warfield, who also contributes to Divided by Night himself on the track “Kling to the Wreckage”. On May 5, 2009, The Crystal Method did something that’s never been done before – while flying to their first show in Boston, Massachusetts via Virgin Airlines, They set up a one hour online chat room that anyone could join for free. They answered various questions from fans and talked about Divided by Night. Fans from all over the world joined the chat room. 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 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 only). Divided by Night was officially released on May 12.
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