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Crystal Castles

Synth-pop
Synth-pop

Crystal Castles is a Synth-pop act. Their sound grew out of Uffie, The Horrors, CFCF, Hollowphonic and The Little Ones. Those roots explain a lot about how Crystal Castles arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Snow Strippers, Labyrinth Ear, You Love Her, Salem and Sohodolls, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Big Pink, Destroy Lonely, LSDXOXO, Snow Strippers and Crim3s, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 37 connections around Crystal Castles, reaching back through Uffie and forward to The Big Pink. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Crystal CastlesUffieThe HorrorsCFCFHollowphonicThe Little OnesKraftwerkNew OrderOrchestral Manoeuvre…The Big PinkDestroy LonelyLSDXOXOSnow StrippersCrim3sThe AnixSnow StrippersLabyrinth EarYou Love HerSalemSohodollsArcaIC3PEAKThe Knife

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Crystal Castles connections

Crystal Castles grew out of Uffie, The Horrors, CFCF and Hollowphonic, shares an orbit with Snow Strippers, Labyrinth Ear, You Love Her and Salem, went on to shape The Big Pink, Destroy Lonely, LSDXOXO and Snow Strippers. 37 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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Roots12

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Legacy6

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