Crystal Castles is a Canadian electronic music duo formed in Toronto, known for lo-fi, chiptune‑inflected electronics and dark, witch‑house textures; original lineup featured producer Ethan Kath and vocalist Alice Glass.

Formed in Toronto in 2006. Original core members included producer Ethan Kath and vocalist Alice Glass. Debut self-titled album released 2008; a second self-titled album released 2010; third studio album (III) released 2012. Alice Glass left the band in 2014.

DeBaser reviews portray Crystal Castles as a Canadian electronic duo mixing chiptune, darkwave and danceable beats. The coverage highlights a progression from 8‑bit nostalgia to darker, witch‑house‑tinged electronics. Reviews are largely favorable (several 4/5 ratings).

For:Fans of experimental electronic, chiptune, witch‑house and darkwave; listeners seeking abrasive dance music.

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 the experience, with the complicity of a constantly ultra-affected vocal amplification, was for me literally phantasmagorical, in the sense that it passed through me like a ghost: I remember nothing of it, such an elusive turn of the screw that I couldn't even grasp it and close it in the box labeled "disappointing" or the one labeled "extraordinary."

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 So, the Crystal Castles of 2010, are like that: smoky, unpredictable, disturbing and harmful.

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