THE CRYSTAL METHOD LAUNCH TOUR DATES STARTING THIS SUNDAY, MAY 25 AT SUNSET MUSIC FESTIVAL IN TAMPA WITH “SLING THE DECKS” VIDEO TODAY

DT:      MAY 23,  2014

FR:      ALEXANDRA GREENBERG/AMANDA KAISER
            MSO PR

THE CRYSTAL METHOD
LAUNCH TOUR DATES STARTING THIS SUNDAY, MAY 25
AT SUNSET MUSIC FESTIVAL IN TAMPA
WITH “SLING THE DECKS” VIDEO TODAY

VIEW IT HERE

THE CRYSTAL METHOD return to the road this Sunday, May 25 starting with an appearance at the Sunset Festival in Tampa, FL.  To mark the occasion, they have made available a live video captured at some of the most intense CRYSTAL METHOD shows in recent years set to “Sling The Decks,” a hard bass-driven track from their current self-titled album.  View the video now at: http://youtu.be/2rSyy1riozs

At Sunset Music Festival, THE CRYSTAL METHOD will be teaming up with the festival through the grassroots organization for dance music culture, Electronic Music Alliance (EMA), the largest non-profit of its kind co-founded by the band’s KEN JORDAN. At the festival, EMA will promote sustainability,  health, and community within the dance music sphere with their on-site space called Planet SMF. The interactive space will provide festival-goers educational resources, a chill-out zone, and opportunities to win points for festival clean-up and other volunteering initiatives.  #PlayitFWD 

The trailblazing electronic music outfit comprised of producer/DJ’s Ken Jordan and Scott Kirkland will head out on a select run of dates this late may, late June and throughout July, many of which mark their first appearances in many markets since the January release of THE CRYSTAL METHOD album. They will celebrate July 4 at popular venue The Mid in Chicago and make stops in Canada at Toronto’s Digital Dreams Festival, Alberta’s Tail Creek Mud and Music Festival and Quebec City International Summer Festival. They will also DJ at club shows in Scottsdale, Washington, D.C., Houston, Seattle and Portland.  Look for more dates to be announced.

THE CRYSTAL METHOD’s tour routing is as follows:

DATE                      CITY                        VENUE

About THE CRYSTAL METHOD:
Heralded by the Village Voice as “one of the best live dance acts on Earth,” THE CRYSTAL METHOD—Ken Jordan and Scott Kirkland—have been known for two decades for their enduring dance floor anthems (“Now Is The Time,” “Keep Hope Alive”), airwave smashes (“Trip Like I Do”) and a willingness to collaborate with an array of talent–-including rock’s elite like Scott Weiland, Matisyahu, New Order’s Peter Hook, Emily Haines of Metric and Filter’s Richard Patrick. The duo has dominated the remix, film soundtrack, television, gaming and advertising worlds, most recently helping Victoria’s Secret drop jaws with music for a TV commercial campaign and collaborating with soundtrack heavyweight Danny Elfman for several contributions to Hollywood blockbuster Real Steel.  Their platinum-status debut album Vegas (released in 1997) is one of the biggest-selling electronic albums of all time, landing them in the top five of best-selling electronic acts in America. They scored the film London and TV show “Almost Human,” as well as the themes for “Bones” and “Third Watch,” and were the first act to work with Nike for their running soundtrack series. THE CRYSTAL METHOD were featured in RE:GENERATION, a documentary film directed by Amir Bar Lev (My Kid Could Paint That, The Tillman Story) and produced in association with The Grammys that looks at the history, songwriting and studio process of different musical genres through the eyes of five of the most influential electronic producers/DJs in music today including Mark Ronson, DJ Premier, THE CRYSTAL METHOD, Pretty Lights and Skrillex. In the film, THE CRYSTAL METHOD team with Detroit Motown legends Martha Reeves of the Vandellas and The Funk Brothers to create the R&B horn sassy and down-bass “I’m Not Leaving.” Their Grammy-nominated album Divided By Night, was released in 2009 and their most recent album, the self-titled The Crystal Method, was released in Januaray and debuted at #1 on itunes Electronic Album Chart.

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