The Crystal Method

The Crystal Method is an electronic music duo consisting of Ken Jordan and Scott Kirkland. Along the same lines as The Chemical Brothers, Propellerheads, The Prodigy, and Fatboy Slim, they specialize in breakbeat and big beat styles of music. Formed in 1993, they did most of their earlier production work in an underground shelter lovingly referred to as "The Bomb Shelter" in the front yard of a rent house they once shared as roommates. Before production began on Legion of Boom in 2004, they moved the studio into the garage of the rent house; many people aren't aware of this, however, and still believe they work in the actual "bomb shelter", now a nickname for the studio setup.

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Electronic music - Ken Jordan - Scott Kirkland - The Chemical Brothers - Propellerheads - The Prodigy - Fatboy Slim - Breakbeat - Big beat - 1993 - Legion of Boom - 2004

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The Crystal Method's music is broad in scope, and can be found in many modern shows and movies, including Blade II, Gone in Sixty Seconds, Lost in Space, Spawn, Zoolander, XXX, The Replacement Killers and episodes of Dark Angel. The theme music of the NBC drama Third Watch was "Keep Hope Alive" from their Vegas album. The track "Name Of The Game" (from the Tweekend album) was also featured as intro music for the popular video game Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell. Their music was also featured extensively in the EA Sports video game FIFA '98: Road To World Cup, which included the tracks "Busy Child", "Keep Hope Alive", "More" and "Now Is The Time". The track "Busy Child" also featured in a 1998 UK advert for The Gap which featured skateboarders.

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Blade II - Gone in Sixty Seconds - Lost in Space - Spawn - Zoolander - XXX - The Replacement Killers - Dark Angel - Third Watch - Vegas - Tweekend - Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell - EA Sports - The Gap

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The list of equipment used to create it is also quite large, with the Clavia Nord Lead being the instrument most closely associated with their style and sound. It provides many of the grittier leads and buzzes in the music and was the primary source of sound for their first album Vegas.

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Clavia - Vegas

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