Crystal Palace / Spirit Quest
Album: Spirit Quest   Collection:General
Artist:Crystal Palace   Added:Feb 2013
Label:Rotifer  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2013-02-26 Pull Date: 2013-04-28 Charts: Classical/Experimental
Week Ending: Apr 28 Apr 14 Apr 7 Mar 31 Mar 24 Mar 17 Mar 10 Mar 3
Airplays: 1 1 2 2 3 1 1 2

Recent Airplay
1. Aug 10, 2019: blown subwoofer
A
4. Jan 01, 2014: Top 30 X of 2013 part i
A
2. Feb 03, 2014: textured noise
B, A
5. Aug 22, 2013: maximum entropy
A
3. Jan 01, 2014: KZSU's Top 20 Classical/Experimental Albums of 2013
A
6. Apr 26, 2013: FOLKTRONICA - ORANGEASM
B, A

Album Review
HYPRK
Reviewed 2013-02-25
60-minute psychedelic tour-de-force, the latest from Brooklyn producer Christopher Merritt (under his new “Crystal Palace” alias). An overwhelming amount of psychedelic samples, noise bursts, foundsounds and field recordings all jammed and mashed together, a la the “Garden Salads” at Lag Dining Sunday-morning brunches. It’s like everything you ever loved about cassettes from the past 3 years was rehashed and rescrambled. Essential late-night listening. The a-file just got a lot weirder.

RIYL: Christopher Merritt, Heat Wave, Aaron Dilloway, Hans Grüsel’s Kränkenkabinet

1. Gentle cacophony, synthesizer meltdowns, tape whirls, birdies and animals of the night. Pretty challenging, but hang in there—it’s worth it.
2. A little harsher, a few more puffs of harsh noise, but just as good. Beautiful lush ending.

Track Listing
1. A   2. B