Folktronica-fury works hard on third sun-drenched LP

“De profeten van de rave, de ongekroonde monarchen van het feelgoodfeest”! Fine words for our favourite dubstep shamens in De Morgen following their previous visits to AB.

Their ‘mestizo’ (Spanish term for the mixing of a wide variety of cultures and styles) of traditional Basque instruments, exotic rhythms and all sorts of music styles – like folk, electro, funk, synth-pop and even a whiff of dubstep here and there – worked wonderfully well on first issue ‘Star Of Love’ and successor ‘Cave Rave’, from 2013.

So it was high time for new work, but the Crystal Fighters aren’t revealing much yet. “We'll be touring our new album in 2016 and dates are being arranged.” We’ll have to make do with that for the moment, but the new work is sure to be hyper-catchy and extremely danceable. Vintage Crystal Fighters really, that’s certainly as clear as day!