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Who: Toronto duo Crystal Castles, who, after a string of EPs and acclaimed remixes are ready to flood your eardrums with their own self-titled full-length which debut on March 18th.

Sounds Like: An amalgamation of Klaxons’ nu-rave dance, the Velvet Underground’s more cacophonous moments and the 8-bit aesthetics of famed Nintendo composers Yoshihiro Sakaguchi and Koji Kondo. The band was shocked when they discovered how quickly their music (literally) moved people. “One of our first shows, the venue said ‘We’ve been hosting shows for years, but no one really dances at our shows,’ ” multi-instrumentalist Ethan Fawn says, “but people like dancing to Crystal Castles.”

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Vital Stats:

• Fawn and Alice Glass, the other half of the duo, met while reading to the blind as part of a community service sentence. “I was doing things under the table, like desperate things for cash — things that led me into getting into trouble,” says Fawn. “I’d have to do community service work to get out of trouble. She got busted too, so that’s how we met.” The rest is music history.

• Despite their sound, the band isn’t named after the old arcade game. Instead, the moniker was nabbed from an old She-Ra (of Masters of the Universe fame) toy commercial that boasted “Crystal Castle, the source of all power.” “I had a female cousin who was really happy because she got the Crystal Castle for her birthday,” says Fawn, “I never forgot how happy she was. It was the happiest I’ve ever seen anyone in my life.”

• After remixing the likes of Bloc Party, Liars and their friends Klaxons, CC were offered “more than thirty” commissions for remixes, which Fawn declined in order to work on the Castles’ debut album. “We turned down some huge acts, but I can’t name names,” Fawn says (at least, we think it was Fawn: Ethan admitted he used to have a friend pretend to be him during interviews over the last few years).

While you’re waiting for the tour to hit the US again, check out their myspace page over at http://www.myspace.com/crystalcastles