We just received a couple of new reviews from ex Melody Maker writer Mick Mercer.

One was for Dean Garcia's newest project, SPC ECO, which we are distributing in North America.

(SPC ECO) "Together they extract the heat from some essentially grumbly soundscapes and make them strangely sweet, but never sickly. When a bright tingly guitar marks the appearance of ‘For All Time’, with a reassuring bass beneath and some big clumping drums, the addition of winsome vocals sets you up for a cool, restful sound, in which the guitar burrows through hotly...‘Shine On Down’ is quite a humming bird rave of a thing, like Julee Cruise blissed out in the clouds, casually deconstructing some early Cocteaus."
Check out the full review here.

He's also posted one of our Two Headed Monster.

We like his writing. Here's a tidbit from the review.

"‘Spaces In Between’ swipes the best china off the table and slaps down tectonic plates instead, the rhythmical fizz scampering as the vocals remain imperiously controlled, the song like a giant figurehead of a ship transplanted onto a lethal skateboard. Looming, zooming. It’s a crazed little caper, and we all like those..."
Read the full review here.

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It's been a month of Hard Drive Hell.

For Statik's entire rant about it, check out our MySpace Blog here.

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If you haven't signed up for the Collide/Noiseplus Music Mailing List yet, or perhaps your email address has changed recently...sign up and receive a link for a free song download off of Collide's Two Headed Monster.

The link is the bottom right of the Collide website.

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Okay... so it appears we have succumbed to social pressure and joined Twitter. So if you are feeling terribly bored, or just enjoying some procrastination... please stop by our new Twitter page as we are feeling very lonely =).

http://twitter.com/collidemusic

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Collide's music will be featured tonight on a Harpers Island, which is a new murder mystery show on CBS.

Each week a new character dies and every person is suspect... oohhhhh how suspenseful!!!

We hear that people are setting up drinking games to guess the victims and the murderers. Bloody Mary's anyone?? We would give you a hint...but we have no idea. It is all top secret.

On the CBS Website they have a "pick the victim game" where you can win $1000...while your at it tell them you are glad they are playing cool music =).

The show airs tonight on CBS @ 10pm ET/PT (check your channel listing for details).

Harpers Island has been compared to Agatha Christie meets Saw. So... if you are looking for a little drama in your life... stay tuned for tonight's episode where they will be playing our song "Transfer" from Chasing the Ghost.

Spooooooooky funnnnn.

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This is something that we are really thrilled about.

We began our music label Noiseplus Music purely for the purpose of enabling us to release our own music. Recently something has come up that we just could not resist.

For the first time ever, Noiseplus Music will be releasing another band!!

SPC ECO is Dean Garcia's latest musical project. The group includes Dean's bass and production skills alongside the angelic vocals of Rose Berlin and Joey Levenson's Sonic Guitar FX. Dean of course worked with us on The Secret Meeting.

We love the CD and we think you will too. The CD, entitled 3-D, is a brilliant ride, and we couldn't be more excited to get a chance to present it to you.

The release date is scheduled for April 21st, pre-sales are starting today!!! Check the store for sound samples & details.

Here is a little preview of what to expect...

SPC ECO (pronounced Space Echo after the vintage Roland 201), is a spaced out hybrid of "nu gaze tripadelica" that combines soul-lifting, mind expanding, heart soothing bliss with monolithic beats, heavy bass grooves, and layers of effects...a beautiful cacophony of ambient noise echoes.

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So I was paging through our March issue of Keyboard Magazine, and discovered a new review for "Two Headed Monster". It was a great surprise. Keyboard Magazine has always been very supportive, so thanks to everyone there.

"This is one monster worth tangling with."-Keyboard Magazine

Read the full review here.

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