Shooting Laser Beams CD Super Single

Shooting Laser Beams CD Super Single

We finally have The Secret Meeting "Shooting Laser Beams" CD super single for you. "Shooting Laser Beams" is the second single from the album Ultrashiver, and clocks in with over 64 minutes of music.

The single also includes the song "Deep Freeze", a bass-heavy, previously unreleased song.

Also included is a remix of "Blacker Than Blue" by the Humble Brothers. (The Humble Brothers for those who don't know, include Ken Marshall, responsible for many of the Skinny Puppy mixes over the years, as well as remixes for tons of artists from Lincoln Park to Rammstein).

The remixes included on this single range from dancefloor ready club to industrial, ambient, downtempo, and a few in between.

We handpicked these remixes from over a hundred that were turned in. Thanks to the remixers involved. If you liked Collide's Vortex album, you will surely love this.

A special acoustic version of "Shooting Laser Beams" is also included. This special version has a newly recorded vocal and Rogerio de Silva on acoustic guitar.

Reviews and more reviews

Reviews and more reviews

Gothic Beauty Review

"The Secret Meeting is where you arrive when Curve meets Collide, in a state that flexes between sharp pangs of emotion and deliciously blurred oneness with all things. From the first intriguing vocals and vibrant effects in "Touch", this music coaxes walls to fall, relaxes your muscles and your mind, and encourages you to move and to breath deeply. Ultrashiver is going to be mindblowing on a big, floor-shaking sound system. Vocalist kaRIN has never sounded silkier, stronger or more sensuous, playing with tempting and focused harmonies alongside Dean Garcia's overarching palette of pulsing, sliding, bouncing guitars and bass. Galvanized by programming master Statik, songs such as "Beautiful Noise Machine" and "SoulCreeper wrap up a full range of textures and tricky mood changes into a luscious, seamless experience so carefully brought together that it feels effortless. -- thanks to Carolee

Rock Sound Review

"Somewhere out there in cyber space, in between social networks and porn and eBay, a beautiful 21st century baby has been born. "Ultrashiver" the result of a cross-continental collaboration between kaRIN and Statik of Collide and Dean Garcia of Curve, is something rare, a newborn with a mature outlook on life. Dreamy, delirious, reeking of atmosphere and heavy with lush layering. The Secret Meeting create songs which are like looking into a very deep well. There is mystery and darkness and a sort of a silky stillness. Languorous industrial beats and often eerie electro experiments are teamed with guitars at times swirling at times jarring, and often just quietly beautiful, while kaRIN's sultry yet searching vocal meandering intoxicate. This is one secret best shared." -Sarah Cosgrove

Movement Magazine

"The Secret Meeting is the combined efforts of kaRIN and Statik of Collide with instrumental help from Dean Garcia formerly of Curve. After listening to this album, I concluded that a more perfect mixture of artist's could not have been more beautifully matched. The music is very reminiscent of both bands (showing the striking similarities they both share) but the music still has its own unique qualities. kaRIN's voice is seductive, soothing, and at times her voice sounds like Toni Halliday (former vocalist for Curve) almost to the point that I first thought it was Toni singing! The music itself is a union of trip-hop grooves, lush electronic atmospheres, and edgy bursts of distorted guitar. Both Garcia and Statik's compositional genius is a force to be reckoned with on this album. Having lent their talents to such acts as TOOL, Eurythmics, Skinny Puppy and many more, you can only imagine what they have achieved together on "Ultrashiver". This album could have stood as a Collide or Curve release individually in some respects, but the interplay between these very talented artist's has forged something just as beautiful, full of emotion and totally captivating that pay the utmost homage to both bands." --Craig Harvey

Evansville Sept. 2007

"Combining the talents of California darkwave electronic duo Collide and former Curve programmer Dean Garcia seems like a pretty promising match, as both acts have specialized in swirly mixtures of moody yet sensual grooves and aggressive electro-rock. Ultrashiver is quite possibly some of the finest and most developed work yet, from either camp. Ranging from the subtly-layered vocal melodies of the percussive "Touch" to the delicate and melodic closer, "Imaginate", which bursts into a swell of epic noise and drums grooves alongside the sweetly mysterious vocals of kaRIN, this transcontinental collaboration flows beautifully. Echoes of Curve lurk within the dubby electro-with-guitar-feedback of "Every Little Thing," wheras Collide's penchant for ghostly texture and bold grooves envelop "Beautiful Noise Machine." Fans of edgier dance-rock with heavenly voices will find immediate sustenance in The Secret Meeting. Wonderful music, and if you doubt me, check out their website (www.thesecretmeeting.net) and hear it for yourself." -Rob Wickett

Secret Meeting press

Secret Meeting press

Elegy Magazine (France)

The Secret Meeting is featured in uber cool dark culture French magazine Elegy as well as their CD sampler.

Gothic Beauty (US)

There is a feature on the Secret Meeting as well as a lovely new review inside the latest issue of Gothic Beauty. Check this magazine out as it is features fashion and music and is a great magazine. You can find it at most cool record stores and Hot Topic etc. Our thanks to Gothic Beauty, Ruby, Steven and Sonya Brown who have been so supportive.

The Machinist (Belarus)

This is a fun interview with kaRIN, Dean & Statik...find out more about mushroom hunting here...scroll down for the English version .-- thanks Valentin

Resident Evil: Extinction

Resident Evil:  Extinction

We are ultra excited to announce that Collide's cover version of "White Rabbit" will be used for the final end credits for the upcoming feature film Resident Evil: Extinction. Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.

The US release date is 9/21/07.

They are also using a snippet of it on the trailer!!! The movie stars Milla Jovovich and looks pretty hot... in a zombie end of the world kind of way.

You can view it now on YouTube here

In other great news...there will also be a new super cool remix of "White Rabbit' on the soundtrack for the movie. The remix is done by none other than Dean Garcia, it is called 'White Rabbit' SPC ECO Mix!!!

We will let you know as the soundtrack becomes available.

Secret Meeting News

Secret Meeting News

More crazy good reviews for Ultrashiver...thanks so much to all the people who have taken the time to listen and review it, we have overwhelmed with all the wonderful response (Happy Twirl).

*****Ultrashiver is the pick of the month!!!!

Ultrashiver is the Pick of the Month on Playmusic Magazine, out now on line www.magwerk.com...Thanks to Sergio Manghina

This is the coolest music magazine we have ever seen!!!!! It is a must see....wowwwwwwww.... It's the magazine of the future. Go and pick "PlayMusicMagazine", the pages turn and interact...you will LOVE it. We love it and they listed The Secret Meeting as pick of the month!!!

 

"...Ultrashiver is so much more; it is a gift from three artists with an impressive degree of maturity playing on genre borders."

Read more here (Scroll to page 26 to see the review. ...trust us it's worth it)

Tribute

Tribute

We just had a very sad experience of someone close to us taking his life...there was a lot going on for him and I guess he felt it was something that he needed to do. We loved him and we will miss him and there will be a little less light in the world. To anyone out there... life has it's ups and downs...some days are hard...life can be tough for all of us and lonely...just know that even on the toughest days...life will get better. Sad things mean time to change...do something differently. We do really care...about you and about the world in general...people need to speak up more. We had been thinking about making a thread on the forum to talk about important issues of life and the world...I think we will do just that. Come to discuss if you have something important on your mind.

Secret Reviews

Secret Reviews

You know... when you are making an album... locked in your studio for a year or so...pouring all your passion into it and basically giving it all you have and not letting it go until you feel that it is the best that you can possibly make it....then there is the moment when you finally let it go ...of wondering what others will think.

Thanks to everyone who has left messages on the The Secret Meeting MySpace etc. It always means a lot to us to hear from you.

Here are the first of the reviews coming in for The Secret Meeting. Our thanks and appreciation to the reviewers involved who took their time and energy to listen to the album and write their thoughts.

Saints and Sinners

Saints and Sinners

Just in case you have not been on the store for a while...Saints & Sinners which are the designs of kaRIN, has added tons of new ultra cool stuff to the Noiseplus Store.

You can also view the new designs on the Saints & Sinners Website.

Each item is handmade here at the studio and helps to support the music.

We also have a new thread for Saints & Sinners on the forum as well. If you have ever purchased any of the Saints & Sinners items before, we would really like to hear from you.

We are also excited to announce that there will be a feature on Saints & Sinners in the next issue of Gothic Beauty .

The Secret Meeting...starts pre-sales!!!

The Secret Meeting...starts pre-sales!!!

As of today May 29th, we are beginning pre-sales!! The official release date is June 26th, 2007!!

Just in case you're not aware of what we have been up to for the last year, we have been working on a side project with Dean Garcia, of the band Curve. This new collaboration is called The Secret Meeting and we are very excited to finally be letting it go out into the world.

You can pre-order it now on our web store.

Just so you know, this is an independent release put out by Noiseplus Music, which is an artist label. Everything goes into helping to ensure that future music is possible. So please tell your pals to tell their pals...we need as much help as we can to get the word out there.

1-100 The first 100 pre-orders of The Secret Meeting CD Ultrashiver will get a free sticker and a free 11 x 17 full color glossy The Secret Meeting poster (folded)

. 101-300 Pre-orders 101-300 will get a free 11 x 17 full color glossy The Secret Meeting poster (folded).

The Secret Meeting"Shiver X" Single

In addition, we are also releasing the first CD single from Ultrashiver, "Shiver X".

Thanks to all of the talented remixers involved, the single contains nine remixes of "Shiver X", as well as an unreleased tune called "Stargazing"!!

We also have Secret Meeting T-Shirts, stickers and bundle specials...as well as limited edition signed CDs and posters.

(Please note that anything ordered for pre-sale will ship on the release date June 26th, if you want other non pre-sale items to arrive sooner, please place the order separately.)

We have created a new thread on the forum to discuss The Secret Meeting...as well as on our Secret Meeting myspace page. Please drop by, as we would LOVE to hear from you.

So what are you waiting for...from our heart to yours...

Welcome to our world...

The Secret Meeting "Ultrashiver"

The Secret Meeting "Ultrashiver"

So ... we have some great news!!

We are on the tail end of finalizing the songs and final mixing of the collaboration project that we have been working on with Dean Garcia, who many of you will recognize as the musical mastermind behind the band Curve.

This new collaborative project is called The Secret Meeting with "Ultrashiver" as the album title. We are SUPER excited!!! Thanks to artist Teodoru Badiu the artwork is ready, and it's all very surreal and otherworldly, with a playful feel.

We have a new MySpace page for The Secret Meeting up here...and we posted a couple of new songs. We hope that you enjoy. Please stop by...leave us a message and let us know you want to be pals.

We are hoping for a June release on our own label, Noiseplus Music!!

So there you have it...new summer tunes on the way =)

Studio News

Studio News

As you may know, we have been busy in the studio for quite some time now working on the new Collide CD, as well as working on a collaboration project with Dean Garcia who is the musical side of the band Curve. We are extremely excited to be working with Dean, as Curve is a band that we both really love. What started as just a casual guest vocal, is now turning out to be a full-fledged album!! As soon as we all decide on a name, we will put up a Myspace and include some sound samples. We will be hoping to release this CD in the very near future and it will be released on our own label Noiseplus Music.