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.

Ritual Path

Ritual Path

This is a very special DVD project done by our good friend Fritz Heede and his visual partner John Banks. It is beautiful visual journey that has the accompanying music of the very talented Fritz Heede, who is known for his exotic stylings and use of interesting instrumentation (Fritz played sitar on "Halo" from Chasing the Ghost). The DVD includes guest vocals by kaRIN of a new song written by Fritz and kaRIN, called LightSea. It also includes a little extra something they wrote together in the special features.

The DVD is described as a journey Into the Spirit of Nature, Ritual Path offers a positive vision of our inner travels in the world. Images from sacred sites around the globe are blended, enhanced and transformed with digital tools to create an immersive visual style that has the integrity of the real world and the boundless possibilities of the imagination.

The DVD features 10 dreamlike journeys and 15 looping environments for over 2 hours of sensory bliss all in 5.1 surround.

For those of you who have been around this earth for long enough to appreciate this, you may recognize another one of the guest vocalists on this DVD which is Jon Anderson of the group supergroup YES. YES was a one of the central creators of the epic, complex terrain of sound known in the 70s as Progressive Rock. Their music pushed the experimental boundaries of sound with symphonic complexity, exceptional musicianship and vocals filled with visionary and cosmic imagery.

is a clip of LightSea..enjoy the sights and sounds.

Available now in stores and at Amazon.com

Blood and Chocolate

Blood and Chocolate

A brand new remix version of our cover version of "Haunted When the Minutes Drag" is set to be on the soundtrack for a brand new film called Blood and Chocolate that comes out on Jan 26th. The remix was done by Alleged. The soundtrack is available on Lakeshore Records and is primarily dark/electro goth and has 16 tracks including a new Collide remix and other artists such as Trelux (Tina from SwitchBlade Symphony), Bow Wow Wow, and Shiny Toy Guns. The CD will be available in stores January 26th and will also be available on iTunes. The original version is available on Vortex. The film itself is a romance/werewolf film set in Europe. The story takes place in modern day Bucharest and tells the tale of nineteen year old Vivian Gandillon (Bruckner), who has spent her life on the run from the truth...that she is a werewolf. When her affections for a visiting American artist threaten to expose her family's secret society, she must choose between her love for an outsider and betraying the secret. See details on the soundtrack and watch the trailer here... http://www.myspace.com/bloodchocolate

The Covenant

The Covenant

Wow...life is spinning at a crazy rate and some ultra cool things are happening. We have a song in the movie The Covenant.

It is a remix that we did of Frontline Assembly's song "Predator", where kaRIN provided the vocals.

We have always really loved this song and now it will be on the end credits of the movie.

"Predator" appears on our CD "Vortex", as well as on Frontline Assembly's "Rewind" CD. Our song, "Euphoria" as well as "Predator" are included on the movie soundtrack.

Creative News

Creative News

Let's see what else...tons of exciting things going on...

Still working on new music ...got sent some fabulous new tracks from Dean Garcia (Curve), there is talk of possibly doing an EP together. kaRIN added a little vocal touch to close friend Monica Richard's (Faith & the Muse) upcoming solo CD.

The creative juices are certainly flowing...just not enough time in a day.

New Perfume

New Perfume

Thanks to Neil at Planetary Vapors who was kind enough to create a brand new scent for us. It is now up on the store. Be the first on your block to try it. He called it "Beneath The Skin." This is how he describes it...

" I created a scent for you inspired by your wonderful album, BENEATH THE SKIN!

BENEATH THE SKIN begins with a sudden burst of Yuzu! Yuzu is a sour Japanese citrus fruit, used largely for its zest. It has a euphoric aroma reminiscent of lemons or limes with a hint of grapefruit (Falling Up). A hint of Violet (Violet's Dance) adds an unusual twist (Strange). It is joined by Blackcurrant (Black) for an intriguing, fruity introduction. The Heart of the fragrance is a deep Fig Note (Deep) accented with Seamoss and Oakmoss (95&7). The warm, intoxicating, dreamy Dry Down (Dreams and Illusions) blends Amber and China Musk with hints of Patchouli and Incense (Have Faith) all resting on a precious Base of California Redwood (Pandora's Box)

All these ingredients collide to create an exotic, gender-neutral aroma that seems to emerge from Beneath The Skin"

August finds us in a very creative mode

August finds us in a very creative mode

Remix Contest

For all of you remixers out there, we are holding a remix contest for our song "Son of a Preacher Man"!!!

We are currently working with a video promotion company who is promoting videos from our 'Like the Hunted' DVD, and they requested a special dance version of "Son of a Preacherman", so that the video could be sent out to clubs.

For those of you who do not remember the video and all it's wackiness ... it features cowboys, cheerleaders, an isolation tank, a bunch of crazy stuffed animals, fruit, and a preacher...you can watch it online here.

We're looking for a very dance/club-friendly version of the song to go with the video. The video itself will be chopped and edited to go with the new version. So have fun and be creative, we look forward to hearing some great remixes!!!

The winner will receive our eternal gratitude =), a bunch of Collide swag, some promotion on our website, and if we love it (and we hope we do), it will go on the new club version edit of the video that will be sent out to various places.

Important detail: We don't have a lot of time on this...the entries need to be received by August 14th to be considered for the contest.

Please spread the word to anyone you think might be interested.

Full information can be found here.

New album and collaborating

New album and collaborating

We're still in the middle of working on our new (still untitled) album. Like we've said before, working on a Collide album is never a fast process...there is still lots more work to do. There are about 21 song ideas on the table now...so we will see what happens.

Other Creative Happenings

In other creative happenings, both kaRIN and myself have been working on a couple of songs with Dean Garcia of Curve. We aren't sure where these songs will be released, but at the moment, we're just going song by song, and everyone involved seems excited to work on more material.

kaRIN is also working on some vocals with Mike Fisher of Amish Rake Fight/ formally Machines and Loving Grace. Mike, for those who don't remember, did a great remix of Slither Thing, which appeared on Vortex, which incidentally started the whole Vortex remix ball rolling.

Collaborations

Collaborations

Some exciting news on the horizon...kaRIN has been working on a song with Dean Garcia formally of the band Curve. It is still in the early stages and who knows what will happen with it. This from Dean's website...

" You may have heard of the dark musings of a band called Collide...Oddly otherworldly instrumentation and production abounds...well this collaboration will fit very nicely into that mind set. kaRIN has recorded vocals on a track which I sent her recently which is both menacing and extremely delicate. I'm working on the piece and have decided to write a new as yet unheard by kaRIN section that will bring the whole thing together and tempt the listener into loosing the plot altogether....Again this could be a track for the collab album mentioned below but I have a feeling this will be a standalone track that will not fit with anything other than itself....If that makes any sense !!"

Belly Dancing to Collide

Belly Dancing to Collide

Thanks to Neon and the lovely Tempest, our song 'Monochrome' was recently included on a Gothic Bellydance DVD compilation.

If you have a passion for dance and are interested in getting a copy for yourself it is available on Tempest's website, as well as at Amazon.com.

For more info and details...check here...

Meanwhile we have 4 copies of this to giveaway. Soooooooooo the next 4 people to place any order on the site and let us know that they want it included free in their order will get it. If you want to know if it's still available, write us first at collide

Distort

Distort

After being out of print for more than a year, Distort is back in print. Statik has gone back in the studio and remixed and remastered the Collide remixes and cover versions that appear on this CD using 2006 technology. " Whip It" includes new guitar parts added by Scott Landes. The release also fetures the song "Felix the Cat", previously available only on the compilation, "A Cat Shaped Hole In My Heart" on Projekt.

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