We have not announced it until now and maybe you already took a peek...but we are finally ready to unveil the Secret Meeting Website.
We felt that TSM needed a whole new web world of its own. We must say that Aaron, (who also does the Collide flash site) went above and beyond and really did a spectacular job. It's fun just to go there and fly around.
For those of you needing a quick fix. Ultrashiver is now available on i-Tunes
Glasswerks --Thanks to Steven Hurst
Interview with Dean for The Secret Meeting. Read it here.
Podcast on Seraph 49 Radio --Thanks to Raven A discussion with kaRIN & Statik about Collide and the Secret meeting on Seraph 49 Radio.
Listen to it here.
Music from The Secret Meeting & Collide featured on KSCU / Dekadance --Thanks to E.0. Tune in online this coming Friday July 13th from 9pm-1am. If you are outside the SF Bay Area and can't pick it up on the FM dial, it will be streaming at www.kscu.org. The fabulous E.O. will have two signed copies of Ultrashiver to give away on the show.
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.
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 .
Meanwhile thanks to Ilker at ReGen Magazine, Collide is the feature interview.
It talks about things like.... how The Secret Meeting began...what it's like working with Dean and more..
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).
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...
Hey you out there...yea you remixers!!
The Secret Meeting is about to begin a remix contest lasting until May 15th. If you haven't signed up, then get to it and send us an email at xcollide@aol.com saying you're interested and we'll give you the information about how to start.
If you've already signed up, information will be coming to you shortly.
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 =)
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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"
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.
