Sensual, powerful, exotic, and alluring. Collide creates an aural sculpture that manages to defy categorization. It is at once deep and smooth as glass, with undulating waves of sound that seduce the senses.
The Inspiration and the Inspired...
Noiseplus Music is very pleased to present the fifth CD by Collide, “VORTEX”. Remixers, DJs, and bands from all over the world lend their talents, passion, and inspiration to further expand on the already diverse sound of Collide. From chunky guitar versions, to slithering lounge stylings, to Delerium-esque versions that are sure to hit the dance floor. This CD also contains three new covers, including the very poignant “The Lunantics Are Taking Over the Asylum,” originally recorded by Funboy 3, as well as “Haunted When the Minutes Drag” by Love and Rockets, and “Feed me to the Lions” by Adam and the Ants.
Some very special guests that lend their talents to “Vortex” include Charlie Clouser (Nine Inch Nails), Rhys Fulber (Conjure One/Delerium/Front Line Assembly), Mark Walk (producer of Skinny Puppy/Ruby) and Mike Fisher (Machines of Loving Grace/Amish Rake Fight).
The primary core of Collide is Statik and kaRIN. Statik is responsible for all of the sound orchestrations and overall production. kaRIN takes care of the vocals and words. The two members of Collide met at an industrial club in L.A., became friends, and later formed the band in 1993.
The name Collide was chosen as it seemed to represent the clashing and melding of styles into a powerful whole, the coming together of two different entities. Although kaRIN & Statik core the sound, they also like to work with other guest musicians and like to incorporate as many other influences as they can. With a wide range of sounds, these guest artists to date have included people like Chris Candelaria, also of Drumatic, William Faith and Monica Richards of Faith and the Muse, and Kevin Kipnis of Purr Machine to name a few.
Well rooted in the music industry, Statik's programming talents have been sought out by many artists in the music industry. These artists include Prince, Tool, Machines of Loving Grace, Love and Rockets, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Powerman 5000, to name a few. He has also done re-mixes for bands like Frontline Assembly.
kaRIN, has done guest vocal work for cEvin Key's side project PlatEAU, as well contributing vocals to the remix of Frontline Assembly.