Thanks so much to the people who entered the t-shirt contest.
We narrowed it down to our 3 favourites and then had a vote on facebook. We decided to offer all three t-shirts!!! So you have plenty to choose from.
design by Marquis DeVille
Well the day has finally come...after two years of work, blood, sweat and some tears...Counting to Zero is now available for pre-sale and will ship on, or before the release date of Sept. 27th.
We are very excited!!! This day has been a long time in coming. There are sooooo many details that go into the creating of a new album.
You can pre-order the CD here. Yayyyyyyyyyyy.
Orders placed prior to the release date (Sept 27th)
will receive some extra special things:
a signed CD
a signed Thank You Card
a Collide collector button that we are making ourselves in limited quantity
a signed and folded poster
(sorry we have to fold them to fit them in the package)
Last week we got some great news out of the blue. Fox's show Fringe is using "Am I Here?" from our Secret Meeting album Ultrashiver in promos for season 4 of the show.
Someone uploaded one of the promo spots on YouTube here, if you want to check it out.
It's a great opportunity for us, and we're very excited about it! We hope it will help expose our music to a whole new audience, and re-introduce The Secret Meeting to everyone.
In case you weren't following our news from a few years ago, The Secret Meeting was a project we did in 2007 with Dean Garcia (of Curve, SPC-ECO, and many other projects).
As The Secret Meeting, we released the album Ultrashiver, as well as 2 singles, Shooting Laser Beams, and Shiver X
Sooooo the count down is on!!!
Here is a sneak peek at the cover for our new CD, Counting to Zero which is scheduled to drop on Sept. 27th (Statik's Birthday).
Thanks to Dave Keffer for the CD cover artwork. We love you Dave.
Here is a track list to whet your appetites:
- 1. Bending & Floating
- 2. Lucky 13
- 3. Mind Games
- 4. In the Frequency
- 5. Clearer
- 6. Counting to Zero
- 7. Human
- 8. Tears Like Rain
- 9. Further From Anything
- 10. Slow Down
- 11. Letting go
The artwork has been turned in and the CD has been mastered and is set to be pressed. Wooooo hooooooooooooo.
Pre sales will start soon. So excited!!
Please help us spread the word...we need all the help we can get.
Extra Special Huge Gigantic thanks to everyone who sent in a donation to help us fund our new album, Counting to Zero!!!
It is because of you that this album exists.
We have compiled a list of everyone who contributed to get their name on the upcoming album. If you are one of those people...or you don't remember, please check here to make sure that your name is there. Please check your credit as soon as possible (in the next 5 days) as this bad boy is set to go to print. If you see anything missing, please let us know and we will check.
Sooooooooooo we are counting down the days for the new Collide album...and yes we have a name and a release date!
It will be called Counting to Zero, and it will be released on Tuesday Sept 27th 2011 !!!!! (which also happens to be Statik's birthday)
We are still working on artwork and finalizing songs, but we are definitely very excited to be on the count down!!!!
We also have some surprises for you...yes maybe a video.
The is the last call to get your name on the new album!!
Our eternal thanks to everyone who has been so kind and generous and made a donation to help us with the financing of the new CD.
Without you this album would not have been possible.
As you know, those of you who donated $20 or more also get their name printed in the booklet for the album in our thank-you credits.
We will be finalizing artwork in just a few days, so you only have until the end of this month (July 31st)...if you want your name in the booklet of the album, the details are here and this will be the last opportunity.
We will need a new T-shirt design to honor the new CD, so we are having a contest from now until the end of August.
We plan to be silk screening it, so think about that in your design. also think about incorporating the name of the new album (Counting to Zero) in your design.
The winner will get $200 worth of any Collide merchandise at the Noiseplus Store.
To enter please submit directly to us at collide [at] collide.net or post your entry on facebook.
Enter as many times as you like, please tell your friends.
Hellooooooooooooooo,
It has been a while since our last update, so we thought we would take a minute to let you know what is going on in Collide world.
We are very excited to say that we have been hard at work on a new album and things are definitely moving along !!!
We have nine songs on the go entering the final stages. They still need to be finalized, tweaked, and then tweaked some more. Artwork still needs to be done etc....so really still a lot of work involved.
We have no actual release date yet, as we never let go of anything until we know in our hearts that it is the best that we could have made it.
Again, we want to thank the people who made a donation towards making this new CD a possibility. We are eternally grateful and this CD will be dedicated to those people (you know who you are).
For those of you who have asked...yes you still get your name on the CD...most definitely!!! Right up until we go to print and we will let you know as soon as that happens.
More details about getting your name on the CD are here:
Get your name on the new Collide CD
So really... that is all that is fit to print for the moment. More news soon.
Feel free to drop by on our Facebook page and say hi...we love to hear from you.
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Hope all is well in your world.
Also, if you want to sign up for the Collide newsletter, be sure to sign up here
Much love & appreciation,
kaRIN & Statik
Donate to get a free song!!!!
We're trying something kind of new.
We're trying to raise funds to cover the costs of recording and working on our new album.
For your donation, you will receive an unreleased Collide mp3. It's our version of Peter Gabriel's song "Games Without Frontiers" that we made especially for this. It won't be on the new album, and the only place you will be able to get it is by donating on our store.
With any donation of $20 or more, you will also get your name in the credits of our new album, as a special supporter.
And now some background on Collide, and to anyone who isn't familiar with how me make music:
Collide is featured in the latest issue of Beyond Fantasy Magazine. A magazine for the 21st century dreamer!!! Great magazine and stunning photos.
It's a very nice full color magazine printed on very nice paper...the way magazines should be. Our interview is four pages long, and contains some pretty funny moments...like why Statik would like to be a rat with wings, or why kaRIN wants an evil monkey.
Meanwhile, we've been a bit quiet lately, as we're busy in the studio, writing songs for a new Collide album.
We have uploaded a couple of videos to our YouTube page. They were done while we were filming our acoustic sessions for our "Like the Hunted" DVD in 2005. After we finished our songs, kaRIN, Roger, and Scott did a few impromptu jams with Statik filming and recording. This was one of our inspirations for our last album "These Eyes Before".
"Breathe" was filmed first, and the guitar parts in the video were used in the final album version of the song, and "Time" was filmed right after. The video we put up was the first and only take of it. They were both "off the cuff", there's some goofs, and they're not perfect, but we hope you like them!
We've put up a couple of new download items on our store. Each is only $4.99. One contains instrumental versions of all of the songs from "These Eyes Before", and one contains Acapella (vocal only) versions.
Each download contains a special "bonus" track. One has an Angelic Mix of Creep, and the other has an Orchestral Mix of Comfortably Numb.
Maybe you want to listen to kaRIN without any of Statik's noise getting in the way, maybe you want to sing along to the songs without kaRIN's vocals getting in the way? Either way, we have something here for you. Enjoy!!
We start 2010 with the greatest news. Collide is appearing on the cover of the 72 page U.K. magazine Nocturnal. It is the most Collide-filled magazine we have ever seen! Besides the cover, there's a four page interview, a two page piece on kaRIN's Saints & Sinners Clothing and Accessory line, and a review of "These Eyes Before". You also get a free downloadable compilation album, which includes our version of David Bowies's "Space Oddity".
We really must thank Steven Hurst for all of his efforts and writing to make this happen....wooo-hooooo!
To download the magazine, go here. It does require users to create a login (which is purely for their own stats, no strings attached). The cost for the issue is only about $1, which can be paid by paypal. Not a bad deal, considering you also get the 12-song album!
Collide is on the cover of The Mick. This is a very cool interview with Mick Mercer who is the world's leading writer on the goth and punk subcultures and their history. The interview goes into depth what went into the choosing of the songs on These Eyes Before.
Also, check out The Mick's holiday issue where a bunch of bands (including ourselves, and the members of SPC-ECO) list their favorite Christmas presents and tell ghost stories =)."
It's a free downloadable magazine. Check it out here
Thanks to everyone who voted, we made it to #1 on Subculture Shock: GothRadio: The Listener's Choice Best of 2009 Countdown! You all rule!
We have a new review up at SideLine. They seemed to like These Eyes Before, and gave it an 8. "These Eyes Before” is an album that will surprise numerous fans of the band and even music lovers who aren’t that familiar with Collide!" You can read the original review here, or check it out, along with others on our site here.
In addition to Side Line, we've also recently received reviews from
Bite Me "kaRIN’s vocal interpretations breathes new life into each phrase, and Statik's technical wizardry creates the tapestry that weaves these songs together. "
Music Artery, "Collide’s talent shines with silky vocals and multi-faceted soundscapes creating a cavalcade of entirely unique and new experiences, melding both past and present audio delights beautifully. " and
Electronic Music Mall. "Managing to redefine music that everyone knows so well is no small feat - yet kaRIN does an excellent job, managing to make the songs her own"
If you're on the fence on whether or not to pick up a copy for yourself, check out the reviews and decide for yourself.
We have a new interview up from veteran writer Bryan Reeseman.
What does Statik look like in a good mood?
Don't be afraid. Click here to check it out.
