"Euphoria" Live in San Diego, CA 1/10/2005
This was our 4th show ever.
The the club Brick by Brick.
It was shot on one camera by Kevin McVey
The audio isn't perfect, but we thought it was worth putting up!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2wRPk6wOGk
People in the U.K. might have noticed "Razor Sharp" on Film 4 adverts for their Fantastica campaign...it is true!
Super fun earrings that you can put live flowers in!!!! Handmade for you by us. Get them on the collide store now!! Please share smile emoticon.
http://www.collide.net/jewelry/blossoms-earrings
So it's official...thanks for all your name thoughts. We are going to name her Nova!! The name feels just right, The definition of the word is a "star that suddenly increases in light", or the Native American meaning is "Chases Butterfly". She is such a sweet, happy dog. Rescues are the best!! Sorry in advance for the many dog pictures we will post.
It's a new year, and although we've been quiet on the musical front, we've still been very busy.
As you can see, we now have a brand new Collide website, and online store. We've added lots of new products on the store, and it works much better on mobile devices. In case you're bored, there is news all of the way back to 1998, so feel free to poke around the pictures, or check out the updated discography.
We have a new interview in deVour Magazine. It's a great magazine (200+ pages), with great photography, devoted to Beauty, Art, & Fashion. It's available online, or as a hard copy.
Check it out!!
Here is a pdf of our little interview. Thanks to Toi Green (Lasha) for the interview!
We just wanted everyone to know that even though we haven't posted any news here, we're still alive...working on a few things here and there.
...so don't count us out. We aren't dead.
It's probably best to follow us on Facebook to make sure we don't pop a clog.
Here's a 35 minute video trailer for the "Absolute Grrrls Manifesto [chapter 1] 4 CD Box.
We're track 3 on the first CD! Full information is here on the Alfa Matrix website:
We're offering it for sale from our site also. We're signing all copies from our store for free.
We are happy to announce that one of our songs, "Chaotic" (Oxidized) - Remixed by DJO2, from "Bent and Broken" will be appearing on the upcoming compilation "Absolute Grrrls Manifesto". It's a 4 CD set. There's so much to this release that it's best to see their mini-site dedicated to this release
Side Line reviews Bent and Boken. Thanks to Elise Din for the review. Check it out here.
...Over now to the remixes on the 1st disc. There are several remarkable and even outstanding pieces. The remix of “Mind Games” by Skinny Puppy’s cEvin Key and Ken Marshall is a slow opener, but with deep resonating vibes and again the essential, sensual vocals of kaRIN. The “Great Apes Mix” of “In The Frequency” is more into solid guitar riffs, sho
We've been working on something rather exciting lately. We've been going back through all of our computer back-ups, tape back-ups, DATs, old files, and old computers.
We've compiled instrumental versions of our entire album collection. This also includes our Secret Meeting album and singles. On most of the albums, we have also included an unreleased song, or remix. As far as we know, this isn't anything that any band has ever done, as far as an entire catalog of music goes.
"This is a get on your blasters and outer space suits and fire up this release kind of goodness that Collide keeps evolving with each release!"
Thanks Jules!! We really appreciate your review!!
Read the full review here.
"Bent And Broken is a stellar release in which Collide manages to create their own audio universe with a little help from their friends. The remixes retain the band’s signature stamp while elevating the songs to a new sonic plane. Fans will be pleased and darkly-inclined music lovers will have a new group to add to their repertoire."
Read the entire review here. Thanks to Nikki for the write up.
"Listening to electro duo Collide is a little like walking by the ocean; a quiet, calming ocean. But as with that aquatic environment, beneath the surface, there are currents to pull you in unexpected directions, rips to take you deeper. And that is what the mammoth remix double album Bent and Broken (Noiseplus), kindly downloaded to me by the band, has explored, tagging the essence and developing the core of the music to take it further. So not just those calming rhythms, but the crash and foam as well."
Thanks to Jason Nahrung, who reviewed Bent and Broken on his website, Vampires in the Sunburnt Country. You can read the whole review here.
A new review for Bent and Broken from Morpheus Music.
... The unity of Bent and Broken is quite a coup considering the diversity of the styles encountered - gutsy, plastic, digital mangling; harsh industrial electronica juxtaposed with synth washes and feminine vocal expressions; dreamy gothic nocturnes and fractured cyber-lullabies. Bent and Broken is perhaps the ideal introduction for anyone not yet familiar with Collide.
Check out the full review here. Thanks to Paul from Morpheus Music!
"The first half Bent kicks off with some of its most impressive tracks, beginning with an ominous, throbbing remix of "Mind Games" from Counting to Zero (which is an excellent single in its original form) by cEvin Key and Skinny Puppy collaborator Ken “HiWatt” Marshall; "Orgy,” an eerie, serpentine cover of a tune originally created by Cure frontman Robert Smith for his side project The Glove, featuring some of kaRIN's best vocal work; and an ultra-cool cosmic cover of Queen's "She Makes Me,” based on a solid foundation of acoustic guitar and now one of my all-time Collide faves. Another standout is the title track, which appears here for the first time, and pulses with the same dark energy of the opening cut, but with a lighter, more inquisitive touch..."
Thanks to Gregory Burkart and Fear.net, for the great review of Bent and Broken... especially nice, on this Halloween. Read the whole review here.
"...The sound is expansive and full of beauty and resonates long after...It’s pure reveling in the material making it as loud and bombastic as it can get."
"Across the board it’s pretty much top notch production value. Bent and Broken will make Collide fans go back and excavate and re-evaluate previous works in their original incarnation to discover what seeds are there that caught the remixers’ ear in the first place. Very much recommended."
Check out the entire review here. Thanks so much to Steven Hurst for being the very first person to pen a review!!
Although the official release date for our new album, Bent and Broken is Oct. 30th, we've sent out all of the copies from our Kickstarter campaign, as well as pre-orders from our website.
The CD, as well as immediate download is now available from our website. It is also available on Amazon.com, and should be on iTunes shortly.
Thanks so much to everyone who has tweeted us, or posted on Facebook, about getting your packages. We're glad you are liking everything!!
