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| BAND: Collide Los Angeles, California |
Once upon a time, somewhere around 1992, two
people met at an industrial dance club. One was very
thirsty, so they asked the other to get them some
water. After the liquid reached the glass, the two
began a conversation, which became a friendship,
and then formed a creative union.
The creative union became what is known as
COLLIDE. The primary core of the Los Angeles based
duo is Statik and kaRIN. Statik is responsible for the
sound orchestrations and overall production. kaRIN
takes care of the vocals and lyrics.
"We never thought of starting a band, we just wanted
to make the kind of music we wanted to hear. After the
first few songs were finished, we thought the
collaboration sounded like something special. A few
songs later, we realized that the music we were
making was really important to us. It would need a
name. We thought long and hard and then COLLIDE
came to us. We knew it was right, as it described what
we were doing and the feeling of the music perfectly."
The essence of COLLIDE is the coming together of
two opposing entities to form a symbiotic whole ...
combining the female and masculine energies, the
cognitive and the subliminal, the strength and the
mystery.
Meaningful lyrics and alluring hypnotic vocals combine
with an aural sculpture, to form an experience in
listening that manages to defy categorization. "I think
the reason why our sound is different is because we
do not approach music in a traditional way. We don't
play music, we try to create soundscapes -- layers of
depth and sound."
To date, the duo have released eight full length CDs
and a DVD -- Beneath the Skin, Distort, Chasing the
Ghost, Some Kind of Strange, Vortex, Live at the El
Rey, Like the Hunted, Ultrashiver (with Dean Garcia of
Curve, and Two Headed Monster.
Beneath the Skin examines feelings of the internal
depth of emotion.
Distort presents remixes from Beneath the Skin, as
well as some cover songs ... giving a different twist on
things.
"Chasing the Ghost," says kaRIN, "is named to
capture that feeling of searching for essence ... the
feeling of yearning, like a space you can't fill, or a
haunting that you can't quite put your finger on."
Some Kind of Strange continues on to explore one's
place within themselves and the universe. "I always
write from the heart," says kaRIN. "Music allows me to
exist in a world of my own creation."
Vortex is a couble CD that further explores the diverse
sound of COLLIDE and includes remixes from both
Some Kind of Strange and Chasing the Ghost, as well
as some new cover songs.
Like the Hunted is a DVD which includes COLLIDE's
live performance in 2005 at the El Rey in Los
Angeles. It also includes an interview as well as other
acoustic and tour performances.
Live at the El Rey is the audio CD of the live
performance from the Like the Hunted DVD.
Ultrashiver is a new side project with kaRIN and Statik
and Dean Garcia of Curve. Beside the album
Ultrashiver, the group released two singles, Shiver X
and Shooting Laser Beams.
Two Headed Monster is the newest Collide cd,
released in 2008.
Due to dissatisfaction with the music industry,
COLLIDE began their own record label, Noiseplus
Music, and decided to self-release. "This was a
decision we had to make, as so much energy and life
goes into each song in layers and levels. We never let
go of it until we are sure that it is the best that we can
make, and we are ultimately satisfied with it. We see
so many things in the music industry that are not in
the artist's favor, where it becomes all about business.
It is our hope to help make that change, while making
music that we believe in, and to set a path for
ourselves, as well as other artists."
"Our eternal thanks to those who seek out and
expose new music."
Biodata from the Collide.net website
people met at an industrial dance club. One was very
thirsty, so they asked the other to get them some
water. After the liquid reached the glass, the two
began a conversation, which became a friendship,
and then formed a creative union.
The creative union became what is known as
COLLIDE. The primary core of the Los Angeles based
duo is Statik and kaRIN. Statik is responsible for the
sound orchestrations and overall production. kaRIN
takes care of the vocals and lyrics.
"We never thought of starting a band, we just wanted
to make the kind of music we wanted to hear. After the
first few songs were finished, we thought the
collaboration sounded like something special. A few
songs later, we realized that the music we were
making was really important to us. It would need a
name. We thought long and hard and then COLLIDE
came to us. We knew it was right, as it described what
we were doing and the feeling of the music perfectly."
The essence of COLLIDE is the coming together of
two opposing entities to form a symbiotic whole ...
combining the female and masculine energies, the
cognitive and the subliminal, the strength and the
mystery.
Meaningful lyrics and alluring hypnotic vocals combine
with an aural sculpture, to form an experience in
listening that manages to defy categorization. "I think
the reason why our sound is different is because we
do not approach music in a traditional way. We don't
play music, we try to create soundscapes -- layers of
depth and sound."
To date, the duo have released eight full length CDs
and a DVD -- Beneath the Skin, Distort, Chasing the
Ghost, Some Kind of Strange, Vortex, Live at the El
Rey, Like the Hunted, Ultrashiver (with Dean Garcia of
Curve, and Two Headed Monster.
Beneath the Skin examines feelings of the internal
depth of emotion.
Distort presents remixes from Beneath the Skin, as
well as some cover songs ... giving a different twist on
things.
"Chasing the Ghost," says kaRIN, "is named to
capture that feeling of searching for essence ... the
feeling of yearning, like a space you can't fill, or a
haunting that you can't quite put your finger on."
Some Kind of Strange continues on to explore one's
place within themselves and the universe. "I always
write from the heart," says kaRIN. "Music allows me to
exist in a world of my own creation."
Vortex is a couble CD that further explores the diverse
sound of COLLIDE and includes remixes from both
Some Kind of Strange and Chasing the Ghost, as well
as some new cover songs.
Like the Hunted is a DVD which includes COLLIDE's
live performance in 2005 at the El Rey in Los
Angeles. It also includes an interview as well as other
acoustic and tour performances.
Live at the El Rey is the audio CD of the live
performance from the Like the Hunted DVD.
Ultrashiver is a new side project with kaRIN and Statik
and Dean Garcia of Curve. Beside the album
Ultrashiver, the group released two singles, Shiver X
and Shooting Laser Beams.
Two Headed Monster is the newest Collide cd,
released in 2008.
Due to dissatisfaction with the music industry,
COLLIDE began their own record label, Noiseplus
Music, and decided to self-release. "This was a
decision we had to make, as so much energy and life
goes into each song in layers and levels. We never let
go of it until we are sure that it is the best that we can
make, and we are ultimately satisfied with it. We see
so many things in the music industry that are not in
the artist's favor, where it becomes all about business.
It is our hope to help make that change, while making
music that we believe in, and to set a path for
ourselves, as well as other artists."
"Our eternal thanks to those who seek out and
expose new music."
Biodata from the Collide.net website
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