COLLIDE
- Distort
Songs: 14 Time: 73:27
The semi gothic, semi electronic band known
as Collide has made quite a name for themselves over the past two years.
With music akin to modern electro and vocals likening to whispy goth, Collide
have managed to merge together two separate musical entities. Distort
is a 14 track CD featuring numerous remixes from their debut, as well as a
trio of cover tunes (Whip It, Obsesion, and Son of a Preacher
Man), and one new track, Fear No Evil. I was glad to see that this
US release only borrowed one track from Collide’s Euro MCD, Skin.
That particular mix for Beneath the Skin, reworked by Das Ich,
was one of the highlights on the Euro release and still retains its integrity
and dark atmosphere. Other remixers on Distort include Spirits in Sin
with their Egypt Mix of Falling Up, Alien Faktor with his
Abstract Dub Fuck mix of Violet’s Dance, Waiting For God
and their Full Moon Version of Falling Up, Crocodile Shop with
their Pitched Version of Black, and SMP’s rhythm heavy,
percussion strong mix of Strange. The oddest of these mixes comes from
Tom Muschitz (a.k.a. Alien Faktor.) He takes Violet’s Dance and really turns it
around, utilizing only small vocals snippets, a throbbing rhythm line, and deep
basss sounds. It’s unfortunate that this is also the shortest mix, clocking it
ant just under the 2 ½ minute mark. Regenerator rework Deep,
adding a certain airy feeling to kaRIN’s vocals and dividing the piece into two
separate atmospheres. During the chorus, this piece has a full electro feel,
but during the refrains it loses the electronic elements and sounds like
unadulterated goth. This CD should hold fans over until some new material
surfaces, which hopefully won’t be for too long.
RE-CONSTRICTION RECORDS
4901-906 Morena Blvd.
San Diego, CA 92117-3432
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homepage:
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