ArtistInfo

Collide

Band, *1992
Electronic and Rock

Described as “beauty with an edge”, Collide merges industry and passion within swirling layers of sound and emotion. 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: Statik and kaRIN. Meaningful lyrics and alluring hypnotic female vocals combine with an aural sculpture to form an experience in listening that manages to defy categorization. “I always write from the heart..." says kaRIN, "...music is my escape…”. “I think the reason why our sound is a little different is because we do not approach music in the traditional way, We don’t really play music, we try to create soundscapes, layers of depth and sound.” Sensual, powerful and alluring… The American duo performs an exotic hybrid of Darkwave, Cyber-Dance, and Electronic, with crossover appeal which will appeal to fans of Massive Attack, Curve, Portishead or yet Nine Inch Nails. Collide is about letting the sound orchestration unfold and develop into its own identity… No strangers to the music industry, they have worked with a lot of people over the years including the likes of Tool (2), Powerman 5000, Love And Rockets, Prince, Skinny Puppy, Front Line Assembly and Plateau (cEvin Key’s side project). Due to disatisfaction with the music industry Collide eventually began their own record label, Noiseplus Music. On deciding to self release “this was a decision we had to make, as so much energy and life goes into each song, in layers, development, and levels. We couldn’t bear to allow someone else to have the control of it”.

Members

	Eric Anest key
	kaRIN voc