Biography
From Los Angeles came the male/female duo Collide, built around Statik and kaRIN. The name they selected captured the fusion of techno and industrial, breakbeats layered with samples, ambient passages mixed with noise, and the gothic vocals that had shaped their direction. Electronics and guitars were fused by the pair into a gentler, ethereal form of aggression.
Although Statik performed trumpet while in school, his real development came from months of hands-on work with samplers and computers. He later studied at a Los Angeles music and engineering school, which led directly to his first studio position. His earliest solo effort, Statik: Machines, was first pressed on vinyl in 1988.
After Statik and kaRIN met, they recognized they shared the same musical direction. kaRIN had sung spontaneously and without pause since childhood, and the words she wrote for Collide channeled emotions that surfaced in an unconscious stream.
The duo issued their debut cassette demo, The Crimson Trial, independently in 1995, then released their first full-length album, Beneath the Skin, on the Re-Constriction label. The label followed with the remix album Distort one year later, spotlighting the tracks “Pandora’s Box” and “Violet’s Dance.” Compilations and singles offered the pair a vital platform; they contributed vocals or production to dozens of such releases while continuing to operate strictly as a studio act.
Their next project, Chasing the Ghost, appeared through their own Noiseplus Music imprint. The Statik-produced album included guest work from Tim Pierce on guitar, Fritz Heede on sitar, Kevin Kipnis on guitar, and Monica Richards on vocals.
Some Kind of Strange arrived in 2003 and featured drumming by Tool’s Danny Carey. The double remix album Vortex came afterward, and 2005 brought both the DVD Like the Hunted and the live album Live at the El Rey.
In 2007 Statik and kaRIN joined Curve’s Dean Garcia under the name the Secret Meeting, resulting in two singles and the album Ultrashiver. Two Headed Monster followed as a full Collide release in 2008. A covers album appeared in 2009, interpreting songs by Pink Floyd, David Essex, Radiohead, and David Bowie. New originals surfaced on Counting to Zero in 2011, while Bent and Broken arrived in 2012, gathering assorted covers and remixes from the duo’s two most recent studio albums and featuring reworkings by cEvin Key of Skinny Puppy and Chris Vrenna of Nine Inch Nails.
Although Statik performed trumpet while in school, his real development came from months of hands-on work with samplers and computers. He later studied at a Los Angeles music and engineering school, which led directly to his first studio position. His earliest solo effort, Statik: Machines, was first pressed on vinyl in 1988.
After Statik and kaRIN met, they recognized they shared the same musical direction. kaRIN had sung spontaneously and without pause since childhood, and the words she wrote for Collide channeled emotions that surfaced in an unconscious stream.
The duo issued their debut cassette demo, The Crimson Trial, independently in 1995, then released their first full-length album, Beneath the Skin, on the Re-Constriction label. The label followed with the remix album Distort one year later, spotlighting the tracks “Pandora’s Box” and “Violet’s Dance.” Compilations and singles offered the pair a vital platform; they contributed vocals or production to dozens of such releases while continuing to operate strictly as a studio act.
Their next project, Chasing the Ghost, appeared through their own Noiseplus Music imprint. The Statik-produced album included guest work from Tim Pierce on guitar, Fritz Heede on sitar, Kevin Kipnis on guitar, and Monica Richards on vocals.
Some Kind of Strange arrived in 2003 and featured drumming by Tool’s Danny Carey. The double remix album Vortex came afterward, and 2005 brought both the DVD Like the Hunted and the live album Live at the El Rey.
In 2007 Statik and kaRIN joined Curve’s Dean Garcia under the name the Secret Meeting, resulting in two singles and the album Ultrashiver. Two Headed Monster followed as a full Collide release in 2008. A covers album appeared in 2009, interpreting songs by Pink Floyd, David Essex, Radiohead, and David Bowie. New originals surfaced on Counting to Zero in 2011, while Bent and Broken arrived in 2012, gathering assorted covers and remixes from the duo’s two most recent studio albums and featuring reworkings by cEvin Key of Skinny Puppy and Chris Vrenna of Nine Inch Nails.
Albums
Singles
