Product Details

• Actors: Collide
• Directors: Kevin McVey
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Digital Sound, DVD, Live, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Noiseplus Music
• DVD Release Date: December 6, 2005
• Run Time: 130 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000CCZWWW
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #73,806 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

From the Actor

LIVE AT THE EL REY Los Angeles-April,14 2005
Beneath the Skin
Crushed
Complicated
Falling Up
Dreamsleep
Slither Thing
Modify
Razor Sharp
White Rabbit
Wings of Steel
Like You Want to Believe
Somewhere
The Lunatics Have Taken Over the Asylum
Euphoria

SPECIAL FEATURES ‘ The Modification’
(interview/video outtakes)
ACOUSTIC PERFORMANCES
Modify
Deep
VIDEOS
Euphoria
Son of a Preacher Man
Razor Sharp
Like You Want to Believe
Wings of Steel
PHOTOS

Product Description

Their music is made at the point where cool precision, passion and mechanical frenzy intersect. They synthesize elements of gothic, industrial, edgy electronica, darkwave, ethereal pop, modern rock, and trip-hop into a style that is uniquely theirs, soothing yet powerful, smooth yet dangerous. They are Collide: a Los Angeles duo with a knack for intriguing arrangements and compelling performances. Principals Statik and kaRIN, have over their decade together written some of the catchiest songs that will ever haunt you to distraction. Although Collide has won thousands of appreciators, and established a reputation for recording excellence, they'd never performed their music in concert until 2004. Like many electronic acts, Collide was a studio entity. They'd used their machinery, their voices, and their mixing board to generate a sound that's best described as extra-personal: suggestive not of a band playing in the back of a room, but of a dream playing in the back of your head. Transposing an experience this hallucinatory to the stage felt daunting to Statik and kaRIN. Could a group so dependent on electronics for their ferocity "even one this accomplished" manage to replicate the passion, the menace, and the magic of their music live? This DVD is proof that they can. Like The Hunted is documentation of the concert tour that brought Collide's dreams alive. Expanded to a six-piece, the live iteration of the electronica powerhouse brings new dimensions to familiar songs. Guitarists Scott Landes and Rogerio Silva weave alternately processed and raw riffs around Kai Kurosawa's percussive bass and Chaz Pease's thunderous drumming. Statik stands omnipresent behind his electronics, as the virtual sound controller. The band looks and sounds terrific: the five instrumentalists attack their instruments with authority, and kaRIN leads the band with sultry charisma.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Chasing the ghosts of time..., February 23, 2006

By	Steven Cain (Temporal Quantum Pocket) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

For the longest time I wondered if Collide would ever take their magic on the road, and how they would be able to translate their studio genius into live songs. I needn't have worried.

From the stunning opening number, Beneath The Skin onwards, this powerful, six-piece Collide takes no prisoners. While the utterly divine Karin prowls the stage like a lioness, the band sustains a richly-layered sonic attack that breathes new life into these already superb songs.

Kai Kurosawa's mastery of the touch-sensitive Warr guitar is a joy to behold, enabling him to play a fascinating combination of guitar and bass on some of the numbers, alternating with his other bass guitar. All three guitarists have tremendous stage presence, especially when they are throwing themselves into some of the more physical numbers, and the drummer is as good as it gets.

The extras are absolutely superb, including an interview with Karin and Statik and some great videos, including a superb version of the showstopper, Wings of Steel.

I emailed Kai recently and he said he was hoping to be going on the road with Collide again in the not too distant future.

This is a must-have DVD.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic DVD! Truly great work!, December 10, 2005

By	Matthew Hutchinson (Shawnee, KS USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I've been a big fan of Collide ever since hearing "Son of a Preacher Man" a year or so ago. Statik's synth "noise" and kaRIN's sultry vocals collide (hence the band name) to create a sound that is nothing short of mesmerizing. Collide are to the Industrial music scene what Pink Floyd are to Classick Rock. It's a shame they've been strictly a studio band for the last 10 years. Nevertheless, their new DVD does a fantastic job demonstrating just how well they can pull off a live show.

The DVD is feature-packed with live and studio photos, music videos, interviews and out-takes, and a full-length concert of their April, 2005 performance at the El Ray in Los Angeles. The footage is beautiful, crisp, and sounds excellent on my home theater system.

I am very happy with my purchase. I finally got to see how they look and sound live, and I've got three great music videos, a couple of surprisingly good acoustic performances, and lots of pics all on one DVD.

NOTE: In my original review, I gave the DVD 4 stars because I thought they had neglected to include song chapters for the concert. I asked Collide about this, and they told me there's a set list on the bottom left of the Main Menu. I just didn't see it.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing, January 19, 2006

By	E.D. Fischer (NYC) - See all my reviews

Collide makes amazing music.

This DV is an artistic masterpiece you will actually want to watch more than once.

A must-have for any complete music collection.