Ultrashiver

The Secret Meeting | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 26, 2007)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Noiseplus Music
• ASIN: B000QGDYS8
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #202,635 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Curve & Collide intermeshed, but without Toni., July 21, 2007

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Patrick Wall (Randolph, Massachusetts United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ultrashiver (Audio CD)

Overall not a bad album. Curve is one of my favorite groups ever, and Collide is close to Curve on my favorites list.

1. Touch--Great beat and melody...soft airy and intense..perfect opener.

2. Am I Here--ethereal, trip hop, Curve and Collide essence heard in this song equally.

3. Every Little Thing--Sounds like Curve but with kaRIN on vocals..great combo.

4. Beautiful Noise Machine--verses sound Collide, chrorus very Curve

5. Blacker Than Blue--This sounds ALL Curve, think, Open Day At The Hate Fest.

6. Soulcreeper--This is all Collide...Think Nightwish infused uptempo Collide.

7. Shooting Laser Beams--One of my favorites on the CD..Very downtempo and ethereal....dreamscape-ish...combo of Curve/Collide

8. Forwards & Sideways--One of the darker songs on the Cd...majority of influence sounds Collide derived.

9. Shiver X--Sounds like it belongs on the 28 days later soundtrack...great melody.

10. Imaginate--very slow tempo, with an impactful monolithic sound to it. Sounds more Curve. Great album closer.

Overall a really good album. I was hoping for a little bit more Curve style synth like on Blacker Than Blue, but overall the two groups work together pretty damn well, combining all of my favorite genres in a compilation that sounds just right considering the groups involved.

~EDIT--After repeated listens, it actually grows on you quite a bit, and I was impressed with it to begin with. Pick it up now! Great album.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Engrossing....., July 16, 2007

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Nathan Christian (Pitcairn, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ultrashiver (Audio CD)

and varied. This recording is more alternative in sound than Collide or Curve. It's a cd that is very well put together, very well written, and very well executed. I just wasn't too thrilled at the more alternative feel to it, but it is a quality recording.

Because it is so intricate, it is best listened to in segments.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Beatiful noise machine, August 4, 2007

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E. Anderson - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Ultrashiver (Audio CD)

I love Collide. I love Curve. Imagine if both bands collaborated...oh wait, they have but without singer Toni Halliday. Ex-Curve guitarist Dean Garcia and kaRIN and Statik from Collide have joined forces and have created a new project called The Secret Meeting. ULTRASHIVER is the results of the supergroup's collaboration. The music is eerily reminiscent of both Collide and Curve which for me is trip hop and altenative rock. There is even a hit of Cocteau Twins thrown in intermittenly in the music. Actually I think The Secret Meeting sounds more like Collide with a hint of Curve influences. The music took several listens for it to grow on me. The more I listen to it, the more I have grown to love it. kaRIN sounds wonderful as ever with her whispery, seductive vocals. The only flaw with the music (which is pretty minor in my opinion) is repetition. There is nothing particularly distinctive about each song that separates them from each other. The songs are definitely good but they sound too much alike. Overall I do enjoy "Ultrashiver" immensely. I hope this collaboration continues on, along with the members' other projects.