Ultrashiver

The Secret Meeting

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 26, 2007)
• Original Release Date: June 12, 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Noiseplus Music
• ASIN: B000QGDYS8
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #15,769 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Review

The contrast between Dean's and Statik's writings styles creates a harmony of dark atmosphere and downtempo groove. kaRIN's vocals accentuate an already blissful soundscape of spacey dark chambers. Definitely worth checking out for anyone who likes either Curve or Collide or trip-hop music in general. This is probably the best pure trip-hop that I have heard since Massive Attack's 100th Window. --Trilogy Device

Review

...rich in sound and with well performed and gripping arrangements. Although you'll be perfectly able to trace the influences of Collide as well as Curve in The Secret Meeting, the recording as an original product surely has it's significance since the best of both worlds merges here in accessible dreamy songs. Somewhat comparable to Curve and Collide, but also to Massive Attack, Recoil, Lush and Slowdive. A wonderfully and good album and recommended to those who love adventurous alternative music with a fair amount of electronics in which darkwave, dreampop, triphop and industrial meet each other. --Gothtronic

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Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	Patrick Wall (Randolph, Massachusetts United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	Nathan Christian (New Stanton, PA USA) - See all my reviews

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.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WOW, WOW and WOW!, September 7, 2007

By	Sunyata Anomaly (Poplar Bluff, Mo United States) - See all my reviews

This album is FRIGGIN'unbelievable.... These people are crazy talented.... Collide and Secret Meeting are seriously the most talented artists out there. Their music has depth, and her voice has as much depth as the music..... You can totally zone with this music. I hope these people make billions!!! I love them.