Vortex is a double remix album by the group Collide, featuring remixes of songs from their albums Chasing the Ghost (2000) and Some Kind of Strange (2003) and 3 new covers.
An open call for remixes was put out by the band, the very best of which were included on the CD release.
Charlie Clouser's remix of "Euphoria" was used as a basis for the video edit of the song which was later released as a bonus on the DVD Like the Hunted (2005).
Contents
Reception
Vortex had virtually universal acclaim. Jane Magazine called it "a two-disk collection of decadent aesthetic brilliance" Sarah Bernardi from Collected Sounds said it was "otherworldly". For Regen, the collection was "truly a great listening experience for the heart and the soul." Starvox took a special note of the diversity of good quality material, saying "If only all independant artists were this sophisticated." French magazine Prémonition was similarly impressed. Steven Hurst at Glasswerk praised Clouser's opening remix: "The first couple of minutes build and build until you are thrown into a void of guitar ecstasy. And this quality is pretty much maintained throughout the first CD."
Personnel
Adapted from the Vortex liner notes.
Collide
Statik - noise, production, mixing
kaRIN - voices, words
Additional performers
Rogerio Silva - additional guitar (2 VORTEX, 1 XETROV)
Mason C - additional bass (2 VORTEX)
William Faith - additional guitar (1 XETROV)
Production and design
Chris Bellman - mastering
Chad Michael Ward - tree artwork and finalizing
Matthew A. Cooke - Collide photos
Collide - CD layout and design
Terri King - clothing
Bridget Stauss - hair and make-up