·
07 May 2007·
"Check,
check. Check one, two. Is this thing on? Check, check..."
Sometimes no news
is good news. Formulas rewritten. Codes regenerated. Back to the front.
- end transmission
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08 July 2006 ·
Hello everyone.
We hope this news finds you all well. We've been rather busy working
lately on new material.
Plans are currently in the works for a possible fall EP; stay tuned
here for more info on that as it develops.
In other news,
reviews for Electromantic have been trickling in, so we thought we'd
share a couple with you.
Enjoy the reading material and we'll have more news soon. Oh and by
the way, no we're not Canadian.
"Collapse into Reason
seems to be fighting a two-man battle against the stale servings of
electronic music
drowning the underground airwaves these days. They
seem to be off to a very good start with their third
release.
Scott Francis has a beautiful alto-voice that he exercises
incredible control over, backed by the sharp staccato
of their keyboard
tracks. He has every bit of the passion of Apoptygma's vocalist, and
is vaguely reminiscent
of Camouflage, without sounding like a Depeche
Mode cover group. This is a fairly addictive-sounding
release that
is passionate, sensual, demure, and danceable. "It all begins
and ends with electricity."
- Gothic Beauty #20 (issue available at your local Hot
Topic store now)
“The Canadian (???)
duo of Scott Francis and Ian Reyes create an elegant mixture of catchy
synthpop
and club friendly ebm, that sounds fresh and new, and not
a sterile copy of what countless bands are flooding
the scene with.
The vocals are smooth and hypnotic as well being strangely reminiscent
of another vocalist
who I can’t put my finger on. This mixed
with the quirky, dreamy electronics and enticing beats are
a sure
fire winner. This will have the dance floors packed no doubt!”
- Movement Magazine, April 2006
·
30 March 2006 ·
Hello everyone
- how have you been? Long time no speak. Sorry for the delays in updating
the site, but
we've been a bit busy with "behind the scenes"
work. But spring is upon us, and we're slowly coming
out of our winter
hibernations. To wit, some news...
We're happy to
announce that we've recently signed a licensing deal with Mtv
Networks for use of
the
tracks from our latest release Electromantic
on their show 'My Super Sweet 16'. So if you're a
fan of Mtv's
original programming, keep an ear out for the sounds
of CN2R emerging from your television speakers.
When we speak
of "behind the scenes" work, this is the kind of work that
we're referring to. I'm sure
everyone out there understands that the
music business has been in a bit of upheaval of late, and as
artists
trying to operate within it, we have to explore all possible avenues
for getting our music out
there to as large an audience as possible.
The future is bright...
We've also been
up to our necks with a bit of video production work - both for ourselves
and others.
We'll have more on that in the coming weeks. Back to work
it is...
·
15 December 2005 ·
Here's some news
from the home front...
We're pleased
to announce that America's source for synthpop, A
Different Drum, has added
Electromantic to their distribution catalog.
Being big fans of many of the artists they carry
makes it extremely flattering for us, and we're honored to be working
with ADD.
In show news,
we're taking the month of December off from live performances to enjoy
the holiday season
with our friends and family. But we're going to
be kicking off the new year in grand style with a performance in
Hartford, CT at the Webster
Underground on Sunday, January 22nd. We'll be supporting
a terrific indie electro
act from St. Louis called Femme
Fatality. Check out their profile on MySpace
and give them a listen.
We'll have advance tickets soon; check the tour
page for when they become available.
File under "news
from the extended family":
CN2R compatriots Out
Out have a new cd Virtual Sound Images
coming out on February 14th, 2006.
In celebration of the new disc, they have a low-res video for the
first single 'Learning English In N.Y.C.'
available for free download. Go check it out. And what's up with that
limited issue CN2R / Out Out split
12" vinyl single that's rumored to be in the works? Don't ask
us - it's the first we've heard about it.
There's lots of
exciting things coming in the year ahead.
Happy holidays everyone - we'll see you in the future.
·
16 November 2005 ·
"The show
must go on."
It's a familiar refrain that we became all too familiar with
on the way to our last show at The
Skybar on the 3rd.
Let me explain: while making the drive up from his home in Pittsburgh,
Ian's vehicle decided it couldn't make the trip.
This resulted in
Ian being stranded
on the side of the road for a while. After a lengthy pause, Ian was
finally able to
make it back to civilization, but not in enough time to make our set
in Somerville.
So this left me
with an awkward decision to make: either cancel the show altogether,
or perform the show solo.
It took quite a few last minute adjustments (that resulted in the
overall presentation being a bit more automated than
we'd prefer) but the show did go on. Our apologies again
to everyone who came to the show expecting to see a duo. But
that's life as an independent artist; we're both working stiffs who
have to deal with real-world problems like our cars
breaking down at the most unfortunate of times. Hopefully those of
you who made the show enjoyed my first
(and hopefully last) solo CN2R performance.
Speaking of being
independent artists, please allow me the indulgence of going off on
a rant for a minute.
Like I said, Ian and I both have day jobs that
pay our bills, and our jobs allow us to do what we love - making music.
We don't have a record company picking up the tab for all of the bills
that we run up while making our music; we release
our cd's through
our own self-financed record label, Disques Blessé.
It costs us far more to produce our cd's than we
make
back from selling them, and we have the credit card bills to prove
it. Don't misunderstand me, by no means
am I complaining about our
situation as independent artists. But understand that it's a losing
proposition
that we enter into willingly because we love making music and performing
onstage.
Why do I mention
all this? It came to our attention not too long back that a certain
website was offering our new
album Electromantic for illegal download
- in it's entirety, as one big continuous wav file. It took slightly
more than a
month for our album to be out in the world before someone
decided to pirate the entire album. That will piss you off
when
you're pulling out the plastic to get your disabled car towed
home from the middle of nowhere in the middle of the night.
I'm not going
to get into a moralistic discussion about the pro's and con's of illegal
file-sharing, or the whole
"it's free promotion for the band" arguement. What I am
going to say is that I hope people out there realize that by
no means are we millionaires, and that every song or album of ours
that is illegally downloaded affects us more
than you think. When you download our music for free using a peer
to peer service you really are taking
money out of our pockets - money that we could use to fix Ian's car,
for instance.
There are a number
of legal ways to obtain our music that will help us offset the costs
of producing it.
Our songs are available for digital download through iTunes,
MusicNet,
Sony
Connect, MP3Tunes,
AOL
Music,
Napster,
Radio
Free Abattoir, and many more. Digital not your thing?
Want to own actual cd's? You can order cd's
directly from us through the CN2R store,
or order online from DSBP,
Amazon.com,
or walk into any Tower Records or
Best Buy location and they'll be able to place an
order for you. All of these companies have partnered with independent
artists to share interesting new music with you - and the artists
they sell benefit directly from every purchase.
Thanks for listening,
and thanks to everyone who really supports independent music.
Scott
Francis / CN2R
·
01 November 2005 ·
Autumn in New
England; the trees are waves of orange and red, and there's a slight
chill in the air.
It's our favorite time of year, and Halloween makes the season even
better. We hope everyone
had a sufficiently spooky Samhain. Let's get on to the news then,
yes?
Our recent show
in Charlottesville was simply amazing. It was a pleasure meeting so
many wonderful
people, and we had a thoroughly enjoyable stay. Thanks go out to Chad
from The
Dawning for being
such a gracious host, and Gabe from Hindu
Pez for sharing the stage with us - good people all.
Yes
Virginia, there is a Santa Claus, and he will be bringing you another
visit from CN2R soon.
Speaking of shows,
don't forget that we'll be performing at The
Skybar in Somerville, MA, this Thursday,
November 3rd.
We haven't been out to the Boston area since supporting Letters
Never Sent,
and we're looking forward to catching up
with everyone.
That's all for
now; we'll talk more soon. Until then...
·
14 October 2005 ·
Here's some quick
news for everyone. First up, we're pleased to announce the addition
of Electromantic to the Radio
Free Abattoir online audio and digital download service.
You
can purchase all Electromantic tracks individually
or the album as a whole from RFA.
We're also pleased
to report that Electromantic has been added
to the distribution catalog
of DSBP Records.
We'll have more information on that in the coming weeks.
But right now
we have to hit the road for Virginia. We hope to meet as many of you
as possible
at this weekend's show in Charlottesville at The
Dawning. More to come, so stay tuned...
·
27 September 2005 ·
Thanks to everyone
who made it down to the Webster Theater in Hartford, CT on Saturday
to
catch our set at Goth
Stock. It was a pleasure finally being able to share
Electromantic live,
and it was an even greater pleasure seeing some familiar faces in
the crowd.
It was a whirlwind weekend; we made some new friends and had the chance
to see some incredible
sets from some amazing bands (Combichrist,
Sister
Kill Cycle, and Butcherpriest
immediately
come to mind). Thanks again to all the staff for making the festival
such an event to remember.
Couldn't make
it down to Hartford for the show? We've added some live photos
taken this weekend to the media
page; go see what you missed.
Speaking of things
you might have missed, the article that ran in the Hartford Courant
about
Goth Stock
that featured an interview with CN2R's own Scott Francis can be found
here.
Next up on the
horizon: Virginia. Full details can be found on the tour
page. See you then.
·
17 September 2005 ·
It's been a busy
month; we're making final preparations for our return to the stage.
The tour is taking shape with
confirmed stops in Connecticut, Virginia,
and Massachusetts so far, with a slew of other dates in the works.
In album news,
Electromantic is now available for online
ordering through CDBaby.com.
And don't forget about the huge merch sale going on here at the CN2R
store.
Still more to
do, so back to work for us. See you next weekend at Goth
Stock.
·
26 August 2005 ·
The day we've anxiously awaited for months is finally here.
Electromantic has been released and is now available
for online ordering.
Get your copy today from the CN2R store.
·
25 August 2005 ·
As you all know we have a new album coming out, and
that means lots of boxes full of shiny, shrink-wrapped
cd's.
There's also new t-shirts in the works, and that will mean even more
boxes. But we only have so much
room to store great big boxes of cd's and t-shirts! In the interest
of clearing out some room in our storage
space for new merchandise, we need to clear out some of the old merchandise,
so...
...for a limited time only, all t-shirts and beaters are on
sale for only
$5.00 USD each - and don't forget there's free shipping on every order!
Visit
the CN2R store now to take advantage of our need for more storage
space!
·
10 August 2005 ·
The official release for Electromantic
has been set for 26 August 2005.
Go to the discography section of the Profile
page to find a full track listing
as well as the lyrics to each of the songs on the new disc.
·
21 July 2005 ·
Hello everyone.
Sorry that we haven't been in touch since May, but the last
month
has been extremely hectic. What have we been up to you ask?
Well on to the news...
We're
happy to report that as you read this, Electromantic
is now being duplicated. Yes, after
months
of hard but enjoyable work, the final step in the creation of our
new CD is finally underway.
Over the past few months we've been working night and day on the album
artwork, trying to ensure
that the visual impact of the CD packaging suited the overall feel
of the audio tracks. We think that
we've
pulled it off, but why don't you
judge it for yourselves. Here it is, the cover of our new release...
So there it is.
Copies of the new CD are being made in Canada, and we should have
a projected
release date for you very soon. As always, we'll post more information
as soon as we have it.
In web news, our
back catalog is now available for digital download through iTunes,
so go fill up your iPod!
In music news,
we've recently completed remixing a track for our friends Circus
Of Dead Squirrels.
'Death Saves The Derelict [Sex Slaves The Heretic Mix by Collapse
into Reason]' will be appearing
on the CODS remix disc, Outdoor Recess,
set for an October release. Also contributing remixes to the
disc will be Out
Out, Veincage,
Mark
Alan Miller, H_Tech,
Microwaved,
Tragedie
Ann &
Intricate
Unit, among others. Pick up a copy when it comes out!
"In show
news..." You've been waiting a while to hear that one now haven't
you? Well the wait is almost over.
That's right people, the finished disc is almost in our hands, the
multimedia work is almost complete, and that
means it's almost time for us to hit the stage and perform. We're
starting to put together touring plans for late
summer / early fall, and right now we have one date that we're extremely
excited to share with you. We've been
booked to appear at Goth
Stock along with The
Crüxshadows, Bella
Morte, Ego
Likeness, Genitorturers,
The
Last Dance, Carfax
Abbey, Anders
Manga, Seraphim
Shock, DJ
Ian Fford, and many, many, more.
This is a two-day festival that will be held on Saturday & Sunday,
September 24th - 25th. The show is all ages
and runs from noon until 2 AM both days. Tickets are $35
for a single day pass or $50
for a two day pass,
and can be purchased through tickets.com
or at the Webster
box office. We'll be performing on The Goth
Stock stage (in the Webster Theater,
not the Webster Underground) on the 24th, and we'll be going on
early in the day, so make sure you get there on time. We hope to see
you all there!
Well that's all
the news that's fit to print; check back soon for more updates.
Cheers,
Scott & Ian
Collapse
into Reason
·
13 May 2005 ·
What day would
be more appropriate than Friday the 13th for 'My Revenant'
to be picked as "Electronic Track Of The Day" at Garageband.com?
We can't think of a better day either...
·
17 April 2005 ·
In album news,
work is steadily progressing on the artwork for Electromantic.
We're hoping
to have the new album ready for release by late spring/early summer.
Stay tuned here at CN2R.com for a sneak peek of the
album art!
Seeing as work
on the new album is nearing completion, our primary focus of late
has
been finishing up production on the live video footage we've incorporated
into our stage show.
The new live show promises to be an event not to miss, and we can't
wait to get out and
start performing for you all again!
In web news, we've
recently gotten the ball rolling on digital distribution of the CN2R
catalog.
Our second album, Letters Never Sent, is
now available for digital download from MP3Tunes.com,
which is just the first of many digital download sites (such as Apple
iTunes, MusicMatch, MusicNet,
MSN Music, Napster, Rhapsody, Sony Connect, etc.) that will be carrying
the CN2R catalog very soon.
Our last bit of
news this month directly involves you, as we could really use your
help.
There's an upcoming festival in New Haven, CT on August 5th - 7th
2005 called the Black
Sun
Goth Festival. It's featuring performances by Bella
Morte, Das
Ich, Decoded
Feedback, Dismantled,
Iris,
& Razed
In Black. They currently have two open slots for bands
to fill, and are looking for feedback
from the general public on who they should book. We'd love the opportunity
to be included in the festival,
so if you could take a minute and visit the forum
for the event to let them know that CN2R
would be a welcome addition to the event line-up we'd be forever indebted.
We'd really appreciate your show of support by helping to get CN2R
added to the festival line-up.
Thanks,
Scott & Ian
Collapse into Reason
·
20 March 2005 ·
This past Wednesday
we descended on Peerless
Mastering in Newtonville, MA, to master Electromantic.
Mastering is the final crucial step in the making of a record; no
matter how much work you put into production,
or how much effort you put into mixdown, mastering can make or break
you. We put a lot of thought into where
and with who we wanted to have the new disc mastered, and ultimately
we decided that we wanted to have
the new album mastered at Peerless with engineer Jeff Lipton. That
name might sound familiar to some
of you, as Jeff mastered our first album. We were really happy with
the way that record came out,
and after having heard some work he's done lately (namely the new
2 CD Out
Out retrospective
1989-1999:
"Hasten the Burning...") we knew that Jeff
was the right pair of ears for the job.
It was a long
day fueled by many trips to Dunkin'
Donuts (as evidenced by the photo below) but we managed
to leave Newtonville
at 2 a.m. with blurry eyes and a completed album. Many thanks to Jeff
Lipton for juggling
his schedule to squeeze us in and keep us on our schedule, and to
co-producer, recording engineer and mixer
extraordinaire Mark Alan Miller for coming along to sort stems and
lend his invaluable ears to the process.
Next up: album
art, but we'll talk more about that later.
In the meantime,
as always, enjoy some behind the scenes photos, and
go listen to three freshly mastered tracks on our MySpace
Music page.
Mark sorting
stems in the B Room.
|
Scott sorting
himself in
the mirror in the lounge. |
Jeff sorting
the mix in the A Room.
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·
12 February 2005 ·
As a result of
some very enthusiastic reviews from their members, Garageband.com
has selected 'Gotham' as "Industrial Track Of
The Day" for Saturday, February 12, 2005.
A pleasant surprise, as we only uploaded the song two days ago...
·
20 January 2005 ·
We kicked off
the new year by reconvening at Slaughterhouse
on the
9th to begin the final
mix of Electromantic. We had
some last minute
edits to make but we did ultimately manage to get the final
mixes done, on time and within budget no less.
So now that we've
finished mixing the tracks, is the album finished?
Unfortunately
no, there's much more work yet to be done.
Next up is mastering
the disc - but more on that later.
In the meantime, we've posted a couple of the final mixes
on our MySpace
Music page for your listening pleasure.
We'll leave you with another candid shot from the studio.
Two Assistant Engineer's + one Casio keyboard = mountains of funk.
·
31 December 2004 ·
After months of
work, we're relieved to announce that we've finished recording Electromantic.
We'll be kicking things off in 2005 by reconvening at Slaughterhouse
on January 9th to begin
the final mixdown of the new album. The work isn't done yet, but we
are getting closer.
We'll talk more
next year.
Happy New Year everyone.
·
25 December 2004 ·
How quickly the
time passes; it seems like only yesterday that we began talking about
"the next album".
Fast forward a few months, and we find ourselves on the verge of having
Electromantic complete. The new album is
finished, save for one last vocal session. We're bringing in a female
vocalist next week to do a guest spot on the disc.
It's another idea we've been kicking around for quite a while that
is finally going to come to fruition. So that's all the
work that remains to be done, and then we move on to mixing in early
January 2005.
We'll leave you
with another candid shot from this past weeks' sessions,
and wish you all a Happy Chrismahanukwanzakah.
Slaughterhouse
Assistant Engineer Madison.
This is the face she makes during "science projects".
· 04 December
2004 ·
Tracking for the
new album Electromantic is moving at a
brisk pace. Having completed work on the first half of
production at The Butcher Shop in Pittsburgh, PA, we've moved on to
the second half of production; namely recording
vocal tracks at Slaughterhouse Recording Studio, Hadley, MA. The count
so far stands at ten songs completed (some
of the new song titles include 'The Day Forever Changed', ' My Revenant',
'Another Walking Wounded', & 'The Exile')
with two songs remaining to track vocals for. If everything goes according
to plan (which we hope it will) production
should be finished before the coming holidays, with final mixing of
the album scheduled for early January,
mastering in February, and duplication soon thereafter.
We've had a number
of inquiries of late concerning when we'll be performing live again.
To answer them all here at
once, we don't anticipate booking any new shows until after Electromantic
is back from duplication. Why such a
long hiatus? When we do return to the stage, along with the new material,
we'll be unveiling a new video projection
system as well. The concept has always intrigued us, and we've finally
been able to fully explore the idea.
Consequently though, making the concept a reality involves an enormous
amount of work. So while we've been
devoting a large portion of our time to audio production over the
last few months, now that the album is nearing
completion, a large portion of our time over the next few months will
be spent on video production.
We think the wait will be well worth it, and hopefully you will too.
In other news,
our entire CD catalogue is now available for ordering through tower.com,
the online arm of Tower Records, the largest retailer of independent
music on the web.
That'll do it
for now; we'll have another update soon.
In the meantime enjoy the candid studio photos below.
Happy holidays everyone.
Scott
recording vocals at Slaughterhouse. Note the cow head mounted
on the wall; it continually mocks Scott while he tracks.
Damn cow.
|
Ian's
control desk at The Butcher Shop.
No, that's not gin & juice on the desk, it's
white grape juice...our apologies for spoiling
your rock star image of us.
|
The Butcher
Shop
Assistant Engineer Manny.
This is the face he makes when
good sound design happens.
|
· 11 October
2004 ·
Hello! We've been
keeping ourselves quite busy over the last thirty days.
Work on the new album, Electromantic is
steadily progressing, and so
far, we appear to be right on schedule with three tracks nearing completion.
We know you're all dying to hear what we've been up to, so we've decided
to
share. That's right, rough mixes of two new tracks 'Gotham' &
'Chemical Sin'
have been posted on our MySpace Music site. So point your browser
to
our MySpace
Music page and check out the new songs.
We will be taking
a brief hiatus from live performances
while finishing up work on the new album; in the interim,
check back for all of the latest updates from the studio.
