Vortex (Collide album)

Vortex
Remix album by
Collide
ReleasedApril 20, 2004
Recorded2000–2004
GenresIndustrial, dark wave, trip hop
Length2:20:35
LabelNoiseplus Music
ProducerStatik
Collide chronology
Some Kind of Strange
(2003)		 Vortex
(2004)		 Live at The El Rey
(2005)

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).

Track listing

All tracks are written by Collide, except where noted.

Vortex
No.TitleWriter(s)Remixer(s)Length
1."Euphoria" (Emirian Mix) Charlie Clouser6:32
2."Feed Me To The Lions" (Adam and the Ants cover)Adam Ant 4:07
3."Slither Thing" (Amish Rake Fight Mix) Mike Fisher4:37
4."Razor Sharp" (Dull Mix) Wade Alin3:59
5."Like You Want To Believe" (Antistatic Mix) Remko van der Spek3:53
6."The Lunatics Have Taken Over The Asylum" (Fun Boy Three cover)
 5:34
7."Predator" (Final Mix)
Collide6:32
8."Crushed" (5AM Heavenly Mix) Dave Simpson4:57
9."Wings of Steel" (Core Mix) Nils Schulte6:36
10."Halo" (Sensory Gate Aura Mix) 
  • Andrea Pozzi
  • Francesco Corsini
7:49
11."Inside" (Shoe Gazing Mix) Kevin Kipnis5:57
12."Somewhere" (Orchestral Mix) Mark Walk3:06
13."Frozen" (Chill Mix) Statik7:37
Total length:1:11:16
Vortex (Instrumentals) Alternate Mix
No.TitleRemixer(s)Length
12."Somewhere" (Solara's Place) (previously unreleased)Statik3:40

All tracks are written by Collide, except where noted.

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No.TitleWriter(s)Remixer(s)Length
1."Haunted When The Minutes Drag" (Love and Rockets cover)
 7:43
2."Tempted" (Conjure One Mix) Rhys Fulber6:29
3."Crushed" (Fragment Mix) Vincent Saletto7:22
4."Like You Want To Believe" (Cylab Mix) Percy4:11
5."Crushed" (Out of Control Mix) Jesse Maddox4:23
6."Wings of Steel" (The Sound of Glass Mix) Aaron McDonald3:28
7."Inside" (External Mix) Wade Alin4:21
8."Crushed" (Now Forgotten Mix) Ian Ross5:53
9."Wings of Steel" (hEADaCHE Mix) hEADaCHE3:28
10."Like You Want To Believe" (Bondango's Twisted Acid Mix) Marty Ball4:48
11."Crushed" (Scored Mix) Shane Terpening5:26
12."Wings of Steel" (Astro Sensorium Mix) Oleg Skrynnik7:04
13."Euphoria" (Tears Mix) 
  • J. Constantine
  • A. Ruggles
4:43
Total length:1:09:19

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

Additional performers

Production and design

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States 2004 Noiseplus CD Noise 003
Digital download 808458300020
2018 Digital download

References

  1. ↑ "Collide Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More | A..." AllMusic. Retrieved 2025-06-30.
  2. ↑ Collide (2003-09-01). "Remix Collide". Collide. Retrieved 2026-07-06.
  3. ↑ Collide (2004-06-06). "Jane Magazine". Collide. Retrieved 2026-07-06.
  4. ↑ Bernardi, Sarah (August 8, 2004). "Album Review: Vortex by Collide". collectedsounds.com. Archived from the original on September 14, 2025. Retrieved July 6, 2026.
  5. ↑ Collide (1997-01-05). "Vortex Reviews". Collide. Retrieved 2026-07-06.
  6. ↑ "July/August 2005 CD Reviews". www.starvox.net. Retrieved 2026-07-06.
  7. ↑ "Premonition". www.premonition.fr. Retrieved 2026-07-06.
  8. ↑ Hurst, Steven. "Collide - Vortex review". glasswerk.co.uk. Archived from the original on September 24, 2005. Retrieved July 6, 2026.
  9. ↑ Vortex (Media notes). Collide. Los Angeles, California: Noiseplus Music. 2004.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)