Controlled Collapse

18.07.08 -
COMBICHRIST · Controlled Collapse
Club: Progresja, ul. Kaliskiego 15a - Warsaw

Controlled Collapse was started by a young polish artist Wojciech ‘kr-lik’ Król late 2003. Inspired by bands like Hocico and VNV Nation , Wojciech recorded a 4 track demo entitled "d3m0". He spent the following year working on what was to become his first official release. In January 2005, the “humanization” demo was released, limited to a 50-copies CD-r EP with six songs, presented in a DVD-box with covers printed on transparent paper. The EP sold out very quickly.

The very first song that was released to the public was “Guidance”, remixed by Jan of X-Fusion . The song was featured on a compilation by Johan van Roy ( Suicide Commando ), called “Decoder v2.0”, and was enthousiastically received by DJ’s across Europe. The first live shows were given late 2004 and early 2005 (debut concert 15.10.2004), and received much positive feedback. By that time Controlled Collapse made a remix for Combichrist which won the Combichrist remix contest and was released on the “Awake the Machines Vol.5” sampler.

Controlled Collapse has been keeping busy in 2005 and 2006, resulting in 7 remixes, 11 live concerts and almost enough material for a debut album. Late 2005, Controlled Collapse was formerly acknowledged by Johan van Roy and signed to his upstart label Noise Terror Productions – a division of probably the most elite label in Europe – Dependent.

On 23rd of March 2007, injection was released. It recieved good reviews from all over the world, including Italy, Spain, Germany or Mexico. It contained 12 tracks, including guest apperiances by Darrin C. Huss of Psyche fame and Wendy Yanko of Flesh Field fame.

The year 2007 also brought a couple of more successful concerts, a dozen of new remixes, and (on the sad note) the end of Dependent Records and Noise Terror Productions.

Year 2008 should be a new, fresh start for Controlled Collapse. New material is being slowly produced, and hopefully it will find it’s way onto CDs under one label or another. 2008 Will also celebrate the 5 years with Controlled Collapse. Some special bonuses are being thought of. Stay Tuned!