Colossal Spin

One of the best piano outro solos EVER played… is on this song (we think). 

Another “WTF” moment from our post-metal Duelling Suzis phase that totally helps to destroy our industrial street cred. But whatever. It’s a great little tune we think: full of nice lo-fi acoustic guitars, ethereal pianos and minimal construction. And let’s not forget a chorus that goes “Naaaa, na, na.” Seriously? Hells yes!

A moody, dark song about the weight of existence. Good times, eh? This track was the antithesis of the boppy, upbeat song that followed on the Duelling Suzis album: “Call My Name”.

Some lovely female vocals complement Zurich’s lamenting at the end of the track. Overall, this was one our most complex and minimal tracks, weaving a lovely piano base through lightly-complex rhythms and a moody bass line. And, yes, that’s an upright bass you hear. Not the typical Colossal Spin fare by any means.

Another haunting synth composition, this fan favorite is from the Duelling Suzis album. This was one of the last CSpin tunes created on the old ASR-10 (rack-mount) (still used by hip-hop artists around the planet). The overall soundscape was punched up by none other than a cheap PC sound card midi synth from 1995. It just goes to show: it’s not the tools, it how you use them.

Another sub-woofer-shredding deep-drums remix for you, straight from the pits of hell! One of our fan favorites from the 90’s gets the 00’s remix treatment just in time for Y2K.

That screaming squelch from Reptile is back, this time riding on top of some pounding, in-your-face drums that threaten to tear your arms off. And then that boom-bass boom comes in to destroy the room. In the middle of all this is some pretty sinister-sounding yet strangely-laid-back vocals. “Slither in your hole…” What? Woah.

From the 2000 Duelling Suzis album.

This song screams industrial metal totally tweaked out on high-speed crank. We throw it all at you on this one—grinding 303 bass, crunchy Marshall stacks, echo pianos, falsetto dream vocals, sped-up breakbeats, power drums, reverbs as big as the universe.

From the 2000 Dueling Suzis album, we now find it funny that this track was first released on Mp3.com in the heady days of Napster, considering that one of its main lyric refrains is “You just want something, something free”. Ah yes, we all certainly do, don’t we?

Here’s a song from CS’s post-metal “WTF” phase.

• Acoustic guitar that doesn’t actually play notes? Check. 
• Dreamy piano playing at it’s own tempo? Check. 
• Boomboombass? Check. 
• Rebirth 303 synth action? Check. 
• Henry Mancini strings? Check. 
• Crazy extended ambient instrumental breakdown in the middle? Check. 
• THEREMIN? Oh yes, baby.

And what was this song actually about? Well, we’ve never revealed the meaning of our lyrics before so why start now?

From the 2000 Dueling Suzis album. First released on MP3.com.