THE FADING COLLECTION: Interactive Family Radio

The Fading Collection

Interactive Family Radio

© 2003 The Fading Collection (643157130321)

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Between melancholy trip hop and icy industrial...a revelation in the world of trip hop and underground.

tracks

1 Grief
2 Blood Red My Shovel
3 Strangers
4 Try
5 Eulogy
6 The Prince
7 Tired & Bored
8 Reverse Psychology
9 Nightmare
10 Black Boxes
11 Space
12 Quiet Amplifier

notes

In a city where rain and caffeine dominate the culture The Fading Collection has emerged as one of Seattle's hottest trip-hop artists. With a sound that fluctuates between the disguised truth of unexpressed emotion, acute pain and the everlasting hope of the human spirit, these songs resonate with something that is not easily described.

Along with some serious airplay on taste making terrestrial/internet Seattle radio station KEXP, a nomination for best electronic artist in town from the Seattle Weekly, and regular gigs at trendy night spots like Seattle's Tost and Portland's Club Ohm, The Fading Collection has won fans around the world with their dark beats, angelic vocals and groundbreaking digital manipulation.

After meeting in college, singer Sarah McCulloch and bassist/programmer Matt Frickleton joined forces in the band Shiver before ditching the acoustic guitars for a rack of synthesizers and a pile of Massive, Portishead and DJ Shadow albums. After pushing through a series of drummers the pair finally found the perfect fit in Jeremy Hill.

Before long, the group's debut release, Interactive Family Radio, busted onto the scene and sparked a trip-hop renaissance in the Northwest. The Fading Collection soon found enthusiastic fans around the block and around the globe with tens of thousands of tracks downloaded on MP3.com, music placed in the indie films Pyrosutra and Feeding the Hawk, placements on MTV's The Real World, and a full schedule of shows in the Northwest.

While The Fading Collection log studio hours for their upcoming double disc set-half uptempo, half chillout-the group enlisted some top Seattle talent to remix songs from their debut release. That remix album, Stems, features fourteen tracks of TFC music reinterpreted by some of Seattle's finest artists and producers including Electron Love Theory, Emma's Mini, and Beehive.

As forward thinkers in the worlds of music and technology The Fading Collection is selling their music online with a new music distribution system called Weed files (www.weedshare.com). The trio also helps organize a local community-driven group called Electrocandy to encourage and promote the electronic music scene in the Northwest.


REVIEWS:
"Sarah McCulloch's vocals interject and stabilize the mood that the sounds of Matt Frickelton have sparked. This duo has worked on a number of projects together in the past, but their partnership has never felt more dead on than when comprised to form The Fading Collection."

-Jeff Rush, Tablet, Seattle

"The debut album from this Seattle duo is an excellent effort blending loops, synths, and beautiful vocals into a very nice downtempo trip hop experience... very good to get some local trip hop at this level of quality."

-John Richards, Program Director, KEXP 90.3PM

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  • Our Search is Over, This CD is Wonderful!!!
    author: Team Voorhees

    We searched for this CD for years not remembering what the band's name is. Now it lives happily (and constantly) in the CD player alongside Worm is Green and Electrelane. Several of the songs are of equal trip-hop quality as songs by portishead, massive attack, etc. but more provocative and skillful. The rest of the album is still amazing, but less perfect than the few gems. If you like trip-hop and are extremely demanding of your music, this will not disappoint you. Dark and lilting, Interactive Family Radio is akin to a slow drive through the dreams of strangers.

  • Great stuff...but don't get sloppy on us, guys!
    author: Lisa Sedgewick

    Been out of the country so I'm a latecomer to the IFR album-so glad to finally have it in my happy hands! Really good, 'twas mostly familiar from the EP, and I like some of the new stuff as well. BUT, something seems a bit off with some of the new tracks? Quiet amplifier, Tired and bored -on both of these I really miss the precision I've gotten accustomed to from tfc. Maybe you were going for a looser feel? but you already know how to nail that juicy controlled mania groove...something about these just feels beyond relaxed and moving into laziness? Even some intonation bizareness. I still love y'all, but please don't lose your chops! ciao, ls

  • author: Brandee - Just another fan....

    Crazy good!! Love the music, and the lyrics are amazing. Dark, poetic, beautiful and brilliant! It's my new fav CD, can't wait for "Stems".....

  • THIS IS A GOTTA HAVE !!!!
    author: reed allen

    I've seen a lot of stuff come out of Seattle BUT this is by fare one of the best recordings. That I have the pleasure of listening too this is pure satifaction Reed Allen Chuckieboy-Records Seattle

  • Moods as dark as Portishead's, grooves as infectious as Massive Attack's...
    author: Michael Sievers

    Frickelton's instrumentations speak volumes of angst before we ever hear a word. And McCulloch's vocals are smooth as silk, even as she cries out in rage. Together they create a complex soundscape all at once disturbing and beautiful.

  • Very powerful music; They draw you into a beautifully textured world.
    author: Jeff Knake

    This c.d. flows beautifully. It's very rich music with lots of cool effects and at the same time, the thing that pulls me in the most is the strength of their songwriting.

  • My favorite CD of the last year...
    author: Steve Turnidge

    I'm the mastering engineer for this album, and it's the best work I've been involved with. Interactive Family Radio never leaves the CD player, it is the subliminal soundtrack to my life...

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