30 April 2008
Store FAQ and something Wipeoutesque is lurking in the shadows...

We've added an FAQ to the bottom of the STORE page. This is to explain away a few mysteries and make sure everyone knows what to expect when they purchase our fine musical items! As any of you who have ever bought anything from us will know, things usually go silky smooth, but we do pride ourselves on an excellent service when something goes wrong, and we sort it ASAP.

Now for some more interesting news! Since the announcement of Wipeout HD we've had many e-mails asking if CoLD SToRAGE will be featuring. Well sadly the answer is no. We won't go into why just now, but suffice to say it's nothing personal or 'anti-storage', simply business dynamics. We're hoping that we'll see CoLD SToRAGE return to the Wipeout franchise in the future, but for now there will be no official inclusion.

However ( and this is the good bit! ) Mr. Storage has been beavering away on some music tracks to compliment the new release. These should be making an appearance in the 'BUY STUFF' section before the end of May. The working title for this mini-album is "CoLD SToRAGE HD". Just to avoid any confusion, the music will be in good old Stereo not 5.1 Surround and there is no endorsement or affiliation with Sony or PlayStation (that's the legal disclaimers out of the way!). We've heard some of the tracks and they have the euphoric Wipeout feel that we can't help feel was missing from the mean and moody direction the 3rd party Wipeout music seems to have taken of late. So this new album will be your chance to inject some CoLD SToRAGE into your PS3 musical library when playing your favourite game! More news on this as it happens...

6 April 2008
Colony Wars now available from FREE MUSIC section!

Tim has finally had time to re-master the Colony Wars tracks for hosting on the CoLD SToRAGE website. These files were kindly sent in from a dedicated fan who took the time to rip all the tunes from the actual game, as the masters for these tracks had long since disappeared in an office move at Psygnosis (SCEE Liverpool). Many thanks for doing this... and sorry it took so long to sort it out! For the tech-heads amongst you, these files were stored on the PlayStation disc at 37kHz and in a compressed format, so Tim has had to do some re-sampling, E.Q. and other bits of TLC to get these tracks as close as possible to 44.1kHz original CD quality. For those of you who have waited patiently for these tracks we hope they bring back some great memories of playing Colony Wars!

4 April 2008
Website corrections & merchandise news...

A big thank you to everyone who has bought the new album! We hope you're enjoying listening to the new tracks and welcome feedback... Also a big thank you to people who have spotted some dead links on our FREE MUSIC page - we have corrected these now, so there should be no more problems downloading.


In other news we are hoping to have some Android Child Shirts available very soon from the BUY STUFF link above. These will be strictly limited edition and individually numbered - so get them while you can! As soon as they are available we'll make an announcement here...

24 March 2008
Website makeover and Android Child released!

Firstly the CoLD SToRAGE website has had a much needed tidy-up. Now everything should be easier to navigate and we've opted for a nice, simply layout. If you need to have a one-on-one with CoLD SToRAGE simply send an e-mail to the address at the top of this page... he will read every e-mail and will attempt to reply to every one as time permits.

OK, more importantly Android Child is now available from this site! For the past few months we've been in discussion with various CD pressing companies and none of them filled us with joy and excitement. So, until we can find one that fits us we are going to offer it for sale as a digital download in the same way as MELT. If you'd like to get your hands on the album, simply click on "BUY STUFF " in the menu or just CLICK HERE. We hope you enjoy Android Child!

29 January 2008
The RETRO Vibe continues!

After having had loads of fun with the SK-1 at the start of the year, CoLD SToRAGE brings you a small tribute to the Commodore C64 and more importantly the 6581 / 8580 SID Chip. The following tune has never actually been anywhere near a SID chip, it was all composed using REASON 3 using the built-in synths along with one sample from the SK-1.



However in the spirit of things the style is all C64 retro! CLICK HERE

16 January 2008
Happy New Year...

2008 is in full swing, so what about CoLD SToRAGE? Yes, work is still progresses on pressing Android Child. The original company ear-marked for publication has proven unreliable, so we're reconsidering our options. In the meantime, here's a small piece that happened through sheer chance. Mrs. SToRAGE was in a local Charity Shop and she spotted a little Casio keyboard hiding in the corner labeled£3.00. She took it home and it turned out to be an SK1.



After a couple of hours of amusing fun, C.S. sampled all it's sounds and put together this track... Click HERE to listen. C.S. says, "I had great fun putting this little song together. I may well expand on this at some later stage. Not my usual style, but a kind of Electro Jazz. Making cheesy electro music with these sounds is quite easy and a load of fun!" Here's hoping 2008 brings you everything you need and some of what you want... :O)