Pastel Collision

Pastel Collision were a girl-fronted mid-90s indie pop band from Preston and London. They produced four singles between 1994 and 1996 and went on to make an album, Knowing who Your Friends Are, under a new name, Kaleida, in 1998.

While Pastel Collision took their cue from mid-80s indie pop like the June Brides and the Shop Assistants, Kaleida, despite having the same core personnel, updated the sound to something closer to Dubstar or St Etienne: an attempt at a more sophisticated, European pop sound.

The first Pastel Collision single, Young, was produced by Steve Mack of that Petrol Emotion. The Kaleida album was produced by Mike Jones, formerly guitarist and songwriter in Voice of the Beehive.

Pastel Collision songs were played on Radio 1 by John Peel and Mark Radcliffe. Pastel Collision/Kaleida were recently the subject of a tribute night at Manila indie club, 'The Strict Rules of Polite Society'.