Anoebis Posted August 12, 2001 Share Posted August 12, 2001 V/A - Astral Trance 2 Artist: Various Title: Astral Trance 2 Label: Eros Date: 1998 Track listing: 01. 08'30" Talamasca : Talafrica 02. 08'23" Luminus : Silicosis (Rmx) 03. 07'08" Hyperion : Micky Mouse 04. 08'14" Shiva Sidpao : Ego Killer (Rmx) 05. 09'09" Solaris : Out There 06. 06'02" Holymen : Halloween 07. 07'51" Syndrome : Party Fever 08. 07'20" Johann : Stranded 09. 07'56" California Sunshine : Last Feeling Review: véry strange compilation, some real killers and some terrible Cheese-songs! First song from talamasca is well known I think and it's good old-style melodic trance! Second song is one of the best ever by Luminus, very fast, hard bassline and a great guitar-riff in the beggining of the song... after that it becomes very melodic but never really cheesy imo! The next song is more Nitzhonot (happy wave your hand in the air trance)! hard to believe it's the same group that made "Sunflower"!! Then we have 2 killers... First a very dark song by Shiva Sidpao with killer bassline and a fantastic acid end... In the middle of the song you also have a very long gothic break... héhé, I really like the track!It get followed by Solaris (aka Oforia) with a real floor-filler, way ahead of it's time with dark disorted melodies! number 6 is Holymen!? What he is doing after Solaris is unbelievable... the song is cheesy,; but not yet a cheese-fest as we know him now! Number 7 is even worse,! complete cheese! Awfull!! Then the compilation changes direction again!? Johann gives us the orginal Stranded here which already has some disortd guitars but it still is rather melodic and fast! The last song is one of the best California Sunshine songs, really trancy and hypnotic! Well, this compilation can be bought if you prefer 4 killers and 5 bad songs above 9 "only" good songs like most compilations! I give this 6,5/10 (because of the cheese-songs) Bom Shankar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Trancers303 Posted August 12, 2001 Share Posted August 12, 2001 Like Anoebis..but mine is a bit different...song nr 7 is unitec and reverse Psychology - Witch (Eyal barkan)..so the thing don't geeet better..but pretty nice sometimes to listen to..but i like track 3..i think its pretty cool... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest thanosmusic[at]hotmail[dot]com Posted December 5, 2001 Share Posted December 5, 2001 the sequel of astral trance 1 goes.....melodic. the sound that greeks love. anyway the cd is allright and allthough some tracks are cheesy they never cross the live. if you that's cheesy wait to listen the new greek uplifting trance. mpliax. overall 7.5/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Defbydelta... Posted April 16, 2002 Share Posted April 16, 2002 Holymen SUX! the best track here are california sun.. and Shiva sidpaos the rest is ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trance2MoveU Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 Seriously people. You know a compilation is a turd burger when the best track on it is from California Sunshine. That said it is perhaps one of the best goa trance tracks I've ever heard from them. Also the Ego Killer remix is a bit of dark tech trance which ain't half bad. The rest is a constant nut punch. If you love cheese and nails on the chalkboard moments then you will love this. I'm beginning to question whether or not Talamasca on his own actually had any positive effect on psytrance. Talafrica is terribly boring The witch cackle in Witch is an embarrassment and I've yet to hear a Holymen track that didn't make me want to start cutting myself. Turd burger. Sh*t sandwich. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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