V/A - Cult 2

[Guest Dmitri from Ekaterinburg]

V/A - Cult 2

 

Artist: Various

Title: Cult 2

Label: Sub Terranean

Date: 1996

 

Track listing:

 

01. 07'36" Planet BEN : Trippy Future Garden Part 2

02. 08'49" Brain Accent : Anno Domini

03. 06'33" Electric Universe : Online Information

04. 08'05" Astral Projection : Aurora Borealis

05. 07'39" Tristan : Close Zen Counters

06. 08'59" Technossomy : Indiginus

07. 07'21" Manmademan : The Great Seat

08. 06'42" Synchro : Jensonic

09. 04'26" Hara Gobi : Save The Love

10. 11'57" IL : Bababobo

 

Review:

 

Second volume of Cult compilation is variable enough ( on sound criterion ) and

representative

either : you can find German trance , UK goa , Dutch pumping and even Israeli

trance here .

Moreover , it contains some really rare staff ( I mean tracks 9 & 10 ) .

1. Planet B.E.N. - Trippy Future Garden Part II . The first track I' ve heard

from Ben

Wierzoch , one of the pioneers of minimalistic sounding . Well , it sounds

trippy

enough and lively .

2. Brain Accent - Anno Domini . Hard acid line monotonous sound . In other

words ,

some people would probably like it , others - wouldn' t .

3. Electric Universe - Online Information . The most crazy track I' ve heard

from

Boris Blenn . It' s made in acid psychedelic style , hypnotizing and making you

numbing after continious listening . Keep your head !

4. Astral Projection - Aurora Borealis . " Northern lights " . An excellent

flying composition from masters of

the genre . I' d like to reccomend to listen to it during the purple sunset in

winter .

5. Tristan - Close Zen Counters . Nice interchange of sounds plus distinctly

emphasized melody . Just good .

6. Technossomy - Indiginus . The perception of this one changes after some

listenings .

It fits well for army runs .

7. Manmademan - The Great Seat . A kind of goa opus with typical straight line

and

Eastern - like melody . I like the sample most of all .

8. Synchro - Jensonic . What should we expect of Dutch music ? Kicking , of

course .

A pumping house basement and no overload - dancefloor stomper as a result .

9. Hara Gobi - Save The Love . Short - time ballade dedicated to amour . It

sounds

cheerfully and dynamically .

10. IL - Bababobo . It stretches to infinity ( if you take into account its

length and

main conception ) . Slow intro > rhythm > Asian musical instrument > forceful

general

sound - that's the development of theme , cosmism overall . Logical completion

of

trip .

So , it's even better than the first one . A qualitative selection of tracks

and their

successful consistent arrangement . The old residents , Jeroen van Garling and

Tim Schuldt , distinguished as always ( Synchro and Brain Accent respectively )

.

Excellent compilation overall . 8/10 . One of my favourite single CD

compilations .