V/A - Zoo 2

[Insejn]

V/A - Zoo 2

 

 

Artist: Various

Title: Zoo 2

Label: Shaffel

Date: 2003

 

Track listing:

 

01. Void : Free

02. Skazi And Z-Man : Open The Doors

03. Shiva-Skazi : Large Doses

04. Skazi And Beat On : Freak Out

05. SX : Herpes

06. Skazi : XTC

07. Exaile : Knock It Off

08. Damage : Nasty

09. Tube : Meet The Monster

 

Review:

 

Time for some Skazi madness. Maybe a little too much as Skazi's style is too

repetetive imo. And the worst part is that the other tracks sounds like it

would be Skazi. But what if these tracks got released on 9 different comps.

That would be good. The point is that the tracks itself is good stuff. It just

gets too much. However, there is one track that is _SO_ much better than the

others. Damage - Nasty, a pure masterpiece. This comp is good in small

amounts. If you like Zoo 1, this is gonna blow your mind. And for Skazi

fans....you know :-)

Final Verdict: 7/10

[Guest Psydark Light]

Insejn wrote : If you like Zoo 1, this is gonna blow your mind.------

 

I can't understand u man... this is pure different from zoo 2 IN THE BAD SIDES

! ---

zoo1 was much better than this one ! I and much more like me anticipated that

zoo 2 will be good release since zoo 1 was totally great, but then skazi came

and made zoo looks poor with self promo for himself.===too much tracks from

skazi ! the only track I liked is from Void ! damn good track ! all the others

in this compilation are nice , but not stand for the "Zoo line" that was

expected.

overall : nice compil with too much skazi , some of the tracks are nice , some

bad and 1 really good.--- I'm not so happy with this purchase , standard minus

, I reccomend u to listen to examples before u buy it.

6.5/10

[Guest SykoDelic]

Give SKAZI a break... I agree he's too repetitive with his sound but no one can

fault his traxx or his track selection.... All the Skazi traxx on this album r

great .. if u heard em without knowing it was Skazi ... and the Exaile and

Damage traxx are awesome too.. that leaves 2 traxx from Void and Tube ... and

one of those have been rated the best track on this disc... so decide for

urself... I agree Zoo 1 was better...but then I also thik Animal was his best

album... The first of everything is usually the best in the psytrance scene...

All said .. A must have...8/10 just for the fact that there is not a singel

bad trakk on the album.

[Guest Dr Cheroot]

BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM.........

enough said.

8/10 - Home listeners

10/10 - DJs

[Guest Slave2rave]

Oooooooooohhhhhhh my gooooooood, what is this track 6??? I'm dematerializing

between my headphones!

[Guest Dr Cheroot]

Being a skeptic of compilation sequels, I didn't have too many expectations for

this one. But things were already looking good as I unwrapped the package to

find a CD that looks and feels like vinyl, not to mention a Zoo 2 sticker and

the always welcome DJ case insert (I think case inserts should be made

mandatory by law, especially with digipaks). About the contents of this

compilation, well, you can judge this book by its cover. Nice tight

production, the familiar Skazi vibe, and nary a loose beat in sight.

 

"Free" by Void starts off the journey in style with a nice sample followed by a

thumping bass, nothing too hectic, but a great warm-up for the rest of the

compilation. Next up is "Open the Doors" by Skazi and Z-man (Jonas Bergvall of

Logic Bomb), a delicious Scando-Skazi number with the best parts of both –

groovy gravy poured over a Skazi-ish beat – thoroughly enjoyable despite the

somewhat repetitious title sample. Shiva (of Shiva Space Japan) and Skazi kick

it up a notch in "Large Doses", not an outstanding track but fits in very

nicely in the overall progression. Skazi and Beat On's "Freak Out" is where it

all really starts, and a trademark bassline with numerous breakdowns and a

freaky sample popping out in the most unexpected places makes for a sure-fire

nighttime killer. The only thing disgusting about SX's "Herpes" is its name –

this is another floor winner, though not up there with Cost Me on Zoo 1. XTC

is a surprisingly refreshing number with all the regular trappings of a Skazi

guitar track, but more bearable than something like GTR - the breakdown and

the subsequent build-up midway through the track is sure to get a lot of feet

"digging", as the Israelis put it. Exaile's "Knock It Off" is a funky one,

with a lot of well-placed funny samples from the "Aaahh!!! Real Monster"

cartoons. "Nasty" by Damage gets off to a spooky start, progressing into a

real beauty of a track - crank up the volume all the way up for this one or

you might miss some of the earthshaking bass drops. Tube's "Meet The Monster"

is the grand finale, a dark one with the only non-skazi bassline on this

compilation, one of those tracks which finally make you pack up your chillum

and get off the chaiwalli's mat and onto your feet. Mind-blowing.

 

Zoo 2 seems to have finally broken the sequel jinx, at least for me. A little

too Skazi-centric, but I guess it's a Zoo thing. Skazi shows what compiling a

CD really means - a great start, nice progression and resounding ending make

this a truly enjoyable journey. None of the tracks on it are outstanding, but

none are less than above-average either – it's like, you have a big smile at

after listening to the whole CD, but you don't really know why. Great music, a

touching package, and a guarantee to rock the earth below you, make this a

treat to own.

Rating: 4/5