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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

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Guest Trancers303

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...

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Guest thanosmusic[at]hotmail[dot]com

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

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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.

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