Cut (C-Tec album)

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Cut
C-Tec - Cut.jpg
Studio album by
C-Tec
Released15 February 2000 (2000-02-15)
RecordedDecember 1998 (1998-12) – April 1999 (1999-04)
StudioSpike Studios
(London, United Kingdom)
Genre EBM
Length47:36
Label Synthetic Symphony
Producer
C-Tec chronology
Darker
(1997)		Cut
(2000)		 Darker/Cut
(2018)
Alternative cover
C-Tec - Cut (2018 digital issue).jpg
digital issue cover

Cut is the second studio album by C-Tec, released on 15 February 2000 by Synthetic Symphony. [1] [2] The album was ranked #25 on the German Alternative Charts (DAC) Top 50 Albums of 2000. [3] On 5 October 2018 the album was reissued as a music download with an additional track titled "Until We Disappear" and written by Marc Heal.

Contents

Reception

Niklas Forsberg of Release Magazine awarded the album six out of ten, describing the music as "almost exclusively overdone in the sense that the aggressiveness became too dominant" and saying "the one thing making me give "Cut" a grade above average is due to the participation of veteran, almost cult declared artist Jean-Luc De Meyer." [4] Regen said "In many ways, Cut is an improvement on Darker – the production is cleaner and has a more modern sheen" and "the palette of sound is more consistent, making it a more cohesive album." The critic went on to claim "it also feels like it plays it, if not safe, at least safer, leaning more toward traditional industrial sounds and beats... but a really solid version of those sounds." [5]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Jean-Luc de Meyer

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Brutal"
5:08
2."I Die Tomorrow"
  • de Meyer
  • Heal
5:13
3."Gesellschaft"
  • de Meyer
  • Heal
  • Doug Martin
5:23
4."She Left"
  • de Meyer
  • Heal
4:24
5."Stormtrigger"
  • de Meyer
  • Heal
  • Martin
4:42
6."Fighter"
4:40
7."Cut... Lacerate"
  • de Meyer
  • Heal
  • Martin
7:57
8."Nightbreed"
4:00
9."Chosen"
  • de Meyer
  • Heal
  • Martin
6:08
Bonus track
No.TitleMusicLength
10."She Left" (French Version)Heal4:22
2018 digital issue track
No.TitleMusicLength
11."Until We Disappear"Heal5:47

Personnel

Adapted from the Cut liner notes. [6]

C-Tec

'Additional performers

Production and design

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
Germany2000 Synthetic Symphony CD SPV 085-62422
Russia2003Союз/Synthetic SymphonySPV 085-62422
United Kingdom2018Armalyte Industries DL

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References

  1. ↑ "Cyber-Tec: Cut - Overview". AllMusic . Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  2. ↑ Ditzel, Eleanor. "Cyber-Tec > Biography". AllMusic . Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  3. ↑ "DAC Top 50 2000". Trendcharts oHG. AMC Alster Musik Consulting GmbH. 2001. Archived from the original on 11 February 2001. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  4. ↑ Forsberg, Niklas (January 23, 2007). "C-Tec: Cut". Release Magazine . Musik & Media. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  5. ↑ Leach, Douglas (October 5, 2018). "C-Tec: Darker/Cut". ReGen. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  6. ↑ Cut (booklet). C-Tec. Hannover, Germany: Synthetic Symphony. 2000.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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