[Chris and Cosey] [Trance] [LP] [1982] The second album by Chris & Cosey sounds much more like Throbbing Gristle than the debut album. While Chris & Cosey consciously distanced themselves from their roots on their first album, they now seem to be a little more committed to them again. However, not to the very hard, but to the rather moderate side of the industrial music pioneers. "Trance" is not a trance music album, but it contains many elements that were later adopted by the trance music scene. . Chris & Cosey are very playful with different styles. Already on the opener "Cowboys in Cuba" they cleverly mix dark industrial sounds with avant-garde electro pop, a very hypnotic mixture. The rhythmic "Lost" sounds anything but lost. The Giant's Feet" begins darkly, but quickly picks up speed with a pulsating beat that is guaranteed to leave no one cold. . And so it goes on with the other tracks, sometimes playful ("Until"), sometimes chaotic rhythmic pulsating ("Re-Education through Labour") or mysterious ("Secret") up to the ambient music on the last track "The Gates of Ancient Cities" on the album. . Chris & Cosey have created a masterpiece with "Trance" that was far ahead of its time and still fascinates after 40 years.
