Eleven tracks, eleven different names and not a single repeat: rarely does a tracklist read so plainly as a roster census. That is 'C.c.c, Vol. 2', and it is also the stated reason Comet Collective exists: the Tel Aviv label founded by Itay Aluf (Elastic) and Yarin Bar (Jahrin) declares itself devoted to psychedelic electronic music and to pushing emerging producers, with a motto that borders on the literal: «for us, you are a comet». Jahrin himself does the compiling here, and his taste shows between the lines.
The first identity marker sits in the keys: ten of the eleven tracks live in major mode, and only the opener, oneMountain's 'Align', allows itself some shade in B minor for almost nine minutes. That reads like an editorial line rather than a coincidence: Comet Collective's psy-trance aims at the bright, melodic face of the genre instead of the dark tunnel. The second marker is the tempo spread: the bulk moves between 135 and 145 BPM — Planet X's 'Do Not Disturb', Mi-Ze's 'Isabella', Unima's 'Helix' — yet there is room for the 118 groove of Hazui's 'Trick', the 69 and 70 BPM readings of 'The Middle Way' (Groovity, also the longest cut at 9:28) and Reidak's 'Noize', and the 153 surge of Exyoma's 'The Future'.
One more detail sketches the house: titles like 'Align', 'Psyclone', 'Isabella' and 'The Middle Way' also appear as standalone releases on the collective's Bandcamp, so the C.c.c series seems to work as a periodic digest of the catalogue, a snapshot of where the label is heading. And Reidak, who signs the closer here, had already released alongside Jahrin himself ('Mamasota'): the compiler is not watching this roster from the outside.
As a label portrait, 'C.c.c, Vol. 2' comes out sharp: Comet Collective prefers the nursery to the star and major keys to the underworld, and treats the compilation less as a shop window than as a statement of intent.
Sources: Bandcamp · Beatport