Cut (C-Tec album)

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.

Cut
Studio album by C-Tec
Released	15 February 2000 (2000-02-15)
Recorded	December 1998 (1998-12) – April 1999 (1999-04)
Studio	Spike Studios (London, United Kingdom)
Genre	EBM
Length	47:36
Label	Synthetic Symphony
Producer	Marc Heal Doug Martin
C-Tec chronology
Darker (1997) Cut (2000) Darker/Cut (2018)

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.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Brutal"	Jean-Luc de Meyer Marc Heal	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"	de Meyer Ged Denton	4:40
7.	"Cut... Lacerate"	de Meyer Heal Martin	7:57
8.	"Nightbreed"	Julian Beeston de Meyer Heal Martin	4:00
9.	"Chosen"	de Meyer Heal Martin	6:08

Bonus track

No.	Title	Music	Length
10.	"She Left" (French Version)	Heal	4:22

2018 digital issue track

No.	Title	Music	Length
11.	"Until We Disappear"	Heal	5:47

Personnel

Adapted from the Cut liner notes.^[6]

C-Tec

• Jean-Luc de Meyer – vocals
• Ged Denton – synthesizer
• Marc Heal – synthesizer, additional vocals, production

'Additional performers

• Julian Beeston – drums, additional synthesizer
• David Bianchi – guitar
• Doug Martin – synthesizer, additional guitar, engineering

Production and design

• Peter Anderson – photography
• Patrick Bird – mastering
• Greg Jakobek – design
• Jim Marcus – cover art (reissue)
• Jules Seifert – remastering (reissue)

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
Germany	2000	Synthetic Symphony	CD	SPV 085-62422
Russia	2003	Союз/Synthetic Symphony		SPV 085-62422
United Kingdom	2018	Armalyte Industries	DL