| Rite 2 | ||||
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| Studio album by Julian Cope | ||||
| Released | 1997 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Length | ??? | |||
| Label | Head Heritage | |||
| Producer | Julian Cope | |||
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Rite 2 is an ambient music album by Julian Cope, released in 1997. It is technically Cope’s fourteenth solo album, but is also the follow-up to the earlier album Rite (released in 1992 and credited to "Julian Cope & Donald Ross Skinner") and is the second in the Rite series.
For Rite 2, Cope collaborated extensively with synthesizer player Thighpaulsandra (Coil, Spiritualized) although the album was credited to Cope alone. The album has been described as a tribute of sorts to Krautrock bands such as Amon Duul II and Tangerine Dream and is based on the sound of the Mellotron and the wah-wah guitar, although it also employs miscellaneous tone generators the ARP 2600 synthesizer and the Hammond B3 organ, as well as vocal chants.[1][2][3]
Rite 2 was the debut release on Cope’s Head Heritage label, which would be the home of almost all of his future recordings.