Kompakt: Search und Destroy - Teil Drei

(And what is The Matrix?)

*I need to know*

Is there some magic dust on all of the 'Timecode' 12"s that makes you break down into some Otto's Irresistible Dance (oh shit! check that Old School reference!) type groove and fall madly in love with Justus or something?

Seriosly- now or never- I'm....afraid.

Here's the Mayer mix:
http://s41.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1KQD7TQNTGJFG2D0I0IKJZVV6Q

Oh Justus- how could you?!

Smart cookie, that Mr. Gill.....

it's pretty cool how music can evolve over time...arguably kohncke's original was also a copy in bad taste so now what we have is a reproduction of a reproduction. kind of endemic in dance music ca. 2005.

I know the feeling. My guess: Hall & Oates?

I dunno. I don't find it that shameful since it happens all the time (Daft Punk, Felix da Housecat, supposedly M.A.N.D.Y. too). On the other hand I'll admit I always find it a bit disappointing at first when they rip the hook/punctum of a tune.

losoul using "billie jean"?

soul center?

or luomo & raz ohara...

it's not really an issue for me

(though stuffing up has at least allowed me to realise er objectively that my favourite part is what Kohncke actually brings to the table)

xpost to myself

My head hurts from all this metasimulacra. Simulacrap, anyone?

strimonster has done a mash up of the Lipps Inc. and the Justus, i believe ;) or rather Timecode's superior backing with edited vocals from the older track.

more details here...

*sigh*

Really digging the way schmaltzy, souvenir-snowglobe chintziness rubs up against classical/techno austerity; fits Kompakt to a tee.

New Hippie Dance 12" available in limited amounts through Kompakt.fm. It sounds like Superpitcher and Rebolledo under a new guise.. The Twins.. trippy disco in the Kompakt style.

http://www.kompakt.fm/blog/A3yFFHPtwbGg

Reminicising with a friend about the Kompakt DJs he used to get playing Brighton, of which Tobias Thomas was the first almost ten years ago has prompted me to dig out his Smallville mix, and it is completely reminding me what I loved about the sound they had around then. It is so nice to hear a commercially released mix which is obviously a live affair, with mixing that at times struggles to stay on beat, but provides extra tension because of that.

What did/do you make of his Please Please Please mix? Some atop top stuff on there IMO.

I emailed Kompakt to say that if they didn't release a Tobias Thomas mix this year, their 20th anniversary celebrations had no credibility.

(They didn't reply, obviously).

Sweet Advent related mix from the Kompakt stable today;

http://www.mixcloud.com/kompaktrecords/kompakt-advent-drop-truffle-shuffle/

What's this like? Jorg burger, ada, the field, popnoname and others...

http://www.discogs.com/Cologne-Tape-Render/release/2318737

incidentally, the Triola album is really hitting the spot right now. Such warm stuff.

Cologne Tape's Render was the first release on the Magazine label. It sounds pretty serious / traditional Kraut rock to my ears, a nice EP. My favourite track is 'Render 4' which reminds me of Ada's Forty Winks.

Love Rebolledo's mix cd. Great pulse & atmosphere..

And Total's making a return this year, edition 14:

CD1
01. Dauwd - Lydia
02. COMA - Atlantis
03. Gui Boratto feat. Coma And Hell - Take Control
04. Kölsch feat. Gregor Schwellenbach - Cassiopeia
05. Terranova feat. Cath Coffey - Headache
06. Dave DK - Palmaille
07. Superpitcher - Delta
08. Saschienne - Horacio Delirium
09. Blond:ish - Wunderkammer
10. Gunjah & Niconé - Disko 90
11. Maceo Plex - Conjure Superstar
12. Weval - Something (Live)

CD2
01. DAMH - Black Night
02. Thomas/Mayer - Unter Hölzern
03. Thomas Fehlmann - Eye
04. Voigt & Voigt - Tischlein Deck Dich
05. Sebastien Bouchet - Broken Heart
06. Michael Mayer - Lamusetwa (Matias Aguayo Mix)
07. DJ Tennis feat. Pillowtalk - The Outcast
08. The Modernist - Die Fette Gazelle And The Hidden Sixpack
09. Partial Arts - Taifa (The Emperor Machine Mix)
10. Justus Köhncke - Loop
11. The Field - No. No... (John Tejada Mix)
12. GusGus - This Is What You Get When You Mess With Love
13. Jürgen Paape - Heuriger

Looks like there's two volumes of pop ambient this year. No triola / j burger track included for the first time, I think.

http://www.kompakt.fm/releases/pop_ambient_2015_cd

great stuff.. and this https://soundcloud.com/audion/dem-howl-feat-troels-abrahamsen-kom314

dude!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=621xWnrAcMU

This is ok. The Dave DK EP is great though, Ulrich Schnauss and Isolée both in good form.

i dig it. i don't know weval. i would buy their new album. will check out dave dk ep.

okay, isolee wins that round. schnauss mix a little too syrupy for me.

Total 16 coming in August...

this sounds awesome!

https://scontent.fbos1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13419057_10154847761427137_6416411084925217776_n.jpg?oh=a83bc2666c643e09945fe0027271e13f&oe=58051341

please send it to me k thanks

might have to re-think my whole "i don't need kompakt on vinyl because the CDs sound so amazing" thing....

it was cheap on discogs.

dude so much kompakt is vinyl only, get crackin!

doesn't everything eventually get turned into a Total comp or whatever?

i'm too old to start buying new 12 inches. i'd never listen to them. or i'd listen to them once.

CD comps kinda perfect for my active lifestyle.

i'd say half or less ends up on Total comps (which contain mucho exclusive tracks.. so yeah might as well stick with CDs)

at least buy this, you need the superpitcher remix

https://www.discogs.com/The-MFA-The-Difference-It-Makes/release/335616

christ, 14 For Sale from $24.88

pro tip go to spotify type in label:kompakt put it on shuffle

pro tip go to spotify type in label:kompakt put it on schaffel

i have listened to kompakt on spotify on PS4 before while playing my beloved Resogun. but i can't take too much Spotify sound. makes me cagey.

i am currently the 20th greatest Resogun:Demolition player in the world by the way.

Made myself a couple of "German" CDs for a holiday - To Rococco Rot, Tarwater, Mouse on Mars, a few tracks from the Dial label and lot of Kompakt. Had forgotten how much joy mid-noughties Kompakt brought me. Must have a catch-up ...

autumn + kompakt = perfection.

i really enjoyed the hunter_game album.

the weval one though didn't really do much for me.

There's a Michael Mayer collaboration album coming out on XL shortly

Yeah, had seen an email from !K7 about that. Features collaborations on every track including Roman Flugel, Prins Thomas, Barnt and one each from Hot Chip and Friendly Fires.

Will probably (re)start with Total 16 and see where that sends me.

Mind you, I'm also tempted to make a home made edition of that RSD Superpitcher compilation, too.

The Mayer album is very mixed; each track stands up or falls over based on who the collaborator is.

Has anyone heard TOTAL 16 yet? It's on Spotify I was listening to it yesterday and there wasn't anything that really caught my attention but there wasn't anything that I found annoying. It sounded pretty good and cohesive to my ears... will need to give it more listens to see what sticks but at first listen it might be one of their better years.

Loving Clarian's Ankh EP. The title track feels more trance than the music suggests with the Logan's Run sample. Like a cross between Balearic Incarnation and My Name is Barbarella..

https://kompakt.fm/releases/mixtape_vol_1

could this be the first kompakt 'new' album in years that i don't buy?
heard it today a couple of times, and i really am not sure about it.

sitting somewhere close to acts like Ween and Junior Boys

does not sound promising

exactly.
also, 12 tracks in 36 mins.
i.e. a lot of throwaway crap.

thankfully I did not read the RA review of the new Gui Boratto album before I heard it.
I ordered it to make an amazon order over the requirements for free delivery.
turns out that the album is crap according to RA.
I beg to differ.
yeah, it's not cool, nor cutting edge.
it is however, a very enjoyable electronica album.
in fact, I have decided to listen to this as a synthwave album.
there are a lot of sonic crossovers in the use of sounds and vocals, which is probably why I am enjoying it so much.

It's perfectly fine. Just like the John Tejada album which RA gave an average review to.

how dare KOMPAKT release an album that sounds like a KOMPAKT album.

( I still have no idea why MS Edge caps lock the word KOMPAKT)

Total 18 next week...

"let the countdown begin … "

TOTAL 19

i feel old

Visited the Koln record store/headquarters in May. I might have been the youngest person in the store and I'm nearly 40.