S/D:Total series on Kompakt

A bunch of the tracks from Total 14 on Kompakt's channel. Made it a worthwhile purchase for me.

all wack except #1

first half of #2 is ok

Thanks whn -- i've had that track in my itunes since it came out, but I haven't been able to find it in years!

So, I ordered the vinyl version of TOTAL 14 and I'm extremely dissapointed that this just includes 7 tracks and the exclusive ones at that which are nowhere as good as the others. :S Is this a usual thing for the TOTAL comps? This sucks.

A1 -Superpitcher Delta
B1 –Saschienne Horacio Delirium
B2 –Weval Something (Live)
C1 –Tobias Thomas / Michael Mayer Unter Hölzern
C2 –Voigt & Voigt Tischlein Deck Dich
D1 –Modernist, The Die Fette Gazelle And The Hidden Sixpack
D2 –Jürgen Paape Heuriger

Also it was stupid expensive and I thought it was worth it because of all the songs included. What a sham.

I'm about halfway through listening to 14 (CD version, vinyl is for suckers) and I'm liking it a lot. The mood seems a little darker than previous volumes, like EBM/industrial is coming back as an influence (something I've noticed all over the place, starting with the Nitzer Ebb-isms on Yeezus). A lot of female vocalists this time out, too.

Vinyl is awesome. Just not for this comp.

Total 3 was my jam when I was driving a lot at night.

basslines:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC5mMCim2A4

I think the into version being a compact (har har) version of he cd is nothing new. I know it's the case which at least Total 10, which is the newest one I have.

I've mostly kind of ignored them from 7 on, given kompakt's general inconsistency, but now I'm wondering if any of those editions particularly hold up...

This one is pretty good, first CD especially. 'Wunderkammer' by Blond:ish is probably the highlight, but I really like the opening track and the Superpitcher one with the ridiculously elongated vowel sound.

Fucking atrocious vocal on the Terranova track, mind,

Maybe worth noting that on Total 12, the Superpitcher track on the LP was different from the one on the CD – it had a long sample of a drunken Dylan Thomas reading a poem that wasn't on the CD version, which was completely instrumental.

Yeah this is sorta making me wish I hadn't ignored the last seven Totals or whatever

'Wunderkammer' by Blond:ish

See, this would have me worried, because when I listened to the EP that it's from all I heard was immacutely-produced yet instantly-forgettable generic tech-house. I haven't spent enough time with the compilation as a whole but on first impressions it is inconsisently good.

Fucking atrocious vocal on the Terranova track, mind,

This came on and I knew exactly which track you were talking about... it's close to effective though