Established in 1998 by Wolfgang Voigt, Michael Mayer and Jürgen Paape, the Kompakt label has since managed to become synonymous with an entire subgenre of electronic music: the German minimalistic techno sound, championed by its owners and a plethora of associated artists, most of them hailing from Kompakt's home-town Cologne.
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The Compilation Total 11 (+Video)
is featured in Update #044:
Essential 2010 Albums Now On Sale
We wish you an amazing 2011! To start the celebrations we have compiled 200 of our favourite albums of 2010 for our biggest ever New Year Sale!
From today on until January 16 all selected albums will be available for a special price - including many of the more...
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The Compilation Total 11 (+Video)
is featured in Update #029:
Total 11, Shed, Matthew Dear
Until very recently August was known as the music industry's 'dead season' - the one month of the year where you could safely pack up and head for the beach without risking to miss any essential releases.
This newsletter is proof as to how much times have more...
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The Compilation Total 11 (+Video)
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The Compilation Total 11 (+Video)
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The Compilation Total 11 (+Video)
was reviewed:
It's hard to believe that it has already been a year since Kompakt's famous compilation went double digit. The release date of each new 'Total' edition is marked in red on any self-respecting techno-head's calendar, and this year's 'Total 11' has especially been well worth the wait.Kompakt has outdone itself this time around with a whopping 26 tracks in total (five more than last year), most of which are exclusive to this volume. The label's mainstays of course all feature with contributions - Wolfgang Voigt, Justus Köhncke, Superpitcher, Mugwump, and Gui Boratto, to name but a few.
DJ Koze is granted the honour of opening up the selection with his wild and experimental 'Der Wallach', the pianos and pitched drums of which seem like a nod to Wolfgang Voigt's recent productions. The latter features with his recent 'Robert Schumann / Clara Wieck', as well as the unreleased Sog track 'Silbereisen', a precise, mathematical exercise.
Further highlights include The Field's 'Caroline', a krautrock track in best Cluster tradition, Rubag Wruhme's gloomy techno dub 'Rollmoff', and Jürgen Paape's exquisitely grooving minimal piece 'Mensch Und Maschine'. Popnoname and Ivan Smagghe's It's A Fine Line project even contribute some genuine rock material to the selection, while Kompakt's unique style of pop-house is supplied by Michael Mayer and Ada, whose remix of GusGus' 'Hateful' is included on the compilation with a nicely filmed video.
'Total 11' is a brilliant display of strength for one the world's most remarkable electronic music labels, and for all fans of modern European club sounds, this one is a must.
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The Compilation Total 11 (+Video)
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The Compilation Total 11 (+Video)
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