Posts Tagged 'Kompakt'

Studio 1

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With this re-release being offered during the heyday of the minimal machine that is now techno and house, it gives us time to reflect on the sound that has paved the way for this clicked-out movement. Originally released in 2000, this compilation brings together the legendary Studio Eins series of ultra limited vinyl releases from Read more...

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VARIOUS Total 9

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Another Total compilation from the Kompakt camp has landed and serves as yet another milestone for the hardest working label in Cologne. Originally formed as a techno record store, and moving on to include huge studios and over 50 distributed labels, Kompakt is a techno icon. Ranging from laidback house music, to uber deep, experimental Read more...

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Gui Boratto tour & new album

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Only two years have passed since the release of Gui Boratto’s debut album “Chromophobia.” But Gui achieved almost everything you can dream of in the techno world. With his powerful live set he’s devastated almost every relevant club on this planet. If you’d print his remixography you’d have to put it in your book shelf Read more...

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Pluxus

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“Transient”

Genre: leftfield.
Sounds like: Kraftwerk-meets-Elvis surf music.
Bottom line: Doing something a bit different from the norm, this band fuses traditional rock instrumentation with vintage synths, samplers and computers to create a vocal-tinged pop sound like no other. Deep yet evocative, clean yet disheveled, this project goes all over the board.

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Justus Köhncke

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On his third full-length album, German producer Justus Köhncke lays aside his previous infatuation with pop music and turns his attention almost solely to the dancefloor.
”Feuerland”

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Jennifer Cardini

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This Paris-based minimal superstar returns to deliver her first mix compilation in over three years. Widely anticipated for good reason, this flawless mix covers the bases of a great electro and French house jam session, featuring tracks from Adam Kroll, Mike Dunn, the Hacker, Principles Of Geometry and Apparat.
“Feeling Strange”

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