The twenty-fourth edition of the annual Kompakt TOTAL compilation is out now - have you been keeping track of how many there really are? Anyways, we’re excited to share TOTAL 24 with you and celebrate together tomorrow @ursprungfi in Cologne. We love Kompakt!
@robagwruhme isn’t just a producer; he’s a sonic storyteller. His tracks are known for their emotional depth and technical brilliance – the perfect blend of minimal techno, deep house, and ambient music - each track a meticulously crafted journey through sound. His latest Speicher 132 is out today and the perfect soundtrack for your weekend (and beyond). Link in comments.
GusGus x DJ Hell // We felt that this track needed to be shared with you as long as the summer season is in full swing this DJ Hell Remix is nothing short of a summer anthem. Out now and available via link in comments. @officialgusgus @djhellofficial
Mark the date: October 18th - Kompakt ADE boat party in collaboration with Watt Events featuring Deer Jade , Jonathan Kasparnkaspar, Michael Mayer and Robag Wruhme. Tickets via link in comments.
Kompakt ist stolz, endlich eine Neuauflage des ersten, selbstbetitelten GAS-Albums ankündigen zu können. Ursprünglich im Jahr 1996 auf dem Electronica-Label Mille Plateaux veröffentlicht, ist es seitdem nicht mehr in seiner ursprünglichen Form erhältlich – die gleichnamige Version von GAS, die 2008 in der Nah Und Fern Box enthalten war, enthielt verschiedene andere Titel. Nun liegt das 3er Album in seinem naturbelassenen Originalzustand wieder vor.
Kompakt is proud to announce, finally, a reissue of the first, self-titled GAS album. Originally released on electronica imprint Mille Plateaux back in 1996, it’s been unavailable in its original form ever since – the version of GAS included in 2008’s Nah Und Fern box featured several different tracks. Here, however, GAS is restored in all its glory, the debut full-length from Wolfgang Voigt’s most enigmatic, quixotic project.
Pre-Order now via the link in comments.
Text: Jonathan Dale
Video: Max Hytrek
Cover: Bianca Strauch
For the latest Connecting The Dots mix, Kompakt welcomes Cologne’s own AMSL to the fold. She’s been DJing for a short while now, as part of the E.P.I.Q. crew, and while she was initially influenced by UK funky, when DJing she stretches the dancefloor’s ears with an admirable open-mindedness, bringing all kinds of aesthetics and genres in to co-exist under the AMSL wing. You can only imagine what would happen when someone with such a wide purview gets to grips with Kompakt’s thirty-year history. Find out via the link in comments.
Out Now: Electronic music enthusiasts are in for a treat as acclaimed artists Gui Boratto and Darren Emerson proudly announce the release of their first collaborative debut, “The Shell”. This project was born from an inspired studio session in Brazil and marks the inception of a thrilling new dynamic duo! Expect the Brazilian mastermind and Underworld’s former producer in a high octane dark disco mood. “Partnering with Gui Boratto, an old-time friend and musical genius, has been an exhilarating journey of exploration and innovation” shares Darren Emerson. Available now via the link in comments.
Lorenzo Dada - techno producer and DJ collaborates with his father Luciano Michelini (best known for his piece “Frolic”, the theme to Larry David’s Curb Your Enthusiasm series). Dada reflects on the experience: “We never worked together before, so it was all new for both of us,” with Michelini adding, “I truly love this experience with my son. He’s a talented pianist and composer. I am not very familiar with electronic music nowadays, but we did it fluently.” There’s certainly a familial energy at play through Lucifer, and you can hear how Dada and Michelini, through exploration and experiment, find a shared language, balancing Dada’s tendency toward minimalism, and Michelini’s composerly voice.
Lucifer flows as a suite that interweaves electronic music with acoustic instruments: the lonely sigh of saxophone; Michelini’s lush, verdant piano; the weeping strings of Tears Of Blue (recorded at the studio of Michelini’s friend, the late Maestro, Ennio Morricone). These multiple voices are located within the electronic sighs and swarms from Dada’s kit; there are moments of propulsion, and passages of lambent drift, where the album revels in its tonal sweetness. If it flows so effortlessly, that’s because Lucifer was designed that way, as a suite or a sonata of sorts.
Out now and available as vinyl, CD and digital via the link in comments.
Brazilian born come Berlin resident @joycemunizmusic teams up with Algerian born come Rome resident DJ producer @sara.bluma for their phenomenal Kompakt debut “Beats & Lines”, an uplifting electro disco affair with plenty of pop appeal. “I met Sara Bluma a year ago, when she booked me to play at one of her parties in Rome. We connected straight away. It was a matter of time that we decided to make some music together. I had this idea for a while, so I sent it to Sara and asked her if she would like to do some vocals. She came up with this great fun text. This tune interprets the energy from both of us. Which is supposed to be fun!“. Mission accomplished… The good vibes between Sara and Joyce are definitely contagious! Out now via the link comments.
Video - @andrewmella
Hair & make up - @med.hood
Location - @grinta.studiocreativo
Heute vor 5 Jahren starb der "Godfather of Schwarz-Weiss" Karl Lagerfeld. Genau vor 10 Jahren entstand die bisher unveröffentlichte Serie Pop Acid 5 / Schwarz-Weiss von Wolfgang Voigt. Mehr Informationen zur Bilderserie 'Pop Acid 5 / Schwarz-Weiss' via Anfrage über den Link in comments.
5 years ago today the “Godfather of Black and White” Karl Lagerfeld died. Exactly 10 years ago, the previously unpublished series Pop Acid 5 / Schwarz-Weiss (Black and White) by Wolfgang Voigt was created. More information about the picture series 'Pop Acid 5 / Schwarz-Weiss' on request via the link in comments.
Am 26.01.2024 eröffnet die multimediale Kunstausstellung "Wolfgang Voigt - Mit Maschinen Sprechen", in der Galerie Nagel Draxler / Crypto Kiosk in Berlin. Teil der Ausstellung ist der zweiteilige Video Soundtrack "Loop Konstrakt 1", der als limitierte Vinyl / Art Edition (Dubplate Einzelanfertigung) in Kombination mit einem signierten Fine-Art Print (Serielles Unikat), über die Galerie und Kompakt.Art erhältlich sein wird.
The multimedia art exhibition "Wolfgang Voigt - Mit Maschinen Sprechen" (Talking to Machines) opens on January 26th, 2024 in the Nagel Draxler Gallery / Crypto Kiosk in Berlin. Part of the exhibition is the two-part video soundtrack "Loop Konstrakt 1", which will be available as a limited vinyl / art edition (dubplate one-off production) in combination with a signed fine art print (serial unique), via the Gallery and Kompakt.Art.
So Leute, Analoger wird’s nicht. Akzeleration war gestern und gestern war gut. Heute ist auch gut. So kommen wir nun zurück aus der Zukunft ohne Menschen, um mit Maschinen zu sprechen. Denn Entdeutung mal Zeitlosigkeit ist gleich Rückverzauberung. Zum Glück. Also, Maske runter. Haare ab und loslassen... Alles ist Pop, alles ist gut und alle Ichs werden Eins im Tempel der Bassdrum. Vergänglichkeit ist abstrakt. Für mich ist immer Jetzt...
Mike Ink 1. Dezember 2023
Hey people, It doesn’t get any more analogue than that. Acceleration was yesterday and yesterday was good. Today is good too. So now we come back from the future without people (Zukunft Ohne Menschen) to talk to machines (Mit Maschinen Sprechen). Because de-interpretation times timelessness equals re-enchantment (Rueckverzauberung). Fortunately. So, mask off. Remove your hair and let go... Everything is pop, everything is good and all selves become one in the temple of the bass drum. Transience is abstract. For me it is always now...
Mike Ink, December 1, 2023
Jürgen Paape - Allein
The man who gave us countless classics from the Kompakt catalog delivers his latest stroke of genius. “Allein” is based on “Ich war allein,” a schlager song by East German pop icon Ina Martell from 1967, of which there is only a video recording from DFF that never made it onto a record. Jürgen Paape conjures up two versions from it: a heart-wrenching downbeat pop version and “Allein in Italien,” his most catchy earworm since “So weit wie noch nie.” Caution, highly addictive! First orders will receive a free insert with lyrics on the back, a sticker and a cotton bag - only while stocks last. Link in comments.
Joerg Burger calls out a trippy new genre named Cinematic Dance, part of the annual TOTAL 23.
KOMPAKT welcomes Daniel Ansorge, a.k.a. Barnt, to the CONNECTING THE DOTS series, to pull together some tracks from the KOMPAKT archives and spin them out into a rough and ready, psychedelically spiralling mix. Link in comments.
Rex The Dog's new single comes out this Friday and he is going to celebrate with a live stream! He’ll premiere the video he has made for the track and will also be jamming on the synths, so make sure you don’t miss it. This Friday, 8PM BST via Twitch - link in comments.
So, here it is! The track that has recently been turning Agents Of Time’s crowds upside down. “Liquid Fantasy” is taken from the previously released album “Universo”. Whereas the album version winkingly scrimmaged deep in the echoes of a long gone era of Euro Dance, the Club Remix is taking Vicky Who?’s uber catchy vocals to the hitech mega raves of 2023. It’s huge. Link in comments.
Raxon - Nu Wave
Raxon is teasing with his upcoming track "Nu Waze" of his Speicher 124 - out on Friday.
Ada - Connecting The Dots
For the eighth installment of Kompakt’s Connecting The Dots mix series, we welcome Michaela Dippel, aka Ada, back to the fold for the first time since 2014, for a creative forage through the Kompakt family’s back catalog of 15,000+ tracks. Seductive minimalism, ambient drift, early hours techno, playful pop moments - it’s all here, everything you want from Kompakt. Connecting the dots? Ada does it with style to spare. Link in comments.
The Tiger Live
"The Tiger" live by Matias Aguayo. The full EP is out now and available via link in comments.
