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(the other one has become a bit unwieldy it seems).

Proceed: Kompakt 100 etc.

I hope it doesn't end in tears. Everybody hyping themselves into ecstasy and then we will get Matmos going "only 1/5 is any good." Ronan: "It should have one disc of only Justus Kohncke remixes", Andy: "Nothing here as good as that 10-inch B-side remix of Superpitcher's "No Gravity" by Mikkel Metal. Sorry there's only three copies. I own all three."
Strongo: "Kompakt were never any good."
Tim: "I was hoping for some influx of Brazilian techstep flavourisms into their rhythmic matrix."

etc. etc. ;)

― Omar (Omar), Friday, 28 May 2004 11:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Has everyone on ILM already heard the whole Kompakt 100 thing? Maybe I should check that other thread.

― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 28 May 2004 12:25 (twenty-one years ago)

I bought a Justus Kohncke 12 inch yesterday at the one and only record store on my island. I quite like it.

― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 28 May 2004 12:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Matmos?

― mullygrubber (gaz), Friday, 28 May 2004 13:06 (twenty-one years ago)

scott, you own an island?

― ddb, Friday, 28 May 2004 13:14 (twenty-one years ago)

My island home, i guess I should have said. Anyway, I got one of the guys who works at the one and only record store here hooked on Kompakt just like Matos and ILM got me hooked. So he's been hooking me up. Not that I couldn't have bought them on-line, but I like to support my local drug dealer. I mean, record dealer.

They got Total 5 on vinyl, but I'm gonna wait and get the cd. otherwise, I probably won't listen to it as much. I'm finding this is more and more true of me and double albums. or quadruple albums if we are talking Rap records.

I also got yesterday: Thomas Fehlmann - Visions Of Blah - This might turn out to be my fave, but i haven't heard the whole thing.
The KOLN*Kompakt 1 cd and Total 4

Of the other stuff I've picked up, I really really like Mayer's Immer and Triple R's Friends. Both of those are great.

I still need to hear that T.Raumschmiere monstertruck album. Cuz the way everyone describes it makes it sound like it would be right up my alley. They didn't have that there though. They did have an older album by him though.

I am a little scared of that one mix cd that has the Langley Music School Project song on it for some reason.

I dig the Superpitcher album. I know that people are kinda divided about it on ILM. I guess I could do without the Fever cover though. (has anyone heard that album by San Serac? Ice Age? Just curious. It's pretty funny. Fans of the Superpitcher album might like that. I don't know who he is though. It kinda reminds me of some of Sven Vath's stuff too. the deadpan new wave lothario thing.)

Okay, now I'm gonna go to the store and buy that mash-up album where the dude mixes Beenie Man and The Streets and Jay-Z together. Hahahahah!!! Just kidding. I love ILM.

― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 28 May 2004 13:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Matmos?

Err...how did that happen? ;)

So what is the release date of 100?

― Omar (Omar), Friday, 28 May 2004 14:29 (twenty-one years ago)

is moby gonna be on it?

― harshaw (jube), Friday, 28 May 2004 15:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Kompakt 100 is out July 27, I believe. And my minor gripes on my blog? I take them all back. How did I notice that "Tomorrow" had become a schaffel classic, or that "No Gravity" was exactly what it needed to become. This whole fucking thing is genius. It already sounds like something I've been listening to for years.

― philip sherburne (philip sherburne), Friday, 28 May 2004 17:36 (twenty-one years ago)

haha this is funny! I like Justus even more now I know he was in Whirlpool Productions. I played Timecode last night, WOW. there weren't many people in the club at the time though.

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 28 May 2004 17:53 (twenty-one years ago)

i played a DJ set (my first actually) one monday night here in downtown orlando a couple of weeks ago at the backbooth as part of their weekly showcase of electronic music called egyptian zombie robot party machine, and included both timecode and rex the dog's prototype that both met with excellent crowd reactions, college girls hands in the air, etc. it was great.

― jason m (jason m), Friday, 28 May 2004 19:17 (twenty-one years ago)

100 is decent, though I don't think I'm wrong in saying the golden age is behind them/us now. but yeah, it sounds OK in the background; I have to dig in deeper for the review I'm writing.

― Matos W.K. (M Matos), Friday, 28 May 2004 19:26 (twenty-one years ago)

i like "timecode" but it's really just an out hud song!

― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Friday, 28 May 2004 19:33 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't know about that, Matos. Maybe I'm biased and/or too deep in the subject (finishing my XLR8R feature right now) but it seems like Kompakt's "golden age" has been so long and gradual and internally variegated that it would be hard to declare it over and done with. For me their strength has neveer really been measurable by anything other than the exceptional records -- I've always liked a lot of their output, but it's usually the one or two records a season that make me say, "Yep, still got it." I'd be hard pressed to find a time when they were more consistent in that way than they are right now; I don't see any recent break with a past strong spell. And K-100 is really opening up for me, surprising me with every listen, frankly.

― philip sherburne (philip sherburne), Friday, 28 May 2004 20:02 (twenty-one years ago)

Glad you're liking the Thomas Fehlmann album so much, Scott -- that's one of my favorite Kompakt CDs ever, but it seems to have passed under a lot of folks' radar (haha, either that or they just didn't think much of it!). It's such a lucid, tactile, stunningly gorgeous record, and just writing about it like this is making me want to hear it.

― Clarke B. (Clarke B.), Friday, 28 May 2004 21:41 (twenty-one years ago)

JUSTUS KÖHNCKE FEAT. MELOBOY - FREILAND/FREI/HOT LOVE !!!!!

anyway on first listen it's mostly amazing. favorite so far is probably the dettinger remix of 123 (no gravity). but i'm definitely with philip rather than matos so far, anyway.

― toby (tsg20), Friday, 28 May 2004 23:06 (twenty-one years ago)

I really like parts of the Fehlmann album but I think it suffered in that - "Superbock" aside" - all the best moments had already appeared prior to the album. "Superbock" is brill though! (but "Gratis" is best!)

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Friday, 28 May 2004 23:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Tim, It's all new to me, so there ya go. What I like about the Fehlmann album is that it starts with this cool underwater dub feeling and then just takes off for parts unknown from there. I already want to hear it again for the stuff I missed. I want to explore it. Which is usually how I know I really like an album. Clarke hit the nail on the head by using the word "tactile". A lot of similar stuff i like tends to just wash over me. I like the sounds but I don't always want to dig deeper. i think that's what I love about the Kompakt stuff. It SOUNDS great and cool and all that, but I also want to keep playing the cds over and over cuz I'm always hearing new things. Ya gotta love that.

Philip, your positive statement that the Kompakt 100 release already sounds like something that you've been listening to for years might be similar to what Matos felt when listening to it. Except his glass was half-empty and yerz was half-full.

― scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, 29 May 2004 02:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh, I also have to add an apology to this thread. Chris, who buys the records at the one record store on the island I live on HAS in fact been a fan of this stuff for some time and I can't take credit for making him an addict. He saw this thread and e-mailed me. That's right, he's a dirty lurker! I can take some credit for him getting MORE of the stuff in the store though cuz I showed such an interest in it. I don't know if I can take credit for his lurking. I'll have to ask him. Maybe he's been lurking since 2001! He should post stuff though cuz he a knowledgeable dude. And if you are ever on Martha's Vineyard and need some microhouse for the beach stop by Aboveground Records. They'll hook you up. I told him how much I appreciate the store cuz when we moved here i was envisioning nothing but Marley banners on the walls and a life-size cut-out of Dave Matthews. What I found instead when I first walked in was Luomo on vinyl!

― scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, 29 May 2004 02:43 (twenty-one years ago)

On what planet does "it sounds OK in the background, I need to dig deeper before I write my review" translate into "glass half-full"? Good lord am I tired of the whole "if you don't fucking cream yourself over Kompakt then you're a nonbeliever maaaan" aura that's grown up around the label and especially this board's treatment of it. Guess what? Skepticism is healthy! Especially when it comes to music as fundamentally drippy as this stuff! I suppose this is where I'm supposed to put the "but I really *like* Kompakt" disclaimer but fuck it.

― Matos W.K. (M Matos), Saturday, 29 May 2004 03:16 (twenty-one years ago)

haha I'm turning into Jess c. the release of Speakerboxxx/The Love Below!

― Matos W.K. (M Matos), Saturday, 29 May 2004 03:18 (twenty-one years ago)

except minus, you know, the scorched-earth policy

― Matos W.K. (M Matos), Saturday, 29 May 2004 03:20 (twenty-one years ago)

For future reference, the old Kompakt thread is here.

― djdee2005, Saturday, 29 May 2004 05:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Good lord am I tired of the whole "if you don't fucking cream yourself over Kompakt then you're a nonbeliever maaaan" aura that's grown up around the label and especially this board's treatment of it.

I can't think of anyone who has been effusive on this level. My perception is that most of the releases have pleased at least somebody here.

Surely the ultimate barometer for Kompakt blind rapture is whether or not you defend Pass Into Silence (aka The Rugrats Take Cologne).

― Stacey Pollen (Andy K), Saturday, 29 May 2004 06:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Most of the recent boosterism seems to have been in connection with 12"s as well - esp. "Timecode". And people counting Mayer's Fabric release as an honourary Kompakt release. On a strict release schedule I think it would be fair to say that the last year hasn't been so strong for the label, but I think that such a judgment doesn't really reflect the whole picture.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Saturday, 29 May 2004 06:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Matos, don't misunderstand me. Maybe I put it the wrong way. I didn't think that you didn't like the 100 thing. It just seemed to me that your statement and Philip's were two sides of the same coin. When someone sez that something sounds like they have been listening to it for years, it makes me think that what they are hearing is comforting and reassuring to them. And when someone sez that something sounds fine, but that maybe the golden age is over...then it makes me think that the listener is looking for more than comfort and reassurance. That they are looking for something they haven't heard before and not just a reminder of what they loved in the past. But i'm reading to much into Philip's one statement. And he said he was hearing new stuff every time he listened. And I shouldn't pick people's words apart like this. It's just kinda interesting to me right now for some reason. I blame Nick Hornby. I think he drove me insane.

― scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, 29 May 2004 10:37 (twenty-one years ago)

I didn't notice a great deal of boosterism, maybe alot of enthusiasm for Timecode though.

― Ronan (Ronan), Saturday, 29 May 2004 18:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Actually Scott, I think that the glass half-empty/half-full metaphor aside, what you mentioned -- that Matos and I may actually be having similar reactions to the discs, though evaluated in different ways -- did spin through my mind as I wrote what I did. Eg, his "background" statement and my "old friend' characterization. (I'm really hungover, hence not very articulate today, sorry.) My reaction is a bit odd because after only a few listens much of it sounds super worn into my brain, like I've been hearing these tunes for ages -- although maybe that's because the're remixes of other things I know. I think if I went to a party and someone threw on Kompakt 100, in many cases I'd say, "wow, what is this, I totally know it," and then be shocked to find out it was Kompakt 100. I guess it's sort of unheimlich in that sense.

And yes, saying "unheimlich" like that is easily the most pretentious thing I've written all month.

― philip sherburne (philip sherburne), Saturday, 29 May 2004 22:44 (twenty-one years ago)

is that where you force the food back down the windpipe?

― m. (mitchlnw), Saturday, 29 May 2004 22:58 (twenty-one years ago)

exactly. while someone else holds the person you're stuffing by the abdomen, and donae'o raps, "stuff that face, wind that middle..."

― philip sherburne (philip sherburne), Saturday, 29 May 2004 23:42 (twenty-one years ago)

O NO! I was thinking of buying the Michael Mayer Fabric 13 mix and then I read this review on Amazon:

This isn't for your regular club music fan, this is for people who like depth, intelligence, and meaning to their music. A CD has never struck me as a piece of art, yet this CD has made me realize that music just isn't about mindless beats. Don't get this CD if you are looking for a good party album. Get this CD if you want some great, intelligent music. Highly recommended.

Is it just Matos on here that doesn't like it?

― N. (nickdastoor), Sunday, 30 May 2004 00:46 (twenty-one years ago)

i thought matos, despite recent grumbles, liked fabric 13!? anyway, get it N., i listened to it earlier tonight, beats both mindless and mindful in abundance (microprogramming always runs the risk of fooling twitchy IDMers that the dance devil's in everywhere but the details)

― m. (mitchlnw), Sunday, 30 May 2004 01:02 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah n are you sure matos doesn't like fab13? either way, get it, it's essential.

― mark p (Mark P), Sunday, 30 May 2004 01:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Maybe I was getting confused with someone else on the first Kompakt thread.

― N. (nickdastoor), Sunday, 30 May 2004 01:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Fabric 13 is grebt, plz read actual posts as written k thx bye.

― Matos W.K. (M Matos), Sunday, 30 May 2004 02:18 (twenty-one years ago)

and to clarify, once again: "pleasant but underwhelming" is a pretty typical first reaction for LOTS of records--including ones not on Kompakt! imagine!

― Matos W.K. (M Matos), Sunday, 30 May 2004 02:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Sorry Matos! I did read them. Ot was nothing to do with your misunderstood comments above - it was because I read the whole other thread in one go and mixed up some of your naysaying about other things with someone else saying they weren't over-impressed with Fabric 13. (I've checked now and it was actually Curt).

― N. (nickdastoor), Sunday, 30 May 2004 02:56 (twenty-one years ago)

My natural reaction (I still haven't heard K100 so I'm just joking around here) is to agree w/ Matos and be cautious.

But then again, he doesn't like the Kaito album.

― djdee2005, Sunday, 30 May 2004 07:56 (twenty-one years ago)

"timecode" seems somewhat influenced by metro area.

― vahid (vahid), Sunday, 30 May 2004 09:47 (twenty-one years ago)

It actually struck me as a Metro Area remix of a missing track off a Morgan Geist 12" (either Super or Moves).

― Stacey Pollen (Andy K), Sunday, 30 May 2004 10:51 (twenty-one years ago)

...as does '2 after 909' (which i think is a much better song). i have yet to hear 'timecode' outside of headphones though.

x-post w/ mr. pollen...

― tricky disco, Sunday, 30 May 2004 10:54 (twenty-one years ago)

I prefer Timecode and 2 After 909 to most of the Metro Area stuff, and I like Metro Area. They're both considerably more pop.

― Ronan (Ronan), Sunday, 30 May 2004 12:19 (twenty-one years ago)

there's loads of promos knocking around (for a pound in sounds of the universe hurrah) of a Kohncke remix of Sia (of whom I know nothing)- its really rather lovely, a dewy vocal and some squelchy synths...does anyone know anything about this? The other side is some horrid sub-Mazzy Star thing, but the Kohncke thing is marvellous. Less disco-y than he can be, more like a techno take on morr or something.

― owen hatherley, Sunday, 30 May 2004 13:53 (twenty-one years ago)

sia furler is one of the singers in zero 7. she's got an album out called 'colour the small one' which is very much in the same soppy vein, limpid trip-hoppy stuff. wait no, some of it is actually kind of nice, but i imagine the kohncke remix trumps anything from the album. what track is the remix of, owen?

― mark p (Mark P), Sunday, 30 May 2004 13:58 (twenty-one years ago)

btw, does anyone know how to pronounce 'kohncke'?

― mark p (Mark P), Sunday, 30 May 2004 13:59 (twenty-one years ago)

approximately "KERN kuh"

― Clarke B. (Clarke B.), Sunday, 30 May 2004 14:18 (twenty-one years ago)

The track is called 'rewrite'...zero 7! No wonder the other side is so ghastly.

― owen hatherley, Sunday, 30 May 2004 14:23 (twenty-one years ago)

i believe i read somewhere that kohncke himself said he wrote '2 after 909' under the influence of 'miura'. the similarities have to do with the space in the tunes i think, but whereas metro area is doing some kind of analog simulation of a lithe dancer's body movements and lost-in-the-music float, kohncke sounds like this full-on digital shiny metronomic command to get up where the dancer supplies the analog contrast. then again, i think the space element is key because that is also what provides the looseness. i don't think i will ever get sick of '2 after 909'.

― tricky disco, Sunday, 30 May 2004 14:54 (twenty-one years ago)

I actually think Koehncke tracks like "Lucienne" and *especially* "Station 18" are more Metro Area-like than "2 After 909" and "Timecode", both of which strike me as attempts to take the sound of the former tracks and fuse them with a big, bold and kinda french electro-house sound somewhere between Rex The Dog and "Rubicon" (actually they wouldn't sound out of place on a Daft Punk album either). What makes these tracks so special is that they're so uncompromisingly pleasure-focused, combining quite a few of the most melody-centric, blatantly anthemic strands of house music over the last few years.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Sunday, 30 May 2004 22:20 (twenty-one years ago)

FWIW i have to admit that "timecode" is more appealing than metro area 5 ep. this runs 180 degrees to my knee-jerk distrust of kompakt. koehncke gets many many points for not getting lost in trying to exactly recreate the period vibe (yeah, like in "lucienne").

i am thinking of timecode like metro area meets basic channel, although that is the cliche to end all cliches.

― vahid (vahid), Sunday, 30 May 2004 23:39 (twenty-one years ago)

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Tocotronic - Pure Vernunft darf niemals siegen! (Superpitcher+Wasserman Remixes) [Kompakt]

In the post comes a CD from those lovely people at Kompakt. Wolfgang Voigt and Axel Superpitcher have turned in two versions, one vocal and one wiggly acid (which wins it for me). Superpitcher seems to be able to do no wrong at the moment - add this to his fantastic versions of the MFA, Hell and M83. Hooray!

- Ewan Pearson

― c/n (Cozen), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 21:57 (twenty years ago)

Exciting!

― Edgware General (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 22:01 (twenty years ago)

I know. I already love the "jackpot (KO mix)" and superpitcher's "hi freaks" to death.

― c/n (Cozen), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 22:03 (twenty years ago)

the baxendale website reports that their kompakt pop track is going to be "i built this city" - a yousendit of a version i found on soulseek is here.

― locus solus, Tuesday, 28 June 2005 22:28 (twenty years ago)

Excuse me while I pick my jaw up from the floooooor.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 23:19 (twenty years ago)

I think Kompakt are one of the best labels to be fan of, if only because they keep making exciting announcements like this. Last year, it was Kompakt 100, Mayer and Triola full length. Now, Mayer's re-release label, Total 6 double cd, Matias Aguayo, Baxendale, Tocotronic remix, etc. It's enough to sustain a grin on my face for the rest of the week.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 23:21 (twenty years ago)

Mayer played, presumably, a remix of Baxendale in Glasgow when I saw him. It was amazing, like really nice Kompakt house, a bit like the Mayer/Thomas remix of Ada.

― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 00:47 (twenty years ago)

I've heard the Albatross cover - it's fucking gorgeous.

― jed_ (jed), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 00:53 (twenty years ago)

yeah, the albatross cover is wonderful. haven't been much into the other recent speichers, though.

― toby (tsg20), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 06:23 (twenty years ago)

is that the original of the baxendale? I love it!

― c/n (Cozen), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 06:27 (twenty years ago)

I love that track, too! Who is/are Baxendale, exactly?

― Edgware General (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 16:44 (twenty years ago)

they're a sort of twee pop band that i never cared for, but that tune KILLS!

― geeta, Wednesday, 29 June 2005 18:12 (twenty years ago)

the cover or the original (or both)?

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 22:25 (twenty years ago)

here's the original of the tocotronic single. i think i like tocotronic remixed much more than plain tocotronic.

― locus solus, Thursday, 30 June 2005 00:33 (twenty years ago)

Total 6 tracklist on P'fork:

>>CD1
01 DJ Koze - Hiccup
02 Dorau/Köhncke - Durch Die Nach (Geiger Mix)
03 Justus Köhncke - Krieg
04 Aguayo/Rossknecht - Bouncin' Around
05 Baxendale - I Built This City (Michael Mayer Mix)
06 Rex the Dog - I Look Into Mid Air
07 Thomas Fehlmann - Schone Grusse
08 Tocotronic - Pure Vernunft Darf Niemals Siegen (Superpitcher/Wasserman Single Mix)
09 The MFA - The Difference It Makes
10 Mikkel Metal - Dorant
11 Jürgen Paape - Cream
12 Reinhard Voigt - Ready For Take Off

>>CD2
01 Dirk Leyers - Wellen
02 Superpitcher - Tell Me About It
03 Thomas/Mayer - Panic Room
04 Mayer/Aguayo - Slow
05 Kaito - Hundred Million Lightyears
06 SCSI 9 - Mini
07 Jonas Bering - Glass
08 Ferenc - Tracatra
09 Heib - Phonix
10 The Modernist - The International Loner
11 Peter Grummich - Frozen World
12 The Field - Action

>>Vinyl
A1 DJ Koze - Hiccup
A2 Justus Köhncke - Krieg
B1 Jürgen Paape - Cream
B2 Reinhard Voigt - Ready For Take Off
C1 Aguayo/Rossknecht - Bouncin' Around
C2 Jonas Bering - Glass
D1 Superpitcher - Tell Me About It
D2 Thomas/Mayer - Panic Room

New Superpitcher 12" soon then!? Tell me about it!
Tracklist looks pretty great, right? :-)

― willem (willem), Thursday, 30 June 2005 13:32 (twenty years ago)

Damn, that does look fantastic...and for once my laziness and/or odd selection pays off, as I only have two tracks reproduced on the comp- the rest is all new to me.

― Telephonething, Thursday, 30 June 2005 15:16 (twenty years ago)

It's a nice mix of good stuff I already have, stuff I've overlooked, and stuff I still wnt to hear. Maybe I'll go to Cologne...

― Edgware General (nordicskilla), Thursday, 30 June 2005 15:21 (twenty years ago)

i bought the mfa 12" the other day & blew my budget! but it looked so nice...

― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 30 June 2005 16:17 (twenty years ago)

God I might just faint again after seeing the tracklisting.

and Jurgen Paape is back!

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Thursday, 30 June 2005 23:23 (twenty years ago)

One track, 3 years in the making!

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Thursday, 30 June 2005 23:41 (twenty years ago)

what ever happened to dettinger? i miss him :-(

― stirmonster (stirmonster), Thursday, 30 June 2005 23:46 (twenty years ago)

stirmonster otm! i nearly forgot about dettinger.

― mark p (Mark P), Friday, 1 July 2005 00:07 (twenty years ago)

He did that remix on Kompakt 100 and worked on the "Digital edit" on Mayer's Speicher mix I believe. But yeah, he needs to release another album!

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Friday, 1 July 2005 00:32 (twenty years ago)

the Mayer mix of "I Built This City" is amazing. it was so good when he played it in Glasgow, I want it, now!

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 1 July 2005 13:21 (twenty years ago)

First Liverpool win the Champions League, now Baxendale are critically rehabilitated - am I dreaming 2005?

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Friday, 1 July 2005 13:24 (twenty years ago)

: )

― c/n (Cozen), Friday, 1 July 2005 17:34 (twenty years ago)

Wighnomy's Speicher 31 side is pretty awesome. It's the clear sequel to "Wurz Und Blosse," following the pattern of alternating a melodic lock-groove bassline with a depth charge of lush pads.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Monday, 4 July 2005 19:44 (twenty years ago)

Someone be sure to post the cover to Kompakt 6 as soon as it's officially out there...I'm sure I'm not the only design geek here :)

― Telephonething (Telephonething), Monday, 4 July 2005 19:51 (twenty years ago)

We should all bet on what the color scheme will be this year. I'll go out and on a limb and say yellow.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Monday, 4 July 2005 20:07 (twenty years ago)

I was thinking that too, but this image:

http://www.c-o-pop.de/index.thumb.3e6cea413bf3f2d15ae141097f91e75a.jpg
(source)

makes blue/black a possibility...

― Telephonething (Telephonething), Monday, 4 July 2005 20:17 (twenty years ago)

Videos!

Justus - Timecode
Rex The Dog - Prototype
Superpitcher - Happiness

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Monday, 4 July 2005 20:18 (twenty years ago)

The Rex one is amusing, it's shot from the viewpoint of a dog.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Monday, 4 July 2005 20:21 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

Samples from Total 6 are up on the main Kompakt-net.de site for your previewing pleasure (and it looks like you can "pre-order" it, too).

― Zimmer026 (Zimmer026), Thursday, 4 August 2005 19:07 (twenty years ago)

For future reference, all the Total 6 chatter has been happening on the dj koze - kosi comes around thread.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Thursday, 4 August 2005 23:05 (twenty years ago)

And does anyone else know the dirty truth about "Timecode" besides David Day and myself?

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Friday, 5 August 2005 05:57 (twenty years ago)

I don't know, so I can't imagine anybody else knowing. Feel free to tell the dirty truth.

― Jedmond (Jedmond), Friday, 5 August 2005 07:16 (twenty years ago)

Looks like some of the Total 6 chatter is on the aforementioned Koze thread.

Perhaps we could convince those Kompakt Kittens to bring the conversation to this broader Kompakt string?

Or is it time for "Kompakt: Search und Destroy - Teil Drei"?

― Zimmer026 (Zimmer026), Friday, 5 August 2005 12:32 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, shall I do the honours again? Total 6 seems a nice start-off point.

In other news: just heard 'Albatross'...it's, it's The Son of Heroin House!!

― Omar (Omar), Friday, 5 August 2005 13:35 (twenty years ago)

it's time.

― jed_ (jed), Friday, 5 August 2005 13:42 (twenty years ago)

Come on, dirty Timecode truth now please!

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Friday, 5 August 2005 13:43 (twenty years ago)

Omar, please do kick-off der neu Thread!

― Zimmer026 (Zimmer026), Friday, 5 August 2005 16:10 (twenty years ago)

two weeks pass...

this might sound and be stupid seeing as that I'm not a DJ nor have I ever been but playing the mayer remix of "I built this city" right now what strikes me is that it seems like it'd be a great fun record to actually play y'know I've been bopping my head nodding away throughout the duration leaning into my laptop like I'm mixing something in getting real involved like maybe it's just me.

― cozen (Cozen), Sunday, 21 August 2005 18:25 (twenty years ago)

Wow. The Kreucht & Fleucht doubvle mix CD by Dominik Eulberg is really, really good. Very dark and dirty and more techno-y than, say, the last Superpitcher mix. It reminds me a lot more of hearing Kompakt DJs in a club than any other mix album they've put out. Fantastic.

― paulhw (paulhw), Saturday, 3 September 2005 21:18 (twenty years ago)

It's not out on Kompakt proper though. It's on Mischwald, which is apparently Euberg's new Mix CD label.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Saturday, 3 September 2005 22:28 (twenty years ago)

Right - I was wondering about the label. Have you heard it Michael? Like it?

― paulhw (paulhw), Sunday, 4 September 2005 02:29 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, it's just about solid all the way through. I guess I'd be more excited about it if I didn't know about half of the tracks already. But the future should be kind to it.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Sunday, 4 September 2005 02:40 (twenty years ago)

Kreucht & Fleucht is the perfect Desert Island Disc for Minimal Techno. I'd say this mix will be the defining document of this particular movement.

― biz, Wednesday, 14 September 2005 01:44 (twenty years ago)

I'm kinda surprised the consensus on Total 6 is that it's so much better than 5 (but then, I've long thought 5 was underrated). This seems to me to be v. close to Kompakt 100 in terms of hit rate.

Super hyped about Eulberg mix.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 14:14 (twenty years ago)

total 6 is very long

― cozen (Cozen), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 14:16 (twenty years ago)

You know a label owns ILM when interest in it maintains two simultaneous threads... Kompakt: Search und Destroy - Teil Drei.

How does one go about locking a thread?

― Zimmer026 (Zimmer026), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 15:50 (twenty years ago)

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