Hey, On That New Kompakt Pop Ambient Album There Is A Song Called "Let The Snakes Crinkle Their Heads To Death"...

http://www.intro.de/review/Justus+K%f6hncke/Doppelleben

Sorry, you'll have to learn some German to understand it. But the gist of it:
concept: A return to the private home after clubbing.

Interesting. That hints at answers to some questions I had about the album. Sadly, my German can't handle much more than "wo bist du." I wish I could read it.

"The plate [record] is to a large extent a retreat of [from] the club in[to] the private, into the hours in the Sunday afternoon after welding [?] together under stroboscope and euphoria."

Which thread are we using for the 20th anniversary celebrations?

we should be using all of them, really

I almost bought the 20 Years compilation ... but didn't like the card sleeve.

I bought a scarf, bag and the fanzine (with a bunch of records). I'm only missing a couple of tracks from the comp so I'll miss on that.

I succumbed and bought it.

I must admit I'd like a bag.

I notice it is "Vol 1". Feel obliged to buy the whole series now. As there been any word about a second volume?

I was under the impression it would be three discs so that's probably something to do with it

I the Resident Advisor thread there was a cd 3 track list that looked good. It had Kolsch's All that matters on it, which is definitely my favourite Kompakt record of recent times.

Feels odd not to have included "So Weit Wie Noch Nie" (indeed, no J Paape) or "One, two, three, No Gravity".

(Both listed on the mysterious third CD).

I hope there's going to be a Tobias Thomas mix this year (otherwise the celebrations will be meaningless).

Yes please, please, please

I hope they still have bags left by the time I come to order the classical CD.

Links to the classic interpretations (out today):

http://www.factmag.com/2013/05/24/under-the-baton-listen-along-to-gregor-schwellenbachs-classical-arrangements-of-kompakt-techno-classics/4/

Feels like there was more care/love involved than the compilation.

Nice to hear lots of Closer Musik on there. Most of the tracks are fairly succinct. Some - eg. Supermayer's Two Of Us - seem far too short.

Disc One

01 CLOSER MUSIK - MARIA 02 TERRANOVA - QUESTION MARK FEAT. TOMAS HOFFDING 03 SHUMI - THE WIND AND THE SEA 04 SCHAEBEN & VOSS - ACH KOMM 05 ARIL BRIKHA – BERGHAIN 06 THE MODERNIST - PEARLY SPENCER 07 SASCHIENNE - GRAND CRU 08 MIKKEL METAL – DORANT 09 WALLS – SUNPORCH 10 LAWRENCE - TEASER 11 WHOMADEWHO - BELOW THE CHERRY MOON 12 COMA - PLAYGROUND ALTONA 13 JÜRGEN PAAPE - SO WEIT WIE NOCH NIE

Disc Two

01 FERENC - YES SIR, I CAN HARDCORE (M. MAYER MIX) 02 JÜRGEN PAAPE - TAKE THAT 03 STEADYCAM – KNOCK-KNEED 04 REINHARD VOIGT - ROBSON PONTE 05 BURGER / VOIGT - BRING TRANCE BACK TO REALITY 06 PETER GRUMMICH - FROZEN WORLD 07 SUPERPITCHER – IRRE 08 KÖLSCH – LORELEY 09 MICHAEL MAYER - PRIDE IS WEAKER THAN LOVE 10 PERC & FRACTAL – UP 11 OXIA - DOMINO

"Yes Sir I Can Hardcore" and "Robson Ponte" alone make this look pretty essential.

Love the new Wolfgang Voigt: http://www.kompakt.fm/releases/die_fledermaus

I really need to pay more attention to Kompakt:

http://www.kompakt.fm/releases/die_christuskirche

This looks interesting..

http://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?529677