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Artist:	FIELD, THE
Title:	Things Keep Falling Down
Label:	KOMPAKT (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.00
Catalog #:	KOM 116EP

Classic 1st single from 2005, repressed! "Bizarre thoughts and classy patterns are not necessarily mutually exclusive, and the same with madness and method. However, one of the lessons you might learn from in-depth musicological considerations is that there may be right-minded, crazy gains which are far more than mere distortions of language, hi there, and welcome to Kompakt's head quarter. The so far unknown Swedish artist Axel Willner cracks every single security system installed at Kompakt's high security demo section by using poppy, self-loved cut-up-classy-splatter-loop-bits-and-pieces-patterns. Most convincingly, the field starts at the point where Profan had already been ten years ago: that is he transfers the basic essence of rhythm inherent in every 'Wicked Groove/Sexy Loop' into a kind of virtual space of deconstructing the self in order to liberate this loop from any discourse-infected, intellectual ballast of its author by means of a kind of mental washing machine. As long as I can dance to it." -- Roy Makaay.

Artist:	FIELD, THE
Title:	From Here We Go Sublime
Label:	KOMPAKT (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	KOM 154EP

2009 repress of the 3rd 12" from The Field, originally released 2007. 12" version; three DJ-friendly tracks from the debut album from The Field. The blissful, addictive, transformative sounds on From Here We Go Sublime absolutely speak for themselves. Samples abound throughout, immediately giving you a feeling of warmth and familiarity on the first listen that you can't quite grasp... like a warm glove on a cold winter's day. The Field's music literally breathes: harmonious drones mingle with the dizzying swell and reversed motion of bass drums and euphony. There is a ceaseless, cyclical signature familiar to all his music, but that's the most exciting part of The Field -- the beautiful dynamic of beats and space that exists in endlessness. Ten perfect tracks of narcotic, propellant stuff -- an important and significant debut that promises Willner quite a few more laurels to come.

Artist:	FIELD, THE
Title:	Yesterday And Today
Label:	KOMPAKT (GERMANY)
Format:	2LP+CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	KOM 193LP

Gatefold, double vinyl version (with free CD of the same content included) of the highly-anticipated second full-length release by Axel Willner aka The Field for the Kompakt label. Here We Go Sublime was one of the most acclaimed releases of 2007, receiving a 9.0 on Pitchfork and universal praise. Pitchfork described it as "the soundtrack to the spit-shined airport of your dreams -- faceless, futuristic, and fuzzy. You could dance to it, sleep to it, or daydream to it." The BBC called it "one of those rare albums that makes you wonder how you ever got by without it." Yesterday And Today is more organic, and finds Willner expanding his palette, continuing the oblique sampling strategy of From Here We Go Sublime while building up the rhythmic architecture. The album features a group of different musicians, and on the title track, Willner collaborates for the first time with Battles drummer, John Stanier. Since startling the world with his debut, Willner has been highly in demand as a remixer, with tracks from Thom Yorke to Battles to Maps raising his profile, so that now legions are gathered, in that spit-shined terminal, waiting for their blissed-out departure.

Artist:	FIELD, THE
Title:	From Here We Go Sublime
Label:	KOMPAKT (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	KOMP 057CD

This is the debut full-length release by Stockholm's own Axel Willner aka The Field. Willner joined the Kompakt family back in 2005 with the release of his cherished 12" debut Things Keep Falling Down, and he's been garnering non-stop attention ever since. His adoration for Kompakt co-owner Wolfgang Voigt's GAS and M:I:5 projects from the '90s and the shoegazer rock of Slowdive and My Bloody Valentine brought forward a new fusion of ambient and techno that sounds wholly original and accomplished -- post-pop ambient anyone? The road was paved with his Annie remix that leapt onto the web and quickly became a cult favorite amongst the musical bloggerati, and the hype continued with last year's remix of Vice Records Scandinavian rockers, 120 Days. Found on well over 200 blogs and web zines, this exposed The Field to a whole new realm of fans. With his second Kompakt single "Sun & Ice" (which appears on this record) and a remix for James Figurine (of Postal Service fame), The Field has proven himself more than worthy of over-zealous blurbs and internet hype. The blissful, addictive, transformative sounds on From Here We Go Sublime absolutely speak for themselves. Samples abound throughout, immediately giving you a feeling of warmth and familiarity on the first listen that you can't quite grasp... like a warm glove on a cold winter's day. The Field's music literally breathes: harmonious drones mingle with the dizzying swell and reversed motion of bass drums and euphony. There is a ceaseless, cyclical signature familiar to all his music, but that's the most exciting part of The Field -- the beautiful dynamic of beats and space that exists in endlessness. Ten perfect tracks of narcotic, propellant stuff -- an important and significant debut that promises Willner quite a few more laurels to come.

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