Browse by Artist: MAYER, MICHAEL

Artist:	MAYER, MICHAEL
Title:	Fabric 13
Label:	FABRIC (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	FABRIC 025CD

"Fabric presents yet another brilliant audio journey -- this time by well respected German techno and house stalwart, Michael Mayer. Mayer runs Kompakt -- the much admired German imprint and distribution network along with the revered techno and house weekly 'Connfusion.' Mayer, along with co-conspirators Superpitcher and Tobias Thomas have been key players in shaping the envelope pushing sounds currently coming out of an city in Germany which is rapidly gaining a reputation as a fertile bed for creativity in both music and the visual arts: Cologne. A 16-year turntable veteran Michael is a staunch disciple of the 4/4 sound. Michael says, 'The only thing I pre-determine is that I play 4/4. The rest happens by accident. I love the deeper side of music, obviously, but I like it raw and kicking. There has to be some pop sensibility too but... not obviously. The structure of my set is very pop influenced ... I love to play...songs... things you can whistle on the way home.'." Artists: Heiko Voss, Richard Davis, Westbam feat. Nena, Robag Wruhme & Wignomy Bros, Thomas Schaeben, Ricardo Villalobos, Magnet, Superpitcher, M83, Thomas Schaeben & Geiger feat. Schad Privat, Le Dustsucker.

Artist:	MAYER, MICHAEL
Title:	Lovefood Rmx/Slow
Label:	KOMPAKT (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.00
Catalog #:	KOM POP006EP

"'Lovefood' is the mysterious morbid but incredibly wonderful track of the recently released album Touch. Friend and companion Matias Aguayo ( ex Closer Music ) for a remix. The result is a groovemonster, teeming whole South American sex appeal. With lascivious hip action he is wobbling around a fragile, transparent the popsongish original is always noticeable. And how things go in the inebriation of passion, an indispensable completely brings up Mayers' and Aguayos' adoration for the Australian pop goddess. Now it's out."

Artist:	MAYER, MICHAEL
Title:	Immer
Label:	KOMPAKT (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	KOMP 015CD

Restocked: classic 2002 release -- Resident Advisor's #1 mix CD of the decade! Immer represents the best of the typical Cologne style: dubby, minimal house with click-techno elements. Featuring artists from all over the world in a 70-minute continuous flow aimed at more sophisticated dancefloors. Artists include: Auch, Audision, A Rocket In Dub, M. Rahn, Carsten Jost, Superpitcher, Stargazer, Phon.o, Thomas Fehlmann, Akufen, Phantom/Ghost, Tobias Thomas, Selway, Paul Nazca, and Frank Martiniq.

Artist:	MAYER, MICHAEL
Title:	Touch
Label:	KOMPAKT (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	KOMP 036CD

"Three years ago, Michael said he was working on an LP, but it never arrived. He was unable to fully concentrate; three times he started, and three times he stopped. In the end, he made the entire thing in just three weeks, locked in isolation from the angry summer weather. Its rainfall samples were captured during those nights, as it constantly pounded down on his back yard. His stunning, sensual mix CDs -- Kompakt Koln Prasentiert Michael Mayer, Immer, Speicher CD1 + CD2 and Fabric 13 -- his involvement in the MinTech-Boygroup Forever Sweet (together with Tobias Thomas & Reinhard Voigt) and string of powerful singles for Kompakt that include the Schaffel classic 'Love Is Stronger Than Pride' -- are its foundations. He likens Touch's making to throwing up; at first there is pressure, and then there is relief. It sounds honest, true, whole, and complete. On it, you hear the music of his past, and the spirit of his present. Alan Parsons, The Steve Miller Band, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, acid, New York deep house, movie scores, and thirteen years of techno are there. It's the soundtrack of a Scorpio: sinister, sweet, tender, and sleek. For its title Touch he wanted to reflect his reality, his constant meeting of people, the forging of partnerships, and reliance on contact. He needed something simple, to capture these hazy, crazy DJ days forever. Touch is Michael Mayer's debut album."

Artist:	MAYER, MICHAEL
Title:	Immer 2
Label:	KOMPAKT (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	KOMP 046CD

Michael Mayer is the archangel of the minimal house scene. Since arriving from Germany's famous Black Forest to the near-utopia of Köln, he has become one of the world's most respected and revered DJs. His climbing, arcing sets have established his Kompakt label and its sleek style as The Sound of modern club music -- his first mix CD for Kompakt, Immer ("Always"; KOMP 015CD) was met with triumphant exuberance ("A luxuriant digital bubble bath of envelopingly rounded beats." 5/5 stars --AllMusic.com) and his contribution to the esteemed Fabric mix CD series was hailed as a benchmark of the series ("Soundtrack of the new European techno." --XLR8R Best Of 100 Issues) and now comes Immer 2. Mr. Mayer took a full year to select and perfect the sequence, which stars 12 of his most essential selections. The result is a journey on the Trans Atlantian Express, a dance floor fully immersed in heavy bliss, a manifesto for the new international deep techno sound. From the static heaven of Philadelphia's Someone Else, we are plunged directly into a new-motorik beat: Ian Simmonds (UK), Brooks and Frank West take us to Crowdpleaser and St. Plomb's revered "18 Years." Justus Köhncke's Boz Scaggs tribute leads towards the sun and Todd Terje's epic take on Lindstrøm's "Another Station." Then K2's The Rice Twins (Stockholm) and Kompakt's own SCSI-9 (Russia) welcomes us back to the Martian disco. Mayer's mixing of Canadian nano-trance hero Jesse Somfay into Norway's DK7 is micororgasmic. But the submarine comes to a long slow stop via the under-appreciated strains of Geiger, assisted via Mayer and his good friend Aksel Schaufler (Superpitcher) as Supermayer. Michael Mayer has been preparing and studying his technique and his selections for months, and he comes through with an intimate yet majestic mix which surpasses genre-definition. Immer 2 is not for those with a history of heart trouble. Immer 2 will not be stale in 5 years. Immer 2 knows not of genre or subgenres. Immer 2 is somehow a new kind of mix. Immer 2 is not for the crowd. Immer 2 is for you.

Artist:	MAYER, MICHAEL
Title:	Immer 3
Label:	KOMPAKT (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	KOMP 083CD

Kompakt presents the third volume in Michael Mayer's highly-respected Immer (trans. "Always") mix compilation series -- a mix CD that bridges a timeless period of emerging music from producers known and new in exemplary style and fusion. The Immer series has made countless best of decade charts normally reserved for studio albums (including Pitchfork and FACT Magazine) plus earning a #1 position of "Best Mix CD Of The 00s" in leading dance music authority Resident Advisor. Immer 3 is a tremendously personal and reflective mix. Opting not for the most current and hip genres or tracks of the moment, Meyer carefully chose timeless musical moments from his record crate that almost hints as a call to obliterate the current state of overhyped minimal bongo house, formulaic techno and dub step that rules the clubs today, as was similarly the case back with the first Immer release. The results reflect the smooth flow and selection that Michael brings to his fans in clubs week after week. Immer 3 opens with the haunting croon of Cortney Tidwell aided by the lush bed of Ewan Pearson's ambient fluidity. Matias Aguayo & Dirk Leyer's now-legendary alias as Closer Musik and their track "Departures" is awoken from its 2002 slumber in timeless form, giving sway to the mesmerizing trippiness of DJ Koze's remix of Ben Watt. Tim Paris and the fundamental classic Smith N Hack track "Falling Stars" sets the pace with a solidified summer house tune to lead in to Raudive's sinister stormer "Slave." Gui Boratto presents his remix for Massive Attack which takes vocalist Hope Sandoval to insatiable levels of sonic bliss and thus makes for a pivotal part of the mix. Popnoname makes his Kompakt Pop debut with the Terranova remix of his hit "Hello Gorgeous." Finally, after 3 years of waiting, the sleeping beauty that is Superpitcher's lost Charlotte Gainsbourg remix makes its official debut appearance. The classic flair of Superpitcher's sexy techno sway conjoins with Madame Gainsbourg in a duet like no other. It's possibly one of the most bizarre DJ transitions in music ever, but amazingly, South Africa's Culoe De Song's emotionally-overwhelming anthem "The Bright Forest" makes total sense when linked with Justus Köhnke aka Kinky Justice's cover of the Round Two house classic "New Day." So there you have it, Immer 3: elegant, personal, enriching and as always, seductive.

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