Browse by Label: KOMPAKT (GERMANY)

Artist:	EHLERT & LOHBERGER
Title:	Vito EP
Label:	KOMPAKT (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.00
Catalog #:	KOM 023EP

"Nice varied six tracker with some live sounding minimal percussion and those falling-down-the-steps kind of filters pads and chord stabs we associate (and love) coming from blokes like Vladislav Delay & Cristian Vogel. There's a house-tempo hip hop track, one that uses what sounds like the Casio home console rhumba preset over some deep pulse, one with this cool record-scratch shift type effect, even one in 3! Pretty progressive stuff from Kompakt, which is saying something far greater..." -- Hrvatski.

Artist:	SPIETH, JOACHIM
Title:	You Don't Fool Me
Label:	KOMPAKT (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.00
Catalog #:	KOM 026EP

"Two years after his debut release 'Abi 99' (Kompakt 5) and his respected album Fluchtpunkt on Oni:tor, Joachim Spieth returns to his Cologne homebase. 'You Don't Fool Me' marks a new step in his young career. His sound became much tighter and sexier. Follow the subtle development of the A1 techno track and be amazed like we were when the funk embraces you from behind. On the flipside you'll be surprised to find two brilliant pop ambient gems. Especially the second track surely makes you wanna do a somersault -- like the first touch of your teenage love. Ready for a romance?"

Artist:	LAMAS, GUSTAVO
Title:	Mañana
Label:	KOMPAKT (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.00
Catalog #:	KOM 027EP

"What is beautiful? Flowers, butterflies, diamonds, fluffy clouds, sunset, Kylie Minogue.... and Pop Ambient! Especially if it comes from Buenos Aires' finest: Gustavo Lamas. Already known for his fantastic releases on Traum (Cologne) and Fragil Discos (Argentina) he now presents his guest performance for Kompakt. Amazing dreamy textures layered around a subliminal groove. "Manana' means tomorrow'. It seems like there«s a vision of a better one on the other side of this planet. Hi-tech-kitsch for all people that are sick of depressive IDM stuff. Call your friends. Turn off your radiator. Turn on your stereo. Dance in the sheets. Love is in the air."

Artist:	BERING, JONAS
Title:	Emballages
Label:	KOMPAKT (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.00
Catalog #:	KOM 028EP

"Great EP between kickin' bassdrivin techtrax and fluffy harmonic stuff. Kompakt invites you to a visit to beautiful small town Lille, next to the Belgian border. This is where Jonas Bering develops his unique warm-sounding techgrooves already impressively shown on his debut album Bienfait in summer 2000. With his new EP Emballages he takes a step further by adding some more catchy melodies and unconventional rhythmic structures to his lovely deep drowning textures. Each of the five tracks is creating a sort of exciting restlessness -- stepping on the gas with the handbrake locked. This is prototype minimal techno for 2001. New economy rave for overcrowded clubs. This is oxygen."

Artist:	FUNKE, SASCHA
Title:	Drei Auf Drei
Label:	KOMPAKT (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.00
Catalog #:	KOM 029EP

"As Sascha is a native (East-) Berliner, deeply involved in technohouse history from the very beginning, he can hardly stay with his already achieved knowledge of producing funky Cologne-style techtrax. His third release for Kompakt testifies the restless effort of this young talent -- still hungry and on the hunt for excitement and progression. The epic A1 track touches the dancer's heart with it's dreamy pop feel. There's another brilliant rocking techno piece on the flipside reminding us of Funke's friendly relationship to Berlin's fresh Bpitch Control-outlet."

Artist:	LOHMANN, ULF
Title:	Because
Label:	KOMPAKT (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.00
Catalog #:	KOM 031EP

"Ulf Lohmann, the newcomer of the year. From the deepest suburbs of Cologne, he spreads his musical message around The world. Resistance is futile. His music disarms even the unarmed. Innocence has become sound -- unswervingly pure and beautiful. Like the electronic immaculate conception Truthful as love itself . So, leave the container and enter into the paradise of active oblivion. Shut up, you real world! Here comes Ulf Lohmann, here comes Pop Ambient 2001."

Artist:	SCHAEBEN & VOSS
Title:	Ach Komm
Label:	KOMPAKT (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.00
Catalog #:	KOM 032EP

"What should we say about guys like Schaeben & Voss? It's completely embarrassing to release records by such nasty bastards that never fasten their safety belts while chasing in their roaring Honda Civic Turbo through cologne's Pedestrian precinct. Mothers are crying for their young girls, a protestant youth centre moves to another neighbourhood and even dogs refuse to do their business in front of their apartment. But though we love them! And so will you if you once listened to this amazingly fresh and wild new 3 Tracks on 'Ach Komm'. The a-side is what we call Seattle Techno: Ultraphat asskicking freaky chainsaw-driven techno with a snotty attitude and dark sexy whispering vocals. Purest typical Schaeben & Voss -- rockers to burn the floors. The long track on the b-side will surprise you with it's incredibly Intimate atmosphere and a huge housey bassline to carry you through 8 minutes of sheer ecstasy. What a tune. It touches you to the quick and will leave you with a slightly red face."

Artist:	ALL
Title:	ALLtag 1-4
Label:	KOMPAKT (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.00
Catalog #:	KOM 034EP

"Shimmering soundscapes -- clear and pure like a rock crystal -- are weightlessly floating uphill -- straight into the disco of your heart.... All is all over between laptop, ABBA and the twin brother of Gas. All is Wolfgang Voigt and after a number of releases on Profan/Kreisel 99/Mille Plateaux, now finally on Kompakt. Pop Ambient's treasure chest has got a new jewelry. Another milestone on Kompakt's special way -- no sublabel necessary. It's all about getting the ambient variation of techno out of the eternal chillout room of oblivion. And to make it the musical focus. All is pop using techno."

Artist:	SUPERPITCHER
Title:	Heroin
Label:	KOMPAKT (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.00
Catalog #:	KOM 035EP

"Superpitcher is Aksel Schaufler who is resident DJ at the Total Confusion club in Cologne's legendary studio 472 among Michael Mayer and Tobias Thomas. After his storming contribution for Speicher 1 and a remix for Contriva's club hit 'Monika' which became one of the hottest moments during the last cold winter nights he presents his new beautiful record 'Heroin'? for heights of this season. Kompakt is his work place, technopop his mission -- watch out -- you' ll get addicted!"

Artist:	VA
Title:	4 Remixe Für The Modernist
Label:	KOMPAKT (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.00
Catalog #:	KOM 036EP

"Let's talk about schizophrenia. One of the most exciting achievements of electronic music's history is the artist's possibility to be more than one person without having to go to the doctor's. Au contraire, Kompakt's new release is able to show you the excellent advantages for the one affected by and the whole society. The situation: person A gets remixed by the persons B, C, D & E. Person A is also person F& G & H. As the persons B, C, D & E all live in the same body (person J) it took the Kompakt people only one phone call to organize the whole remix-orgy. Great, isn´t it ? Legend: person A = The Modernist; person B = Wassermann; person C = All; person D = Freiland; person E= Auftrieb; person F = The Bionaut; person G = Geometric Farms; person H = Jörg Burger; person J = Wolfgang Voigt."

Artist:	T.RAUMSCHMIERE
Title:	Musick
Label:	KOMPAKT (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.00
Catalog #:	KOM 037EP

"Those of you who were drawn into the 'Boltzplatz EP' surely want to take part in this round, too. On 'Musick', bone-dry beats and neck-breaking, 'knarzing' sequences are placing the ball precisely under the bar. Berlin-based T. Raumschmiere aka Marco Haas demonstrates another time his immense floor-affinity. His first-class releases on the Sender label and his own label Shitkatapult, and last but not least his fat live gigs have made him the very king of new German shuffle-techno."

Artist:	VOIGT, REINHARD
Title:	Hier Und Jetzt
Label:	KOMPAKT (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.00
Catalog #:	KOM 038EP

"Those who never experienced how it feels when the bass hits you with 10.000 Watt will unfortunately never understand a record like this. But if you ever and hopefully still enjoy this phenomenon then we got some great news for you. Reinhard Voigt is back after his fantastic 'a.s.p.' which is still played out by the likes of Ellen Allien, DJ Hell, Sven Väth... The a-side of 'Hier Und Jetzt' (here and now) brings you a real killer. Fat rave signals and an extra-tight groove will delight all fans of hard banging techno. On the flip Reinhard adds a good portion of what we call soul to it. High class deep pumping harder cologne techno. Don´t miss this 220 gramm of pure energy."

Artist:	KAITO
Title:	Beautiful Day
Label:	KOMPAKT (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.00
Catalog #:	KOM 039EP

"No long time ago the Kompakt people were sitting in their sun-heated office thinking about the good old days when tracks like Humate´s 'Love Stimulation' or Energy 52´s 'Cafe Del Mar' were played everywhere and loooove was in the air ...That was then but this is now. No nostalgia but a wish rose up: We want nu trance! All at a sudden the postman dropped a little package containing some tracks by the Tokyo-based artist Kaito aka Hiroshi Watanabe who also releases under his Aqua guise on the well known Japanese Frogman imprint. Still captured by the 1993´s trance euphoria his music made everybody at Kompakt Feel like: 'yeah, this is it!' The perfect mixture between Kompakt´s minimal style and good ingredients of classic trance. The title track 'Beautiful Day' is a slamming masterpiece with a little kitsch inside while 'air rider' on the flip will surely be the royal flash in every DJ set. Brilliantly arranged catchy goose pimple techno at its best. Love is back in town. Please file this record under: Hymn!"

Artist:	LAWRENCE
Title:	Teaser
Label:	KOMPAKT (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.00
Catalog #:	KOM 041EP

"He has repeatedly become remarkable due to his remarkable repetitions and this record overdue. Absolutely. His home is Dial, a label based in Hamburg. A rip-roaring one. Lawrence-techno is poetry, poetry as a kind of resistance against- and for- the -what is up to you. And so is your hairdo. This record definitely proves that laptop-technopop not necessarily has to be a finger exercise for programmers -- it can be as real as life and love, and as sexy and groovy as yourself."

Artist:	GRUMMICH, PETER
Title:	Schleusen Auf
Label:	KOMPAKT (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.00
Catalog #:	KOM 043EP

"With Peter Grummich's new record, an (more or less and so far) unknown artist steps out into the public light. But did someone say 'unknown' here? Actually, he's not really unknown. Over the past few years, he has released a number of records under various pseudonyms. Characteristic of him is the clever way he assembles complex, rhythmic elements to form incredible kicking grooves and intelligent techno tracks that generate a kind of soul out of their brute beauty. or, in other words: Peter Grummich is Lawrence's low-down, big brother.Irresistible also his talent to interweave abstract sounds together thus creating a buzzing whole. New techno, new funk, new soul. On with the show."

Artist:	GWOSDZ, THOMAS
Title:	Ring Frei
Label:	KOMPAKT (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.00
Catalog #:	KOM 046EP

"Gong! The first round. Direct and straight forward. No tactical skirmish. The vibes are hot. The crowd is raving. Gwosdz starts punching with his legendary a-side. Rough, straight and hard. Followed by salvos of deep hits in sewing-machine tempo. His opponent would better watch out for not going straight onto the dance floor. Gong! The second round. Gwosdz starts with his dreaded schaffel tactics. Much discussed and often copied. But now, it's only about the moment Gwosdz arranges the killer break. The opponent's resistance has almost reached vanishing-point. Gong! You can hardly stand it anymore. Gwosdz again shows his crudest hooks and combinations. For him, it`s like a gala performance. His opponent tries to take refuge in the lockgroove. But it`s too late now. Thomas Gwosdz is new heavyweight champion. He grew up in Wiesbaden. His career has started at clubs like Basement and Schlachthof. Still resounding throughout the land is his first EP 'push' (Braintist and Schnittstelle)? Produced in co-operation with sparing partner Peter Grummich alias Lee Anderson. Nobody and nothing will stop this guy!"

Artist:	KÖHNCKE, JUSTUS
Title:	Jet/Shelter/Jet (M. Mayer Mix)
Label:	KOMPAKT (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.00
Catalog #:	KOM 049EP

"The dream of flying is as old as mankind. But what's left is a daily jet race. The airspace is completely jammed. I repeat: The airspace is jammed! And it's vast, the airspace! That's why Kompakt tower has decided to better reroute Justus Köhncke`s virtual supersonic jet into the club. First tests have proved highly satisfactory flight qualities and a 100 percent guarantee against pressure drops on the dance floor. A real turbo-blast by the ex-Whirlpooler! Fit to loop the loop, too, though in a less vertiginous tuning, the remix by M. Mayer, who cuts down the energy consumption by 50 percent and doubles the propulsive force. And it goes without saying -- at constant aerodynamic. When it comes to 'Shelter', there's nothing more to add than this track crushes 'Marmor, Stein Und Eisen' (english: marble, stone and iron...), and that love is back on firm ground again."

Artist:	FEHLMANN, THOMAS
Title:	Whistle
Label:	KOMPAKT (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.00
Catalog #:	KOM 051EP

"A single sheet of paper would hardly be enough to describe who is this Thomas Fehlmann and how wonderful his new record. Though you could also expect that everyone knows that this guy from Switzerland is one of the most dazzling figures in German pop culture and Pioneer electronic pop music. As a member of Palais Schaumburg, he side-parted punk and catapulted German pop music out of its impossibility. At times when the toilets at Tresor were new, Thomas Fehlmann and Moritz von Oswald, both used to shake hands with Detroit Techno. He was co-producer of outstanding albums e.g. by Blake Baxter and Eddie Flashin Folwkes, and later, with the Orb, he became chill-out-history. To cut a long story short, in the last two and a half decades Thomas Fehlmann has taken part in the decisive revolutions of music and sound and now, with 'Whistle', he comes back and on to the dance-floor in a most impressive way. Fehlmann 2002 breathes in the hippest sounds of the jetzt-zeit and breathes out a perfect EP which proves that he is still In touch with today's club culture. The A-side 'Making It Whistle' combines textures of clicks and cuts with pressure and soulful techhouse. 'Gratis' takes up the shuffle fever theme and flirts with happy ska tendencies and 'Luftikuss' forms the glamorous ambient end."

Artist:	KÖHNCKE, JUSTUS
Title:	2 After 909
Label:	KOMPAKT (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.00
Catalog #:	KOM 054EP

"After his glorious start at Kompakt with the 12inch 'Jet/Shelter' (which is already proofed to be a real club banger) he now comes up with a mouthwatering new one taken from his album Was ist Musik. The track on the A-side, '2 after 909', is definitely a homage to 'Metro Area 4', one of the groundbreaking consense records in 2001. Koehncke destils and synthesizes the funk. The result: it's minimal, it's retro-modern, it's ecstatic. In other words: It's a real bomb! The track on the B-side features a prominent guest of the German pop music scene: Tocotronic's Dirk von Lowtzow. Dirk and Justus, singing a duet, dash forward with the track 'Weil du mich verstehst' (engl. 'Because you know me') and straight into our hearts. It's a ballad. It's about love ... an ode to the children of the night."

Artist:	KAITO
Title:	Awakening
Label:	KOMPAKT (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.00
Catalog #:	KOM 056EP

"The sun is shining again and so are the records. Summer is not far. But what would summer be like without any hymns? Kaito, Kompakt's man in the far east, nips this question in the bud and comes up with his new record 'Awakening'. With only 2 releases, Kaito has managed to conquer the hearts of Techno-Germany. 'Beautiful Day' and 'Everlasting', both records have styled a new sound, a style, DJs as well as any kind of record collectors could agree upon. The buzzword: neo-trance. It's trance without any bad breath or fluorescent tubes, it's pure and fresh. It's gentle euphoria. For a better Ibiza. For a splendid summer of love 2002."

Artist:	VOIGT, REINHARD
Title:	Recht Erst Jetzt
Label:	KOMPAKT (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.00
Catalog #:	KOM 059EP

"We are extremely pleased to complete the first half of 2002 with a real energetic double-banger produced by Reinhard Voigt, one of Kompakt's co-founders and now honorary member. His track on 'Speicher 2' (Kompakt Extra 2), which is far from any revival or retro mood, keeps on rocking the dancefloors and is another prove of Voigt's antenna for strong minimal techno burners. His twin releases 'Jetzt erst recht' and 'Recht erst jetzt', keep the energy level, but replaces the hefty elements in favour of uplifting and acid-ish sequences. The flawless breaks and the fab, fat sound, both make the twins not only a must-have tool for any modern DJ but also a big event in our fun society. Acid heads go!"

Artist:	KLIMEK
Title:	Milk & Honey
Label:	KOMPAKT (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.00
Catalog #:	KOM 061EP

"It's so hot that you can neither think, talk, nor even move. Your clothes are sticking on your body like a cheap shower curtain. Your breath is slow and deep. There is a deep silence. Midges are being chased by low-flying swallows. But it's going to happen, soon. You can feel it- first still far away, hardly noticeable. But it will come. The fresh breeze brings the rain. The lightning hurrying ahead of the thunder. This infatuating spectacle uniting force and beauty. Salvation. You'd better listen to this record either before, during or after thunderstorms, At the crack of dawn or dusk. File under: acoustic guitar pop ambient. The artist stays anonym."

Artist:	PAAPE, JURGEN
Title:	So Weit Wie Noch Nie
Label:	KOMPAKT (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.00
Catalog #:	KOM 062EP

"The original version of this gorgeous schlager techno track, released in august 2001 on Kompakt's Total 3, would put a smile on a lot of people's faces. Apart from the reworked original version, you'll get two sensational remixes: The one from Frankfurt's high-aesthete, super hipster, club- and label-owner with a three-letter name: Ata. Since the very beginning, his Playhouse label has always been a guarantee for finest German House music. It's his first (!) remix ever and his first studio work since the legendary first Playhouse release 'Holy Garage' in 1993. The 'Playhouse Mix' turns the original version into a mega-hip, late-night monster and reminds a bit of the great Larry Levan and Metro Area's congenious adaption of early-80s disco music. The 'Robert Johnson' club is going down on its knees. Wonderful. The other remix comes from one of Kompakt's in-house pioneers of pop ambient: it's Olaf Dettinger. Who didn't want to miss this chance and has interrupted his creative pause only for doing this wonderful 'Moonlight Mix'. Dettinger's cosy hi-tech sounds and Sonja Luebke's seraphic voice, both singing a duet to the moon. Very, very beautiful, indeed."

Artist:	SUPERPITCHER
Title:	Yesterday
Label:	KOMPAKT (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.00
Catalog #:	KOM 066EP

"In Superpitcher's case, the past is 'Tomorrow', an unpretentious, little Song on his 'Heroin' EP, released on Kompakt in 2001. A track which has already broken innumerable hearts, decorated a number of compilations and found admirers from all over the world. And now, it's the elegant uptempo version of ,More Tomorrow' which encroaches the dancefloors and ranges among this summer's great superpitched moments (just listen to the gorgeous remixes he did for Plug Research's DNTL, Cocoon's 'Glove' and his tracks for Speicher 4' and Total 4. Apart from the clubby track 'More Heroin', the B-side also features the brilliant 'Time To Cry', a track which not only follows in the footsteps of 'Tomorrow' as far as the B2-positioning is concerned. At present, there isn't anybody or anything who would be able to occupy more convincingly the interface between indiepop and techno than Superpitcher. This is real glam!"

Artist:	KÖHNCKE, JUSTUS
Title:	Was Ist Musik ? Remix
Label:	KOMPAKT (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.00
Catalog #:	KOM 068EP

"Everybody's darling-track 'Was ist Musik?' taken from the most successful album of the same name by Justus Koehncke starts to conquer the dancefloor. After all the worldwide craziness his maxi singles 'Jet' and '2 After 909' have caused, here is finally a fat extended club version and an instrumental version of his track 'Was Ist Musik?'. When talking about German acid schlager music, we also have to mention Wassermann aka Wolfgang Voigt -- the sole pioneer of this genre. In his famous Grungerman-tradition (see remixes he did for Andreas Dorau/Ladomat), he comes up with two chic minimal acid remixes: the one as dry as dust, very pure and structured, the other a real pumping hammer which, and that's for sure, will set your local club on fire."

Artist:	DETTINGER
Title:	Blond
Label:	KOMPAKT (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.00
Catalog #:	KOM 002EP

Artist:	MAYER, MICHAEL
Title:	17 & 4
Label:	KOMPAKT (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.00
Catalog #:	KOM 004EP

Artist:	WILD, BENJAMIN
Title:	Kronberg
Label:	KOMPAKT (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.00
Catalog #:	KOM 008EP

Artist:	VA
Title:	Kompakt Total 1
Label:	KOMPAKT (GERMANY)
Format:	2LP
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	KOM 010LP

Artist:	DUBSTAR
Title:	Shining Through
Label:	KOMPAKT (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.00
Catalog #:	KOM 011EP

Artist:	TEICHMANN, GEBR.
Title:	Aus Der Ferne
Label:	KOMPAKT (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.00
Catalog #:	KOM 014EP

Artist:	CLOSER MUSIK
Title:	One Two Three (No Gravity)
Label:	KOMPAKT (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.00
Catalog #:	KOM 016EP

Artist:	VA
Title:	Kompakt Total 2
Label:	KOMPAKT (GERMANY)
Format:	2LP
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	KOM 020LP

Artist:	GUENTNER, MARKUS
Title:	Regensburg
Label:	KOMPAKT (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.00
Catalog #:	KOM 024EP

Artist:	VA
Title:	Speicher 1
Label:	KOMPAKT (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.00
Catalog #:	KOM 030EP

Artist:	VOIGT, REINHARDT
Title:	A.S.P.
Label:	KOMPAKT (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.00
Catalog #:	KOM 033EP

Artist:	VA
Title:	Kompakt Total 3
Label:	KOMPAKT (GERMANY)
Format:	2LP
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	KOM 040LP

Artist:	VA
Title:	Pop Ambient 2002
Label:	KOMPAKT (GERMANY)
Format:	LP
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	KOM 050LP

Artist:	VA
Title:	Kompakt Total 4
Label:	KOMPAKT (GERMANY)
Format:	2LP
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	KOM 060LP