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TOTAL 25… Another anniversary in a year that is already rich in anniversaries. For the 25th time, the Kompakt family is gathering for its annual rendezvous. Prick up your ears, here we go!

The latest boy band in town, POP VAMPIRES COLOGNE, opens the party with the enigmatic ‘Karianne’. SUPERPITCHER knows how to make a grand appearance, accompanied by high-calibre guests. His electro-pop treat ‘Pandora’s Box’ features Hot Chip’s ALEXIS TAYLOR​ on vocals.​ JÜRGEN PAAPE isn’t coming alone either, but with newcomer HELLA in tow. ‘Grace (A Tale)‘ once again shows our resident hit maker at his best. JÖRG BURGER also has a table companion, the extremely talented Irene Kalisvaart, and remixes himself on top of that. REINHARD VOIGT points out that money never sleeps and proceeds according to the motto: ’​Zahl an einem anderen Tag (Pay another day​)’. Our Brazilian whirlwind GUI BORATTO returns after a long absence with the banger ‘Panorama X-Press’. After careful consideration, ROBAG WRUHME has named his new track ‘Starsow Total’ and sings in the chorus with his family for the first time. WASSERMANN contributes an ultra-fat remix of Mayer’s ‘Brainwave Technology’, while MICHAEL MAYER himself marvels at the rare ‘Erdbeermond’. HARDT ANTOINE’s ‘Let Me Go’ really gets the party going again before WASSERMANN orders a large taxi and skips out on the bill.

See you again next year!

Triola - Arcadia feat. Irene Kalisvaart (The Modernist Mix)

Reinhard Voigt - Zahl an einem anderen Tag

Robag Wruhme - Starsow Total

Michael Mayer - Brainwave Technology (Wassermann’s Brainwave Inferno Mix)

Michael Mayer - Erdbeermond

Hardt Antoine - Let Me Go

Wassermann - Sog

Buy/stream: https://kompakt.fm/releases/pop_ambient_2026_lp_dl

“Everything flows – nothing remains, there is only an eternal becoming and changing” is a well-known formulation of the river theory of the Greek philosopher Heraclitus, also known as panta rhei (ancient Greek: πάντα ῥεῖ, “everything flows”). This teaching states that everything in the universe is subject to constant change and that nothing stays the same forever. The metaphor of the river illustrates this: You can't step into the same river twice because both the river and you are constantly changing. The water is constantly flowing, but the river stays in one place. Thus, reality is constantly changing, even if sometimes perceived as constant.”

„Same Same but Different.“ Always different – always the same. Chill-Out DJ Heraklit

For the 26th time, the most consistent of all ambient compilations, in a constant flux of static change, is released on Kompakt. Joining good friends from the early days and reliable confidants are some new additions to the non-hierarchical charts of contemplative rapture culture.

Leading the way is Micå, a Japanese electronic musician whose finely chiseled, graceful musical style has made it onto the new collection with two pieces. Also making his debut is Richard Ojijo, a seasoned sound engineer known, among other things, for his long-standing collaboration with the artist Marcel Odenbach and the Cologne-based label Magazine. Oskø aka Max Hytrek, a multi-talented newcomer to Kompakt and the music scene, debuts with his rapturously ecstatic piece "Ar Vag." He's followed by Sebastian Mullaert, appearing for the second time—this time teamed up with Sebastian Lilja aka Hush Forever. After his surprise return last year after a 20 year hiatus, we are delighted that Tetsuo Sakae aka Pass Into Silence is back again this year with one of his distinctive sound gems. As are Dirk Leyers (Closer Musik) and Mikkel Metal. 18 tracks are featured on this CD. "Erlösung" (Redemption) is the title of Segensklang's closing track. A kind of ambient bolero into infinity. Or at least until next year...

And what would Pop Ambient be without the iconic, artistic cover design of Veronika Unland, who once again, in her unmistakable way, says through the digital flower: The eye always listens...

Thore Pfeiffer / Niko Tzoukmanis - Impuls

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Elysium

PREMIERE: DREIAN, Domek - Elysium (Original Mix) [Space Kraft Recordings]

Taranto (southern Italy). Fascinated by the radio programs of his father at a local radio, he often attends the transmissions moving between cables, headphones, microphones and vinyls.It certainly is here that begins to approach electronic music thanks to new technologies (we are already 'very distant) of the radio block with double plate and gigantic potentiometers.The presence of many "buttons" intrigue him to the point of replacing his games with the radio of the living room..Practicing with the dishes the exercise of DJs between the various styles of electronic music, he moved from the console to the production of his music. He moved to Catalunya, a few miles from barcelona, ​​where he began his studies in an electronic music academy where in 5 years he graduated in producer, advanced music producer and producer of environmental sounds. years he works in many clubs in the city and combines his commitments with the passion left in him by his father: "the radio".In Argentona (20 km from barcelona) he founded Radio Moog an electronic music radio with programs ranging from history, to new technologies and devices, from innovative trends to characters and master classes to spread the work of the producer. They are the years where he produces various minimal and deep works, music for radio and television, documentaries and collaborations with different rappers without, however, neglecting the passion for live sessions. From barcelona published a disc with the rapper tarantino "Sciamano" from which he will come out " calibro38 "and then" Mobbing "and that will give the launch to a tour of 28 dates in Italy and 2 in Germany combining hip hop and deep. Between 2003 and 2009 published" the last hours of the night attack " , "Suqutu", "reflections of shadow" and "the city breathing" one of the soundtracks of the documentary film by Paolo Pisanelli "Buongiorno Taranto".Between 2010 and 2013 he made several trips to Eastern Europe, in search of hidden sounds, urban noises, landscapes, environments become the stimulus for works like "Budapest" or "Krakow Glowny".Participate, playing the synthesizers of the group "Shaman and Moscow 58" appearing in the Scorpio Festival and May Day Tarantino.After the two sessions of Berlin in the Rogenbogenfabrik and the collaboration in the show of the artist Tarantino Ezia Mitolo in "Shadow Shady, begins 2014 with the release of "Deepsession", a journey into the deep elegant between sounds and deep and delicate atmospheres.
2015 begins with a theatrical collaboration that will take him on a tour of 70 dates throughout the boot. In collaboration with the actor M.Zaccaria he creates the music of "Testimonials of Genoa" that will accompany the show in a live performance of atmospheres and synthetic musical carpets that the environment in which the show is carried out. At the end of the same year the presentation of the last album "Panoramic" in a deep minimal key.